The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-10 00:00:00

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THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS. •
Most cordially we join in the general gratulation and grati-
tud,. for the glorir,us ather during the past week, which hos •.1 '
dispersed the gloomy apprAensions of a bad harvest. But we
ait hold to the opinien that the quantity of earn when thrashes: :`3 w
ill generally disaproint the farmer. —,Shretcsbury Chronizle. .
BURY ST. EDMUNDS, SEPT. s.—Notwithstandirg the little 2 —'
sunshine we have had during the past week, the work has been ;
steadily ',regressing in the harvest 5,1 d, and many a good stack ;:th
has been reared in the neighbourhood.' Sportsmen describe ,t
the game as pretty plentiful in this neighbourhood, and strcng
on the wing, but in consequence of the lateness of the harvest,
shooting is not likely to be general at present. —Suffolk of
Chronirk.

TAE HARVEST—In Ilowdenshire, that highly important ''),7
agricultural division of the East Riding of Yorkshire, the hand -ut:
of industry is active with the sickle and scythe. In some feie 15a
places the wheat fields are lodged by the late heavy rains, but
there is hardly any appearance of the blight in the corn that itvti ,-a7t4
standing. Most people are of opinion that there are prospects
of an abundant crop of every sort of grain. The weather has -
been extremely favourable during the last ten days, and a con-
siderable quantity of wheat is already secured in excellent con-
dition. Leeds Mercury.
TIIE HARVEST.—We have had a week of glorious weather,
and the barley and the oat harvest have begun in this neigh-
bourhood, and there is a very good yield. There is but little
wheat grmin in our immediate vicinity, but we are happy to
find that it promises much better than was a short time ago
anticipated.—Kendal Mercury.
GALWAY.—The weather continues to be excellent. On
Saturday and Sunday the heat was intense, and must have
greatly contributed to the ripening of the crops. Since
Sunday it looks rather gloomy, but there has been no rain.—
Vindicator.
CLONMEL.—The weather, for some days past, has been most
favourable for the harvest work. Some days were intensely
hot, and a vast quantity of corn has been cut down. The
hook is at work in all directions, and we trust an all-bountiful
Providerr_te will grant us a continuation of fine weather, and
dissipate those fears which have been generally entertained
relative to the corn crop, in consequence of the wet weather
with which we were visted some time since.—Tipperary Con-
stitution.

Dal:111%—On Thursday last two samples of new flax were
so'd in this market, which brought from 575. 6d. to 61,. per
1241. ; asd had they been judiciously scutched, they would
have been worth from ss. to 7s. per mat more. It is really a
pity, when the fanner succeeds in the growth and management of
his as was the case in the two lots referred to above, that
his interests should be sacrificed by the carelessness or incom-
petency of the seutehers. From this specimen of the new flax,
it is to he hoped that the gloomy anticipations respecting this
season's growth bring of bad quality will be groundless, and
that the flax of this year will prove proportionably good as that
of preceding years ; the quantity. however, will be deficient. A
sample of excellent new oats was sold in Saturday's market, at
10d. per stone, grown by Mr. Elder, of Dimnybrewer. The wea-
ther foe the past week has been highly favourable for harvest
operations. A good deal of grain in different districts has been
safely cut ; and, on the whole, the crop is most abundant, al-
though, in some instances, on rich sheltered lands, it has suf-
fered considerably tiy being lodged. Should the present fine
weather continue, grain cutting in this district will be in
general operation in e;ght or ten days.—Standard.
Conic, SEPTEMBER 3 —The weather still continues beauti-
ful). tine. A hot, ripening sun is shining to-day, and reaping
progre ses rapidly. A few more weeks of such weather, and
even in the most backward districts the harvest will have been
secured. The barley, oats, and potatoes promise an abundant
crop, while as regards even wheat the favourable temperature
must prove benefici-I. Examiner.
AMAZING PRODUCE OF A GRAIN OF WHEAT. —WC
have seen a spl.n.lid sample of wheat grown or. the land
atta. lied to Riverstown House, the residence of John Car-
michael, Esq. It consisted of not less than thirteen stalks,
heat ing heavy ears of grain, grown from a common root, tho
produce of a single grain of seed. The whole produce of the
thirteen stalks is 570 grains. Each stalk is fully five feet in
height. —lLie.
BELFAST, SEPT. 4.—The weather with us is everything
that ceuld be desired: dry, warns, and sunny. At two o'clock,
on Tuesday, the glass stood at 75 degrees in the shade.
Yesterday it ranged at degrees at two o'closk. The wind
keeps northerly, shifting from west to east. in all directions.
reaping is in rapid progress ; and we learn, from every quarter,
that the crops ate bountiful in the extreme. There is some
talk of failure in potatoes; but, so far as we have observed, it
must prevail in other districts than ours. The north of Ireland,
we learn and perceive, is this year blessed with an abundant
promise of harvest, of all descriptions of produce. It remains,
now, with the husbandman, to take advantage of every hour,
and cut down, and save the produce of his previous labour; for,
the harvest will be late, and the dangers of delay the greater,
Thrift, thrift, we repeat ' • for, this season, delay is doubly dan-
gerous. Now is the hour for labour; morning, noon, and
night; labour, labour, incessant. On incessant labour depends
much of the result of God's bountiful harvest. Now is the
hour for the punishment of the sluggard. The idle will as-
suredly have his reward.—Northern

STATISTICS or EUROPEAN CAPITALS.—The capi-
tal of Great Britain has a population estimated at 2,000,000
of souls, exclusive of strangers. Strange to say, and we could
hardly credit the fact, if it was not credibly demonstrated,
the number of beds in tire London hopitals is not in pro-
portion with that of the other capitals of Europe, comparatively
to their respective populations. The London hospitals only contain
5,000 beds. Its mortality amounts yearly to 45,000 inhabitants,
or to 123 daily. In 1800 the population of that metropolis
was only 1,200,000 souls, the mortality 22,000, and the number
of beds 4,350. Thus, whilst the population and mortality
increased, in the last forty-five years, by nearly one-half,
toe number of beds in the hospitals augmented by one-
seventh. There exist, it is true, in London a number
of charitable institutions, and many manufactures have in-
firmaries, in which the workmen who have not the means
of being attended at home, or who dislike entering hospitals,
find medical relief. The population of Paris now exceeds
905,000. The number of beds in the hopitals is 10,000,
and the mortality, as compared with that of London, nearly
the same, or 60 per day. The population of Vienna is
330,000 souls ; the number of beds in the hospitals 5,700, and
the annual mortality 17,000. At Berlin, the population is
365,000 inhabitants ; the number of beds 3,000, and the
annual mortality 9,000. At St. Petersburg, the population
is 476,000 inhabitants ; the number of beds in the hos-
pitals 6,000; and the annual mortality 11,000. At War.aw
toe population is 150,000; and the number of beds in the hos-
pitals 4,000. It results from those returns that Paris is, after
London, the capital offering the smallest proportion of beds in
the hospitals.—Courrier Francais.
WIDOWER SMITH AND WIDOW JONES.—Widower
Smith's waggon stopped one morning at Widow Jones's
door, and he gave th' usual country signal that be wanted
somebody in the house, by dropping his reins, and sitting
double, with his elbows on his knees. Out tripped the
widow, as lively as a cricket, with a tremendous black
ribbon on her snow-white cap. " Good morning," was soon
said on both sides, and the widow waited for what was further
to he said. " Well, Ma'am Jones, perhaps you don't want
to sell one of your cows, no how, for nothing, any way,
do you ?" " Well, there, Mr. Smith, you could'nt have
spoke my mind better. A poor lone widder, like me,
does not know what to do with so many critters ; and I
should be glad to trade if we could fix it." So they
adjourned to the meadow. Farmer Smith looked at Roan,
then at Coe widow, at the Downing cow, and at the widow
again ; and so on through the whole forty. The same call
was made for every day for a week, but farmer Smith could
not decide which cow he wanted. At length,7on Saturday,
when widow Jones was in a hurry to get through with her
baking for Sunday, and had " ever so much to do in
the house, as all farmers' wives and widows have on
Saturday, she was a little impatient. Farmer Smith
was as irresolute as ever. " That 'ere Downing cow is a
pretty fair cretur, but"—he stopped to glance at the
widow's face, and then walked round her—not the widow,
but the cow, " That 'ere short-horn Durham is not a
bad-looking beast, but I don't know "—another look
at the widow. " The Downing cow I knew before the
late .llr. Jones bought her." Here he sighed at the allusion
to the late Mr. Jones ; she sighed, and both looked at each
other. It was a highly interesting moment. " Old Roan is
a faithful old mileh, and so is Brindle; but I have known
better." A long stare followed each speech ; the pause was
getting awkward, and at last Mrs. Jones broke out—" Lord,
Mr. Smith, if I'm the one you want, do say so !" The in-
tentions of the widower Smith and widow Jones were pub-
lished the next day, as is the law in Alassachusets ; and as
soon as they were " outpublished " they were married.—
American Paper.
THE LATE FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE CROYDON
ATmostrilitic Itsicwsir.—On Monday forenoon a lengthened in-
quiry was instituted before Mr. W. Carter, and a jury, at the
White Horse Inn, Croydon, on the remains of Michael Murphy,
aged 32, who was killed on Friday last during some experimental
trips on the above (atmospheric) line. Mr. Samuda, the patentee
of the line, and several gentlemen connected with railways, were
present during the proceedings. The jury having viewed the
body of the deceased, which was frightfully mutilated, several
witnesses were called, who clearly proved that the deceased had
sufficient warning to get out of the way when the train was com-
ing, but which warning he did not heed. The jury, after a few
minutes' deliberation, returned a verdict of" Accidental death."
REMEDY FOR THE DISEASE IN POTATOES.--Tile
following is a remedy proposed by Mr. Prideaux, the eminent agri-
cultural chemist of Plymouth :—Amongst the most effectual pre-
ventives and correctives of putrefaction, are chloride of time and
salt ; both quite wholesome, and consisting of elements suitable for
manure. For arresting the decay in the ground, a mixture of
these—say 1 cwt. chloride of lime, 3 cwt. salt, per acre—may be
strewed round the plant, and immediately covered in (for day-light
kills the chloride of lime). Or if the weather should, happily,
become dry, it may be applied liquid, at the rate of 1 gal. water to
1 lb. of the mixture. Potatoes dug apparently sound and subject
to rot afterwards, may be first washed in water, and then steeped in
the above solution 12 hours (perhaps less time will be found to do).
The same liquid will do for many quantities of potatoes, by adding
more of the mixed salts and chloride, as they absorb it out; for
which the taste may be a sufficient guide. The salt should be
clean, such as is sold for about Is. 6d. per cwt. for agricultural
purposes; foul salt would exhaust the purifying quality of the
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chloride. The chloride of lime (bleaching powder) should
the very best quality, which is the cheapest
fart!re,tll:: chloride
itb7, a
perishable article. The salt should be well mixed with
first, as the latter is apt to curdle in water al%neinig
aonrdinsolution,iron
no
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metal of any kind should touch it, either in m
as metals quickly exhaust its qualities.
—werkri n Times.
ROBBERY BV' A FALSE FRIEND—At the Thames
Police-court on Monday, a young lrishwoman, named Sarah
Downly, applied to Mr. Broderip, the presiding magistrate, to
solicit his advice and assistance. The applicant, whose sobbing
almost choked her utterance, stated that she came from Dublin a
fortnight ago in the Devonshire steamer, for the purpose of emi-
grating in one of the New York liners for America, and provided
herself with every requisite for the voyage. During the trip from
Dewar to London she formed an intimacy with a Cornwall woman.
named Williams, who embarked on board the Devonshire at Val-
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mouth. The woman represented that she was proceeding to
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they should engage an apartment in London between them.
The applicant consented, and they hired a lodging at No. 4,
Weil street, Wellclose-square, where they remained until Sunday.
On Sunday week her fellow-lodger borrowed a sovereign, and on
Saturday another, which she promised to repay when her brother-
in.law came to London. On Sunday morning while she was
dressing, her companion managed to possess herself of the key of
her trunk, in which all her property was deposited, and soon
afterwards sent her on an errand, and on her return home she dis-
covered that her trunk had been opened, and everything of value
had been taken out by her false friend. The poor creature, who
appeared quite heartbroken, said she had not a friend in England,
and was quite destitute; all: her money was gone, and the store*
she had provided for the intended voyage to America. Kr.
Broderip gave the young woman some money to support let
emporarily, until inquiries could be made.
LANCASTER AND CARLISLE RAlLWAY.—nnWed-
nesday last, the sixth and last arch of the monster bridge that
spans the river Lowther, near the village of Clifton, West-
moreland, on this line, was keyed on that day, in the presence
of a large concourse of people and workmen. Mr. Larmer, the
principal engineer for the Company, went through the formali-
ties and ceremony usual on such occasions ; on the termination
of which, the vast multitude gave three tremendous cheers, all
wishing safety and success to the important undertaking. After-
wards the workmen were regaled with a few barrels of ale;
and, upon the whole, the occasion was one of the most interest.
ing character. The works generally on this line are making
rapid progress.