The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-08-31 00:00:00

THE BABY-I:sr.

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The weather, during the whole of the past week, was
,••esetly inch as the farmers wished far to accelerate harvest
home. The greatest activity has since prevailed, and a
ipientity, of wheat has in consequence been cut, and
o arra. din prime condition to the stack or barn. The fest
that was expressed touching growing wheat has now is
Th.,: wheat harvest in 'this neighlxmilloed (Dorsetshire)
ucarly finished, and is as wad secured as we ever remem-
ber; the crops are good, and quality excellent. Some oats
are also harvested in fine condition; the crop an average
cue. The barley harvest is just com liwneing, with every
prospect of a gootl crop and fire quality. In fact, taking
elm mops of hey and corn altogether, we have been given
o understand that it is the most abundant season that has
Leen known for the last twenty years, and if we were to
state a longer period we should not exaggerate.—Sherburne
Aft rrnry.
Very little wheat remains now uncut, and the satisfaction
at the productiveress of the crops is universal. A more
tacoursble time for reaping could not be; and the rains,
which it was expected would here done much injury, have
proved, with the exception of having caused the wheat, in
a trifling degree, to grow in tl.e ear (which we arc ha-
mmed was the case round the neighbourhood of Warmin-
ster), of no detriment whatever; while to the barley and
fiats it was peculiarly beneficial. Of these species of corn,
the Cedes are generally abundant and thriving, and if the
weather continue good until they are cut, and safely stowed,
the husbandman will have every reason to be grateful to a
bountiful Providence.—lioth Joursinl.
During the lust week the weather in this county (Corns
wall) has been most propitious for the labours of harvest*
which have become general. Our correspondents free
every part of the county represent the crops as abundant,
and the grain as being, generally, of the very best quality.
—West Briton.
The labours of the harvest have been very generally be-
gun in this neighbourhood, amid promise to be rewarded
most bounteously ; for never did crops of all sorts appear
more prolific. There have been a few occasional showers
rain during the week, but not of' a continuance to do any
harm to the crops.—Leirester Chronicle.
W ()IKE:STE:I, Aco. 2..—As far as can be judged from
the appeanmee of our hop plantations, half a crop is as
high tin estimate of their produce as can fairly be formed.
Our market prices, however, continue nominal, purchasers
holding off until a more accurate judgment can be come to
se to the probable result of the present growth.
The weather being most fropitious, the labours of the
harvest field have continued since our last without inter-
mission ; another week of it, and very little corn will be
fee•ul abroad in this neighbourheod.—Wurcesfer Herald.
he barley and oat crops have been equally benefitted
by the favourable change of the weather, which, if we may
•udge from present al,pearanccs, promises to be of season-
able continuance. New wheat has been sold here at 161.
per load.--la tees Paper,
The beautiful weather with which we have been fa-
voured during this week has enabled the farmers, in the
vale or the. ...one, to house an immense quantity of
..bent, in prime condition. We bare great pleasure to
add, that the eldest farmers du not recollect more abundant
crops of corn of every description. The poor are almost
everywhere with welcome allowed to glean, and to partake
of that plenty with villich it h a, pleased Heaven to bless
the laud.—Canthriike Paler.
We have now the mut beautiful harvest weather, and
since the commencement of time present harvest moon, the
elm has ripened fast. Reaping is general throughout the
and the crops good.—Neweastle Chronicle.
lime weather on Sunday last happily changed for the
better, and has since continued highly favourable to the
hebours of the field, which have proceeded with niueW
activity. Shearing is now general in all this district.—
,Veteca.vtle Pap r.
The most flattering accounts of the state of the harvest
sty given from all quarters of the three kingdoms. They
sll, with few exceptions, concur in stating that the crops
era everywhere most promising, and will considerably ex-
ce.ll the average of former years. We observe that the li-
vening process is, generally, nearly as early this year iti
:;etatland as in England or Ireland ; and if the present fa-
vourable weather continue for a short time, the whole crop
will be got into the barn-yard in excellent order.—Edie-
grearA Star.
Since the t2th inst. frequent and heavy showers have
whieb have mended the pastures, and greatly pro-
mpted the growth of the turnip crops, without having ma-
terially retarded the operations of harvest. The cutting of
all kinds of grain is in full pro giess over the whole district,
and there is a fair prospect of the crop being housed under
the most favourable circumstances. With regard to the
,duality of the different kinds of graiu, the oats in dry si-
tuatione are certainly light ; and wheat on light soils will
be deficient both in quantity and quality, but barley is al-
most everywhere a good and full crop.—Kelso

'I here was never known so few young birds in this
retnity as there are the present season. Upon farms of
three hundred acres, not a covey has been seen ; and so
great is the deficiency ever. of old birds, in proportion to
the number left last year, that many of them arc supposed
t t have been destroyed upon the nest by the atone ; but
"',is suggestion is not confirmed by the discovery of the
r •,.rain• of those that are supposed to have perished.—
l'iNesouth Adrettirer.
ROAD IMMOVEMILN rs IN ITAMP3IIIRE AND SLISEX.
Mr. Hoper has commenced a great improvement, by cut-
ting a road through his property adjoining Stonar Hill,
near Pctersficld, which will be the means of avoiding that
hitherto dangerous and almost impassable hill. By this
and the new turnpike road from Alidlturst to Pe-
terstield, the public at large arc likely very soon to be se-
, Immodated with a safe and easy, as well as nearer, corn-
rounitation between ‘Vindsor, Brighton, and Portsmouth,
:mil also IVinebester, Oxford, and Cheltenham, and all
parts of the West of England.
A new bridge is building across the River Taw, by the
Hun. N. kenos/es, at Kegesfori, under the direction of
Mr. Green.
Among the evidence of the superintendence of the Irish
Government over the practices of its minor functionaries,
and the general administration of justice, is the case of
Chief Constable Browne, who has been removed from the,
county of Wexford, the scene of his misconduct, en a
memorial of the inhabitants to Ins Excellency the Lord-
Lieutenant.
NATURAL CURIO/Jr/re—Mt. Gall, chemist, of Wood-
bridge, has in his possession a toad and a MOM:, which
were dirteovered in a garden a day or two since. It appears
A which they were found, that they
in a battle; the toad, in trying to
has several wounds, and the mouse
on the toad's back, with his teeth
supposed to have died with the reptile's

remains of the unfortunate E. ('bap-

Gotlalming.
eh-greens in the south of Ireland is
by the London linen-merchants, who
and pieces which are shipped to Lon-
tu Scotland for bleaching.

SO a sag
from the manlier in
hail lillel each other in
enemy, has
which was Listened 01
1 I 11 ..ar the jaws, is suppo
Saturday last the rein
111111 were interred at
The want of bleach-
much complained of by
purchase many thous: nn
don, and then sent off t;
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