The Sun.
London, England, 1839-08-27 00:00:00

The bright sun and unclouded atmosphere of the last
three days will soon set all to rights.—Guardian.
LEWES.—The continued desirable and fine weather
since our last has been extremely favourable to the bu-
siness of the harvest, and the farmers have taken the
advantage of it by securing the greater portion of the
wheat, which has been gathered in satisfactorily, and
some few samples have, we understand, already
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presented at the markets. There is still some
of opinion as to the quantity of the crop ; many of the
provincial papers, however, of the agricultural districts,
speak favourably of it.—Advertiser.
LEICESTER.—The crops have, within the last day
or two, assumed, contrary to the expectations of many,
the most gratifying appearance. The rather heavy
showers in the latter part of last week and beginning of
this, have done little comparative injury, and almost
every where the oats and wheat are being cut. Between
Leicester and Loughborough several fields of wheat ap-
pear to be ripe for the sickle, and such other descrip-
tions of bread corn as are not cut down, look luxu-
riant and abundant. Accounts from every quarter re-
present the crop as being about an average one. Since
Wednesday, the weather has turned out most propi-
tious, and the farmers have accordingly taken advan-
tage of it.—Chronicle.
LINCOLN.—We are most sorry to say that the heavy
rains of Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, have laid the
wheat level with the ground in many places, and fears
are eater:ain:d that these is very little chance of its
recoverv:—Chroniele.
NIALToN.—The weather for the last two or three
weeks has been uncommonly wet, and unfavourable to
getting in the hay harvest, the greater part of which
still remains exposed in the neighbourhood of Melton,
and it is to be feared great damage will be sustained in
the same. All other kinds of crops stand greatly in
need of warm dry weather, and should this take place,
the harvest will commence generally in about a fort-
night's
time.—Hull Rockingham.
ROMSEY.—Some samples of new wheat were shown
at our market on Thursday ; and Mr. Tanner, of
Buckholt Farm, sold three loads at 171. per load.—
Devizes Independent.
STAFFORD.—The rain on Saturday and Sunday last
was so heavy in this county as to cause the rivers to
overflow their banks ; and the prospect, at the early
part of the week, was particularly gloomy. On
Wednesday, however, the weather became de-
cidedly finer ; no rain has fallen since that day.
The fields are now filled with reapers ; and al-
though much grain must necessarily be injured,
end the gathering in of the corn retarded, by
the unfavourable weather which so long prevailed, yet
the mischief done is not so serious but that a dry week
or two and sunshine may in a great measure repair it.
We sincerely trust that a kind Providence may yet
grant propitious weather for the ripening and harvest-
ing of the fruits of the earth.—Advertiser..
WHITEHAVEN.--We have had some days of tolerably
fine weather this week, but altogether the prospect is
not so settled as to justify us in supposing that the
serious injury which the wheat crops have sustained in
this district will now be repaired. This injury, we are
afraid, is wide-spread and decisive, and threatens the most
grievous calamity to the poor farmers and to the commu-
nity at large. The crops of wheat look well to the
eye of the passing traveller, but upon inspection and
handling it is found, with regret and reluctance, that
most of the heads] are half wasted, and that many con-
tain not a single pickle. The damage done is most
lamentable, and cannot now be remedied. The other
corn crops are in a much better state, and a fair average
yield may be looked for. Potatoes and turnips never
looked better at this period of the year than at present.
—Herald.

YORKSHIRE.—The last few days of glorious weather
have effected a wonderful improvement in the appear-
ance of the crops in this county. Since Monday we
have had no rain, and the ripening of the different kinds
of grain has proceeded very fast under the warm rays of
the sun. From the inquiries which we have made of
parties well qualified to judge, and also from personal
observation, we hope we may calculate on the crops
being a full average, and in numerous instances the yield
is said to be unprecedented. Where the sickle is al-
ready in operation, this statement is fully borne out.
The hay harvest is nearly over, and considering the
late wet weather, has been secured in fair condition.—
Leeds Mercury.
YORK.—We have experienced some heavy falls of
rain since our last. A decided change for fine wea-
ther appears, however, to have set in, and should
it hold out, as we have every hope it will,
the crops in the neighbourhood of Hull will be
secured in pretty fair condition. The harvest has
commenced in the East Riding. On Tuesday the
cutting of wheat had begun at Leconfield Parks, near
Beverley, and at Etton a quantity was in stook. The
haymakers are again busily plying the fork in fields
which were cut when the rains compelled a suspension
of operations.—Herald.

A new variety of barley, named Providence Barley,
is now ()Towing on a piece of land belonging to Mr.
Samuel Barnes of Westbury. It is of a very prolific
nature. One corn of it has this year produced 140
stalks, and the whole of the piece will fully average ball
that number of stalks from all the corn sown.
The continued rains last week not only retarded the
wheat harvest throughout the country, but materially
injured the crop ; a large quantity was laid, and we
regret to hear that whilst blight and mildew are very
prevalent, in some places the wheat is spurted ; the
reaping is now very general, and in fact necessary, owing
to the state of the grain, but we fear the produce will fall
very short of what was at one time anticipated, and
the quality on many farms also be inferior. The hop-
bines grow luxuriantly, but the present cold nights are
against the probability of a large and fine produce.
Genial warm weather would now be a great blessing to
the country. Saturday the vicinity of this city was
visited with heavy thunderstorms.—Hereford Journal.
WHITEHAVEN.--Mr. Bell, of the Globe inn, in Gos-
forth, cut an excellent field of barley on Thursday.
The grain was very good, and all other kinds of farming
produce will be more productive than was generally
expected.--Herald.

CARLILE.—At Stainton and the neighbourhood
south-west of Penrith, the crops in general look very
well, with the exception of potatoes, of whiuh the late
planted ones look very indifferently, while those that
were early planted are doing well. Turnips look mid-
dling—not quite so well as in some parts of the country.
Wheat has a very good appearance so far, but should
these Leavy rains continue, it is to be feared it will take
hurt. The hay grass is much better than was antici-
pated in the spring.—lbid.

IVESTMORELAND.—In the neighbourhood of Kendal
several fields of barley appear to be nearly ripe for the
sickle, and the other descriptions of bread-corn appear
most luxuriant and abundant ; but the late heavy rains
have laid a great quantity, and it is feared that unless
fine weather is at hand much of the wheat will be spoiled.
—lbid.

ISLE OF MAN.—We are happy in being enabled to
state that the accounts we have received of the condi-
tion of the crops throughout the island, with very few
exceptions, are, on the whole, highly gratifying ; and
should favourable weather continue for a few weeks, an
abundant harvest will crown the labours of the husband-
man. The weather has been, for the last few days, and
now is, delightfully auspicious, and if it continues so,
will greatly accelerate the ripening crops.—Manx paper,
Tuesday.

LlNCOLN.—Harvest is now progressing in many dis-
tricts in the neighbourhood of Stamford, and although
by no means a very abundant crop, is yet much better
than was at one time anticipated. The wheat crops
have ripened very genially, and in sonic districts towards
the west, where injury was done to the corn by the
storms of last month and June, they have partially re-
covered. An average crop may, we understand, be an-
ticipated throughout South Lincolnshire.

RALIF.tx.--We have had a great improvement in
the weather during the last few days, and the pros-
pects of the harvest, in this district, are much more
favourable than they were.—Express.
WALES.— Lamentable accounts have reached us
from many parts of Wales, as to the violent and long
continued rain during the last three weeks. In South
Wales sheep and lambs have been destroyed by the
rains and torrents, and in North Wales vast tracts of
meadows are untouched by the scythe, or if mown, the
produce is destroyed. Near the sea coast, at Aberyst-
with, Towyn, Aberdovy, and Barmouth, the hay is not
gathered yet the grain is ripening, and the two harvests
will be almost at the same time.
HASTINGS HOPS.—The hops are looking well ; the
poles are generally well covered with bine, and in several
gardens which we have inspected, the hops hang as
thick at the tops of the poles as we have ever wit-
nessed. Nothing but fine sunny weather appears now
to be wanting to produce flavour and condition. Not
a few of the poles in Messrs. Deudney's gardens ex-
hibit hops about an inch and a half in length.—Susse.r
Paper.