The Express.
London, England, 1866-09-07 00:00:00

THE WEATHER IN THE PROVINCES.

During Tuesday night and Wednesday heavy
rains fell almost continuously in all parts of Yorkshire.
The land is so saturated with the late rainfall that all the
rain of Wednesday is expected to run off the land, and
another floods apprehended. All farm work is entirely
stopped, and the general outcry is of fears of sprouted
corn. Fanners for a fortnight have had their harvest
hands engaged, but hitherto the weather has almost en-
tinily kept them inactive. On the other hand, provided
the rivers do not again overflow, the rains will
do good service in washing the rend off the herbage
of the grass lands recently inundated. The
weather in Leeds on Wednesday was of a most
singular character. The morning was dark and
gloomy, and rain fell without intermission from an early
hour. Towards II o'clock the sky assumed a blacker and
heavier appearance, and the clouds became so thickly
massed as altogether to obscure the sun, producing a dark-
ness as dense as that of midnight. This phenomenon
lasted for about a quarter of an hour, during which gas was
lighted all over the town, and ontqlnor work altogether
suspended. When the clouds had partially cleared away,
and daylight again appeared, rain fell very freely for seve-
ral hours. Although relieved by occasional glimpses of
sunshine, the weather during the remainder of the day
was of a wet and unpleasant character, and at night
the barometer was still falling. At Mahon the
rainfall of July and August has been greater
than since 18.1,, when the last summer flood
occurred. The depth of rain in the two months at Melton,
was 7.6/ inches, and the rainfall of the present year, up to
August 31, is 19.110, and this fall has only been exceeded
in 1860, in the first eight months of which 23.08 inches
fell, and the harvest was very had. With the four wettest
months to come, the Melton register is only about 5.50
short of the average annual fall. Deluging rains continued
to fall up to the mid.day of the sth, and the Trent, the
Boer, the Erewash, and other riven of the midland
counties, with their tributaries, have filled very rapidly.
It is many years since there was so much rain in August,
and the harvest, which a month ago bid fair to
be moderately early, has been greatly delayed, the
farmers during the pest few days being compelled to case
out-door work altogether. In many places tie crops are
yet far from ripe, the absence of sun during !the put
month causing them to remain unmatured. In the vale of
the Trent, at Ratcliffe and other places, the waters are
partially out, but no considerable amount of damage is re-
ported. The lowlands in Northamptonshire. Leicester.
shire, and Warwickshire have also been flooded, and
wherever the pasture is rich the excrement left by the
flood will injure it for some time. In Lincolnshire the
rains have been exceedingly heavy, and farmers are an-
ticipating a good deal of damage to the corn, both cut and
uncut. A good deal has been secured in this great oorn
county, some has been well houses', and the quality is well
snpeoken of, whilstn.ln Nat
another portion of the crop has been gar.
ped too
gbionshire and Leicestershire
the amount of yain that has fallen is very great, and farmers
are expecting the barley that has remained cut in the
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field for some time to glow again. The most favoura
thing attending the open weather has been the drying
winds, and as no serious amount of damage has been re-
ported of the wheat crop yet, • fortnight's fine weather
now would nearly complete the wheat harvest ; and if
the crop is not burned in too rapidly the quality will not
be amiss. The rains have greatly benefitted both mangold
and turnips, and there will be plenty of this valuable food
cattle.

THE RAINING or THE LONDON.—We understand
Mr. Page now intends to adopt new method for the
suiting of this reseel. Previously, it will be remembered,
it was his intention first to stop every leak in the vessel,
and then pump the water out of her, and thus accomplish
the task of lifting her. This scheme was attended with
so much difficulty that he has now abandoned it. He con-
templates that by making fast a vessel on each side of the
steamer at low water he will be able .to take the London
from bar bed as the tide rises. The same plan was
adopted by Captain Hicks with the Dalhousie, but in
consequenos of the chains continually napping it proved
abortive. It is stated that Ur. Page's operations are se
far advanced that the attempt may be made very
Desadts ddvatiatr.