The Sun.
London, England, 1840-08-15 00:00:00

" Gathering by cars, as rnificrs gather pence"—

and a silent feeling of gratitude is strong in a million
hearts to that Power who has thus bounteously pro-
vided for the nation's wants.—Chelmsford Chronicle.
The wheat harvest commenced hereabouts rather
more than A week since, and from the fineness of the
weather has been carried on with much rapidity. A
heavy thunderstorm, of two hours' duration, on Friday
afternoon, proved very acceptable to the turnip crop
without injuring the corn. Between this and Exeter,
about half the wheat is already carried, whilst to the
west and north there is as yet scarcely any ripe ;
should the present week prove fine, there will not in
the best corn districts in Devonshire be scarcely any
uncut. All accounts concur in representing the wheat
to be unusually well kerned, although in some poor
soils it is thinnish in the ground, whilst barley and oats
are stated to be of good burthen, and considerably
more than an average crop is expected of them.—Bath
Chronicle.

From all parts of the country, reports similar to the
above have been received to-day.
IRELAND.—Although we have had occasional and
heavy showers at intervals since Monday, yet the rain
that has fallen has not been of a nature to injure any of
the crops ; and we indulge in what we trust may turn
out to be well founded hopes, that the change in the
moon which takes place to-morrow will restore us to
heat and sunshine.—Mall of Wednesday.
Since we last addressed our readers there have been
some warm and sunny days, almost equal to the summer
of a tropical climate, and the crops have made astonish-
ing progress. Everywhere tha fields have exchanged a
green for a yellow appearance, and wave luxuriantly in
all the promise of an abundant harvest. The oat crops
look highly promising in the Northern counties, and the
same remark applies to the whole of Scotland. Last
week we were as far south as Dumfriesshire and Gallo-
way, and the universal remark of the farmers was, " We
never had a better prospect of a plentiful harvest, but it
will be fully three weeks later than usual." The hay
crop has been generally good and well got in. In Ayr-,
shire it is delightful to witness the effects of tile drain-
ing, now rapidly extending over the west of Scotland.
Since the date of our last visit, two years ago, many
fields about Kilmarnock, which were said not to be
worth 4s. an acre, produce excellent crops, and bear
witness to the efficiency of drainage. Some of these we
observed literally covered with hay, recently cut
and stooked in the field, the amount testifying
the productiveness of the land, lately little
better than mere waste. Within the last year or
two the description of oats called sandy oats
has been introduced into Dumfriesshire, and thrives
as well there as in Morayshire. In a field belong-
ing to Mr. Lawrie, Terregles-town, the sandy oats look
excellent ; and as they ripen eight or ten days earlier
than the Angus, Hopeton, or potato oats, this advantage
is of great consequence in a fickle and uncertain climate.
A correspondent in the county of Caithness states as
follows :—" The corn crop was never more abundant
than at present ; the hay crop equally good ; the pota-
toes and turnips looking fine, without any blanks in the
former. Altogether this county, with its cheering pros-
pects of harvest and fishing, its immense export of pave-
ment stones, and the high price of cattle and sheep,
never was in so thriving a state." A gentleman in
Morayshire seems to have been electrified by the late
weather. "It would almost seem," he says, "as if
Italy had tumbled out of its place, and arrived in the
province of Moray. Such a delicious two days—the
sth and 6th—l never enjoyed before to the northward
of 62. Here I am writing with open windows at
cloven in the evening, the air soft and warm, and not a
puff of wind disturbs the taper." In the west coast the
weather has been equally propitious. There has been
no rain, and warm suns aro fast hastening on the grain
to maturity.—lnverness Courier.