The Sun.
London, England, 1839-08-08 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1839.

in consequence of the heavy swelling of water, which,
through the incessant rains, had before inundated the coun-
try I;e7Ond. The bread' was about fifty yards in length,
and the embdbliment an itintenSely high one. The whsle
valley of the Rea was intitidateti, thotigh we are happy to
learn that but little corn is injured, the principal part of the
valley being rneak i
w land. The hay had, In many n•
stances, also been got in. The epTs:
ct of the rush of so
asit madelmmt.'noe a body of water was overwhelming,
its way doWif the Salley of the Rea. Everything unattaei."
ed, of a floating nature, ,4as carried down the street, until
impeded by the narrowness of the river, and the bridges in
Deritend. These forced the water into the holises adjoin-
ing, at the bottom of Moseley-street, Cheapside, and fZea-
street, all of which were impassable for some hours, the
water being several feet deep. In the progress of the
flood down the Rea, towards the flood-gates, much damage
was done to the property on the banks of the river. The
rush of water into the immense reservoir at Deritend
Mills, forced the bank on the farther side, and the whole of
this large sheet of water was added to the already charged
current of the river. Towards mid-day the water had sub-
sided sufficiently to allow of the course of the river being
traced, but the fields around presented a desolate ap-
pearance.

THE CROPS AND THE WEATHER

We have received agricultural reports from all
parts of the kingdom, but neither on the actual condition
of the crops, their contingent yield, nor the influence of the
recently rather too abundant and long continued rain, have
we anything to add to our previously published statements.
If the present warm sunny weather continue, not only will
much of the mischief done to the wheat he repaired, but
there will be at least an average—we think above an ave-
rage—crop throughout England, as well as Scotland and
Ireland : and thus, blessed by a bountiful Providence,
counteracting for a season some of the more dreadful seve-
rities of those accursed Corn-laws, that have in their ope-
ration consigned so many of our oppressed countrymen,
with their wives and ehildren, to pinching penury—nay,
even to starvation—thus blessed by God, we shall not,
next winter, have the pain of seeing our artizans dying by
tens, by scores, and by hundreds, for want of the daily
bread denied them by the starvation code.
The following report of the state of the crops in Ireland,
copied from the Dublin Evening Post of Saturday last, is
gratifying:—
" We are in possession of accounts from all parts of Ire-
land, and we are truly happy to have it in our power rather
to allay than confirm the apprehensions which we know to
prevail respecting the crops. Considerable injury has,
certainly, been done by the late heavy rains, especially to
wheat, which in many places has been lodged, and it has
also suffered from smut.

Barnard—Edward G.
Bernal, Ralph—Rochester
Blackburne, Ireland
Blair, James
Blake, W. J.—Newport
Broadley, IL—Yorkshire
Brownrigg, J. S.—Boston
Bruges, W. H. L.—Bath
Callaghan, D.—Cork City
Cowper, W. F.—Hertfc!d
Craig, William G
Myatt, Edward—Exeter
East, James Buller— Winchester
Eaton, R. J.—Cambridgeshire
Eliot, J. E.—Roxburghshire
Farnham, E.8.--N. Leicestershire;
Gaskell, ames Miln es— Wenlock
Gordon, Robert—Windsor
Grattan, James—Wicklow Co.
Grey, Sir George—Devonport
Grosvenor Lord R.—Chester
Hamilton, Charles J. B,
Hodgson, Frederick—Barnstaple
Hepe, Charles—Linlithgowshire
Hope, Geo. W. —Weymouth
Hoskins, K.—Herefordshire
Howard, P. H.—Carlisle
Hutton, Robert
Lowther. J. ll.—York
Mauls, Hon. Fox—Elgin Burghs,
Morpeth, Lord—Yorkshire

" The rain, however, has not been general throughout

the country. In the southern and midland counties the
greatest amount Of injury has been done. With the
exception of one or two counties, the province of Ulster
seems to have escaped the visitation, and the crops of
all kinds are represented as luxuriant. Even in those
districts where most rain has fallen, the injury to wheats
has been partial, and the favourable change in the wea-
ther has already produced a very perceptible improve-
ment even in that crop. But oats appear generally to have
been totally uninjured, and only require a continuance of
good weather to ensure abundant produce. Barley, too,
has suffered but little. With respect to potatoes, the
floods have been destructive upon low grounds. This,
however, is confined to particular localities; but, in gene-
ral, " the poor man's crop" is in good condition, and, if
the weather should prove propitious, fully an average har-
vest may be calculated upon. The accounts are calculated
greatly to diminish alarm in the public mind.
" THREE o'CLocK.—The weather, we are rejoiced to
state, continues most auspicious. Our hope is strong that,
after all, we shall be blessed with a good harvest."

MINORITY-
Aglionby, H. A.—Cockermouth
Brotherton, J.—Salford
Browne, Robert Dillon
Duncombe, T—Finsbnry
Ewart, W.—Wigan
Finch, Francis
Harvey, D. \V.—Southwark
Hector, Cornthwaite John—Pe-
tersfield
Hindley, Charles

We understand that the greatest anxiety and alarm are
beginning to prevail on the subject of the harvest. It is
said that even before the late unseasonable weather, it was
by no means generally as promising as was represented in
in the agricultural journals, and, whatever was its condition
then, it must have been fearfully worsened by the heavy
and continued rains which have recently been experienced.
Should the fears which arc now entertained on the subject,
by any thing like realized, it is awful to think of the con-
sequences which may ensue. The only consolation for
the starving people will be the recollection that good some-
times comes out of evil, and a short crop and dear bread
would be rendered more tolerable by the hope that the
Corn-laws of the robber landlords could not stand the
shock of a second bad harvest. That their strength is
about to be tested, there is, we are assured, every reason
now to believe.—Liverpool Chronicle.
The continued showers of rain for the last ten or twelve

days have rendered it impossible to proceed with the busi-
ness of hay-making., and done considerable injury to the
crops. The produce of a great number of fields in this
neighbourhood has been completely destroyed, by which
several individuals have sustained severe losses. The
wheat crops also, in various places, are beat down by the
violence of the weather, and in most instances will not
again recover their upright position. The wheats in
general look well, and 'promise an abundant crop. We
earnestly hope that the fine weather which has just set in
will long continue, for the benefit of all classes. The
wheat has never looked better, having been rather im-
proved than otherwise by the late showers. The barley
and oats are also in a most flourishing state, but the peas
and beans have suffered much in many places by the dol-
phin. We are happy to have to state that the apple
growers will in some districts get a few more apples than
was expected ; but still the crop will be a very light one.
—Dover Chronicle.
Tux COMING HARVEST. —The late rains from which
much mischief was anticipated, have done no injury, we
are informed to the crops through a large portion of Kent.
It has spoiled a good deal of hay. In Kent the corn is
looking remarkably well, is scarcely laid in any place by
the wind and rain, and the report of the farmers is, that it
promises to yield largely. Fine weather, however, is indis-
pensible. Fruit is a failure. There are neither apples,
cherries, nor plums in the lower part of the county;
gooseberries and currants were totally cut off. Hops
promise to be a good crop. The wheat where the crop is
thick and strong, has certainly been damaged, it was much
beat down by the wind, and the continuance of wet had
caused it to rot iu the stalk, but we are happy to say that
this is only in a few crops. Where it is light on the ground
it is thriving and ripening fast. The fly has appeared, but
the extent of the damage cannot yet be ascertained. We
question whether the light soils will not have the advantage
of the heavy in the yield this year. The course of hus-
bandry bids fair to be reversed, the wheat will be got in
before the hay, and the barley in many places before the
wheat. In the memory of the oldest man in this county a
more destructive flood at this season of the year than that
which last week deluged the meadows of Gloucestershire
has never been known. The Severn has overflowed in
many places, and has carried away all the hay and newly
cut grass. The price of hay will be. high next winter—
good hay is now on the advance.— Gloucester Journal.
On Monday and Tuesday the fields presented the most
animated appearance in all parts of Yorkshire, the threat-
ening aspect of the sky demanding the putting forth of
fortnight. There is too
3', a considerable part of
everywhinh
leader ti on ne n t
non t s
fencru re
nearlyth e
ah a
much reason to fear that nearly all which was in this situa-
tion has been greatly injured, while much damage has been
done to that more recently mown. The crop on the west
of Leeds,
average,Leeds, as far as Lancashire,
is spoken of as about
a that is, it would have been but for the weather
at the beginning of the week. The corn between London
and Leeds was much laid on Wednesday. Since that day
we have been favoured with fine drying weather, and if it
should continue, the drooping spirits not only of the agri-
culturists, but of the whole nation, will be revived.—Leeds
Mercury.
The last three have been fine summer days ; and we hope
that the weather will be, for some time to come, more pro-
pitious ; if so, the injury to the crops will not be very seri-
ous. A great quantity of grass was cut and put together
before the rains came, and a considerable quantity is now
being cut, with the promise of a fine rich autumn feed for
the cattle. The wheat has sustained only local damage;
in general there is every prospect of an abundant harvest.
—Reading Mercury.
A great deal of mischief has been done to the harvest,
but we have reason to believe not to the amount which some
have calculated. The effect of the wind on many farms
was such as to literally blow the grain from the ear.—Fal-
mouth Packet.

HUNDER STORM.—Several parts of the
country were visited on Wednesday last week by a severe
thunder storm, accompanied with heavy rain. The storm
was of brief duration, but alarming and dangerous in no
ordinary degree. A labourer, who was employed in ditch-
ing in the neighbourhood of Errol, sought refuge, on the
commencement of the storm, under a tree, where he had
not long remained ere he was struck by the lightning, and
when discovered, the unfortunate man was found to be
quite lifeless, one side of his face, and a portion of his dress
being much scorched and blackened by the electric fluid.
He wore a watch, which was found in his pocket in a mol-
ten state. A gentleman residing in the vicinity of Inch-
ture, and who was passing the village on horseback at the
beginning of the storm, took shelter under the verandah
of the village inn. His riding whip was struck out of his
hand by the lightning, which also touched one of his legs,
but he was fortunately no way seriously injured.—Perth.
shire Advertiser.
THE DANGEROUS EFFECTS OF READING
IN BED.—The following dreadful accident occurred to
Miss Staunton, aged 20, residing at Belleyne House, near
High Wycombe, on Monday night. The young lady had
retired to bed, and was engaged in reading a book, which
was her frequent practice. Unhappily she fell asleep, and
the bed-curtains caught fire. The young lady's cries
alarmed her parents, who immediately hastened to the
bed-chamber, where they were shocked at beholding their
daughter lying on the floor writhingc, in agony from the
dreadful burns she had received. We regret to learn
that Miss S. lies in a very precarious state. These re-
peated instances of disastrous results arising from reading
in bed ought surely to serve as a caution from pursuing
this dangerous habit.
MRS. SIDDoNs, As an instance of the great
power which this unequalled actress held over the minds
of her auditory, we need only mention the following cir-
cumstance :—When she performed the part of Agnes in
Fatal Curiosity,and when during the scene where Agnes goes
up to Wilmot, and produces the jewels of their unknown son,
giving a remote hint at the idea of murdering him, she threw
such an expression into her countenance as made the flesh of
every spectator creep. A Mr. Crabbe Robinson, a gen-
tleman of the bar and a scholar well known in the world
of literature, who was sitting in the pit, declared after-
wards, that from this moment his respiration grew
difficult, and in a few seconds he lost all command of
himself. When the murder scene approached, he laughed
aloud, and there was a general cry in the pit of " turn
him out." The process of ejectment was even begun, and
he had received some harsh treatment, when a humane
woman interposed, who saw and explained his real condi-
tion. He was in strong hysterics.— Campbell's Life of
Mrs. Siddons.

It is reported that there is a man in Vermont
who feeds his geese on iron filings, and gathers steel pens
from their wings.

PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION.

(From the Yotes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.)
MONDAY, AUG. 5, 1839.
SUPPLY.

Motion made, and question proposed, " That the Order of
the Day for the Committee of Supply be now read :—"—
Amendment proposed, to leave out from the word " That" to
the end of the question, in order to add the words " the taxes
imposed on the necessaries of life in this country, render them
so
- dear that the working people cannot command a sufficiency
to quiloiy- their daily wants ; that the taxes imposed on raw
m
mai& are an obstruction to the productive industry of the
country; and that the irra...‘'ilitv of the people to purchase a suf-
Sciency of the things which iheii in....1,0ur would produce, acts
an compels
injuriously upon those who employ the ce°Pl'''
to limit
them, from want of a market at remunerating
I.l7ice!'d
the employment of many, and refuse employment alto 'ether to
others, who are anxious to earn their bread by the thou; a
their hands, and who. from being denied employment. are f:om-
pelled to wept relief from the parish in any way that they cars
obtain it, or starve ; That such a state of things is detrimental
to the productive classes, and dangerous to all other classes :
That, according to a Return* ordered to be printed by this
House on the 10th day of June last, the taxes raised by Excise
and Customs on the following articles amounted, in the year
ending thesth day of January, 1839, to the sum of 17,614,543/. ;
viz., on malt, 4,932,080/. ; hops, 302,906/. ; soap, 810,813/. ;
candles and tallow, 183,669/. ; sugar and molasses, 4,803,684/. ;
tea, 3,362,035/. ; coffee, 684,979/. ; butter, 251,665/. ; cheese,
113,907/. ; currants and raisins, 300,828/. ; corn, 186,760/. ;
cotton wool and sheep's, imported, 725,4451.; silk 254,874/. ;
hides and skins, 61,478/. ; and on paper, 541,7881.: That
justice, sound policy, and humanity require that the laws im-
posing these taxes should be repealed, the Corn-laws abolished,
and that the revenue should in future be raised by an equitable
assessment on property," instead thereof (Mr. John Fielden)—
Question put, " That the words proposed to be left out stand
part of the question :" The House divided—
MAJORITY—AYES 58.

Norreys, Lord—Oxfordshire
Paget, rederick—Beauniaris
Palmer, George—Essex
Parker, John—Sheffield
Parker, R. T.—Preston
Pigot, David R.— Clonmel
Pryme, George—Cambridge
Redington, T. N.—Dundalk
Rice, T. S.—Cambridge
Rolfe, sir R. M.—Penryn
Russell, Lord John—Stroud
Russell, Lord—Tavistock
Rutherfurd, Itt. Hon. Andrew
Seymour, Lord
Sneil, Richard Lalor—Tipperary
'Sheppard Thomas—Frome
Smith, Hon. ft.—Wycombe
Somerville, Sir William M.
Stanley, E. John—North Cheshire
Stanley, W. o.—Anglesea
Stock, Dr.—Cashel
Surrey, Earl of—West Sussex
Thomson, Rt. Hon. C. P.—Man-
chester
'rroubridge, Sir T. E.—Sandwich
Waddington, H. S.—West Suffolk
Wilde, Mr. Serjeant—Newark
Wood, Charles—Halifax
TELLERS.
Baring, F. T.
(Steuart, Robert

-NOES, 15.
flume, Joseph—Kilkenny
Humphery, John—Southwark
O'Connell, Daniel- Dublin
Scholefield, Joshua
Williams, William—Coventry
Yates, John A.

TELLERS.
Attwood, Thomas
Fi olden, John

JBLIC OPINION IN GERMANY
CONCERNING RUSSIA AND TURKEY.

In the present crisis, the prevailing impression in Ger-
many is a dread, not that Ibrahim Pacha might march to
Constantinople and dethrone the Sultan, but that he
might be prevented from doing so by Russian Intervention ;
that Turkey might a second time fall a victim to Russian
Protection ; that another treaty of Unkiar Skelessi
might be extorted, and that Russia might draw closer tae
bond of union, until she shall throw off the mask, and
supersede virtual dominion by actual incorporation. In
all this we may state most truly, that the German Press is
not guided by any sympathy for British interests.
But withal the occupation of Constantinople by Russia
would be considered, from one end of Germany to the
other, as a national calamity for Germany no less than
for Great Britain. We need not look far for the cause of
this. The progress of Russia is considered as identified
with every thing that is anti-national. The example of
Poland is before the eyes of the world. The influence of
Russia is suspected of being at the bottom of every mea-
sure of despotism. The manner in which the German
Governments are overawed by her, is a subject of indigna-
tion and disgust. She is supposed to entertain her spies
in every Cabinet. In all this, no doubt, there is con-
siderable exaggeration, but this is the current impression.
Under such an idea, any access of power would be looked
upon as a step towards universal dominion. However re-
mote the scene of her conquests may be, the consequences
appear to threaten not only every State, but every indi-
vidual hearth. Such is the feeling in Germany, and this
alone would sufficiently account for the tendency of the
German Press.

But there are peculiar reasons for dreading the progress
of Russia in the East. The Germans are at this moment
more alive than ever to the pursuit of their commercial and
manufacturing interests, so long neglected, and for that
very reason now so ardently embraced. Their eyes are
turned to the Danube, to Trebisonde, in fact, to the Black
Sea. A few successful speculations have raised an
interest unknown before. The very novelty of the thing,
the chiar' oscuro of the prospect, has its effect on a people
superlatively imaginative. Now, the Sulina business is a
sample of what they have to expect, in common with every
nation of Europe, at the hands of Russian fiscality, if
Russia were to constitute herself the actual arbiter of the
Black Sea, and of its commercial territory.