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London, England, 1828-07-24 00:00:00

NAVAL INIELLIGENCF..

Maas AIIIIIII/ THIS DAT.DLIbiII2 I—Waterford I—Guernsey
and Jersey I—France I—Lisbon 1.
Extract of a letter from the Agent to Lloyd's at Lisbon, dated
15th July It bas been °Sadly announced on 'Change to-day
that the blockade of Oporto is taken of It is reported that the
DMus lmperidor, Ilzamoso, bound to Terceira, which sailed
hence yesterday, has been captured by a privateer, in sight of land,
which did not show her colours. The Captain asked for her papers,
and finding them in the name of Don Minors. I. King of Portugal,
said that be did not knew such a person, and seized the vessel.
The crew were put into a fishing-boat, and returned here today.
It is reported that there are several other vessels of the same de-
scription cruising of the Tagus."
The Sophia transport, bound iso New South Wales, struck on
Arklow Banks on Saturday, having thrown all her deck lumber and
guns overboard. She makes ten feet water an boor. A survey
will be held this day.
13w., Jety 23.—Wind &W.—Arrived the Tobago, LARDLII,
from Quebec. The outward-bound remain.
Poarnsoern, Juhr 23.—Wind W.—Arrived the Dryad, Swrs
lOU, from Montreal. Passed the Emerald, HOOD, from Quebec.
Sailed the Mary, BILACMCSOIT. for Bourdeaux and the Cape.
FALMOUTII, JOLT tie.—Wind W.S. W.—Arrived from Loudon
the Hector, GRAY, for Trieste: Arrived the Sandwich packet,
hem Lisbon—saikd 16th instant. Sailed the Coromandel, Boras,
for Ceylon and Calcutta; and the London packet, BLOOM; for
Philadelphia.
FOLKSTON; JOLT !S.—Arrived the Water Lily, from Jamaica;
sad Orate, from Sydney.
Wrrwouvu, Jura O.—Arrived the Emmeline, Tumuli, from
Neva Scotia.
l'ootadmm t3.—Arrived the Helen, TATLOIL, from Riga ; and
Alert; Bsly, from Memel.
Cowes, JULY U.—Wind W. by S.—Arrived the Wanderer,
Wsunes.i, from Havanna ; William, GRAY, from New Orleans;
mad erre., Loscor.x, from George Town.
iIMIIIIIIIS, JOLT' 23.—Arrived the Eliza, AMPLE., from New
Toth.

MAPAATIt, JULY 23.—Arrived the Waterloo. Daus, from Ja-

°menace, JULY 21.—Arrived the Star, ll,Downe., tram
Lama. •

LivaarooL, Jut.' 22.—The Alice, Romans, is said to have been
int near St. Andrew's, New Brunswick, on the 23d ultimo. Ar-
rived the Witham Appleton, Evian, and Ardwell, NewLowns,
Irvin Quebec; Hero, Jacasos, from Mobile; McLellan. Hll3Olllll,
lid Edward Downy, PUCDY, from New Orleans; Ceres, &au-
emus, Andes, KaLogrue, Arabella, Fosse", and Hanover, Bas-
e:um, from Charleston ; Flora, Davis, from Baltimore; John and
Francis, MaLs.mn, from Quebec ; Sarah, GALL, from Pictue ; Aid,
Latta, from hiiramicht ; Royal &sward, —, Port Medway, —,
aiid Anwick, %MM. from B.y Chalcer ; Corsair, Anmeraorro,
'rum Nova Scotia; William Ogilvy, —, and Ceres, Patti, from St.
John's, New Brunswick ; Wilson, SIMPSON, from St. Andrew's,
New Brunswick &mouth, Hans, from bliramichi; and Canada,
GsamAar, from New York.
The following letter has been received at Lloyd's:
" The ship George Canning, on the 19th of Se ptemiser,lB27,
Pa. steering S.R. by R. fresh gale from the westward, observed the
*liter decidedly of a greenish east, as if we were in soundings, lat.
Preceding norm 39.40. 5. long. 26. 43. R. by lunar observation. of
16, brought forward by chronometer et 8 a 34 of the 18th Sept.
Tlle Officers remarked to me they thought we were in soundings
The water was muck more discoloured teen the day before. At
soon we hove to, and wooded in en fathom. very line sand, with
reddish specks. lam of opinion if we had sounded at 8 a it. we
should have had less water, as the water was muck discoloured at
that time, but having found the thermometer at that time a deg.
ihrlnee in the water thao tit the air, was what hindered me from
heaving to at eight o'clock. At 5 P.M. rounded to. and struck bottom
at 100 fathoms, hard rocky bottom, with rotten ground. The water
at that time bad nearly resumed its dark blue colour. I have called
WI Canning Rank, and have no doubt of the position being nearly
correct, as having made the islands of Amsterdam and St. Paul's,
en the sth of ()ember. Our chronometer was 10 to E. and lunar
to W. (Signed)
" JAMES CLARKE, Commander."

THE HARVEST.

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A errrecpondent has sent us the following iiints for
the preservation of the crop, which the state of the wea-
ther seems to threaten—

A large farmer in Staffordshire, in wet ha, vest sea-
sons, manages to save, and comply t-ly gather, his corn
and grain by the following method: He arts the crops
ripen before he has them cut; he then seizes the intervals
when the sun is on, and the corn dr y and warm, to cut::
and having a great number of shed,, out-houses, barns,
and sheep-shelters, he carries home as much of the
crops, thus dry and warm, as his covers will receive,
every other day, and sets it upright (if wheat), either in
sheaves or opened; and after two days, in which it will
dry and harden more, puts it into narrow sheltered
stacks, with upright trunks or poles to let the air
through ; by which he is always successful.
If corn, lodged before ripe, be raised gently so as not
to break the stalks, with an angle-rod, and a few long
sticks, springles, or heathers, hedge headers (or strong
thick pack-thread), be laid on short sticks stuck in the
ground, with forks at top to receive the headers, to hold
it up a little while, the changing of the wind will very
often set the corn upright again, and save it to ripen.