Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1839-10-17
ERALD OF THE TIMES.

abundant, and the turnip and potatoe crops |
are still described in very favorable terms.-
(CwnpeH Gozeite.
DEvONsHiRE.-Thc weather still continues
very unsettled, and the harvest is consequent
ly progressing but slowly; we have not had
so much rain during the past week as We cx-
periepccd IN the former, but showers have
nevertheless visited Us more or less every
day. Tuesday, up to q late hour IN the even
ing, was a beautiful harvest day, when the
rain again began to fall. since which, we ap
prehend, but lilile corn can have been housed
in this neghborbood, and up to the time Of
our writing, nothing like a settlement in the
atmosphere has taken place. North Dtron
.4dperiiser.
The apple crop has been failure in De-
vonshire this season. That fruit has not
b, en- so scarce and dear for years in this
cnuptry, but we understand that in many
other parts Of the kiDgdom especially in The
neighborhood OF London, in Berkshire, OK
forashire, &c. the crop is most abundant.-
plymouth Chronicle.
NoRTHUMBERLAND.-Si our last publl-
cation, we have only had one or two days
which could be called harvest days. Friday
last was iolcrubly fine weather, and held out
some faint hopes that it would continue 90;
but on Saturday it was continual rain, almost
without intermission. aud on Saturday night
and Sunday morning we had perfect d'lnge;
that it has not been partial, Is evident from
The state Of the river, which was considerably
flooded both on Sunday and yesterday, and
Ia quantity Of corn, with trees, sc. were car
ried along tho stream, leading us to suppose
that a great deal Of damage has been sus'
lancd on the low lands. Yesterday was
another wet day, and gave no prospect OF
harvest weather, which is now extremely
desirable Tyne Mercury.
CHtLTENHAM.-Anoth week of nnpro-
pilious weather has dumped the gaiety OF our
mid season, and interrupted most Of the
amusetncnts peculiar to the E.ice. Not
day passes but heavy storms of rain ,hwart
all the arrangements entered into with view
of contributing 10 the pleasures and enjoy
ments of the visitors. who are compelled for
The most part TO remain within doors, only
the determined venturing forth whenever
CLEAN of dclusive sunshine bursts through
The clonds. Such wet and un'avorablc
senson has not certainly been known tor
many years.
SCOTLAND.
II was remarked by many last week that
they had never seen around Dumiries 80
dense an array of grain IN stock,and the same
remark, we suspect, applies 10 almost every
locality on the neither side of the boundary
line of the hill and moor country. In ordl-
nary seasons leading and cutting 80 forward
simultaneously; but SO much rain has fallen
'of late, with so few dry days intervening, that
lengthened lines Of tlIraves, attestlng too
painful the vsissitudes of weather have &C.
cumuaied every where far beyond the gene
raj average Of years.
Ii is now nearly four weeks since grain
was partially cut m this quarter; but beyond
n few solitary stocks in The earliest situations,
where the greatest care was used, leading,
generally spe akng. has been at stand still
during the whole Of that period. Last week
we had three favorable days-;'ruesday,
Wednesday and Thursday on Friday ii
rained heavily at mid day 4; but rcaping in
the evening was eagerly resumed and dur
ing that interval, short as it was, an immense
quantity Of corn was cut All was anxiety
on the part of the husbandmen, aud had the
weather remained dry on Saturday, leading
and stacking would have gone briskly for.
ward in every parish over the country. But
the rain, alas! returned, and this dashed the
hopes OF thousands; even the reaping hook
was again arrested, and, beyond cutting, the
week all but lost to the ycomrn of our own
and adjoining county Dunyrics Couri,r Of
TheSdny.
|. FAiLrRE OF THE IIARvEsT.-Thc Dublin
Evening Post of last Tuesday, Sept II, says,
"There is no use any longer in Disgusting
the matter, that in Ireland we shall have a
iomentabe faurc.' We regret to add, that
the accounts from the country are gloomy
One from the Worcestershire Chronicle will
suffice To show the general character Of the
accounts to which we allude -" We regret
to say lhat since Our last report the weather
has been of very unfavourable nature for
the operations Of the harvest, which it has
either retarded to great degree or prevented
their being performed in proper and suita
BILE manner. The great quantity of rain
which fell on Monday aud during the night
of that day has caused the Severn to overflow
I,s banks, and though not to nearly SO great
an extent as at the last food, only six weeks
since, considerable damage mnst have re-
suited 10 the late crops. Scarcely day OF
the present month has passed over without
some rain !; aud, under such circumstances,
1t must have been impossible to house the
gram in good condition. From Omberslcy,
llartcbury, and the Deighborhood we have
great complaints Of the wheat sprouting, and
the barley, we understand, has also been in
jured materially. Indeed it could not well
have been otherwise. The hops, too, have
suffered from the late rain and attendant
winds. and have been, sadly battered. Few
new hops we should think, may be expected
at our fair to- morrow, and no prime samples.
The quantity this year, like that Of the last,
will be anything but good"
LSom the Chcl,enhan Examiner or Sept 10.
BREAD AND RAIN.
There are events abroad, mutations in the
cabinet, and disquiet in the country, but there
is nothing half so important as the rain, which
has been steadily pouring down for several
days in this, and, as we learn, in oil other
parts Of the country, with scarcely days
nlerDisson for the last fortnight. The
wheat is not all in as the landlords journal
asserts, md a very large proportion Of it is
materially injured by the wet. A good deal
has begun to sprout, aud it is now inevitable
that The quality of our corn will be very in
ferior. The quantity will he even below tha,
of last year. The means of relief by foreign
corn will, however, be much less than they
were last year. In the first place we had n
large supply Of foreign wheat in bond last
year. We have now very little; ndepcnd-
emily Of this, II ls the price Of home grown
wheat which governs the duty and as this is