The Sun.
London, England, 1854-09-04 00:00:00

THE HARVEST.

Aug. 31----Prom all parts
YORESUIRIL—DONCASTER,
of Yorkshire we receive the most favourable accounts
of the state of the grain corps and of the extreme fine-
ness of the weather for harvest operations. Reaping has
now become 'general in all the three ridings, the crops
having ripened rapidly within the last few days, and, if
there is no check to the weather, an immense quantity
of corn will be safely housed before the end of next
week. The yield and quantity of the grain, more
especially of wheat, are highly spokeu of on almost
every hand, and there can be no doubt the present will
prove one of the most prolific harvests on record. The
supply of field labourers was a few days ago adequate to
the demand, but hands are now very scarce, and wages
are in some instances rising. Perhaps there never was
a greater body of labourers in the harvest field at one
time in this country than there is at the present mo-
ment, nearly every grower of grain having as full a staff
at work as he can get. We hear only occasionally of
the reaping machines being in operation, and the
opinions expressed of their working ai e too few and
meagre to form any conclusions thereupon. --Sheield
Times.

earrvestin this district is
breadth to be gathered
progressing ~ .
NORTH. AlErsOtNSTHhielfe
abun-
dant yield ; .L.-isTablaerhg
never do we remember
o s of barley, and the fine
in this year than last. The wethneeamtbcerropsseperinogmifisenearn
earbeupne:
There will be some excellent crops p .
good condition. If the present t ofignaethweeraitrbiehri shcerlodpss
an-
other week or 10 days, the greater7\r part will be cut and
WESTMORELAND.—The wheat crop
average. "The
carried in excellent condition.—. °rata
inmpton Herald.
is very heavy, and the yield above a
average—and,
parti-
cularly fine and heavy—far above an
been
barley crop," says an extensive agriculturist, "is
during the many years that he has a farmer, he
never can remember seeing so heavy a crop taken from
the ground." The same remark applies equally, or ne
arly
look u
so, to oats, whic'a are fine and heavy, and pleasing to
pon. The barley crop is nearly all cut, and a great
portion of it housed. The potato crop, we are sorry to say, from all we can gather, appears to have suffered
more from blight in this district than in any other part
of the kingdom. The green crops are looking well and
are very heavy.— Carlisle Patriot.
Buczcs.—We have had glorious weather during the
week, and the harvest has progressed most satisfactorily.
A large breadth of wheat and barley has been carried
since our last. The crops throughout the whole of this
locality are good. The potatoe disease has made its
appearance on the haulm. We have not heard of the
tubers being touched.—Bucks Herald.

MELAYCHOLY LOSS OP LITE AT JERSEY.

JERSEY, Sept. 2.—Yesterday much painful sensation
was produced in the island on its becoming known that
two English gentlemen, excursionists, had lost their
lives while bathing in the eta, under circumstances of
a most distressing nature. The bodies of the unfortu-
nate deceased having been recovered shortly after the
melancholy catastrophe took place, they were conveyed
to the station-house, where a coroner's inquiry was held
in the course of the evening, at which the following evi•
donee was adduced :

Mr. W. H. Norton stated he was brother of Mr.
Robert Norton, one of the deceased parties, who was
in business at 88, Strand, London. The day witness
and the deceased arrived at Jersey by the Newhaven
packet, and put up at the York Hotel. After taking
their breakfast in the coffee-room, a gentleman proposed
that they should have a bathe, and they assenting went
to the sea-side at the back of the Fort, and immediately
went into the water. They had not been in more than
five or six minutes when he (witness) heard his bro-
ther crying out for help, and perceiving that he was
struggling he swam towards him to render assistance.
Upon arriving at the spot he called to his brother
not to be alarmed, all was right, when the deceased
clutched him and dragged him under. He quickly rose
to the surface, and endeavoured to turn his brother
on his back, when he again caught hold of witness
and dragged him under. Having released himself from
deceased's grasp, and finding that he himself was be-
coming very exhausted, he swam to shore, but he
had no sooner reached land than be sank down from
fatigue. Upon recovering himself he saw his brother
sink, when he made signs to some bathers at a distance
for help, but they did not appear to understand the
signals, as none of them attempted to come to his aid.
Mr. Custance, a gentleman who had accompanied them
to the sea-side, then swam out to the place where his
brother disappeared ; but, before reaching the spot, he
became exhausted, and remained floating about. Wit-
ness again called out for assistance in vain, and, upon
looking towards the sea, found that Mr. Custance had
also disappeared. Having procured a boat, he returned
with assistance, and soon afterwards both bodies were
recovered and brought ashore, but life was quite extinct.
His brother, who was in his 21st year, was not a very
good swimmer.
After some further evidence, the coroner summed up,
and the jut'y returned a verdict of " Accidental death."