The Sun.
London, England, 1841-08-19 00:00:00

STATE OF THE WEATHER AND

CROPS.
(From the Latest Papers )
Thursday was fine and pleasant, with sunshine and
warmth natural to the season. Yesterday the rain re-
commenced, and everything looked gloomy, without a
gleam of Inthillitle. Symptoms of unsteadiness are still
apparent. The prospects of the harvest, which has par-
tially commenced in this neighbourhood, are, we regret
to say, not very promising.—Tipperarp Free Press.
The strong chill wind and heavy rain which prevailed
during the week, have considerably increased the danger
of the crops, and augmented the well-grounded fears of
the agriculturists. Wheat and oats, which, during the
earlier months, promised most luxuriant crops, are now
creating serious apprehensions, and the potatoe fields, in
many districts of the King's and Queen's Counties do not
indicate either an early or plentiful supply. The hay,
even at this advanced period of the season, lies in a most
precarious state, and in many places we fear the low
meadows are irrecoverably lest.—Leinster Express.
Yesterday and to-day indicate a take-upin the weather.
We have heard but little complaints front farmers of in-
jury to the crops. Oats are fine and potatoes abundant,
but soft, We find other parts complain touch of the
wheat erbp, but here that grain is but little sown in
comparison to other places, and we are, therefore, un-
able to say muck on its quality, nnder the effects of the
season.—Enniskillen Chronicle, of Thursday.
The rain, as we anticipated in our last, continued
throughout the whole of Tuesday night and Wednesday.
Heavy showers also fell with but slight intermission
during the remainder of the week. On Monday for the
first time we had fine harvest weather, which still con-
tinues, and we trust that, from the change of the moon
on Monday night, we may hope a continuance of it.
A RTeat deal of corn has been cut, and some carried ;
and we are assured, on what we hold to be good au-
thority, that the wheats never looked better, and that
a good general crop may be confidently expected, should
we be favoured with a continuance of tine weather,
The clovers, turnips, and potatoes are in fine order, and
Under all these circumstances, we cannot but express
tier astonishment and regret—astonishment, that the
farmer should be sd blind to his own Interest, as to wish
to maintain the present endrritously high price of corn,_
regret for the wide-spited evils which such unjustifiable
conduct ddliset Thu LtindOtt aterage of lest Week *tts
hi yd: WSW tit cdtilbridge, Ss. 11d. ; the
ltide tir bread remaining at 10d. and 94d. the quartern
oaf.—Cambridge Advertiser:
The weather during the last few days is eAtremely
wet ; when We have not heavy rain we have mat-Melly
a very atniospherel The crops must suffer.
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'the Weather during the week has been for the most
part wet and cold, with the exception of Wednesday and
Thursday, particularly the latteri which was an exceed-
ingly fine titql alit Was taketi ftdrftfiteige of by the
fartileft .get t crop On Monday fildfiting
the rani 1111110. tot*eritS; evriOtts spi7o4l
gads iif Oiit'2: tie s ii;t4 ai-e Talented With
"Some weeks of dry warm weather, we fear that the crops
will greatly disappoint the hopes which we entertained'
at the commencement of the summer of a favourable her-
veske.--,-SP.;llty fttfintt.
t'e las llirtt,iht kill tit hitt
110 b 3 Bight rid sei lops agreileilsiong iVere
entertained that the ,crow would stiffer td any extent ;
but on the night Of Thursd4 arid the entire of Friday
and of Friday night the rain BitS edine itifferit§
tnb greatest aia,rni aiholir st. the farina's: .
Very inch that CdrisNiierieb tit flee imail raint
'0 this 111'61 tbWiri Dig eftillA Eliffef gniffnlY; the
tses iii several fields about tti6 ttitirit being quite kid
down, and hayniaiiiiik cO4dcjitentiy siispteided j. but
perhaps, the gregest it tity of all is deft tti the tiiff; ttfi
Whieh. diqriforts of the plOr people df the country
.

„. itAiltEliktiiM Oki ANtiENt StAtUES.—
In specimens of statues left us by, the ancients, we see
something that alwaYS fasEinatcS tis; dt ilib same time
that We Pid ,iekytiling, eiaMet'ated 14 them: The re t.
V,34 is ilins happily . eXplanied bi. Mr: Abeinetliy:--
.‘' The AnCieiitA did ekaggeftit6 bi tiolBii gtAitied ; hilt tiiigti
th .i. vase ti iii;ti;ll"6aq7'll itch' exaggeration that you
t,i ‘ ' "6r'! cc 1
-ii not see it, but you were fascinated ; their foreheads,
for instance. Look at them; and you, see them coming
forward, the.yOverliana the, rest a ilie‘ffide; TM see
thq a7l hot glielie ixtraY; they af,e broad Mid expanded:
Anita*, the 13itites: have itfti-c3ly AO fdreheadl ; the
ell,li't'a fs3jAeild iii4tWi Arl the: ddeN lieAd fails
ae,:.. cOmpletely. The ancients; theref .re; with rea-
son, gave a full projectin7 forelie4d td their statues
to dignify thelg-46 iivt La It iit telt tsl, Ftpk-
hiti• tklitTeEt, tliell,6. Was i;eti;Wen iiian „a"il O it'''-t. L'44..i.;,
iii4l4. NO* the eYebi-OIV is ciiiirte ,peOlik 4) 1:1#7-1,
'604 aninial liAi it t the aiieletith lABailied. tliiit p4ii, 0
itlió lq!iiii 'l;6iikhii4illiii 41ill ali:adi=tliiiiij! al:e;1.12. !,
1
is particularly adapted to convey expression. The
eyes, too, they managed in the same way. Some or the
inferior animals have , their, eyes se hi-Might fOqatd On
the surface of their fa,Cei,_ that ,iliel4:- eat,t .lig ildiliakit
tV.ST 'lh ti AM6O. ka'llt, i'tza even behind them
ki. IA ti t. 'sign of a siispieimis, appi-Oiensive; aL.i.dits;
disposition.. The ancient' OW tb the ciiCes a ilit4
statutes eyes thAt to'lkd,SiiiitclhO ithd tib-0-1044 i-101
)401.---thikt l'00)i t'..l'ai'hi'y torwarp ';_ and they did this
Iti bider to convey to the beholder; that the
originals felt the very ,rovet•se Oft tiwidityi bf
apprehension, and suspicioii: 'Tlie,ti. the idiso, Hitt;; 1110 it
peculiar one ; it had h hticlg•e in it i all other animals
want the nose as it is in man. Those attintals; instead
of a nose, hay.c a snout-=it is a sneliiti iicit, A ild.W. ..N.nif
the ancients, hi mote hemts, attended greatly to the
nose ; they placed the bridge of it very high in the fitee;
they placed it above the centre of the orbit Or the eyes;
The Greeks brought the nose straight down—the lto=
mans gave it a bend upwards ; they arched it thinking
that to be the handsomest form. The 1it:1.4141s they ittadi
as little like a snout as possible. In the statues of the
ancients you see the mouth made in a peculiar way 1 it
is, so to speak, as little like a devouring aperture as posy
sible; they knew it was made for articulating, for express-
ing thoughts by langua.-e ; and they made it as expres-
sive as they could. The lips were made muscular and
strong. Brutes, we find, have no chins ; that is a part of
the face peculiar to men. The ancients were very par-
ticular aboouutcoitu,ld put
and formed
fe!uirteslaorn papgeaenrd
, you expressive.would
have the countenance of Jupiter Olympus himself. The
No
ancients, however, did not give the same face to all their
statues ; it is quite true what Dr. Spurzheim said of them,
that they knew much better than to place the head of a '
philosopher upon the shoulders of a gladiator.”
The sister and the brother-in-law of the Pre- !
sident of the United States have embraced the Roman,
Catholic faith.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
HOME CIRCUIT—Croydon August 18.
(Before Lord Chief Justice TINDAL and a Special Jury.)

RENNS V. BENNETT.

This was an action brought by tlfe plaintiff, a seaman,
against Mr. Bennett, a merchant of the City of London,
to recover the amount of wages alleged to be due to him
for his services on board one of his vessels, and also to
recover compensation for having been illegally removed
from the vessel at the island of Java and left there un-
lawfully.
The defendant admitted that a contract had been en-
tered into with the plaintiff, but pleaded that he had
acted cautiously, and that what had been done in re-
moving him from the vessel was a necessary proceeding
to ensure its safety.
Mr. James and Mr. Lush appeared for the plaintiff,
and Mr. Thesiger, Mr. Platt, and another learned gen-
tleman for the defendant.

Mr. JAMES, in stating the case, said that the plaintiff
had to complain of serious injury that had been inflicted
upon him, and he sought compensation at the hands of
the Jury for that injury. Having detailed the circum-
stances of the case, the Learned Counsel called a num-
ber of witnesses to prove it.
Mr. TIIESIGER then addressed the Jury, and said the
cafe was one of very great importance, not only to the
plaintiff, but to the maritime interests of the country. It
was highly essential for the protection of both life and
property that strict discipline should be kept up on
board vessels navigating the ocean, and, although any
undue severity or harshness, on the part of a commander
of a vessel, ought not to be countenanced, still great al-
lowances should be made for him in cases where it was
quite clear that he was only actuated by a desire to do
his duty to the owners and to those whose property was
entrusted to his charge. It was admitted that an agree-
ment had been entered into, whereby the defendant
undertook to give the plaintiff a certain share of
the profits if he served him well and faith-
fully through the voyage ; but he should show
that upon the original captain dying, and the first
mate, according to custom, taking the command,
the plaintiff and sevAal others chose to consider them-
selves aggrieved, and refused to do any duty unless the
vessel were taken to an English port, which, if it had
been done, would have entirely destroyed the voyage, and
that they manifested such a mutinous and insubordinate
disposition that Captain Smith felt he could not safely
proceed with them, and he therefore left them at Java,
and took other men in their place. As to the excuse
that had been made that Smith was a foreigner, and that
the men did not like to sail under him, it was ridiculous.
They knew, when they signed the articles, that he was a
foreigner, and that was the proper time to have made
the objection. He submitted to the Jury that what had
been done was necessary for the safety of the ship, and
that therefore the defendant was entitled to a verdict,
when he had satisfied them, by the evidence, of the truth
of what he stated.
After witnesses had been called, _ _

Lord Chief Justice TINDAL, in summing up, said
it appeared to him that the plaintiff in refusing to work
the vessel had committed a direct breach of the con-
tract that was entered into. He did not see that the
plaintiff had any thing to do with the fact of Smith being
a foreigner ; and when the captain died, he being the
next officer, was entitled to the command, and the crew
were bound to obey him.
The jury, after a few minutes' deliberation, returned a
verdict for the &fondant.