The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-09-11 00:00:00

THE HARrEsT.

The very uncertain weather which has for some
time prevailed, hat been most unfavourable to the
harvest in this county. The wheat crops though ge-
nerally light, have suffered a great deal from the
heavy rains. The barley crops may be considered
as more favourable than the wheat, but they also
have suffered from the weather; the oat crops are
good both in quantity and quality.—(West Briton.)
The important business of Harvest WAS greatly re-
tarded last week by the unsettled state of the weathers
but every alvantage being taken of the favourable in-
tervals, a great deal of wheat was nevertheless car-
ried in this neighbourhood, and we should hops,
in a tolerable good condition, as we have heard of
no complaint of a contrary kind. More settled
weather, we fear, is not at present to he expected, the
3lercury in the Barometer having for several .lays
past, been stationary, or in a falling state.—(3asee.t
.rldecreix~ r.)

Bea toN.—llarvest partially commenced in this
neighbourhood the week before last, and will, in the
present, if fine weather continues, becou•e general
in the West and iVildmore Fens, where the crops are
said to be very abundant, the Wheat heavy, the Bar-
ley promising, and the Oats unusually bold.
As far as our observation extends, there appears
to be a fair average crop of all the principal kinds
of grain, but the harvest is late and the weather
precarious.—(Leeds Merenrg.)
The harvest round Campbelltown is now nearly ge-
neral. The crop is considered a fair average one.
In particular, barley, a very important article in that
district, promises to turn out exceedingly well. Oats
are in consequence of the long drought, rather thin,
and a new growth has sprung up among the old since
the late seasonable rains came on. Potatoes are. un-
commonly good. There is little or no wheat grown in
Kintyre.

A-considerable numbers of shearers were birel
at the liksgow Crops, Thursday morning. . Wages—
women, 21.—men, 2s.

PHILADELPHIA, Ace. 4.—The following memoran-
dum of the extreme hot weather which has been ex-
perienced in this city, wits made by Messrs. Buck awl
Stewart at the S. W. cornet of Walnut and Third street.
State of the Thertnometer at 12 o'clock.
Under the
Awning.
102
101

1821. In the Store.
July 30, 90
31. 90

In the Sun.
130
130

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August 1, 91 102 130
2, ti 7 94 105
Bosrost, Act:. I.—Rimust OF Suustea.—Yester-
day, the mercury in a thermometer, made by Pollock,

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at 3 p. m. was at 96 degrees above zeio, in a very cool
and shady situation.—( Amerioan Myer.)

SEer. 7.—Traro and its vicinity was on
Thursday evening visited by a thunder storm, such as
is not often esperienced in this @minty The dashes
of lightning were most, vivid, and succeeded each other
with great rapidity; the rain descend. d in torrents,
and the thunder rolled awfully in the distance. The
storm continued with a few intermissions for servers'
hours.

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EXTRACT OP I LEttex, DATED TARO. SEPT. 8.
" I dined yesterday with Dr. Antomareht;''NapcA
loon's physician. You will allow that one cannot help
feeling a great interest in conversing with a person
who has given.the last drops of water to such a mA,"
and I therefore readily accepted the invitation sf,
meet him. The Doctor was very circumspect ;
have collected teeny interesting gleanings from con
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:venation with him which I give you as I get them. •
1., Bonaparte occupied himself often With garden:
ing ; and under his Immediate inperintendance bowers
and grottos were erected in the garden at LongwoOd.
General Bertrand, Madill) Bertrand With the children,
and Dr. Antomarchi, assisted him on such occasion a.
His nsual dress was that of a Chinese gardener
kin., and a large straw hat. Within the last eight
months of his life he could scarcely move out, and was
obliged either to reit on the sofa, or in his easy .chair :
he suffered considerably, and was in consequence ex-
ceedingly morose : he had lost full two-thirds of his
corpulence.
" His last words certainly were " Tete Armee," but
without ant Connexion; for what he uttered was in a
convulsive state, .and no other words coulds be dis-
tinctly understood. •
During his illness his son was the principal topic
of his conveiiation e. be never conversed on politics, at
least the Doctor said so. Two priests were sent to
him by his mother, one an old man (Buonavita), and
alio other a young 'Joao. The first could not bear the
climate, and was obliged to return to Europe. Since
their arrival mass was read every day at. Longwood,
and the Doctor said, eat neort en boa Chre.timr.'—
Ilfmaparte expressed much disgust at the old priest's
smelling of tobacco—he disliked smoking and smokers.
fle had entirely left :off taking snuff. You have seen
it noticed in the papers that he sent a present to Lady
The circumstances that led to it are ex-
tremely honourable to her Ladyship. Lady Holland
was never personally known to Bonaparte, but since
his confinement she had been unremitting in her at-
tention to him, by constantly providing him with
articles for his table which she thought would be
ag;.eeible to him ; alit; by sending him books, and
contributing in many other ways to his domestic com-
fort. He sent her a Cameo of great value as a token
of gratitude: it was on a snuff-box which the Pope
presented to Napoleon.
" lit contradiction to all the anecdotes in English
and other newspapers, the Doctor assured me that the
Emperor (he neirer railed him otherwise than l'Ens•
rercur) never had any female attendant in his house-
hold, nor was any one in attendance on him during
his confinement at St. Helena. • •
" The veneration with which the Doctor spoke of
him is beyond any thing of the sort 1 ever witnessed.
Speaking of Bertrand, he always styles him le grand
Afarcelial. Madam Bertrand was always allowed to
enter his room without being announced. Na-
poleon was quite resigned to die in St. Helena. He
often conversed with Antomarchi of events of leis ear-
liest age, and recollected the most trilling acts of his
childhood.: the Doctor being a native of Corsica, they
generally conversed together in the idiom of the island,
which was quite familiar to Napoleon. The house at
Longwood was exceedingly small and uncomfortable,
and 'lamp beyond conception ; the new house was not
yet finished, and it was Bonaparte's intention, had lie
lived, never to inhabit it.
" The library of Napoleon consisted of the best
clas•irs, and through the kindness of Lady Holland
and other friends, he had a fresh supply of what was
-new and interesting every three months, sent to him
under Lord Bathurst's seal. Dinner was always
served on the plate (.lereiee d'argent) with the Impe-
rial arms on it, off which he dined at St. Cloud.
" Dr. Autoin.irclii found a proper stone on the
island, with which lie had prepared plaster, and suc-
ceeded very well in taking a cast of his bust after his
death : unfortun itely it had been shipped to Leghorn,
else I might, perhaps, have had a sight of it. The,
.Doctor has intended it as a present to the mother of
Bonaparte, whom be styles Madame Mere.
" The hair of his head as well as his beard had been,
shaved, and sent to his relations, his household each
retaining some small roantity of.it. The Doctor had
a small lock of it in a brooch. I had it in any
Land, and confess, and am. not ashamed to say so, that
lily feelings were very acute at the moment, and 1 per•
ceived something like a tear in my eye. The Doctor
could not obtain permission to embalm the body, nor
would the tiovernor (Sir Hudson Lowe) allow any in-
scription. The remains were first placed in a cotfin of tin,
then in one of mahogany; these two in one of lead,
and the upper are again in mahogany: all four were
well secured under the inspection of Dr. Antomarchi.
" I could not learn any thing respecting the life of
himself, which Bonaparte was said to have written ;
but it is probable, at all events, that nothing was done
in it after the arrival of Antomarchi, as he declined iu
health daring those two years. •Montholon, who came
over with Bertrand- and his family, has permission to
return to France ; but Bertrand, who had been con-
demned to death par contausace, has not yet received
that permission. Dr. Antomarchi brought over his
journal of the two last year's attendance on Napoleon,
ready for publication. Several of the London book-
sellers were anxious to obtain it, and I think he said that
lie had sold them the copyright. The Doctor, vlio is
about 32 years oil, was sent out to St. Helena by Letitia,
•mother oiNapoleon.
"The point on which I was most anxious to obtain
information, was the cause of the non-appearance of the
.Doctor't name, along With the rest of the surgeons, to
the official report of the causes of his death, and the ap-
pearance of his body after-it. He .was never asked to
sign it, but his opiniso was well known, as he had fre-
quently declared it' without reserve to be, that thedeath
of Bonaparte was Owing to the climate."

• Died in Belfast, (in the United States) on the 25th
ult. Mr. Laughlin 11. Donald, a•uative of the High-
lands of Scotland. His age, not accurately known,
is supposed from many circumstances related by 614114
.to exceed one hundred years.—He belonged. to the-
, regiment of Highlanders Which Lord Louden in 1757
pressed so hard to be billetted on the inhabitants of
Boston and Which the next year was at the taking
.of • Lonisborg from the French—and in the year fol-.
lowing (1759), was is the memorable battle of the;
Plains of -Abraham, wiser, the English bayonets and
the Highlaskbroidsitiniria promptly decided the
fate of .Quebee. -11111111iiii1M being in the advance,
beaded by. ths 04414 was near his General
when he fe11...

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