The Express.
London, England, 1851-08-19 00:00:00

TILE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.

A correspondent, writing from Newark on August 13,
says, on the audnicity of .• reliable intormat. remised
front many of the most important curls counties and di-arida
in England," that on strong lands and high cultivated
soils wheat and barley have beta deteriorated by the
weather, and that only a continuance of the late
change fur the better will ensure an average crop.
Oats and peas are a good crop, and average quality. Rye
a fur crop in quantity and quality. 'fares are a fair crop.
Winter beans are hne, and fall:ng to the sickle in some
carly districts. Spring beans wit. he short of an average
crop, and in quality partially small; Swedes are a tailing
crop, but turnips promise, well. Manguld.wursel good ge-
nerally. Clover seeds and hay will tarn out one-fourth in-
jured for fist-ding purposes, although an average crop. Po-
tatoes are planted to a very unusual extent, and look very
well. In first and acc:.nil isarlys at market odd ones are
diseased.—Strum STAll'ollitillinn.—From a personal
survey (says the same correspondent) I am able to state that
the aced, clover, and hay season was one of the must protracted
for years past, and although we have average crops of
clever, hay, and seeds, one-fourth of the district will be very
deficient fur feeding purposes. Notwithstanding the present
fine weather some proportion of wheat and barley will turn
out coarse, and a part of high colour, requiring additional
labour and expense in reaping. On our early lands, where
managed will, the crops of wheat, barley, and oats, are
ttawling, and in quality and quantity are estimated at an
average crop. Beans various; winter planted are
very tine and average crop; spring isapt-cteil to
he full one-third abort of an average produce
Peas and rye are goal in quality, and a fair average crop.
Swedes have failed in many districts totally, and the crop,
collectively considered, less than one-half that of last year.
Turnips present a moat healthy appearance. Potatoes look
well, but arc not considered out of danger. The corn har-
vest commenced partially last week in wheat and oats, and
some oats were carried in. the latter part of the week,
thrashed, and appeared at Nottingham market on Satur-
day. On Nlonday, .111 forward lands, cutting commenced
generally, and, if fine weather continues, will progress on
all soils until harvest is et-cured.

Norrixcin am, At OUST 14.—During the last few days
we have experienced the most favourable weather. We
are happy to find that harvesting operations tre Is ing pro-
ceeded with in a very satisfactory intoner. Toe grain
cram of all kinds are looking extremely well, and there ap•
pears at present in this neiwhbourhood no probability of a
deficiency either in quantity or quality. A considerable
quantity of barley and wheat has been cut, and, with some
further tine weather, will be carried in good condition.
About 11 o'clock yesterday morning a violent storm fell
over the town and immediate vicinity, and it is feared some
injury may have been occasioned, but nothing to any serious
extent

OUNIEW,KT (li.►rn).—More delightful weather has, per-
haps. never been known, than we are now, and have been
enjoyin4 for the last ten clays. A large portion of wheat,
'nutty-, and oats have been secured in the homesteads
throughout this and the adjoining counties, in the best pos-
sible condition; and the produce is both abundant and of
t zeellent quality. Although the confident expectation of
an undamaged potato crop has b.-en, within the last few
asp, impaired by the appearance of the disease in many
situations. its visitation has rot been so extensive as to
cause much alarm, ma .y district► tracing wholly escaped
the mysterious pestilence, and in other places where its
foul agency has appeared, the attack has been put par-
dolly witnessed. The prevailing fine weather, it is hoped,
will effectually arrest the progress' of the mischief, which,
though regretful, it is nevertheless gratifying to know that
its late appearance has afforded time for the maturity of a
large breadth of produce of unusually fine quality, and
sufficiently abundant to supply the markets at a very low
pricer—lintA Chronicle.

I.IItII4IIIIIE.—SOUTII DOSCASTER.—The fine weather
which has recently prevailed in this part of the country has
had so favourable an effect in bringing the respective crops
to a state of maturity, that harvest op. rations on the higher
descriptions of soils have commenced and are proceeding
with great activity. The accounts from the various
localities as to the appearance and probahle productive-
ness of the several sorts of grain are Torino., as is, in-
deed, always the CM:. In many situations, the wheat
cro; s are remarkably splendid; and in other of the ordi-
nary descriptions. But balancing one against the other,
the conclusion may be safely arrived at, provided fine
weather prevails for reaping and gathering, that the
produce will be a fair average; and in come instances,
the s4lllnle will be very superior. Taking into con-
sideration the frosts of June and the stormy periods of
July, there were reasons to fear that much injury had
been inflicted. But the subsequent favourable weather
produced the most salutary erect ; and the progress to-
wards maturity was far more rapid than seemed to be
justified by previous circumstances. The turnips are
very much improved, although generally they do not
promise a large yield; hut the potato crop is abundant
and free front disease.--PDXTEFRACr.—AItkough we
have previously announced the cutting of a field or two of
oats, Monday last may be considered as the commencement
of the wheat harvest in this district. A large number of
Irish labour: re are employed ; and, if fine weather should
prevail, a considerable portion of the crops of all descrip-
tions will I* reaped in the coarse of the next ten days.
The wheat is described as promising a very fair crop.—Don-
[caster Gazette.

REAPING M ACIIINE.—A great medal has been
awarded by the council of chairmen ofjuries to Mr. Cyrus
Hall M'Cormick (mills' reaping machine.