1823.] 
the whole, as we havo held throughout, 
although there will be no want of wheat, 
neither the quantity nor quality are pro- 
bable to realize the splendid promises held 
out by the public prints. Barley is a 
great, but not a fine, crop. Oats and 
beans have far exceeded expectation. 
Pease are good on some of the warmest 
and best soils, in generat a poor crop and 
badly harvested. ares and seeds have 
not succeeded. ‘Tuinips have improved. 
Potatoes are a great and sufficient crop, 
thenglr partially injured in late and ex- 
posed situations. All kinds of live stock 
are in the utmost plenty, but good hay 
very short in quantity. Wheat sowing, 
in forward lands, has been successfully 
got through, but the tilths not generally 
elean. In the extremities of the island, 
this important process will be very late. 
Seasons of the present description are 
always peculiarly unfavourable to the 
farmers of poor land and exposed districts. 
We learn from the Farmers’ Journal, and 
Meteorological Report. 
307 
it has been confirmed to us, by private 
communications, that Wales is covered 
with cultivation, superabundant in all live 
and dead produce; and yet, too muclr 
like Ireland, depressed by extreme pe- 
verty. The cause of such an unfortunate 
State of affairs is sufficiently obvious; but 
it is by no means so with respect to any 
immediate and effective remedy. “ 
Smithfield: — Beef, 2s. 4d. to 4s.— 
Mutton, 2s. 8d. to 4s.—Veal, 2s. 8d. to 
4s. 6d.—Lamb, 3s. 6d. to 5s.—Oxford, 
Bucks. and Beds. milk-fed' pork, 5s. 6d. 
te 5s. 8d.—Bacon, ——-.—Raw fat, 98. 35d. 
per stone. 
Corn Exchange :—Old wheat, 40s. to 65s. 
—New, 58s. to 5és.—Barley, 24s, to 346. 
—Oats, 20s. to 30s,—Londow price of 
best bread, 4Ib. for 9d.—Hay, 75s. to 
115s.—Clover, do. 80s. to 135s.—Straw,, 
39s. to 50s. 
Coals in the pool, 37s, to 49s. 6d. 
Middlesex ; Oct. 20. 
METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. 
—a— - 
Journal of the Weather and Natural History, kept at Hartfield, East Grinstead,. 
by Dr. T. Forster, from Sept, 20, to Oct. 15, 1823, 
Barometer. 
10 r.M. 
Thermomet. 
29°98 
29°40 
29°82 
29°86 
29-90 
29°69 
29°73 
29°85 
29°70 
29°17 
29°09 
99:49 
29°76 
29:99 
29-87 
99-77 
29:94 
29:78 
_ 29°48 
29°41 
28°90 
29°18 
29-38 
29°35 
29°40 
State of the Weather. 
Fair. 
Showery— W indy. 
Showery— Windy. 
Calm and cloudy—Rain, 
Fair warm day. 
Misty—Fair, 
Misty—Fair. 
Cloudy—Rain—Showers, 
Windy—Rainy—Clear. 
Foggy —Clear. 
White frost—-Rain, 
Fog—Clear—Fog, 
Cloudy. 
Cloudy—Rain—Clear. 
Much cloud. 
Fair—Cloudy. 
Rain—Showers. 
Showers and clear—Windy. 
Windy and fair—Showers. 
Showery day. 
Showers—Clear, 
Clear and clouds— Clear.. 
Fair day. 
N.B.—This journal will be continued up to the 15th of each month successivoly. 
Observations.—1 have to apologize for 
the omission of two Journals, occasioned 
by absence from home, 
August was wet and blowmg;) and the 
quantity of rain considerable, On the 
The month of. 
26tir it beeame fair, and a delicious calm, 
with a serene sky and gentle north and 
easterly winds, succeeded ; and continued, 
with the intermission of only a few blowing 
days, till the 21st of September, when the 
unsettled 
