The Sun.
London, England, 1856-09-05 00:00:00

THE HARVEST.

The following is extracted from the monthly ag-
ricultural report of the Derry Journal, and applies
to the state and prospects of the harvest in the
north-western counties generally :
"The harvest is now sufficiently advancul to give a
pretty correct notion of the produce of the cereal crops.
Wheat will be sadly deficient in the northern counties.
The nearer it approached to maturity the more arp irent
became the blighting affects which the moist atmosphere
of the past summer had upon it. It may be safely stated
that. the 80,000 additional acres which his Excellency tl e
Lord-Lieutenant recently_Etated to be under this crop in

Ireland, as compared with last year, will not bring up
the produce of wheat to the superabundance of that sea-
son. The few samples which have appeared in the mar-
ket, look very ill, and the crop is universally spoken of

ai wanting a third of an average yield. Oat;, on the
other hand, were never better, both in quantity and qua-
lity ; and from the high price which they command, and
the fact that this is the staple grain crop in Ulster, the
farmers will, in all probability, have another profitable
season from their cornfields. Potatoes will fall very
short of last year's produce. The growth has ceased at
too early a stage, so that, even taking it for granted
that those now in the ground will keep good, which is
still very doubtful, we should want a third or a fourth
of last year's quantity. There were, however, more po-
tatoes produced in 1855 in the north of Ireland than
were required for tte legitimate use to which they are
usually applied ; and large quantities were consumed
by cattle in tke spring of this year. As usual at this
season, various opinions have been exprrs ed during the
last two or three weeks respecting them ; but, judging
of the effects of the di-ea,e this year, and from the
course it has taken in other seasons, we believe the crop
will be likely to turn out equal to that of 1852, 1853, or
1854, but very much less than the crop of 1855. In the
counties of Derry and Donegal there isno great want of
hands for harvest-work, nor are the waves so very high
as they are stated to be in some other parts of the king.
dom. There is, however, ample employment, and a fair
day's pay for a fair day's work."
NATAL ACCIDENT.
The Limerick Chronicle of yesterday announces
the death by drowning of Mr. James Barry, of
Rockfield, a magistrate of the county, and one of
the largest land agents in the south of Ireland.

Tris MOORS AND FORESTS.—The accountsfr?lttrallt:
moor* zontinue to show a great Julio-
-6 off inthe
of birds. It is now certain that the season is a failure
so far as grouse are concerned. We mentioned last week
that!accounts,from Perthshire spoke of an average sea-
son in that county. Caithness also seems to be an excep-
tion to the rule of failure which seems to characterise
the season in all other parts of Scotland. It is said that,
in addition to the wetness of the weather and other
causes for the scarcity of birds, their numbers have been
sadly thinned by tape worm. The forests continue to
yield excellent sport.—lnvernese Advertiser. . -
WEIGHING BREAD.—At the Devizes petty sessions
recently, Samuel Strong, a baker, of Allcannings, was
' summoned by Mr. Superintendent Wolfe fur delivering
bread from a waggon without being provided with
weight and scales, agreeable to the act. The defendant
was convicted in. the mitigated penalty of 10a., And. 9s.
costs, the bench observing that, on the recurrence of a
similar case, the full penalty of 61. would be
Rath Chronicic.