The Express.
London, England, 1860-10-18 00:00:00

POSTPOYEMENT OP THE HOP DOTY.

MAIDSTONE, WILIBMIDAT.
A large and influential meeting of the hop
growers of the oo®fy at Kent wee bold thin afternoon in
Um earn exchange, Yadetooe, to coesider the propriety of
aseinorialieing the Chancellor of the Exchequer for the
peetpoonnent of the payment of the instalment on hop
duties of 1859, now coming due in November next. Mr.
Pelmets, of Chartautton, an extensive hop grower, was
called to the elude ; end amongst those present were Mr.
Wykelmus Marti°, Mr. J. Whatinaa, Mr. W. Carter, Mr.
F. B. Elvey, and Mr. Hartridge.
The CIILIKMAX, in commeueing the business of the meet.
ing, said he never recollected the hop planter of Kent meet-
ing with a heavier cloud banging over their prospects then
M present, or of their being more legitimately entitled to
complain of their position than in 18th. (Hear, bear.)
With the excepthm of the Weahl of Kent, which might be
almost termed an oasis in the .I.ert, there was never known
so total o f.C.ure of the bop crop as this year—(hmar, bear)
—sod ate time when a very beery instalmeot of duty was
due in November, which the best would bays great diffi-
culty in meeting oat of the ordinary resources of their
business. (Hear, bear.) The hop growers were in this
awkward predittuneet—tbsy bed no hops, and next
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to no money, and they wereisieprived from poise to the
usual wares of acerianiedatios from ham( ao se-
curity in the shape of hops fur money to be
advanced to them with which to meet the duty. (Hear,
hear.) Their usual habit was to go to the Borough for se-
nishuice, espmally for the November duty ; but they could
not expect those penuche, u cautious men sad met of buil-
DOW, to advance the hop-growers money whim they had no
atock to give them as security, and oosseqamitly there
would be • tendency on the part of those men Mt button up
their tweeebee-rocket. and my, " We cannot advance you
the money you require—we will do the best we con,
end let you have a little." (Hear, hem) How,
then, were they to get on' The crops of grain
out of which these duties were sometime* paid were not
now available, owing to the lackwardness of the serum and
the extraordinary bad condition in which they had besa
harvested. Twee crops could not be seat to market, ex-
cept at such a depreciation in value as no man who had
the power of avoiding it would submit to, sad therefor%
althuogh there were many men who could without di&
culty meet than present payment, by far the larger number.
of the growers were not able, and would have to make
greet ancrifices to meet the payment. (Hear, hear.) That
placed them in an awkward fix, and one that entitled them
to the beet consideration of the Chancellor of Exchequer.
Hr. Wrexatu MACTIN proposed the first resolution. Hie
expreseed him sorrow at the untoward events of the
that bad rendered their meeting necessary, sad teMeed
them hie assistance in carrying out the objects of the caste
rag. (Hear.) They found from inquiry that me vet •
warm had not been kataniiieceldlG, though in sow pled-
oilers that was not so unfavourable as They well
all agree with him that it wee but natural under the circus-
shwas to expect that the agricultural interest in all de-
partments woad be subject to onnsi.lerable pressure, IMO I
one part was more susceptible of pressure than amass It
was the bop-growing district of Kent. (Haar, hear.) The
hop plantations were at the best of times uncertain
speculations• and they could not but be the
first to suffer in seneons like this. (Hear, hear.)
He concluded by moving the following resolution:—
•. Owing to the a:most total blight in the hope, coupledwiti
the unprecedentedly late sad wet harvest, the hop-gruvren
ere unable *lmo to thrash their corn, and are quite unable
to meet their half-yeses duties of 1811:1, due in November
next. This meeting therefore earnestly moats the awe.
ceflor of the Examiner to grant the postpmement of the
payment of the duty till November 1361 ; sad the Ousters
hereby pledge themselves to pay the 1860 duties when the
same is due.' (Hear, hear.)
Mr. Nast seconieil the resolution.

The resolution waa put and carried, two dissentients only
Yr.hoiding up their hands agabotil
Wilarmair proposed the sewed resolution : " That •
neemorial be heMled embodying the above resolution, sad
signed by swesy hop planter in the county of Kent, and
that the mme be emulated in every parish for that per-
poss.'
Mr. Baseman seconded the resolution, which wee
carried ananirnolisly.
Resolutions were then agreed to for the formation of •
committee for craning out the foregoing resolutions, end
also that a rem:est Is made from the meeting, urging all
members of perhament in the county of Kent to give their
support towards obtaining the postponement of the
hop duties.

X vote of thank,' to the chairman terminated the pro-
ceedings.

Tun FATAL. MINE ACCIDENT IN CORNWALL.—
AA inquest war on Monday held on the bodice of the two
men who died from the effects of the injurien sustained by
the burst,' of the boiler at Wheul Charlotte mine on
asturrlev, wham after inquiry, the jury returneda verdict
of " Actidestal death." There is 4 strum 'ashlar in the
lir4ghbourh..l that, had SlarliArlll Pare been iftkeS to wit-
Lira the Area o( the booler, 010 a-eldest sight have
Vas —Wide rn Yemeni/ per,

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lfalaalemm trameeted et the itamlLl el the
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,isthasimasammtla halegieteskinerz
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his Goes the Dolor el Of
steward ia conammese et IllimeW that the Earl al
Osseeley bed besumanizz=sce kise. the appoint-
mast MS
The Earl of Weelpsainail wee sleeted a member of the
Jockey Club.
The Keeper of the Kaki Desk latanasti the meeting
that he had been inst moiled bp' Lad Me/pm to withdraw,
for the present, the aleabliewi respedieg two year old:,
I of which his lordship W glees sedge, sad that huh nodes
would be riven Ulm they wee =forward.
' The rewilutkes as the fps el of mike
notice dud 111:11:Er lir Joseph llawl= Ni. Orr
rine, were Asa hieweed, sad, dim some dims-
sio?, it was neseived
That maw pima wits wishes sot ho Ms bones
in his own name man awe ens seam, whit mat be
registered at Nowa Wsiehy% dim, and that he cannot
enter in any ether until the thaw is duly notified to them
and the dame shall be aelised la the Bret Sheet Calends;
publiakied
Weatheralba the reolpt el mod notification by Mears.
" A feed 1 lov. is to be mid on each ratietration, which
shall be carried to the credit of the Henan& Benevolent
Fund."

Mut prepaid to make a distinction in the amount of
heath tax paid far tie hones trained permanently at New-
market, and those brought there to run, was negatived on •
divisioe.

Theionidderation of Lord Derby's resolutions as to the
engaternentabsence. of jockeys was deferred, in compasses of his
lords • 's
Admiral Rocs then brought froward, aeocw4to notice,
the caws of Mr. E. Hibbard, sad it was maul resolved:
"That Mr. Edward Hibbard, late Warta. a. ewserket
and clerk of the coarse at deco; be warned off Newnwrioit-
heath."
Adjourned.