Star.
London, England, 1816-09-05 00:00:00

HARVEST IN SCOTS ,NP.

On the 23d ultimo, a until field of gond barley
WAS cut in the parish of Colessie, in Fife, and imme.
diately sold at 255. per boll.—Same day. J Nixon,
of Hetherside, in the parish pt K'rklinton, cut a
quantity of barley, of escellent quality: and has a
good deal more nearly ready.—Barley hariest cont.
menced in the neighbourhood of Inverness on Thurs.
Jay, ton the farm of Mr. A. Bain. Barley harvest also
commenced at Forres about a tortnight since, and is
now pretty general. A tine field of barley, consisting
of abut four acres, was begun to be cut down on'
Wednesday se'nnight, by Mr. John Speirs, Hawk:
head Mains, near Paisley.
• Avoust 29.—We understand a small'plot
of barley was cut clown at Prestwick about twelve
dsys ago. Another was cut down at Cunning Parks
in this neighbourhood, end of last week. Barley
harvest also began at Greenfield, in this parish, and
at Aransow, parish of Kirkmichael, on Wednesdays
We also learn from Stevenson, that a small field of
barley* was cut there on Friday the 23d, being part
of the glebe, and that it was quite well filled and
fully ripe. Mr. James Caldwell, in Milton. parish
of &ritual-flock, has begun his barley harvest. A
very tine fid..l of barley was began to be cut on
Monday by that intelligent tatmer, and should the
weather continue favourable, his b.=riey harvest will
be over in a few days. The crops are particularly
ahandank but fully a fortnight later than the preced•
ing year.

T'.?. harvest still proceeds very slowly in S if-
folk, from the fickleness of the weather. On Sl-
torday night and Sunday last there was a tremen-
dous gale, with a heavy fall of rain, by which many
trees were shattered, and the corn, in general, :titre.
red much, by being nearly all levelled to the ground, -
more particularly the wheat and oats : there is, hosvi.
ever, a great abundance in quantity, though the
agricultural produce will be very defective.
The prospect of a favourable harvest, of which the
fair weather of great part of last week had afforded a
cheering hope, in Kent, was on Friday night clouded
by one of the mcst violent Storms of wind and rain,
continued with little intermission till Monday morn.
ing, that has occurred at this period of the year within
recollection. Its effects, independent of the tearing -
up and breaking of trees, have been to strew the
shocks of corn on the ground, where cut and ready ro
be carried, and still more to injtue that which was
already lodged : to the hops in this vicinity, which
were just bursting forth in many grounds, promising
a crop, the destruction, by the levelling of the poles,
and consequent injury to the plant, has nearly
equalled any similar disaster ; and in the orchards
and gardens the far greater poition of the fruit has
been stripped from the trees. •
Extract of a letter from Devonshire, dated Sept. °I.
" We have had some very fine weather, Which has
.changed the face of the crops, and nivel) them a pro-
inising appearance. The barley is very tine, gene,
rally. 'fix wheat rather slight. The harvest has
just begun. The next week will be a very active one
with the farmers here—for the lateness of the season
has crowdcd their labour into little space, and brought
the early and late crops together. The pilchard see.
son has commenced auspiciously, 9000 hogsheads
have been taken at Mevagezy, about 2000 in Mounts
Bay, about a thousand at Cawsand, and • the like
quantity at LQoe. The winds have prevailed so much
to the north-west, often violent, that the pilchards have
all come into the South Channels : at St. Ives, nut a
fish has been caught, though the outfit is so large....
P.S. Sept. 2.-1 am sorry to say, the weather to-day
is more like December than harvest time, the wind
has got into its old quarter, the north-west, with cold
and frequent showers."
There was a fall of snovr at Brighton on Sunday ;
and .a letter from Bangor, dated the 2d, says---“ We
have•now snow lying on our mountains."
SCROG9II43 AND HALL.—The Sporting World have
experienced a second disappointment between the
above pugilistic heroes. The fight at present is off
altogether—the hacker r f Sciogeins (a gentleman
who, upon all former *lions, had **Were,' him
every support) having foe inted his depo.it of £lO
on last Tuesday night, by not making his appear.
ance. This circumstance is considered. the more
singular among the amateurs. two to one having been
the general wagers upon Scroggins4 The latter boxer
wished the stakes to have teen made for g(X) guineas
aside, and in the event of his backer coning forward,
he proposed putting down etloo upon himself. The
patron of Hall said to Scroggins, he should be ac-
commodated with the increase of MOO whenever he
thought
AproPeAlog
It is complete baulk to the *Mg
fight having been anticipated.