The Express.
London, England, 1846-09-26 00:00:00

1101'S.

BOROCCiII f.tniirr, Two o'C7ocZ•.—Messrs. Pat-
tendcn and Smith, Hop Factors, report that there continues
a very excellent trade at (Wowing quotations:—
Mid :mil E.eit hints, from per Cwt.l•G ON to .C 7 On.
Weald of Kenn
Snea,, from
Farnham,'
Yearling Bents
Yearling mimes
Old Hops „ 2 0 to 4 0
110 P GROUNDA.—By a return pre-knted to Parlia-
ment, on the motion of Mr. Ilumphery, it appears that the
total yomitity of land in England and Wales under hop eul
tivntion is tli.o4d acres, divided amongst the excise collec-
tions as follows :
Conectioao.
Barnstaple
Cambridge
alterbury
Cornwall
Derby
Dorset
Essex
Gloucester
Grantham.
Hants
Hereford

Acres Collect
22 Lynn
I; 11slord
.. 9,1201 IG•:dieß
2 Rochester
sulisbury
9 Salop
.. 215 Stonrbridge
.. MI Sunol9 ........2
2G ?surrey
... 1,0.37 Sussex
11,597 Wales, Middle
199 Wurcister

Hellion%
I,sk. of Wight
Linouln

1,i2/
4O

Total.

Acm.
114
141

15,697
Y.
3171

1472 ii

.45,11511 1-16

Hor PRonrcE.—The following table allows the
quantity of Hop, charged with duty in the United Kingdom
during the several years after mcutiuned, ar shewu by the
parliamentary papers :
1040 7,114,917 1013
1911
1,42

29,285,092
32,t174,749

SEPT. 243,—Loads of Hops are thus
early beginning to arrive, though it wants ten days to the
first fair day. In what is calks' the Farnham Row, every
store-room and shed will soon be filled. It is thought that
not half expected to be sent can by possibility be securely
stored, should there be much rain within and at that time.
A great fair is anticipated, and preparations are making
accordingly. For the convenience and accommodation of
dealers and others coming to this large annual fair from Lon-
don, Isle of Wi3ht, Portsmouth, Gosport, Southampton,
&c., the South Western Railway Company have made
arrangements with Mr. Drover, of the George, end Mr.
Matcham, of the Globe inns, the two coach proprietors, of
Andover, to have vehicles at the Andover-road station, to
meet eves, up and down train throughout the principal fair
days.
MAIDSTONE, SEPT. 24.—Picking is now fast draw-
ing to a close, end the reselts confirm many in their pre-
vious °pie ion that theroduce would be short a expectation.
The planters are far .eem being reconciled to the low priees
at which hops are now being sold, and many decline
sending them to market, considering that the great
reduction in price is more than proportionate with the altered
position of the market. They contend that the old stocks arc
pretty well cleared up, and as the consumption is greatly in-
creased and still. extencling, the sulphas of this year's crop can
only be considered as a pi udent reserve against the chance of a
loss: duty, for the next year. And considering the exhaustion
the stock has sustained this season, first from the severe attack
of verre'n, as well as suffering extensively in many instances
.rom drought, next in the anticipatnd production of a
heas • crop, and as a natural result of low and unremu-
nemiing prices, a considerable decrease in the extent of
the plantations will assuredly take place—it is but too probable
that next year's duty will be a short one. With these im-
pressions, many planters who are enabled so to do have de-
termined to withhold their Hops from the market; and it
will he found that considerably less, instead of more, than
a year's consumption will be forthcoming for sale. Under
such circumstances, an improvement in prices may reason-
ably be anticipated. The duty is still called 200,000/.,
although we Lave scarcely an account this week but what
states the average growth, where they have nearly all done
picking, at considerably less than last year.