The Sun.
London, England, 1854-08-19 00:00:00

THE HARVEST.

NOTTINGHA3L—Harvest has commeneed in earnest.
Several fields of wheat and oafs are already cut, near to
the Forest. At Adbolton, Mr. Lacey has cut a field of
wheat, and stacked a quantity of barley ; at Burton, Bul-
-1 well Forest, Canton, Gedling, Stoke, and other places in
this neighbourhood, the sickle had been busily employed,
and the crops are believed to be more than an average.—
.Review.—LlNCOLY.—The wheat harvest was com-
menced in the neighbourhood of Lincoln on Monday last.
In some parts the smart showers have partially laid the
crops, but beyond this no damage has been done. On the
high lands the wheat is very fine, and there is an abun-
dance of straw. With respect to the fen lands, the ac-
counts are good. Barley is said to afford fair promise; and
with respect to potatoes there is the cheering fact that
little or no disease has appeared.—Stamford Mercury.
—LISKEARD.—The present prospects of the weather
are favourable. Wheat is not yet ripe generally ; a
few fields are cut in the neighbourhood, and the sample
is said to be a good one. The barley and oat crop is
very abundant. The potato crop is very productive,
but the disease is making extensive ravages.—Plymouth
Journal.—PONTEFRACT.—Harvest will be general in
this district next week. The crops of all kinds are
luxuriant, except beans, which have somewhat suffered
from the louse. The wheat is beautifully rank, and
bids fair to be a splendid crop. The heavy rain of
Sunday evening beat it down in many places, but we
hope, with a return of fine weather, it will have
sustained little or no injury. Turnips and potatoes
are looking well, though we are sorry to add
in reference to the latter, that the disease is
found to prevail to a considerable extent amongst
the early kidneys. Radford Observer. THE LO-
TurANs.—We understand that a good deal of grain
is already cut down in East Lothian, and the harvest
will be very general by Monday next. A number of
hands have already arrived ; but many more will be
immediately required. In the several parts of Mid-
Lothian shearing is also going on.—Edinburgh, Courant.
—NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE.—On Sunday, from an early
hour till late in t ie evening the fall of rain was inces-
sant, and we have since had showers every day, though
none of them of long duration. No damage has bees
incurred by the wheat crops, which are looking re-
markably well ; and should we be favoured with a short
period of fine weather, a large breadth of corn would
speedily be ready for the sickle.—Ctroniele.—SUNDlE•
LIND.—For the past fortnight the weather has been un-
settled. The corn, however, still looks uncommonly well.
It is strong in the straw, and
.the heads are everywhere
magnificent. Turnips are most luxuriant, the ground
between the rows being completely covered, the safest
warranty, at this time of the year, of a really good crop.
Ray has fared badly, a great deal—in fact, the bulk—of
the crop being yet in the fields, very much the worse of
the wet. This is about the latest hay harvest we have
known, and its character may be told in two words--
light crops and ill-won. Potatoes are going to be a
heavy crop.—Sunderland Herald.
BANGOR, August 16.—The crops are all going on well
hereabouts. Some of the grain will be reaped, I under-
stand, in a few days. We had our share of the heavy
rains which have fallen ; but as they were unaccompanied
by high winds they did not do any material injury to the
oats, wheat, or beans. As to the potato, lam sorry to
say that the disease does prevail, but not to that great
extent which the high prices of food appear to be based
upon. A large number of young women who formerly
were employed " flowering" or embroidering muslin, are
now engaged weeding the crops. There is a lack of
work for the weavers also, and the continuance of high
prices would be a great calamity indeed.
THE POTATO CROP.—The potato disease, we are sorry
to say, has, during the late wet weather, been spreading
to a considerable extent, but hopes are yet entertained
that, with the return of fine weather, it may receive a
check.—.lyr d dvertiser.--We have, we regret to say,
a very general report of the potato disease, which is
spreading in all directions, and threatens to be again
extremely destructive.—Newcastle Cltrcnicle.—W
respect to the potato disease an experiment has been
tried haze in a plot by cutting off the tops at an early
period, or when the disease was first manifesting itself,
and the other part of the tillage left, and the result is
when, in a basketful, the tops were cut, one or two may
be found diseased, while when the tops were left standing,
one-half of the potatoes are good for nothing.—Plymouths
Journal.

HARVEST PROSPECTS IN IRELAND.
The grain crops are ripening fast, under the influence
of the warm weather. There has, however, been rather
too many showers of rain in the past few days. On the
whole, the reports from the country are favourable. A
few are subjoined
:
The rain, which prevailed since the commencent of the
week has retarded the ripening crops very considerably,
and contributed greatly to destroy the hope that the
potato disease, in the opinion of those who trace that
infliction to an undue amount of moisture, might have
been prevented from spreading if the country had bees
favoured with dry and wares weather. Our reports to-
day are not of a more cheering character. We are told,
however, by a gentleman extensively engaged i❑ agricul-
ture, that the disease is not spreading—that in the dis-
trict with which he is acquainted it manifested its ap-
pearance about ten days ago, and repeated examinations
of his own fields have satisfied him that it has not sen-
sibly extended sin ce. "—Northern Tch ig.
BANDRIDG E, August 15.—The week's weather has
been favourable for bringing in the hay harvest, which
is nearly finished. Oats are already beginning to
" whiten" for harvest, which may not be so late as was
anticipated. The wheat crop is also a fair one, notwith-
standing the report of "smut and rust ;" and the flax
plant seldom looked better. But the unfortunate
failure is the potato, which I fear will be to a consider-
able extent.

THE CROrs.—Scarcely a day passes but the unwel-
come intelligence of the increase of the potato disease
through Ireland reaches us ; hut although we are in
some degree suffering from the appearance amongst us
of the mysterious visitant, still we have reason to con-
gratulate ourselves that it has not shown that degree of
virulence which marks its course through many parts of
the county Waterford. The intermitting showers are
rather unfavourable to crops ripening for the harvest.
In many places we have observed several fields of wheat
very backward for this advanced season, and partially
laid owing to the recent heavy rains ; while other fields,
especially in the northern suburbs of the town, are all
but arrived at maturity. The oat crop appears very
healthy, and will, in all probability, afford an abundant
yield ; indeed, generally peaking, the potato and wheat
have been the only crops which the farmers can com-
plain of."—Clonmel Chronicle.
The weather during the past ten days has been tinge-
nial, and unseasonably severe. The
quantity of rain
which basil allen has' been unusually large, and we expe-
rienced but very few- fine days—seldom two iu succes-
sion. The effect has been extremely disastrous to the
potato, which, we regret to say, is sadly affected by the
blight, the ravages of which are every day becoming
more apparent. It is hoped that, if fine weather sets
in, the progress of the disease will he stayed ; but a
continuation of wet can only tend to develops and ex-
tend the rot. The other crops—cereals, turnips, &c.,
are going on remarkably well ; and, if we except the
potato, the harvest is likely to be an abundant one.—
, Newry Telegraph.
THE POTATO CROP.—Alarming reports of a general
failure in the potato crop are very prevalent in this dis-
trict, arid though we are not disposed to believe all we
hear, yet we are satisfied, from personal observation,
that the crop is damaged to a very serious extent, and
is decidedly in a more precarious state than at the cor-
responding period of last year.—ltid.

THE MOORS.—At the Glenfiddich and Blackwater
shootings, in this county, belonging the Duke of Rich-
mond, his grace and party bad excellent sport. At
Glenfiddich, the noble duke, who was only out a
couple of hours, had 101, brace grouse. The Earl of
March killed with his own gun 60 brace. Lord Hill and
Lord George Gordon Lennox bagged between them
9:; brace. At the Blackwater shooting, General
Sir E. Bowater bad 29y brace ; Colonel Jebb, who
was only out two hours, had 9 brace grouse, and
1 plover; and Mr. Cox bagged 51 brace. On the
Benrinnes hills, in the upper district of the county,
the Messrs. Grant and party (consisting of Mr. War-
ren, Loudon, and Mr. Grant, Shenval) bagged to four
guns 51 bkace, and two hares, in about 4 hours' shooting.
This is one brace more than what was killed same day
last year. At Wester Elchies, Mr. Parks killed 30
brace. The birds are all healthy and well grown, and not
a " cheeper" to be seen. A high wind, which prevailed
the greater part of the day, placed the sportsmen at some
disadvantage. On the Glenrinnes moors, Mr. Smith,
Minraore, and party, bad also excellent sport, killing 30
brace before 12 o'clock at noon—the birds being reported
strong and wild, hilt quite healthy. Nor were the
Strathavon sportsmen less fortunate. The Lagganauli
shootings are about the best in the county, and this year
they did not belie their character. The weather there
was, however, somewhat unfavourable. The morning
opened rather unfavourably, and in the early part of the
day there were several heavy showers. Towards fore-
noon, however, the weather cleared up, and throughout
the remainder of the day it was dry, but ratherow..
bags
In spite of these disadvantages, the party madoergo d
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some of them the heaviest we have to r
Henry Bentinck had SO brace grouse ;_ the:
Kin°. had 75 brace ; and James Hall, Eht sagv-o,
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brace.J oha
had also
brace. Th e
Mr. Walker, Belnabo-lodge,
good sport, killing not
whole of the gentlemen in this
and Inverness, is the
somewhatq unfavourable
had larger bags,
character of the day.
I sport was enjoyed. In the
Invernessgrouse were
our
but for the ti‘hreoray
oisftrkedtsv,ies,osmome bags were made, for on
districtu p pSaturdayer'l
five,
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week with the numerous parties passin
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sent south per maild foriol inS:An dd ay.iye -26bForxoems of
for shooting quarters. The shoot
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throng
has opened very auspiciously. The 12th was all
during
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tsielaastotnhesifftsman could desire as regards the weather ;
a
although we cannot give particulars of the success
of individuals, i-ndividuals, the general report from all directions
is, that the birds were in capital condition, an
s'
the sport abundant. During the day the dealers
in game in town were well supplied, and towards
evening, great numbers of boxes puured in to be des-
patched to distant quarters." From Ross-shire, our cor-
respondent writes late on Saturday night, as follows :
The moors in this county this year give every enuou-
rarr'ement to sportsmen, with the exception that tie
birds are rather too strong. The young birds are at
least ten days earlier than last year, and after a few
days rain they will try even some of-the crack shots to
fill the bag. But there is an uneoraaN2 40'4' of 62e
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