The Express.
London, England, 1853-09-02 00:00:00

should thilleaseffilsw prove fire, 1 think they will be much
better this bet year.
STRATFORD-ON-AVON, Aug. 29.—Ws an busy around
Its,. eattiog wheat and barley, and some few ricks of both
are carried well; but we shall be six weeks before we shall
make • finish. Some wheat not yet in ear, and some in
blossom. I hear from all quarters that the yield will be
very bad. I am quite of opinion the crop will be one.
fourth less, if not more. Barley around here, on good
land, will be good, and a fair yield ; but en clays it will be
very bad. I now think the beans will be better than we
expected ; the winter ones very good, and a great crop. No
oats grown here. Peas a bad crop.
ETNISHAW (lIZAZ airoan), Aug. 29.—The whoa=
here is about one-third harvested ! the quality, t
various, will average good, but the yield will prove wen
deficient considering less sown than usual. Barley goeig
crop, and quality good, but not exceeding an average; 11
falls light in swarth considering its bulky appearance when
growing. Brans, a full crop and over an average. MU
light, but more planted than usual. Potatoes ems meta
peinni&ing than they were, very few diseased now spume**
and the produce likely to be goal.
Sr. Ivse, Aug. 29.—Wheat harvest proceeds bat slowly;
end it is difficult to say what the result as to yield will be,
the Fens there is • fine crop where no damage has arises
them floods, and where the seed got put in at the most hir
tearable date, but where sowing was put off until a Tug
law period, the crop is not only thin but so backward ea te
be very nearly worthless. Oats have improved much et'
left, and will in many cases be a good crop ; but they are
various, and some may still be found very bad. Winter.
sewn Beans are very good indeed ; spring-sown are a disep- •
' pointment to the farmer, altogether this crop ran hardly be ri
an average. Peas various, early-sown are good, late-sown -
but moderate. Berle • decent crop, and a large breadth
sown. Potatoes ere diseeed to some extent.
CAMILIDOIIIIIIIIIII, Aug. 27.-1 still think the wheat ,t
cup in this neighbourhood will be an average one. The it
showery weather has prevented any quantity being carted, gft
but a few parcels have been brought to market weighing If
from 611 be. to 63Ibe. per bushel. So little bee been threshed, St.
that 1 cannot form an opinion about the yield; but the
straw is bright and free from mildew. Oats and beans ie
improve, and are a fair crop. The disease in the po sp
-
taunts is somewhat arrested, and I hope • fair quantity will u
be saved.
PRTIIIIOII.OI7OII, Aug. 27.—50 little is yet secured of 5$
trope in this neighbourhood that it is difficult to form a
correct estimate of them at present, but my opinion is that is
if the weather takes up soon so that they are secured with-
out injury, we shall have • better quality than for some u
time past. Of barley we shall have a fair crop as to quan-
sity, but they have not ripened kindly, and will not be r,f SO
such good quality as the Wheats. I think we shall have a rit
fair crop of both oats and beans. We do not grow manyst.!
peas in this immediate neighbourhood, and the s'at net
well spoken of. Potatoes are certainly d t.o some Xt.
extant. et.l
WIIIBICK, Aug. 27.—Autumn-sown wheat cut doe it 10.. j
maimed about the Bth of this niontbs and was general in Ik'
tea days after. The weather during the first two weeks was tf
very line, and it was thought the spring-sow'r might come SO
to something like maturity, but • change torah pugs in the lq
third, and it was severely attacked by mild.ew. The qua- 54-
tity of new wheat thrashed is yet far too mail is this dia. 11.41
tract to form a correct report as to either quality or yield ; se
but the former appears good, end the latter considerably Ili
under an average. Oats ripen irregulraly ; the few samples to
shown are pretty good, but the yield 'is not expected to he et.
large. Beans will prove a good yiotlding crop. Peas very eti
Pad. The potatoes taken up prree to be fully two-thirds l 0
dist wed. et.
llowreoss, Aug. 26.—Daring the present week a good 10
deal of grain would have been r.ui down in this neighbour- *
hood, but for frequent heavy showers which have fallen ;
from yesterday morning up to the present time (mid-day) 'Bl.
it has rained steadily, and the appearance is still unsettled. e;
We still hear otessiesal complaints of potato disease, but
not, we think, to ORIN any great alarm. The turnip crop N.
will be steel beseltted by the rain. SO

Tai WIAINTD. AND CROPS IN SCOTLAND.—The wea-
ther still coatiams very unfavourable, being cold and wet,
with the ma generally *Metered. The crops, consequently, Se
make little progress in ripening, and harvest operations are le
all but suspended. Reaping could only be prosecuted tit*
daring three days last week, and, with the exception of the se
forenooo of yesterday, nothing has been eft. cted this week.
Yesterday morning was promising, but towards the at- U'
ternooa the sky again became overcast, and rain shortly
afterwards commenced, and continued till about tea in 2
the evening. The quantity of rain which had fallen in
the city during the month, up till yesterday, was 2.80 in., is
the greater proportion of which fell within the last few g•
days. This fall, however, little exceeds the average M.
for August The thermometer yesterday, at three p.m., KJ
marked 60 degrees Fahrenheit in the shade. The harms.- sat
ter, at the same time, stood. at 29.690 inches. As the is
weather km improved in the south (the telegraph reporting gy
Sae weather tout England both Monday and yes-
terday) it is to be hoped that a change is close at hand. As V
the temperature, being generally low, checked any tea-
deney to sprouting, beyond discolouration of the sample, '
and delay in the progress of ripening and reaping, little
injury has as yet been done to the crops ; but there can be
little doubt that unless there is an immediate change in
the weather very serious damage will ensue. Wheat,
where cut, presents generally a thinness in the size and
aurxber of the stooks, and winter-cows wheat will prove • ip
lighter crop than was suspected previous to reaping. 50
Spring sown is more promising. Barley and oats are 93
almost everywhere very fall crops. Beans, which are mid- to
dling, will now suffer from the wet weather. Turnips ga
have greatly improved with the damp weather, bat xl
too much rain has already fallen for all retentive rir
or most Wile. Potatoes still continue to resist the gy
spread of the blight ; but there can now be no 91
doubt but that the ultimate fate of this crop
must be regarded as extremely hazardous—wet weather g
being well ascertained to conduce to the spread otthe f
ease, besides that, the preseat weather, by lengthening*,
period of ripening the tubers, adds to the other risks. The
supply of reapers in the Lothians continues to exceed the
demand. Last week, in East-Lothian, the wages pail
were from le. to Is. 3d. per day—mast farmers cialkemjitrag
three days. At the hiring market at Liston, es
Is. 3d. per day, with victuals, was the wages %NMI
Many farmers are complaining of the loss awl ansgeme
canoed by feeding so many idle vde, while 011111 labsupen
as the other hand, are grtimb • at the erl
earned; many of those now employed in reap*/ kw=
high wages in the West and elsewhere. Almost tan of
the crop has been carried up to this date, the weather hew-
iag been unfavourable for " winning." The retell pills
of potatoes have advanced Id. per peek of 141 b. fileamesa
are sot now pressing them so mush into the eateleet-
tieetaneue, Aug. 31.