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In the year 1820 the harvest was much 
later. The crops of corn, though abundant, 
were not of so fine quality as the last, 
and were much mildewed; but upon the 
whole, this was also reckoned a productive 
harvest. The weather was still too dry for 
the turnip-crops. 
The second half-quarters of the autumn 
were precisely similar in point ol dryness, but 
in 1820 the temperature exceeded that in 
1819, as much as it fell below it in the first 
six weeks, making the averages of the whole 
quarters precisely the same. This accession 
of heat probably prevented the precipitation 
of the usual quantity of water, for the amount 
of rain was less than half. 
The winters differed still more widely than 
the autumns. The first was remarkable for 
its severity, and the second for its mildness : 
the respective mean temperatures being 33 
and 38. In this quarter the latter regained 
the dryness which it was behind in the pre¬ 
ceding; and the means of the two half-years 
were exactly similar. This state of the at¬ 
mosphere is reckoned by no means unfavour¬ 
able to the farmer, and neither in the cold 
season of 1819-1820, or in the dry season of 
1820-1821, were any complaints made. The 
last winter half-quarter of 1821 was particu¬ 
larly remarkable for a very high average of 
the barometer. 
In the first half-quarter of the spring the 
year 1820 was very backward ; the wheats 
looked very indifferent, and vegetation alto¬ 
gether very unpromising. The blossoms of 
fruit-trees were very much injured by frosts 
and cold winds. In the corresponding period 
of 1821, the weather, on the contrary, was 
extraordinarily fine and open. The opera¬ 
tions of husbandry were unusually forward; 
the wheat was vigorous and firmly rooted, 
and every appearance of vegetation as flatter¬ 
ing as could be wished. The former period 
was distinguished from the latter by being lo 
drier, and 2£o colder, a much higher baro¬ 
meter, and half the quantity of rain. 
[Dec. I, 
In the second half-quarter, the advantage 
began to turn in favour of the first year. The 
temperature w^as higher, and the dryness 
continued. There was a sufficiency of rain, 
in the form of warm showers; the appearance 
of the wheat improved, and barley and oats 
promised very well. In the second year ve¬ 
getation was checked by cold north winds: 
pasture was not forward, but still the whole 
prospect w r as good. At the commencement 
of the summer of 1820, the weather turned 
extraordinarily hot; the change was very 
sudden, and the produce of the fields made 
astonishing progress to maturity. The har¬ 
vest commenced early, and, although the 
weather was rather unsettled, was w^ell se¬ 
cured. The produce of all kinds w r as abun¬ 
dant, though not of the first quality. 
The summer of 1821 was extremely back¬ 
ward, but favourable for growing wheats. 
The lowness of temperature was considered, 
at the time, rather favourable, as tending to 
check over-luxuriance of vegetation ; barley, 
however, suffered materially from this cause. 
Near the usual harvest-time, the corn, though 
full eared, had hardly completed the flower¬ 
ing process. Oats were heavy, full-eared, 
and promising. Turnips, and all kinds of 
pasture, particularly fine and luxuriant. A 
succession of hot days, at thelatterpart of the 
summer-quarter, raised the average tempera¬ 
ture above the corresponding period of the first 
year, and rapidly brought on the ripening of 
the grain. Nothing was dow wanting but a 
favourable dry period to house the harvest. 
The reaping did not begin till the 25th or 26th 
of August, more than a fortnight later than 
the usual lime. 
This summer must be reckoned altogether 
wet and cold, and owing to this, it is feared, 
that the vintage on the Rhine, the Elbe, and 
in Switzerland, will entirely fail. The great 
characteristic features of the two years were, 
in the first, a cold winter and a hot summer ; 
and in the second, a very mild winter, and a 
backward cold summer. 
British Legislation. 
BRITISH LEGISLATION. 
i 
ACTS PASSED in the FIRST YEAR of the REIGN of GEORGE THE FOURTH, OT in 
the SECOND SESSION of the SEVENTH PARLIAMENT of the UNITED KINGDOM. 
C AP. LVTII. To regulate the Ex- 
pcnces of Elections of Members to 
serve in Parliament for Ireland. 
VIII. Caudidates not liable to Expence 
attending the Writ, &c. 
Charges for executing a Writ or Precept 
for holding an Election. £ s. d. 
For providing each Place of Poll¬ 
ing or Booth, for Commis 
sioners, for administering 
Oaths of Qualification to Ro¬ 
man Catholics, such Place of 
Polling or Booth not being in 
a Public Building, a Sum not 
exceeding.16 0 0 
Such Place of Polling or Booth 
being in a Public Building, a 
Sum not exceeding ... 7 10 0 
For the Assessor to the Return¬ 
ing Officer, for attending the 
Election, and for the First 
Day’s Polling, a Sum not ex¬ 
ceeding . 50 0 0 
For each subsequent Day’s at¬ 
tendance, a Sum not exceed¬ 
ing . 1176 
For each Poll Clerk, for each 
Day’s Polling, a Sum not ex¬ 
ceeding .. 12 9 
For each Deputy Clerk af the 
Peace* 
