The Sun.
London, England, 1839-10-01 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1839

more or less, prevailed since Tuesday night. The river
was much swollen yesterday, and the lower streets of the
City have been partially flooded upon the return of the
last four or five tides. Of course the standing crops
have suffered ; indeed the prospects of farmers are daily
becoming less cheering.—Cork Southern Repo,.ter.
FRIDAY.--We find it exceedingly difficult to give any
correct information, and we are, therefore, unwilling to
pronounce any opinion upon the actual state of the har-
vest at this moment. The accounts fro,-n the country,
as to the weather, are very conflicting. In some dis-
tricts it has been fine and dry, whilst in others the rain
has been still pouring down. The samples of Wheat
yet pioduced are generally very inferior in quality, and
prices range from twenty to forty-two shillings. The
bulk of the grain is bad, and any Wheat of a good qua-
lity commands a high figure. Altogether, we much fear
that our calculation of a shortness, to the extent of
one-third, in the Wheat crop, will be found below the
mark.

The weather in the neighbourhood of Dublin has
again undergone an unfavourable change. The wind
has gone round to the South, and it has been raining
since eleven o'clock this forenoon. The barometer, at
one o'clock this morning, was 29.7. When we write it
has descended to 29.2.

SATURDAY.—The glass went down to 29 yesterday
--it has advanced this day to 29.1. The fluctuations
of the barometer are, indeed, quite extraordinary. The
weather, in the vicinity of Dublin, continues damp and
warm, but no rain has fallen since morning.
Averages are falling, and an expectation exists that
the duty on Wheat will be 10s. Bd. next week.—Dublin
Evening Post.

METROPOLITAN POLITICAL

SUMMART.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

(From the Hampshire Telegraph.)
PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 28.—The Blenheim, 72, Capt.
Sir IL Senhouse, (lid not reach Plymouth, from this
port, until Monday last, having been nine days on the
passage. She sailed from Plymouth, on Wednesday,
for Lisbon.

The Erebus and Terror, discovery ships, are daily
expected here ; their first destination is St. Helena, for
the purpose of erecting an observatory there. Late this
evening, we hear they passed down Channel, and are
now on their voyage.

The Lily, 16: sailed yesterday for Plymouth, where
she will wait the convalescence of her commander, who
has been compelled to go to the hospital, from an injury
to his eye, caused by the burstirb, of a bottle of porter.
The Pelorus, 16, Commander Hardinge, was at Ho-
bart Town on the 12th April last.
The Crescent frigate is fitting at Sheerness as a depot
for captured slaves. She is to be furnished with the
Raleigh's rigging, masts, and sails ; and when ready,
will proceed to Rio de Janeiro, to prevent the necessity
of havinc, to send these poor creatures back to Sierra
Leone before the prizes can be legally condemned by the
mixed commission. They will now be received on board
the Crescent, until they can be apprenticed or sent
back to their native country if they wish it.
The Fearless, steam-vessel, is expected at this port
on her way to Plymouth.

NAVAL PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS.

APPOINTMENTS.—Mates, G. B. Dewey, A. M.
Shairp, and Wm. Bligh, to the Blenheim.
Additional Clerks—Richard A. Clarke, to the Bri-
tannia ; W. M. S. Whitefield, to the North Star.
PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 26.—The Wizard, 18, Lieut.
T. F. Birch, arrived on Saturday from Rio Janeiro,
which place she left on the 30th of July. On the 6th
of July, in working out of Porto Cabo Frio, she tailed
on a sunken rock, and damaged her rudder and false
keel. It is expected she will come into harbour to have
those damages repaired. Lieut. Andrews, late of the
Grecian, came passenger in her, invalided from severe
illness; also four invalids and four passengers. When
the Wizard left Rio, the Stag, Commander Sullivan,
and the Grecian, were in port ; the latter vessel ex-
pected to sail for the Falkland Islands on the 31st of
July. The Arrow was refitting at Rio. The Spey
packet arrived there on the 26th of July ; and on the
27th the Fawn schooner, Lieut. Tyssen, sailed on a
cruize. The Orestes left on the 29th, on a cruize ;
and the Spider, on the 30th, for the river Plate, with
the mail. The United States frigate Commodore,
Nicholson, was refitting at Rio. The Calliope and
Actaeon were in • the river Plate, the former ex-
pected at Rio, and to proceed round the Horn. The
Sardinian frigate, commanded by Prince Eugenio, was
under general repair at Rio. The Imogene was ex-
pected there in a few days, with a large freight, and
may be expected home early in October. The Blen-
heim, 72, Captain Sir Humphrey Senhouse, arrived
from Portsmouth, on Monday, and sailed for Lisbon,
yesterday. Forty men have joined her from the San
Josef. The Belleisle, 72, sailed on Thursday last, for
Lisbon, where she will remain until relieved either by
the Blenheim or Revenge, when she will proceed imme-
diately for the Malta station.

In Hamoaze.—lmpregnable, San Josef, Apollo, and
Carron steamer.

At the Island.—Partridge.
in the Sound—Rolla and Wizard.

CORN-LAWS AND CHARTISM.