, 1860-09-08

months hsvs given us nsArIy half Jsar's sup
ply Of rain. The effect Of this will hs continued
sold, and abssueo Of Sun, which hna bssn injn-
rious to sou,e Of tho cereal crops, more espec'
tally TO the wheat crop. This crop il less prom
isnG than when VIC last wrote: blight prevails
to fearful extent, more particularly on ne
lauds sown after clorer OF grass seed but It Is
mt confined to these. Gu the back lands,
where tho crop is more bulky md laid good
desl, there IS prevalence Of mildew, which
threatens materially to affect both quality ana
quantity" Again, in tue neiRhborhooa Of
Woodhrid &c, In Suffolk, ''most Of our farmers
ssscrt that our wheat crop is not generally dye.
unhealthy color, indicating mildeW; some
pieces hare decided mildew, and some declare
that tho entire What crop will be more or less
Affected By it." In Norfolk, within the last day
or two, thu sppsarance Of rniIdew has become
more and more unmis1ataols; "n'le me aam-
However much the wheat may recover, there is
hardly any question but that in very many dis.
tricts the potato disease is already making gFeat
We shall very possibly be thought By some
to have oyer. coored the sonbre picture before
US. But We are quite prepared for this. and
cur anticipations of last week have been but in
might hare been the first to speak out, but VIC
did not dare to do 50 Without grave considera-
tion md good showing Tor all we were advance
ing, or rather simply deducing. No man csn
study such q summer as that OF The year 60
without cause for apprehension; and no ore
Can see its elect, IS already apparent, without,
Reluctantly though it be, arriving ut some
Of bad harvest time. On every side
the most significant s1gns Of what il to be
dreaded now only the more confirm all that
We have felt il duty to dwell upon. Since we
wrote last Monday the money market has been
in = state Of continual disturbance, and The
week closed with yet more suggestive step on
the part Of tie Government. The Chancellor
of tho Exchequer has asked for the discretion
azy power to raise another mi!icn Of money, as
a margin to supply any deficiency that might
arise from The continuance Of bad weather.
Our only trust IL 1ow in that Providence which
may yet do more than we can scarcely hope
to expect. "ln Essex" writes correspondent
Of the Lps,oich journal, special services are be.
ing held in the churches, and the peoplc called
together to supplicate the aid Of Him who
tmaketh the storm to cease" Still We must
not wilful1y ahut our eyes to the prospect
before US, despite even u market, the tone Of
which sliil continues our great enigma. low
ever, let our own store be what it may, or the
more bountilul crop Of America be ever SO
available, our eEu further sur ply muet be long
over due. Wis1tn she fortnight the wheat has
scarcely "turned" At I'll, and for all we Jst see,
the harvest Of go mcy compare with TINT oil
'1s. when The shocks Of wheat stood out in No
sember, with the snow laid thick upon them.
The SUNDAY in town was again altogether uu-
propitious-" muggy" and drizzfiug the whole
day through; but Monday has opened more
favorasIy, and wind and sun may Jet do much
TO dispel the gloom that has su long hung over
US. The farmer awaits, lfke a grey hound
srAining in the slips, tor the signal to be gisen.