The Sun.
London, England, 1841-08-18 00:00:00

MALTA.

(From the Malta Papers.)
" The Acheron, which left Gibraltar on the 26th ult.,
arrived here on the Ist instant. The Iberia left on Tues-
day for the lonian Islands. In the roads of Suds (Can-
dia) are the Benbow the Tyne, and Vesuvius, and the
two French frigates the Minerve and the Andromede.
The Hazard bad proceeded to the same place. At
Gibraltar are the Thunderer, the Jaseur, and the Lizard
steam-tender. It is said that a division of five ships of
the line are to remain in Malta harbour, waiting the
orders of the new Government. It is also rumoured that
two ships of the line are to be stationed in the harbour
of Alexandria during the winter,. and in Aboukir Bay
during the summer season.

" The Implacable, now in port, is under orders to
proceed to Tunis the first change of wind to watch the
French division off there. On the 25th ult., Captains
Maunsel, of the Rodney, Sir Samuel Roberts, of the
Calcutta, and Commander Warden, of the Medea, paid
their respects to his Highness the Paella, who having
expressed a wish to go over to a British ship of the line,
had immediately offered to him the Medea, to convey
him, at his pleasure, on board the Rodney, which it is
expected he will avail himself of. From Syria we learn
that a malignant fever has followed the cessation of the
plague throughout that country, and is not only com-
mitting ravages among the Turkish troops, but has also
attacked the British sappers and miners at Caiffa, of
whom four have already fallen victims to it. The re-
mainder of the detachment has been removed to Beyront
for change of air, and it is supposed will be shipped thence
for England very shortly."

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 sunshine. 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.—Tipperary 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 lost.—Leinster Express.
Yesterday and to-day indicate a take-up in the weather.
We have heard but little complaints from farmers of in-
jury to the crops. Oats are fine and potatoes abundant,
but soft. Wo find other parts complain much of the
wheat crop, 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, under 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 great 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 fine weather.
The clovers, turnips, and potatoes are in fine order, and
under all these circumstances, we cannot but express
our astonishment and regret—astonishment, that the
farmer should be so blind to his own interest, as to wish
to maintain the present enormously high price of corn,—
regret for the wide-spread evils which such unjustifiable
conduct causes. • The London average of last week was
9s. 7d. per bushel ; and at Cambridge, Bs. 11d. ; the
price of bread remaining at 10d. and 9i-d. the quarttrn
loaf.--Cambridge Advertiser.
The weather during the last few days is extremely
wet ; when we have not heavy rain we have continually
a very humid atmosphere. The crops must suffer.—
Galway Advertiser.

The weather during the week has been for the most
part wet and cold, with the exception of Wednesday and
Thursday, particularly the latter, which was an exceed-
ingly fine day, and was taken advantage of by the
farmers to get in the hay. crop. On Monday morning
the rain fell in torrents, doing serious injury to several
fields of wheats and oats. Unless we are favoured 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 bar-.
vest.—Dcrry Sentinel.
For the last fortnight rain has fallen at intervals, but
up to Thursday night no serious apprehensions were
entertained that the crops would sutler to any extent ;
but on the night of Thursday and the entire of Friday
and. of Friday night the rain has come down in torrents
—creating the greatest alarm amongst the farmers. We
fear very. much that in consequence of the heavy rain at
this critical season the crops will suffer severely, the
oats in several fields about the town being quite laid
down, and hay-making consequently suspended ; but
perhaps the greatest injury of all is done; to the turf, o.n
which the comforts of the poor. people of the country
mainly depend.—Tuam Herald.

TAGLIONI AND THE. DOG-STEALER.—Ma
demoiselle Taglioni has a beautiful dog of King Charles's
breed, to which she is greatly attached. This pet was
stolen a few days after her late arrival in London. She
did not, of course, fail to put immediately an advertise-
ment into the newspapers, offeringa reward of five pounds
to whomsoever should bring the dog back to her, at No.
10, Pall-mall. Next day a man called, and said
that the dog was found ; that it was in the pos-
session of a man living in the City, and that it
would be returned on ipayment of the aforesaid re-
ward. Taglioni gladly handed the five pounds to a
servant of the house, who followed the man, and re-
turned with a dog which was not Taglioni's... As the
animal had been delivered up to him in a distant street,
the servant said that he should be unable to discover the
individual he had given the money to. Next day another
fellow called on Taglioni and declared that her real dog
was found. On this occasion Taglioni of course declined
parting with her money before she saw the dog. It was
produced, and proved to be her favourite. On her ask-
ing the reason why she had been made to pay for two
dogs, the thief coolly replied, that having observed that
on her way to the Opera House rehearsals she regularly
gave a shilling to an old man who swept a crossing, he
had concluded that so charitable and liberal a lady could
easily afford to pay fur two dogs instead of one.—Par is
Paper.

AN
AFFLICTED FAMILY.—It has seldom
fallen to our lot to record a more afflicting and melan-
choly case than we are about to present to our readers.
About two months since a fine young man, only seven-
teen years of age, son of Mr. Thomas Cardinall, reliev-
ing officer at Halsted, in this county, was taken with
malignant fever, and in three weeks died ; the father,
who had been ill for a short time previous, died just a
fortnight after the son was buried; another son, aged ten,
died with the same disorder as his brother. A widow is
now left 'totally unprovided for, with five children at
home, one of whom, the eldest son, it is feared, is fast
sinking, with that slow but fatal disease, consumption._
Essex Herald.

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A LONG CHIMNEY.—The largest chimney•in
the world is at the Soda Ash Manufactory of James
Mitspratt, Esq., near Liverpool. It is the enormous
height of 406 feet above the ground, 45 feet diameter
inside at the base, 9 feet ditto at the top, and contains
nearly 4,000,000 of bricks.
The Address in the Commons on the Royal
Speech will, it is reported, be moved, or seconded, by
Mr. M. Phillips, one of the Members for Manchester.