£ieas.—To oo. lor the best pen of two shear 
do» two guineas —To Mr. Ellis of Castle- 
nelds, for the best sow, three guineas. 
The Holderness Agricultural Society lately 
held its quarterly meeting, when heifers and 
rams were shewn for premiums. The ques¬ 
tion discussed was—whether summer fallows 
are necessary or advantageous in Holderness? 
A very, numerous assemblage of experienced 
and intelligent agriculturists were unanimous 
in opinion, that in the strong soils of Holder- 
ness summer fallows are occasionally neces¬ 
sary. The discussion took place in conse¬ 
quence of Dr. Davy having declared it as his 
opinion in a lecture before the Board of Agri¬ 
culture, that fallows are inexpedient. 
About three o’clock in the morning of the 
11th'instant, a large meteor, in appearance 
like a globe of fire, with a long and lumi¬ 
nous train which terminated in a vapoury 
substanc- resembling smoke, was seen by the 
inhabitant s of Robiiihood’s town to shoot 
across the hemisphere in a south-east di¬ 
rection, and after being visible about two 
minutes, exploded with a noise of distant 
thunder. The ground was so strongly il¬ 
luminated by it, that the smallest object 
was visible.— Staffordshire. 
During the last month the lovers of what 
is curious in nature have been amused with a 
very beautiful illumination of the water, on 
the shore of the Humber, particularly in the 
neighbourhood of the ferry-boat dock. Some¬ 
times the waves following one another appear 
to be complete masses of fire. In the more 
still parts, the whole surface was seen, on a 
sudden, studded with brilliant twinkling lit¬ 
tle stars of various magnitudes, which are 
gone in an instant. The luminous animal 
was the medusa seintellans, the size of a pin’s 
head and transparent. 
There is an acre of ground at Farnley, near 
i-eeds, in the occupation of Edward Armkage, 
esq. which will produce this year 48-10 cab¬ 
bages j each cabbage, upon an average, will 
weigh 201bs. some of them weigh near 401bs. 
The quantity upon the acre will be, at the 
least, six thousand stone of green food i 
John Burnley, a weaver of Beeston, was 
lately brought before the court at Leeds sessi¬ 
ons, on a charge of dese.-ting his family and 
leaving them chargeable to the township. 
When he was placed at the bar, he was in¬ 
terrogated in the following terms 
What reason have you to assign for 
deserting your family ? 
Prisoner. I vvas called by the wofd of God 
80 to do. 
Couft, Where have you lived smee, and 
what have you done ? 
Prisoner. I have lived at Potovens, near 
Wakefield, and have worked at my business 
as a weaver. 
Court. Vyhat can you earn a week, upon an 
average ? 
Prisoner. From 13 to 20 shillings per 
week. 
Cot>rt. And how do you dispose of it ? 
Prisoner. After supplying my own ncces-> 
sities, I distribute the rest among my poor 
neighbours. 
Court. But should not your wife and 
children be the first objects of your care ani 
bounty ? 
Prisoner. No; unless they are in greater 
distress than all others. 
Court. I'he scripture, which you profess t* 
follow, says, speaking of the relation of man 
and wife, that they shall be one flesh, of 
course, you are under as great an obligation to 
maintain her as yourself. 
Prisoner. The scripture saith. Whom God 
hath joined together let no man put asunder; 
but God never joined me and my wife to« 
gether. 
Court. Who then did ? 
Prisoner. I have told you who did mt, you 
may easily judge who did. 
Court. We suppose you are as much joined 
together as other married people are. 
Prisoner. My family are now no more to me 
than any other persons. 
Court. The laws of your country require 
that you should maintain your family, and 
if you neglect or refuse so to do it, you be¬ 
come liable to a serious punishment. 
Prisoner. I am willing to suffer all you 
think proper to inflict; I expect to suffer 
persecution, for the Scripture says, those that 
will live godly in Christ Jesus, must endure 
persecution. I regard the laws of God only, 
and do not regard any other laws. 
Court. You seem to have read the Scrip¬ 
tures to very little profit, or you would not 
have failed in so plain a duty as that of pro¬ 
viding for your own household. 
Prisoner. The Scripture comtnands me to 
love my neighbour as myself, and I cannot 
do that if I suffer him to want when I have 
the power to relieve him. My wife and 
children have all changes of raiment, but i 
see many others that are half naked. Should 
i not, therefore, cloatli these, rather than 
expend ray money on my family ^ 
Couri. But your family cannot live upon 
their raiment; they require also victuals. 
Prisoner. They are able to provide for 
their own maintenance, and the Gospel re¬ 
quires me to forsake father and mother, wife 
and children. Indeed it was contrary to the 
gospel for me to take a wife, and I sinned in 
so doing. 
Cr,uft. Have you any friends here ? 
Prisoner. I have only one friend, who is 
above. 
Court. Is there any person here who knows 
you ? 
Prisoner. Mr. Banks knows me. 
Mr. Banks, being called upon, stated, that 
he should suppose, irom the recent conduct of 
the prisoner, that his mind was not in a sane 
state. - Formerly he was an industrious mars, 
of late he understood that he had read the 
Bible with uncommon assiduity and fer¬ 
vency. 
