The Sun.
London, England, 1852-09-24 00:00:00

LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER

THE SUN,

The Selling Stakes of 3 sous, each, "and 25 added. for , THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.
2 yr:,.: old and upwa;ds. kialf a mile, (10 ,ti.i1.,.) ' lai'ALm,„, T„uitspAy.___T,,-da,, die guard (.;
Mr. ‘Vycherley's Derby, 3 yrs, 6,t 41b
My. Si.cpherd's fby Ithuriel, 3 yrs, ist 810(ashmall) 1 honour, consisting of a captain's guard of the &TO,'
2
Ist battalion Rifle Brigade, appointed to watch over
Tho following alai) startedi—Mr. Cohen': Apostate,
3 yes, 6st 110—Mr. Swan's Llanfeda, 2 yrs, Set 21b—Sir the remains of his Grace the late Duke of Wellington
C. Bushout's Nightshade, 2 yrs, 4st 1310—Ld Burghley'; took up their station at the Castle.
Egalire, 5 yrs, 7st 71h—Mr- Goddard's Old Charlotte, Ths state coffin arrived here last night, and the
5 yrs, ist 71b—Mr. Smith's bc by Epirus, out of Video- body was placed in it. The corpse had previously
tine, 4 yrs, Bst 71b—Mr. reister'e Prism the Third, 3 yrs, lain in the leaden coffin, inside of which is the shell.
6st 41b—and Mr. Cattlia's Irish Emigrant, 6 yrs. This is, therefore, the third and last coffin in which
Won cleverly, the remains of the illustrious deceased will be (le-
Sweepstakes of 5 sovs, each, and 40 added, the second posited. The corpse being now finally encased, a
to save his stake. Heats, once round and a dis. black pall has been hung over the coffin. The floor
Mr. Wadlow's Trifle, 3 yes, 7st 91b...(W. Mizen) 1 1 of the chamber is completely covered with black, and
2 3
Mr. R. E. Oliver's Izehia, 4 yrs, Bst 315 ....... .... 3 2
Mr. Walker's .A plus, 4 yrs, Bst 31b
Won easy. emblems.
EGLINTON CLUB RACES..—WEDNESDAY. The utmost privacy is maintained with regard to
The Trial Stakes of 5 soya, each, and 20 added, for three the chamber containing the Duke's remains—no one
yrs old and upwards, the last to pay the second being permitted to enter or even to take a glance at
horse's stake. Half a mile. (5 Subs.) the interior. Now that the Castle is under military
Lord Eglinton's Claverhouse, 3 yrs, lOst 71b(Colonel guardianship, Captain Watts, the captain of
Campbell) I Walmer Castle, has taken up his quarters there.
Mr. Milner's Snowdrop, 3 yrs, lost 41b
3 Riflemending
Br i
g aofficer,Brigade,
aLreieuotfenathnet Colonel Beckwith, of the
Mr. Wrry's Sally, 3 yrs, lOst 41b....
Betting-6 to 4on Sally. Won easy by a length
and require that no persons,most except
domestics,nature,
Sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each, and 300 added by Lord
Glasgow, for three yrs old; colts, Bst 71b, and fillies, shall .
Bst 41b. One mile and a half. (12 Subs.) be admitted within the Castle gates, excpt
Mr. Morris's Kingston - (Basham) 1 on production of an order signed by the captain
Mr. Meiklam's Stilton 2 of the guard. Instructions are also given, that if
Lord Waterford's Lancaster
Betting-5 to lon Kingston. Won in a canter by trance, or other parts of the building, immediate
six lengths; the same between second and third. intimation of the fact must be given to the same
The Visitors' Plate of 1301., added to a Sweepstakes of officer.
p
10 sow. each, for two yrs old; colts, Bst 71b, and The appearance which the Castle now resents,
fillies, Bst 31b; winners extra, &c. T.Y.C. (13 Subs.) with the slow-pacing guards mounted, and the union
jack half-mast high, is solemn and imposing. Two
Mr. Merry's Lambton (Marlow) 1
Mr. Shepherd's Augusta (Memento filly) 2
number
b earer
constantlystationed
onat
sentry theen.trance-gate while the
Mr. Blackburn's Goorkah
cial desire of Lord Charles lsse
Betting-5 to lon Lambton, who won in a canter byWellesley,ven. al3iy sentry the s
haspe -
two lengths.
The Irvine Cup, by Subs. of 10 sovs. each, with 150 added; been posted at the Castle moat, and the ramparts are
for three yrs old, lOst 61b; four, 1 Ist 71b; five, 12st; also guarded.
six and aged, 12st 41b; winners extra, &c. Once round A dark-coated rifleman, pacing the southern ram-
and a dis. (14 Subs.) part, marks the place where the remains of the illus.
Captain Little na Sir Robert, 5 yrs...(Captain Little) 1 trious warrior now lie—namely, immediately in front
Mr. Crawford's Harrier, 3 yrs
Lord Eglinton's Elthiron, 6 yrs
Mr. Merry's Ringleader, 4 yrs 4 mitted to them.
Lord Waterford's Lancaster, 3 yrs 5 Many have been the applicants at the Castle to-day,
Betting-2 to 1 agst Harrier, 3to 1 each agst Sir Ho
eager to be admitted even to a view of the exterior of
bert, Ringleader, and Elthiron. A good race with two
the Duke's apartment, but the orders to refuse them
was won cleverly by half a length.
were strictly enforced.
The Dining-room Stakes of 25 soya, each, 10 ft, and 5
only if declared, with 100 sovs. added; the second to At 10 A.M., the present Duke of Wellington, ac-
save his stake. Once round and a dis. (23 Subs., 13 companied by his brother, Lord Charles Wellesley,
of whom declared.) took their departure from Weimer Castle. It was
Lord Waterford's The Marquis, 4 yrs, 12st 41b ...., . 1 originally their intention to leave on the previous
Mr. Miller na Colsterdale, 4 yrs, 12st
Mr. Merry's Miss Ann, 6 yrs, 13st .... 3 morning, in order to be present at the last sad offices
Mr. Redfern's John Dory, 6 yrs, list 121 b
Mr. Crawfurd's Deride, 5 yrs, list 121 b,
Batting-2 to 1 agst Colsterdale, 3to 1 agst Miss place they left, by the first train after their arrival, for
Ann, 3 to 1 agst Deride, and 7 to 2 agst The Marquis.
town—having taken this route in order to avoid any
Won easy by half a length.
display of public feeling on the part of the inhabitants
'THURSDAY.
The Curraghmore Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 100 of the locality. Their suite left at the same time by
added. Two miles. (9 Subs.) Way of Deal.
Mr. Milner's Sir Robert
Lord Waterford's Duc-an-Dhurras
Four ran. Won by a neck. most the whole of his attendants have likewise quitted
The Eglinton Handicap of 25 soya. each, 10 ft, and 5 Weimer.
only if declared, with 150 added. Berwickshire Cup A correspondent of the Dublin Evening Mail
Course, about two miles and a quarter. (22 Subs., says :-
8 of whom declared.)
1 Having enjoyed the rare privilege of being admitted
Mr. Mine ea, The Alp, 6 yrs, 7st
Mr. Merry's Doubt, 6 yrs, 7st 81b 2 uninteresting to mention a few brief reminiscences of
Five others started. that illustrious personage, which display points of
The Marchmont Stakes of 15 soya. each, 5 ft, with 100 character not generally known, and that seldom conic
soya, added, for two and three yrs old. T.Y.C. (22 under public observation. Instead of meeting an Iron
Subs.) Dake, such as he was commonly represented, nothing
Mr. Merry's Lambton, 2 yrs
Mr. J. Shepherd's Augusta, 2 yrs 2 of his manner and the dignified ease of his deportment.
Mr. Milner's Golden Age, 3 yrs
Won by six lengths.
The Stand Plate of 100 soya., added to a handicap of 20 assumption, and it was quite obvious that extreme
modesty was his natural disposition. Sincere in his re-
sovs. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared. One mile ligious convictions, he was punctual to the minute at the
and a half. (15 Subs., 10 of whom declared.) , stated hours of Divine service; and it was edifying to
Mr. Redfern's John Dory, 6 yrs, llst 131 b
Lord Waterford's The Marquis, 4 yrs, 12st 111 b 2 gregation of his own parish church. Remarkably fond
Won cleverly. of children, he delighted in visiting the admirable in-
The Milton Stakes of 20 sovs. each, h ft, and 100 sovs, fent school which he established at Strathfieldsaye, ane
added, for three yrs old and upwards. One mile and was often affected almost to tears by the innocent hilarity
a half. (7 Subs.) , of the little group by whom he was surrounded.
Mr. Crawfurd's Harrier, 3 yrs
Lord Waterford's Duc-an-Dhurras, aged scale of suitable elegance; while, owing to his quiet and
Mr. Merry's Ringleader, 4 yrs
Won by a neck, unnecessary trouble, which made him beloved as a mas-
ter. In the management of his extensive estates, the
same sound sense, correct judgment, and practical wis-
dom appear as have marked his grand career. The vast
sums he expended on building labourers' cottages show
the attention he bestowed on the wants and comforts of
the working classes under his control. In fact, his
whole property presented the aspect of a kind of model
farm, and no defect escaped his vigilant eye. Nearly
the whole proceeds of the rental were appropriated in
improved cultivation, and in ameliorating the condition
of the tenantry. His Grace's portion of the union did
not supply a pauper to the district workhouse. A single
instance will suffice to prove his humanity. One
of his keepers was killed in an affray with poachers,
who were arrested and convicted. He immediately
ordered his well-stocked preserves to be thrown open,
saying that ho would not allow his men to be murdered,
and other people transported, for the sake of a parcel of
birds and some paltry game. Tho sufferings of the Irish
poor during the famine period engaged his deepest
sympathies, and ho expressed himself with the utmost
warmth and feeling on the subject of the savings-bank
failures, considering these deposits of hardly-acquired
earnings as a sacred trust, to be repaid, without refe-
rence to legal technicalities, on the implied faith of an
imperial obligation. He seldom took the pains of con-
tradicting any calumny with regard to himself, or to re-
fute any aspersions on his fair fame, however destitute of
truth. Among these may be reckoned the false report
that he denied the place of his nativity, and repudiated
the land of his birth. No statement can be more utterly
unfounded or untenable. On the contrary, he was proud
I of Ireland, bestowed the deserved praise on those noble
! qualities with which her sons are distinguished, but was
grieved and wounded to see that warm-hearted people
misled and misdirected by senseless tirades against
everything English—fostering national animosities and
engendering sectarian strife. He certainly was impressed
with the idea that he was disliked by his own country-
men, but could not account for the unmerited prejudice
that prevailed. It is to be hoped that this misconception
will now cease, and that we shall render a just tribute to
the statesman, soldier, and citizen, who earned an im-
perishable and unsullied reputation, and left a brilliant
example which cannot fail in exercising a salutary in-
fluence both on the present age and ou generations yet to
come.
" He often remarked that the secret of success lay in
embracing every opportunity of being useful; and that
he never forgot the golden rule which ho early learned
in the Church Catechism—' Of doing your duty in
that state of life to which it shall please God to call
you.' "

EMIGRATION BY A NEW METHOD.

Under the title of " The British Exodus, or National
Emigration Fund of the Hunter River Gold Mining
Company," an association has been formed which pro-
poses to effect the following objects:—The capital is to
consist of 126,0001., in shares of 1/. ls. each. From time
to time, as these are subscribed for, a public ballot is to
take place until 4,000 free passages have been obtained,
the certificates for the original guinea shares being ex-
changed after each ballot for a passage order. By this
means, at 20/. a head, 80,0001. is to be disposed of in the
passage of emigrants, and the original capital of
126,000/. will by the same process be reduced to 46,000/.
The trustees of the company are stated to be Lord
Erskine, Sir H. W. Barron, and A. Maclean, Esq.,
Harrow. The solicitor is Mr. Joseph J. Cridland, of
Chancery-lane.
For some days it had been advertised that the first
public ballot would take place yesterday,' at twelve
o'clock, at the Western Literary and Scientific Institu-
tion, Leicester-square, and at the hour named there were
about eighty persons assembled in the body of the
theatre, and some dozen gentlemen on the platform, in
front of which stood a large glass ballot-box.
No chairman was appointed by the meeting, but a few
minutes past twelve Mr. Carpenter rose, and said they
were met for the purpose of balloting for free passages
to Australia, but since their last meeting on Monday,
their solicitor had received from the Treasury the fol-
lowing letter:—
" Solicitor's Office, Treasury, Sept. 21, 1852.
" Sir,—The attention of her Majesty's Government
having been drawn to a scheme, entitled ' The British
Exodus, er National Emigration Fund of the Hunter
River Gold Mining Company,' having for one of its
objects the selection of 4,000 free passage orders to
Australia by ballot, I am directed to inform you that
the proposed ballot is illegal, and subjects those con-
cerned in it to prosecutions under the Acts of Parliament
made fur the suppression of lotteries. And I hereby
give you notice that proceedings will be taken against
the parties concerned in the scheme in question, if the
intended ballot be permitted to take place.—l am, &e.
(Signed) " N. R. REYNOLDS."
Now, before the promoters had put out a single prospec-
tus or advertisement, they had taken the °Onkl of
two eminent solicitors, and also of an eminent counsel,
as to the legality of the undertaking, and those gentle-
men were of opinion that they could not be considered
to fall within the operation of the Lottery Suppression
Act. On the receipt of the above letter a meeting of the
board was immediately called, at which the two solicitors
were present, and they had reconsidered their former
opinion, and turned to certain cases reported in the
books. The result was, that the committee had not the
slightest doubt as to the legality of their proceedings;
but here they were under this interd:ct from the Trea-
sury, and they thought it right both with reference to
their own interests and those of the shareholders to pro-
pose a postponement of the distribution of these free
orders for a few days, pending their communications
with the Government on the subject. Tho committee
were most anxious to proceed with tis little delay as pos•
sible, because the three vessels which had been adver-
tised were ready for the passengers; but, if they could
not obtain the acquiescence of the Government, they
would call together the shareholders not later than
Tuesday next, when they would propound a plan which
would secure precisely the same object, and in very much
the same way as at present proposed.
Some
applause
pt
rnadded
soof liowedMr.single
remark,
and h
Carpenter's address. t
e
No other meet-
ing at once dispersed.

The LATE DUKE of WELLINGTON.

MOURNING FOR THE ARMY.-GENERAL

ORDERS.

Horse Guards, Sept. 22, 1852.
The Adjutant-General has received her Majesty's
most gracious commands to issue the following gene-
ral orders to the army :-
1. The Queen feels assured that the army will par-
ticipate in the deep grief with which her Majesty has
received the intelligence of the irreparable loss
sustained by herself and by the country, in the
sudden death of Field Marshal the Duke of Wel-
lington.

In him her Majesty has to deplore a firm supporter
of her throne, a faithful, wise, and devoted councillor,
and a valued and honoured friend.

In him the army will lament the loss of a corn-
mander-in-chief unequalled for the brilliancy, the
magnitude, and the success of his military achieve-
ments ; but hardly less distinguished for the indefa-
tigable and earnest zeal with which, in time of peace,
he laboured to maintain the efficiency and promote
the interests of that army which he had often led to
victory.
The discipline which he exacted from others, as the
main foundation of the military character, be sternly
imposed upon himself, and the Queen desires to im-
press upon the army, that the greatest commander
whom England ever saw has left an example for the
imitation of every soldier, in taking as his guiding
principle in every relation of life an energetic and
unhesitating obedience to the call of duty.
It is her Majesty's command that this general
order shall be inserted in the order books, and read
at the head of every regiment in her Majesty's
service. _

ALLEGED _MURDER OF A CHILD.
Yesterday evening Mr. Langham, the deputy-coroner
for Westminster, held an inquiry at the Feathers, Dean-
street, on view of the body of a newly-born male, child,
alleged to have been murdered by its mother. The in-
quiry was opened on a previous day, and a report of the
proceedings appeared in this journal on Tuesday last. It
appeared from the evidence of Mr. Heath, the surgeon,
for whose post mortem examination the case was ad-
journed, that the death of the child was caused by in-
juries received in the throat, which caused an effusion of
blood, trickling into the air passages, and bringing on suf-
focation. The injuries on the throat must have been the
result of violence. His opinion was that some person
bad thrust a finger down the infant's throat and caused
extensive lacerations. The other evidence went to show
that Jane Mann, a servant girl, concealed her condition
from her mistress, who knew nothing about the birth
of the child until she beard its faint screams
in her (the mistress's) bedroom, to which she had di-
rected her servant to retire, in consequence of apparent
illness. It was further stated, and borne out by the
surgeon, that there was the mark of a ligature round
the neck, and that one of the witnesses had admitted
having cut off a piece of tape which had been tied tightly
about the child's neck. This piece of string could
not be found, and Mrs. Cherry, the person who made
the statement, was recalled, but her evidence threw no
additional light upon
the matter. The coroner, in
summing up, said that if the jury thought there was suf-
ficient evidence of the murder having been committed
by the mother—of the murder by some person or other
there could be no reasonable doubt—they would, of
course, return a verdict to that effect; but if they could
not positively fix it upon the mother, their verdict must
be an open one. After a lengthened consideration the
jury returned a verdict to the effect " That the child
died from severe lacerations of the throat, but by whom
those
dence to show."
injuries were inflicted there was not sufficient evi-

2. The Queen does not require that the officers of
the army should wear any other mourning with their
uniforms, on the present melancholy occasion, than
black crape over the ornamental part of the cap or
hat—the sword-knot---and on the left arm—with the
following exceptions, viz. :
Officers on duty are to wear black gloves, black
crape over the ornamental part of the cap or hat, the
sword-knot, and on the left arm, the sash covered with
black crape, and a black crape scarf over the right
shoulder.

The drums cf regiments are to be covered with black,
and black crape is to be hung from the pike of the
colour-staff of infantry, and from the standard-staff
and trumpets of cavalry.
3. The Queen has been most graciously pleased,
under the present afflicting circumstances, to direct
that Lieutenant-General Viscount Hardinge, G.C.8.,
shall be placed on the staff of her Majesty's army, and
that all matters respecting her Majesty's military ser-
vice, which have heretofore been transacted by his
Grace the late Commander-in-Chief, shall henceforth
be performed by Lieutenant-General Viscount Her-
dinge, G.C.B. _

The
trheep
speculative
flartoirave etahecitceninen at describecontinent
continu-
ance of
on the contrary, the rate of exchange shows a furlteheenr
wunae-
enis.
Fr
e a
m
favourable turn, the contrivance by which the new
forced up for a moment to 5 pi
remium having apparently
been altogether unreal. AtAmsterdam the market remains
without any movement of importance. The dates from
Odessa reach to the 13th of September, when the wheat
market was still dull and prices again lower. An arrival of
about twelve ships had caused a reaction also in the rates
of freight. From St. Petersburgh the advices are to the
15th. The quantity of tallow shipped off was 34,076 cask-F,
against 55,400 casks in 1851, and the Russian speculators
and several Russian dealers in that article were consigning
to Liverpool.

By her Majesty's command,
G. BROWN, Adjutant• General.

FREEBOOTERS DEFEATED.—The men of the pre-
ventive station at Mudeford were occupied on Saturday
morning last in the agreeable task of saving upwards of 140
tubs of brandy wl.ich had during the night drifted from
their moorings, and were eventually brought safely to anchor
under the care of her Majesty's revenue officers, undoubtedly
much to the disappointment of those who had made such a
dangerous deposit near our shores,—Poole Herald.

THE GOLD REGIONS.
The statement furbished on Wednesday wi.h regard
to the production of gold. at Mount Alexander mines,
in the colony of Victoria, is sufficient to account for
the non-arrival of vessels from that quarter, although,
ns some which we re known to have sailed before the
date of the last advices have not yet been reported, it
1
is probable that adverse winds have also caused delay.
When it appears that the amounts brought in to be
sent by escort to Melbourne for the weeks ending re-
spectively the 11th, 18th, and 25th of June were
80,000, 91,000, and 105,000 ounces, making en
average of 92,000 ounces per week, or about 370,0001.
sterling, it may be supposed that the attraction must be
such as almost to preclude the possibility of crews being
retained byany precautions, however stringent. A strik-
ing fact in connexion with the
tpartesietnits informationimpossible is,to
that the yield appears to have increased with enormous
rapidity week by week, so that
conjecture, unless some sudden and unlooked-for
check should be experienced, what will be the limit
of the supply when the number of adventurers shall
be swollen, as it will be in the course of a short time
by the emigrants daily arriving not only from Eu-
rope, but also from the adjoining colonies, and even
from Canada and the United States. Indeed, the
totals now given appear 50 astounding, showing, as
they do, from the Mount Alexander mines alone, a
rate of production little short of 20,000,0001, per i
annum, that they suggest the possibility of some mia_
take in the figures, and as they rest upon an extract
from a single letter, they may, perhaps, be accepted
with some reserve. All the collateral information at
hand, however, tends to confirm the probability of
their correctness. The communications from Sydney
mention the increase of excitement which had been
caused there by the last arrivals from Victoria, and
the fresh impulse which had been given to the gene-
ral population of New South Wales to desert their
own mines, in order to share the more extraordinary
wealth of their neighbours. It will also be seen, by
a reference to the accounts received in London from
Victoria on the 31st of August last, that the gold in-
trusted to the escort for the week ending the 28th of
May was larger than had ever before been known,
the total being nearly 38,000 ounces, and the suppo-
sition is consequently strengthened that with the
advance of the rainy season and the augmentation
in the supply of water the gatherings would in-
crease in an unprecedented. ratio. At the same time, '
the fact of our having bad information of the
sums brought in up to the 28th of May leaves only
the week ending Jane 4 to be accounted for, and
we are consequently precluded from an explanation
that might otherwise be offered of the largeness of
the present totals, by assuming that they consisted of
the accumulations of several previous weeks, kept
back by the badness of the roads or other causes.
Under these circumstances the next advices will be
looked for with the greatest interest, and if they
should establish the circumstances now mentioned,
they will produce amongst merchants and ship-
owners a stronger impression than anything that
has yet been communicated. It must be borne in
mind that hitherto the amounts brought by escort
have by no means represented the whole earnings
of the miners, the estimate being that at least a
third of their gains are retained or sent to town by I
private hands. In contemplating the riches of the
country, we must also recollect that although the
New South Wales mines are likely to be neglected,
owing to the want of population caused by the drain
to Mount Alexander, the last intelligence regarding,
them was very favourable, and that they appear to
offer an unlimited field whenever the increase of com-
petition resulting from immigration shall lead the
colonists to consider moderate earnings to be worth
looking after. It is difficult, however, to form an
opinion as to when that period may arrive. Hitherto
it has been supposed that the labours at Mount Alex-
ander could be carried on with great success only
during the winter season, but if its deposits should
with any degree of permanency offer the rewards now
presented, there can be little doubt that before the
next dry season methods of irrigation will be devised,
whatever may be the outlay required for them, and
that hence the receipts from that singular locality will
be more or less continuous.
With reference to the statement received by the
overland mail of the production of gold at the Mount
Alexander mines, in the colony of Victoria, the fol-
lowing is an etract of another private letter, addressed
to a mercantile firm in London, which tends to cor-
roborate the probability of its accuracy. The news
was obviously current at Sydney at the date of these
communications, and there would consequently now be
no reason to hesitate in regarding it as certain but
for the possibility that it may have been fabricated by
some of the passengers of the Shamrock, by which
vessel it was brought to that port :
EXTRACTS FROM A LETTER DATED SYDNEY, JUNE 29,1852.
" The Shamrock is just in. It is reported 95,000 oz.
of gold arrived in Metbotirne the week tho Shamrock
sailed, 85,000 the previous week; and no less than 105,000
were expected the week following."
The subjoined additional paragraph from the letter
originally quoted likewise indicates that even at Syd-
ney the difficulty of getting crews had greatly in-
creased, while it also mentions that a considerable
quantity of the Mount Alexander gold had just been
received :

" The departures for London this month are—the
Ganges, on the 13th; the Maitland, on the 26th; and the
San Francisco, on the 27th. There are several vessels
ready for sea, but the difficulty of obtaining seamen
prevents their getting away. Even 101. per month will
not tempt them to go to London, and the Glenbervie
and Neptune have scarcely a hand on board. The
Shamrock, from Melbourne, had brought 10,000 ounces
of gold on freight, and about an equal amount in private
hands. These large quantities do not affect the price,
as at Sydney 675. is freely given, and at Melbourne
635. 9 d."— Times.

HOP IN 1 ELLIGENCE.
AIAIDSTONE.—Our hop reports are now drawing to
a close, as the Borough will now supply the best guide
to those who are interested in the subject. We shall
no doubt psy a large duty, but as we have often said,
many of the hops will be inferior, the mould prevailing
in some districts more than the planters like to con-
fess. The growth of choice hops will not be large,
and those who have picked mouldy ones will find
trouble in selling them. The weather retards the
picking, and has affected the hop as well as the other
plants. We are happy to add that at present we hear
of but little illness amongst the pickers.
EAST FARLEIGII.—The hops in this district are a
very heavy crop and require to be got down as soon
as possible. Fortunately there are plenty of pickers
—upwards of 3,000 being employed. Should the
weather prove fine, one of our largest growers is ex-
pected to finish this week. The general hopping will
last about a fortnight longer.
RYE.—ihe hop picking has commenced in this lo-
cality, and in a few days will become general. Should
the weather prove favourable, there will be an abundant
growth.

TICEHURST.—The hop picking is now in full ope-
ration, and we find them come down quite to our ex-
pectation as regards quantity. On inquiry we find
that about seventy bushels are required for the cwt.
CANTERBURY.—Picking has been carried on with
great activity in the past week—enough hands not
being obtainable for the growers who were anxious to
avail themselves of the fine weather, and get in their
growth in as good condition as possible, it being
evident that many of the grounds were fast going oft'.
Wednesday was a very unfavourable day—wet and
cold. The produce, as yet, has fully come up to ex-
pectations; and the duty is still laid at 250,0001.
SIISSEX.—The reports are generally favourable.
Picking is going on rapidly, but in some parts has
been much impeded by the heavy rains. The yield
will equal the average, and though doubts and fears
reach us from some quarters, the majority of ac-
counts are hopeful, and a heavy duty is still antici-
pated.

SEVENOABB.—Picking has commenced generally
in this neighbourhood. The most sanguine ex-
pectations of planters will be fully realised, both
in the quantity and quality of the crop. There has
not been for years a finer or more productive hop
season.
ASHFORD.—'We shall have a heavy crop; the crops
look extremely well—no mould to speak of.
WATERlsiGnualr.—The picking has become ge.
neral, and we have an excellent crop, and shall pay a
heavy duty—some say 245,0001. There is a little
mould.

YALDING.—We are taking full advantage of the
fine weather, and are proceeding very fast with the
picking. We have not much to complain of in the
shape of mould.
Fauxuam.—The picking has become general here,
and hops are coming down as well as we expected.
Some planters are getting 15 cwt. to 1 ton an acre.
EAST SUTTON.—Our hops are going on exceedingly
well (never better); picking is pretty general, and
the quality is good ; duty 235,0001.
MALLING.—We are proceeding very fast with our
picking, but the mould has spread ; there will, 1"*"
ever, be a heavy crop ; duty 230,000/.
picking has commenced,
hops are remarkably good; there will be a high duty,
say 240,0001. and our
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FOREIGN FRUITS,--The large number of 4,335
baskets of fruits, of the i various kinds now n season, have
been
brought by a steamer from Havre, the growth of
France. Another steamer from Antwerp has brought up-
wards
°-f. 3,000 baskets of fruits of all kinds; and the
steamer Ravensbourne,
from the same place, has brought the
large quantity of 4,129 baskets of fruits, the produce of Bel-
gium. These imortations from France and Belgium include
filberts and also walnuts, in considerable quantities.
SUSPECTED SUICIDE IN THE TITAMEs.—On Mon-
day information was forwarded to Mr. Carttar, coroner for
West Kent, of the discovery of the body of a man in the
River Thames, off Greenwich. The deceased is ; about 30
years of age, 5 feet 71,4 inches high, and rather stout. He
was attired in a pair of old cord trousers, sleeve vest, white
shirt, and lace-up boots, and has the appearance of a brick-
layer's labourer. The body now lies at the dead house,
Greenwich, to await the Coroner's inquiry.