The Sun.
London, England, 1845-08-25 00:00:00

from the -west. As the day advanced, however, the
wind became lulled ; the clouds assumesl a greater alti-
tude; the beams of th sun occasionally strugglwl through.
and, on the whole, the aspect was more favourable.—
.Doneaster Garet to of Friday.
Although Monday and Tuesday were amongst the
most unfavourable days we have had in Yorkshire in
prospect of the harvest, the brisk wind of Wednesday,
the fair, though not brilliant day of Thursday, and the
still More favourable weather of yesterday, have effected

a very favourable change, and re-animated the public

spirit's. The barometer, after passing through all the
cbatiges from " Rain" to " Fair" in the course of those
thr. e days, has assumed a more settled position. Still
-there is mach cause for apprehension. In all parts of
the country the corn is a good deal beaten down,—in
wine places irrevocably ; we hear of rust and mildew,
and the other diseases incident to wet seasons, and in the

kw parts of the country, particularly in Lincolnshire,
from which we insert a very desponding letter from one
of our own correspondents, the mischief is very exten-
sive. The barley seems to have suffered more from the

rain generally than other grain. Oats are ripening,
and nearly ready for the sickle, but they do not ripen
kindly, and the wheat, which is the most important of
all the grain crop, is still green, and from a fortnight
to three weeks later than last year. The following is
an extract -from the Wakefield corn 16tter of the cor-

responding week of last year (August 23) :—" Since
this day lieek the weather upon the whole has been
favourable for harvest-operations, and the harvest is now

progreising rapidly. The supply of wheat is small for
this d.iy's market, but sales are slow at a reduction of

per quarter. A sample of new Lincolnshire barley
was sold at 395. per quarter."—Leeds Merely y.
SOUTH RAMS —Harvest operations have been much
reterded here. On Monday rain set in about four in
the afternoon, and lasted twenty hours, a dead soaker.
Tuesday and Wednesday were catching days t' there
was reaping but no carrying. For ten miles round
Tomes the wheat is much blighted. 1-;:.pressing a
doubt of this fact, to one of the best farmers of the dis-
trict, he pointed out to ,us a field on the ridge of the hill
which overlooks Totnes bridge, as a specimen of the
eoedition of the wheat in that neighbourhood Thi,,
fi,:la belongs to Mr. Nicholas Manning of BramborotKln ;
when it was last in wheat it had more than 40 bushels
an acre of the best description. This year it will not

give fifteen bushels per acre, and not a single bushel of
the best description. We have seen spr?cimens of
wheat from Drewsteignton district, culled by two ex-

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tensive corn-factors, yesterday, as a teat of the condition
of the crop. These specimens exhibit rust and blight
to a slight degree. Practical judges have come to the
conclusion that a considerable quantity of foreign wheat
must be bought before next harvest.— Western Times.

THE 'MOOR&

The sportkoan's time has never, we believe, been more
actively employed than preceding the first day of the
present geoi.t,e shodting season, nor better prospects has
he had that; What he is likely to enjoy during its conti-
nuance. A greater number of sportsmen has not been
in the north than within the last few days. Several
affootings, which, from their large extent and the diffi•
culty existing of making up corresponding parties, are
still in the market, but if these were divided into
moors of from 5,000 to 6,000 acres, we hare no doubt
but the whole would meet with tenants on any terms.
Tuesday morning, the " twat of August," was rather
Ilea% ourable for the bills; but towards the afternoon the
day cleared up, so consequently our news from the hills
of the number shot is not so large as at the same time
last year. Oa the 12th, George Ross, Esq., of Cro-
marty, bagged, on the hill of Tain, 403. brace of
grouse, 5 mountain hares, and a teal drake—in.king in all,
87 head of gituie. Mr. R. had only gone ont at a rather
late hour, and hitherto this moor was almost wholly un-
productive, but owing to the attention latterly paid to the
preservation of the game, it promises to become a very
excellent one. Mr. Napier and Major Ogilvy, at
Dounavourd, 'near PitloChrie, bagged 413. brace
and three blue hares ; Alfred Baillie. E,q., eight
brace, at Culduthel ; Mr. S. Casborne, 12 brace, on Mr.
Grant's, Joverness, moors ; Major Fraser, 24 brace,
on Holme moor, in four hours ; Mr. Rose and Mr.
Sims, 21 brace, at Holme ; Captain Boyd, 53 brace,
and H. Davidson, Esq., at Cantry, 30 brace and
4 hares ; Mr. Laverack and party, at Pitmain, 200
brace ; Mr..M`Gildowny and Mr. Casement, at Bel-
vine, 70 brace ; Mr. Berney and friend, at Newton-
more, 35 brace each ; J. B. Fraser, at Monisck, 10
braces in three hours ; Mr. Colby, at Dell of Morle, 30
brace ; Mr. Ross, at Strathgarve, 25 brace ; Call-
well,
Esq.; and friend, at Kilfin, 57 brace ; Cluny Mac-
pherson, 40 brace, at Cluny.—Ross-shire Advertiser.
Considera* execution appears to have been done
by sportsmen' on our moors, on the twelth and succeed-
ing days. The birds were plentiful, but strong on the
wing, and generally not easily to be got at. At Blair-
quhan' on the 12th, Sir David H. Blair, Bart., Captain
J. H. 13i Air,' and John H. Blair, Esq., shot 45 brace
of Grouse, on Lamdoughty and Gass Moors, p trish of
Straiton. Sir David bagged 18 brace to his own guu,
although n.gt:uu the moor till half-past 11 o'clock.
On the 14th tiir David, and John H. Blair, Esq. shot
313- brace in • four hours. On the 15th Sir Charles-
Lambe, Bart., - and -Capt.. J: H. Blair bagged 35 brace
in seven hours. Mr. Walker, of Bellsbank, on the 12th,
killed 28 brace On the farm of
_goer, on the Craigen-

THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.
Itailkagain set in on Monday evening in many parts
of the country, and continued without intermission the
whole of Tuesday. On Wednesday, a brisk gale from
the north-west cleared away the clouds, and in and
around Derby we had fine weather up to the time of
writing this (yesterday afternoon). It has been ascer-
tained that the late heavy rains have really greatly in-
jured the crops, which will not, it is thought, give an
average yield, even should the weather continue as favour-
able as one would wish.—Derby Reporter of Friday.
We understand, from a source upon which we can
rely, that there are considerable failures in wheat ;
yet, it is hoped that the increased breadth of tillage,
and the much larger quantity of stalk, will afford
almost an average crop. The late rains have not injured
the wheat so much as the unfavourableness of the weather
at the time of blossoming. A great deal was beat about
that time, and became what farmers term " Keeebound,"
by which the sap is prevented from rising and giving its
nutriment to the kernel. It is hoped, notwithstanding,
that if PrOvidence favours us with fine weather, there will
be a fair supply up to Midsummer next. Barley and oats
are a good crop The early potatoes have failed, but the
later potatoes are looking very well. Harvesting has com-
menced in good earnest in Cornwall, and some small quan-
tities have bea4 secured in this neighbourhood, more par-
ticularly in the .vieinity orthe rivers. We saw a consi-
derable quantity :cut in the neighbourhood of Saltram
lan week. The few days of fine weather that we have
bad has enabled farmers to get in a great deal of the hay
that was in a precarious state, and it may be said to be
seeured in tolerable order. • The quantity saved in fine
order has not been large, but the crop upon the whole
has been a bountiful one.—Plymouth Journal.
The weather, we regret to say, is still most untoward
for harvest purposes. On Monday from noon till night
sunshine and moderate heat prevailed; but since then
we have had showers, heavy rains, and almost chilling
cold. The rain ceased yesterday evening, but the atmo-
sphere continues heavy and humid.—Caledonian Mer-
cury.
Within the past week there has been a great many
changes in the weather, and yesterday one of a most
unfavourable nature, and this day again presents no
change for the better. The effect of the late rains, of
which so much apprehension was entertained, has
not been by any means so prejudicial as some per-
sons are anxious to represent it—and we are in-
formed by an experienced agriculm. ist, who has
• within the last week seen a good deal the condition
of the crops through this county, that they look gene-
rally good and productive. We have seen some samples
of new oats, grown in the neighbourhood of Midleton,
the 'grain of which is full and hard, and, as regards the
potato crop, there never was less reason to complain. A
great deal, however, will yet depend on the continuance
of fair weather or otherwise, for in many parts of the
county the crops are very late, and require some
ripe.ang heat to bring them to maturity.—Cork Southern
Reporter. •
THE HARVEST.—The few finer days previous to
Monday last raised hopes that the harvest might
yet be gathered in tolerable condition, but on
the eveping of that day the clouds gathered
again, and a deluge of rain fell the whole of the
night, continuing on Tuesday, accompanied with a
strong and tempestuous wind. The alarm is again
general. The failure of the potato crop is confirmed
from all quarters. Very serious, indeed beyond all
calculation, must be the consequences, if immediate and
long continued dry weather do not ensue. Under any
circumstances, enough damage has been already done to
render the crop deficient in yield and in quality. Amidst
all this, there is a duty of nearly 20s. per quarter on the
importations of corn. What a taste for starvation the
people of this country must have, to enact, or allow to
be enacted, such laws !—Kent Herald.
Within the last few days the state of the weather
in this district has been of such a character as to
awaken serious apprehensions for the safety of
the growing crops. A large quantity of rain
fell during the whole of Monday and Tuesday
and the greater portion of these nights, with little
hope that a period was at hand for the prevalence
of those sunlight and genial hours which are essentially
necessary for bringing the produce to a state of perfect
maturity. On Wednesday the showers hatd ceased to
fall, but a brisk wind sprung up from the west, so chill
and boisterous, and with an atmosphere so cloudy and
cheerless as to present few, if any, indications, that un-
certainty for the future was at an end, or that, at length,
we were about to enter upon a more propitious period.
It is feared that the heavy crops of wheat will be
further beaten down by the heavy rain and sustain very
considerable injury ; that, in many instances, they
will be totally unable to' resume their upright position ;
and that the grain will be much deteriorated by the im-
possibility of its becoming well fed, or of ripening
equally. This feeling has been increased by the rain
occurring after the comparatively fine days of the pre-
ceding week. It should, however, be borne in mind,
that the wheat crops are yet green ; and that the
injury may bti possibly less than if the produce was
quite ripe for the sickle. This remark, however, does
not apply to barley, which is in a more advanced state,
and, consequently, liable to greater injury. Some of
the produce of the barley lands has been already cut,—
at Wheatley, for instance, on the farm of Sir W. B.
Cooke, Bart., where harvest commenced on Friday last
by cutting it with the sickle ; but these operations, in
consequence of the heavy and incessant rains, have
been checked. We have seen several tracks of this
description of produce much lodged ; and, in some
instances, the green weeds are growing through, and
binding it down to the ground. Under these circum-
stances, it is to he feared that the quality will be much
deteriorated, and much injury inflicted. Wednesday
night was gusty, threatening, and extremely cold and
cheerless. Early yesterday morning, several heavy
showers again descended, with a brisk wind blowing: