... the appearance is altogether unusual, and fears are entertained that it may The lat- prove to be a disease similar to the potato blight. ter crop is very badly spoken of, not only in the British Islands, but also in France, Holland, Belgium, and some ...

... yards of the sea. I To PitESERV POTATOEs.-The method uf pre. serving eggs, by dipping them in boiling water (which destroys the living principle), is too well known to need fartier notice. The preservation of potatoes by a sinmilar treatnment is also ...

... steamship at Leith eight tons of potatoes or Wi thereby, contained in eighty sacks or thereby, the 18] prpryof the said David Denholm, to be carried 'wb by the defendr for hire and delivered in London as to James Richmondl, potato salesman, Covent w in Garden ...

... here; and infant hands Trail the long rake, * a- Wide fies the tedded grain, That throws refreshfal round a rural smell. The potato crop, more especially where planted upon dry or slightly sloping soils, looks beautiful, and certainly, so fer as we can discover ...

... in fine condition. The corn crops look healthy and the vines, except in a few districts, promise to yield an average crop. Potatoes, now a ve- essential article of food in France, have been so much revived by the recent occasional rains r that an average ...

... o baskets with the potatoes, w~hen' by 'their incautionsly iaking away a quantityof pota- toes that supported a temporary bulkhead, the 'bulkhead gave ?? and six of the women wwere immediately binned 'under several tons of potatoes. Assistance was very ...

... Goodfellow, Wm. Robertson, and David Dancan, were charged with stealing, on Thursday, from a field at Dumbiedykes, six stones of potatoes, the property of William Smith, residing in South Back of Canongate. All pleaded guilty. The Sheriff ordained them each to ...

... There is a considerable quantity of land after potatoes still to sow. Ploughing of grass land has been the chief occupation during the last two weeks, stubble land being considered rather -wet. Potatoes are not . turning out much worse than when stored ...

... Wheatperload a1 Win, bush. 3 BU1 L 21 - New ?? s °d li, I Oars (Potatoe) 7J. 42, 6d . Nuton , ,e Oats (Common) do. 26s O, l1 YO. I Best Flour, per st ?? Od arrb g^ Second Do ?? 4s iod o, p ,; a. Potatoes, per at ~~ ~ £ggs, pr 41I.: is Oatmeal, do .s s 3 | 5~ Sger ...

... King's subjects' from injusticc and oppre3sion. Price of strawvberries Is. 4tl.. to is. 6t1., a. red currants Is. per pint; potatoes ?? and green peas 2. per peck. Thursday evening, about seven o'clock, Sir Samuel Shepherd, Bart. Lord Chief -Baron of his ...

... Trish feed, white ly 20 fine wo? Ditto, black 13 19 fine ai Oars, English feed 19 20 fine o> Potato 91 a tra 26 Scotch feed.. 21 oo fine Ditto Potato fine 26 | Rye. - 2 28 old 26 Beans, ‘Mazagan. os or 2g Ticks i) OR 4 ao Harrow 3u 32 29 Pigeon wee ...

... servant to a gentleman in the New Town, the other her sister. The former was in the sabfit of supplying the latter with coals, potatoes, and meal of every description, to an extent that began to be severely feiltby the family. The latter was at last detected ...