Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-09-17 00:00:00

HOP INTELLIGENCE.

BaxercaLET.-7110 late Leavy rains have so actor ited the be , land
that we progress very slowly in picking. We, however, continue to
have the hops in good order, and they come down quite equal to onr
estimation ; nevertheless we think the duty is over-rated in the
berough,j edging from the short crop in this vicinity, as 5 cwt will be
about the average here.
CANTERBURY.—Picking is in full progress, and we have no change
to report since last week as to crop.
CRANBROOK.—The weather during the last few days has been very
unfavourable for picking, and the dryers have been unable to keep
the outs supplied. The duty is now called .1185,000 to .6'190.000.
lORTRAM.—Picking is now general throughout the parish. The
hops are vary fine aid good, althoagh it requires more than the
average quantity of bushels to the pocket. Tee borough duty is
thong t to be overact.
MAIDSTONIL—With the exception of Friday, when it rained through-
out the day, very litt e time has been lost to the planters ; the pickers
being able to get a sufficient quaetitv of hops b stween the showers to
load the casts. The wet seems to have checked the ravages of the
flea, and the hops keep their colour well.
MALLING.—We go on improving an i are realising all we expected
PoCIIEST —Considerable progress her been m ado in the picking,
but great apprehensions are felt that ear recent excessive rains will
prove injurious. In some gardens the hops cams down in beater
condition than was expected, but in others the yield will not pay for
picking. Flea is still prevalent in the backward grounds.
WROTNASI —The hops in the upper pest of the parish come down
in good condition, and weigh ,as well as was expected. It is thought
that som of the planters commenced quite soon enough.
WATERING strait. —Tl,e p'cking has been hinderee by the late rain?,
but they have tend- d to preserve the hops, which are very good, and
many of the growers get more then they expected.
YALDINO AND Herseow.—Our 1107 pickiae is rapidly going on, and
the crops are aband ant. It is expected they will exceed the two
previous years. some prime samples will be produced. The wet
weather has not impeded the progress of picking, to the abun-
dant crop.
WORCESTER, Sept. 12.—We have had a ccetsiderab'e show of new
hops in our market to-day, notwithstanding the wet w,dther has
hindered the picking. Although there wage some transactions, prices
are yet unsettled, and lentil the great hop fair on this day week, they
will so remain. Hops, however were so'd at £5 to .€5 101 per cwt.
The picking is being c tailed on with every despatch, and the:e 13 no
doubt that on Saturday next there will be a very large supply of new
Worcester hops brought to the annuli fair.
IMPORTS AND EXT. eve OF HOPS.—The importation of hops foe the
week ending the 12th of September has been nil. The exports have
been, from London to Port Phillip, 2,491 —South Elytern az,tte.
AMERICAN 1101.3.—Tw0 bales of uaw hops—the first of the season
—were received in town yesterday by Messrs. Butler and smith.
They were Frown by Eras,us Tyler, Esq., of Vernon, Vermont, and
are of very fine quality. We are "nfoiimed that the crop of Eastern
hops this year bids fair to average much better than last year.

BOYS' CLOTHING MA.)E WI fH GREAT TAITE AT LEWIS ani
COMP. NY'S, Racelagh street.

ELECTRO-PLaTE Goons.—There are few branchei of art that more
perfection has been attalnei in than in this portion of our manufac-
ture, and the mos: beautiful specimens of spoons, fons, gnb'ets, end
other table articles of the sort, may be seen at Mr. E. T. Hall's, of 23,
South John-street, oho, to his other branches of business, has added
a department for the sate of these articles. having been appointed
agent to cue of the first manufacturers in Birmingham. The designs
in these articles are beautiful, the quality very superior (nearly as good
as silver), and the price, considering all these, moderate to a degree.
An inspection of the goods will prove the above facts.—Northern
Times.
Tel Spoons.
Dessert Do. . . las. 19
Table D . .. 245. „
Dessert Forks
Tab:e Do. .....
Sent carriage tree to any part of the country.

ARSENIC FOUND IN VINEGAR —About six weeks ago in-
formation was lodged with the Procurator-Fiscal, Mr.
Hart, respecting a case in which a gentleman resident in
the west-end had become ill after partaking of some
vinegar which had been used in pickling borings. From
the manner in which he was air ated his suspicions were
excited as to the purity of the vinegar, the remainder of
which was forwarded to an eminent professor of chemistry
in the city, who, on :iodizing it, toiled it to contain a con-
siderable proportioa of arsenic. On proceeding to the
shop where the vinegar was bought, the jar from which it
was supplied was brought out, and on its contents being
examined, a large quantity of arsenic was discovered. The
proprietor was quite at a loss to understand how the poison
had got there, but conjectured that in the frequent
changing of jars it was possible the one in question might
have come from some patty in the country who employed
arsenic in the mixture used for smearing sheep—that the
arsenic might have got hardened inside the jar, and after-
wards, when the jar was filled with the vinegar, softened
under its influerce and beet me mixed np with it. Measures
were immediately taken by the authorities with the view
of tracing out the different parties to whom the vinegar
had been sold, but so far es they were able to ascertain,
the complainer appeared to b 3 the only person affected.
The case was reported some weeks ago to the Crown Coun-
sel, but returned for further investigation, which has not
yet been comp!eted.—Glasgow