The Express.
London, England, 1851-07-14 00:00:00

THE CROPS IN IRELAND.

DUBLIN, JILT 12.
The harvest reports that have been received in
in town to day arc of a contradictory character. At the
name time that the great majority of them describe the
appearance of the crops as being most satisfactory
and encouraging, there are also some from respec-
table quarters of a contrary nature. The Kilkenny ilo-
derisive has the following somewhat alarming statement
We deeply regret to state that the prospects of the
wheat harvest appear just now by no means so favourable
as had, up to the present, beta generally anticipated.
Oa Thursday morning it became rumoured that the
blight had appeared in the neighbourhood of this city, and
upon making a per-onal examination we discovered a
fall confirmation of the statement; as, in several ears of
wheat in our field, in the Bonnetstown direction, we found
the minute yellow norm, so destructive for the last two
seasons, already preying upon the scarcely-formedgrain,
witudtring nearly out side of the head completely blind.
Upon interrogating several farmers in the neighbourhood,
they all declared that their fields bad received a similar
visitation; sad, strange enough, all agreed in declaring
than upon that morning, they bail tumid the first appear-
swot of the blight. We still indulged hopes that this visi-
tation might be very partial, and merely confined to the
district in the immediate proximity of our city ; however,
from the follow ing onimuniestion, received from a gentle-
man of much expel hate, and upon whom the utmost re-
liance may he placed, it wean that the blight is manifest in
the barony of Kell., and probably may be found to be
general :throughout the country. The only consolation
which we have in this unlocked-for misfortune is, that there
was never so little wheat sown, at least within our county,
as this year :
TO 1111 ZDITOK OF TUE ILILICZNNT 110DZILATOIL.

Hannay of Kell., July 10th, 1831.
era,—On the 6th of June, I remarked that a yellow-
birdied ll literally covered the wheat which was than
breaking into ear. In 'AMC fields the Hy was dead on the
!glowing day, but in many it remained till the 20th, after
which day I saw none. On the Ith of July I saw in many
different sorts of wheat, grown in different fields, a yellow
worm, which is gradually increasing in size, eating the
grain, and exactly resembling that which destroyed the
wheat bet year. Lammas wheat seems to have suffered
move severely than the white Kent; and the satin, which
last yrnr fought the beat tight, is in • sad way now. Far
be it from me to he an alarmist; but 1 think facts should be
made known when amounts differing so widely are freely
circulated. I trust I may be mistaken, but nom eirrosse.—
Hit, yours, itc. W. DI. K.."
—A correspondent of the Nation, writing from Donegal on
the tOth last., says:—' The potato blight has within the
lest week wade its appearance here. On hearing the re-
pert I went to see the fields, wider the immersion that it
might be the effects of wind, but the report was too true;
It was unmistakably the old disease." The Cork Exa-
miner of yesterday has the following agricultural report
The weather continues beautifully Hue, and although the
temperature of the atmosphere is lower than it wee last
weak, still everything is most favourable for the growing
mops, which are rapidly maturing. Wheat, though perhaps
a little short in the ear, looks very healthy sad promising,
sod ants and barley seem likely to grow very abundant
Grope. We continue to receive reports of partial injury to
the potatoes, which, in a few districts, exhibit the appear-
ance of disease. So far, however, as we stated in our last,
the attack has been not only far less virulent, but also far less
general, than in former years. We augur well from this,
and would cling to the hope, expressed in former re-
Pffts, that disease is wearing itself out, and will eventually
die away altogether. We regret to say that we have seen
this week some of the tubers themselves exhibiting unmis-
takeable symptoms of disease. Notwithstanding this, we
adhere to the belief that the disease, although it has op-
pang this year at about the same period of the season,
has nevertheless come in a greatly mitigated form. This
year they had thrown out blossoms very abundantly, and
this is regarded as a favourable sign. Hay-cutting may be
said to hue brought to a ileac, and the crop, which is a very
heavy one, secured in excellent condition."—lt now turns
out, according to the Leirater Express, that the rumours
which were afloat some time since, of • partial failure of the
bectrout, we re premature.

STATIS firs tn, I.trinArto:c.—.Some curious returns
arc gis en iu the first report of the common law commis-
sioner, jumt printed, of litigation in the common law courts
of Westminster. In the tour years, 1946, 1817, 1948, and
1849, the three courts issued 403,313 writs. The appearances
enter. d were 212,777 ; the rules to plead were 156,629; and
in that period the judgments signed were 11,964. The com-
missioners remark, that " It appears that one-half of the
cases in which writs are issued begin and end with the first
step—the writ of summons—and that before the time for
'deeding has espired, which varies from 12 to 16 days, more
than one-fourth of the actions in which appearances have
been entered are settled. The probability u that all these
are for clear and undisputed demands." The commissioners
recommend that the appearances to be entered, and the rules
to plead should lie abolished, and that, with the startling
facts disclosed by the statistical information, the pro-
ceedings in actions should be shortened. The number of
rules to plead indicate the number of cases in which decla-
rations have been delivered, and in which the plaintiffs have
taksn the step to force the defendants to plead or submit to
judgment. The charge for a writ of summons is from
11.10 a. to 21., and the cost out of pocket is ss. The writ
alone is effective in about half the cases to induce a settle-
ment.

TALLOW MARKET.—THIS DA/.
The market is steady, with a good demand. The pre-
sent quotations are as follows :—Town Tallow, 351. ed. to
36sr; reter;burg Y. C. ow the spot, 375.9 d. ; last three
niesiths, 395. to 395. 3d.; January and March 394.84.
. PARTICI:LADS OF TAILLOW.—TILIS DAT.
I 1849. I 11130. I 1931.

—i-«
Sleek the day 0016. e 4.777 "SP Ken
Pilaw, bet wait —.. 947 1,437 1,610
Do. boo lit Joao .. „.„ 1,416 6,33/ 7,473
tiring kit Ina ..... ..... ........ MO 20.06 WO
De. Dons 10 hum -.«. 3,679 7,306 3,001
Prise T. C. this day per ewt....1 110 s. dd. fes. ed. Ds. IL
Os. Tmrn
PVILIC 511.211 ADYJOTIIID POl FRIDAY, irty 18.-
150 tasks sod 100 bowls South American Tallow ; 200 casks
Australian ditto.