ft Animals of dotnestk nafcits, a< ciw?tf i- » pMty rrrfain sign of rnirr. This mid h'»»'i>. Biwl'!'." 'niter in particular. Oii i!>r;ii>!>nnrii of rain. Feed with .urea' avid'tyia th • cjf:*:! li "UK and retire neai flw trr?- and hcd^c- a* soon as they are latislicd. In iisu» wcathrf they gra/.e and iounirr afcon! rating and resting al- toriiuMy, with apparent indifference. I hate nbsprvrd fhtft when the tree fro** 'Wafc very much, stormy weather §*::■. "- !V foilows. VVh hi ?wino carry straw and other articles r<> inakM>ed* f«? themselves, a similar change is to he e\pected. The fanners of our stal-'. have in use a great variety of signs arising ffom the ilrlfcreTH habits of aurmal**, by which tlicv are enabled to prognosticate th WCathcr dictost to a certainty. The public would be indebted to them, if th *y WMild r.mkc their observations ge- nrr-ii1. Known. The different sperios of insects and] tepti!-i> sock or ar.iid falling weather. according (o their respectiie habits and situations and iii thb manner ff!ve no- lie* of the approaching change. Sonic wrv in^.-niou.-. and useful expe¬ riment* am! observations en the cem- nuva hcusc sj-i-Vr, were ittatlg bv Dr. DiM'-uv; l.a:i ndjv'ant general in the! l>"i'ch strvi.'Cf while a prisoner. A ...in( fine veariier ir peeps out its head k ptreti'Iu-s i£slcs« out of it- hole ; J th:.~ tLcr.'crv vciri&rknWytlie ioMgei tfte 5 fine weather is to remain. Agftinst bed ! wuath- -it joes bachj and against very tempo f.tuows weather turns quite round. shoeing nothing bul it> hinder parts to} the ob^ryrr, thus indicating (he new j chair,; ..f weather*, fa July 179$,Mr.I #). declared from t!" conduct of hi?} spiders, that the Hhjlte v. onhl fall in a j finv nights sc as to render it partible bj a brldgo of boats.—This declaration v. <v. verified. They areprogno.sticators during the winter season.—On the ap¬ proach of frbst orsnw they seifcg upon the Vo'ch* already made, in which ca.-e Obstinate battles ensue, or they work Alnvj-t incessantly at now' ones. He observes tha*. nine day* generally elapse from tlio time they are basy to the getting in of the frosts It is a remarkable fact thp.l, to Mr. D*S remarks on the spider, the French are indebted for the con- quvsf r.f Holland in the winter 1791—5. l^i-joi:%ar>prison was nit so Strictly natciio? in consequence of his keeper IncHning to tin* patriotic party. Thro" hi* instrumentality, he informed the patriot*, that the winter weald be so h..rd. that a!! the river- and canals tt-onlcl hi- passable on the ice. Di-iou- rais ro;SS Reives of being liberated from n tv-i;ous confinement, rested on the tou ii being take n by the French, and there isno doubt bnt hr watched hi- Utile prop!i>- i*, with the eagle eye of penetration. In the beginning of De¬ cember, the news wa* brought him that the people talked of capitulating. By tlii proceeding Ids hope of liberty irou'.c; hare beenbla:;t datonee. Firotn. id? ob^ertations ou the spiders, he du-j c!er d to the people, Uiat within a forl- bi^htaTcry severe (r**st would come Ml. -Ti\ey believed him, rejected the idea of capitulating^ and on the 29th of I).\- .nber the frost was so hard, tliat tit**French passed the wall. On the l^th f Jan. the water rose, and wa-- to i>'<l, which was considered by the ftrist craticparty as>-Uortain indicati¬ on t^f a thaw^—J)isjouvaU still waieh- in^ his sp;der?} "wrote to the editor of €h" I'tnclit Gazette, that before the ex¬ piration of three days, a severer frost than the former would ocrur. On the 1 4fli of Jan. the wind rose. Oil tlie 15th it froze, and on the ISth the French en¬ tered CJtrecht; thus the prisoner re- pained his liberty* Disjonval*s prati- ^.ide to the French general, induced bin) to pay strict attention to his spiders. IJiaf hemi^ht gire every information in his power- so important^to him in hfo ikiriv.z unierprize. By a sudden thaw on the 20tho'f Ja- tMinry the^enerel v • alarmed for the fil&j {if an arnry of an hundred thousand men, with a train of'artiilery, and waa thinking of a speedy retreat. Disjou- t-al had rueourse to his spiders, they foretold frost. lie sent a coople'to the French general; they were credited, their prophecies were fuUUIed, and the French conquered Holland. The ex- ceutive directory of Fr.-.nee, from this circumstance, intituled an enquiry in¬ to this branch of knowledge. The down of the dandelion, is mate- SH^'lv aSfectetlb) moi>t-u*eand the pun- pernal, or as it i:s commonly called the peep a day;or*hepherd's weatherglass, jhuto its leaves before rain. Wood of every descrintion expands during moist damp weather, the vapors insinuate themselves into the pores of frees, and also into toe wood work of 3u. Indications by the clouds, &c. "Wher. the cloeds are formed like llcec- C08, deep and dense towards the middle, mid white ed^cs, with B bright blue skj about them, they soon fall in hail, snow or quirk -bowers of rain. Different current *»f etoods, e-pecia I- 1} if'tho uadvnuwjt lly fa« before wind ^n occurring in the Mimnier season is sel¬ dom attended with much wind, and a founder storm generally succeeds. In winter when the vapor or send as sea¬ men call it draws near rapidly against I the wind, a gale L- to be expected* Rain* accompanied bj an eastwardlj* wind, generally continue at leayt 21 hour^. The weather clears at noon, but if it rains at mid-da) it seldom clears until sunset. It is always threatening to see a rainbow in the morning, but ^ood wea¬ ther may be anticipated if it is only vi¬ sible at night. .. , The inhabitants of the Alpine Moun- e •♦ tuns consider the transparency ot the air as one <*f the most unequivocal si^ns of rain.—When objects far off appear distinct and clear, and the sky is of a deep blue, though no other sign is ap¬ parent, lite) calculate rain to be near at hand. This observation is not local and applies to other situation?. The sailors, in such a statu of the air, say laud lootfiS near and prognosticate foul weatheri ■ * The sky being tinged in n rainy f;ea- son with a pea green colour ru'ar the horivon, wlun it ought to be blue, the rain will continue and increase. If it hn cf a deep de.ld blue it v ill be show¬ ery. The; observation is particularly true near the sea roast. Dense irregular clouds who^e height projects-them towards the earth, gen* ecally productf'thundcr-in summer, and ^now in winter. After a thundcf torm the wind 5e.11- • rally veers Lqtlie quarter froni whence the flTftl clap proceeded. Thunder is proceeded by hot Weatlw er, and followed by cold showery wea¬ ther. Sudden changes of temperature are mostly succeeded by rain within twen- tv four hours. The Aurora borealis is a si^n «f3food weather. Rnin may be expected when the wind shifts from poiut to point round the! compass* If the horizon appear lighter from my particular quarter, after a COtftin-j ued rain. the. wind may be expected' frcm that quarter^ | The wind followin.s[ the course of the sun, is always attended by fair weather. ■ Under the-c circumstances the rarefac- tion nm-t be trilling, it occurs uniform¬ ly in summer, and seldom when the -uifs meridian altitude is less than 40' decrees. * I It i- a fery commonly known fact that high winds die awav toward^ eve-' ■ling, this i ea-ily cxplnined admitting1 that wind is a current of air, put in mo-j lion by rarefaction, nod tending to an equilibrium. As thesuu declines the rarity is dimiui>hed, of eourc tlie winds ee?.«e. This idea however, doea not ipply to the torrid zone, as is evinced in ivhirlv inds and hnrricaucs. Forrn^re paitieular and extensive observation* on meteorology, including frations upon the food rnoii oorgenial to their conftitution. Every farmer, or farming fervant, wdi cell you, from experience, though he does not keow why, that a hwfc i» net able to keep his conditions, whiliJ W f"11 W0lk» upon fucculent graftes and foft food ; yet perhaps, these grafTes and this food, contain al the ingredients neceflary tor the nourifiiment of the animal ; for inftancCi they may contain their proper propoTtioio- of miicilagtfi fngar, gluten, and extract / but thefedone are not filfe ficient. there mull be a very conGderublc quantity of woody fibr:, and epidermis, or that fiifciotis coveriig which oats in particular and feveral ouier plants poflefs. Moil o< your-readen \<*ill own that their borfes do better wth cut draw and chaff, mixed with ihci* oftial portion of oats, than when the con is given aione ; and this is generally fujpofed to be be- caule it occr.fions the h.ries to chew thr coin better; but thai is not the o;i!y reafon—the very r.atue of the ftraw, though poflWOag a vciy imall quantity 1 of nutriment, the filrciom co^t and woody fibre, are highly fervicee5lc to the horfc There arc feveral af our meadow jjraflTes which .contain more nutiiuvr matter than theartiScid graiTes now in common ufe, yet I hive found by ex perience that they wil not rraintain a w« rking horfe in inch condition, even with corn, by the differmce of one quart of oats a day, -as the mcic woody, holK w, and brittle ftalked plants ; und in evidence to this I ;eg leave to call your attention to Ln.en, which, though generally acknowledge*: 10 be the m^tl nutritions green food known for hcrfes. contains lefs outrhive -ratter then any other of the artificial grades*. I need not tell you flat bailey is an excellent fubOitute fot oats if mixed ujith cut ftraw, bnt nut food without it. Neat cattle feed the left upon bread leaved ?;raflcs, fuch as clover, faftfoio, 5cc. when juft comiu» into rower and upon hay cut fiom prafi it) Cut ftatc ; but ii is not fo with borfes : ciwer fu'l blvvu and vetches and fanfoin, after the flower- are faded, have been fouad to be the rr»..ft fcrvice-iblt tr, them. 1 ihould theref-rt recommend tothofe v/hu'e foil in fumm^r b th cattle and borfes, -ogivethe plants in tht you: gefl ilate t - the former, and Inch as are come to molarity for the ufe of the latter. I., the v%inter when hay is given, lei it by ai! me*ns b- compofed of the artificial graffe&f both as the molt economical and be ft adapted to the pui poH: :for my own part, \ ^PVI p h 'ifcH duihfg moll of tbe wirvttn "Mle.,))( any hay at all, and I Sod them both j*^ to do their work, and in the hi j* heft c,*n dition; if fed upon any of the vai-HI- « uinds of ftraw cut. Swcdifli turnips, , j * very moderate allowance of oars. A5 the cheapeft and nn-ft valu j-jtf W inter food, I cannot too cirr.ertl\ re- :ps ' ifc the artificial mans, the reader i- refer¬ red to Kirn an. Marshal Ds Saussare3 Jones and De Luc. ALCIDIADHS. RURAL ECONOMY. • - TO FJJIMERS. An excellent fodder for horned cat¬ tle may be collected from potaroe tops.] Jt is a practice in many places at t!iC| Koethwnrd to reanoifabow' two thirds < f tlie length of their potatoe tops, and dry them on mowioo (nud in the u.-maij way of Hay-making. Several'tens may1 I)£ collected from an acre, and no dam-1 age to the potatoes, if taken as soon as! tfievare ripe, and before the leaf be-1 ^ius much to fall. The price of hay tite present season ma) induce ^ome of our farmers to try the experiment* A". M. Am. commend the ufe of the Swcdifli torn Horfe*are in the autumn liable to di HC in the blood, either from a change oft 0(j or other caufes, and I have ,nvari-0i found the Swedish tumips to lope;*./ meft effedtually the ufe cf medi ■ whiift it i anfwering every otherptlrp r it fa a diuretic, and not a laxative : it" only purifies the blood, but cariie: ,cr thole calculous fecretions for wl- 1 dtortttc balls are fo much in ufe ; thereby prevents the recurrence of \ d-ingerous complaint, tnflammattou the ikvIc of the bladder, commuidy 1 led the belly ache. > fuies which I have-adopted with a view to retlore and maintain the public prce, it may be fethhGtory that 1 Ihoe'd (in (lead of referring your Lordihip 6-» the details of my fe pa rate lcttein) embody the fubliance of them in th ia general dif patch. It is not, i prefume, wifhed that I mould extend the itatement which is re- quiicd from me, beyond the period at which I affumed the admioillration of tht nffairfl of this country j and I mail there fore on]v fhortly and generally refer to events which occurred during the govern- fnent of my p>edece(Tor, 'or to the mea- fures to which he had rcccurfe The Inluneiliou Aft was pafTed by the Lcgidatur? in the year 1807 : it was not enforced on any occafion dining the three year? for which it was at that time en .cted, and the ftatc of Ireland wascon- fiuYrcd to be furh in'the year i8'io,-as not to render neceflary the contfnuunec of this act, and indeed to adiWit of iCs re¬ peal a very flioil period before that to which it? duration was.limited by ;aw. In the early part, however, of January i 61 t, in confcqueocc of the numerous outrages committed in the counties of Tipr'erptv, Watriford, Kilkenny and LtrtTCrrtk, oy bodies of men who auTcm- b!ed in arms by e.ight, adminiftcred un- lawful oat ha, prefcribed laws icfpt-fting the payment of rents and tithes, plunder¬ ed feveral houfesof arms, in various in- ftances attempted, and in fome commit¬ ted murdtr ; it was couGdered expedient po i&oea warrant for a Special Commif- fion. :obe held in the counties before mentioned, and in the cities of VV^icrford, Kilkenny and "Limerick, fur the lu'al of fucti of the offenders a; had been appre¬ hended. From the evidence adduced at the fpecial coremifTion, it appeared that many of the outrages to winch I have re¬ ferred were c immitted by two combina¬ tions, very widely extended among the lower ordeis of the Roman Cathu-ic pop¬ ulations which affumed the name of Ca- ravata «md Shannaveits, rcfpeclivrly, and between which a vitient aniinoity fab- iHled, the caufcof wliich was* not very tukfaft-vrlly pcwuRted tor. As feuds ol the fame kind, not growing out of re¬ ligious difference*, occafunally irsift, (though fc?4 rn to the extent to which this appears to have prevailed) I hive in- fertcd in the appendix so this difpateh a informatiVn may be co: eded with ref- pectto the orifin andebj-ct cfih.com- biu.itiotH by which the peace uf the coun try was at that time dillmr-.-'d. In the county ofTipperary nine per- for-R were tr:';;d ; two for murder and le- ven Em attempts to murder ; five were tried for robbcy of anna ; and twenty- two indided an J tried undo the utU t which genet ally hear the name «;t the! [Riotand White-boy aft* f,r afTunung the name r-f Ca'avats and aj'pea.i'»g i** arms ; i^x were fcr.ti.nccd to devth, twen* ■y-fctento tranfpnrtationi whipping and nd iat at that any other fpeeies of property w mo!e(ted by the aflailants. The principal obje&i of hoftility, 1 rather the principal fuffercrson account of their inadequate means of defence were thofe perfonn who, on the capiral/ on of 1 cafes, had taken fmall farms at a hie her tent than the late occupiers had offered ; and nil thofe who were fufpCcv ed of a difpofition to give information to magiftrates againil the diftnrbetrs of ||. peace, or to beartcftimony sgainft them in a C<»urt of Juflice, in the event of their' apprehenflon and tnal. In fome conn- ties, pan-rieularly iu Weftmeath and Rnt common, the moll barbarous puni(]tmcnrj wat frequently .inflifttd upon the ptr- fbns of thofe who had thai tendered themfelves obnoxious, and upon the pef. fons of their relatives. (1.) From the general terror which thefe j! proceedings Occafioned, it became alnvilt impoflible lo procure fatisfactoiy ev> * deuce again ft the ?,ufhy. it frequently fc i happened that the fuffcrers from Inch at- ti'ocities as I have alluded to; wlu-n vilit- ed by a Magistrate, would depofc only ; genen.!ly to the fads of their havingbecn pcrp.'trated,an*d not denying their know- ledge of the < {fenders, svouid yet (WJJr rcfiffc to difclofe their names, or&feftbe tlieir perfona, f;om the fear of future ad¬ ditional injury to themfelvc0 or their re¬ latives. Even where the parties offend* ing were depoled againlt and apprehenJ- cd, there was frequently the crreatefl dif- ficuly in cfTcciing their conviction, from the intiriiidation of witneflcs, andin fomt cafes of jurors. I I fca> few in (lances can be found .of late, in the counties which I have men¬ tioned, in which it has been pofliblc for witneffcs, having given evidence in favor of the Crown, on any trial connect With the diltuibance of the peace, tort- main fecurc in their ufual places ofabofc In the latter end of the year 1813. a meeting of the migillracy of the count/ of Wcitmeath touk place, at which c$' teen of that body attended. IVy ad- dreffeda memorial to me refpccling W Rate of that coumy, whkh bears d*j the 29th November. Tluy Teprefcntcd that freeuent < utfages were cwnmitWdj that o / * of incie3fcd malignity W be£n admiuiflercd ; that three pcrfooi had been convifted on charges of admin- iftcring and taking an oath, one nf tW |f iclich and tonaparte ;" and that tht witnefs upon whofc evidence that Sl j 1 « 1 » , l c^»a- lon had taken place had been recent. ly murdered, under circumflances which were alone fufficient to prove the alarm. ittg fla-;e of that county. The memctiil conclndcd wiih an earned prayer, that a propofnioti might be made to the Icjt lature for the revival of the infurreffien aft: From evidence adduced on the trialrf' j fix pcrf tnaconcerned in the murder alia. dedto inthift memoral, (five of whom I were capitally convicted) it was protej that the murder was committed by a par- ty of eighteen men. fcleded from a larger FOREIGN. t • m ■ • • * 4 9 • at n CORN BLJDES. A gentleman from South Carolina, has informed the editor, that the blades or leaver of corn, constitute almost the onl) fodder of a Carolina planter. Ha soon as the kernel attained itSgtOWth, the leaves arc earfully striped from the talk, spread thin, and taken up tin- same day. Care is taken that neither dew nor rain fall Upon (hem. Thus cured they arc a very nutritious food. which cattle prefer to hay. This does not injure the standing corn, but ra¬ ther benefits it. and facilitates its ma- turity. ft Suffered to dry upon the vtalk, the blades lose much in quan¬ tity as will as quality. It is submitted to our fanners, whether this experi¬ ment is not worthy their attention at this time of threatened scarcity. * . Mb. Argus. ON THE FOOD OF HORSES. (From the Cornwall Gazette ) Sir,—As the feafon u approaching when farmers arc obliged to keep their h"rfes on the mod cxpenfivc food, it may not be inconiillent with the objett.3 of your valuabU pj>cr to, rnaljc footf obfer- w- 're, I f ten •n From late London Papers IRELAND. Copy of a Difpateh from hi* Excelle the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland J Lord Vifcount Sidmouth, dated, \ of June, :8i6, viz. A STATEMENT Of thr nature and exteut of the Dlsturi ces which havs rccekily prevailed in land% and. the meafures which have- I adopted by the Government nf that er try, in consequence thereof—Ordered. the Honfe of Commons to be printed, X •{ TOTHERT.riON.LORDVISCOUl SIDMOUTH. Dublin Castles $th June, 131 6. My Lordy—1 have had the honor . receiving your Lordfhip's letter of i° 2 7th of April, enclofing an addrefs C\^c the Houfe of Commons to his R. "1 Higbnefa the Prince Regent, piayia that His Royal Highnefi wil] be gnF? oufly pleafed to direct, that there be f;1" before the houfe a ftatement of the I tore nnd extent of the difturbances wh'a' have recently prevailed in Ireland, 31 of the meafures which hare been adopt'^J by the Government of that country, conlequcnce thereof 3 and 1 proceed obey the commands which your Loi0 fliip has fignitied to tr.c iu that lctt^' that I ihould enable his Roval HrVhirT* 4* Of t« comply with the addrefs or" the Horis ofComn.ons. :*c Though i have, as your Lvrd(h:p ( 18 ry, and (entenced to death. It was not thought neceflary to pro¬ ceed to Limeiitk in cxecUlioo of the 1 j .* , .;—■»—i .....■ '«pxui] wi» Mionedin tbe memoriaJof the maKiftr3t« _ ... ly B'iu auo, tnat nin; pcrfons »veic (hortly afterwards convifl. I ed on tbe fame charges, wiih refprdto of im^O't-irce in Kiik-nny. NotwItMaiidiog, however, the num. btr of c<Tivi>.lions i'n the counties .f np. perary and Waterft-rd at the fpedaj com- m®ont and tile Jtvtre tx^rrjiics which were cade, they da not appear eve:, in thofe counties, to have pinfeed any laft. tog effea, or to have ntterbdr* clicked the bad fp,„t which pre*«!ed »n theaj. ---------.... ...dgiftratti took place. Straff meetings of the maeiflrateurf Wateiferd and «,f the Km?'. Coumy took place abnut the fame time.and J rece.ved from both reprefentationsof the idtfturbed ftate of their refpefiiw cm. Uea, and wneft application foran incrftft to the rr.„itary force flat.'oned in them. In the memorial which I received from b«. —'»« ..} ,m.:"y ,1-""S of- -1 nature «f fixteen mapftratcs, it wat'2. II ieMcei SgainJi tht^ public peace were committed in thfft and in other counties, paaicularly Waterft?rd, Wck'ncath, 1 Rolcommon. and the King's county, the; nature of which lufKciently proved that 1 illegal combinations, and the lame iylle- inalic violence anddif^rdei again ft which the fpeci'il comrr.ilnou of i^i 1 had been diuAed, ftill cxifted. The ofFencesa£jiiift the public peace, committed in the counties which were the leats of dlfturbx^cef pattouk of the fame general cliaradcr ; rcpoyta weie conflantly received of attacks on dwel¬ ling houies for the purpefc cf procuring arms, and the freqeiicy of thele attacks, and the open and daring roancer in which ihcy were made, were fdUcicut prct>f or the defire which generally ptevtiuuci am. ongIL thofe concerned in the diftttibanccsa to colled large quantities of arm**, and thus pofiefs the m^anii of profecutirlfr tticir ulterior objedt^ with a bt'ttei [;.vi- pcit of iuccefn. Several uiliances occui- red, in which the hmfes of 1 cfpcilable in¬ dividuals were attacked, e«<n in the o- pen day, L#- large bodies of aimed men ; anu other*, iq which the military, acting under the directions' /»f magillraves met with cunliderabln. r^iu.-^ r- ■ tedv»g thnt alar.-r.ingdJ'iurKancea exiflcd W c',,3nt7'and the adjacent parts of Weftmeath} th..t almoll evrry ni?hr noufes plundered of arm?-; rhat thej considered Itron^er meafures than thofe which could be reformed to under tbe* iftrng laW8 abfolutely necefTary ; anJthn the re-cnaclrnent and enforcement of tht ' mfurreaion aft would alone enable then to maintain tranquility." In the month of January, 1814,1 re¬ ceived from the Governors and 28 m* gifirat'8 of the county of Weftmeath a fecond memorial, tirginn; the neceffity of the immediate revival of the liifurreftmn aft. In this county three murders had been then recently committed within the fhoit fpace of a month, two upon perfons ftupefted of giving information againft offend era. -Your Lordfliio will recollffi, .that fn the early part of January 1814, I frit-it incumbent on me to c:JI-your attent'on to a rcpivfentatfon made to your lord* Ihfp by.his Grace the Duke of Rich¬ mond, iw the month of Auguft preccJmj on the fjhje&pf the diflurbedrtatc ofV confidrrable portion of thein^rforofthi\ Country, 3nd cxprcfTcd my ^on rcjfeU 'arable tOttmii ' hid Zr K°unt,y' 3-nd ?^¥ my Wp rT- " «8 wyr- j tfl«t nc'.w.tbrtaHcJi.^ tjic annk-.U wb«J