The Express.
London, England, 1849-07-31 00:00:00

HOP INTIMLIOBNCE.

MATOsTONN, hey 31.—1 n stir heat gram& the la'e rains
have done rood. Some of the crack grouruls begin to look up"
hut the weak grounds are foal rad unpromi-ing. The rains seem to
hive t or many of the vet nun, and stimulated and refreshed
the plant. The growth of our immediate neishbourbried will, how.
ever, p drably be unequal. The errant elate of the grounds in this
immediate di drict may be gathered from the following obeerrations
made during a ramble through the pariahs named : In Bogey the
grounds have suffered very tamely. hearted and Tharnhom are
in the Pime category, with cue or two tract ption% Boughton and
livtse will pruhabiy grow a goal crop for the year. In Linton the
(lolling grounds are short of bine, but generally healthy, and will
predate a gni d. though perhaps a short crop. The Jonas look
filer than the Gotdingn and all hare berme I sinee the late rain. In
the higher parts of Winton the grounds se en better than in the lower
kat though sheet of bine they appear healthy and likely to grow a few
=,(11. thaw parts of Malden near to Huston the mounds have
'patty, and will namely recover. The Folding grounds
ant highly favoured, as some are quite as gond as those of Boughton
and Lon e. The West Varlet: It grounds are net so good down to-
wen4 the river as may be seen higher up. There are, however, both
WI ea I good In both localities. harming, which h u been much
hinthted, a not :mproving. Some of the poem Ink bad. but others
will probably produce a chart crop. The At legord ;monde are mostly
"he, excel Ling .roue few pierce. Generally epeaking, improvement
de vi-ible during the past week, although many grounds aria " pent
ravine for."
VisTaRINORIIRT AND MIRRWORTH —The hops have not
Imp roved within the Lot week en the extent that it was supposed they
would, and name of the grounds have got worse.
II AWKII ItaT.—Tnis distiller., which is of consideroble
magnitude, is still bad, and the crop will be only • few on the top in
the best grounds; in others, none at all.
IGHTRA4I AND Seat. —Writ the exception of a few
cards which continue slowly to improve, the hops ate looking very
WIDTHS'S —The hope are not looking at all er. II this
week. They are nearly as full o! Mama as raw, end lo k very black.
Consittmable fears are entertained that there will be very few hops
here this memo, a. there is no time fur them to recover.
ra ALlA:co.—The improvement in some ground; is very
and the young shoots and burr ate still followed up by the ver-
min, while other grounds are looking wu-se daily.
CRANBROoK.—The lace showers have hail the effect of
bringing out the burr In some of the ground., but there Is still a eon-
eidergtde goat of bine which is anything but ptomaine.
BoVONTOW, MILNNIIIII. AND KMININGTON.—The hope
L. three wishes end neighbourhned are very block, and full of Ter-
min and from the shortness of hire the crop must be very mill, al-
Omagh some haprovemast L vlsibk since the lute showers.
EiDENTIRIDOR —Thee. is an improvers.• t in some of the
untaxed bine, but the week do but little if earthing.
OurrhoTON.—The late storms hove washed the hope, and
made them look better, and the bile that were petaible to Improve
I.arr, doge ro, but the others remain in otola quo. upon the whole,
they look more propitious, with lees vermin.
Hunsvoasmv.—The late rains have improved some plea-
t:anons that were in an immortal' state, but others hoer gone worse,
end are judged pest recovery. The general accounts do not appear to
warrant en advance of duty.
ALTON AND COIINTIT DISTRICTS, July X— We re-
frained from transmitting you a report of the state of the bon planta-
tions last week, In the hope that we should be able to speak room eon.
Silently of an inspeovement at the pmeent time, hut we are mere we
cannot do to. A email portion of Farnham to mill looking wetl, as
oleo a few sees in the country; but the very greet proportion of the
datelet, whirl wan struck ea hard with the blight, is rent recovery,
end in eettlinly honking none eine. the Wvondnnt and fine rain with
whiek we have been favoured.— Maidstone Gazette 'of this day.)
I ATLISTORD —Our Golding grounds are now in a state
that gives no hope of recovery, being .1111 infested with Ike. The
Grams sad Jenne, may produce a very abort crop if we have a cm.
thsomeo or hot weather to soeteed these showers.
FoRLEIGN. TALDING. CHART, &c.—Thu tolerable clear
Bone—very little a perfectly so—hea improved during the pad week.
Not ro the foul, wbteh In deeidedly worse. The clearest grounds at
Chart have rather sow backward. and do rot promise no well en last
wet; the foul ore are en bad as ever; no mould perceivable. There
snug now be a short crop.
Bitstecimer. —A few pieces ma coining on better than
woe tweet 4, although the ereatept part of the plantations are In a
very bad elate, being completely beaten by vermin and honey-dew,
and are short of bine.
811111NOARS AND ADJOINING PARISIL—At IrlOt two-
third* cal the plantation In this district Is completelv gene into Viola ;
nn The other third there 14 an appearance dgrowing ken le 4 art
per acre.
'1 us !MIAOW —We are iroorovin wiry 11014. OM
patch tanned grow half the quantity of liat year.
eb at witch the Wile 'Rao
WITTERPHAIL —The area,
during the tart and preceding week, and which has in general Isms
boiled up-n as en impr vereent, is now found to be (allowed op by
vermin• heels, vigorous, and increaeing, which quite confines the
peeped of the wiring crop to a few eats. per acre on the most to.
mired plentations.
CANTIRRURT.- The weather of the peat sleek hes been
rat the showers and thunder storms have been come chat b
noisy In clearing of sante of the vermin, nntwithatand ng their
OfilleFfeell in f hawing the young sheets. We saint ea that the
her are 1 a worse condition than tat week but bail. indeed, is the
he-t teat can be said As there in no hope of a general cr.'s we can
•imply In kto whet will be pmdueed at the top. It G porble, with
ihewirehie antihero' top crop mar he obtained. The burr is very
bray ameba f etk. Duty called 81.0001.
VitsZ4 —The seemire from 8-sees: are exertv the moo
an before, The good grounds, which are few and far between, am
improving. the bid decidedly worse. Here and there we hear of a
fortunate tenter who will grow en manytins*Cif.; but therea
very rare tame, of gaud fortune.— Waiddstie Journal,

FATAL ACCIDENT dN THIS RIVER.— Yealerday
a t,er-os n, hetwe.n 4 and 6 o'cinek, small skiff. containing
two ,wen and • /eine', wet driven acrow the mooCtouchains
of the rof shipping off Burley's H"le, the currant swamp-
ing the sod ism sing she entire party. One, named
htisnn, emit! to the mooring-ehoin, and was pawnor!.
Th. when, armed Rober s min and wife, reeling at TWIN
Folly, sunk, si3eFian tweh other in their altoll, and were
drowsed.