The Express.
London, England, 1850-08-13 00:00:00

HOP LNTELLIGENC E.

liattnefonn —The hop plantations are now everywhe►e
brightening with the development of the burr Into hop. This is more
particularly the ease in the Weald, where the planMuees stem to be
rattier more forward than in Mid-Kent. The bine is, however, both
there and in Sussex, much more slack, and Purely warrants the high
quotati..n of duty. The winds of Thursday and Friday la•t did some
damage, the extent of which will be more appereut a few days hence
than at present. Our parish reports are stall identical in their de-
scription of the grow n 4 as to render it quits useless to give mem is
detail. In those places where the mou:d has appeared it soma to
be cm the increase, and many apprehend that it will be seriously ex-
tensive.. . . .

Oat of our Mid-Kent district report says : " The moukl is likely to
do snub mischief in some o! the grounds, is it is upon the increase,
and the wit w.rm weather is in its favour; there are some grounds
free from It to any extent at present. The result is looked forward to
with great anxiety. The bine :oaks well and gnaws freely, and, en.
rept the mould, hu • very promising appearance.
Mother caresspondeat says : "1 haus seen Parham and Worces-
ter, end hare been with their beet plan'ers. It is their opinion. as
well as my own, that though the bine is generally good, the fruit is
likely to be too late. Hops are • fortnight h. o lisckward, sod unless the
weather should become more genial than the last few days, we shall fall
far short of the duty_now estimated. Tts complaint of Susses
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6cisearanee 6enda-Wetness of burr; as they my, •it is too far apart.
Mould in our neighbourhood is much to be feared. It does not mist
merely in the imagination, it is too visible."
WuNClNTllit.—There is nothing new to report this work
as to the growing crop, which progresses moot favourably, and the
produce is likely to be abundant everywhere. The accounts from
Kent speak of mould among maw of the best en:rinds, but with the
present bright, warm weather the disease it not likely to spread to any
enfant. Our market is quiet, and priors the /Mlle as lam week. Duty
for the district 30,0001., and lge,ttuol. ter the whole kingdom.—
Moiesf ~Journal of August If.
' TicaToN.—We have plenty of bins p lly, and a fa.
vourahle apptvuunee of a crop. except where the mould is, and it is
very uncertain as to what mischief that may du.
NICITLESTIAD.—W• have some grounds which look well,
grow freely, and promise a gool crop. There are others in which the
monk, is likely to do much mtechief.
ManIWOITH AND WATIRINOBURT,—The hops prow
tumidly, and are earning into hop fast dome of the grape are short
of burr. The mould is very bad, and immeete fast in some grounds,
and shows itself in the bop as seen as the biter berries to assume the
form of a hop. The moist, warm weather is favourable to its increase.
Three are some groan& nearly free from mould, but they are rare ;
Ultimo them as a whole, the result is very uncertain.
IAINNWIVORTIi AND WanT PECKHAM —Where than at.
*aft Men from mould, they are coming out into hop, and look well,
but there are acres that will not be picked, in consequence of the
mould having made such ravages.
HoLLINOIIoUgm.—Te. bine Continua very healthy. The
burr looks well, and bops in some gardens are showing
Them its every mown of a good crop.
CRAW suoot..—There is probability of a large crop
here. The burr is fart coming Into hop.
YALDINO ♦ND HUNTOM.—Our hops continue to im-
prove, except where the mould is, which in same gardens is still n
the inciter*. . . . . . .

BURNCHLlT.—Twogestleutect of this place baying takes
• tour in Kent and Odom report the general plantation to be full of
bine* a considentble portion of which appear to be too lazerisat to be
fruitful, and even now the crap much depends on the weather. The
atmosphere is certainly too damp and cold at present for ho-ps to
mature, considering how backward the weather in The mould is
spreading rapidly In some places ; none here yet.
TUNDRIDOI WaLLS.—The hops are emirs out well, in-
deed much better than could be expected from the moist and dull
weather wee:preheated.
HOIRSMONDIN.—Ther• is a complaint from mute of the
planters that In some plantatloas there Is a great paucity of burr,
owing, it is thought, to the extremely growing state of the Mom and
to their being, in many gardens, much bowed and entangled. Thom
grounds that are not so much overstocked with bine are likely to grow
the largest and brat cropor hoes.
EDIMBRIDOII —Tee burr is getting into hop in many
places, particularly the Jones's.
C AAAAAA VaT.—The weather this week has been not al-
together favourable for the bops. Wet and rain combined hare
bruiped and otherwise injured the bine; nee is the burr more de-
veloped. Appearaneee are he the worse upon the port few days.—
Moe/eon' 'aseffe of August 13.

PUNISHMENT or DEATH BY BURNIIIO.—Your
correspondent B. 8. 8. W. gives an account of a woman
burnt for the murder of her hualund in 1783, and saki
whether there is any other instance of the kitd re the letter
part of the last century. I cannot positively answer this
query, but 1 will state a circumstance that occurred to au-
self about the year 1788. Passing in • hackney-coach up
the Old Bailey to West Smithfield, I saw the unquenched
*sabots of a fire oppo-ite to Newgate ; on my alightteg I
asked the coachman "What was that Ire in the Old Bailey.
over which the wheel of your carriage passed ?" " Oh.
sir," he rePlied. "they have been burning a eremite for
murdering her husband." Whether he spoke the truth or
cot I do not know, but I neeiverl it at the time aa truth,
and remember the impression it Nude on me. It rs, per.
hop, as well te state that there were some Musa to twenty
persons standing Groned the smouldering embers at the time
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