The Sun.
London, England, 1852-08-26 00:00:00

BIRTHS IN THE WEEK.

Males ••• ••• ••• ••• •• • 850
Females ••• ... ... •• • Oe. 789

Total
*la this number are included 49 by Scarlatina, 40
by Typhus Fever, 208 by Diarrhoea, and 18 by Cholera.

LATE FIRE AT LISMORE CASTLE.
The Cork Exdarimer says, "This old historic castle
still stands proudly y on its rocky mount unscathed and
uninjured.
that portion of
thefire which broke out was confined to
southern quadrangle l offices which forms a part of the
serious ° of
the court-yard. For a time
apprehensionsgreat
t were entertained lest it should
extend to the
to the eastern wing of the castle at
one side, or
buildings in large and important range of
course
The fear was the greater erection at the other side.
portion of the burning
ebr owing to the fact of a
store for oils and paints, building being used as a
inflam-
mable nature were calculated to from their
the conflagration. Fortunately,th° add much force to
was boundtd on one side by threver, this building
and on the other by a second tower forming
gate tower,
between the southern and western sides
ing the angle
rangle. Thee from their greet heightc)t the quid-
ser .
Ned as
barriers to prevent the filmes from extending
as they presented nothing but bare walls to their
The valuable munitnents and records were r r fury.
for safety, though, as the result proved, ebmaoved
without necessity. The castle and all its depotly
cies being heavily insured, the Noble Proprietor
sustains little pecuniary loss ; and as this building
in common with all the other offices was to be re_
modelled, though not at the moment, the only effect
of the fire will be that this will take place the sooner.
The general remark was, that as such an accident was
fated to occur, it could not happen in any part of the
castle where it was productive of less inconvenience.
The works in progress of erection went on the same
morning as if nothing had occurred ; the hundreds
employed on them were not idle for a single hour.

HOP INTELLIGENCE.
(From the Maidstone Journal.)
MAIDSTONE.—Since our last the weather has been
very propitious for the hops, and they have come out
well where not prevented by the mould, which is not
general, but in some gardens—we allude to this loca-
lity iParticular—has nearly destroyed the fruit. It
would be
have been, of course, impossible to say what crop would
tive wind_; but
if we had not had the late destruc-
tive co___itolut looking closely at the plant now,
we feerePeartlaign it with what it was before the gale,
of the crop was destroyed;
in exposed situations, one-fourth
much. We a_ in sheltered spots not so
have many good hops if the wea-
ther continlAs fine, and, probably, pay rather a large
duty.
THE FARLEIGEn. The
ably about this district, hops are going on favour-
ATLESPORD.—The grape ,
and will not produce a bea"°Ps come out slowly,
Galo,:ilni
The Jones and Golding hgr,vyiear°P in this parish.
more promising,
we do not anticipwaatse
etxh;3ectviedi°lll(
but
igehrsin
muchce.
by a bag an acre as
the late st.rn.r The hops
Allatrorowru AND WATERIN
have nearly recovered from
assumed their former healthy appearance $ and have
good crop should the grow
rapidly, promising a
greatly improved within the last
coutinue fine. They are very free from disease.
LOOSE.—We have
few day 9. Although the wind made great havoc, we -
shall grow a great many hops, the weather being so
favourable for i it recovery.
THE ST., i 3 AND BaCCGIITON MONCHILSEA........
The cc— nights do not suit the hops, and some
10anter% have not yet got their poles put up, which
A
were blown
week. Judging'-'ovi fro nby, the violent wind on Wednesday
this district, 200,000/. will top
the duty, and 180
0001. will be
o near the mark.
lt 211ADRN.--Th hops e
have, progressed very favour-
ably during the past
STAFLEaua:et.—The vr
iltinds which
ravages of the wind are -,o coming on beautifully. escaped the
The
m
others promise better than we anticipated.
CRANBROOK.—Darin
, li the major portion of the
past week we have been f
avowed with more auspi-
cious weather, and there certainly is
~ a more pro-
mising appearance of tithe bop grounds. Sad and
disastrous as was our last report, in consequence of
the force with which the wind had swept its broad