The Sun.
London, England, 1859-08-30 00:00:00

TH2 HARVEST.

CARDIGAN.—The gram harvest in this neigh-
bourhood is nearly finished, and the crops are con-
sidered satisfactory. Potatoes are stated to have
exhibited disease in many places, but the complaint
is not general. The weather has been exceedingly
hot since the rain on the 14th inst., but heavy dews
have promoted the growth of grass.
Our farmers (says the Carlisle Journal) could
scarcely have had more favourable weather for their
harvest operations than we have experienced for
the last week. On many farms the harvest has
now been completed, in most instances the grain
has been cut ; and in the course of next week,
should the fine weather continue, we may expect
that the shearers will have finished their work in
all but the high-lying districts of the country.
In the neighbourhood of Durham harvesting ope-
rations are being carried on with great alacrity.
There is a great scarcity of labour in some parts of
the country, and farmers have to pay a consider-
ably enhanced price. The wheat crops will prove
most abundant, and of first-rate quality. Oats are
not quite so good in quantity, but are equal in
quality. Turnips and green crops, owing to the
drought, are very moderate crops. So favourable
an harvest has not been known for nearly thirty
years ; indeed, it has been no uncommon occurrence
during the past week to cut and stack whole fields
of wheat on the same day.
In the northern part of the county of Durham,
says the Sunderland Times, but little wheat re-
mains to be cut ; a good deal has been stacked,
while about one-half of the crop still remains stand-
ing in the fields. So heavy are the crops, that in
some instances 17s. and 18s. an acre have been paid
for reaping.
Another splendid week of harvest weather has
prevailed, and great progress has been made in
cutting and securing the crops. Now that the
crops, especially the wheat crops, are being more
seen into, they are reported to be very fine and
likely to yield abundantly.—Hull Pacquet.
In Cleveland P.nd the north of Yorkshire the
fields are being rapidly cleared of grain, which is
most abundant and larger in the ear than has been
known for some years. In some parts of the dis-
trict harvest commenced nine weeks before the
usual time, and the crops have been secured amidst
the finest of sunshiny weather.
Agriculturists in these northern districts do not
seem to be aware of a very simple method of de-
stroying the caterpillars and other insects which
infest the turnip fields. In some of the midland
counties, in the vale of Aylesbury in particular, the
farmers turn into their fields a number of ducks
and geese, in the proportion of five or six to the
acre. These animals make a hearty meal of the
insects, and are then driven home, returning when
they are hungry to repeat their good services. It
is surprising to see how quickly the fields are
cleared of the devouring little pests.—Aretreastle
Daily Chronicle.
GALWAY.—On every side the harvest operations
are being most vigorously and actively proceeded
with, owing to the favourable weather which has
been vouchsafed us. It is very gratifying to state
—which we are enabled to do on pretty exten-
sive and reliable authority—that the yield
in cereal crops this season is, generally
sp.eaking, abundant and of a goad quality.
In' some localities oats may be a short crop, but, to
*meet this, we believe a considerable addition has been
made to the breadth of land sown this year. The
hay is nearly all saved and stowed away. As re-
gards the 'potato crop, we have not heard much
complaints lately. In those that are being dug up
the disease, whenever it does appear, is only partial
and trifling.— Thom'
TIPPERARY.—The wheat harvest is over, and
promises to be an abundant crop ; some persons
calculate at having 20 barrels to the acre in this
locality. Potatoes are generally good and plentiful,
and free from disease.—Arenagh Guardian.
SLIGO.—We are now arrived within a four days'
advent of September, and it is suggestive of a sin-
cere thanksgiving to a bountiful providence that
the cereal produce of the land is almost all gathered
and secured from every point of the compass. With
respect to the county of Sligo there is no room for
complaint on the part of the farmers.—Sligo
Champion.
WEXFORD.—The operations of the season are
progressing most satisfactorily, the weather being
all that could be desired. Very little grain remains
now uncut, and that is of a very inferior kind, with
little promise under any future aspect of season,
except as straw for litter or manure. Many
farmers have not only their entire crops safe up in
the field, but several have them safe in their hag-
yard —an unprecedentely early completion of
harvest work.-Wexford Independent.
THE POTATOES.—Since the dense fogs of the
last few mornings, we regret to find that evidence
of the blight, accompanied by the unmistakable
putrid odour, is to be found, although very par-
tially, amongst the potatoe fields in various districts
of our county.—Kilkenny Moderator.
MEATlL—During the week the weather has been
exceedingly warm and oppressive, serving well for
the maturing and gathering in of crops, but acting
very injuriously to the grass, which the late rains
caused to spring up promisingly. A good deal of
oats and barley remains to be cut down in some dis-
tricts. Everywhere the potatoe is luxuriant.—
Meath People.
ConX.—Brilliant hot weather throughout the
week, which has done wonders for the country, and
the crops are being secured under the most favour-
able auspices) the reports we receive from the
various districts are, on the whole, much more
satisfactory than were generally anticipated some
short time since.—Cork Daily Reporter.
THE ALLOA DlSTltiCT.—Reapers are busy on
almost etery field in this district, except in those
cases where the favourable weather has been taken
advantage of and the cut grain has been already
put under " thack and rasp." The wheat is con-
sidered a very excellent crop, but oats are light,
though considered a good crop. The barley is de-
ficienti and the beans in most cases considered a
failure. The green crops failed in the spring, ow-
ing to the excessive drought, but a second sowing
has proved successful, and there is as yet every
prospect of a :fair return. At the sales by public
auction the prices realised have been very satisfac-
tory, the scarcity of fodder inducing competition.
On Thursday there were heavy peals of thunder
accompanied with lightning.—Alloa Advertiser.
MOFFAT.—During the last week harvest opera-
tions have been carried on around Moffat with
great vigour, and the crop, notwithstanding the
great drought, is heavier than was at one time
favourable ex-
pected. The weather is very fe% pre-
paring it for the stackyard.

BRITISH TRADE WITH JAPAN.

The following regulations under which British
trade is to be conducted in Japan are from the
China Mail:—

Regulation 1.---Within forty-eight hours (Sun-
days excepted) after the arrival of a British ship
in a Japanese port, the captain or commander shall
exhibit to the Japanese custom-house authorities
the receipt of the British Consul, showing that he
has deposited all the ship's papers, the ship's bills
of lading, &c., at the British Consulate, and he
shall then make an entry of his ship, by giving a
written paper, stating the name of the ship, and
the name of the port from which she comes, her
tonnage, the name of her captain or commander,
the names of her passengers (if any), and the num-
ber of her crew, which paper shall be certified by
the captain or commander to be a true statement,
and shall be signed by him ; he shall, at the same
time deposit a written manifest of his cargo, setting
forth the marks and numbers of the packages and
their contents, as they are described in his bills
of lading, with the names of the parson or per-
sons to whom they are consigned. A list of the
stores of the ship shall be added to the manifest.
The captain or commander shall certify the mani-
fest to be a true account of all the cargo and stores
on board the ship, and shall sign his name to the
same. _ _ _ _ _

If any error is discovered in the manifest. it may
be corrected within 24 hours (Sundays excepted)
without the payment of any fee, but for any altera-
tion or post entry to the manifest made after that
time a fee of fifteen dollars shall be paid.
All goods not entered on the manifest shall pay
double duties on being landed.
Any captain or commander that shall neglect to
enter his vessel at the Japanese customhouse with-
in the time prescribed by this regulation, shall pay
a penalty of sixty dollars for each day that he shall
so neglect to enter his ship.
Regulation ll.—The Japanese-government shall
have the right to place custom-house officers on
board of any ship in their ports (men-of-war ex-
cepted) ; all custom-house officers shall be treated
with civility, and such reasonable accommodation
shall be allotted to them as the ship affords.
No goods shall be unladen from any ship between
the hours of sunset and sunrise, except by special
permission of the custom-house authorities ; and the
hatches, and all other places of entrance into that
part of the ship where the cargo is stowed, may be
secured by Japenese officers between the hours of
sunset and sunrise, by fixing seals, locks, or other
fastenings ; and if any person shall, without due
permission, open any entrance that has been so se-
cured, or shall break or remove any seal, lock, or
other fastening that has been affixed by the Japa-
nese custom-house officers, every person so offind-
ing shall pay a fine of 60 dols. for each offence.
Any goods that shall be discharged, or attempted
to be discharged, from any ship without having
been duly entered at the Japanese custom-house as
hereinafter provided, shall be liable to seizure and
confiscation.
Packages of goods made up with an intent to de-
fraud the revenue of Japan, by concealing therein
articles of value which are not set forth in the in-
voice, shall be forfeited.
If any British ship shall smuggle, of attempt to
smuggle, goods in any of the non-opened harbours
of Japan, all such goods shall be forfeited to the
Japanese Government, and the ship shall pay a fine
of 1,000 dols. for each offence.
Vessels needing repairs may land their cargo for
that purpose without the payment of duty. All
goods so landed shall remain in charge of the
Japanese authorities, and all just charges for
storage, labour and supervision shall be paid there-
on. But if any portion of such cargo be sold, the
regular duties shall be paid on the portion so dis-
posed of.
Cargo may be transshipped to another vessel in
the same harbour without payment of duty, but all
transshipments shall be made under the supervision
of Japanese officers, and after satisfactory proof has
been given to the custom-house authorities of the
bona fide nature of the transaction, and also under
a permit to be granted for that purpose by such
authorities.
The importation of opium being prohibited, any
British vessel coming to Japan for the purposes of
trade, and having more than three catties' weight
of opium on board, the surplus quantity may be
seized and destroyed by the Japanese authorities;
and any person or persons smuggling, or attempt-
ing to smuggle opium, shall be liable to pay a fine
of dols. for each catty of opium so smuggled or
attempted to be smuggled.
Regulation lll.—The owner or consignee of any
goods who desires to land them, shall make an
entry of the same at the Japanese custom-house.
The entry shall be in writing, and shall set forth
the name of the person making the entry, and the
name of the ship in which the goods were imported,
and the marks, numbers, packages, and the con-
tents thereof, with the value of each package ex-
tended separately in one amount, and at the bottom
of the entry shall be placed the aggregate value of
all the goods contained in the entry. On each
entry, the owner or consignee shall certify in writ-
ing that the entry then presented exhibits the
actual cost of the goods, and that nothing has been
concealed whereby the customs of Japan would be
defrauded, and the owner or consignee shall sign
his name to such certificate.
The original invoice or invoices of the goods so
entered shall be presented to the custom-house
authorities, and shall remain in their possession
until they have examinad the goods contained in
the entry.
The Japanese officers may examine any or all the
packages so entered, and for this purpose may take
them to the custom-house ; but such examination
shall be without expense to the importer or injury
to the goods; and after examination the Japanese
shall restore the goods to their original condition
in the packages (so far as may be practicable), and
such examination shall be made without any unrea-
sonable delay.
If any owner or importer discovers that his goods
have been damaged on the voyage of importation
before such goods have been delivered to him, he
may notify the custom-house authorities of such
damage, and he may have the damaged goods ap-
praised 'by two or more competent and disinterested
persons,
who, on due examination, shall make a
certificate setting forth the amount per cent. of
damage on each separate package, describing it by
its mark and number, which certificate shall be
signed by the appraisers, in presence of the custom-
house authorities, and the importer may attach the
certificate to his entry, and make a corresponding
deduction from it. But this shall not prevent the
custom-house authorities from appraising the goods
in the manner provided in Article 15 of the treaty
to which these regulations are appended.
After the duties have been paid, the owner shall
receive a permit, authorising the delivery to him
of the goods, whether the same are at the custom-
house or on shipboard.
All goods intended to be exported shall be entered
at the Japanese custom-house before they are placed
on shipboard. The entry shall be in writing, and
shall state the name of the ship by which the goods
are to be exported, with the marks and number of
the packages, and the quantity, description, and
value of their contents. The exporter shall certify,
in writing, that the entry is a true account of all
goods contained therein, and shall sign hisikame
thereto.

Any goods that are put on board of a ship for
exportation before they have been entered at the
custom-house, and all packages which contain pro-
hibited articles, shall be forfeited to the Japanese
3overnment.
No entry at the custom-house shall be required
for supplies for the use of the ships, their crews
and passengers, nor for the clothing, &c., of pas-
sengers.
Regulation IV. Ships wishing to clear shall give
24 hours' notice to the custon.-house, and at the end
of that time they shall be entitle :.1 to their clear-
ance, but if it t e refused, the custom-;souse autho-
rities shall immediately inform the captain or con-
signee of the ship of the reasons why the cleaZance
is refused ; and they shall also give the same notic:
to the British Consul.
But British ships of war shall not be required to
enter or clear at the custom• house, nor shall they be
visited by Japanese custom-house or police officers.
Steamers conveying the mails of Great Britain
may enter and clear on the same day, and they
shall not be required to make a manifest, except
for such passengers and goods as are to be landed
in Japan. But such steamers shall, in all cases,
enter and clear at the custom-house.
Whale ships touching for supplies, or ships in
distress, shall not be required to make a manifest
of their cargo ; but if they subsequently wish to
trade, they shall then deposit a manifest,
quired in Regulation I.
1 he word " ship," whenever it occurs in these re-
gulations or in the treaty to which
barque, they are
brat-
tached, is to be held as meaning ship, ig
schooner, sloop, or steamer.
Regulation V. Any person signing a falie decla-
ration or certificate, with the intent to defraud the
a fine of 125 dollars
revenue of Japan, shall pay
for each offence.
Ro tonnage dues shall bejevied on
Regulation VI.
British ships in the ports of Japan, but the follow-
ing fees shall be paid to the Japanese custom-house
authorities :—For the entry of a ship, fifteen dol-
lars • for the clearance of a ship, seven dollars ; for
each' permit, one dollar and a half; for each bill of
health, one dollar and a half; for any other docu-
ment, one dollar and a half.
Regulation VII. Duties shall be paid to the
Japanese Government, on all goods landed in the
country, according to the following tariff:—
Class 1. All articles in this class shall be free of

duty :—Gold and silo er , coined or it
uncoined ; wear-
ing apparel, in actual al se; household furnure and
but the pro-
printed books, not int e, aded for sale,
perty of persons who c( )me to reside in Japan.
Class 2.—A duty of ' 5 per cent. shall be paid on
the following articles .::—All articles used for the
purpose of building, 3riggin g, repairing, or fitting
out of ships ; whaling gear of all kinds, salted pro-
visions of all kinds, 'En cad and breadstuffs, living
animals of all kinds., coals, timber for building
houses, rice, paddy, ; cam, machinery, zinc, lead,
tin, raw silk, cotton and woollen manufactured
goods.
Class 3.—A duty or thirty-five per cent. shall be
paid on all intoxicating liquors, whether prepared
by distillation, fern to ntation, or in any other
manner.
Class 4.—A1l goodts not included in any of the
preceding classes shyll pay a duty of twenty per
cent.
All articles of Ja-p m t
ese production, which are
exported as cargo sh el pay a duty of five per cen.;
and
with the exception (aLf gold and silver coin, a
copper in bars. shall not
be exported from Ja as cargo, but all
ps forßritisia
subjects resident in J wan
.Japan, and British sips
their crews and passtn Igers, shall be furnished
sufficient lies of the .
Foreignsu grppain br ought sameinto any open Port of
Japan in a British slap, if no part thereof has bees
landed, may be re-exported without hindrance.
The Japanese Government will sell, from of
to time, at public augtion, any surplus quantity' 01
copper that mae pro duced.
Five years after the opening of Kanagawa, thee_
import and export ,duties shall be subject toerna
r
went desires it.
ELGIN AND KINCARDINE.
:MIDZI/0 TSIKFOGONO KAMI.
NAGAI GEMBANO KAM'.
GOV
vision, if either the British or Japanese
JNOUWYE SINANO No Kolb
Hoax ORIBENO KAMI.
IWASE Halos° KAKI.
ISUDA HAITZABRO.

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AURORA BOREAL:M.—EarIy this morning, boe-
tween twelve and one, a. most brilliant display of the sbt Irne
phenomenon was observed extending from the weal a
hemisphere to the north-west, north and north-east, t'''_,
reaching to the zenith. The appearance in the west was
that of a large fire, but in the north and north-east it war°
of a violet colour, and ltashes of light of the same colou
darted along the heavens with great brilliancy. ThisAb,:a;
tiful display lasted for mbo`ut an hour, and then gr3"-",, "
died away, leaving a serene and unclouded autumnal B_,'l.;a
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