The Sun.
London, England, 1839-12-05 00:00:00

THE WEATHER-CORN, AND

OTHER CR,..)1'6.

The weather in London, for the last four or five
days, has been foggy. Yesterday there was less fog, the
air was frosty, and the sun shone out with unwonted
brilliancy.
FIRST SNOW.—Winter bestowed upon us his first-
fruits, in a fall of snow during the night of Wednesday,
and on Thursday morning the ground and trees were
completely whitened ; but the snow dissolved in the
course of the day.—Lincoln Gazette.
The weather for the last two or three days has been
extremely foggy, so much so that in many parts of the
town the gas has had to be kept burning in the shops,
there not being sufficient daylight for the ordinary pur-
poses of business.—Tuesday's Tyne Pilot.
No ice in Largs, the Montpelier of Scotland, until
Wednesday morning last, the thermometer during the
night having been as low as 30 deg. Although none
of the ponds approached the bearing point, the curlers
were not to be cheated out of their sport, and accord-
ingly mustered in considerable force on the artificial
rink, furnished to them by the liberality of that well-
known and enthusiastic veteran curler, J. Cairnie, Esq.
They enjoyed a day's excellent curling, and continued
their amusement on the following day, until the snow
interrupted the game.—Glasgow Chronicle.
(From the Dumfries Courier of Tuesday.)
A sharp frost, preceded by snow showers, set in °II
Wednesday, the 27 in ult. ; and again the country, after
a respite of not a few months, wore the livery
of winter.
It is painful to see it stated that three-fourths or the
corn crops are still, or were very recently egposed, in a
portion of Perthshire, about twelve miles long by from
two to four in breadth, which takes the name of Strath-
band. Stooks subjected to such lengthened battering'
can be of little use on the barn floor, and we could have
hardly conceived such a thing possible in the wildest
portion of broad Scotland. The potato crop, fortu-
nately, had proved very abundant—of itself a greatcom-
fort ; and a seccnd one, the humidity which, how
disastrous in other respects, enables cattle to fend with-
out fodder.
About 4,000 bolls of potatoes have already been,
shipped from Fifeshire to Newcastle, and other parts of.
England at 6s. 6d. The boll contains 4 cwt., which
makes the price merely a shade higher than the rates
current in Dumfriesshire and Galloway. But an opinion
prevails, that so necessary an article will mount as the
of
season advances, and that not so much from shortness ,
yield, as the extent to which it enters into the food off
cattle. Even in the provincial markets prime bee
brings 7d. per lb. ; stock too has become scarce from
neglect of breeding and the extra attention Paid to
sheep, and we know many butchers who would at
be
their wits end were it not for the steamers that bring
them bullocks from Liverpool.
Since the above was written the frost has returned ;
but it is moderate as yet, and where not over-keen is the
best weather we can have in December. Yesterday °Tea:
ing, what is called a Noah's Ark appeared in the sky,. me
certain sign, according to the weather-wise, that .te_.
frost will either pass away in twenty-four hours or Is"
from eight to ten days.