1 8 1 6 . ] Meteorological Iteporf. 2S5 



«d rust and canker; ajso llie piiliid stage of blight, called smut, the Invariable conco« 

 initant of such seasons as tlie present, in an alarniin<; deiiree. Great quantities of corn, 

 yet uncut, cannot ripen, aud, should any part of it be overtaken by frost, must be to- 

 tally spoiled. Ou llie oilier hand, the wheat crop is universally lart;e aud bulky, a very 

 •u«u"al result from a thin spring plant. Poor light lands, which from their nature were 

 the least injured by the rains, are uncommonly pro.iuctive ; aud, foitunately, in most 

 districts there have been partially very considerable products of wheat reaped and 

 safely carried; but which, from the state of the weather duriug; the process to maturity, 

 must necessarily be defective rn'rihiten and substance, in rourt-e, of weis;ht and nntri- 

 tive quality. It is necessary to {;uard the public against thoje reports which take tha 

 measure of corn produce by the length of the straw. Bailey and oats, where they for- 

 tunately ripen, are large crops, although much injured iu general by the burden ot clo. 

 Ter and weeds. Beans and peas run too much to haului to be very pioductive in 

 need, with the exception of drilled bean--, which are in so great a degree superior to 

 the broad cast, as to give hopes of the future extension of the drill system, and some 

 faint probability of hope, that the tj nth will in time be obvious, of a parallel case, ia 

 that respect, between pulse and white corn, and hoe-tillage being equally neeessary to 

 both. Tuinips a backward, but large and promising, crop. Potatoes full an averau'e, 

 but said to have been blackened in the north, aiiii injured by the late frosts. Hops, which 

 were supposed recovering, have since relapsed, and will be generally a defective and 

 ordinary produce. The late severe storms did vast dama;^e to the orchard fruits. Clay, 

 land fallows in a very foul state. Great bulk in the stubbles, both of clover and weed*. 

 In some of tlie maritime counties labourers have been scarce. Fat and lean stock far- 

 ther on the decline in price, as is generally the case ou the approach of autumn. Com- 

 plaints still iu circulation against the butchers, for their presumed too high prices, 

 which, if a fault, in all justice ought to be shared betwec-n them and the complainants* 

 Fine seed-wheat in request at good prices, and the spring wheat of the present seasoa 

 said to be of good promise. Additional complaints, from too many quarters, of late 

 seizures for rent, of the absolute ruin of the tenants, and the obduracy of landlords, who 

 will make no abatement of rent, but whose common reply is^" We are determined to 

 see the end of it.'" Fine wool is on the advance, aud Mr. Martin's late sales in Loudoi* 

 liave been well attended. Certain patriotic flock masters still persevere in the Merin* 

 improvement, with no doubt as to tlieir ultimate success. 



.Sinithfield : Beef 3s. to 4s. 4d.— Mutton 3s. 4d. to 4s, Cd.— Veal 4s. 8d. to 6s.— 



Lamb 4s. to 59.— Poik 4s. to 6s. — Bacon 4s. 6d. — ^Irish do. 4s. — Oil-cake . — 



Fat 4s. — Potatoes ll. 10s. to 6l. 6s. 



Corn Exchange : Wheat 56s. to 92s. — New do. 6 is. to 80s. — Barley 30s. to 37s.— 

 Oats 21s. to 31s. — The Quartern loaf iu London, ilb. .iioz. from lOd. to lo|d.— Hay 

 SI. 3s. to 61. per load.— Clover do. (new aud old) from 2L ti, to SL— ^Straw ^1, ius«, 

 fc) 31. 18s. 



Coals in the pool, ll. 15s. to 21. 7s. per chaldron, 

 Middlesex; September <i6. 



METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. 



Kept by C. Blunt, 38, Tavisloek-street. 



Barometer. 

 Michest 30.30, Aug. '■26, Wind N.W. 

 tieau temperature of the Hi hours, 50.5. 



lowest '29.30. Aug. 30, Wind N.AV, 

 Mean temperature of the 24 hours, 50 



rr>0 



Thennometfr. 



Highest 82°. Srpt. 16. Wind S. 



Mean barometrical pressure of the i\ 



Lours, 3 ).5. 



Lowest 32°. Sept, 2, Wind N. 



Mean barometrical piessure of the 24 



hours, -29.S9. 



_ This variation oc- 



j curred between the 



afternoon of the 14tli 



Greatest ") "istai.t, and the same 



variationin S 10^.< f^ "*" "'f M\o^ins 



'24 hours, > r'^'.r.,^'"' ^"'■"'" 



' -^ I day the thermometer 



I was at 7'J Fahren- 



J licit, and on the foI« 



^lowing day at 80. 



Tile qtnntity of rain fallen this niontli has been inconsiderable, as compared with 



tl.e umixual quantities of the last two months. The number of days to be teiined rainy 



^avc not exceeded fv^o, showery days siX; aud da^s ou which rnin has fallen in a very 



MqbjhlvRJIa.6,No. !i^i». Mm jlight 



Tiie mercury 

 was on the iiGth 

 ult. at 30.24, 

 and on the next 

 e same 

 as at 

 !,;9.50. 



i day, at the 

 / hour, it wi 



