The Sun.
London, England, 1838-09-06 00:00:00

THE CORN CROPS.

(LATEST NEWS.)
SCOTLAND.—September thus far is promising, and should
the future in aught resemble the present, the hills and moors,
however late, will assist in cheapening the peck of meal, what_
ever may be the price of the quartern loaf. In our last we
announced the commencement of harvest, and it would be
easy to swell the list of places in which grain was cut in the
beginning and middle of last week, and will be led before the
present is out. To Mr. Fraser we assigned priority in cutting
oats ; but we have learnt since that Mr. Connell, of Conheath
commenced reaping on the same day an inclosure extending
to twenty acres. Mr. Laurie, Mr. Smith, Mr. Anderson,
Sherrington, and various others, followed on Thursday ; and
it would be easy to name farmers in Carlaverock, Kirkmahoe,
Closeburn, Kier, and, in short, all the early parishes, who will
now have constant shearing. We particularly direct attention to
Mr. Lawrie's splendid oats, near the toll-bar, which every
friend to agriculture should visit.—Dumfries Courier of last
Wednesday.
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Every day has been fine, since our last, for the harvest, and
a great deal of corn has been carried in excellent condition;
there are still a few thin pieces of wheat standing and a few
opts, but generally speaking everything will be in at the end
of this week, should the fine weather continue. The second
cut clover has been stacked in very good order, but the crop
is short.ft The rape and turnips do not grow at all, in conse-
quence of the very dry weather; and the grass is completely
dried up. The fallow s in the Weald are cleaner and more
pulverised than they have been for some years.—Brighton
Gazette of this morning.
In Kent most of the wheat has been carried, and generally
the produce has been equal to that of an average crop.
IRELAND.— Still the weather continues as favourable as
could be desired, and considerable progress has been made in
harvest operations in three out of the four provinces. From
all parts of the country the accounts are exceedinly gratify-
ing ; and, although wheat, especially in heavy sots, had suf-
fered during the first three weeks of the past month, the pre-
sent dry and genial weather has restored the healthy appearance
of the crops, and there is now a fair promise of an abundant
harvest. The only exception is wheat, which will be a short
crop, and indifferent in quality in many places; but, generally
speaking, even wheat will yield a pretty fair average; and we
learn with great pleasure that this most important portion ?f
the crops is likely to reach the granary in much better condi-
tion than had been apprehended. With respect to oats and
barley, there will be a full average, and of potatoes there will
be as abundant a crop as has been witnessed for several years.
So far, then, with respect to this country, the prospects are
most encouraging. Indeed, another week of fine weather
would be sufficient to secure the bulk of the harvest.—Dublin
Evening Post of last Tuesday_

Mr. Yates, the Director of the Adelphi Theatre,
left Paris on Saturday night, taking with him a signed engage-
ment with the celebrated Bayaderes, having carried off the
prize from the Directors of nearly all the theatres in London
and Paris, who were in the field against him. He is, however,
under an engagement to return with them to Paris for the
months of January and February, for which he is secured the
large sum of 4,oool.—Courier.

Yesterday evening the Sophia, of Plymouth, Cap-
tain Nicholas Massey, master, from Teneriffe, bound to Lon-
don, with a cargo of wines, put into Newhaven Harbour, in
consequence of the alarming illness of the captain, who was
seized with delirium tremens, brought on by excessive drink-
ing. He raved incessantly for some time, and it was with dif-
ficulty that he was prevented from throwing himself overboard.
He died in the course of the evening, and this morning, when
our informant left Newhaven, a coroner's inquest was then
sitting.

On Monday night, during the performance at the
Surrey Theatre, a serious accident occurred. Two men
who had paid for their admission to the gallery in the course
of the first piese began to quarrel. The theatre at the time
was much crowded. It appears that the windows at the back
of the gallery, which faces the road, are removed previously to
the performance, and dead-lights placed in the frames, which
are barred across. The men alluded to commenced fighting
at the back, and during the struggle the bars gave way, and
both were precipitated from the window on to the port►co, a
considerable distance, nearly half the height of the theatre.
The circumstance created a great sensation. One of the men
was found on examination to have fractured several limbs, and
to have received other injuries; be was immediately removed
to Guy's Hospital, where he remains in a precarious condition.
The other man was seriously injured. Both were in liquor at
the time.