The Sun.
London, England, 1845-08-28 00:00:00

PORTUGAL.

No debt due to the Government of Great Britain op
pears to have been so cancelled ; but the debt incurred
by Portugal for tho loan raised in Eigland, un,ler the
convention of 1809, and with the sanction of the
British Government, devolved upon Great Britain 10
consequence of the annulment of that convention by
the slave-trade treaty of 1815. The particulars are
briefly as follows :

By- the treaty between Great Britain and Portugal,
concluded at Vienna the 22d of January, 1815, the
Prince Regent of Portugal agreed that, from and after
the ratification and promulgation of that treaty, i/
should not be lawful fur Portuguese subjects to i ngegc,
in the slave trade on the coast of Africa to the north to
the Equator ; and by the same treaty his. Britannic
Majesty, on his part, agreed to remit, from the date la
which the ratification of the treaty should be promul-
gated, such further payments as might then remain due
and payable upon the loan of 600,0001, made in London
for the service of Portugal, in consequence of the con'
vention between Great Britain and Portugal of the 21st
of April, 1809, which convention was declared to be void
and of no effect.

The treaty of January 22, 1815, was ratified and pro'
mulgated at Rio de Janeiro, July 1, 1815 ; from which
date, therefore, Portugal was released from the engage'
ments which she contracted under the treaty of 1809, for
the payment of the interest and sinking fund, and Nal.
dation of the principal, of the loan of 600,0001, raised
under that treaty ; and those engagements were trans'
ferred to Great Britain.

If the liberation of Portugal from this burden was MA
in reality, the cancelment of a debt due by her to Greet
Britain, neither were the payments consequent thereupon,
strictly speaking, sums paid to a foreign Government;
but the item will most appropriately be included under
the head of payments.
Assuming this to be the case, there will be to be
added to the sums paid by Great Britain on account of
the Portuguese loan of 1809—the sum of 300,0001, with
interest thereupon, paid to Portugal, under the convert•
tion of the 21st of January, 1815, and additional con•
vention of 28th July, 1817, in discharge of claims for
Portuguese slave vessels captured previous to the Ist of
June, 1814, by British cruisers; and the amount also
paid as indemnification, under the additional convention
of the 28th of July, 1817, for Portuguese slave vessels
captured between the Ist of June, 1814, and the instal'
lation of the mixed commissions under the convention,
viz., 265,1371 ss. I Id.

SPAIN.
By the slave-trade treaty with Spain, of the 23d ?f
September, 1817, Great Britain engages to pay Spain
400.0001., on the 20th of February, 1818, as compensw
tion for all losses sustained by Spanish subjects in COw
sequence of the abolition of the traffic.
Of the other returns, the seventh only requires special
notice. It is a return of the expences of liberated Mr!'
cans, and of the liberated African department, in each yore;
from Dec. 1838, to Dec. 1844, including buildings and 9"
contingent expenses, so far as the same can be made out
at the Audit-office, comprising maintenance, clothing,
medical treatment, fuel and light, sal-ries, hire and q"
penses of buildings, and other incidental expenses, Aln
the colonies of Antigu,a, Bahamas. Bremen, Cape of GP°
Elope, Demerara, Dorn; nice, am bia, Hs vannah, Jamaica,
Nlaurititti,, Rio de Janeiro, St. Kitt's, St. Helena, Sierra
Leone, and Tortola. The total amount for these yeah
amounts to 150,3541. ss. 1144.

THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS'
During the first four days of the past week it was '6
most constant rain, and from Tuesday to Wednesday.
rained so constantly and heavily, that every streamht
brook and burn were swollen to the highest flood-rosy,:
of winter. It was truly surprising, however, to
when the weather settled on Thursday, how very selPti
a portion of the crop had been lodged. The rain tel
chiefly upon the oats, which have been a good deal
twisted about and laid. Wheat. and barley have heetis
comparatively little affected. Yesterday was the fire
tine day we have had for some time. The sun shone
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out brightly, and with genial warmth during '.the
greater part of the day, and although it looked cloudyt°(i
wards nightfall, the atmosphere felt dry and bracing, a°
we hope that a track of favourable weather has now el:
menced.l The harvest is already late, and notwiti`
standing that there is an unusual approximation
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the time of ripening in the late and early districts. )eel
even with greater advantages in respect of weather tb°
can be hoped for at so advanced a period of the sess°n;
the crop can hardly be secured till some time ,e
than an average, and every one knows the dissa
vantages attending a late harvest in this norther°
climate. The few patches, consist:ng almost ex'
elusively of barley, which have yet been cut, girl
too small to offer a Lir indication either as to qualie
or produce, but in so far as they can he taken into
count, the yield on the barn floor is understood to
fair, and the quality satisfactory. Three or four dtc
of bright sunshine would prepare a considerable bresat!,
of crop for the sickle, but even in the most fayoursbd
circumstances the harvest will not be general fur at lest
ten days. An unusual number of poor Irishmen,
wandering about the country in search of harvest w"1
many of them accompanied with wives and children'
who in this inclement season are suffering almost I
much from cold as from hunger. Yesterday, the roads
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for twelve or fourteen miles to the east were covered
with them, and a number who had gone to East Lothis
were again returning to Edinburgh.—Caledonian Mei"
(wry, Aug. 23.
CORK.—At this most critical season the varies:
changes in the atmosphere are naturally regarded wjt
anxious interest, from the itifluence they exercise on
the condition and prospects of the harvests. hie, there'
fore, with considerable regret we have to notice the
continuance of unfavourable weather, and the fact no
longer admits of dispute, that. considerable damage '1"
been done to the wheat crop in most parts of the ollti
try—though, as yet, the other crops have not suffer
to any material extent. The weather, for the
week, has been very unfavourable for ripening—bar;
dry winds prevailed in the intervals beta een shower,'
and scarcely an hour of genial sunshine cheered the
hopes of the agriculturist- Reapirg m heat progress!
generally through the country—the deficiency In tnat
yield is variously estimated; but we are informed the
the quality of the grain is generally good. The oat er°.P
in many places is very backward, though othereise 1
cannot be complained of as yet. To-day looks as if some
favourable change was at hand.—Cork itepopur.
Lementex.-,-The crops in the locality of Broadforld
are very late. The wheat, in particuLr, has suffe;
mush—a great part blind, and a large breadth lestsmut. The damage done to the river meadows by the
late floods amounts in many instances to total loss. 1
tato crops and pa)ture fields, notwithstanding, neve,,
looked better. Turnips, also, which latterly have be"
come to a certain extent a poor man's crop, are holding
oat most encouraging prospects to the sowers of them'if
Oats present a very variable appearance altogether ;,
the present fine weather does u,-)t continue, the cowl
quences are to be dreaded.—Limer-ck Chronicle.
TUAM.—Since our last, we have had a tolerable cer
satioa from rain; but the cold and wind which generai 2'
precedes the showers, are almost as great as in Octobcr:
However, the crops in this neighbourhood are in glee
ral looking very well, and ripening fast. Already
sickle has been at work in several fields near this Ow
—Tuam Herald.
IVExFonD.—We continue to hear from all perts,°!
the country very favourable reports of the state of thy;
crops. The weather proves highly propitious, yet t
season is a remarkably backward one throughout everf
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district. The proprietor of this paper has cut thr
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acres of barley, and about the same extent of *alb
both of which are of prime quality, and some nt. b°o
are now in our markets. Prices are very variable.
wheat has fallen fully three shillings a barrel during woi.
week. Potatoes are rather higher, the employment
the farmers rendering the supply somewhat less.
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SLIGO.—The weather has, on the whole, been u,
favourable since our last publication—yesterday and
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day, however, are dry and sun-shining—the therens°l_
ter continues to go up, and we therefore hope the liarr,l,;
which all accounts represent as abundant, will be sa
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gathered.—Sligo Journal
DERRY.—We have had more wet and cold in the pity
sent month of August than in any for several Y"oat,
past. Scarely a single day has been fair throughu
ur,,
and when it has happened to be dry, the temper°tn
was so low as to contribute very little to ripen the erclr be
for the safety of which very serious fears begi.o,_tented
entertained. The wheat is very extensively IsLeaff
with rust, and, in many places, it was laid by tbe,loy,
rains which fell some weeks ago. The quality is Jll.itie
in consequence, to be seriously deteriorated. .'„ot
will be considerably below an average crop, :or
having been sown so largely as formerly ;
does it appear to be so luxuriant. Prices, bovrevt`Of
will probably rule high during the winter, on aceounthe
the demand to supply the spinning- mills, and 0,1,0
supply of lbreign flax is-also likely to be shortm;re
potato crop is exceeding abundant, scarcely any fat► filar
having occurred ; nor do we hear any complaints sinitos
to those made in England, to the effect that the Pota,
are rotting in the ground, and that they have to he
in consequence, before they have become ripe- 0.03
appear to be a heavy and promising crop, and they °ore
to have escaped with slight damage, from the unisvote.
able weather, but they require sunshine to br',looo
to maturity. The barley has in several instances
laid by the rain.—Derry Sentinel.
RaSCßEA.—During the last fortnight the weather hoe
to
been very changeable, but the crops, we are hAPP.,e,
find, are not much injured. The harvest will, 1100 e S
be later than was anticipated, and the wheat err'Peeie.r
pears to have suffered more than any other clog
Hay will fetch a better price than was expected jedpe
to the callows having been so extensively 110 y"
Leinster ICap-ess.
GALWAr.—We have had another weak of 60 Wefogit:
ther, without that warmth and sunshine so necessartio
the nurturing the crops, which are now secure D 'oct
injury. Wheat is fast approaching to perfection,
another week of good weather will enable the I°l
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to use the sickle in the entire of this district'
Galway Vindicator.

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Colonel Fitch, civil engineer, anti Mr. 'sot•
Taylor, architect, both of London, and who re re,ent ane
lish Company, proposing a direct railway between Term of
arid Chairlet, have just had an audience of our Mint!!
Public Works.—Le ilioniteur Belge—Government Par'.
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