The Express.
London, England, 1863-09-09 00:00:00

THE WEATHER AND THE HARVEST.

The weather bee been deeic:ectly rough and eh:my
dories the past week, and a considerable amount of
has so. IFortusetel the great bulk of the hareeei
esesesd early la this istriet • lilt ilk backward, loam=
69"9 1644) 10r1;11 and nate have come in for
the Led weather. Tbe reports as to the yield of the new
wheats °options to be highly satisfactory, and fully confirm
the estimate recently formed. Of the results of the har-
vest generally in this district all amounte speak in highly sa-
tisfactory language ; the crops am, as a role almost rid-
venially excellent, while in a large number of ioatances
they are specially prolific in quantity, and splendid in
quality. The late rains have proved highly beneficial for
the root crops and pastures, both of which bad • fortnight
ago begun to show evident symptoms of having suffered
from the lositeontinsed drought.
Of the harvest generally, the following remarks by Messrs.
[Burge, of Birmingham, will be read with interest. They
observe of
Daring the first three weeks of the past month,
which were very tine and favourable for the harvest, the
greater portion of the crop of wheat, barley, and peas, month
of us. was secured in the finest possible condition ; but to
the North of England, Scotland, and Ireland, comps stively
little progress ha been made, and the weather last wee
befog wet and warm. may prove very prejudicial to the
quality of the grain still in the fields. The soarrity
of hands ha much delayed the gathering of the cr •••
which rd 12(1k "tl Sai...e ....is soda ao la y.
!mother. yield is larger the for many years past.
Ws bear of many eases of between seven and eight quar-
ters per sae. Some of the sew Miley is of very tine qua-
lity and unusually heavy weight, but a larger proportion of
this grain than of wheat is still unsecured, the colour and
quality of which will be materially deteriorated. The crop
of barley varies as much as the quality. Some quantity of
pew sate has come to market. Many samples are very tine
in colour, but the grain less bulky than last year. The qua-
lity of peas is very fine."
From the hap distncia improved report. come to hand.
The lateshowers had couswerahly refreshed and invigorated
the tine, and in all grounds where things bad before pro-
mised well a marked progress and improvement are uow
Doted. la the weak slot blighted grounds, also, a consider-
able change is observable, sod iu some gardens where only a
few weeks ago there was no hops of patting a bin, a fair
'penalise will be grown. The late high and boisterous
winds have caused some utiultief, and hays battered the
"fruit," especially is exteeiel situations. Pianos will be
in full swing this week, and fine, dry, sad quiet weather is
much to be desired, to suable the crop to be secured in good
eciedition. A fair quantity of sew hops have already found
their way to the Borough, and the quality Is well spikes of.
—.Vaster Adtvrtieer.

RAILWAY AIIROSSIIVINT IN ST. PANCRAIL—The
miry of Bt. Pancras propose to increase the ereesamest
of tti, railways 4,154 •iong iu or running
ibrottgh thailparialt is the followisr proiniataci;
add :forth Waters, front 21,7shf. to :341,0tt5.
Northers, from 18,0241. to 2.5,0M.W. ; Metropolitan, from
3,6961. to 8,000,.; North Landow, front 115-11. to '2,1:10W. ;
flathead, to be ataemed at 4.14.01. ; the amount of eater-
meat derivable by the parish from property polled dome
is Apr Tows, Hempstead Jusetion, to remain at 8971.
They also propose to Morgue the swesement of the ps,
water, mad teleatph seemaatea, oe the graced that the
seats at prgaset paid are totally inadequate to the amount
of lad aad premium oneepied beneficially or produced by
property destroyed. The total increase ',named ea all
these properties easousta from 30.5421. to 94,478/., sad it
is tearstoed that the various competes will straggly op-
pees the mew hornet.