The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-09-01 00:00:00

the district

Porwrotts.—A curious circumstance attending a flea,
of wheat growine on the farm of If udston lies occur,.ed,
List year, the field being illicit r green crop, potatoes_ were
raised ; like many more in the neighbourhood, toje crop
proved a failure, owing to the blight, in consetrueuce of
which the sound ones alone were gathered in, the di-
seased ones left to root on the field. No soo,.(er had the
spring time of the year come sound than vigiarons. stews
indi-
were observed shooting up in every part of Vie. field,

bulb and plant are tree from any disease
plentiful wheat crop, the farmer has res ,

ed.to dig.hp the

RESUSCITATING THE POTATO C'AI
Croom, in the county of Limerick , has mown down the
blighted stalks. and soon found l'Areself repaid by
growth of stalks, accompanied a foutfold incre_
tubers. The Wexford Indevmdent states that mowing
down the stalk has been res•,trtad to at Saundetscourt,
Lord Arran's seat, in that ~..ounty, and that the practice

Mr. Lyons, of

is attended with the very F./est results. Oats, the Lime-
rick Chronicle assures u.s, will not be en unproductive
crop this harvest, and ',rain of every description appears
abundant, and of exciAlent quality.. The potato cronis

quan.iry of potatoes, la Limerick last week- w
loads, being twent.../..crie under the preceding week. Every
load of the abor,e was partly diseased. Market price 3d,

586 car

THE POTATO DISEASE.--it is extremely diffimktt to
priite at emv crrtain result ea to the real atnouut of the
failure or, the potato crop. It does appear That the ex-

last Y.ettr,and that the blight extends over a tar

,er BUT-

face, But nothing can be imagined more capri
the operation of this blight. Some few fields app, to on
to,tally gone, but more generally the injury does not seem
co he a total injure. In some districts field alter field
will be fouud stricken, in others, fields which still wear
a healthy appearance may be found mixed up and down
with those which are blighted. Again, in some districts,
little or no irijnry appears to base been done. It has not
yet been ascertained to what extent the destruction of the
tubers has taken place, where the haulm appears blighted_
aid blackened. No doubt considerable inequality wilt
found in t"

is particular also. Upon the I;owever,
there can be no question that a very great calamity has
this year again befal:en the potato fwido, and not less iq
England than in Ireland.

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All goo
the

To sail immediately.
For BARB OS
The Ship INSON,
W. H , Commander.

For terms of freirl,ll or passage apply to
BARTON, IRLA3I, and HIGGINSON

Will hare early despatch.
For BELIZE, HON RAS, direct,
The very good CLARENDON,
WM ALL, Master.
For freight or p g,e apply on board, Union Dock,
DUNCAN Glliti.

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LINE of PACKETS for BAHIA

!wing une

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Captain P tiORPE;
4Thfri: W, 312 tons; being rem ly quick, having repeatedly
made her passes ietween this port and Brazil un-
der thirty days, presents most eligible conveyance for goods
and passengers: loading in the Prince's Dock.—Apply to
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