The Sun.
London, England, 1841-08-17 00:00:00

STATE OF THE WEATHER AND

CROPS.

The weather in this neighbourhood continues unfa•
vourable and unpromising in the highest degree. Tues-
day night and Wednesday were excessively wet and bois-
terous ; and, though there was some improvement on
Thursday, we had yesterday as unfavourable weather for
ripening or securing the crops as could well be conceived;
a drizzling rain falling nearly the whole day, whilst the
gradual sinking of the barometer seems to indicate a con-
tinuance of wet. From the notices which appear in the
different provincial newspapers, the rain of Tuesday
night and Wednesday appears to have been general
throughout the island ; but we infer, from the report of
the Wakefield market yesterday, that the weather there
was more favourable than in this town.—Manchester
Guardian.

We have had very unsettled weather during the past
week. The showers of rain have been very heavy and
accompanied by high minds. We have not heard
that any of the wheat in the immediate neighbourhood
of the city has been damaged, but if the weather con-
tinues to be inclement it must suffer materially.—Exeter
Western Times.

Despite the unfavourable weather much corn has been
cut in this neighbourhood (Aylesbury) ; the ear is full
and large, but without a little sun the grain will not
harden. We have had a day or two of fine weather this
week, but it is far from being settled ; indeed, there is
every prospect of more rain, which will injure that
already cut, and retard the ripening of what is back-
ward, owing to its having been so much beaten down.—
Bucks Gazette.

NEWQUAY.—The harvest has partially commenced in
he parishes of Lower St. Columb and Crantock. Several
fields of wheat, barley, and oats are in progress of cutting,
but from the showery state of the weather and the want
of sun, the harvest is more backward than usual at this
season of the year. The crops in the neighbourhood ars
promising a fair yield.--- Cornwall Advertiser.
CORNWALL AORICCTURAL REP6RT FOR THE PAST
MONTIL—The last month has proved unusually wet and
cold, the average temperature being only 57.97 degrees,
and the quantity of rain fallen has been CIO itlehes.
The quantity of watery vapour tit, the air was
3.73 grains per cubic foot of air. The crops
of corn that s were so promising in the begin-
ning of the summer have progressed slowly towards
maturity, in Consequence of the eold weather, and wheat
that promised to be above an average crop in many
places been laid down with 'vvihtt Ind rain ; so that if
the present untavoute.hlt weather should continue a short
time longer, dreadful will be the consequence. If, how.
ever, the weather should now improve, and we should
have some bright days, we do not think the damage yet
done will be very serious. Barley is everywhere an ex-
cellent crop, and less injured by the late cold weather
than the wheat. Oats also look well hi Most places, but
the sort of weather we may hive during the next month
will be of the greatest possible importance, not only to
the farmer}, but to the millions comprising our whole po-
pulation. 'turnips are looking well, but not so forward
as viii have seen them. The cold weather prevents them
from growing rapidly.
The weather throughout the past month has been
favourable to vegetation and the maturation of the crops.
The wheat fields in eVery direction exhibit a considerable
quantity of rust and let the remainder of the season
turn out as it may, the sample will be inferior. Oats are
indifferent, especially the late town, which stand thin
upon the ground, and in high districts the year will be
far advanced before they come to the sickle. The potato
crop will also be deficidnt failures are more extensive
than we believed tlitin to be when we last wrote, and the
high winds have produced much injury to those which
are Advanced, and in exposed situations. Turnips look
tolerably well ; flax so-so. In the present month the
different operations of pulling, rippling, and watering,
&c., will be going forward with the bulk of the flax-crop.
Northern Whig.
The corn, which had been greatly prostrat6d ibokit
fortnight ago by heat); rain, had generaliV rottVered its
erect position, but has again been httkibt,a by the heavy
rains which took place since nesday. Winter oats are
giving way to the Skile. In different parts of the
country tire top is represented as being very good.
Should tit* present wet weather continue, it will not only
retnril the harvest, but do serious injury to the crops._...
Drogheda Argus.
The weather has undergone a most favourable change
the bleak and stormy showers of the previous ten or
twelve days having been succeeded since Sunday by a
mild and genial atmosphere. There is no doubt that the
corn crops have suffered more or less, particularly in the
low grounds ; but we trust that, should the present
warmth
.continue, the harvest will be Somewhat of an
average crop.—Ballyshannon Herald.

On Saturday night, a soldier in the uniform of
the 15th regiment was observed standing some time
near the shop of Mr. Larom, a clothes-salesman in
Goswell-street. At last he went in and bargained for
the purchase of a blue pilot coat, which he put on over
hit uniform ; and also a pair of trousers and a hat, and
having taken possession of them and agreed upon the
price, he pretended that the trousers he had on were so
tight that he could not get the money out of his fob. At
his request Mr. Larom proceeded to assist him, and '
while so occupied the villain suddenly stabbed him in the
throat with a knife, and then made off with the clothes.
Mr. Larom was stunned with the blow, and before he
'recovered the assassin had escaped.
ekily the knife
struck against the collar bone, but the wound inflicted
bled ,copiously. He described the soldier as a young
man, above five feet seven inches high, who had a ".stye '
on the right eye, which was very red.. The dress was a
red jacket and white trousers, a belt and cap with brass
plate, with the number of his regiment " Z
."