The Sun.
London, England, 1852-06-30 00:00:00

HOP INTELLIGENCE.

MAIDSTONE.—The bine is 'still growing in a satia-
faca ry manner. W. are lie, clear of flea sod fly ;
mould is observable, tied the only enemy we si,va
at this m{,inent to fear is excessive tuoistare. Our
hope now is in a gaecl share o- dry warm (ilia, the
Lapartauce of which to our prospects is admitted by
ell hop-growers.
LOOSE, JUNE 27.—The bine in some grounrls has a
de,!ided faint appearance to-day, but remains clean ;
Nod if fine weather continue shah be able. to cultivate,
which, no doubt, will give them fresh vigour.
Uric 'MB.—Thy' bine is generally good. with few
exception , and graving fast, notwithstanding the late
rLins, with scarcely any fly. The grounds are in a
very bet state from chickweEd, as it is imposible to.
get anyhing like good cultivation until we get the
weather more settled. The same will apply to 13rwm-
field and Leeds.
EAST EARL SIG 11.—Very gOod; we have no insects,
and but very little mould.; on the whole we may say
they are looking very well.
YALDING ANDW EST FARLEIG II —The bine still
grows, but some grounds begin to show the effects of
he wet weather, and will do so more and more its the
time draws on. A wet season was never a kindly
one for hops. There is no fly or any other evil than
the too great quantity of rain, which must have a
serious effect on the crop.
AYLESFORD. —The bine in some grounds begins to
show saroatotus of having had too much wet; we are
tolerably clear from fly; but unless we have more
favourable weather soon, the prospect of a full crop
wit! h b,d.
Hamow...The hops are growing rapidly ; the
bine as. ],lutes is lookieg at little yellow at the tips ;
we want warm airy weather.
MastMastEWORTH, NETTLESTEAD, AND WATERING..
DURY.—They fliurish fast and look well, and we hear
of nothing against them.
WROTHAM.—The bine grows rather unevenly ;
the flea is pretty well gone—no mould to be seen.
The bine is looking yellow, and evidently feeling the
effects of the long-continued wet, and from want of
cultivation, which the wet weather prevents.
MARDEN.—The bine on the wet grounds is becom-
ing yellow.
CRANBROOX.—The young grounds present promis•
jug appearances, the bine looks green and healthy,
and there is neither fly, flea, or lice worth notice.
Those grounds which are of an older growth do not
F xbi bit so much vigour. They look yellow, and in
the minion of acne people have been lesing stamina
where the aituation is wet and exposed. The mid-
summer shoot has been developing itself satisfac-
torily. Everything, however, must depend on the
weather.
ROLVENDEN.—The hops in our neighbourhood,
upon the dry land, are growing fast, but upon the
stiff soils, although well-drained, are looking very
yellow. We have a few fly, but scarcely worth notice.
SANDRURST.—The bine during the last few days
has made no progress, except upon the best soil.
There is no increase of fly.
KEMING, SEAL, AND OTFORD.—The bine is in a
healthy, growing state, and free from vermin of every
description.
CANTER/WRY.—Since last week the hops have
grown very much, and are looking a better colour ;
very little fly is to be found, and the present appear-
ance indicates a good crop. General accounts are
pretty much to the same effect—stating the hops to
be free from vermin, but needing settled and warm
weather.--.lllaidstone Journal.

HENRY CLAY.
The following extract from a sermon by the Rev.
Theodore Clapp, of New Orleans, will be read with
much interest, especially in the declining state of Mr.
Clay's health :
The mail lately brought us the melancholy intelli-
gence that Hon. Henry Clay is about to sink into the
grave. The last winter of his residence here in the
family of Dr. Mercer, in a private interview, I bad the
pleasure of listening to his sentiments on the most in-
teresting of all subjects—religion. He said, believe
in the truth of Christianity, though I am not certain of
having experienced that change of heart which divines
call the new birth. But I trust iu God and Jesus, and
hope for immortality. I have not for years retired
at night without prayer fur the blessing of
Heaven; and that, in His infinite mercy he would bo
pleased to prepare me for the joys of another and better
world. I have tried the world and found its emptiness. It
cannot fill and satisfy the human mind. My dear sir,
how utterly disconsolate should we be without something
better beyond the grave Instructive spectacle !
Here is a man prosperous and powerful, great in genius
and achievements, whom the whole nation had fairly
idolised for nearly half a century—whose name has
floated across oceans, and reached the utmost bounda-
ries of the civilized world—who solemnly assures us
that all terrestrial glories to him appeared ;less than
nothing in comparison with a hope in the mercy which
Jesus Christ has revealed."