The Sun.
London, England, 1838-09-11 00:00:00

THE HARVEST.

NORTEIUMBERLAND.--LetterS from Northumberland, by
morning's post, we are happy to state, speak favourably of
weather. If there be no change in the state of the weetbido
the harvest will be general there its a fortnight. Some flat
of barley were reaped ten days ago.
DOESETSHIRE.—The crops, generally speaking, are !Olvier
io
and more prolific than in many preceding years. Crops ou
at March last were considered not worth saving, have turend
out abundantly. The barley, in particular, is far heavier i've
cleaner of smut and insect. The operations of the 118110„;
have, however, been impeded since Wednesday last, by te
pestuous showers, which have beaten down the standing e°
in several places. The injury done has not been extensive, _,
the heaviest crops had been previously ricked in excellent OP
dition.— Wilts Herald.
LIVERPOOL—During Saturday and this morning (Sundai..),
we have been visited with slight showers, but the' welitet.,:,
although cold, is not absolutely unfavourable. We are glad
learn that some of the wheat crops already cut have excee'"
the expectations in which the farmers had indulged.
• ro' Essex.—The crop of barley is allowed to be equal In Ph,
duce to many years past ; the quality, too, is good, and as t'„
progress of the harvest has been attended with little or no
i,terruption, much of it has been got up without a drop
rain—a fact advantageous to the farmer as regards colour, an
satisfactory to the malrster as regards increase in the cone Beans will be very late in the harvest, but some farmers cut
Athem much earlier than others, as the straw of those cut grcco
is said to cunt lin much more nutritive
.quality than the str'
which stands till the sun dries up every particle of moisture'
without benefiting the produce.
Upon the whole the labourers have-made what they call `
by
good harvest," assisted as they have been, in every vTaY,.4,
the kind consideretion of their masters. In some instarm.e_.
where they have let themselves as months'-mcn, and their
bours have baen completed in less time, their employers .
al:0
paid them the full sum. In other cases, where they have b+t;o
gained to cut bythe acre, and have been interrupted by. 'OlO.
weather, their masters hare prevented loss of time by glv
them other work.
We can only add, that we hope the labourers will strive
husband their eareings, so that they may reap, amidst
leo
straw arid storma of winter, the advantaee of their busy bBr_a,cl
toil, and cherish that healthy
.pride, which is the full rel‘de,
of these who can pass through the year without being
graded by the breaking of parish bread.—Essex Herald.„olll
SCO7LAND. —On Monday afternoon a heavy fall o'
commenced, which continued, Kith scarcely any diolint:in
up to yesterday morning. It has been general, net merely At
the dt-triet, but throughout th- greater part of Scotland' nose
lees*. the latest Papers front Glasgow, Edinburgh, l"ve„rh ran'
Mowrose, and Elgin have accounts of the same. So rau-„,,ear
has fallen that the small streams have swollen to the errverf
ante of rapid torrents, while the Dee and the Don are iets
much flAded. Up Doeside, the river has overflowed the i"
lands, and done much mischief. ;„
A few days since, Auld there was every appearance that
coe•ty of an ebunlant, although a late harvest. We reB„r
the lee es created by this favourably aspect ere now qu', i the
strnyed. The her.vy fall of rein has lodged the corn,highwinds have complite) the disaster. the
Al the immediate result el the 'ternestuous wea'"- war-
priaes of all articles of focd were alveneed at Aberdaell_ was
ket yesterday. The supply of
produce from the country
comparatively limited.—Aberdeen Constitutional. been
The rivers Dee and Don were higher than they haveboth
'een since the 4th of August, 1849. The banes oe
crops
rivers were overflewed, and the damage done to the 4 ea'
most be very great. The river floods in Buchan, Bart'
&c. base done great and extensive mischief.
nanie
Tvln D D

passed throtie.h 1.-lerif‘oncil
0 G ,
()(i:rnt Nl' IBhoainrtd, anl%l had
im got
II:
ilea: EbehdaepLt:
hilar:
in the nvigHhabo'fiutrihdooll°"lside' - has
come from
bit t
-. al uabl
. ,'' dogs and a sow; at Mr. 1...,wi,'5, of 135P.'r",:ftier
nine pigs; at the S..vorthin Hint, .L.
' ;efard, the "-
os ally
yvi!s :Jitten in the. 1•,-; . •at 6'31).
done last,lllsoSit I SeTIOUS
.inPwrof
itt , . r.n., , and Mr. Sllllol'4 gamekee, er vr
%oh
" 111 the hand, and two of hii pointers that vie'o joint
"1'
nl, lie wa:, after' a severe chase, shot by police'ser'
Knight, as he %ADA entering Woutlhall Park,

LONDON :
TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER ii, 1838.

gC/ur Columns to-day present the first evidence we
hee seen of a practical effort to procure a repeal of
Coro-laws. JOSEPH STURGE, the benevolent
°
1.414 steady advocate of negro emancipation, steps
I.Watd'to begin a subscription to promote the eman-
tityll:tien of the people's food from the landlord's
ihr-uuv• It is an excellent augury of our success,
Ala erg
those who have prevailed against the West India
411ters, place themselves in the front of the contest
0-074411ur_1 t, Own Planters. Those who can command and
of th..he subsistenee of the people are the masters
law, es, lives and fortunes, and thus are the Devil's
44- "ge means of perpetuating a system of white
IvlijeChry' airaost equal in abomination to that from
114(C the. negroes have been formally released.
144 justice before on our side, and now that untiring
.
evole
44 nee has come to our aid we shall certainly
pii.
frOollitithat is wanted is union ; and union will resulti
Bet the 08e exertions of which JOSEPH STURGE has
a-itlire asxnlPle. Some persons assert that it will re-
v, ior ruileh agitation to get rid of the Corn laws as
,--oe
•‘`io "f ure Universal Suffrage, but this is an error.
hilt .--"erit of agitation could now accomplish the latter
evel; ttru
limited agitation, based on the possibility
of the '44 more certaitilv if based on the probability,
t 0
IN'eel3°°Ple beina exposed to hunger, would suffie
/tad tit-a;113, the Co°rn-laws. If the people come forward
tle*----vry:ll their meetings speak of the Devil's laws as they
jttleY d "3
We are happy to say they begin to speak—if
eetinoenQunee them as checking population, as.
irbas-
!le ft,hefrwarkincr classes to gradual starvation, ,do.
104111rer- uusPrina of 3
that scoundrel avarice which
la
land-
hB
all clasc'ses—we should like to see our n
Ilaro g legislators whether simple
stltotlllB, or Squires or proud
so-called Christian Bishops, daring to
%it ~IP either in their place in Parliament, or
tliep °1 Parliament, and telling the people that
41th-4111,115t submit to hunger, that they must see
viak, it"
annihilated, their wises and families star-
-1:1:441/4 the whole admirable scheme of the
tit
doe, :1"; which is as perceptible in the relations
id, 41_1 lean as in the relations of the planetary
titrve urouBL .
.6 into atheistical disrepute, to pre-
of ov.the factitious and mischievous superiority
, ' useless i -,
lanuowners. No: content with
Vtilbv.inaintained in idleness and opulence, thisd
tlchvilill°llB Class of men wilfully, obstinately, at
tile et-g'Y persist in adding, by their noxious tax, to
the
refit °Nous burdens their very existence imposes on
from I%l' of the community. But now the mask is
lls ' them ; they stand exposed in all the naked-
lAN 0f extreme selfishness ; their fallacies are
the et° the wind ; and if they will defend
110 it 0 M'll-laws, they must--Bishops and ell—
% I:, the. avowed principle of plundering, oppress-
Atetie m starving a portion of the community. The
tilit, talttili2uhtlg----for it is nothing but a humbug that
INtit;oo-aw.aY the property of. other classes, by a tax on
bait
it '',_ andgive it to the idle landlords who dis-
-4e4 In ilturnad, or on the low minions of their luxu-
„t4Plo .I°Ule, promotes agriculture, or adds to the
vorti Itr'eut of the people, is now fully exposed. The
tel,"t/ts are nothing but a species of legal land
- ' ttucLeali no more increase the national resources

than piracy. at sea, with all its waste and extravagance)
can add to commerce% Trltl'ving then, in the very nature
of tI4 ease, such powerful aid in opposing the
Corn-laws—having right and justice on our side—
having, too, the consciences of all the landoitners
with us, and against thernselvest they they
tax the bread of the people on the most frivolous and
false pretexts—it is clear that the tenth part of the
agitation necessary to procure Universal Suffrage, would
suffice to insure the total abolition of the Corn-laws.
And let us here remind our friends of the working
classes that they will not be so powerful on the
one question as on the other. The letter we yesterday
published of Lord BacrUGUA t, though he is, like
ourselves, in favour of an Extension of the Suffrage,
does not now recommend agitation to obtain it, while
he does recommend agitation to get rid of the Corn-
laws. His great talents, therefore, will be in favour
of the Corn-law agitation. Mr. 'WARD, at Sheffield,
takes a similar line, and while he avows himself hostile
to now going for Universal Suffrage, is a zealous
advocate for the people turning their
attention to the
repeal of the Corn-laws. He speaks the senti-
ments of a large number of pet sons in Parlia-
ment, all of whose power will be given to further
the Corn-law agitation, and to oppose agitation for Uni-
versal Suffrage. A great number of Journals will take
the same line. The Scotsman, the Glasgow Arows,
and the Manchester Guardian, all influential papers,
only speak the language of a number of well-con-
ducted and liberal Journals which demand the repeal
of the Corn-laws, and will not support the demand
for Universal Suffrage. We put ourselves out of con-
sideration ; and yet, with our great reporting establish-
ment, we have some power to serve the cause we
zealously espouse. We cannot, however, neglect to
direct the attention of the working men of the metropolis,
and of the country generally, to the fact that even the
Spectator, which unjustly countenances the belief that
the Corn-law agitation is the child of Whig and
Ministerial intrigues, contained on Saturday an excel-
lent article to prove that the endeavour to procure
Universal Suffrage, could not possibly be successful.
While there is every probability, therefore, that mode-
rate exertions would ensure the repeal of the Corn-
laws, there is no probability that Universal Suffrage
could be obtained. As practical men, therefore, seeking
a present attainable good, and trusting the future to its
own circumstances, and, admitting as they do, that
one of the great reasons they have for desiring an Ex-
tension of the Suffrage is to get rid of the Corn-laws,
and abate the mischievous power of the Landowners
and the Priesthood, the working classes, as practical
men, will show a great want of good sense if they pre-
fer present agitation for Universal Suffrage to a cor-
dial union of nearly all the industrious classes to
achieve the abolition of the Corn-laws.

A n important body of evidence on Post-office It
form, prepared and presented by Mr. WALLACE,
M.P., for Greenock, to the Parliamentary Committee
on Postage, of which the Hon. Member was him-
self Chairman, will be found in our columns of this
.day. To those who are acquainted with the extent of
Mr. WALLACE'S inquiries relative to the operations
of the present cumbrous, expensive, and inefficient
Post-office system—who are aware of the zeal with
which he . has devoted lihnself to thel reform of
this very important branch of the public service, it is
unnecessary to observe that this body of evidence is
deserving of very grave consideration. It appears,
however, that a majority of the gentlemen composing
the Select Committee, influenced no doubt by
motives highly praiseworthy in the opinion of the
magnates of St. Martin-le-Grand, arrived at the con-
clusion that the Report would read a little more
smoothly—be much more agreeable to several influen-
tial over-paid officials—by the rejection of Mr. WAL-
LACE'S evidence from the body of the Parliamentary
document prepared by them. We are accordingly
given to understand that we are to look upon this evi-
dence as strictly individual, and as partaking in no way
of a Parliamentary sanction. Be it so. Mr. WAL-
LACE has proved himself a trustworthy representative
of the people, and upon this question we are disposed
to place more reliance upon the correctness of his
statements, than upon those of four-fifths of the
crowd of self-interested and untrustworthy public
servants by whom he is so powerfully op-
posed. It has been urged that Mr. WALLACE
in attacking a bad system has sometimes forgotten
what was due to individuals, and has more than once
given great pain to meritorious persons connected with
the Post-office. We question not the correctness of
this statement, but we ask—ls not the blame of this
to be attributed to the mystery which pervades the
of the Post-office Establishment ? If men
conducting
will connect themselves with a system which generates
and upholds abuses by a secret organization, they have
but themselves and the system to blame if they are

held responsible for deeds not their own. Abolish
all mystery, and there will be no more cause for
complaint of individual injustice on the part of
any person connected with the Post-office. At
the same time, we cannot see in what way any abuse
of a complicated and mysterious nature can be eradi-
cated against the will of those who have an interest in
upholding it, save by a fearless exposure, and an in-
trepid denunciation of those engaged in carrying it on.
As regards the injustice in degree which may fall to
th! individual lot of the guilty, they have the remedy

in their own hands. Let them remove the veil which
screens their conduct from the public, and speedy and
ample reparation will be made them for any wrong
opinion which may have been formed to their prejudice.

Mr. WALLACE.S evidence will be found to embrace

the present operation, reneral defects of, and sugges-
tive remedies for the abuses in, almost every branch of
the Post-office Department. To glance at them
otherwise than collectively would exceed the
space which we can this day afford to devote,
even to a question in the progress of which we
take the liveliest interest. Many opportunities of re-
curring to it will, however, take place before the re-
assenaing of Parliament, and, in the mean time, we
trust that Mr. WALLACE will continue his inquiries
with unrelaxed vigour. The Press will not fail to lend
him its powerful co-operation in a cause so interwoven
with the moral happiness of the people.

We cannot find roots to-day for \lr. WARD'S
speech on meeting his constituents at Sheffield on
Friday, but shall endeavour to insert it to-morrow.
In the meantime let us recommend his example to
imitation. When a Member is not ashamed nor
afraid of giving an account of his, stewardship, we
must feel assured that he deserves confidence for the
rectitude of his intentions, even if we should think
that some of his votes have been erroneous. We do
not say that such was the case with Mr. WARD, for
on the Ballot, on the Appropriation principle, on the
Corn-laws, on the Slave question, and on we believe
all the questions on which any difference has arisen
amongst the Liberals, Mr. WARD'S votes have ac-
corded with our opinions. We learn from his speech,
for the first time, and with quite as much satisfaction
as surprise, that Lord JOHN RussELL tendered his
resignation after • the division on the Ballot, and was
for twelve hours out of office. Such an occurence was,
as Mr. WARD remarks, a severe lesson, and will, we
should hope, teach Ministers the 'necessity of acting
With their party, if they wish to preserve power and
place.

Mr• 'WARD also properly says, that the Members,

t!s well as the Ministers, are male of squeezable ma-
terials, and that consequently it now re.SS tiith the
impertect as is the system of repre-
sentation, to squeeze all the refoimi they
00 of the Members If they suppose
tie* sUlterne of teptctientdion, of any
organization whatever can tclietc thort (torn the neecs=
tvatehing, controuling, anal urging their repro-
sentatives, they arc iiiistetti
No 'then ttht en
trusted with payer ; and to confide implicitly in
stewards, whether selected by landlords or by the
people—whether they are to manal.7,e an csi-att or the
nation—is sure to:expose the principals to datthtge and
ruin. There is no means of relieving nations any
more than individuals from the necessity of vigilantly
looking after their own affairs.

As a proof that the Corn-law agitation is making
progress, we direct the attention of our readers to an
article by Col. Thomrsorr, which appears to-day in
our columns. No person is better acquainted with this
question than the Gallant Colonel, and he is to aid us
in exposing the fallacies of the Corn.law advotateS.
The article ought to have appeared yesterday, but we
were obliged to postpone it.

The whole of the Paris Journals of Sunday are be.
fore us, but, with the exception of the subjoined ex.
tracts, they contain no news, foreign or domestic, 0;
any interest :