The provincial newspapers sopply the following accounts of the prospect
awl progress of the harvod.
The last few days of glorimis wcalfer have effected a wonderIld improve- moment in the appearance of the criips ill Yorkshire. Si tin Monday we have had no rain, and the ripening of the different kinds of grain has proceeded very fast under the warm rays of the sun. From the impories which We have made of parties well qualified to jmige, and also front pers.thal observation, we Lope we may calculate Ott the erie,•s I wing it full averwar, and in numerous instrowes the yield is said to be nopr.cedentol. Where tic' sickle is already in operation, this statement is fully heroe out. The hay-harvest is nearly over, and, considering the late wet weather, has been secured in fair condition.— Leeds Mercury.
The weather in Durham has undergone a complete change for the better since our last notice. During the present week we have hail tine sunny days and frosty nights, all well suited to bring the harvest forward. It lots come
too late, however, to beludit many of the hay-crops, which luive been spoiled by the heavy rains. We are sorry to learn, to.), that the niunimimw V the wheats is discourayhry (IS to the prohalet, trartil of the grain. Tlie appearance of oats and barley, however, is more fa vourahle.—Duelmat During the latter part of last ice, :and the beginning of the present, the weather continued very wet, lint it IRIS since moderated, for the last few days have been remarkably tine. The beneficial effects of this change are already very visible in time Unproved appearance of the crops ; and if we be blessed with a continuance of it, there is every prospect that an abundant harvest will yet reward the lahours of the thrillers, though it must necessarily be an unusually late one.—Neweitstls Chronicle.
Since Tuesday last, a truly delightful change has taken place in the state of the weather. Instead of a continuance of the late heavy rains, which dimmed the hopes of the cultivator of the soil, and awakened Sed0119 apprehensions ge- nerally, a bright atmosphere, with heavy dews during the night, has happily prevailed; and the sun has shone out with full warmth and brilliancy, with every indication of a coutinuance of the most auspicious weather. The progress which the respective crops have Iliade in the course of the last few days is per- fectly wonderful, cheering the spirits of the cultivator, mid ealenlated to diffuse through the bosom of theconsumer the feelings ofjoy and of thaukfidoess, Nor will the extent and amount of ti' injury eon -erpient upon the late heavy rains be so seriows as many bad, from ;time!, r.• -es, Iwen ind tired to anthripate. In this immediate neighbourhood ( I b mea •-t o.) several crops have already fallen before the sidle and the sick! ;iii tm the coarse of a few days the labours of the harvest-fields. bearing i-i ry deseription of grain, will be in full and vi- gorous operation.—Dontafsh p Getzet',..
In the neighbourhood of Kendal several ibis of harlisy appear to be nearly ripe for the sickle, and the other descrl;d its ofbreall-eoin appear most luxuriant and abundant ; bat the late heavy mks have laid a great quantity, and it is feared that unless tine weather is at 1E10, much of the wheat will be spoiled.— Whitellerren Herald.
Harvest is now progressing in many districts iii the neighbourhood of Stam- ford; and although by no means a very iianalan t crop, is yet ni ciii better than was at one time anticipated. The n heat cri p,. love ripened very genially, and in some districts towards the west, where iirjfiry was ii in to the corn by the storms of last month and June, they have partially recovered. An average crop may, we understand, be ant icipos ! throughout South Lincolnshire. The operations of the husbandman in gatherlag the fruits of the ninth, which in the Southern counties had Ic,emne vet t v :reneral, have been much impeded (in Lancashire) by showery weather di-trinr. the last seven days. Much strain has, notwithstanding, been parried, and a fm's' very fintward gentiles have been brought to market. Generally speaking, although the heavy wheat should L- Gnardiftalk. unclouded throughout the country was much laid by the storms of wind and ral---ssiid prevailed a short time, the greater part ot'it is-likely to ripen, sent fine weather continue. All accounts concur that what is *0,4Z excellent as to quality and quantity. The bright sun anti sphere of time last three days will soon set all to rights.—Laneaster
'rime weather for the last two or time weeks has been unconunonly
unfavourable to getting in the hay harvest, the greater part of wilichiiir mains exposed in the neighbourhood of Mahon, and it is to be feared opu,.16 miqtar will be sustained in the same. All other kinds of crops stand gr-pjf,7 need of warm dry weather ; and should this take place, the harvest W tet, inenee generally in about n fortnight's time.-1/0 llockinyhant. The fields in Staffordshire are now filled with reapers; and althous„A grain must necessarily be injured, and the gathering in of the corn retatil4 the unfavourable weather which so long prevailed, yet time mischief doneit ' So serious but that a dry week or two and sunshine may in a great inessa54a, pair it. We sincerely trust that it kind Providence may yet „,irrant propliss weather for the ripening and harvesting of the fruits of the earth..4 rerrissr.
Tlw crops in that part of the Weald. of Kent from Tunbridge to Bileiami, are looking most favourable. Reaping has been begun amongst the sat wheats, and some few fields of red., Both white and reil are extrernelvgoi Barley, as in every other county I have been in, is very laxariant. ois,4 much better than any I have seen in the counties North-west of Loudon: La. deed they are really line. Beans, like all others I have seen elsewhek,st short in stem, but beautifully padded, and will yielmi well, sad certainty not impoverish the land like large-stein beans. Turnips are extremely good, Can turintry Journat The weather for the harvest has been, with but slight exceptions, veryfiat; a great quantity of wheat imi the neighbourhood of Exeter has been cutaa stacked in excellent condition and of good quality. The greatest amount mischief wit 'it the bad weather appears to have done, is the spailingsfaz straw, and inclining the wheat so as to give more trouble iii cattier. Iset, counts of the harvest which have reached us from other parts ot the owl are favourable.— Western Macs.
During the latter days of last week, the labours in the harvest were 30 penthal by the fall of heavy warm rains, which, however, have not doleful serious mischief. 'Pile weather then changed to cold, with frosty nights; laut is now and has been for several days of the most favourable character, al with brilliant moonlight oights. The crops are everywhere rapidly eleatio The wheat and harley are in very good condition, and the yield is expette4 be abundant.---Hertibed 7k/bra/cr.
The crops have Within the last day or two assumed, contrary to theespas,
tions of many, the most gratifving.appearance. The rather heavy Amnia the hat ter part of last week and beginning of this have done little compass injury, and almost everywhere the oats and wheat are being eat. &twat Leicester and Loughbormigh several fields of wheat appear to be ripeforia sickle ; mold such other descriptions of bread-corn as are not cut banish I uxuriant and abundant. Accounts from every quarter represent the crop it bein,,, about an average one. Since Wednesday, the weather has turned ost most 1,1.01dt-hats, and the farmers have aceorillngly taken advautage of Lykes/so ( 7w/wish% Lamentable actfounts have reacheti as from many parts of Wales, mutt the violent and lomr-contimted rain during the last three weeks. In South Wale, sheep and lamlis have been destroyed by the mitts and torrents; and in Nab Wales traria of meadows are tint ourlied by the seithe, or Vilma-a, the predate is destroyed. Near the sea coast, at A herystwith, Aberdory, and Hui mouth, the hay is not gathered yet ; the grain is ripening, and the two harm will be alinest at the same time.—G/obe.
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