The Sun.
London, England, 1834-08-07 00:00:00

HIS MAJESTY'S LEVEE.

His Majesty arrived in town at a quarter past one o'clock yester-
day afternoon, attended by Sir Herbert Taylor, from Windsor
Castle. The King was received by the Duke of Cumberland and
the Duchess of Gloucester at St. James's Palace.
The King held a Levee, at which his Majesty gave audiences to
the Prince de Talleyrand, Ambassador from the King of the
French, to take leave (for a short time), on leave of absence ; and
Count St. Martin d'Aglie, the Sardinian Minister, to deliver a
letter from his Sovereign. Their Excellencies were respectively
introduced by Viscount Palmerston, his Majesty's Principal Secre-
tary of State for Foreign Affairs, and Conducted by Sir Robert
Chester, the Master of the Ceremonies.
The King gave audiences to Viscount
.Melbourne, the Duke of
Devonshire, Viscount Palmerston, the Duke of Norfolk, Viscount
Althorp, ord Auckland, Viscount Duncannon, the Right Hon.
Robert Grant, Mr. Cutlar Fergusson (Judge Advocate-(general),
Lord Foley, Lord Hill, the Earl of Albemarle, Sir Edward Barnes,
and Colonel Mackinnon, Field Officer in Waiting.
Viscount Ashbrook and Lieut.-Colonel Taylor were the Lord
and Groom in Waiting.
The entrée levee was attended by the French Ambassador ; the
Sardinian, Neapolitan, Prussian, Netherlands, Danish, Bavarian,
Portuguese, and Greek Ministers : the United States, Austrian,
and Russian Charges d'Affaires ; the Privy Councillor of the Ha-
noverian Legation, the First Secretary to the French Embassy
(Monsieur de Bacourt), the Secretary to the Danish Legation, the
Dutch Special Minister, the Lord Chancellor, the Lord President,
the Lord Privy Seal, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Secre-
taries of State for the Home and Foreign Departments, the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer, the President of the Board of Control,
the First Lord of the Admiralty, the Secretary at War, the Master
of the Mint, the Lord Chamberlain, the Lord Steward, the Mas-
ter of the Horse, the Captain of his Majesty's Most Honourable
Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, Lord Hill (Gold Stick in Waiting),
the Earl Marshal, the Comptroller of the Household, Mr. Cutlar
Fergusson (Judge Advocate-General), the Master of the Cere-
monies, Colonel Hill (Silver Stick in Waiting), the Master of the
Robes, the Clerk Marshal, the King's Harbinger, Colonel Wyn-
yard and Colonel Sir Adolphus Dalrymple (Aidesde-Camp to the
King), and Master Graves (Page of Honour).
At the general levee there were present the Mayor of Shrews-
bury, and the following :
Marquis of Thomond.
Earl of Caernarvon.

LORDS.—Stafford, Farnborough, and Howard of Effingham.
RIGHT HONOURABLES—CharIes Tennyson, Robert Grant, and
Charles Grant.

Honourable G. Walpole.
SlRS—William Home and A. Young.
Doctor Dickson.
Reverend B. Bray.
MESSIEURS.—E. J. Gambier, Richard Peek, Sulivan, C.
Doyne, Sillery, and C. Hay Cameron.
Archbishop of Armagh.
ADMIRALS—Sir Edward King and Sir Pulteney Malcolm.
GENERALS—Sir Edward Barnes, Sir J. Maclean, and Sir
George Walker.
CAPTAINS (Royal Navy )—Marsham, George Gambier, and
Thomas Dickinson.
COLONELS—PhiIip Dundas, Macalester, Campbell, Adye, and
Cleveland.
COMMANDERS (Royal Navy)—Blanckley and De Roos.
Lieutenants H. Deschamps, R.N.
CAPTAlNS—Griffiths and Deverill.

Ensigns W. E. Barnes.
The following were presented to the King :
Lord Stafford, on going abroad.
The Earl of Caernarvon, on coming to his title, by the Earl of
Shaftesbury
Dr. Dickson, Physician Royal, Naval Hospital Plymouth, by the
Right Hon. Lord Auckland.
Mr. Edward John Gambier, on his appointment as Recorder of
Prince of Wales' Island, by the Right Hon. Charles Grant.
Hon. G. Walpole, by the Earl of Albemarle.
Lieut.-General Sir Edward Barnes, on his return from India, by
Lord Hill.
Ensign W. E. Barnes' 26th Foot, on his return from India, by
Lieut.-General Sir Edward Barnes.
Captain Marsham, on his promotion and return from the Mediter-
ranean, by Lord Auckland.
Lieut.-Colonel Macalester, on his return from Ceylon, and being
appointed to the 3d class of the Royal Guelphic Order, by Sir
Herbert Taylor.
Lieut.-Colonel Campbell, on his return from abroad, by the Adju-
tant- General.
Captain Deverill, on his return from India, by Lieut.-General Sir
E. Barnes.
Captain Griffiths, on return from India, by General Sir G. Nugent,
Bart., G. C. B.
Commander Blanckley, upon his return from South America and
paying off his Majesty's sloop Pylades, by Rear-Admiral Sir T.
M. Hardy, G. C. B.
Lieut. H. Deschamps, R.N., upon his return from South America,
by Sir T. M. Hardy.
Sir A. Young, on his return to Prince Edward's Island.
The following presented addresses and petitions to the King •.
The Duke of Devonshire—From the inhabitants of the town of
Ashbourn, thanking his Majesty for his protection of the Esta-
blished Church.
The Marquis of Thomond —From 6,282 Protestant inhabitants of
the county and city of Cork, humbly thanking his Majesty for
his gracious Declaration to the Archbishops and Bishops in sup-
port of the Established Church, and to declare their devoted
attachment to the same.

The Archbishop of Canterbury--From the clergy, gentry, and
other inhabitants of Kingston, Ferehead, and Swell, Cheffombe
and White Stanton, Shefton Beauchamp, Curry nivel, Merriot,
Crewkerne, Ilminster, Waygood and Sexborough, Donyatt,
Dawlish, Stockling, Levington, Hinton St. George, Lopen,
Winsham, and Known, in the county of Somerset ; from the
clergy of the Deanery of Crewkerne ; clergy of the Deanery of
Ileaminster ; the Dean and Chapter of St. Asaph ; and the
clergy of the Archdeaconry of Coventry, most humbly expressive
of gratitude for his Majesty's determination to support the United
Church of England and Ireland.
Addresses to a similar effect were presented from Ballymascanlan,
Newtown Hamilton, Armagh, Carantes, Drumglass, Tamlat,
Derryboran, Desertcreight, Tartaraham, Sixmile, Loughall,
Termonsur Gruike, Fermonfeakin, Ballygawley, Tullinacoole,
Dundalk, Caledon, Dunlier, Tullamiskin, Drumcar, Clonbroney,
Killeban, Queen's, Killashea, Tashiy, and Abbeyshrule ; a parish
in the county of Longford, and Edgeworthstown.
The .Mayor of Shrewsbury presented an Address, thanking his
Majesty for his late most gracious Declaration in favour of the
Established Church.

The King gave an audience yesterday at St. James's to the
Marquis of Ailsa.
His Majesty, attended by Sir thrbert Taylor, left St. James's at
a quarter past seven o'clock last evening, on his return to Windsor
Castle.

The Duke of Gloucester honoured the King's Theatre with his
presence on Tuesday evening, to witness the performance of Anna
Bolena.

AGRICULTURAL REPORT FOR JULY.

_The harvest has commenced, and is in a state of great
forwardness through the south part of England—we have
heard that some Talavera wheat was cut on the 14th of
the month, one instance among many others of the extra-
ordinary forwardness of the season ; so early a season has
not been seen since 1822. A sample of barley of this year's
growth was shown in Southampton market on Friday, the
18th inst. ; it was in fine condition. The earliness of the
season of 1822 was by. no means equal to the forwardness
of the present, for owing to the long continuation of dry
weather, the spring crops are brought to as forward a state
as the wheat. A great deal has been already cut of each
sort ; even beans have been cut and housed, which is in
general the last crop that ripens, and is often as backward
as the end of October. The wheat, on the strong well-
cultivated lands, is in excellent condition, and will produce
more than an average crop. On poor lands, and where the
seed was not got in in good order, the crops are short and
rather thin on the ground, from the want of those necessary
occasional showers which generally fall in the months of
March and April, and, in consequence, the plant became
stunted ; so much so, that the showers which so greatly
improved the crop on the strong rich soils did not produce
the same beneficial effects on the dry and poor soil. The
main crop of barley is fine and full, in many situations quite
luxuriant, and so are the oats ; yet the backward sown por-
tions of either grain, especially of the former, on cold soils,
are more than usually deficient in comparison with those
which were put into the ground at an earlier period. Beans
and pease present but an indifferent show of haulm ; they
are well poddtd ; the late crops have a much better appear-
ance than the early ones. The hay season has not long
been brought to a close, and owing to the variableness of
the crop, it cannot be described with any degree of cer-
tainty ; on some of the cold low lands the crop has been
heavy, and has produced from two to two and a half loads
the acre, on others not more than one-third of a crop, and
on some of the high and dry lands the crop has failed alto-
gether ; many acres have been sold by auction for 10!. per
acre. However, to make up some part of the deficiency,
we are looking forward to a good cut of after-grass, and
feed for cattle never was more promising. Sheep hare had
a long favourable season, and in general are looking well,
and in consequence of the recent showers, which have pro-
duced so rapid a change in the pasture lands, prices have
been somewhat higher. There is a prospect this year that
the turnip crop will be abundant ; the soil in general was
in good condition, Swedes and the early sorts of turnips
were put in in good order, and the weather has been favour-
able for hoeing them, and owing to the well-timed showers
that fell so opportunely, they have made great progress in
growth. On some soils the fly has been a little busy, but
the showers have been so kind as almost to drive them out
of the field, therefore it may not be saying too much to call
the turnip crop in general a good one ; the soil is still in
excellent order to receive the seed, should a late crop be
wanting, the season having been so very favourable for
cleaning and enriching the turnip lands. Wool is rather on
the advance, the superior sorts full 6d. in the lb. The
potatoes that were first planted did not turn out much to
the planter's benefit, from the want of moisture when first
committed to the soil, and a large proportion of the sets
failed from growing altogether. The reason of this failure
is not generally understood, but we should presume it to
be from the following causes ; that some were taken up and
housed before they had sufficiently arrived at a state of
maturity, and others, which seems to be the most probable
cause, were, when taken up, put together in quantities
too large for the mildness of the winter which followed ;
they became over-heated in the caves in which they were
deposited ; and others were too far exhausted, from being in
a constant state of growing, to radicate again when placed