The Sun.
London, England, 1846-08-26 00:00:00

of, in such separate warrant for raising such moneys as
if such sum had been duly presented by such grand
jury, to be raised in manner hereinafter mentioned off
the respective baronies or half baronies prop; rly charge-
able therewithall as aforesaid, or county of a city, or
county of a town (as the case may be) and the same
shall be raised and levied off such barony or half barony.
county of a city, or county of a town (as the case may
be) accordingly as if the same had been so presented ;
and the said treasurer shall pay over the amount by
him received as hereinbefore provided in the case of such
money being presented by the grand jury.
And be it enacted, that any sum of money so to be
raised and levied off any barony, half barony, county of
city or county of a town under the provisions of this
Act shall be charged upon, and applotted, raised and
levied upon and from the occupiers of, and other persons
rateable in respect of lands and hereditaments within
such barony, half barony, county of a city or county of
a town respectively, and rated under the then last pre-
ceding rate or rat s made, or from time to time made in
respect of the same, under the provisions of an Act of
the first and second years of her present Majesty,
intituled, " An Act for the more effectual Relief of the
Destitute Poor in Ireland," and any Act amending the
same, and shall be payable by the respective ratepayers,
who under the said last preceding rate or rates shall
have paid or contributed or been liable to pay or
contribute rate in respect of property in such barony,
half barony, county of a city or county of a town,
according to the several valuations and proportions
according to which respectively such last preceding
rate or rates shall have been so made, charged upon
and payable by the ratepayers in respect of such lands
or hereditaments respectively •, and any such sum of
money shall be assessed and levied by the respective
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collector of grand jury cess for such barony, half barony
or p e qaunadl y
hereditamentsu pon the
annuall ae
value,
asal a poundage m
ne,efthe
several
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s elandsnt
within such barony, half barony, county of a city or
county of a town respectively, rated as aforesaid, as such
net annual value shall have been stated in such last pre-
ceding rate or valuation as aforesaid ; and on receipt of
the respective county treasurer's warrant as aforesaid,
such collector is hereby authorised and required to levy
the money therein mentioned ; and such money shall
and may be collected and levied, sued for and recovered.
by such and the same ways and-means as any grand jury
ctss, or the money applotted on the several persons
liable to pay any grand jury cess, may be collected and
levied, and with like powers, authorities and privileges
to any such collector, as in case of the levying of any
grand jury cess.
The tenth clause authorises the grand jury collector
to take a copy of the last made rate from the rate-book.
And be it enacted, That when any person occupying
such lands or hereditaments within any such district
shall he liable to pay a rent in respect of the same, he
may deduct from such rent, for each pound of the rent
which he shall be liable so to pay, one-half of the sum
which ke shall have paid as such assessment in respect of
each pound of the net annual value (whether such rent
shall be greater or less than such net annual value), and
so in proportion for any less sure than a pound.
And be it enacted, That where any person receiving
rent in respect of any such rateable property within such
district, shall also pay a rent in respect of the same, he
shall be entitled to deduct from the rent so paid by him
a sum bearing such a proportion to the amount of such
assessment deducted from the rent received by him as
the rent paid by him bears to the rent received by him :
Provided always, That every lessor assessed instead of
any occupier of rateable property shall be entitled to de-
duct from any rent paid by him in respect of such pro-
perty a sum bearing such a proportion to one-half of the
assessment on such property as the rent raid by him
bears to the net annnal value of such property.
The third clause empowers the grand jury to present
for the payment of the secretary and collectors such
sums as may be deemed compensatory for their additional

labour. -
And be it enacted, That when any public work shall
be presented or executed under the provisions of this
Act, it shall be lawful for any occupier or owner of any
ground taken and occupied for the purpose of such work
to demand and obtain from the officer of the said Com-
Missioners of Public Works or the.county surveyor, as
the case may be, by whom such work shall have been or
shall be executed, a certificate under his hand, which
such officer or surveyor is hereby required to give,
stating the quantity of ground belonging to such
occupier or owner which shall have been so taken and
occupied for the purpose of such work, and an estimate
of the average annual value of such ground, the tenure
of such occupier or owner thereof, and an estimate of
the total damage sustained by him or either of them by
the taking and occupying of such ground for the
purpose of such work; and upon giving or tendering such
certificate it shall be lawful for such officer or surveyor as
aforesaid to proceed in the execution of such work without
interruption of any person; and it shall be lawful for any
such owner or occupier, or either or each of them, giving
ten days' previous notice to the secretary of the grand
jury, to make application to the grand jury at the assizes
next following the giving of such certificate, or the next
subsequent assizes, for the amount of such damages
specified in such certificate, whereupon it shall be lawful
for the grand jury to present, without previous applica-
tion to presentment sessions, such sum or sums of
money, for the use of such owner or occupier, or each of
them, as the case may be, in respect to the damage sus-
tained by him, as they, upon inspection of such certifi-
cate, shall deem reasonable to be raised oil the barony
or half barony in which such ground shall be situated,
and to such presentment no traverse shall be
allowed or received ; but in case such owner
or occupier shall not think fit to make such` application
to the grand jury, it shall be lawful for him, at the
assizes next following the giving of the said certificate,
or at tha next subsequent assizes, upon giving Ten days'
notice, previously to such assizes, to the secretary of the
grand jury, of the amount of damages intended to be
claimed, to have a traverse for damages entered in the
crown book in respect of such damage sustained by him;
and thereupon such traverse shall be tried in like man-
ner and like proceedings shall be had, and like present-
ment made in respect of the same, and subject to like
provisions, as far as the same can be applied, as in the
cases of traverses entered for damages under the Acts
for consolidating and amending the laws relating to the
presentment of public moneys by grand juries in Ireland.
Clause 15 is the usual interpretation clause; and
Clause 16 enacts that no sessions can be holden under
the Act after the 15th day of August, 1847.

THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS,
THE HARVEST IN SCOTLAND.—The weather con-
inues very unsettled. The intervals of sunshine and
dry weather during the week have been few, but every
advantage has been taken of them to push forward the
labours of the harvest. A considerable breadth of crop
has accordingly fallen before the sickle. Wednesday
was a charming day, but yesterday was gloomy and
drizzly in the extreme. Harvest wages are still high,
and labourers scarce. We observe that the East Lothian
farmers have been paying 18s. to 11. per week, with
victuals. Considerable quanties of oats have been
cut in that quarter with the scythe, at 95., including
gathering and binding, and without victuals. From
the same district we have the inauspicious intelligence
of a destructive disease in the bean crop, which is thus
described in the Mercury:—" Many fields are already as
black as they generally are in the end of-October, and
when the pods are opened, there is found on many of the
immature beans a black speck, not larger than the head of
a pin, on each side of the plumule. As the affected bean
advances and darkens in colour, the spots become invisible,
but on examination the bean is found to be fainted through
its wholo substance of a dull yellowish brown colour;
the vegetative power has evidently been destroyed, and
when boiled they remain hard and tough. The roots of
the diseased plants aro in general knotty, and exhibit
numerous minute whitish-coloured tubers." Harvest
is now general throughout the country. In the nothern
counties, says the Inverness Courier, it is " interrupted
only by unfavourable weather, or the difficulty of ob-
taining shearers. Yesterday (Tuesday) rain fell during
nearly the whole day, to the discomfiture of many hun-
dreds of farmers and labourers,!who were ready to com-
mence operations in the corn field. On Monday a great
deal of barley and oats was cut down, and several tine
fields of wheat." In the Carse of Stirling the weather,
more than any want of reapers, obstructed the progress
of harvest. The Observer of yesterday says—" A great
part of the beans is cut, and also a considerable
quantity of wheat, but very little barley, and still
less oats. The Perthshire Advertiser of yesterday men-
tions that " a day foul and a day fair is the rule ;
nevertheless, the stocks on the hairst rig' are in-
creasing in number, and the farmers evidently seizing
every propitious moment for cutting down their golden
treasure. Indeed, on Monday last, some persons were
observed busy ' leading' on the banks of the Tay, a little
below Newburgh, apparently determined to place their
produce beyond the reach of the changeable weather, by
safely stowing it under • thack and rape.' " In Ayrshire
the wages of reapers have run up as high as 3s. Bd. a day.
In Kilmarnock, on Monday, 3s. 2d. was given, and on
Wednesday 3s. 6d. In Maybole, on Monday, wages
varied from 3s. to 3s. Bd. On Wednesday shearers were
engaged itt Irvine at from 3s. to 3s. 6d. In Girvan, 3s.
and 3s. 6d. can easily be got. In Colmonell, reapers are
receiving 3s. and 3s 6d., exclusive of victuals, besides
being conveyed to tnd from the field. The harvest in
Ayrshire is proceeding slowly, owing to the obstacles of
bad weather and paucity of hands.
THE HARVEST IN OXFORD: HIRE. -- During the
past week we have been visited with frequent and
heavy rains, which have had a most prejudicial
affect upon harvest operations. The wheat is nearly
all housed, and from information derived from
nearly all parts of the country, it is gratifying to
know that the crop has been quite an average one
and that the quality is rather superior. There is a
great deal of barley. cut, and only waiting for fine
weather to get it ricked. The crop is considered
rather deficient, and very inferior in quality to that
of last year, and unless we very soon have fine weat
ther, there will be very little good malting barley in
many fields in this county will only be fit for
the pigs. Oats are abundant, but the bean crop Fs
very bad. The late rains have proved very beneficial to
the turnip lands, which are looking remarkably well,
and also to the meadows and pasture land. The crop of
Lattermath i 3 exceedingly thick, and promises a heavy
crop. Several meadows near Oxford are already cut.
The potato disease is developing itself to a most alarm-
ing and fearful extent. Wheat rose yesterday (Satur-
day) in Oxford market, 6d. per bushel.
During the present week, we regret to say, the wea-
ther in this neighbourhood has been such as materially
to retard the labour of cutting and housing the crops.
With the exception of Sunday, every day since Saturday
last has been showery, and at times the rain
has fallen very heavily. Yesterday the wea-
ther was pleasanter, and although a little rain fell,
and the sky was cloudy throughout the clay, there
were tokens of a change to fine weather. Should such
be the case, the farmers will be working double tides
'Mt week, feelingits they (IQ that tiler' is Dow 119 time