The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-03 00:00:00

THE HARVEST.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES.
.:Sir;-,-The crops in East Norfolk .and East Suffolk
extiernely variable, its-minch SO as the fariners juded
the ineans and talent of th-e-rodticer have ntllittle to'
do with its results, two qualities- of which. our yeo-
manry, however blessed, are extremely unwilling to give
chmonstration. That great dispropertiona do exist is
visible in every locality, but thowtleat crop' on the well-
=inured and good cultivated soils, .which have been
considered profitable wheat growing lands, are not so
produCtive as the past year by 6 to 8 bushels. per acre,
but -where beef and mutton, are abundantly produoed
by oil-cake or other artificial food, crops • are very
strikingly augmenting yearly, and in this part of the
kingdom a difference of, from 30 to '5O pet. cent. is
visible. It is equally apparent, that where the large
farmer has proper security froia his landlord, that the
extra production suffices to meet a lower price, but
where. the occupations are small, scarcely. any lease
or security is either sought or offered. Thil'bf course
is politically right, and that very convenient, Chandos
clause of 501. has been one of .the principal,causes of
making it an unproducing one. A .paying. production
must be sought; therefore the sootier the imp&st duties
on every description of food; whetheek.fpr bread
or feeding cattle, be annulled, the sooner will agrieul-
tore be sought by those who now malt*. a jest of pro-
fitable investments, and the man-of moderate under-
standing, who endeavours to show facts--.apparently
false—is considered endowed with consummate impu-
dence who. dares assert that great' .names with little
fortunes are not divested of self-interest when their
favourite theme at agricultural meetings to their, tenants
is " improvement by art/,:" no cost to be
.spared to
perfect a erop,". without any security to:theni-for their
outlay; nor is he an expectant, for he not, sure he
shall reap the fruits of his capital, skill, andsindustry.
The folly of praise, as we this week see' in the 'Mark
Lane Expess, " Graham v. Tweddell," is dearly pur-
chased; and a sorry recompence. I have at this time
a Russian gentleman .of - much intelligence travelling
for information in my pursuits; his extremely rational
inquiry why I made so much beef,and mutton ? pleased
me exceedingly. I told-him I lived under an excel-
lent country squire, whose estate was his own, and that
his. confirmed opinion was he ,thought_ those were the
most rational tenantry who set a value on their own re
sources by endeavouring to increase the growth of every
thing for their own profit, and who was equally con-
vinced it was beneficial to his estate; that many tenants
and landlords had not real capita), that both.. who pos-
sessed it were unwilling to emit money from their purses
when once in their pockets, and though in law to mur-
der is, to' kill, so it is to steal when we plunder the
landlord, and thus brui.eeoerslives. As I intended this
to have been an agricultural. report of the growing
crops, I pr, nounce the .barley to be greater than last
year, how,,vc.r the 'lateness of the season and the vigo-
-roue th of the youog clever will place the quality
very much in ;jeopardy, and where much : lodged
early -cutting will be necessary, whereas, by a delay to
mow, a greater injury will arise, although a ripe
kernel is desirable for the maltster. Oats area .so little
cultivated in either of the above divisions that I will
proceed to the bean and pea cops. Al least
_they are
certain to he plentifully prodtwed in acres, for tenants
may not sail hay, consequently the been crop.is more
agreeable to their pocket. Would it not be better for
owners of land to allow their tenants to
,exchange
eery-description of food for oil cake-or otle r arti-
ficial food, for a tenatit•nt-will would of neces-ity and
prudence not purchase linseed cake, &c.. yet if, he were
all wed to do this and .have security Mr,his outlay, as
in tarts of Lincolnshire, he would 'produce fat in lieu
of lean meat, and the proprietor ultimately be .e. great
gainer by the improvement of his .property. Peas are
Well kidded, but the wet weather has much diminished
he quantity. Turnips on cold_ lauds riot promising,
but on kind soils good ; mane,. 1 wurzel good ; clovers.
with understanding clover tamers, good. As my
time is pretty well occupied I shall merely subicribe
myself,—Yours very faithfully, '
JOUN GEDNEY.
Redenhall, Aug.-27, 1845.

MADAGASCAR.
OBSTINATE COMBAT AT TAMATAVE.—OIir resuers
arc already aware, from car publication of the 2d of this
month, that Ranavalo Manjaka, the Queen of Madagascar,
had issued orders in the beginning of May, -that all the
English and French residing in her dominions should,
within eleven days, become her subjects, by having them-
selves registered and naturalised as Malgaciies, pr that
they should immediatel) quit the island. On receipt of this
intelligence the Governor of the Mauriti us, Sir W. Gomm,
dispatched her Majesty's schooner Thunder with the in-
formation to the Admiral of the station at the Cape of
Good Hope, giving the captain instruotions to touch on
his way at Tamatave, and to tell •the terrified
f•reigners there that the British Governor of the Mau-
ritius, and the French Govern Qt. of Bourbon would; with-
out delay, send succour to them. Tho Thunder sailed
from the Mauritius on the‘sth of June, and her Majesty's
ship Conway proceeded to Tumatave on the 7th, and the
Govern.a. of Bourbon sent the French ships of war Zelee
and Berceau to meet the Conway. Yesterday. through the
kindness of Captain Jones; of the Julia, which, left the
Mauritius on the 29th of June, we reccived,.,the Cerncen
Extraordinary, which we insert entire. It appears that
the British and French men-of-war were obliged to give
up the attack: they took away the foreigners from Ta-
matave, and have returned to Mauritios'and Bourbon
for reinforcements. The Mauritius paper is follows :

" THE CERNEEN EXTRAORDINARY.

" SATURDAY. JUNE 28, 1845.—her Majesty's frigate
Conway, and his French Majesty's ships the Zelee and
the Bereeau, met in Tamatafe Roads, according to the ar-
rangement agreed to by the Governors of Bourbon and
Mauritius. The object of their voyage was to obtain from
Ranavalo Manjaka less harsh Cenditions thirr those which
she had imposed upon the European traders, whom she
had threatened with immediate expulsion -end the con-
fiscation of their property, if they did not, bt come natu-
ralised Malgash—that is, slaves. The representatives
of the two nations not hhving succeeded in their nego-
tiations, an obstinate combat took plate, the details of
which haie been brought. fy the Conway..
" Three hundred and fifty men, of Wirßm 100 were
French soldiers and the others belonging to. the crews
of the three ships, under the command of* Captain
Feiseek and Lieutenant Heseltine, landed -on the
afternoon of the 15th instant, and advanced across
a plain, undi r a sharp fire from the fort and bat-
tery of grape and musketry The enemy Ares driven
out of the battery, and the guns were spiked. The out-
work or screen, which had been supposed to be the fort
itself, was stormed and taken. They hi-re discovered the
real fort, which is a circular one, and mounting about 30
uns, n hich were casemated, and in a circular gallery.
The wall is about3o feet high, and surrounded by a ditch
of about the same width. Possession was kept of the
top of the screen for upwards of began hour, and & con-
stant fire kept up. Having no meats of breaching the
wall, and the men failing fast, they retired, carrying off
the flag, for the posse• sion Of which the French and-Eng-
lish sailors disputed for a hing time, but it`was finally
settled that it shou!d be equally divided.. between the two
parties, the one obtaining a portion with the word " Rana-
valo,' and the other with Manjaka,' inscribed. They
burnt the Guard-house, Custom-house, and a con-
siderable part of the town. The firing from the men-of-
war was excellent. They .landeknext day and carried
off all the remaining European property. The wounded
were all brought off, but not the killed, whose heads
were next day exposed on the. beach, stud; on pikes.
The men-of-war and all the,mervhant.thips sailed from
the harbour.

" English—Four men killed, and one officer and eleven
men wounded.

, .
" French—Three officers and fourteen men killed; and
one officer and forty-two men 'wounded.
4. The Mee and the Berceau lost each a topmast from
the fire of the enemy ; the Conway had only a few ropes
cut. Nearly all their balls passed over the ships, which
had anchored about eight hundred yards from the shore."
—Bombay Gentleman's Gazette, July 14;

AUSTRALIAN COMMERCE.
We have been favoured with a sight of a private letter
which conveys gratifying intelligence as to the improving
state of this important colony. The prospects of the
settlers are very promising at present ; wool alone will
realie about 1,250,0001., and tallow, sperm, and black
oil, hides, whalebone, gum, &c. will yield an amount
which cannot be valued at less than 550,0001. A friend
of the writer was making 'preparations for boiling down
fat male cattle, and old sheep, to the extent pf 24,0.00/.,
including the value of the hides. It is on the whole ex-
pected that the exports this year from the colosySowing
to the present system of economy) will exceed the imports
by nearly 700,000/ ; about two thirds of last year's
clip had been chipped. The following extract from
the Sydney Morning Herald of 26th of April last, being
the day when the last accounts left, will afford some
idea .of the flourishing state of trade:—" By the ships
which leave the port for London to-day, produCe worth
100.0004 in the colony, and at least 150,000/. in Eng-
land, will be exported. The General Hewitt takes by far
the most valuable cargo thst ever left , the port, the prin-
cipal items being four hundred tuna of sperm oil, which is
new worth 901. a tun in London, sixteen hundred and fifty
bole,, of wool, °he toindred tons of tallow, and two thou-
semi four hundred hides. The Palestine takes fifteen
hundred and thirty-five hales of *col, sixty tons talleiw
and frur hundred and alx,y hides. The Auturnnus takes
hone 'hint.. n hundred bales wool, thirty-six tons tat-
t
lr :7; vessels,
s s (five
lh,ine have hundred and eighty hides. Previous .to
t
been
d exported this month,, by
the Herald, two thousand five hundred and fifty bales
of pool, one hundred tons tallow, eighteen hundred
hide-s, and one hundred aid nine tons black oil. By the
Brig .t Planet there were exported one hundred and nine
tuns !Tenn oil, and four hundrei and seventy hides.
The Einlish value of the exports to London for the
month of April Ca-:not he' less than 200 0001"-17a/do-
.
nian. Me?•cury.

BRITISH MuS.Etim.—The. British MnFeum dosed on
Sat'irday till the 7th instant. `The reading room will not be
opened until four o'clock. ,
RAILWAY DAy- E,;rs.—The milt.wcnk letter,
dated Slioreditch Station, London, Aug. 25, -1E45, has bees
received it. reply to a memorial to the Directors of the Eastern
Counties Railway, requesting the adoption of the system of
day tickets, now so general on other lines.
" Sir,--I beg to acknovrledge ' the receipt of your letter of
the 16th inst.int, accompanying a memorial from the Inhabi-
tants of Colchester, which have been laid before the Board of
Directors, and I am desired to state that the subiect to which
the mimorial refers has recently received the attention of the
Directors; and that they had come to the determination of
issuing first and second class day-tickets, ut the rate of a fare
and a ball, arrangements for which will be immediately made.
"1 am desired to add that the Directors derived much satis-
faction in having anticipated the wishes expressed in a memo-
revectablyand numerously signed. I haVe the honour
to be, Sir, your moat obedient servant,
" ANT. BULKELEY, Secretary.
" J. W. Egerton Green, Esq., Colchester." . . •
Erpreod.
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