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

TIRE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.
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 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-
jered the crops, which will not, it is thought, give an
average yield, even should the weathercontinue as favour-
able ai 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
ahnost an average crop. The late rains have not injured
the wheat so much as the unfavourableness of the weather
eat 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 rasing and giving its
;nutriment to the kernel. It is hyped, notwithstanding,
-that if Providence favours us wit'e fine weather, there will
Ze. a fair supply up to Midsumener next. Barley and oats
are a gaud crop The early potatoes have failed, but the
later potatoes are lookirr very well. Harvesting has cern-
meneed in good earnest in Cornwall, and some small quan-
tities have been secure d in this neighbourhood, more par-
ticalariy in the vicir:rty of the rivers. We saw a consi-
derable quantity e- at in the neighbourhood of Saltram
last week. The few days of fine weather that we have
had has ee`,Ved farmers to get in a great deal of the hay
that errs „er a precarious state, and it may be said to be
aecarefl In telerable order. The quantity saved in fine
ordet has not been large, bet the crop upon the whole
Nes been a bountiful one.—Plymouth Journal.
The weather, we regret to say, is still most untoward
Jrt harvest purposes. On Monday from noon till, night
sunshine and moderate heat prevailed; but stem then.
-we have had showers, heavy rains, and almrest chilling
cold. The rain ceased yesterday evening, 'out 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 yestreday 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 anxi'ius to represent it—and we are in-
formed by an experienced agriculturist, who has
th-:: last week .seen a good deal of the condition
of the crops through this county, that they look gene-
wally good and productive. We have seen some snmples
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 connitain. A
great deal, however, will yet depend on the continuance
of fair weather or otherwise, for in navay parts of the
county the crops are very late, p..nel require some
ripe-in;.' heat to bring them tomatv:iity.—Corh Southern
leporkr.

THE HARVEST.—The few finer days previous to
Monday last raised hops. that the harvest might
yet I.c fathered in tolerable condition, but On
the. evening of that day the clouds gathered
mad a deluge of rain fell the whole of the
.11:g:11, continuing on Tuesday, accompanied with a
strung and tempe,tunus wind- The alarm is again
general. The failure of the potato crop is confirmed
from all quarters. Very serious, indeed beyond an
calculation, nut be the consequences, if immediate And
ued dry weather do not ensue. Under any
enough damage has been B,l.ready done to
ro:, •-.• L. crop deficient in yield and in quality. Amidst
all t.;! re is a duty of nearly 20s. per quarter on the
of corn. What a taste for starvation the
..1;:., ..t. this country must havis, to enact, or allow to
be enacted, s,-Al laws !—Kest &raid.
Within tile last few days the state of the weather
in this district has b-en of such a character as to

nwaken

serious apprehensions for the safety of
the zr:ewiog crops. A large quantity of rain
fell during the whole of Monday and Tuesday
a'jd the greater portion of these nights, with little
Itope that a period was at hand for the prevalence
tjlosa sunlight and genial hours which are essentially
necessary fur bringing the produce to a state of perfect
maturity. On Wednesday the showers har4 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 ens, 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-
possibiqty of its becoming well fed, or of ripening
equally. This feeling has been increased by the rain
occurring after t'ne 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 be 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 cur,—
at Wheatley, for instance, on the, farm of Sir W. B.
Cooke, Bart., where harvest coramenced on Friday last
by cuttiug it with the sickle ; but these operations, in
consequre ce of the heavy and incessant rains, have
been eto eked. We have seen several tracks of this
deseription of proti.uce much lodged ; and, in some
instances, the green weeds eve 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', threatening, and extremely cold and
cheerless. Early yesterday morning, several heavy
showers again descended, with a brisk wind blowing
from the west. As the day advanced, however, the
wind becesine lulled ; the clouds assumed a greater alti-
tude; the beams of th sun occasionally struggled through,
anti, on the whole, the aspect was more favourable.—
Doncaster Gazet t Friday.
Although Monday and Tuesday were amongst the
most unfavourable days we have had in Yorkshire in
prospPet of the harvest, the brisk wind of Wednesday,
the lair, though not brilliant day of Thursday, and the
still more favourable weather of yesterday, have effected
a very faveurable change, and re-animated the public
spirits. The barometer, after passing through all the
changes from " Rain" to ‘. Fair" in the course of those
three days, leas assumed a more settled position. Still
there is ;nisch 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,
arid -the other diseases incident to wet seasons, and in the
low parts of .he country, particularly in Lincolnshire,
from Wtrich 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,
aid eeerly ready fur the sickle, but they du not ripen
kitelly, aryl the wheat, which is the most important of
all the g:,,thi crop, is still green, and from a fortnight
to thr,7:e weeks later than last year. The following is
att ct from the Wakefi •Id corn letter of the cor-
re,p-fttlitt.t. week of last year (August 23) :—" Since
t'lis thy ve ek the weather upon the whole has been
favour l'hle for harvest operations, and the harvest is now
pregfe t;‘e rapidly. Tne supply of wheat is small for
teis de, esenket, but sales are slow at a reduction of

ls. p r :pi,ixter. A sami.de of new Lincolnshire barley
was ,Lt 395. per qaartf,r."—Leeds Mereu,y.
Sours ilams.—Ftiirvest operations have been much
retard her,. On Monday rain set in about four in
the , at,.. rn a i, :int' lasted twenty hours, a dead soaker.
,ind Wednesday were catching days ; there
riaping but no carrying. For ten miles round
s tiie wheat is much blighted. Expressing
doubr. ot'this fact, to one of the best farmers of the dis.•
trier, lie p ,inted out to us a field on the ridge of the hill
which overlooks Totnes bridge, as a specimen of the
e.biidi'ion of the wheat in that neighbourhood. This
field la..l,vngs to Mr. Nicholas Manning of Bramboroub ;
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-
t,vsive c.mi-factors, yesterday, as a test of the condition
of the crop. These specimens exhibit rust and blight
to a slight degree. Tracheal judges have come to the
conclusion that a considerable quantity of foreign wheat
must be bouBht before next harvest.— Western Times.

THE MOORS.

The spatt,ana,e's time has never, we believe, been more
active+. employed than preceding the first day of-the
present grou .e shooting season, nor better prospects has
he bad '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
shootings, which, from their large extent and the diffi •
catty existing of making up corresponding parties, are
shill in the market, but if these were divided into
moors of from 5,000 to 6,000 acres, we have no doubt
but the whole would meet with tenants on any terms.
Tuesday morning, the " twal of August," was rather
unFavour4hle for the hills, but towards the afternoon the
day clear-d up, so consequently our news from the hills
of the number shot is not so large as at the same tune
list year. Oa the 12th, Georxe Ross, Esq., of Cro
m arty, bagged, on the hill of Taire 40i brace of
groase,s mountain hares, and a teal dralto—ne,king in all,.
87 head o." game. Mr. R. had only gone out at a rather
lac h err, and hitherto this moor was almost wholly un-
productive, but. owing to the attention latterly paid to the
pres:rvatian of the game, it promises to become a very
exc.ller,t one. Mr. Napier and Major Ogilvy, at
Dounaveurd, near Pitlochrie, bagged 41i brace
and three him, hares ; Alfred Baillie, Esq., eight
brace, at Cultinthel ; Mr. S. Casborne. 12 brace, on :vtr.
Grant's, Inverness, moors ; Major Fraser, 24 brace,
on Holino moor, in four hours ; Mr. Rose and Mr.
21 ,race, at Hohne •; Captain Boyd, 53 brace,
el IT.. ison, E-q., at Cantry, 30 brace and
•; erack and party, at Pity:lain, 200
- ; ny and Mr. Casement, at Bel-
vide, 70 brace ; `, r. Berney and friend, at Newton-
more, 35 brace each ; J. 13. Fraser, at Moniack, 10
brae°, in thr‘e flours ; Mr. Colby, at Dell of Morle, 30
brace ; Mr. Hess, at Strathgarve, 25 brace ; H. Call-
well, Esq., and friend, at Killin, 57 brace ; Cluny Mac-
phersun, 40 brace, at Cluny.—Ross-shire Adve,tiser.
Cknsiderable execution appears to have been done
by sportsmen on our moors, on the twelfh and succeed-
ing days. The birds were plentiful, but strong on the
wing, end generally not easily to be got at. At Blair-
c,han, on the 12th, Sir David H. Blair, Bart., Captain
J. H. Blair, and John H. Blair, Esq., shot 45 brace
R(-PieilVet,y4,...Ltundoughty and Gass Moors
his , parish of
A bagged 18 brace to own gun,
e the moor till half-past 11 o'clock.
( reef-Ida Si" avid. and Jelin II Blair, Esq. shot
ihr:f hours. On tee 15th Sir Charles
Y-t,i4,1 Capt. J. H. Blair bagged 35 brace
r. Walker, of Bellsbank, on the 12th,
..:Jaille4-48"-b4ef-Q the farm of Moor, on the Craigen.

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