Year: 1860

varying atmospheric condltions the state OF the
weather is al,rays principal subject of conversa
ton. The prospect of the day is regarded from the
bedroom window early every morning, and .'what
sort of dayeare we going to have 20 is the first
question asked in thousands of households. This
year, however, this anxiety respecting the weather
is very much increased. The condition of the grow
ing crops of food for both man and beast, both as
to quantity and quality, depends very much upon
the weather during the next month, and more. i'm
portant matter cannot engage the attention .ef Q
community. The weather had been almost uninter-
ruptedly fine for nearly fortnight previous to last
Saturday, when it changed to g showery," and con-
tinued so on Sunday much to the disquiet, doubt
of many who remembered that the latter was the an
nversary of the weeping Saint Tor Santess Swethin,
and that tradition asserts if it rains that day it
viii rain, less, for forty days successfully
and so far, certainly, the tradition has proved cor
rect in the year 1860 The rain has been, however,
gentle and STILL and more likely to refresh vegeta-
tion than to inure it, and to feed and fill the grow
ing ears of wheat and other grain, which have gone
their Towering season very satisfactorily, owing to
the weather having been temperately and healthily
warm, and unattended with excessive heat. Crops
of all kinds have very rapidly improved in all quar-
ters The weather has been especially favorable for
hay making and the gathering of the clover and
other green crops, and the produce is considered
large. The grain harvest will unavoidably be late,



average crop. Some doubts are yet expressed
concerning the potato crop. Anxiety is now felt
respecting adequate supply of harvest men, ow-
ing, in great measure to the falling off of the nu-
merous troops of them which Ireland used, until
very lately to furnish. The fear of deficiency in
the necessary quantity of manual labor has turned
the public attention to the resource which labor
saving machinery presents and plan has been pro-
posed to establish depots of agricultural machinery
in the centres of the principal granproducing dis
tricts. Worcestershire is the county to be hrst
benefited by this plan. Companies are, in fact
forming, very generally, to provide every kind OF
costly implement for hire, wherever tiage and har-
vestng upon an extensive scale carried on. 1t
is true that human labor be altogether su-
perseded in the harvest field, is it desirable nor
necessary that it should be, but is both desirable
and necessary that the farmer should be secure that
his reaping should be got through with in ten days
or fortnight. A good long step in the right drec-
ton has been taken to secure this result.


There seems to be more than the average number
of oroakers in this country at present, who, not
content with continual apprehenslons OF the schemes
of the French Emperor the Car of Russia, the
Grand Seignor of Turkey, the ant-christian tribes
in Syria and the dissatisfied hordes in India, not to
speak of radcalism in England, and ribbon men in
ireland, and numerous minor subjects of alarm which
the earth affords, their iaundiced minds finding
IN the heavenly aspects" numerous additional por
tents 8 dire and dismal" Two comets have lately





the spots on the surface of the are according to
the French astronomers, more numerous (about six
ty disposed in ten twelve groups) than have been
observed at any former period; their magnitude is
also very remarkable These spots " cannot have
appeared for nothing; they must be the csuse of
mischief" Then the newspapers tell us that I" Her
sehel has foretold that shall have the seyerest
storm this summer that has ever been known in Eng
landn' Surely here is enough TO shake the strong
est nerves. We believe, however, that the general
English mind $ defes augury," and has dependence
on the laws of benevolent Creator, and the wise
dispensations of just and neYer-failing Provi
dence.


In the House of Lords on Monday Lord BRoUG-
HAM, when speaking of Lord Lyndhurst's bill for the
future regulation of the proceedings on the admission
of Jews into the House of Commons, said:


he trusted that their ordshps would not dissent from
this bill Their ordshps had undoubed right to reject
it, to reject any bill They had right to reject tax
bin bill repeating tax. Nay more, they had per-
feet night to enact tax and to send down the House
of Commons. He would not promise that the House of
Commons would receive it cordially even respectfully,
but still the undoubted right lay with their ordships The
might be said of the Crown which had undoubted
right reject b although it had passed with the
unanimous consent of both Houses of Parliament He knew
that not usual to do and that contrary to
the course of legislation.


Lord TEYNHAM called the noble lord to order These
observations had nothing to do with the question before
:. Lord bRoUGnaM 1t had TO do with it and when he





He did not say that he could make it clear to the under
standing OF the noble lord but he hoped to do to the
derssndngs of ninety out of every hundred of their
rdshp Tie held these rights of the different branches
of the Legislature to be undenabe, but it was very


different thing to say that in any given they ought
exercise that power There in which the ex
ereise of undenabe right might be nexpedient al
though not Illegal as if the right had not existed He
trusted therefore, that their lordshps would reject this
bn but would give effect to what clearly the intention
of the other House."


This is asserting far greater constitutional pow
in the House of Lords than exercised in theil
decision respecting the excise duty upon paper.


In the House OF Commons the Chancellor of the
Exchequer said, in reply to Mr.. Whalley respecting
the paper duty that there no alternative but
collect it. Lord Palmerston stated, in reply to Mr.
Seuly, that Government did not think it expedient
at present to recommend the establishment of al
Irish volunteer force similar to that existing in Eng
Land. though not the slightest doubt of the loyalty
Of the Irish people was entertained.


After considerable discussion the vote of f433 00(
to complete the charges on account of the China
war was agreed to.


Lord j. Russell and Lord Palmerstaa in reference t.
sneering inquiries to what the object and origin
the stated that it of the affair of the PehO
for which the late Government responsible and they
urged the necessity OF asserting the dignity and power
this country especially looking to the interests and prOtee
tion of trading countrymen in China and for which
purpose it sought to obtain the ratification of the
treaty of Tien-tsn. Mr. Roebuck vigorously denounced





Exchequer replied that its object enforce the treaty
He also added that the explanation of his change of opinion
easy nasmuch it had been caused by the fact
the circumstances OF the present totally deren
from those of the former and because he believed tina
the Government only following its duty in carrying
out which the at the Peiho had made
necessity Lord j. Russell said that with respect to th
residence of British Ambassador at Pekn being degra
datou to the Chinese Government as was said by Mr.
COchrane the fact was that Russian Minister had beer
received and had resided there for months. Th
to nepd
This clause in the treaty had been agreed by the Minis
tiers of and sanctioned by the Emperor of China himself


Mr.. NEwDEGATE ION the House resuming) made
notion the object of which was to curta the extra
ordinarily long sittings of the House which hal
prevailed during the last few weeks. Mr.. NJ
statements showed that on the eleven days on which
the House had sat during the last fortnight, the sit
tings had been on an average ten hours each day
Sir G.. GREY admitted the Importance of the ques
ton, and the strain which had been recently put OIL