The Sun.
London, England, 1839-09-19 00:00:00

HAIINEST IN IRELAND.

KENTISH HOP INTELLIGENCE.

MAIDSTONE.—Picking is now in full force, but the
rainy weather has been particularly unfavourable, both
for the pickers and the hops. In some grounds great
complaints exist of the ravages of the mould, and if the
hops are not' picked very quickly, of which there is little
prospect, many are expected to rot on the poles. In the
" crack" grounds the weight for quantity is generally
short, and the weather cannot but materially affect the
sample.
HORSMONDEN.—The weather has been unfavourable,
particularly for the backward hops. In this parish
picking is general, with a great complaint as to their
weight. We get our first sort very handsome, but with-
out a change in the weather the rest must rot on the
poles in another week. High prices cannot be effected,
and the difference in the samples this year will be as
various as ever was known. Those who are unfortunate
'enough to have the mould in their grounds will find it
to their advantage not to pick them, the first loss being
the best. The merchants are very suspicious of the first
pickings, and it is highly advisable not to break or sift
them, but let them come on the boards in their natural
state.

VYMLA
MBERIIURST AND GOUDHURST,-.-PiCkifig iS DOW
pretty general, but the hops are much battered' by the
late winds, and weigh light. There is very little appear:
ance of mould.

TICEHURST, ETCHINGHAM, AND BURWASH.—The
picking is general, except in a few backward grounds.
Where they have escaped the late severe gales the
samples will be bright and good. The plantations will
be more productive than was at first anticipated, but so
far as weighing has taken place, they require about 80
bushels to the cwt. Duty, 220,0001.
CRANBROOK.—The hop-picking in this neighbour-
hood commenced last week. The late winds have cer-
tainly caused considerable injury to the exposed grounds.
A good bright simple of hops, without too much
bleaching, may meet an acceptable buyer, notwithstand-
ing the anticipated quantity.

CANTERBURY.—Some few of our hop growers com-
menced picking on Monday, and the weather was par-
ticularly favourable up to Thursday evening, when the
rain set in, which not only retarded the picking, but much
injured the quality, there being in several grounds a
disposition to mould. There will be no very fine samples
in this neighbourhood, as the wind has much injured the
colour ; but, according to the present appearances, hops
generally will come down heavy, and warrant the pre-
sent estimate of duty, which is laid at 230,000/.=
Maidstone Gazette.

DONCASTER RACES.—Bell's We' in London,
price 5d., of Sunday next, September 22, will contain an
ample and exclusive account of the Races at Doncaster;
an Engraving of the Doncaster Cup ; and a Portrait of
the Winner of the Great St. Leger; together with all the
Sporting and Miscellaneous Intelligence of the week.
Office, 170, Strand. Early orders to country agents are
indispensable. Bell's Life in London is out in time on
Saturdays for the Birmingham two o'clock train.
THE METROPOLITAN FOR SEPTEMBER.—
We Invariably take up the Metropolitan with the more
pleasure from the conviction that we are safe from the in-
fliction of tedious tirades on politics, and that we shall be
sure to meet with articles to our taste, no matter what
mood we may be in at the time. The sketches of Jeru-
salem continued this month are remarkably interesting.
The Blind Reefer Adrift is a well told nautical story.
The Benevolent Madman, No. 4 of The Curiosities of
Legal Experience, is excellent and spirited, as well as many
others, including Lord Killikelly, Miss Pigott's Pilgrimage
from Fontainbleau to Scotland, Shakspeare Fancies, &c.
Sheffield Independent. —The notices of new works are
numerous and full, and, take it all in all, we think the
present is one of the most interesting numbers of this in-
teresting periodical.—Derby Courier.

ADVENTURES OF AN ATTORNEY IN SEARCIT
or PRACTICE. —This work is not, as may be supposed
from its title, a mere extravaganza. " My object," says the
author, who is himself a lawyer, "has been to illustrate cha-
racter as usually exhibited by clients in their intercourse
with us, and 'thereby to furnish a clue that may extricate
any man of common sense from the worse than Dasdalian
labyrinths of our profession." Boz has nothing more enter-
taining than some of the scenes. Its high minded and
gentlemanly tone, not less than its talent, should make it
a household book with the profession, and not with those
only, but with the general reader, for it is a book of mind
that sets the reader thinking. —Northampton Mercury, and
4.thenteum.
Mr. Van Arnburoh is said to have just given
six thousand francs fora wholly black tiger, which is lately
arrived in England.—Paris Paper•

"-‘--Coiiolanus,' he muttered, the great Corio-
latius himself, was never so outrageously treated by
his countrymen. Nor was Aristides—nor Themis-
tocles. At least I have never heard that the Ro-
mans pushed their ungratefulness so far as to rum-
mage the portmanteau of the first ; nor the Greeks
the carpet-bags of the two last. And yet I don't
think these illustrious citizens ever had the honour
to be Ministers to the King of the French, editors
of the Debats, Councillors of State, or authors of
such a book as Alonzo. I don't see what
should hinder me from following the ex-
ample of Coriolanus, who retired among the
Votscians. Yes ! good faith : I will retire
into Savoy. Coriolanus carried to the Vol-
scians his military talents ; I will take to the Sa-
voyards my University abilities, my systems of edu-
cation, my Hottentot professorships, and my little
school books. And yet, no ! It would be an ill-
judged revenge. I will not emigrate ; I will not
carry my ideas elsewhere ; I will not leave the
French—it might give them too much pleasure.
On the contrary, I will be magnanimous ; I will
banish the present insult from my memory, and
continue, by way of diverting my attention, to in-
quire for what unaccountable reason the inhabitants
of Savoy are called Savoyards.'
" While the ill-used great man thus apostrophized
himself on the treatment he had received, the
Douaniers -were engaged in turning all his rattle-
traps topsy-turvy. Among the odds and ends that
this minute inspection brought to light, were—
" Seventy-two pots of different ponamades ;
" Fifteen false scalps ;
" Several changes of crosses and other decora.

rations ;
" Two hundred and sixteen bottles of scent anc

rouge;
" Six pair of curling-irons to give the hair a
natural turn ;

" A copy of Alonzo and some bottles of
blacking.
" The copy of Alonzo was the only article
that the Douaniers considered contraband.
"' That work is, my composion,' cried M. de
Salvandy.
" Very possible,' said the Douanier ; your
style of conversation just now is a strong presump-
tion that you may have written the book ; but be
that as it may, it is all the same ; I still think the
thing contraband.'
" But you must see that it is written
in French.'
" What, that book ? I have
just skimmed some bits of it, and if you
call that
Fiddle. ade e i
indeed ! It may be Savoyard, or Austran, or
French, Heaven help us Pretty sort of French,
i
Prussian, or no matter what ! but as to French--
no thank ye ! I seize it. You may do as you will
with the rest of your things ; but I know my duty
too well to let such gibberish be smuggled into
France. Good day to you !'
"So spoke the intelligent Douanier. At first,
H. de Salvandy was half inclined to abuse him for
an anarchist, or a seditious and incorrigible enemy
of public order, and so forth. But a moment's
reflection 'served to calm him, and even to convert
his anger into a gentle joy. The conclusion of
the adventure struck him as an interposition of
heaven.

' 4 At last,' said he to himself, as he went on
his way ; at last I have found a customer for one
copy of my unfortunate Alonzo--not a buyer, in-
deed, but what is much better, a reader. Oh,
fortune, I thank thee ! Thou hadst before this
been very bountiful to me : thou hadst endowed
me with genius, and with a head of hair that curls
naturally—with the slightest touch in the world, of
the irons—thou madest me a Minister, an acade-
mician, a Councillor of State, and an editor of the
Debats ; but thou hast never done anything so
difficult fot me as to find a customer for a copy of
Alonzo I Of a verity there is nothing impossible
for fortune to accomplish.'
44 M. de Salvandy, having thus given vent to his
gratitude, resumed by degrees the thread of his
ideas, and asked himself for the third time—c But,
after all, why the devil have people the rudeness to
give the nickname of Savoyards to the inhabitants
of Savoy ? That is beyond my comprehension.' "

A MORGUE IN LONDON.—Among the many
improvements of which this great city and its suburbs are
still susceptible, there is hardly one which could be of more
public benefit than the establishment of an office for the
registry of all persons found dead, with such a description
of their appearance and person as would enable any one in
search of a lost relative or friend to obtain at once such
information as could be supplied within a circle of many
miles. The number of bodies annually found in the river.
and canals, and other places a short distance from the
metropolis, is incredible. It is estimated that at the pre-
sent moment there are not less than 50
fperosonmissing,
very many of whom have not been heard! for a long
time, though in some cases the
Surrey,rewa reward 'offered e
edfrisqulaerngtley.
Mr. Carter, the Coroner for
alluded to such an establishment, and observed how easy
it would be for the summoning officer to forward an ac-
count of the height, clothes, and other particulars. It
might be made a part of his duty, and a written statement
and description of a found body be receiVed at the metro.
pOlitan office in two or three hours., Mr.. Payne, the City
Coroner, repeatedly adjourns cascswith a view to the dis-
covery of the deceased's relatives or friends. In Mr.
Carttar's district ( West Kent), which extends by the near
side from 'Deptford to Gravesend, a very great number of
bodies arc yearly picked up, and in nine 'eases out of ten
they are buried as paupers, unknown, unclaimed, at the
expense of the parish where they may; be found. The
same might take place in London but •for the publicity
given by the papers, and what was effected in that way is
seen in the remarkable case of the skeleton recently found
in the Strand sewer.
I'MENOMENON AT SEA.— On Wednesday
morning last, as several Boston fishermen were oystering
on Burnham Flats, they were astonished by the appearance
in the air of a dense mass of large flies, so thick and ex_
tensive as to obscure the view of the clouds : the flies tell
on the decks in very large quantities, and those which
settled on the men bit or stung them so severely as to
compel them to make a hasty retreat below Some of
the boats were at a considerable distance from the others,
yet all were visited at the same time, so that, as the men
believe, this " plague of flies" covered a space of snore
than a mile.--Boston Herald.