The Sun.
London, England, 1839-10-31 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION

AGRICULTURAL REPORT FOR

OCTOBER.

Our monthly report must he in a great degree Teo I
hated by the weather, which, we are concerned to say,
ha
pss e n 4020. to,.
je,eerenev have
cmening), euiegrarhnetds
dstaooy
tsph:eo,
wherein
rttieeoi
when
nos
rsiew, we hed
thi
tb
rain has faller;, sometimes in considerable volume,° r'av leasriit
however, intervals df fine sunny gleams ; these have
mialenovdteleir been
tyislausm of more l
bneieern,ituhsattit3a,ran
rafter
rteto or three days' continuance,
ark
threec!,
days
sa
of
fine feature
weather
atthhee late;r
a
glut of rain has followe
haved.That bitleee ground
krounepdt in clamp
has alwaysam
remained saturated
ge
ne withral
rel,water,iew
thereainndtheasM ek -lane
.beenE.r.
but littlewind,
The
the
sheaves
condition.
press states—" The weather has been changeable to ti:e
21st October, a good deal of rain having fallen in the I
northern counties of England, where, however, the utmost I
advantage having been taken of every favourable interval,
a considerable quantity of grain has been secured ;" but it
teas feared in a very iudifferent state. In Westmorland,
Cumberland, Durham, some parts of Northumberland,
and in the west of Scotland, a good deal of corn remains
out, " but south of those counties the harvest may he
considered es finished." Of Ireland we hear nothing
but contradictions ; the Emerald Isle is celebrated, for
its verdure, maintained by a vapourous atmosphere ; if
to this be superadded volumes of rain, during a period
of four entire months, it will not be presumptuous to
conclude that the labour of the husbandman must have
been subjected to smious perplexity, to say the least of
it. The eastern English counties have been far dif-
fcrentiy treated, the harvest has been superb and capi-
tally houseJ, and the following extract will confirm this
fact : •
" The average prices returned from the cast coast
continue to come exceedingly low, which
i will prevent any ,
decline taking place in the duty ; it s almost certain )
that it will again rise to 75.9 d. per quarter on lihursday
next (October 9.4)."
Thus far we have taken a rather lugubrious view of
the subject ; but here we will stop, and endeavour to
show its bright side: The corn crops in all the eastern
end midland counties love been secured long since, some
in fine condition, and others in a state which cannot be
compared with that in which tee have known them tO
be housed in former wet seasons, Mpny farmers have
made " more haste than good speed," ,end thus we may
account for that rough and cold sensation which is per-
ccived in thrusting the hand into a sack of wheat. In
North Britain our accounts lead us to infer that iP
quantity the grain will much exceed that of 1838. The
pastures exhibit a verdure that is quite extraordinary,
and all green fodder is abundant. Turnips have felt
the influence of the bright sun and equable tempera-
ture which October has, upon the whole, been fa-
voured with. The earlier kinds, as the white round,
tankards, &c., arc large, firm, and heavy. We have
this day inspected fine specimens, weighing crone 7 to
14Ibs, or more. Stubble turnips, known as the "
Dutch," grow fast, and are looking healthy. Clover
after barley is, in places remarkably close and healthy ;
it presents a fine ground covering. A vast supply of
fodder for animals is provided, and great numbers wiX
be fed, and kept in the finest order ; hence there will be
an abundance of live-stock. We welcome the appear-
ance of the white-rooted carrot, and, having seen this .
day a specimen of medium size, weing slbs, and being
assured that 30 tons per acre may be expected, we must
recommend a very general trial of a root so salubrious
and productive. The figure is more that of a white beet
than of a carrot, but the leaves and flavour, we are told,
resembles those of the latter plant.
Potatoes seem to be fine, and abundant ; our own are
prolific, and very mcaniy ; but if, as in Ireland, the plants
have been much swamped, the tubers, mast we fear, be
somewhat injured.
October, as a whole, has improved ; and though the
weather of the third week was hazy and very glooenee
which state was brought to its climax ley the excessivo ,
rain of Thursday, the 2.4 th, the cool steady current that
set in from the north-cast on Saturday, and still conti-
nues, has much dried the ground, and rendered it fit for
the plough. Wheat-sowing proceeds, and some is upe
looking as strong, and more green by far than we have
seen it in January and February of late years. Early sow-
ing we deem an error ; the plant becomes rank, and fre-
quently suffers from frost. In that rick district of Kent,
called Thanet, wheat season commences in November, the
rocky statum of chalk secures pet manent moisture and
effectual drainage, and few failures of plant occur. Dif-
ferent lands end climates will, of course, dictate some
modifications ; but, as a general rule, we think that a
middle period—as from the third week of October to
the end of the first week of November—will include
the most propitious wheat season.
Fruits offer a doubtful result. The apple orchards
have had a total failure in some places ; in others they
yield a very fair quantity. Of timber the extra growth
is astonishing. We think the coppice woods must
have done the work of two years in one. A fair balance,
therefore, is struck between the good and the evil, and
if, as it is highly probable, the next year prove a fine one,
we shall soon forget the damage done to the corn, when
we trace the great benefits which the present wet state
of the land will not fail to secure.

An inquest was held on Wednesday afternoon, afr
Brentford, on the body of a biker's wife, named Hope,
who committed suicide by stabbing leers* with a knife
in the side during a fit of drunkenness. It had been
rumcured that the husband of deceased, with whom
she was quarrelling just be4ore the occurrence, bad killed
her ; but this was fully disproved by the evidence.
Verdict—" Insanity, through drunkenness."
STAFFORDSHIRE—STONE BANQUE2.--The
members of the North Staffordshire Conservative As-
sociation dined together last Wednesday, at Stone ;
Lord Ingestrie, M.P.. one of the representatives for
South Staffordshire, took the chair. He wa.s supported
by Earl St. Vincent, the Hon Bingham Barinp,',. M.P.,
who arrived express from the Continent to meet his
constituents, Major Beresford, the Hon. Mr. Jercis,
Mr. R. Bagshaw, Mr. D. W. Russell, who has pledged
himself to come forward at the next election as a second
Conservative candidate, and others, to the number of
three hundred. The oratory was of the usual common
place kind, spiced in one or two instances with a small
quantity of that ingredient in Tory talk which is a corn- I
pound of blarney and braggadocia, sweetened according
to the Conservative taste, and well mixed together. '
FRIGHTFUL COLLISION BETWEEN THE GEM
STEAMER AND A SLOOP, AND MIRACULOUS ESCAPE OF
THE PASSENGERS.—On Tuesday afternoon the Gem, '
belonging to the Gravesend Steam Company, left the
Terrace Pier at her usual hour (four o'clock), with a.
good sprinkle of passengers on board, but had riot pro-
ceeded on her journey more than three quarters of a
mile before the captain observed the Falcon steamer,
which also runs from Gravesend to Waterloo Bridge,
coming close after them, and crossing their course, and
at the same moment a large sloop was seen right a-head
floating down with the tide. The captain immediately
saw, that unless he instantly altered his course a colli-
sion between the two steamers was inevitable, by which
the lives of the passengers on beard of both would
be placed in the greatest danger ; late therefore ordered
the vessel to be put about ; but, unfortunately, although
be was successful in that instance, the sloop carve in
collision with the Gem, and the bowsprit came com-
pletely through the larboard paddle-box. The alerts of
the passengers may be imagined, but cannot be de-
scribed ; every possible exertion was used to get the
vessels separated, but without success, and upder such I
circumstances the only remedy left was to get the pas-
sengers on shore in boats, which was done with all
speed ; most providentially no person on board received
the slightest injury, although a young lady was actnally
sitting on the paddle-bex at the time of the collisiop,
and her escape from instant death was a per&ct miracle
The Gem is so much injured, that she must be repaired
before she can resume her station.
arden of
There is at present growing in the g
Mr. Thomas Hartley, of Croftend, near Broughton-in- •
Furness, a brocoli of the following most extraordinary
dimensions, namely, six feet two inches in height, ant
seventeen feet and a half in circumference I The seed
which produced this " giant of its kind" was sovtn in
tbe month of September, 1838, and transplanted in
d thaleiss:
the month of March in the present year ; it is in every
'
part both strong and healthy, and as finely curled as anyl
o isf
at
t hseo
nsmalleroth e plantsr
plant in
frtohnel
thesam
seagardens in
whicht i ktehw
stands fully six feet two inches high.—Cumberland
Pacquet. . •
DEATH off' AN IDIOT.--OR Monday, at five
o'clock, an inquest was held before Mr. Nelson, at the I
Lord Nelson, Trafalgar-street, Walworth, on view of
v,., evenings
running
on fi
ntgb e
dpoycrcseo,:ln'laiioks uiseosnonuThwt South-street, _met sisietdr,aae Tuesday the
post,
,
the body of Frederick Coalash, an,thidei‘o,uatniwfyooorurttuthhn,,awtaegheeydnoulltii:
years. It appeared from the evidence that on the
aand
surgeonfel l
promptlybackwards.
icrilta,tene'newdaiensdi‘n;iosatleannndttion the following day Mr. Smale, one of
the parish surgeons, was also called in, but the deceased
expired the same night. As no post inortent examina-
tion of the body was made it was impossible to ascertain
the precise cause of death ; but it was thought socre
vcesels of the heart were ruptured, and a verdict to
that effect was accordingly returned. 1
HYDROPHOBIA IN A COW.—In the beginning
of the present month a fine young cow, the preperty of
Joseph Reid, Esq., a Magistrate of the county of Surrey,
residing at Thornton-heath, near Croydon, while grazing
in a field near that gentleman's residence, was attacked
by a dog apparently in a rabid state and bitten in the ,
throat. Tee wound hcalcd up shortly afterwards, and
the cow seemed as well as usual until Thursday last,
when she was turned out to graze, and soon afterwrw.di
she was attacked with all the symptoms of that dread,
ful disorder hydrophobia. She foamed at the mouth,
tore up the ground, and roared in the most frightful
manner. Several labouring men were sent for, and after
considerable difficulty they succeeded in getting her
into a shed. She was so violent, 'however, that it was
impossible to go near her, and it was at length found
absolutely
mnedeciteeassalyryafttoems.larrodos.t her, The Carcass was
buried