The Sun.
London, England, 1863-09-02 00:00:00

BOROUGH HOP.

Picking has made considerable progress this week, and
the market is very quiet for all kinds of hops. A few par-
cels of new produce are on offer, for which the demand
rules inactive at £5 to £7 per cwt.

WHITECHAPEL.
The supply of meat on offer is only moderate, yet the
trade rules inactive, as follows :
Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s Od ; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; lamb,
4s 3d to 5s 4d; veal, 3s 6d to 4s 4d; and pork, 3s 6EI to
4s 4d per 81bs. 1y the carcase.

A RENOVATION OF JOHN LOCKE'S MONUMENT
is now projected at the Church of High Laver, near Ongar,
Essex, where he lies buried. The church being now in
process of restoration, the rector is appealing for subscrip-
tions to repair the philosopher's tomb.
RECOGNITION OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES..—
" Traveller" Writes to us as follows :—" Lord Pal-
merston was Foreign Minister when Eng;and recognised
Belgium, which, it left to fight it out with Holland, would
have been subjugated. Why, then, does not the Premier
make his Foreign Secretary do his duty, and mete out the
same measure to our kith and kin as the Belgians ? Is it
that Earl Russell undique tutus, recalcitrat, and cares
nothing for Lord Palmerston and his country, too intent
in pushing the fortunes of his relatives, and forcing into
retirement one cf the best of our diplomatists ? When
Lord Palmerston's foresight recognised the Emperor of the
French and the will of that nation, Earl Russell summarily
dismissed him. Probably, though now a subaltern, he
thinks he is potent enough to do so again ; but, if he tries
it, he will find his mistake. Why does not Lord Palmer-
stone justly, as well as boldly, recognise Jefferson Davis
and the will of the Southern people, as ho did that of the
French ? Can it be that Earl Russell prevents him? The
British empire favours the recognition of this gallant
people."

LAND TENURE IN PRINCE EDWARD'S ISLAND.—
A correspondent, signing himself " Islander," writes

A commission was appointed to settle this vexata
questio, which gave their award in 1861, though the Duke
of Newcastle has net yet ratified it. The Colonial office
appointed one commission, the proprietors of the island a
second, and the House of Assembly a third—non-residents,
and having no interest in the matter—the duke expressing
a hope that the whole should devote their efforts to framing
such. recommendations as should be demanded by the equity
of the case. The commission under the royal sign manual
and signet was issued to our trusty and well-beloved John
Hamilton Gray, Joseph Howe, and J. William Ritchie,
our commissioners for inquiring into the said differences and
adjusting the same on fair and equitable principles.' The
islanders are most anxious that this award should be carried
out."

HEAVY STORMS IN THE NoRTII.--During Sunday
night and Monday, in Melton, We have had nothing
but cot.tinued falls of heavy rains, with thunder at night.
The country is literally drenched, water standing every-
where. It is really pitiful to see the state of the crops in
the fields; in some cases the sheaves have been wet for a
week or more. Farmers, indeed, are beginning to speak of
sprouted corn. All harvesting is quite stopped, and it is
stated that the storm has laid the ripe corn fiat on the ground
in some parts, and must have done much damage. So heavy
have the rains been that the streets have worn the aspect of
rivers, and the rivers themselves show too plainly how
general the rainfall has been. Although we have had much
lightning, no accidents are reported.

TRADE WITh VANCOUVER'S ISLAND.—The im-
ports into the port of Victoria in the first six mouths
of 1803 amounted in value to 1,580,543 dots., an increase of
161,531 dots. over the corresponding period of 1862. 'The
most interesting change is the marked increase of direct
Britiah trade--an increase of 495,878 dole. over the first six
months of 1862.

CAPTURE OF A LUNATIC MURDEErR.—Sumo
time ogo-tt wan named Braceford wade 1»s cane
from the criminil lunatic asylum at BirMingham. Four
years since be had been sentenced to death at Warwick
Assizes for murdering a man named Sunderland, but medi-
cal testimony having pronounced him to be a lunatic, the
sentence was revoked, and he was sent to the above-named
,isyluru. As he was known to be a dangerous character,
every exertion was made to recapture'him after his escape,
but no clue to his whereabouts could be discovered until
last Sunday, when he was apiTehended af-, a lodging-house
in Drypool, Tiu:l, and duly forwarded to the asylum in Bir-
mingham.