The Sun.
London, England, 1870-05-17 00:00:00

AGRICULTURE AND THE CORN TR)

Influenced by the heavy rains, 'vegetation has n't css
rapid progress during the week, and its developmenhere.
also been assisted by the prevalence of a mild attnosp
of s
The apprehensions entertained in many quarters 11.0
partial failure of the crops, in consequence of slevr
of moisture, have thus been considerably ,01.
ated ; if, in fact, they have not been entirely reona'froo
Additional moisture is still wanted, and, judgin,o_t wet
he broken weather, it is not at all improbable bet
shall yet be supplied with sufficient to remove all;001
of a failure of the crops from drought. On Avel -% with
lands the wheat plant is generally well spoken our,
and
the exception of its being backward for the se3lst the
it is only on badly-drained and heavy oils t
prospect of affairs has been unsatisfactory. TilberrYth?
tures and meadow lands have also profited more
refreshing showers, and have assumed a Tanen of
luxuriant appearance. There has been a continuarleeod,
firmness in the grain trade, so far as valuers are contevt, to
but the business doing has been less extensive, o,
el7osj
the indisposition evinced by purchasers to operate n4jel
actual requirements. The quantity of wheat fer;"rioere
'to market has been rather more liberal, 13 sivi
being attracted by the late advaneetvaotore
having thrashed out somewhat freely. -Lusrter,
have demanded an advance of is. per jiltaillea'
but this improvement has not been generally ° colr
and in a few instances has been very reluctantrYtrong,
ceded. The tone, however, has continued very Ssortb
and the high prices current in the markets in the trade
of Europe have tended to strengthen values. The
_d the
will now be regulated principally by the weather rwcorts
condition of the wheat plant. With favourable r 5
quietness may be expected, but with adverse Ile
heavy rise would be inevitable.—Magnet. val. of
Although the past week opened with a renesoffbf
frosty nights, and the promised rain was driven Or
strong brezes, eventually it came, and will d° nwoold
calculable amount of good, while much more to
be welcome. The grass will now have a chaue'libe
grow, though the cutting is likely to be late. land'
spring corn will freely germinate, and the sown ravi
be speedily covered with verdure. Before thet have
came the aspect of things was not so bad as Inigh lover
been expected. The early-planted wheat, the chat
leys, and the winter tares were looking strong b1„1:50jose
Some early white peas shew their blossoms/ 11 other
sown late were looking very bad ; but, with 3".erthe
corn, such have now a chance to recover Nvilate
suetthe
time of gathering may be. The rain, too, has Dos
plough in motion where wanted, and the harro Coe
quickly followed. Thus the late root crops rnllether
in very serviceably. It is doubtful, however', v.l, the"
the early potatoes, so severely cut up by frost, will
roughly recover. The rain will greatly help hotthew silo
plants of wheat, which were threatened by the boo'
and drying atmosphere ; and the influence of the nonce,
ficial change will soon be apparent. After an 3,J so tre
however, there generally comes a reaction, an" loolote
have had a quiet week, though a few mar'kets vise
dearer, and the London trade closed in calm"—
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An early harvest may now be left out of the C.,,alvbere
tions of our food prophets. The wheatplant is ever.'cother
so backward that no reasonable amount of growinates te •
during the next few weeks can force on the pipY .hat i9'
spindle into full ear by the second week of June—besidesv
in the chief wheat districts of England. And oy
being behind time, the crops are so gienine,ad
thin and weak, and, where they are not much "s—res°oot
by worm, will be so long in recovering from their Pio)
sickly yellow colour (in particular upon the heavY, 'lOOO
that a full and satisfactory yield can follow ungoolti,
specially favourable influences in June and July.
.f„,orteP
rose
wet summer must result in very great deu—t M°"The serious matter for the farmer at the p° orb'
meat is the falling off of the pastures after the lost,
flush of grass. Mild showe!s have come at°Toot
but only in moderate quantity ; and in many of t°e unties
grazing districts ofithel midland and eastern O
svel?
bullocks have eaten off their grass into shortan
herbage, sheep have cropped their fields quite b°e;vbfle
there has been great difficulty in finding horse keel' greet
waiting for a cut of the late lucerne and backwarui efor
clover We have had, and still have, a grand t',.ltiviept
cleaning fallow land for root crops ; mangolds never vegs
in better, and such a mould as we have not seen for.ds/
is a good promise for nice plants of swedes and WO
Chamber of Agriculture Journal.

The Marseillaise indulges in a calculation to 310
claw
that irreconcilabilty" is an expensive as well 35 of its
gerous pursuit. After setting forth that "one ,)aste'
editors was shot dead and another shot'at by an°ll,`,,
,ipr°'
and that most of them are or have been in gaol, e 5.0;
ceeds to state that though it was only five montha.?' Staff
tence the terms of imprisonment inflicted on itsritlO
amount in the aggregate to seven years and two 111°a0
and a half, giving an average of five months and
h
week per writer. The fines amount to not 105
£720.
The executive of the South Yorkshire
Council have issued an appeal for assistance on ben- $t
the wives and children connected with the lock--°ll,O
Thorncliffe, which has now lasted for eighteen 1:13°0- re'
and has proved one of the most costly struggles °.aellt
cord. There are 360 women and 722 children dePeirj,'
on the fund. Since the Ist of January, 1869, the ,sllO,Ol
£34,490 has been paid to the men on strike 110
out in the district out of which upwards of £l7,u°'
- been paid to the support of Thorncliffe men.
dtzeti'
A contemporary says, in reference to the (Id
tion Bill, that the friends of the Government are in °the
spirits at the apparent certainty of getting three,' eof
Land Bill in committee next week. The conse€lll,6loo
this is the revival of the hope, well nigh departed, e 0
the Education Bill may be proceeded with tlil
With the great amount of business, however, strWAY,
' got through in the Committee of Supply and 0' rse t"
and Means, this can only be effected by having re°
morning sittings.
fort
Relating the recent act of Vandalism at Ox;
a telegram states that a " meeting of all the menwetoA
Christ Church, summoned by the governing body is the
place yesterday morning. The dean intimated that `eve:
perpetrators of the outrage have refused to give thettl.o„
up, legal proceedings would at once be commenced scl'
them. The act being a felonious one, the charge ~Or
doubtless be of a most serious nature. One of tbefaot
cipal offenders absconded during last night, but e'"-
long escape apprehension."
There seems to be some mistake about thell), cit
ment of the Rev. Alfred Willis, vicar of St. I‘lll.'iriPA-
Brompton, to the Bishopric of Madagascar. i‘lr'•he
writes to some of the Church papers, stating that It fe'
consulted about taking the bishopric, and took i to its,
granted that he had really been officially nominateun,
but that afterwards some of the dignitaries with win
ground
nomination rests, objected to him on the
being an extreme Ritualist. These gentlemen 3r , tIO
Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of Loud°l"
Bishop of Winchester, and Bishop Ryan.

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BIRTHS.
tptoLl,
On the 16th inst., at Tunstall Villa, The Downif,
the wife of Mr. George Gowland,.of a son. bliriP
On the 16th inst , at 89, Great Russell-street, Bloota'"
the wife of Richard Epps, Esq., of a daughter.
MARRIAGES.
On the 12th inst., at St. Mary's, Lambeth, Mr. JO' nf
send, of Exeter, to Mary Ann, second daughter-
Gadd, of Vauxiill.
On the 14th insth., at all Saints, Fulham. Edward viiyo:
Walker, of 9, Edith-villas, Fulham, to Temrerance
both, second daughter of the late William l'ja*re'f'
Crabtree, Fulham.

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On the 18th inst., at Lowestoft, Clara Maria, eldest
'l6u sht
of the late T. C. Wettingliana, Esq., formerly of
Lodge, Suffolk. th°
On the 14th inst., at 10, Hornton-street, Kensington4o,or
93d year of his age, James Macqueen, Esq., li•O•
and Sword of Portugal. F.R.G.S.

DEATHS.

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