Star.
London, England, 1816-08-27 00:00:00

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THE HARVEST. -

The late fine weather has been attended with very
beneficial effects on the crops, and more particularly'
on Wheat and Barley. From Cornwall our account
is, that the corn ripens fast; the Whe.tt is abundant;
and the expectations of the agriculturist and the cowl•
try'are naturally most grateful. The fine weather
which we have now enjoyed (interrupted only by p ir-
tial clouds) for more than a week, and which, we
hope, is settled, bas diffused a general warmth of
pleasing anticipation. From Devonshire, we hear
that the corn harvest • has at length commenced in
many parts of that county, and that early this week,
if the present favourable weather continues, it will
become general. The wheat crop has suffered a
little; still, the produce will not fall much below an
average. All other cropi are great beyond expecta-
tion. The harvest has set in, and promises a rich re-
turn to the farmer, both in quantity and quality.—
The present appearance will warrant the assertion,
that Wheat at 10s. Barley at ss. and Oats at Ss. per
bushel, will pay the farmer handsomely, and the
country will be satisfied. From Staffordshire; we
have accounts which state that the first great source
of consolation,.a favourable change of weather, ap-
pears already to have come with assurance of perma-
nency that may do away much of the bad effects of
the previous unfavourable season. In Sussex, the
alteration of the weather has made a sensible alters.
tion in the appearance of the standing corn, which
will now soon fall under the hands of the harvesters.
The accounts from Norfolk state that the corn fields
in that cqunty have rarely exhibited a more promis-
ing appearance of a productive harvest than at the
present season. In Scotland, the barley harvest com-
menced in several places on the 16th instant.
Barley harvest commenced on Thursday last at
Bruntisland, Fifeshire ; and at Forgue, Aberdeen-
shire, on the 16th instant.
A letter from Worthing, dated the 25th insMnt,l
says:-66 A week's succession of fine weather has
been accompanied with a corresponding influence in
this town and neighbourhood, not only by its attrac-
tion for marine excursions, but in the contemplation
of the produce of the earth being matured into boun-
tiful 'perfection. The fertility of the wheat and bar-
ley crops in this part of the county are beyond the
expectatitin of many farmers, and with few exceptions
the continual rains have been beneficial to the light
soils. This week the harvest will generally commence."
• Essex—The trop of Carraway, lu &sal proved much better
than was expected, but did not realize a very encouraging price.
We believe the whole has been bought up by the country traders
at 30s. per hundred-weight. The growers made the first offer to
the London Merchants, but could not induce them to purchase.
The Coriatider has suffered se much from the rains as to Lord
little prospect of even half a crop. The Teasels also are likely to
pm* a poor *Met: Ike Corn harvest is just begun and pro-
mises a great abundance.

There is at present in the garden of Mr. Kennedy,
gardener, NithbAnk, an apple-tree in full blossom, and
at the same time bearing fruit!

Mrs. Wilkinson, of Stanwiz, has in her garden an
apple•tree, called the Keswick codling, now laden
with fruit and blossoms for a second crop this season.

On Thursday se'nnight, in the afternoon, Can.
noble and its neighbourhood were visited by one
of the setemt storms of lightning; thunder, bail,
and rain, ever remembered by the oldest inhabitant
of that part of the country. The lightning 'was
incessant, and a house in the vicinity of Cannobie was
struck with the electric fluid, which . went down the
chimney, and set the house on fire., but it was fortu-
oately extinguished, without doing much damage.—
The hail lay on the ground three inches in depth ;
and the rain finally descended in such torrents, that
brooks, insignificant under ordinary circumstances,
were converted into furious torrents, that carried all
before them. Three bridges were broken down be-
tween Cannobie and Langholm, which rendeted it
necessary forthe Edinburgh mail on the above niet
to seek another and a circuitous road through which
it psted with great difficulty. The storm continued
a conlidirable time, and the havoc made in all guar.
tors of the neighbourhood is frightful ; no estimation
as yet vnbe given of the damage.
The Of Matti. SatAft.WOOD and SPCARMAN, at
Market Drayton,suspended payment on Saturday se'n.
night. The partners Wee that they haveresorted to this
measte% in consequence of the difficulty they expe-
rience to obtaining payments ;, but that the house in.
tend Shortly to discharge every demand, with interest.
—Stsfordrhire Advertiur.
Tuesday morning, a young woman, in Edin:
burgh, having quarrelled Avid) another, in a fit of
passion hastily attempted- to swallow a glass of spirits,
bot her agitation was such that it affected the wind-
pipe, and produced immediate suffocation.
Oa the 7th of June, as a Mrs. Ratley was riding
across the' Gum Swamp, in North Carolina, where
the water was but little wows than knee deep, the',
beast' On which she rude was attacked by an alliga.
'tor, and, in the struggle Mrs. Raley was thrown, and
the moment, she fell the monster seized, bit, and
mangled her most horribly, of which wounds she died
on the-10th of June. - Her husband and brother, who
were near at hand, ran too' her assistance, and, in
rescuing the woman, one of the men received a blow
from the alligator withopt sustaining much injury,
and, after shooting seven or eight times, they suc-
ceeded in killing him ; be measured eleven feet in
length.
WINCHESTER AUGUST 24.
The following Inquestehave this week been taken
by Mr. Todd s—At Lower Clattord, on view of the
body of Mg Griffin, who, while sitting tinder a hay-
cock, in a meadow at Westovei, to avoid the rain,
was struck dead by lightning, vihich was attracted
by a prong the poor woman was holding on her
shoulders, and which operated as a conductor to the
electric matter. Verdict—Killed by lightning.—On
Toesday. at Dockenfield, near Farnham, on the body
of W. Stillwell, an eccentric and penurious charac-
ter, who on the Sunday morning preceding, was found
murdered In the kitchen floor of the house in which
for many years he had =sided alone. On inspection
it appeared, that nine wounds, must of them mortal,
had been inflicted on the body of the deceased, be-
sides several severe contuons which appeared on the
bead. After an investigation of several hours, the
Coroner deemed it prudent to adjourn his inquest
until Monday next, when the same will be resumed
at Bentley, by which time it is hoped the egenionsof
the neighbonring•Magistrates, aided by other Gentle.
wen; will have Xmovered the perpetrator or this truly
horrid murder.