The Sun.
London, England, 1869-09-06 00:00:00

THE HARVE97'.

The Daily News in an article.upon too narvest-bas the
following- remarks. " This year, of course, there have
been the usual prophecies of a deficient harvest, and a few
weeks since it was generally believed that the wheat
crop would be immensely deficient in quantity and
very bad in quality. But ripening time brought
ripening weather, and in the hot sunshine the
prospects of the future brightened, till from some
quarters we were informed that after all there
would be a crop not much beneath the average. Still there
were stories of serious damage. The corn was much laid,
and having been weak in the straw, could not recover in
brilliant sunshine. It was, as a rule, thin and root-fallen,
small in the ear and shrivelled in the kernel. But as
harvest came on, prices went down—a strange accompani-
ment of a bad harvest. Then, too, the harvest weather has
been so fine that we are almost suffering from drought,
and since the harvesting began everything has been
in favour of the crops. From one end of the island to
the other there comes one testimony—splendi,l harvest
weather. By this time the greater portion of the harvest
is gathered in, and the ingathering has gone on without
a single drawback, except it be one that is reported foie
Norfolk—" too much young clover among the barleys."
Everywhere, too, the condition of the grain is reported
excellent. The housing, at any rate, has been as well
done this year as it was last year, however different a croy,
there may be to house. As to the yield of the mei), it
seems at present premature to pronounce any decisive
opinion. The outside public may be content to wait and
see what Mark-lane will say a month hence. Harvests
have a great tendency to get better as we get into there,
and a harvest which has ripened better than was hoped,
and has been gathered in better than was feared, may
possibly yield better than was anticipated. It is evident
that the crops are very unequal, and perhaps we must
not, ater all, expect the crop to turn out quite an average
one, but it may be confidently said that it will not fall
sufficiently below it to make any great difference in the
price of bread and flour. The country markets were all
down ou Saturday."

TOBACCO CULTIVATION IN IRELAND.

One of the Irish papers (the Irish Times) calls attention
to a new grievance under which our neighbours across 01
Channel groan. Tabacco was introduced into Ireland ill
1586, and promised to flourish luxuriantly on the soil but
for the interference of the English Government. A fine
of £lOO may now be imposed upon any person cultivating
more than one pound of the plant of which we air
told there was brought from abroad, in 1866, no less than
two millions one hundred and fifty thousand pounds weight'
The climate and soil of the country, our Irish contemparnr/
insists, are as suitable for the culture of the weed as for
the raising and production of potatoes, salads, carrots'
and turnips, which were introduced into Ireland in the
same century. The first restriction in tobacco culture
was in 1661, under an Act passed by the English Parks'
ment over the heads of the Irish House then sitting''
Lord North, during the American war, making a bid
for the favour of the Irish, sought to remove the Pro.
hibition, and succeeded. From that time until 1831 Old
cultivation of tobacco became general in the county Wer
ford, " whereupon the Legislature came to the deterrlio2l
Lion of preventing all future growth of the plant ill
,
Ireland, and a Ministerial measure was brought in fOl
that purpose." During the debate it was stated and
shewn that great numbers were employed on ,
tobacco fields ; in the neighbourhood of EnniscorthY
alone between five and six hundred persons. It 11,113
also elicited that there were some proprietors
the county who made no less than £lOO per acre by th,e
plant. The prohibitive enactment was, however, carrieali
and remains in force up to the present. The Doi! Y hell
agrees with the Irish Times that this statute might we'
be repealed, although the quality of the tobaccaci
grown in Ireland would probably be of a coarse s°
inferior description. In fact, what is grown e;1
perimentally or ornamentally defies some of
hardest smokers to use it with impnnity, and it
been described by an Irish gardener as "not only onn"-;
but dhrink—two pipes of it being aiqual to as many glasie,
o' whisky." However, the circnmstance only affects„
collateral branch of the question, and if tobacco on
grown at a profit in Ireland, we see no just cause or in'Pei
diment why it should not, and we trust that a movelle
will be made to take the obstructive statute out of
way.

DEATH OF GENERAL THE HON. SIR

CHARLES GORE, G.C.B.

On Saturday morning, about half-past nine o'clocicr
General the Hon. Sir Charles Gore, G.C.B. and IC-11;:
the lieutenant-governor of Chelsea Hospital, died et II'"
residence at the hospital. The gallant deceased, who sv-„,1
fourth son of Arthur Saunders, second Earl of Arran, S
born on the 26th December, 1793, and was father of the
Countess of Errol and brother of the Duchess of Inverilesl
He entered the army as ensign in October, 1808, and serv,,e7
in the 43rd Regiment from July 1811, to the close a t""
war in 1814. He was present, and was one of the stere;
ing party, at Fort San Francisco, at the investment °t
Ciudad Rodrigo, also at the siege and storming a that
fortress and Badajoz, and at the battle of Salaraawe3'
aide-de-camp to General Sir Andrew Barnard. He W:n
afterwards aide-de-camp to General Sir James KeloP
the battles of Vittoria, Nivelle, Nive (9th, 10th, and !iits
December), Orthes, and Toulouse. He was also in "y,"
action of San Milan, capture of Madrid, storming a
heights of Vera, the bridge of Yanzi, and all the o'l6
wishes of the Light Division from 1812 to the end a the
war, in 1814. Sir Charles Gore afterwards accoroPeud",
General Sir James Kemp with the troops to Cengfor
He, however, returned to Europe in time al
the campaign of 1815, and was first and PrineTty
aide-de-camp to Sir James Kemp, and in that 0131`ci,-AJ
was present at the battles of Quatre Bras (where he
a horse shot) and Waterloo (where he lost three 11°11:it
and afterwards accompanied the army to Paris. Ile !is%
on half-pay in August, 1825, and in April the folle'iso
year proceeded to Canada, where he served on the 13Ifil
for some years as Deputy-Quartermaster-General. rj
served for some years in North-America as Major-Gene
fA
on the staff, and as Lieutenant-General Commandillsthe
Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, &c. For his services '" 4
Peninsula he had received the war medal with nine a 135,030:
and in 1E36 he was made a Knight of the Royal P
verian Guelphic Order, having previously been r°l‘,fias
Companion of the Order of the Bath, of which he 10
made Knight Commander in 1860, and a Grand A Cressle.
1867. He was appointed colonel of the 91st (the rliti
shire) Regiment of Foot in 1855, and was transfers opt
1861 to the 6th (the Royal Ist Warwickshire) Ileg:ob.
of Foot, which colonelcy becomes vacant by hie/Zito,
Sir Charles was appointed lieutenant-governor a '1%3- pl.
Hospital on the death of Field-Marshal Sir Hew Dielil"
Ross, in December last.

The Manchester Guardian says that some of toTheciv
mysterious circumstances connected with the ellecoer
murder of the woman who was found in the canal at veto
ton have been cleared up. The clothes of the docessecilloi
been identified by her mother, and the pocket harAera
marked Halliwell" has been satisfactorily account° 4yd
On Thursday the body was exhumed for the second tirae'
a minute examination was made by medical men. 11i4ety 01
informed that this examination resulted in the 1301;;;Ief
the surgeons expressing an opinion that all the 1
passage of a boat 13,j1°
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might have been caused by the iu 0'
water.

A MYSTERIOUS DISIPPEARANCZ.--The 0
York Times, of the 20th ult., has the following' }‘ 111°0
recent number of a well known magazine an accollotar to
given of several men whose names were once /Wit-0
missedsociety,
from
who were suddenly and incoroPrelleP'-ett
no trace onmf
ttkheemirwcausstlonmftabreyhirnedso,rts. In most inatiftba
police or the tireless quest of friends alike failed to °I.- 0
anykin light upon the mystery. Ocacnudrrtehnecien:C.lfirtihese°:lvn:
Land.anre common everywhere. The story a chi',ice.ltai
Lansing, a man once well known in this State, tni" ,iii
ri‘eimesmi. bred by a few survivors, is so far different beesh'
r. Speke's that no explanation of it has ever Yet tft
published. The magazine writer truly says that hells
a New York hotel one afternoon forty years ago, to 'ho
a boat for Albany, where he resided. The Porter h1:06
handed him his bag was the last person known t° --„,,,a
ek,eeen him alive. He never reached the Albany boat, -00
was never heard of again. Naturally his disaPPesl.3loo6
high writer
ho
crented a profound sensation, for he held a hi
and was a ' man full of years and honour. ' The writer td
whom we have referred says .---' His place on earth 11$5,
been made vacant ; but there is not, nd can never be
die
hrgeeycnpoeorrtdahloebfs how,iosdtyhtol f
ptollri when,te or where.
that day ; he may have lived for years afterwards.' -1-'' -10
, With t'l
..en. e 13- ft-
authority when we say that every incident connect° W to
the disappearance of Chancellor Lansing is wellicnoolo
a gentleman
common W
general body of the I)ubliC, is mistnko We opeak °
Itb
authority when we say that every incident connecte to
the disappearance of Chancellor ansiog is WCI blO
a gentleman now living. Tue secret was locVl no
nra ofil:eadil nu Ilbde jll,
by a distinguished citizen of this State, now cleceilgol
whose name always commanded and does still ontar°o
respect. The survivor was enjoined to publish all the A
re deat7o
cumstancesii when certain persons specified ive
.8
condition has been fulfilled, and it is probable t° A
,„ a ve
narrative calculated to startle the public will yet 1","7,1, lot
to the world. There will then no longer be real te'te.
a single doubt in reference to Chancellor Lansing 0 •iord
We do not feel ourselves at liberty to hint at the 0 & is
ph thi+v of
of the revelation to be made, but this WO 'nay
will be well authenticated, and that It will term fitiii
the most remarkable pave in flit Weierif et tlig rti-
mon of this eountfYi% '— •