THE HARVEST.

The crops and probable produce of the harvest attract and almost engross public attention. The prevalence of rainy weather at the close of last and during the whole of this week, mink-1.s the present a most critical period. We therefore resume (w.r extracts chiefly from pro- vincial papers, which show the state of agricultural affi.it-s

parts of the country. various • , • —With the exception which were uncommonly fine harvest-days, the -yea.... • • , turd y)

sennight, has been very unfavourable, so that little progress let, Imeen made in harvest operations ; and as we have a return of ram ill:, e:araing, accompa- nied with a strong south-east wind, we year the iejitvy wilich the wheat and the barley crops may sustain is particular will he serhan, sheuld a speedy change for the better not take place. At our market this mornitiz we had an • extremely scanty show of wheat from the growers ; anti althweth our arrivals coast ways seemed pretty liberal, vet the major part being up to our Tuesday's market, and sold on that day, the quantity of title quality ttn sale was rattier limited than otherwise ; consequently for such We experienced a free demand; any thing very extra commanding rattler higher rates, whilst in other sorts there was no change. Dunn:J.:if—Munn, the past week the wheat crops have been fast ripening; and in the North, South, and East of the county. considerable quintities have been cut, and nearly the whole is ready for the sickle. The weather, however, has been very changeable, and though no harm jet, yet been done, a continuance of such variable weather cannot fail to have a serious effect on the crops. At present they promise exceedingly well. In the West the wheat is yet very green, though we have heard of some having been cut ten miles from this city. Barley and oats are more forward, and the prospects remain as last stated—very good. Potatoes are au excellent crop, and turnips promise exceedingly well.— Durham Advertiser.

From the period embraced by our last notice, up to Wednesday night, the weather was exceedingly unfavourable for the harvest. We had• laity heavy rains of long continuance, accompanied 1w high wind,. which lanst have laid the thick crops to a great extent, and greaily inj area the quality of the produce. Thursday and yesterday were much finer, indeed two beautiful days: and the farmers were exceedingly busy wherever the crops were in a fit state for the operation of the reapers. Saturday, however, has been a perfect -‘ steepen"— Durham Chronicle.

CC\BEIbAND.—We grieve to state that the weather in this corner of the kingdom during the past week has been even more unfavourable fir ripening and gathering in the kindly fruits of the earth than during any other week of the present season. Rain -has swept over the corn-fields in torrents. impelled not unfrequently by fierce and angry wilrls. In expo,:d sit iition,. the conse- quences have heel' very disastrous whole fields arc befe-d. and twisted. and the injury done has become incalculable. prospeet, of the country Mr the farmer and the productive classes are now indeed exceedingly tzlooaly.— White- haven Herald.

WEST3IOULLASIL-1 p to this period of the week (Tlinty) there have been two fair days, Tuesday and this day, on bath of whiell ve has been a large quantity of grain cut. Some of the extensive ine,s-ianis is tite parish of Levens that are under tillage, are now inundated, and he, t:a appearance from the neighbouring heights of a large lake. Pity it is lie,: the execrable Corn• laws will not allow sued' land to be put to its proper uses. LANCASIIIRE.—The weather has been on the whole highly unfavourable to the harvest. Thursday and Friday were fine. how •‘v, 7. ,:nd the sickle was in consequence in extensive operation. In the Feld,: distriet. although a con- siderable quantity has been cut, very little has been carried. The wheat has sustained very great injury from the heavy rains.—Lancaster Guardian. YOH E.—The progress of the harvest is slow, but considerable quan- tity of corn, both oats and wheat, has been cut during tl:e present week in Yorkshire and in the other Northern counties, and a good deal was carried to the stack-yard on Monday and Tuesday, which were both harvest-lays. Ou Wednesday the weather was deplorably wet, and stopped the progress of almost all farming operations. On Thursday, there was little rain, but the atmosez was humid; yesterday, there was a good deal of sunshine, with a falling meter' the index of which now stands at "change." In cases where the corn was beaten down before it was cut, the grass has in some cases grown through the straw, and there are some sprouted ears in the sheaves, but this is very partial at present. Our observation leads us to the conclusion, first the quantity of grain, taking acre for acre, is in general a fair average crop, and that there is a greater breadth of wheat this year than usual; but the yield will materially depend upon the state of the weather for the next fortnight. —Leeds Mercury. Upon the whole, we believe we may speak of the crops of corn generally as a fair average, and as likely to le housed with nothing like the injury once anticipated. The market prices. if at all a criterion, give no hope that the produce will be abundant, or that ice shall get through the year without fur- ther importation.—Hall Rockingham. From all parts of the East Riding of Yorkshire we have favourable accounts of the progress of the harvest. The crops arc cut, and in great part led ; so that if the present very favourable weather continue, by the end of this week or the middle of the next the wheat harvest here will be over. We are happy to learn that the quality of the wheat already cut in both Lincolnshire and Yorkshire is very good.—Eastern Counties Htruld. The weather has been very favourable since Sunday ; a good deal of corn has already been cut and housed, and a continuance of favourable weather for another week or ten days would see nearly the whole of the grain secured. The statements as to the probable yield are, of course, various; but there is no doubt the crop will be more than an average one in Howdenshire, which is ad- mitted to be the richest agricultural district in Yorkshire, and by some authors dmignated " the land flowing with milk and honey." The growth of wheat, in particular, is expected to average from 4 to 5, and in some districts, we have been informed si quarters pe.racre. Some experienced shearers assert that they scarcely ever sheared the corn more heavy in the car. From several parts of the country the accounts arc of the same gratifying nature. The late heavy rains have not materially injured the corn about lite oivden.—Vorit Herald. CREME E.—The heavy rains that have continued since our last, with the exception of Saturday and Tuesday, have done considerable injury, and we re- - Fret to say that we hear bail accounts from the surrounding districts.—Chester Chronicle.

NOTTISO CIA NISIIIRE..—NOtwithStanalz the fickleness of the weather, nearly mine-tenths of the wheat crop has been secured in this neighbourhood in tole-

rably good condition. Most of the oat crop has also been securely housed, and about one-half of the barley. The samples of wheat which we 'have seen are extremely variable ; some 'being exceeding small, whilst others are as bold and

bright as we could desire to see them. With respect to the report of blight, mildew, canker, sprout, eec. which so generally prevailed a fortnight ago, it appears to be for the most part groundless; and, taking into consideration the extra breadth of ground sown with this grain this year, we have no hesitation in saving that a full average crop will be realized in the county of Nottingham.

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DEVONSHIRE.—The weather still continues very unsettled; and the harvest is consequently progreesing but slewly. We have not had so much rain during the past week as we experienced in the former, but showers have nevertheless visited us more or less every day. Tuesday, up to a late hour in the evening, was n beautiful harvest-day, when the min again began to fall ; slave which we apprehend but little corn can L;:ve been housed its this neighbourhood, and up to the time of our writing nothing like a settlement in the atmosphere has taken place—North Decors Wu:x.5mm We deeply regret to state, that the extraordinary prevalence of wet weather has placed the bulk of the barley and oat crops in the neigh- t} rescue.. One gentlemanin the vicinity of this sOurhood of See:I....m:7 oats irrceoverably ruine nil d; city, has crops to the valie of 1,500/ m We also hear that in some parts of the country, where the V Hrd, housed early, the reapers have been sr.4, itekle-aeep in water, to get in 6-17,111-iii, ill': best manlier they can. This melancholy state of affairs acted on our market to thel extent of 4s. and Ss. per quarter advance in the price of wheat, on Tuesday.—Dorset Chronicle.

Sommeseesitrese—The sad continuance of unfavourable weather has had a most prejudicial effect upon all the late crops. In some places in the neigh- bourhood, considerable quantities of wheat are still outstanding ; and though the grain is now ripe, the tickle is not applied, as in the present state of the

weather there is little hope of its being carried. A great breadth of barley and oats has been spoiled by the continual soaking, and in some instances the late- mown barley is yet quite green.—Taunton Courier. GLOUCESTEIZSIIIRE.—The weather continues exceedinely fickle and unpro- pitious for the labours of the field, some of which have heen thereby so much

protracted as to produce serious misgivings in reference to the general result of the harvest. We are as little disposed as any persons possibly can be to indulge in unnecessarily gloomy forebodings, but we cannot blind ourselves to the fact,

that much damage must have been sustained by the corn crops ; and any very great deterioration in the quality of the grain must operate prejudicially not only to the quality but quantity of the flour, the yield from inferior grain being much less than fr-oin grain of a fine description. The early planted winter • tebeats, from being longer exposed to the effects of the humid- atmosphere, are generally said to be more deficient in quality and quantity than the later-sown wheats; and as the winter grain is ratiter generally. cultivated in this county, we are sorry to say that sonic of our local farmerswill be corresponding suf- ferers.—Gloucester Journal.

SILROPSII1RE.—Wk: are sorry to hear that in the part of Shropshire conti- guous to this neighbomitnod, and from which we derive our chief supply of tine wheat, great mischief has been dote to the crops by the continuance of the wet weather. Saturday last was the most injurious day we have hail, being cxceol- ingly warm, and without sun between the showers. About one half the wheat is in the stook or rider, and very little yet in the barn. In this high district the harvest is not so much advanced, aid we do not think any material injury has yet been done, although in some fields the crops are a good deal laid. It

is generally remarked that the wheat-fields do not this year precut that

beautiful nett amber colear so usual in common seasons ; and it is feared that the grain, when thrashed, will he aftIcted in some way or other by their dull and dingy appearance. On the other hand, the accounts of the green crops are • most favourable. Both potatoes and turnips, but more particularly the former, are expected to exceed an ay...r:1;te crop.—Statrord Gazette. LEICESTERSIIIRE.—Th: harvest 1,r the last week has been in a state of

great forwardness. The late ti::e weather has given all the desired facilities for maturing and gathering it in, and advantage has been taken of it iu this

neighbourhood, and ititiv,t1 in, few places in the county can there be now seen much standing corn of any description. The quality is in general con- sidered good.—Leictster air CIII;Chf. SCg9EL—The weather during the past week was, upon the whole, unfavour- able to the business of the latter harvest, and very little of the barley and oats was carried in this neighbourhood. The state of the atmosphere, however, we hear, was not of a character to do any material injury to the outstanding crops.—Sussex Advertiser.

AzEnoneNsulag.—There appears to be a general impression that the wheat is inferior in quality but however this may apply to other parts of the country, it is only very partially true of this district. Oats are rather thin, and the straw is short. Should the favourable weather continue, there will be a full average harvest for the North-east of Scotland. Indeed, as regards the quantity, there

wifl probably be more than usual, as the comparative -failure of the crops last year made agriculturists have amencli greetm sowing of grain for this season titer* they would have suede under ordinary eizeumeeancesel-Aberdeen Hera!d.•

FrresinttitWant of space compels us to be brier in our accounts of lint week's deadly and damaging weather. On Friday evening, the wind shifted round to the East ; and by Saturday morning, heavy rains, accompanied with cold and high winds, set gloomily in, and continued, with scarcely an hour's interval of fair weather, up to late on Monday morning. Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday brought with them a brighter sky, but little more favourable harvest-weather. Heavy showers, drizzling rains, and interrupted sunshine, have characterized them, and scarcely one step harvestward has been advanced, The rivers, on Sunday, were swollen, and overflowed their banks to an alarms big extent—spreading over the boughs and lowlands, and carrying before them

corn, hay, implements, and whatever lay in their COUEC. The dainaee done in the immediate neighbourhood of the rivers is very serious, and over tile county generally is estimated at ten or twelve per cent. of the outstanding crops,— Fife Herald, Sept. 19.

.PERTHSIIIRE.—The continuous wet weather, relieved by hardly a gleam of sunshine, which has prevailed since our last, has produced. the greatest anxiety

regarding the fate of the harvest. We are sorry to state that the latest N. counts we have seen from other parts of the country arc, on the whole, an- favourable. Over all Scotland, rain has fallen to such depth as not only to im- pede harvest-operations, but damage materially the crops.—Perth Chronicle, Sept. 19. AYRSIIIRE.—llarrest prospects have been rather gloomy during the past fortnight, continued rain having lodged the heavy grain in the higher, and

postponed the onset of the reapers in the lower districts. In the latter, many

Melds of oats, wheat, and barley have been cut, and in a few instances carried. In the former, the crop, chiefly oats, thonelt very heavy, has not yet assumed the yellow tinge. In the lower districts. general harvest waits only steady weather, but on high cold soils the hock will not be in requisition to any ex- tent for at least a fortnight. Grain of all kinds looks well. Wheat is rather later than ordinary.— Glasgow Chronicle. Fortransainn.—Grain of all kinds is evidently more than an average crop; and the potatoes, the poor man's crop, is appearing to be abundant in quantity and excellent in quality. We trust the ensuing season will be remarkable fur cheapness.—Arbrouth-Journal.

IRELAXIL—Resecting the wheat crop, it is unfortunately too true that a• great deal of it in Ireland is damaged by the rain. A second growth was com- menced in many fields even before it was cut. The district tom Kilkenny to.

Kildare has suffered much in this way. The great breadth of country round Limerick, and along the banks of the Shannon to Portumna, we understand, has escaped comparatively safe. The harvest in those places came in earlier• by ten days this season than in the couuties nearer the metropulis.—Dublin

The accounts from the country this morning (Wednesday) are truly dig heartening. In Londonderry acid other counties of Caster, where hitherto the crops had suffi2red in no material degree, the letters now before me state that the torrents of rain that have fallen during the last week have done incalcula- ble injury. Throughout the entire country the far greater part of the wheat remains uncut ; three-fourths of the crop still remain in the fields. Gene- rally the grain, whether out or its stock, is malting, and altogether it would not be going too far to say that the wheat crop this year will prove short of an ave- rage much more than a third. Considering that the stock of old en-

tirely run out, this enormous deficiency must produce disastrous con-

sequences. In Dublin and several other ports consignments of old wheat have recently been received, chicily from Liverpool, and much more is • ordered, as the new wheat, even if we had an abundant crop, could not be cround for flour without an admixture of the old. flour Las also been coming

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trout zatmanu. vary. necorrima to the last accounts, were hsgiuniae to suffer.

injury, Mid the constant rains had also affected the potatoes. it ts

under nil circumstances, that the weatha seems at length to have taken a favourable turn. If it should continue tine and dry fur it week or two, the consequences, as regards the general harvest, would be much less calamitous.— Times Dublin Correspondent,

There is no use any longer in disguising the matter—in Ireland we shall have a lamentable failure. We would impress upon the Poor-law Guardians to ex- pedite their work. We believe the Chief Commissioner and his staff are la- bouring night and day ; but famine may knock at the door before the machinery is complete. We dare not trust ourselves any further on this topic.—D,aiiic Evening Post.