The Sun.
London, England, 1847-06-01 00:00:00

APPEARANCE of the COUNTRY, &c

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Six,—l have been lately sojourning at that delightfu.
watering-place, Harrowgate, in Yorkshire, and now in-
tend spending a few weeks at this most delightful bathing
place, where the sands are so extensive, and the arrivals
of the various fishing-boats form an endless succession
of amusement.
In return for the amusement and instruction your
" broad sheet" has so often afforded me during my tour,
and which I am glad to tell you is to be seen almost
everywhere, I have thought an impartial account of
the state of the crops, and general prospects of the
country, might not be unacceptable to your readers.
I say "impartial," because I am neither a "b g far-
mer," holding back my corn from the hard-working
poor man, nor am I engaged in the importation of
corn, and, consequently, interested in keeping up the
artificial high prices.
I assure you, Sir, in defiance of what has been said
and written. that there is a plenty of old wheat in this
country. The opinion of the " rich " farmers has been,
not to send to market until wheat was 1003. the quarter.
A fortnight ago I met with three farmers of this descrip-
tion, who agreed the first week in June, to send, each of
them, 300 quarters of wheat to the market. I know of
one " bull frog" who has above 4,000 quarters of wheat
now by him, and there are several who have their hun-
dreds of quarters.
The last week, near Ipswich, there was a fire of nine
wheat stacks, but, singular enough, I have not seen au
account. of it in any of the papers, although any friend,
who is a man of veracity, also told me, that the fire was
preceded by a notice to the effect, " that if the corn was
not threshed out, and sent to the market it would be
destroyed."
Well, thank God, the crops look in the most beautiful
and prosperous condition. In Yorkshire the pastures
are most nlootning ; the spring corn and wheat are the
same. In the broad corn lands of Lincolnshire it is
incredible what the last fortnight has done, and in Na--
folk yen behold a perfect garden. Depend upon it the
harvest will not be a late one.
Not much is said about the forthcoming election be-
yond the great desire to see clever and fresh men in the
next Parliament. At Harrowgate all the talk was about
the neighbouring borough of Knaresborough, so long
and ably represented by Sir James Mackintosh and the
Right Hon. George Tierney, and in the last Parliament
by a Mr. Lawson and Mr. Ferrand. In addition to the
late Members, there is now offering himself the Hon.
W. S. Lascelles, brother to the Earl of Harewood, who
bolds large property adjoining the town. Mr. Lascelles
has long been Member for Wakefield, therefore his fitness
is pretty well known. His brother's influence will pro-
bably save the breeches pocket at Wakefield.
There is also a Mr. Whitehouse, a Manchester manu-
facturer offering himself, and he has addressed the elec-
tors like a man of business. Several of the electors.
however, are anxious for their own townsman, Mr.
John Foster, to offer himself, of whom it was said, by
the late Mr. Cobbett, " that a more efficient man of
business did not exist."
I have heard now and then a strong feeling expressed
that the late Member for Colchester, Mr. D. W. Harvey,
should be again in Parliament. Many people say he
was not well treated by the Whigs, and that man of
great talents ought to be pulled forward at this particular
crisis.
Depend upon it, Sir, th at the Bsnk Charter Bill, of
1844, is now only beginning to be felt. In the end we
must have either one pound notes or equitable adjustment.
We ought surely in many years of peace to find time
for the certainty of war, and probably at no very remote
period.
Being an idle man I have time to read and think more
than persons whose time is occupied with business, and
if this letter is acceptable to you I will write again.-1
am, Sir, your friend and
CONSTANT READER.
Yarmouth, 29th May, 1847.

ZENON, THE MARTYR. -- The marked Success
Which has attended the works of the Rev. Richard Cobb°ld,
has induced him to put forth a production of a higher cha-
racter, in the shape of a narrative, illustrating the fortunes of
Zenon, a Christian martyr, who lived during the reign of the
Emperor Domitian. At the present time, when so much at-
tention is being paid to the early history of the Christian
Church, such a production cannot fail to be welcome. In
narrating the advertures of his hero, the author gives an
animated picture of the Emperor's Court, as yell as of
the habits and manners of his principal nobles, and introduces
many details of classical Rome during the firs, advances of
Christianity. To the general reader, and especially the
Chharreistoiatnthevw
reader,e i: Zenon"
patronagemutsot
the histories
claimsmarg a Margaret
his attention far superior to those which obtained so large a
s
Catchpole," and of "Mary Anne Welliugton."
ASCOT RACES.—WINDSOR, SUNDAY EVENING.—
From the extensive preparations which have been made
throughout the town and neighbourhood for the accommo- ,
dation of expected visitors, the forthcoming races are anti-
cipated
to be tar more nutnerously attended than upon any
former occasion. The circumstances of her Majesty, the
Prince Consort, and the Royal Family, accompanied by a
host of royal and illustrious guests, to the number of be-
tween 60 and 70, taking up their residence at the Castle dur-
ing the week, add, as may well be imagined, most materially
to the usual attractions of an Ascot gathering. The private
lodgings in the town and its vicinity are all engaged, as well
as the apartments at the principal hotels. Prince Louis
Napoleon, the Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry,
the Earl of Chesterfield, and other distinguished tashionables,
will be, during the week, at the Royal Hotel at Slough.
Her Majesty and the Prince Consort, with their illustrious
visitors (who will arrive at the Castle to-morrow afternoon),
will honour the course with their presence on Tuesday and
Thursday. A military review, upon a grand scale, in the
Great Park, before her Majesty and the visitors at
Castle, is confidently spoken of, to take place on Wednesda\
next.
NARROW ESCAPE OF BISHOP PHILLPOTTS.—On
Saturday at a quarter to ten Bishop Phiilpotts left Padding-
ton by express train for Exeter. When they hadwere proceed
alarmed
ed
as far as Maidenhead some of the passengers
by a smell of fire. At first it was thought that an axle was
overheated, but as the smell increased, the apprehensions of
the
passengers became greatly heightened, for the train
would not stop till it got to Didcot, and the rapid pace at
which the express train travels would cause any fire to burn
with great rapidity. They contrived to arouse the atteencar-
tio
of the guard, who, at the risk of his life, got along thn
riage to the engine, which was immediately stopped. The
train was examined, and it was discovered that an axle had
broken, and that the friction of one of the broken parts
against the 1;ottom of the carriage had set fire to it. All
parties were thankful for their preservation, and after a
short detention the train proceeded. Sydney Smith used to
say when the Great Western Company pertinaciously con-
tinued to lock their carriage Boors, that there never would
be any rational system of protection adopted until a bishop
had been burnt in a railway carriage. hope that te
passengers may
narrow escape of the estimable Prelate of this diocese, whose
life is so particularly valuable at the p
anies resent moment, will
arouse Parliamentary attention to the subject i
ns mmediately,
and compel all railway comp to adopt mea by which
communicate with the guard, and the guard
with the engine-driver. We are assured that in this case the
train had a very narrow escape of a terrible calamity—one
which might have equalled the memorable catastrophe at
Versailles, where so many pe,:sons were burned alive in
railway carriage.— Western 'L'imes.
FALL IN THE PRICE OF BREAD AT OXFORD.—The
best wheaten bread is now selling in this city at 10d. the 41b.
loaf, and the household bread at 9id.