Star.
London, England, 1807-08-26 00:00:00

ABERDiEEN, AUGUST 22.

Tnefday lan, Barley Harveft began in this neigh.
bourhood, where it will foon be general and abut'.
dant. We are happy t•r fay, fimilar favourable ac-
counts, both of the commencement of the harvell and
appearance of the crop, have ruched us from dif•
ferent parts of the country ; and, if unfeaf"nable rain
does not fet in, we have great reafon to believe, that
the Barley and Oat Harveft will, in general, be
earlier than was expeited. During this week, how.
ever, we have had a good deal of vain, efpecially on
Tuefday evening ha, when there was a very heavy
fall for tome time, after a norm of uncommonly
loud thunder, and the molt vivid Ratites of lightning,
which ccntinued with great violence for feveral hours',
fortunately unattended with any accident in this
quarter. _ _ _

Saturday lag, imprefs warrants for the Nary were
iffued here, under the orders of Captain Nero, the
Regulating Officer at Leith. The militia in garrifon
and recruiting parties were called out in aid f this
fervice ; but notwithilanding the great activity (hewn
on the occafion, very lit.le fuccefs attended their en.
deavours, the feamen in general having fled and fe.
creted themfelves, in confegcence of early notice
being received of the circumtlance. A company of
the militia marched the fame day for Peterhead, is
execution of this duty; and having reached that place
in the evening, without any alarm, fucceeded in fe.
curing a confiderable number of pe,,ple, the greater
part of whom were afterwards diftniff:d, and a few
ufeful hands oply cletained.

Mr. Bowes, late Putter of his Majeny's fionp of
war the NAUTILUS. which. was wrecked on a defer;
ifland in the Archipelago fome months fine, arrived
at Plymouth lalt week The Captain, and greater
part of thf ctrof; it is fsid, were attually Owed to
death.
Two outward bound Dania veffeis were boarded
on Monday, in the Downs, by forme boatmen from
Deal. The Danith sails had paged through out
fleet in the Sound. The Maflers /fate, that the Danes
had been fur fume time in expellation of the arrival
of oar expedition, and had made every priffibleprip
paration for defence before and fince it reached', re;.
land. All he troops were called and dillributed
in the melt jud ei in; manner. They alto (peak of a
very large b, dy of Vollateers and alert that their
countrymen ate determined to fight to the /aft exr
tremity.
GRAND Filys.The Officers of the Royal Stafford
Militia gave a grand ball aid flipper in the barrack
Yard, Wndioi, on Monday, t,, above tso
guifhed vifilanr:, chiefly Nobility an,' Gentry in the
env' r..us. A tempf.rar y creftion, ninety feet in length,
was formed in the Bit ack Yard, in which the amr
pang danced, and feats were formed for fuch as did
nut j-in in that pallie. The ereaino was lighted up
in a Ityle magnihcmence. At one end was a crown
' in variroted Limps, and at the "the? end the Staffnrd
knot. At one o'clock !tipper was ferved up in se very
elegant ilvle, And afterward« a defrat was pl..red un
the table, contolin4 of every delicacy that could be
procured. At thee o'clock dancing recommenced,
which Jailed until fix, when the comp Any broke up.

Yeflerday the Festival of St. Louis was celebrated
by all the French in this metropolis. At ten o'clocrk
in the morning they affembled at the French chapel
in King.lireet, Portnian.lquare, where High Kars
was celebrated; and the chapel, with the addition of
tome decorations for the occalirn, had a grand and
folemn appearar ce. Ibe Griner was pert tined by
the Bifhop of Thome, affined by the Abbe &mom.,
and the other Clergymen of that Chapel. Among
the congregatinn were his Royal Highnet. 61011.1 E wig
Duke Dc Betas, Duke of Cler.saris, and Prince Ds
Coitus, together with a mother of the French bl-bility,
Chief Officers, and several Knights of the Olden of
the H. ly Ghoßt and of St Lours, with the crones
and other infignia of their refpedive orders and na-
tions, feycral military fficers of aranks; 4c. Scc.
We are much furprifed to 4nd that a general ft*.
culation for the Small Pox has very recently taken
place in Aylffiani and its neighbourhood, and out
readers, ie doubt not, will participate ip onr con.
cern, when we add that four ine!ividuals have already
fallen victims to a pradice which has long been dif.
countenanced by the good f!nle and humanity 4 the
country ; for it is a iamenrable fo, that four claim
died there vithirr the loft toed under :noealationfor *Smog
Pox, and how many more may be factificed in conic-
onence of its malignant poifon being thus wino*
diffufed, time alone can afcertain.
A melancholy accident lately happened no Ned!
clan Heath, to, Tenn man of the name of Batchelor,
who was in company with the driver of the Dayentry
and Birmingham light waggon t—alt appears that be
unfottunately fell from a piney on which he was
riding, clofe to the carriage, the wheels of !finch
palled over his body, and killed him innaptlyl
On Thurfday evening, about halt pan pine *Meek*
a violent thander.flortn was experienced in the Peigh•
bourhood of Dymchtirelt ; it Continued nal, a !bort
time, but in it; progiefa did confiderable damage.
A barn on theroad to ilonnington,sio the ,ccupation
of John Sutton, of Dymehureh, Wat let on fire by the
lightning, and entirely confumed, with to acre; aad
an halt of wheat, (the whole produce of the farm),
one acre of oats, together with the greater Fart of the
farming utenfils';' the lift is enimated at about I'o4
and no part of the property inlured. We rerret tO
fay; that the • whale went of a tile of honoollllo
indarY were t6t3t destroyed in a moment.