The Sun.
London, England, 1824-09-01 00:00:00

MISCELLANEOUS OCCURRENCES.

The Lady Amherst has brought intelligence that the follow-
ing ships were taken up on the expedition to Madras, ;n addi-
tion to those formerly mentioned :—Tabarus, Capt. D. Oliver;
Resolution. A. Bramwell; John Bannerman, J. C. Alford ;
James Colvin, R. Wempis ; Bombay Merchant, J. Hill;
Hei H. bang*, ; David Clark, P. Falconer,; Ferguson,
J. Sutherland ; Virginia, P. Butler ; East Indian, P. Bay ;•
Hercules, J. Heron; Vittoria, J. 11. &wham ; and Susan,
VV. If antilton.—The Jangeer, Capt A ; the Ann,
Capt. Gibson ; and David Malcolm, Capt. Ilanwell, were also
expected to be engaged.
In addition to the vessels formerly stated to have been taken
up at Calcutta for the expedition, the Anna Robertson, %V.
Clark, was engaged.
There were no ships at Bombay, from England, during the
stay of the Ganges, and freight was in consequence exceedingly
high.
Lite Greenock, Sir Godfrey Webster, and Asia, were taken
up at Sydr.Fy, New South 'Wales, in February last, to convey
the right wing of the 411th Regiment to Madras, and expected
to sail 25th March.

AGRICULTURAL REPORTfor A UG. 1824.
STAFFORD, WORCESTER, AND SHROPSHIRE.

The rains which set in with considerable vio-
lence about the middle of the month, caused partial damage to
the Wheat crops ; but list beneficial effects upon the Turnips
and lattermath fully compensated for the damage and necessary
delay that it gave to the housing of the Grain. We now have
to record the finishing the most productive Grain and Hay har-
vest we ever remember, and in our part it may be truly said,
that almost without an exception not a farmer but has been
obliged to enlarge his rick-yard, so abundant (not only in
straw, but in good marketable produce) are the crops. The
harvest has been considerably earlier than was expected from
the backwardness of the spring, but the consequence is, that
the Grain has a proportionably thinner skin, so that the meal
will be greater and the bran so much less in quantity..... Peas
have not been a very abundant crop; but the Beans have very
greatly exceeded expectation ; they are most abundant and
and fine.—Potatoes never showed a finer or more farinaceous
crop, and the quantity planted this spring being large, the root
will this season be the root of plenty.—The Carrot and Pars-
nip have been greatly benefited by the abundant rain in the
middle of the month, and have now attained a very large size,
and by October will amply repay the farmer for the trouble of
culture.—Turnips are universally an abundant crop, the same
cause has equally operated upon them as upon the Carrots and
Parsnips, and the Swede this year will be very large. The
fanner has been much inconvenienced for want of hands, the
Turnip hoeing and Grain harvest being so close upon each
other, one of them was obliged to be suspended.—Lucern has
turned out, as usuali a most useful auxilliary to the farmer;
we have seen some that has been cut twice, and the third time
is now commenced ; we cannot speak too highly of this most
useful plant.—Apples and Pears suffered very considerable
damage by the storm on Wednesday, the 18th instant, but par-
ticular districts have a promising crop.—. The Hops will realize
a fair average crop; but the price of this necessary of life will
not suffer much decline, there being ao few good old. Hops in the
country.