The Sun.
London, England, 1855-01-05 00:00:00

SUSSEX A.G.RICULTURAL REPORT FOR

DECEMBER.

We have had fine open weather during the past month,
with occasional frosts ; and it has beea a favourable
time for getting in the late sown wheat. It is a rare
thing to see a gay looking piece of wheat, as, owing to
the dry weather in October, sowing was unusually late ;
and we never remember the seed so long in the ground
before snaking its appearance : a very large portion is
not yet up. The wheat is thick on the ground, without
being too strong ; and we hear very little complaint of
either slug or wsreworm:.

Tares a-re looking well ; but owing to the very high
price for seed there is a much smaller quantity sown
than usual.

There has not been much fluctuation in the price of wheat
during the month; but there has been little activity in the
trade. Millers will only purchase for their immediate wants,
and where sales have been pressed, lower prices have
been taken ; but generally farmers have declined to give
way. The future range of prices must depend, to a
great extent, on the prospect of the war in which we
are engaged being protracted, and we fear there is little
hope of a speedy end to it. If such should be the case,
we think that higher prices are inevitable ; for, notwith-
standing the large crop of large harveit, the stock of old
wheat was so completely exhausted that the new crop
was begun upon as soon as it was harvested, and there
has been a large consumption ever since. Many per•
sons assert that there is not more wheat in the coun-
try than at the corresponding period of last year. We
doubt if this be eorrect ; but we are quite certain that
it is less than in average years, and as many of our
sources of foreign supplies are cut off, we think that
everything that can be obtained will be wanted before
another harvest.

The crop of barley was large ; and the supplies have
much increased of late. Prices have receded 3s to 4s.
per quarter from the highest point ; a very considerable
portion is not fit for malting, and a great quantity is
used for feeding purposes, as at present prices it is much
cheaper than anything that can be used. The brewers
are very cautious in their operations, and complain of
the falling off in their trade. The high price of pro-
visions causes a large decrease in the consumption of
beer, and the extra malt-tax has a most prejudicial
effect.—Brighton Gazette.

AUSTRALIAN MAILS.—The clipper-ship Blue Jacket,
one of the Fox line of packets, was on Wednesday taken
up by the Postmaster-General for the conveyance of the
Australian mails of the sth of March next.—Liverpool

THE CLIPPER GREAT REPUBLIC—BOSTON, DEC. 13.
The clipper ship Great Republic has come out of the
Brooklyn dry dock. She is now 304 feet long, 48 feet
4 inches in breadth, and will register about 3,380 tons.
Her keel, lines, &c., remain unaltered.
The Rua' yacht squadron yacht Armenia, loaded
with comforts, and the steamer Sarnia, sailed yesterday
from Cowes, with wine, porter, brandy, plum-puddings,
kc. The wind being very light and contrary, the
steamer will assist the Earl of Ellesmere's yacht down
channel.

GALE IN THE NORTH.—The old year has passed away
in a succession of heavy gales from the westward in the
north of Scotland. In the Orkney and Zetland Islands
these gales have been most disastrous both by land and
sea ; but, although much property has been destroyed,
very few lives have been lost.
SOLDIERs' ORPHAN ASTLUM.—The first election of
this valuable and patriotic charity will be held next
July, for boys. and girls, the destitute orphans of sol-
diers. The former fur the nomination of candidates will
be ready for delivery on the Ist February, at the
Society's-offices, 25, Lincoln's-inn-fields. A spacious
house is being selected for the asylum until a suitable
building is erected, for which an admirable site has been
proposed in a beautiful and salubrious spot.
DEATH OF MAJOR GR.,EME.—The death of Major
George Drummond Grmme, K.H., of Inchbrakie, took
place at Tours, on the 20th ult., whence he repaired
in August last for the benefit of his health. Major
Grmine obtained the commission of ensign in the
British army in ISI2, and joined soon after the Ger-
man Legion in the Peninsula. He served in that
corps in all the campaigns, until the peace of 1315 ;
and when it was disbanded after the peace he went
on half-pay as lieutenant. He then entered the Hano-
verian Guards, rose to the rank of major, and retired
in 1341. Major Grxtne was severely wounded at
Waterloo in defending the position of La Haye Sainte.
He received the Peninsula and Waterloo medals, and
he also received the Guelphic Order of knighthood is
tne first chapter held in Hanover in 1815.—Pert
Courier.
THEATRICALS IN PARIS.—The number of new pieces
brought out at the different theatres of Paris during the
past year amounted to 255, viz.:—Opera, 2 ; Theatre
Francais, 11 ; Opera Comique, 5 ; Italian Theatre, 2 ;
Odeon, 10 ; Theatre Lyrique, 11 ; Vaudeville, 19 ;
Gymnase, 13 ; Varietes, 50 ;pa.lais Royal, 28 ; Porte
St. Martin, 6 ; Gaite, 7 ; Antbigu Comique, 13 ; Cirque,
; Folies Dratnatiques, 17; Delassements Comiques,
25 ; Beaumarchais,
10; Luxembourg, 25 ; and Choi-
seul, 3.
CANT NAMES FOR SOME OF THE AMERICA'S STATES
AND THEIR PeorLEs AND CITIES.—Maine is the Star in
the East; New Hampshire, the Granite State; Vermont,
the Green Mountain State ; Massachussetts, the Bay
State ; Connecticut, the Land of Steady Habits ; New
York, the Empire State ; Pennsylvania, the Keystone
.
State ; the Ancient Dominion ; North Caro-
lina, the Turpentine State ; South Carolina, the Pal-
metto State ; and Ohio, the Buckeye State (from the
Buckeye tree, common in it). The Vermonters are
called Green Mountain Boys ; the people of Ohio, Buck-
eyes ; those of Kentucky, Corncrackers ; those of In-
diana, Hoosiers; those of Michigan, Wolverines ; those
of Illinois, Suckers ; and those of Missouri, Pukes. New
York is the Empire City; Philadelphia, the Quaker
City ; Baltimore, the Monumental City ; New Orleans,
the Crescent City ; and Washington, the City of Mag-
nificent Distances.—Notes and Querics.