The Sun.
London, England, 1869-06-22 00:00:00

AGRICULTURAL PROSPECTS.

The Magnet has the following on the agricultural
prospects :—" The unfavourable change in the weather,
and the consequent deterioration of the growing crops,
have caused some uneasiness in the agricultural
districts. The heavy rains, coupled with strong, cold
winds, have greatly retarded vegetation, and considerably
diminished the prospects of anything like an early harvest.
The wheat plait in particular is very backward for t!.e
time of year ; nevertheless, we do not as yet hear of any,
positive additional darnage, or indeed of any damage at
all, which could not be rectified by a continuance of fine
weather. It must, however, be borne in mind that we
arc now verging on a critical and dangerous period,
during which, if wet weather should predominate, the
most disastrous results will ensue. The wheat plant
has come into ear later than in ordinary years, and it is
fully a month behind last year. The flowering time is
now drawing near, and the fate of the crop will be
mainly regulated by the weather which may prevail in the
meantime. Much anxiety is felt as to the issue. The
general opinion is that the harvest will prove unfavour-
able, both in respect to quality and yield. As regards
spring corn the accounts are satisfactory. The crops
look well and promising, the heavy rain having failed
to create mischief. In respect to the hay crop, the re
ports during the last few days have been satisfactory.
A large quantity of grass has been cut ; but owing to
the heavy rains and wind a considerable proportion has
been spoiled. Potatoes on the whole are turning out
well. The complaints of disease in the south-west
of England are very partial, and not sufficiently general
to create uneasiness. The root crops have profited by the
abundant moisture, and there will doubtless be a good
yield."

The trade for wheat is very firm, and prices have
advanced two to four shillings per quarter.
Considerable firmness prevailed in the grain trade
yesterday at Mark-lane, in consequence of the unfavour-
able weather, and an upward tendency was noticed in
prices.

The Chief Rabbi of the Jews in England, the Rev.
Dr. Adler, who is at present in Manchester, was entertained
on Suudaj at a banquet in Cheetham Town Hall. The pro-
ceedings were cii:fflY complimentary. Dr. Adler, referring
to the results of his
tour through the north of Eng-
land, expressed eFpecial pien.6,:,re on account of the anxiety
he had found displayed to provide; for the education of the
young. •

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The death is announced of Jas. Edwart. ,Cranstoun,
Baron Cranstoun, of Creeling, county of Boat);WO, in the
Scotch Peerage. His lordship was the eldest of two Sou.s of
James Edmund, ninth lord, by his wife, Anna Linnington,
eldest daughter of Mr. John Macnamara, of the Wand
of St. Christopher. Ho was Loin in 1809, end suc-
ceeded his father iri the family honours in Sep-
tember, 1818. The late lord, who was a bachelor, is suc-
ceeded by his brother, the Ron. Charles Frederick Clan-
steno, hero in 1813.
On Sunday Bishop Goss made another political
speech at a Roman Catholic church. 10 the course of it
ho stated that there were thousands of men in England
ready to resort to perrccut:on of the "most horrible
nature " in order to suppress Roman Catholicism ; that
the scheme for the promotion of secular education ought to
be opposed to the utmost, because it interfered with the
dissemination of true religion; and that Lord Derby'a
speech on the Irish Church Bill showed that be had been
misinformed on several points. Ho informed his audience
that the reason why Cardinal Cullen threatened the
Boman Catholics with excommunication if they at-
tended the Masonic ball given in honour of the royal
visit to Ireland, was that the machinery of the masonic order
was such that,
if developed to put into force, it would " exer..
cise a prejudicial influence in the government of the