The Sun.
London, England, 1845-08-27 00:00:00

THE LATE STORM.

Wednesday last was a sore day for the country. 0.4
Tuesday evening the weather, which had promised to
become more settled, underwent .a change. The wind
took up its quarters in the north-east, and the rain
commenced falling heavily, and continued throughout
the night without intermission. On Wednesday, the
wind hag increased and the rain in no degree dirni-
nished,causing great anxiety for proper,,, both on land
aud.Aea. The 'rivers and stteatlia.tosit:-tO aeconsidera-
ble height Dee and Don wer4iii;the-swillell ; De-
veron and various other waters liaCbterf-fleeded still
higher, and carried away, from the fields in their
respective neighbourhoods, great quantities of hay
that had, on account of the changeable weather, not
been " stacked." The grain on their banks in several
districts was severely injured. The damage done to tht
crops has not, however, been confined to that effected by
ti00d....d streams—much more has been done by the
rain and wit:d in " laying" heavy crops. Many a fine
leld has had a great portion of its Huh contents se
damaged, that there is little chance of its ripening ;
and upon the whole, from what we hear, we believ«
net less than ten per cent of the growing crop will have
been destroyed.

So much for the land. We will now note down a few
of the (in some instances still more melancholy) hi-
(l dugs of the storm by sea. No vessel left the harbour
throughout Wednesday. Those engaged in the herring
fishing have suffered most by the storm. A number of
Pet.Thead boats—about forty-seven—passed through
this bay on Wednesday morning, drifting southward.
Seven of thrall made for this harbour, and succeeded
in gaining it, with the exception of one•, which was
thrown upon the point of the North Pier, and went to
pieces. No lives were lost, but all the nets, sails, and
tackle, belonging to the boat, and a take of fourteen
crans of herrings, went to the bottom. The other boats
scudded southwards ; and the Bonnie Dundee, which
arrived here on Wednesday evening, brought word that,
Turin; the passage from Granton, large fleets of tishinp
vessels were seen, every now and then, running south,
making, as was supposed, for the Frith of Forth. Only
one or two Aberdeen boats were out on that day, or
during the ten days previous. Indeed, so little has been
doing at this part, that the greater portion of the boats
that commenced the season here have migrated to other
quarters. Considerable anxiety was felt for those that
were out. They returned, however, safe, having found
shelter during the storm—one of them arrived yester-
day with the largest take of herrings that has been made
during the season—averaging, to as nearly as the fisher-
men could calculate, from 45 to 50 crans. The storm,
which raged with great violence on this coast, left in
this neighbourhood some considerable traces, short-lived
perhaps, of its reign, having totally destroyed the stake-
nets along the beach.—Aberdeen Herald.

rHE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.
THE CROPS.—The harvest weather continued very
favourable until Monday night, when there was a very
violent storm in Winchester and throughout this dis-
trict. The rain continued incessantly pouring in torrents
during the whole of Tuesday, and at intervals on Wed-
nesday. On Thursday the weather cleared up, and har-
vesting was generally resumed. The appearance of the
crop from here to Southampton is very satisfactory.
At Bishopstoke, and many other places, the barley is as
forward as the wheat, and all along the line the crops
are being reaped, instead of being mowed, the former
being much more advantageous to the gathering of the
crops. The blight has had no effect, but wherever the
croplias failed, or appears light, it is owing to the wheat
having been backward sown, or where it has been
attacked by the wire-worm. Near Alton is the only
place where the crops are backward, and up to Thursday
there were only about two acres cut in that township.
At Alresford and its vicinity the wheat is not so good
as last year, although the crops of barley are better.
Some few samples of wheat were exhibited at the corn
market here on Saturday, although there was but a
small quantity offered for sale.—Hampshire Advertiser.
The weather in this district, we are sorry to say, stilt con-
tinues unpropitious for the season. Two dry days are all that
we can record out of the past week. During Wednesday, for
the whole day, the rain poured down incessantly, and through
the course of last night, we have had so•ne of the most severe
showers of the season. To-day the rivers are flooded to a
considerable extent, showing that the storm has extended over
a great breadth of country. The commencement of even par-
tial harvest with the wheat and oat crops, is thus deferred for
another week at the earliest. With all this, there is a con-
siderable change in the appearance of the fields since our last
notice. The different kinds of wheat are now distinguishable
from the colour, and, on some fields, the oats have progressed
considerably ; and make it obvious to the onlooker, that some
of them will be soon ready for the sickle.— Glasgow Saturday
Post.
The weather with which we are at present favoured is
highly seasonable and most beneficial for the harvest opera-
tions. Occasional and heavy showers fell on Monday and
Tuesday, and threatened to break the fine weather which
had previously appeared to set in ; we are glad, how-
ever, that the fears of the farmers in this district have
not been realised by the result. The wheat had not
been materially injured by the rains that "had fallen, but
a longer continuance of them would have been produc-
tive of immense mischief. Indeed the only injury which
the wheat appears to have suffered, and that only in some
districts, has been from untamable blooming time, when,

being partially knee. bound, the sap was not so copiously com-
municated to the kernel. Around Devonport the harvest is
rapidly progressing, and numerous fields have already been
cleared of an excellent and abundant crop. Farther north,
however, the wheat has not been cut, though ready for the
reap-hook. The crop of barley , and oats is also very good.
Potatoes generally, but especially the early sort, have failed;
the later kinds, however, are very well in appearance.—Devon-
port Telegraph.
The weather for the last few days, with a few showery in-
tervals, has been most propitious for all kinds of farming pur-
poses, and harvest business is in brisk operation in all directions.
In early harvesting operations Louth seems to be pretty far for-
ward this season, of which we witnessed a pleasing instance
a few days ago, T. Wolsey, Esq., of Castlebellingham,
having had 100 reapers in one field, cutting down oats, which
was a splendid sight. Mr. Wolsey is one of the most spirited
and enterprising agriculturists in the kingdom, and is the manu-
facturer of that cheering and wholesome beverage—the far-
famed Castlebellinghans ale. The large tract of land which
has this year been reclaimed off the sea at Lurgan
Green, is now under a heavy crop of wheat, oats, and
barley ready for the sickle. It is the property of Thomas
Furtescue, Esq , of Ravemdale, who deserves much credit for
his enterprise and benevolence in providing employment for the
working classes in the vicinity of his estates. On the whole,
Irish farmers never had snore cheering prospects than the pre-
sent season affords.—Armagh Sporting Chronicle.
At the close of the past week a considerable breadth of
wheat was carted from the light lands, and in pretty good con-
dition. That grown upon the heavy lands ripens very irregu-
larly, and when cut requires a more genial sun to harden the
kernel and to change the colour of the straw, which is in places
very green. The rain, up to the present time, has not done
so much damage as was at one time apprehended ; we hear of
but little having speared, and the red-gum complaint
appears to be almost forgotten. Of swarth corn little has at
present been carted; barley is a heavy crop, and in some places
unavoidably foul, it will therefore require longer fielding, and,
owing to the heavy dews which may now be expected, that
crop, which is always a hazardous one, may be said to be in
considerable danger, owing to the lateness of the season. The
oats are thinner, and will be more quickly carried if the weather
permits. The late showers have been very partial.—Essex
Herald.

THE WEATIIER.—The unfavourable state of the
weather excites the utmost dread and anxiety among all classes
of persons. The continuous fall of rein which we have experi-
enced this last week cannot fail to have inflicted serious injury
on the standing crops, while it has produced almost an entire
cessation from out-door labour. Sunday morning was beauti-
ful, and great hopes were entertained that a permanent
change had taken place, but by mid-day the sky was overcast,
the rain again set in, and throughout the evening it fell in tor-
rents. Monday was moderate, though not dry. Tuesday
morning it again rained, and on that day and the following
night and day it literally poured down without intermission,
while a strong wind blew from the nerth-west. The river
became swollen and discoloured, giving evidence that the rain
was general throughout the district. The sea was lashed into
a storm, and everything around bore resemblance to the
dreariest aspect of winter. (lad the weather been fair, har-
vest would have been partially commenced in the district. A
field of barley was intended to be cut at Mindrum on Monday,
while at Longridge and in that quarter some fields of the same
grain should have been subjected to the sickle by this time.
The white crops are very much beaten down and twisted, while
a second growth is making its appearance. The tributaries to
the Tweed are all very much swollen. The Till so much ex-
ceeded its boundary on Wednesday as to render the road be-
tween Wooler and this unpassable.—Berwick Advertiser.
BIDEFORD.—New oats were sold here on the 19th.
The samples were exceedingly fin-, and several bushels were
sold at an average of 2s. 3d. imperial bushel. The weather
since our last has been favourable to the harvest, although we
have hail heavy rains, especially on Tuesday, which was a
thormighly wet day. There was a good deal of wheat carried,
and in excellent order, on Saturday and Monday ; and, with a
continuance of fine weather, we shall have the harvest pretty
general in another week. From the reports we read in the
papers we incline to think that the north of Devon is earlier
with its harvest this year than usual, in comparison with the
other parts of the kingdom ; and from all that we can yet
learn, there is not so much reason here of complaint of the
crops as appears to prevail elsewhere. There can be no ques-
tion that the wheat has received damage; but the general
opinion seems still to be, that with favourable weather wheat
will be an average crop, and the other grains and roots will un-
questionably be very abundant.—Norsk Beam Journal of
August 21.