Star.
London, England, 1828-06-19 00:00:00

TH4 11A,RVEST AND RROPS.

We scarcely ever remember to have seen the Eel&
more full-of grass than at the. pretent moment.. thole,.
late rains have produced great plenty,. and if the
ther should prove favourable, the .crops. of hay he
extremely heavy. The wheat crops, to which the At,:.!.
ting winds of April had given a very nnhealthibile• 4,`
pearance, are fast recovering themselves, and the
are new looking very healthy in most-situations, thoti-:,
the grub has done considerable mischief to Spriagccis**::
The hay harvest has partially.commenced in the West'
Riding of Yorkshire, and will, in thecourse of the hat:,
week, become pretty general.
The prospect of smiling-plenty is again spread on':
every side by the bountiful hand of PitoVIDINCE.;
pastures are clothed in the richest verdure, and otir
corn fields wave in healthy luxui lance. The barleys!
seem. remarkably fine, and are already strong in the
ear. We believe that, generally speaking. in our
.cinity, the harvest will be plentiful and forward. 114y-
malcing-ik already commenced in diffeient plikeseear
this City, and there is a likelihood, fr.Unt the 'mast*
of the late rains, that we shall hiire a cciatinaapeas
warm and favourable weather for securing this 1in....
portant crop.—York Herald.
The harvest commenced last week in the neighbOur-
hood of Hemel Hempstead; but owing to the frequent
showers, farmers generally,were slow in proceeding.—
Bucks Chronicle. • , :•

Hay-making is now become general in this lad the
neighbouring enunties, and the mowers say they do not
recollect a season when the swathe was heavier ; so that
there will not only be plenty of hay for the ensuing
winter, but, should the country be blessed with a cot -
tinuance of the ptesent fine weather, the quality will
also be excellent. The wheat is everywhere looking
I well and coming into ear, with the promise of an abun-
dant harvest. The genial warmth of the last few days
has improved the appearance of the barley and other
late sown crops.—Sherborne Mercury.
Hay harvest has commenced indifferent pans of this
country; the quantity of grass is unusually gteat, and
the weather is, at present, most favourable for saving
it in the best condition—West Briton.

The orchards in the South Hams have sustained a
partial blight; The crop of apples is much varied ;in
some orchards it being abundant, and in others very
scanty. In general, the trees that did not bear last year
are fruitful now, and vice versa.—Sherborne Mercury.

Yesterday morning Mrs. Bush, who kept a confec-
tioner's shop at the corner of Tenter-row, near the Eagle
Tavern, City-road, fell suddenly, while standing in the
shop, and instantly ceased to exist.
While the ship Friends, cif North Shields, Captai'n
Meldrum, was lying in the, river Tyne about ten days
ago, a sparrow built its nest upon the quarter block of
the main yard, and had laid several eggs therein.
When Mr. SCORE3BY, sen. commanded the ship
Henrietta, he, on one occasion, experienced on the Green-
land Sea atedious gate, accompanied by sari wy vNoher.
As the wind began to abate a ship came rp under all
sails. The master hailed the Henriettr, and inquired
why she was under close-reefed top-sails in such mode-
rate weather. On being told that a struts had juet
subsided, he declared that he knew nothing of it, though
he had observed a swell and a black cloud a-head of his
ship, that seem►d to advance before him, until be was
overshadowed by it, a little while before he had come
up with the Henrietta. He had had fine weather and
light winds the whole day.