SCOTLAND.
We have conversed with several farmers and travellers who had an Opportunity last week of inspecting a wide range of country, and who concur in describing the appearance of the fields as luxuriant and pro- mising 'beyond example. One farmer said, " Long as I have lived I have never seen any thing like the present crop of oats ;" and on our congratnlating him on such a happy circumstance, he replied by asking another question—" But how are we to get it all sold ?" The wheats
and barleys, generally speaking, are very little behind the oats. The late rains have kept the pastures rough, and hay-making is completed on some farms, and in progress on all. The meadows, which next come into play, Will give the scythe tougher work than it has yet en- countered.—Dumfries Courier.
One day last week, a whirlwind passed Auebtergaven ; it carried up- a pig-stye, and lodged it on the top of an adjoining ash-tree, lifted a cart-load of firewood completely over a house into the middle of the town without deranging it ; and afterwards passing a wright's shop, raised such a racket amongst pails and other articles before the door, that the honest tradesman thought his stock in trade bewitched.-- Scotsman.
During the present year, 3,792 emigrants have sailed from Greenock for North America.
On Tuesday afternoon, Captain Copland, of the Bays, for a consi- derable bet, undertook to ride from the barracks at Piershill to the summit of Arthur's Seat and back, in twenty minutes, choosing his own ground. The height of the hill is 800 feet, and great part of the - road difficult even for foot-passengers. He accomplished his task in eleven minutes and thirty seconds.
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