The Sun.
London, England, 1852-09-07 00:00:00

HOP IN I ELLIGENCE.

MAIDSTONE.—The weather during the last few days
as done wonders for the hops, which aro growing
rapidly and looking exceedingly well. There is a little
blight in some of the plantations, but it is nothing to
signify_ Wa shall grata a vory largo prop r.oviripti the
weather continues fine. The duty is estimated at
240,0001.
LENHAII.—The effects of the fine weather are fully
discernible in our plantations, which present a really
beautiful appearance. The hops are very clean, there
being no vermin and but little mould. They will pay a
large duty—some go so far as naming 235,000/.
11IINTON.—The hops look remarkably well. sere
and there is a little piece affected by the mould, but it
is fur from being general, and although much tumbled
about by the late storm, yet we shall grow a capital
crop.

CANTERBURY.—A week or two since we were deplor-
ing the presence of mould in our hop gardens, accom-
panied by other discouraging appearances, and could
discern little else than a limited crop and an inferior
pp
quality. The veil has been removed; the weather has
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easnadltanlalibuenhdeapnet andare excellentiaetapproaching
produceing
maturity; they never looked better; and picking will
soon become general. Already has a beginning been
made in some grounds. The poles are bending
clusters of fine hops, many of them measuring nearly
h
four inches in length. At Scurry Boughton, Fordwicli
and other places, the same result has attended the very
favourable weather of the past week. The duty is al
vancing, and may now be safely estimated at upwards of
205,0001.
BURWASIL—We have recovered in great measure
from the gale, and the present genial weather brings the
hops forward very fast; in many gardens there will be
but a top crop, but they are clear from vermin, and will
produce a
good sample; altogether our prospects are cer-
tainly cheering.
EAST KENT.—In the hop district the attention is now
drawing to the hops, which are a good crop, and the Irish
are again on the roads to their annual places of work;
and they will be much required to gather in the large
crop. On the Hill district some care will be required in
picking, as there is some mould. Although sulphur has
been used to a considerable extent, there is a little of
the evil to be found. Some pieces dressed with sulphur
at cutting time have been much improved, though not
cured entirely.— Sussex Express.
FARNHAM, ALTON, AND COUNTRY DISTRICTS.---Our
plantations have made great progress during the past
week, and bid fair for a good crop, both as to quantity
and quality. Picking will be pretty general about the
7th September. Mr. Charles Attfield, of Farnham, has
been presented with a medal for hops shown at the
Great Exhibition of 1851, and has received an order to
supply her Majesty the Queen with some of his growth
of the present year.—South-Eastern Gazette.
NEW Hors.—A pocket of Kent hops, of very supe-
rior quality for first
bridge, has arrived pickings, grown by J. Wino, Ton-
at market, and been sold by Messrs.
Mease and Wild to Messrs. Kitchin and Thornton at 81.
per cwt.

FUNERAL OF TOE LATE DUKE OF HAMILTON.
The mortal remains of the late venerable Duke, which arrived
at the Motherwell station, about a mile and a half distant
from Hamilton Palace, on Thursday, were without the least
delay conveyed to the palace. The funeral took place on
Saturday last, the present Duke of Hamilton, the Hon. C. A.
Murray, Hon. Captain Murray, and other immediate rela-
tives and friends of the defunct Duke attending at the
mournful solemnity. The magnificent mausoleum was con-
secrated on Wednesday last by the Bishop of London, pre-
paratory to the remains of the late Duke being placed in
their last resting-place.

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SUPPOSED MURDER AT SHEFFIELD.—OR Friday
evening about half-past seven two children, who were gather-
ing blackberries in a hedge-bottom at Eastbank, about a
mile and a half to the south-east of Sheffield, discovered the
dead body of a man almost concealed among the bushes that
had overgrown the ditch. Upon an examination of the
body by persons drawn together by the information of the
children, it was found that the right cheek was mangled by
an extensive semicircular wound, extending from the lower
lip down the chin, following the lower jaw, and turning up-
ward to the corner of the eye. It was likewise found that
there was a slight cut from the right side of the nose down-
ward, crossing the larger wound, and that the jaw-bone was
broken. A few yards further down the hill a pool of blood
was discovered, and marks upon the grass as though a heavy
body had been there, and been dragged away. The right
hand trousers pocket was turned inside out, and the only
property found on the body were two small song books and
a new pair of lady's scissors. Various parts of the clothes
were much smeared with blood. The appearance of the
body led to the belief that it must have remained undis-
turbed for a day or two, for the blood was blackened and the
wound flyblown. At an inquest held on Saturday evidence
was given which leads to the belief that the body was that
of Mr. A. Robinson, a travelling draper, residing in Spring-
gardens, Doncaster, but who regularly visited Sheffield once
or twice a week. After hearing this evidence the inquest
was adjourned to Wednesday next.
ANNETTE ; A TALE._Under this title, 8 new
work is announced for immediate publication, which is likely
to attract a large share of public attention. It is from__ the
pen of the late William Frederick l'eacon, so well known
for his long connexion with the metropolitan press. The
interest attacking to this publics ion will be greatly
enhanced from the circumstance that the tale is to be pre-
faced by a Memoir of the author, written by the Hon. Sir
T. N. Talfourd.
UNIFORMITY or TlME.—Exeter is taking the lead
in the west of England in a movement to secure the adoption
of Greenwich time. The Astronomer Royal, in answer to a
question put to him in reference to the tidal regulations, says
that an alteration in the time would only require the next
edition of the printed tables to be altered. The Admiralty
would have to be memorialised before the Dockyard and
other Government clocks could be altered at Ply mouth and
Devonport, but after the Astronomer Royal's opinion in re-
ference to the tide tables, we may expect a favourable view
of the question in that quarter. There can be no doubt but
that uniformity of time would be a great desideratum, and
we hope to tee it effected.