The Sun.
London, England, 1838-08-30 00:00:00

Whilst giving the subjoined intelligence gleaned from the
country papers received to-day, it may not be altogether
unnecessary to premise that a pat egreph giving the result of
a careful perusal of the provincial papers received on Tues.
day and destined for publication on that day, accidentally
found its way into The Sun of yesterday.
We regret to state that the weather, though presenting a
more favourable r.ppoarance for two or three days past, conti-
nues precarious and unpromising; and the important question
over a considerable portion of the north of England and Ire-
land, with perhaps nearly the whole of Scotland, continues to
he, not so much whether there shall be suitable weather for
fathering in the harvest, as whether the crops shall be suffi-
ciently matured to be worth the gathering. During the last
three days, indeed, we have had a more genial temperature
than before and no doubt the corn has made some progress
towards maturity ; but the fine weather on this, as on several
former occasions, has proved only the precursor of a violent
thunder storm, which visited Manchester and neighbourhood
last night ; and, if we mistake not, wilrbe found to have been
very extensive in its range. The flashes of lightning were
extremely numerous and vivid, and two or three must have
fallen within the limits of town, but we have not had an op-
portunity of learning whether any damage has been done. We
fear, however, that the storm is indicative of a return of the
boisterous and ungenial weather which has lately prevailed.
Manchester Guardian.

In the south and west of England considerable progress
has been made with the wheat harvest, and there seems likely
to bextbout an average crop in those districts ; but we fear it
will net be the case in the north of England, owing to the
incessant rains, and the want of genial warmth. The oat
crops will he fair ; but the wheat, barley, potato, and turnip
crops will be very indifferent.
Recent letters from Poland, speaking of the harvest in that
country, state, that as respects wheat it will be a perfect
failure, but that the crops of barley, rye, oats, and potatoes,
will be excellent and abundant.

Since our last, a great deal of corn has been stacked and
housed in excellent order; indeed, we should say that all that
has been carted since Sunday, has been done better than at
any previous time during the present harvest,; and though
we had a good deal of rain on Saturday, we are glad to hear
that the wheat was certainly not at all injured by it, nor was
anything, except the peas that were still lying out. Most of
the farmers in this neighbourhood, except those in high cold
situations, have finished their wheat; and we feel confident
the crop has exceeded the expectations of most people. The
oats and barley are certainly particularly good ; and another
week's fine weather will nearly finish every thing in this
neighbourhood.—Brighton Gazette.
The wet and inclement weather which prevailed during the
grsater part of last week, filled the agriculturists and indeed
all classes, rich and poor, with the gloomiest apprehensions.
A delightful change, for which we cannot be too grateful to
Hint at whose bidding " the earthbringeth forth her increase,"
has taken place in the weather, and every homestead resounds
with the busy note of preparation for garnering, as Spencer
expresses it, " the spoyle of harvest riches." The change, as
we are informed by many intelligent farmers, occurred at a
most critical period, for had there been only another day's
wet, the crops would have been considerably damaged. Since
Monday, and during the two days preceding, we have been
favoured with beautiful corn weather. In some spots in this
neighbourhood the sickle was put into operation during the fine
days of last week, though the yellow leaf of Autumn will be
seen before the corn is " saved." Yesterday reaping com-
menced in the neighbourhood of Tavistock, and it will, we ex-
pect, be general by the end of the week. The crops of all de-
scriptions in this neighbourhood arc very heavy and fine ; but
we are sorry to hear that in the neighbourhood of Calington,
and along the Cornish bank of the Tamer, the fields of good
wheat and rich yield are few and far between, owing to rust
and blight; barley and oats, however, are plentiful. Taking
the country throughout, we are happy to say the harvest is most
bountiful.—Devonport Advertiser.
The accounts from Liverpool respecting the crops in that
part of the country state that the weather has been broken
and stormy, 'with the exception of Sunday and yesterday,
both of which were fine days, well suited for ripening the
grain. No progress has been made with the wheat harvest in
that part of the country. A few fields of oats have been cut, '
and many more will be cut this week if the present fine wea- 1
ther should continue. . 1
SCOTLAND. —We regret to say that the weather still conti-
nues
broken over the whole of this northerly section of the
kingdom, and that the reports from Ireland as to the state of
the weather and the crops, correspond very much with those
which we have from places nearer home.—Greenock Adv.
Painful allusion was made in our last to the rain which fell on
the 18th and 20th current; but the Tuesday following was in
many respects the most disastrous day the farmer has encoun-
tered during the whole season. Saturated as they previously
were with moisture the grain crops had little power of resis-
tance; during the whole day, and, we may safely add, the
entire night, the weather was truly awful. There will be
considerable loss. In Annandale the meadows are reported
light, and rye-grass nearly a half deficient. One extensive
grazier, who cured last ye ar 14,000 stones of hay, does not
believe he will have the half this season, careful as we was to
make the most of the weather. The peats, too, have suffered
a poor family; and though more
maidglhyl
the
eaclements settle, the nights, it is said,
A
are now too long to say t y.
sadly, to oe thee cast,
s t i,njshu rey n
l odf
hem properl
In a letter at present before us, dated from near the exti c-
shrewd observer of men and things :
penned by a
i
will be a very bad one ; and
" The present season,
its predict,. . . .
mity of the Highlands, we find the following curious observa-
tions,ar 1816. At the period alluded to we had an
points to the year this Ido chiefly from striking similarity in the minutest
cold and low temperature wlc renders un ruit u tie
the earth, sends shoals of fish from the great
amazing abundance of sea fislies:t. ahnd myd theory
fis.thfalt thie
plants of
thatdn etimesday
a zeifn et
the
eo latitudes
fleets
of they avoid
that
tn
waitge ni lull)
eseasons.
embargoed in the shallows of our shores, that a
wl
last,
appeared,a wv have
ifinortlhBerl6n magazine
ed. Since
les enme
forty-nine
nothing
t
number were
theirwthaeernety-twe_ leviathanyears ago.
relatives were
forty-nine
e-nsuhrle-
nstaiml Wednesday
aquatic wanderers species y say, a
shoals got so
which
irstesnenrelacrehs of
taken I purchaseelfoluretxeeene,twlwiiiclhl Imaainnunrowf forming into an
strangers
sthue
oily compost, which
of the bulky strans
turnip land. Te bargain cost 91. 6s. , whe
bone dust or any other description of dungy 'c' cap
compared to
r the,i)n
n d identicale
d and spot
slain
escaped in -*
Ayrshire, we understand,. a great measure the
outpouring of the elements ; and we are happy
late grievous
connectedwith
to learn from a gentleman.
general way are still erect, and in some cases ex-
crops in a _
ceedingly promising. Strange as it may appear, when meal
is . _
d the labouring classes confined to the bare ne-
cessariesis so dear, an
produce is rising in
of life, dairy
e being talked of at lls. per stone, and good
demand; cheese
butter at a figure corresponding.
However bleak the prospects of harvest may be nearer home,
told of many of the principal grain
growing districts
a different tale isintie
happily
I south.
An intelligent corn-factor, who has been • ntCumberland
few days, reports that the crops are
withip the last not gene-
f favourable weather in time come, will bring
rall neavy
;but atickle, and little short of anto
them early to the average.
The spirit of speculation or gambling in • grain has been d
• the last two ex-
emplified in Dantzic, during
rmonths, to an extent
i gmense numbe
formerly unknown.transactions have
1e t. e"—aphrase wellknown on the
taken place " upon tl
wilmiich mayP
Stock Exchange ; and be explained as follows•
. --
the factor or 1 -
The speculator says to. or or 'older, " Upon the Ist of
date) Iwill give '
itember (or any given
ofSe lw hea t . " The bargain is struck on these terms, and, at
the appointed date, should the average of wheat range 653.,
,
instead of 605., the holder pays the balance to the speculator,
or should it remain at 555. the speculator, on his part, tells
down the difference—no transfer of grain may take place con-
sequent upon the bargain, and the transaction altogether de-
scends to the level of gambling or jobbing in the staff of life.
By this means in fact men become the nominal purchasers of
10,000 quarters, who could not pay for 503--looking as they
do, only to the chances of gaining upon the balance by their
superior knowledge of the signs of the times. This dealing.
upon time" system has been, we believe, practised to a cer-
tain extent in the case of Irish grain within the last two years,
and though there may be no direct means of preventing it,
it is, to sly the least, dishonourable and pernicious.—Abridged
from the Durnftirs Courier of last Tuesday.
I ttELAND. —Looking through the accounts which have reached
this office (the Dublin Evening Post of Tuesday) as well
as regarding those which appear in the columns of our Pro-
sincial Contemporaries, we may arrive, we think, reasonably
at the conclusion, that they are more favourable than we
should have anticipated a week since—much wet and consider-
able storm—some injury done, but, comparatively, unimisor-
tent. All admit however, that the harvest will be late. It
has already, fur some weeks, been commenced in England,
and partially in some of the southern counties at home.
In the meantime, the price of pain, at the Corn Exchange,
has rsther advanced than otherwise. The reaction has been
more decisive in England.
The
, avers;ee price of wheat for the wee
August was declared by the Comptroller on Thursday to be
753• 7(1- ; the average for the last six weeks, which governs
;he duty, is 70s. 5d -,
and the duty is 103. Bd. It is now a
fire imiut for the speculators in Foreign Corn whether the
awe: age will fell lower, or rise higher I it' the weather should
be favourable, the average will fall, and either this week or the
next a ill be the week ss lice the import duty will be the lowest;
but if the weather should be unfavourable, the average will
rise, and the duty will fall to IS. per quarter. Fortunes may
he lost or WOll according as this point is determined one way
or the other.
We, fur our own .ai ts, entertain little doubt that before
another ferteiele, W hat
/e, et least, will be admitted at the no-
minal duty. It ;s se ry likely, nevertheless, that a considerable
quant;t y,
during the next ten or twelve days, will pay the duty.
If this he so— speculation
e which we pazarded more than six
t, e
weeks Lgo —nsmel , that the Bread Tax would enable the
Chancellor of theYExchequer to cover pale of the annual de-
falcation in the Revsnue will he realized. The 4:-nount., how-