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

TFIE SUN,, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING,_ AUGUST 251_ 184112

Wales, 154-EXeter and Crediton, 8%--Exeter,
pun Doe Jaester, % prem.
IIUDDERSFIELD, AuG 22.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are Great Grimsby Dock
Extensiot., , 15s. pm.-Shrewsburv, Hereford, and North Wales,
314:3-Dun :lee and Perth, 436-Huddersfield and Sheffield
Junction, 111,fi ex new-Manchester and Birkenhead Con-
tinuation, 255. pm -Nottingham, Erewash, and Ambergate,
oit g 31. 136.-Si.nth Midlands, 614 pm.
to
HULL, Auo 22:
STOCK rxerLiNcia.-The sales are-Durham and Sunder-
- land New, 44. IBs. 9d.-London and Croydon New, 13/4-York
der-
Aug,
21. . Clot& Aug. and Nortl; Alidland Extension, 24Y4-Blackburn, Darriwen,
22. -.
and Bolton, 9-Grimsby Dock Extension, 23/ Nr th B O
- Half Shares, 9-Derby and Crewe, 3-East Lincolnshire,
- - 145.-Great .:astern and Western, 2s. 6d.-London and Bir-
- - mingham Exl:ension. 19s. 6d.-London and York, 53ja -New-
- - castle, Durham, and Lancashire, 285.-Nottingham, Belvoir,
and Grantham, Z.ls.-Nottingham and Boston, 125.-Not-
tingham and Mixislield, 255.-Rugby, 2%-South Midlws and,
- --iheffi eld and Lincolnshire J unction, 3% -Shrebury,
- Hereford, and North Wales, 4.
YORK, AUG. 22.
STOCK ExcHANGF..-The sales are-Eastern Union Exten-
sion, :317-Midland, New, 2614-Newcastls and Darlington
Tunction, 53-Nkrrili British, 31%-Ditto, New, 914.-York
North Mid:and Extension, 24%-Great Grimsby and
Id Junction, 7%-Leeds and Bradford, 551,4-I:Aver-
..)rinskirk, and Preston, 7-London and York, 5%-
.sanchester, Buxton, &c., 8%-Newcastle and Berwick,
24-Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole, 48.
EDINBURGH, AUG. 20.
STOCK EXCEIANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 3/. 6s. 61-
Ab,n-deen, Banff. and Elgin, 2/. 11s. 6d.-Arbroath and For-
far, 251.-Di t to. Half Shares,ls/.- Armagh and Portrush, W. -
Banffshire,2/. 13. 6,1-British and Irish Union, 3L
fast and County Down, 3/. I7s. 6d -Cambridge and Lincoln,
3/. 103 -Caledonian, 101. 10s.-Caledon ian Extension, 21.
165.-Caledonian and Dumbarton, 31. 17s. 61-Clydesdale
Junction, W.-Direct Northern, 2/. 55.-Dundee and Ar-
broath, 371. Is. 6d.-Ditto, New, 181.-Dundea and Perth,
41. Cs. and Bathgate, 2/. 6s. - Edinburgh
and Glasgow, 881.-Ditto, Quarters, 211. 155.-Ditto, New,
151-Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Dumbarton, I/. 17s. 6d.
--Edinburgh, Leitb, and Granton, 261.-Ditto, Prefer-
ence, 161. 10s.-Edinburgh and Northern, IL 125.-Ditto,
:7e New, 1/. 25.-Edinburgh and Peebles, 2/. 155.-Edinburgh
_ and Perth, 11. 145.-Glasgow and Ayrshire, M.-Ditto,
- New Stock, 221.-Glasgow and Belfast Union, 3/. 10s.-
- Glasgow and Neilston, 211. 10s.-Glasgow and Garnkirk, 41/.
-Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 1/. 35.-Glasgow and
- Greenock, 211.-Ditto, New Stock, 10/. 55.-Ditto, Pre-
ference, 21.-Great North of Scotland, 21. 15s. 6d.-Inver-
ness and Elgin, 11. 2s. 6d.-Kilmarnock and Ardrossan, 51.155.
- -London and York, 4/. 10s.-Londonderry and Coleraine,
-3/. 17s. 6.1.-Londonderry. and Enniskillen, 3/. 155.-Monk-
-8 land and Kirkintilloch,33/.-Morayshire, 11.-North British,
31/. 10s.-Ditto, Halves, 9/. 53.-North Wales Mineral,
3% New, 6/. 55.-Perth and Inverness, 2/. 25.-Scottish Central,
71. 12s. 6d -Scottish Midland, 2/. 78. 6d.-Shrewsbury, Os-
- vestry, and Chester, 4/. ls.-Slamannan, 181.-South
Midland, 51. 18s.-Stirling and Dunfermline, 11. 153.-
Waterford, Wicklow, and Dublin, 1/. 165.-Wishaw and
Cultness, 391.

and
Shcfi
pool,

RAILWAY RETURNS.

RAILWAY TRAFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail-
ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the
respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the same
week in the previous year :

I 1 Week
ending

Last
week.

o„
as;.;
F.,:!.'-'
0. b°
U ..5.

NAME OF RAILWAY.

Aug. 16

- 2

Arbroath and Forfar ••••• • • • •

Bristol and Birmingham . • • • • • • • • • •
Chester and Birkenhead . • ...... • • •
Dublin and Drogheda. • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Dublin and Kingstown • • • •
Dundee and Arbroath . :• • • • • • • • •

6 Durham and Sunderland •••
6 Edinburgh and Glasgow •• • ••••• • ••
7 Eastern Counties and North Eastern• •
6 Glasgow, Itilinarnock, and Ayr •••• ••
.6 Glasgow and Greenock.• •• • • ...
.6 Grand Junction •••• • • •

- I - i 17

- I- I 16

- I - I 16

- I - I 19

- 11% I 16

- 1 - 1 18

- 1 - 1 18

- I - I 16

- I - I 16

- I - I )6

- 1 - I 16

Gravesend and Rochester .........
Great North of England •• •• • • •• •• •
Great Western. •• •• • • •• •• •• •• •• •• •
hull and Selby •.

Liverpool and Manchester . ••
Loudon and Birmingham . •• •
London and Blackwall..
London and Brighton. •• • • ••
London and Croydon . • • ........••••
London and Greenwich. • • •••• •
London and South Western. •• ••••••
Manchester, Bolton, and Bury .• •• ••
Manchester and Birmingham.• •• •• ••
Manchester, Leeds, and Ilan Assoc
Midland Comities. •• • • •• •• .. •• •• •• ••
Newcastle and Darlington •• •• •• •• ••
Newcastle and Carlisle.... . ..

Newcastle and North Shields •• •• ••
North Union and Bolton and Preston
Paris, Corbeil, and Orleans •••• •• ••
Paris and Rouen. •• • • •• • • •• •• •• •• ••

Preston and Wyre • • • • • • • • • • •
Sheffield and Manchester • • • • • • • • • • •
South Eastern. . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ••• . •

Taff Vale • •

Ulster

Yarmouth and Norwich .
York and North llidhind.

1,129

400
3,221
6,248
2,002
1,228
17,782
283

20,032

20,805
1,244
6,651
2,016

6,339

744
1,325

586
2,739
4,379
1,690
1,128
10,224

427
1,836
5,469
6,235

814
6,483
878

367
3,052

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.
TAFF VALE.

On Wednesday the half-yearly general meeting of the
_ proprietors was held at Bristol; Sir J. Guest in the chair.
2% Mr. Moacom (the secretary) read the Directors' re-
- port. in which were ttie following statements :-
- • " The receipts during the past half year amount to
- 24,894/. 19a. I Id., being an increase of 2,202/. 12s. 9d., as
- compared with the last half year, and of 654801. 18s., as
- compared with the corresponding six months of 1844.
The profits of the past half year (after payment of the
- working expenses, the interest on bonds and capital
stuck, and a dividend equal to 5 per cent. per annum on
° 6,000 quarter shares) amount to 6,3091. 25., which, with
- 579/. Bs. 10.1., undivided lat half year, will give a dis-
- posable balance of 6,8881. 10s. 101, from which your
Directors recommend a dividend to the holders of original
shares, at the rate of 3L 14s. 6d. per cent. per annum on
- the amount of capital standing to the credit of each
- old share on the 31st of December last, or 2/. 6s. lid. per
share for the half year. This will leave 3s. Id. per share
- to be added to the capital of the original share, viz.:-
- Amount of each old share on 31st
Dec., 1844, as per last report £125 16 11
Sum authorised to be placed to the
credit of each cld share half
yearly
7: Less dividend now recommended 2 611 0 3 1

•
£126 0 0
In pursuance of the resolution of the special general
. meeting, held on the Ist of April, the Directors took
measures for obtaining an Act of Parliament to enable
them to carry out the agreement made with the Mar-
. quis of Bute on the 14th November last. The period
- of giving notices of applications to Parliament fixed by
the standing orders of the House of Commons having
elapsed before the agreement with the Marquis of Bute
- was made, and the Committee of that House refusing
to suspend the standing orders, as in many other in-
_ stances they had done, your Directors regret to say that
- the Bill was thrown out. The formation of a double
- line as far as Navigation House is in progress, one-
- fourth of the_ distance (from Cardiff to Llandaff)
_ being nearly finished, and arrangements made for
- the completion of the remainder. During the last
- session of Parliament, the Aberdare Railway Com-
pany obtained an Act for joining your line at Navigation
- House, distant from Cardiff sixteen miles. When the
great extent of the coal-field thus opened, and the pre-
a'' ference the Aberdare coal has obtained all over the
_ world for steam-packet purposes, are taken into con-
- sideration, it may safely be asserted that the increase of
- trade which will be thus brought on the Taff Vale Rail-
_
way can hardly be overrated. The erection of blast
- furnaces contemplated by Mr. Crawshay Bailey on his
very extensive mineral estate, through which the
Aberdare line passes, holds out the prospect of still
- increasing revenue to this Company."
The CHAIRMAN, in reply to inquiries from Mr. Price
- and others, said the 76 forfeited shares would be sold in
- the market.
OVERTON said he considered that the Directors
were exceeding the powers vested in them by the Act
of Parliament, by expending their capital in making a
- double line before they had accomplished the purposes
for which the Company was formed. It was intended
that a branch should be made to Dowlais. This had not
- been made, noi, as far as he could ascertain, were there
any preparations for making it. He had no doubt
that if the Company were to make that branch
t at it would yield a large profit. Indeed, he
- had no hesitation in say in that it would not only
- return five per cent. on the outlay, but it would yield
from 3,000/. to 4,0001. a year to the present line. For
- some strange reason this branch had never been made,
and he ( Nlr. Overton) insisted that the Cotnpany•were
t,ound to make it before they could expend money in
_ making a double line.
The CHAIRMAN said, if the Hon. Proprietor would
look at the Act of Parliament, he would find that the
Dowlais Company had taken powers to make the line
- themselves whenever it might, suit them to do so. With
- the great capital which that Company possessed, there
could be no doubt that if it -had appeared to them de-
sirable they would have made it. At present the Di-
- rectors did not deem it judicious to --recommend the
Shareholders to do so.
Sir J. Guest, Mr. C. James, and Mr. R. H. Webb were
-- re elected Directors.
- At the close of the meeting the forfeited shares were
put up to auction, and realised from 1401. to 1411.

MIDDLESBOROUGH AND REDCAR.
The Directors of this line celebrated the passing of
the Bill for this line by a public dinner at Redear. The
line having been staked off preparatory to obtaining
- the contract, the Directors and several of the
Shareholders walked over the course, and visited the
- dock branch of the Darlington and Stockton Railway,
on a convenient part of which the Middlesborough
- station-house is intended for the Redcar line. The
- latter, we may here state, branches off the former line,
near the docks, and skirts the Tees and the sea banks,
-- visaing Ormsby Hall, Normazby Hall, Wilton Castle,
Kirleathom, and other places of interest, which were
pointed out to the company as they went over the line.
- On nearing Coatham, a village about a mile from Redcar,
2% the Directors were met by. a number of influential
gentlemen belonging to the neighbourhood, and escorted
into the -town by instrumental music, banners, and a
.!onsid,rable number of the inhabitants, who evince 3
an enthusiasm in the proceedings that has never, we
are sure, been witnessed on any previous occasion in
Reclean, The town had quite a holiday appearance.
The inhabitants, to a great extent, suspended all busi-
ness for the day, and flags and colours were displayed
from most of the houses. On reaching the site In-
tended for the station, where, by the way, a tent was
erecte4, an tea supplied to about 500 females, the direc-
tors proceeded to the Red Lion llotek where they partook
of a sumptuous entertainment, Mr. Wilkinson pre-
siding ; supported by Mr. C. Dryden, as Vice-Chairman ;
Messrs. Yeas,-,jun., Henry Pease, B. Flounders, J. Q.
4atr.aniel flews, Edw. Oxley, Birkbeek, of
; John Harris. Thomas Newham, of Yam ; F.
Mewl:pro, s:em, V. vlo'vliorn, ji3n., J. W. Peitae, J. Middle
ton, C. C. Oxley, Dr. Harper, T. B. tlonfine.r.4all, John
Dolphin, of Hunter House ; Thomas Macnap, John
Baker, of Thirek, and others. The dining-room was

decorated with flip, on which were inscribed "Mid.
clleshro' and Redcar Inilwax—Cu,su pc-wiz- at littora
IJ7clit" (swift in its course it tends to the shore). and
"Success to the Bishop-Auckland and Weardale Rail-
way Company—Fit via vi" (it becomes a way by force).
A variey of teat, were proposed and responded to,
amowt others, " The Directors of the Iliddleborough
and Redcar Railway."
The Cama-max returned thanks. The undertaking
in which they were concerned must, he be deeply
interesting to the commercial classes. Looking to the
various channels of communication by various rail-
ways already formed or in progress, and ,to the
connexion speedily to be formed with Lancashire
and the West Riding of Yorkshire, no ono could fail
to see the great benefit this district would derive from
the railwa--. When they hmsidered how completely
it stood proved that thfi improvement in agriculture
had gone hand in. hand with railways, they must agree
that both were inseparable interests. When they saw
matiareQ, mineral, ve4et.:ble, and chemic,d, and the pro
dule of the land thus manured brought from one place
to another with such facility, and when, above all, they
saw that collision of mind which enabled one farmer to
co:np rre his potitioa with an ither i.t a different Rat of
foe e itintr), they saw titioutt.h to show the advantages of
railways to the agricultural interest.
OXFORD, WORCES'FER, AND WOLVERIIAMPTON. • A
pitblie dinner was given in the Market price;, at Stow-
on the-Wohl, last week, to IL G. Btr•by, E:q., of More-
ton, and Robert Beartn, Esq , of Donnington house, to
commemorate the pas-ing of the Oxf rd, Worcester, and
Wolverhampton Railway Bill. The 112 v. R. W. Hippos-
ley presided, awl sevetal addresses were delivered, the
respective speakers concurring in the conviction that the
proposed line woold be of in calculable a lvAtitAga lo the
districts through which it passe:!. The staking out of
the lioe is being proceeded with, anti the ground will
shortly be hri&in.
- GREAT EASTERN AND WESTERN.—We 1,1,1rn that this
Company is prepared to adopt the wile !-2:,att4.e from
Birmingham to Swansea, and to meet the wishes of the
inhabitants of Great Malvern and Ledbury to the fullest
extent, by making communication With .these towns
either by the main line or branches therefrom.—Wor-
cester Chronicle.

The proprietors of the Somersetshire Canal purpose to
convert it into a railway,
A rumour has reached us that Mr. Hudson has avowed
his intention to bring out a rOw line of railway between
Hull and :Manchester, passing through Howden, and
saving 26 miles in the entire distance between the two
termini. This act of hostility to the Manchester and
Leeds Company is said to have followed an intimation
that the latter Company intend to divert, so far as it is
possible, the Manchester export goods traffic from Hull
to Goole, by means of the Wakefield, Pontefv.et, and
Goole Railway.— Ea,tern Counties Herald.
The system which many bankers have adopted, of ad-
vancing money upon railway shares as security, has con-
tributed much to the diffusion of the mania for specula-

tion, and to an unnaturally high state of prices. Two-
thirds of the quoted value, it is understood, is generally
lent, and the nr,ney, as long as it lasts, is in all proba-
bility employed in fresh speculations.—Sentinel.
WHITER AVEN JUNCTION.—That portion of the White-
haven Juneti,,n Railway, extending from Maryport
across the Derwent to Workington, is expected to be
opened for the convyance of goods and passengers be-
fore the close of the present year. _Cumberland Pacquet

structed cheaply, and worked economically, whhah T have
no doubt will h, the ease in this instai ce. Besides the
line from Enniskillen to Sligo, I liar? surveyed another
line from Baliybay to Cavan, which is also about to
be undertaken by an influential and powerful Compary
(the North Midland)," and which will also prove a
most beneficial feeder or branch to the Dundalk end
Enniskilhn Railway, as it will open the whole of that
country to the nearest seaport, where the agricultural
produce is at present sent by common carts, the number
of which on market days is extremely large. On the
whole, therefore, and considering. the increased trade of
Dundalk, thi- prospect of most important branch rail-
ways and extension of the line being constructed, and
the certainty of its being cheaply made, I have no hesi-
tation whatever in stating that I-consider the Dundalk
and Enniskillen Railway an excellent and useful und.er-
taking, likely to prove beneficial to the country and re-
munerative to its proprietors."
IJIATER.—The traffic on this Railway (25 miles
opened; was, for the week ending 17th August, 1845:—
Passengers, 13 009, amount 461/. 14:. Id. ; goods.
131/. Its. 4,1.-5931. si. 51. Correspondini, week of
last year :—Pass hgers. 11,373, amount .109/". 12,. 41;
goods, 1221 12,. 31-532/. 7(1.

I 1 PR,P3SED AMALGAMATION OF COUNTY DowN

LlNES.—Ditheultius have arisen is the way of the abr.ve
mekvure, such as seem very likely to pri vent its ty!com
plishment. A meeting of the shar,holders of the Belfast
and County Down, and the Newry, Banbridge, and
Belfast junction Railway, called to consider and decide
upon the subject.

GREAT SOUTHERN AND WESTERN.—The arecturs
have inAde a call of 51, p, r sh re upon the Exteusious to
Limerick and Cup k.

THE WEATH ''.l:l/. AND THE CROPS.
N.RTH OF IRELAND.—During the past week. there
have been same days of weather favourable for tee corns-
meneement of the early grain harveat, and advantage
has been taken of this by the farmers in a few place.
There have, however, been heavy rains, by which
weighty corn crops have been partially laid down, and
'their ripening thus retarded. In the neighbourhood of
Belfast, particularly on the Downshire side, several fills
of barley have fallen before the sickle, and the yield,
both in grain and straw, is stated to be at least an ave-
rage. Very little winter-sown wheat is as yet ready far
cutting ; but, in one or two very early districts, a few
patches have been reaped ; and the return of grain pro-
mises well. Toe last of the flax crop has been pulled ;
and the greater proportion of the season's produce is now
undergoing the process of grassing. The quantity of
fine flax is likely to prove greater than was at one time
anticipated. The growth of the potato plant progresses
as favourably as the most sanguine fernier could wish ;
and there is no doubt that this crop will far exceed in
quantity that of any year since 1340.—Banner of Ulster.
During the past and present week we hare been over
several miles of the country in our neighbourhood, and
we can safely say that a few days of sunshine would
give us a crop unequalled even in the late plenteous
seasons. Everywhere—and more particularly in the
rich valley of the Ayr— the wheat and oats are very
heavy in the ear and long in the straw ; thus pro-
mising abundance for man and the inferior animals.
In the neighbourhood of Gadgirth and Enterkine
we observed several fields of wheat far advanced
in ripeness, and only waiting a glimpse of sunshine to
fit them for the sickle. Farther up the Ayr, to the
banks of the Lugar, oats are the prevailing crop ;
and though greener than in the lower lands, they are
also very heavy and abundant. Barley is generally
pretty far advanced ; but—sunshine ! sunshine ! As-
tonishingly little grain of any kind has been
laid by the rain. Beans have a very promising
appearance. In the potatoe crops we observed no
failures ; partial failures may have occurred, but so
far as we can judge, the root will be very plenteous.
The late wet weather has marred the finishing of
the hay harvest ; generally it is cut, but a consider-
able quantity lies upon the meadows waiting for
heat. In our immediate neighbourhood the crops wear
a very luxuriant appearance, though it will be some
time ere the sickle be in active operation. Friday and
Saturday last were brilliant days ; but the mornings
and evenings were exceedingly chill. In fact, the frost
on those mornings lay, in some places, quite white.
This visit of the rude nortlanan was anything but
welcome. Oc Sunday the wind blew strong from the
south east, driving before it heavy and successive
showers. Yesterday the wind rounded to W.S.W , and
the sun shone strongly.—Ayr Observer.
On this increasingly important subject, we regret we
cannot report very favourably for the past week, rain
having fallen almost every day since our last publication.
The worst fears have consequently been entertained by
the farmer throughout the district, not so much because
of the injury already done to the creps, as on account of
the damage that may yet occur, should the protracted
wet weather continue much longer. The only day on
which no rain fell was Saturday, when considerable pro-
gress was made in securing the hay. In Yorkshire and
some of the southern counties, the crops are said to be
in a very fair condition, and appear to have suffered
little from the inclemency of the weather. This, we
believe, is also the case in Scotland and Ireland ; and
should the weather take a favourable turn, as we fondly
hope it will, we may yet have fully an average harvest.
—Tyne Mercury.
It would have been a matter of no ordinary gratifi-
cation to have recorded, this week, that the state of the
weather, upon which every thing now depends, had at
length assumed that settled and sun light character
which is essentially necessary to bring tee forthcoming
crops of grain to a state of perfect maturity. Un-
he ?ply, however, such is not the case. One day,
marked by a character of general brightness, has been
succeeded by one of almost incessant and extremely
heavy rain—at least, for the greater part of
the day. This was the case on Tuesday last, when
the showers descended literally in torrents, and
must, we fear, have occasioned much injuty in those
localities where the crops are fliiegy and heavy upon the
ground. Even the occasional recurrence of a bright day
is succeeded by one of gloom and heaviness. We knew
nothing of a uniform continuance of clear and cloudless
skies, and of that high and also uniform state of the
atmosphere, without which the wheat crop cannot yield
that bountiful produce which, at one time, presented
very gratifying indications, and without which the most
lamentable results will ineviably ensue, in embarrass.
ment to trade, the prostration of enterprise, the de-
rangement of the money market, from the effect of
which railway speculations could not escape, and in
privations and sufferings of no ordinary nature and
extent. These considerations aro of the more import-
ance, when it is remembered, that, with the immense
daily consumption of a rapidly increasing population, the
stock of bonded wheat now on hand only amounts to
about twelve days' consumption. We trust, however,
that in most localities no serious damage has yet been
occasioned. But, at the same time, it cannot be denied
that the harvest, especially with a continuance of the
present weather, will be protracted to a late period ;
and that, consequently, the risks of the crop being
secured in good condition, are doubled, and that the
stocks on hand, as we have before remarked, will expe-
rience a daily diminution before the new grain can be
po isibly brought to the market. In proof of the lateness
of the sees )n it need only be remarked, that last year—
an early harvest, certainly—wheat, in the higher loca-
lities in this district, was cut on the sth of August, which
corresponds with Tuesday last, and now the crop is as
green as grass. To the generality of crops, indeed, a
late harvest is invariably injurious.—Doncaster Gazette.
Rain again set in on Monday evening in many parts
of the country, and continued without intermission the
whole of Tuesday. On Wednesday, a brisk gal-. 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-
jered the crops, which will not, it is thought, give an
average yield, even should the weathercontinue 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 mush 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 " Krieebound,'
by which the sap is prevented from rising and giving its
nuttiment to the kernel. It is hoped, notwithstanding,
that it Providence favours us with fine weather, there will
be a fair supply up to Midsummer next. Barley and ows
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 been secured in this neighbourhood, more par-
ticularly in the vicinity of the rivers. We saw a consi-
derable quantity cut in the neighbourhood of Saltram
last week. The few days of fine weather that we have
had 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
secured in tolerable order. The quantity saved in fine
order has not been large, but the crop upon the whole
has been a b4untiful one.—Plymouth Journal.
The weather, we regret to say, i 3 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 atmc-
asphere continues heavy and humid.—Caledunian Me.--
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 agriculturist, who has
within the last week seen a good deal of 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
ripening heat to bring them tomaturity.—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 evening of that day the clouds gathered
again, and a deluge of rein fell the whole of the
night, coatinuieg en Tuesday, accompanied with a
strung and ternpe:tueus 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 ceneequenees, if immediate and
long continued dry weather do not enaee, lindar any
circtltnstances enough dqmagp hefa hectl 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
importation of corn. What a taste for starvation the

`people of this country must havc, to enact, or allow -to
be enacted, such laws !—Ker,t Herald.

Within the last few days the state of the weather
in this district has b.en of such a character as to
awaken serious apprehensions fur 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 prAralence
of those sunlight 'and genial hours which are essentially
necessary fur bringing the produce to a state of perfect
maturity. On Wednesday the showers hard ceased to
fail, but a brisk wind sprung up from the west, so chill
and hoislerous, and with an atmosphere so cloudy at.d
cheerless as to present few, if any, indications, that un-
certainty fur 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 he totally unable to resume their upright position ;
and that the grain will be much deteriorated by the im-
p:)ssibility of its becoming well fed, or of ripening
f. qually. This feeling has been increased by the rain
eccurring after the • comparatively fine .days of the pre-
cett ug week. It should, however, •be borne in mind,
that the wheat crops are yet green ; and that the
it jury may be possibly less than if the produce was
gone rip., for the sickle. This remark, however, does
nit apply to barley, which is in a more advanced scat-,
and, consequently, fable to greater injury. horn" of
the produce of the barley lands has been already eu•,—
at Wheatiee, for i-istance, on the fern of Sir W. B.
Cooke, Bart., -where harvest commenced on Friday last
by cutting it with the sickle ; but these operations, in
onsequeece of the heavy and incessant rains, have
lace chtcked. We ba-e seen several tracks of this
d‘seriOtin of pro,7inte 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 be feared that the quality will be much
deteriorated, and much injury inflicted. Wednesday
night was gusty, thmtening, arid extremely cold and
cheerless. Early yesterday morning, several heavy
showers again descznthd, with a brisk wind blowing
from the west. As the day advanced, however, the
wind became lulled ; the clouds assumed a greater alti-
tude; the beams of the sun occasionally struggled through,
and, on the whole, the aspect was more favourable.—
Doncaster Gaut 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-anitrated the public
spirits. The barometer, after passing through all the
changes from " Rain" to " Fair" in the course of those
three days, has assumed a more settled position. Still
there is much cause for apprehension. In all parts of
the country the corn is a good deal beaten down,—in
sc me places irrevocably ; we hear of rust and mildew,
and the other diseases incident to wet seasons, and in the
low 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 letter of the cor-
responding week of last year (August 23) :—" Since
this day week the weather upon the whole has been
favourable for harvest operations, and the harvest is now
progressing rapidly. The supply of wheat is small for
this days market, but sales are slow at a reduction of
Is. per quarter. A sample of new Lincolnshire barley
was sold at 395. per varter."—Leeds MerCUT.
SOUTH HAMS —Harvest oprations have been much
retarded here. On Monday rain set in about four in
the afternoon, and lasted twenty hours, a dead soaker.
Tuesday and Wednesday were catchitg days ; there
was reaping but no carrying. For ten miles round
Totnes the wheat is much blighted. Expressing a
doubt of this fact, to one of the best farmers cef the dis-
trict, he pointed out to us a field on the ridge of the bill
which overlooks Totnes bridge, as a specimen of the
condition of the wheat in that neighbourhood This
field belongs to Mr. Nicholas Manning of Bramborough ;
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 specimens of
wheat from Drewsteignton district, culled by two ex-
tensive corn-factors, yesterday, as a test 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 MOORS.
The sportsman's time has never, we believe, been more
actively employed than preceding the first day of the
present grouse shooting season, nor better prospects has
he had than 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
shootings, 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.

l'uesdty morning, the " twal of August," was rather
unfavourable for the hills, 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
List year. Oa the 12th, Georde Ross, Esq., of Cro
irony, bagged, on the hill of 'fain, 40f brace of
grouse, 5 mountain hares, and a teal drake—rn.king in all,
87 head of game. Mr. R. had only gma out 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
exc2llent one. Mr. Napier and Major Ogilvy, at
l)ounavourd, near Pitlochrie, bagged 411 brace
and three blue hares ; Alfred Baillie, Eiq., eight
brace, at Culduthel ; Mr. S. Casborne. 12 brace, on Mr.
Grant's, Inverness, moors ; Major Fraser, 24 brace,
on Holme moor, in four hours ; Mr. Rose and Mr.
Sims, 21 brace, at Holm ; 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-
vide, 70 brace ; Mr. Berney and friend, at Newton-
more, 35
,brace each ; J. B. Fraser, at Moniack. 10f
brace, in three hours ; Mr. Colby, at Dell of M.rle, 30
brace ; Mr. Ross, at Strathgarve, 25 brace ; H. Call-
well, Esq., and friend. at Killin, 57 brace ; Cluny Mac-
pherson, 40 brace, at Cluny.—Ross-shire Adve; user.
Considerable execution appears to have been done
by sportsmen on our moors, on the twelfth 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. Blair, and John 11. Blair, Esq., shot 45 brace
of Grouse, on Lam(loughty and Gass Moors, prish of
Straiton. Sir David bagged 18 brace, to his own gun,
although not on the moor till half-put 11 o'clock.
On the 14th Sir David, and Ji..hn H. Blair, Esq. shot
31} brace in four hours. On ere 15th Sir Charles
Lambe, Bart , and Capt. J. H. Blair ba,4ged 35 brace
in seven hours. Mr. Walker, of Bellsbank, en the 12th,
killed 28 brace on the farm of Moor, on the Craigen
gillan estate. Dr. Eaton of Darnaconner killed, on the
Darnaconner Moors, on the 12th, 19f besee, and a
snipe ;on ti-.e 13th, 121, and a hare ;on the 15th, 13}
brace and 2 snipes ; and on the 16th, 14} brace of
grouse, and one brace of snipes. Dr. Eaton was home
cach day at four o'clock. On the 12th, Mr. Aird of
Crosallat, and Mr. Samson of Kilmarnock killed 22 brace
each ; and Mr. Wilson, of Chelmsford, and other gen-
tlemen, had excellent sprt in the vicinity of Muirkirk.
Throughout Ayrshire generally the shooting season
opened well.—Ayr Observer.
Yesterday se'nnight, grouse shooting commenced all
over the country, and since then, notwithstanding the
unfavourable waather, there has been an immense
slaughter of game. On the fells and other preserves in
be counties of Northumberland, Cumberland, and

Westmorland, grouse are pretty plentiful, the pouts
being fine strong birds. but the old ones, especially the
hens, are only small, and not so plump as they have
been known in former years. The coveys are
tolerably numerous, numbers of them are already
packed together, and being wild and strong on
the wing on some moor., it was with difficulty that
they were come within range of; but from the accounts
hitherto received from the moors, the sport was excel-
lent, especially on Wednesday, which was a fine bright
day, and the packs of birds were found basking on the
sides of the hillocks. From the late continued wet state
of the weather, the moors were very wet and heavy ;
yet, notwithstanding this, several of them made a long
day of the 12th, but at night they were truly " weary
sportsmen." Grouse are selling at from 4s. 6d. to ss. 6d.
per brace—the supply keeps pace with the demand.—
Tyne Mercury.
CUMBERLAND.—The early dawn on Tuesday morning,
the 12th instant, which was a fair one, but rather dark
and lowering, was anxiously waited for by hundreds of
sportsmen on the fells and moors all Britain over, impa-
tient to be at work with their slaughtering guns amongst
the game. On the fells and other preserves in the coun-
ties of Cumberland and Westmoreland, grouse are pretty
plentiful, the pouts being fine strong birds, but the old
ones, especially the hens, are only small, and not so
plump as they have been known in former years. The
chveys are tolerably numerous, numbers of which are al-
ready packed together, and being wild and strong on
the wing on some moors, it was with difficulty that they
were come within range of ; but from the accounts hi-
therto received from the moors. the sport was excellent, es-
pecially on Wednesday, which was a flue bright day, and
the packs of birds were found basking on the sides of the
hillocks. On a preserve near Alston moor,Cumberland, Mr.
Timothy Featherstonhaugh, of the College, Kirkoswald,
High Sheriff of the county of Cumberland, bagged up-
wards of 20 brace before noon on Tuesday. Sir George
Musgrave, of Eden-hall, and other gentlemen were very
successful. Mr. Henry Howard, of Greystoke Castle,
and his brother-in-law, Lord Andover, bagged on Mell-
fells, 16 and 10 brace respectively. On Shap-fells, Birk-
beck-fells. and other preserves of the Earl of Lonsdale,
the Hon. Colonel Lowther, M.P., and other gentlemen
now on a visit to his Lo-dship at Lowther Castle, made
out well. From the late continued wet state of the
weather, the moors were very wet and heavy; yet, not-
withstanding this, several of them made a long day of
the 12th, but at night they were indeed and of a truth,
weary sportsmen. Grouse are selling at ss. and 6s.
per brace, and the supply keeps pace with the demand.
The Marquis of Worcester add a few select friends
commenced the spurt of grouse shooting last week on
the Puke of Beaufort's moors, rear Crickhowell.
DERBYSHIRE.—Tuesday week being the 12th of Au-
gust, grouse shooting commenced. The Derbyshire
moors were crowded by eager sportsmen early in the
morning, although the weather was very unfavourable.
Nevertheless, the ardour manifested by the lover of the