The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-06-27 00:00:00

THE I)RO(7GHT.

The indicaticns of rain last week wore off, and the expectation,
of the husbandman have hitherto been disappointed. The pasture
in this neighbourhood is completely burnt up, and the other crops
have begun to suffer. With the exception of one day in May, we
bait scarcely had a shower for three months. There base been
some showers in the Highlands, but not so general or so long con-
tinued, as visibly to augment the stream of the Tay, which has
never been so small within the memory of the oldest people Lem.
As it offers no opposition to the tides, the rapidity with which they
Row up the channel of the river is
_very temarkable.—Pcrth
Claurit r

It happened lately that a clergyman in a country Firt,h in the
north, had occasion to visit his parishioners toot adioniiittur and io-
,struction, and among the rest, to call on Donald, an old tsrtner,
whose field labour' were suffering not a little from the dry. weather,
a citrtuitstance Which seemed to arrest i»oreot his thoughts than
the more serious duties which honoured him with a visit from tho
Minister. The weather and the crops having occupied what the
minister considered 1 reasonable portion tot his time, he curninencril
the more 'crime duty of spiritual exhortation, eel had proceeded
very eloquently to lay before his hearers " the necessity there w3l
in this world for the righteous mingling with the wicked—like me
tares and wheat which grow together," when Donald. oblivious to
all but his scorching pastures and 'tinted fields, call y renikked,
" Teed, bit, an this drought last muckle longer, we'll hae ndeher
terse nor wheat."

ii'.e have aearcely.experienced a heaviy shower of rain since tin:
lot of Nay. This circumstance, with the scorching effects el un-
interrupted sunshine. have been most iojurft us to the crop.. The
fanners citify where complain of the stinted growth and thin field.,
and 'Should rain set in, it can have little effect in bettering their
prospects the" plants having in shine all sitvethxts attaii.echsm.li
a stars of maturity, as must limit any Osage Lobo effected Mr rum
to a partial inert tae of straw, and, it may he, a heavier aacriple of
grain. In some situations, and these utn•t be the most larourable,
mowing ha.•alread,J • commenced, yet the crops are light alai much
deficient. Beads have aiso sulfermi severely, for the la..t month.
l'otutoes a-c an exception. They arc not yet um late for receiving
c-ery advantaxe from ruin, and should it .et in very soon,•they
may be exptet d to i r ire a good Jonneef.
There has been a .carci•y of grass for and sheep all the
season ; and though i nproved since the rain in the latter erd of
Itlay, the pastures now do not exhibit a very plentiful supply of
grot. The seeds, of which a considerable quantity is cut down,
turn out very light crops the English waves ere teach improved
si ice the late :inns, Lut it is yet doubtful whether or not there will
be an abundant crop. The dry weatli. rin sprin.; has been favour-
ab e ta wheat, which, bath on the hill and rale districts- gene-ally
looks well. Barley and Oats, beirg much beneutcd by ills late
tit s, also look yroinistag, except some pLee. of the former, vow ,11
late on cold :t fP soils, which exhibit, ft very indifferent prospect -
but the corn cc tpa it general, have a TIIII,II beret appearance thaw
circumstanc,a authorized us to anticipate in the middle of Nay.
The Barn trade has been extremely flat for some time past.—
Gbrucesice Report.
The weather aontinues dry and sukry ; anti the crop, we. hear
from set era qu:e.as,liegins to sutler severely. Tne cry for rain per-
vades the whole county. It would now conic too late for the hay
trop.—.Aberdcere Joarool.

lh tha higher parts of Galloway, whist is grown to a limited
ex en. ; hut hitherto 4 hag withstood the drought better than
any other tap chit of crop ; and on the banks of the Crew, the Watt-
nob. tad a me other streami, premise+ a mire abundant return.
On Tale ao'l. a.e ear will bs short. from the want of nsoisture, but.
If to that, the quality mill be exec lent. and ahogether the
wheat va be nearer an average cop than any other kind of grain
.•that we eocli mention. The early aorta bailey is atesudy HA
ear, and wot I I drive comparatively very little benefit from rain.
The late .own fields will prove the be it, and ',twilit] rain et me soon
a wonderful improvement mayisahly be predicted. Tu both eats,
and barley the last few days have been extremel) trying ; the blade
begins to look sickly and pale, and on • thin gravaly knolls, the
amnia seem >fishnet that we question whether there will_ he any ear
at O. The bran,, though dwarfish, are covered with blos own to
the very roots. and the potatrea, wherever the giound wits in scoot..
heart, 'till look anonisliMgly fresh ad thriving. Of the tuinip4
Ada too early to weak, though the braird looks beautiful where
early POW But every thing depends on the state or the weather
for the next fart days. The rivers were naver lower in the mernmy
of man, and it may be doubted whether there be an instance or a
drought which set so early in and continued so lung. •