The Express.
London, England, 1847-07-08 00:00:00

THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.

BEDFORDSHIRZ.—Wheat varies; the greater part, how-
ever, is fine, although here and there a thin, defective clop.
Barley, taking the strong and light land together, is moat
promising. The oats look pretty well. Peas and beans
have improved, and now bid fair to make full average cropa.
Winter tares look promising. The early-cut esinfoin and
clover hay aro much damaged by the heavy rains. Turnips
Promise to be a fine crop. Mangle-wurzel has planted well.
Potatoes as yet have shown no signs of disease.
Ilettasnitia.—Vegetation makes rapid outride,. Wheat,
in dry, warm, and well-cultivated land, comes on pretty well;
but, where good culture is wanting, very unevenly. The
late rains have laid a good deal of forward barley. This,
however, promises to be thulky crop, and is shooting rapidly
into ear. Oats are looking weakly, and want sun. The
damp, dull weather has suited the beans and peas, in setting
their bloom ; and there is every appearance of excellent
crops. The early-sown Swedes and turnips come up well'
they were attacked most vigorously by the fly, but many of
the plants are now out of danger, and will be tit fur the hoe
in a few days.
CARMARTHENSHIRE.—The weather has been beautifully
fine. The crops of all kinds wear a most promising appear-
ance. Never did the potato crops throughout the districts
appear more strong, luxuriant, end healthy. Whatever
croakers and hypocritical agriculturists may say, unless there
be some natural defect in the physical organization of the
plant, present appearances justify us in prognosticating a most
plentiful return.
DERPTSUIRE.—The growing crops are looking exceed-
ing well. Wheat is in full car, and appears remsrknbly
healthy. There is every appearance, should the weather
continue floe, of an abundant yield. barley appears very
strong, particularly upon the light soils. While oats,
although is many places short, being much kept back by the
late cold rains, are showing signs of considerable improve-
ment. Beaus in blossom, and an average yield is calculated
upon. Haymaking has commenced very generally through-
out, and the crop is spoken of sa very heavy. Potatoes are
looking remerkably healthy, particularly the late-planted
ones. No appearance of the disease, so fatal to the crops of
the two preceding years, tan be reported, except slightly, in
one ar two instances, A great many of the early sorts have
been dug up, all of which were exceedingly productive.
DEtONSHIRE.— A correspondent rye: I sin in the
midst of an extensive potato district in this county but have
not sees or heard of a single Cate of failure. The crop never
looked healthier nor beEcr. Bet this was also the case at
the same season last year, and it seas not until the com-
movement of August that the disease manifested itself.
HAM Plllllll.ll.—lf &ease exists at all, it is to a very
limited extent ; and although it is early yet to form any very
sanguine expectations, still it is a cheering feet, that present
appearances are highly fasrourable.
LAUCASIIIat AND CNIADIDE.—With respect to Lan-
cashire and Cheshire, we but repeat what appears is
all the journals with referent' to every county of the land
we live io, when we say that the weather during the past
week has been most propitious for all growing craps, and
that the country never presented a more premising appear-
ance for an abundant Ind, we may add, an mirly harvest.
Summer has visited us is real earnest, and the warm suns of
the day have put vegetation to an almost fatiguing stretch,
which, however, his been counteracted by refreshing and
invigorating dews Is the night. On the first five days of the
present month the thermomvter stood, in the hottest part of I
the day anal in the shade respectively, at 71 deg., 69 deg.,
78 deg , and 74 deg., the last 'being yesterday. We are in-
debted fur these statistins to Mr. Abraham, of Lotd•treet,
who keeps a journal of the temperature etc , for the govern-
ment registration department. The heat on Sunday and
Monday may be said to have been sultry, but the ground is
so generally covered with luxuriant vegetable matter, that
nothing like parching is observable. Oroat efforts have
been mode by dealers in grain to impress the public with
the apprehension that the potato crop would be a died
failure, and that we bad little to expect from other kind
of edible produce, either at home or abroad. The predit-
' tions of these interested hoarders of grain (for the purpose
of bolstering up prices), will, we trust, he utterly falsified.
The potatoes, taking the whole breadth sown, never looked
better. Slight disease may have here and there appeared,
but potatoes were never without partial taint in this country,
in the most abundant years, and there is no ground for alarm
at present. Wisest and oat. will undoubtedly, sale. we are