The Sun.
London, England, 1842-08-19 00:00:00

SPORTTATO.

The Woodmen of the Forest of Arden held their
grand annual archery match during the past week.
A medal, arrow, and bugle-horn of silver, were shot
for on the several successive days, with a gold neck-
lace of turquoise and an engarved brooch. In addi-
tion to these there was a sweepstakes, and excellent
target-shooting.

C TIRT-rAsutorcanyx.
The Duchess of Buccleuch left Whitehall on
Saturday, by railroad, for Dalkeith.
Sir Robert Peel arrived in town on Wednesday.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer arrived in town
yesterday, from the Isle of Wight.
The Earl of Coventry still remains indisposed in the
Regent's-park..
The Countess of Mexborough left Dover-street on
Monday, for Yorkshire.
Lord Skelrnersdale left Portland-place on Monday,
for Lancashire.

- Lady Stepney has left town for Deal Castle, on a
visit to Lord and Lady Maryborough.
Lord and Lady Sherborne leave Hyde-park Gardens
this week, for Dorsetshire. _ _

The Marquis and Marchioness of Thomond have
returned to Taplow House, Berks.

MISCELLANEOUS.

A Chartist meeting was held on Wednesday in front
of the Session-house, Clerkenwell, to discuss matters
connected with the present disturbed state of the
country. Upwards 'of 2,000 persons were present.
One speaker was understood to " inform" the meet-
ing that fifty soldiers had been brought up in a waggon
from the North, and had been confined in the House
of Correction for laying down their arms and refusing
to fire upon "the people."

With the exception of two or three backward farms
in this neighbourhood, the wheat harvest may be said to
be finished • not a sheaf has been secured in airy thing
like bad order, and we believe a gieater weight of flour
will be produced this year from a load of sheaves, than
our oldest farmers recollect. The weight of the wheat
is greater than we ever heard of before. A great deal
of the barley and oats are stacked in excellent order,
and we hear the samples better spoken of than we ex-
pected. The grass is unusnally short, and the cattle, in
some districts, are driven many miles to water. The
sheep are doing better than could be expected, but we hear
sad complaints of the young seeds ;_ indeed they seem to
have failed altogether.—Briyhton Gazette.
THE rXARVEST.—The weather, though showery,
is. on tl' whole, peculiarly favourable for the crops.
The heat and moisture have helped to fill the ear amaz-
ingly, while the occasional high winds aid greatly in the
ripening process. Harvest is all but general within a
circle of nearly five miles of Ayr. In the neighbour
hood of Tarbolton, Dalrymple, and the higher lands ge-
. perally, reaping will not be in ops ration for a couple of
weeks yet ; but even this will be early almost beyond
precedent for these usually late lands. The wheat crop,
as a whole, is short in the stalk, yet well filled ; but the
oats, especially in the higher districts, never looke better.
—Ayr Observer.
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NATURE.—" All nature," says Schlegel, in the
Philosophic de Vie, "is to human eyes a pyramid covered
with hieroglyphics, of which few are intelligible to us
bf cau•e the key is wanting, and because we ask Nature
for it, instead of praying to God that he would unfold to
us the mystery and glory of His works."
A CHARGE IN FRONT.--A sergeant, ferociously
attacked by a mastiff, ran the brute through the body
With his halbert. " Cruel wretch !" cried a sensitive
soul, why did you not strike the poor dog with the butt
end of your pike ? " "So I would," said the man, if
be bad run at me with bis tail I" • - •