The Sun.
London, England, 1849-09-26 00:00:00

LONDON,

charge to Preny, who delivered it up to Ferdinand I.;
he was crowned with it in 1527, and then it fell into
the bands of the Turks. As Solyman returned from
the siege of Vienna, he publicly exhibited the crown
to his army in Ofen, but told his soldiers that it was
that of the renowned Persian ruler Nushiryan : he
then sent it back to his protege Zapolya, on whose
death it was again given up by his widow to the
Emperor Ferdinand. Rudolph 11. sent the crown to
Prague; Mathias 11. brought it back to Pre3burg,
where, in 1619, it was seized by Bethlem Gabor ; on
the conclusion. of the peace of Nikolsburger, he gave
it up to Ferdinand 11. The Emperor Joseph had it
brought to Vienna ; Leopold sent it again to Hungary,
where it remained till the taking of Pesth by Win-
dischgratz, when it was removed by Kossuth, and has
ever since been kept at the seat of the Hungarian
Government; that being broken up and dispersed,
the crown has resumed its wanderings. As to what
has become of it there are many rumours; it is said
to be buried in a secret place. According to others
Kossuth has it in his personal possessian, and by this
time the diadem, that was the gift of a Pope to a saint,
has been stripped of its jewels to go as bribes to the
Mahommedan, and the gold has terminated an almost
sacred existence of eight centuries as ignominiously
as a mere piece of stolen plate in the milting pot of a
Jew !—Advertiser.

HOP INTELLIGENCE

BOROUGU, SEPT. 24.—We have a good supply of
the new growth of hops at market ; as yet they meet
with a steady sale at the undermentioned currency:—
New Kent Pockets £G 63. to £8 Bs.
Ditto Goldings .......• . 9 Os. to 10 10s.
Ditto low and mouldy, unsaleable.
Ditto Sussex Pockets . 5 123. to 7 7s.
The picking is drawing to a close. Generally they
come down half short of what they were laid at at
the commencement. rhe duty is lowering; the pre-
sent estimate is from 80,0001. to 85,000/.
MAIDSTONE.—The picking in this neighbourhood.
is nearly closed, and we have now an opportunity of
ascertaining what the yield the crop is likely to be.
In nineteen cases out of twenty, the -hops have come
down short of expectation, varying from one-fourth to
one-third short, and in some instances they have come
down even half short. It is the general opinion here
that the duty must come down considerably. To pay
two- fifths of last year's duty (that is, about 84,0001.)
there must be two fifths of last year's crop some-
where. It certainly Is not to be found in Kent. The
Sussex planters are told that Kent will produce this,
whilst the Kent men fear that it will be found in
Sussex. Our accounts from all quarters agree that
where there are hops they have fallen short. Many
grounds, which last year produced heavily, now pro-
duce none; few produce equal to last year's growth;
and scarcely any are to be heard of which exceeds it.
It must be recollected that the estimate which has thus
failed to be realised, is not founded upon what the
grounds produced last year, but on appearances of the
grounds before picking.;
YALDING AND .HUNTON.—ThiS week will finish
picking. Some fine samples will be obtained, but
will come far short in quantity of what was at first
anticipated.
EAST MALLINGMOSt of the planters have done
picking, and all will finish in a few days. 'What was
anticipated last week is fully realised, for in many
grounds they come down half, and in all quite one-
third short of the number of bushels that reasonable
persons expected. The hops are good in colour and
quality.
BRENCULET.—Picking is now nearly brought to a
close, and it is quite certain we shall not realise 4 cwt.
per acre, on an average. The quality is good.
HORSMONDEN.—Our hops come very short of ex-
pectation, but some amend is made in quality, which
is unusually fine. Our parish will produce many
splendid samples.
(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)—" Wolf" has been
cried sometimes in this parish, but there is no mistake
this year, as the hops . are all picked to about seven
acres, averaging only a trifle over two-thirds what
they were set at. Planters who have really fine
choice samples, of any country, if they have nerve,
will be sure to obtain good prices, there not being
more than one-fourth of supply equal to the demand
for that class of hops.
GOUDIIURST.—Our hops throughout the parish will
come one-third short of expectation previous to their
picking, and in point of quality they will be superior
to any for several years past. The colour, almost
without exception, is splendid.
IGUTIIAM AND SEAL. Several planters have
finished picking, but the general complaint is that
they come very short, and some nearly half less than
they were set at previous to picking.
eItA.NDROOK.—The hops come down much short
of expectation, with the exception of a few favourites,
which have even exceeded their estimate. There
seems to be a strong impression that the duty will
he under 80,0001. So much difference of opinion,
however, prevails that while some are against 70,0001.,
oth.--rs are in tavour of nearly 100,000/. ! The state
of the hops seems to deny all calculation as regards
the duty.

ORPINGTON.—Joseph Jackson, Esq., has finished
hop picking, his being the only ground in the parish
which has been picked. The quantity is 16a. lr. 15p.
off twenty acres, being a little over 911bs. per acre.
A few days before the commencement of picking,
they were laid by experienced gentlemen at from
two to three tons.

EPENBRIDGE —The hops in this parish and neigh-
bourhood come down very short in quantity—about
half a cwt. per acre, but the quality is first-rate.
The growers anticipate a good price.
HURSTGREEN —The hops come down short of what
was expected before picking commenced, and require
between 70 and 80 bushels to the cwt.-2lfaidstone
Gazette of this day.

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE
OF TUESDAY.
FOREIGN- OFFICE, SEPT. 25, 1849.
It is ;hereby; notified, that Viscount Palmerston, her
Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign
/Veers, has received from the Lords Commissioners
of the • Admiralty -the copy of a dispatch,
dated the 2d of June last, and addressed to
their Lordships by the Commodore of her
Majesty's squadron on the west coast of Africa, cover-
ing the copy of a letter addressed to him on the 28th of
March last by the senior of the French naval forces on
that coast, declaring 'that he had • established; • with an
effective force, a belligerent blockade of that part of the
west coast of Africa which lies between the riven. of
Grand Bassam and Assinee.
W HITEHAI.L, SEPT. 22.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint
Henry Thomas E el of Chichester,
Henry George Francis Earl of Ducle,
Harry Vane, Esq. (commonly called Lord Harry Vane),
John Lord Wharncliffe,
JTohhonns
Ea si
jHa ehn r y
BluntS o,t hgesrcion,, Esq.
Frederick Peel, Esq.
. Barrister-at-Law,
James Hill, Esq., Barrister-at-Law, and
Elenry Kingscote, Esq., • .
to be her Ma.pity'w. Commis,ioners for inquiring into
those cases which were investigated by, anti reported
upon by, the Charity Commissioners, but not certified
to the Attorney-General.
WAR-OFFICE, SEPT. 25.
6th Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant Thom.
Mande,s, from the 2,1 West India Regiment, to be Pay-
master, vice Simon Fitzherbert Jacson, who retires upon
half pay as a Lieutenant, 'Unattached, Sept. 25.
7th Dragoon Guards—john Joshua Nunn, Gent., to
be Cornet, by purchase, vice Smith, promoted, Sept. 25.
Ist Reeirneht of Foot.;—Acting Assistant-Surgeon
George William Peake to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice
Barron, promu:ed on the Staff, Sept. 25.
7th Foot—Ensign the Hon. Cavendish Browne, fi•orn
85th Foot, to be Lieutenant, by-purchase, vice Buxton,
who retires, Sept. 25.
Bth Foot—Ensign George Fuller Walker to be Lieu-
tenant, without purchase, vice Dowse,. deceased, Sept.
13 ; Ensign Frank MiPhersou, from 17th Foot, to be
Ensign, vice Walker;S-pt. 25.
31st Foot—Frederick Simes Attree, Gent., to be En •
sign, by purchase, vice Baldwin, promoted, Sept. 25.
41st Foet—Hugh Rowlands, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Waters, promoted in 53d Foot, Sept. 25.
62d Foot—Sergeant-Major Joseph Sanderson to be
Ensign, without purchase, vice Whitehead, appointed to
80th Foot, Sept. 25. • •
69th Fent—Alexander Garden Shand, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase; vice Turner, who retires, Sept. 25.
72d Foot—Acting Assistant-Surgeon Daniel John
Doherty to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Honiblow, ap-
pointed to the Staff, Sept. 25.
77th Foot—Lieutenant John Nicholson, from the 3d
West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Mostyn,
who exchanges, Sept. 25.
91st Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Francis Reid, M.D.,
from the Staff, to be Surgeon, vice Power, decceseel,
Sept. 25.
92d Foot—Thomas Archibald. Mackinnon, Gent., to
be Ensign, by purchase, vice Campbell, promoted,
Sept. 25.
3.1 West India Regiment—Lieutenant Robert Mos-
tyn, from 77th Foot, to be• Lieutenant, vice Nicholson,
who exchanges. Sept. 25.
HOSPITAL STAPF.:--Assistant-Surgeon Luke Barron,
M.D., from Ist Foot, to 'be Staff-Surgeon of Second
Class, vice Hardy, deceased; Assistant-Surgeon George
Horniblow, M.D., from 72d Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon
to the Forces, vice Reid, promoted in the 91st Foot,
Sept. 25.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Yorkshire.
21 Regiment of West York Militia—Cottswold Bur-
don, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Bruce, retired, July 16.
WHITEHALL, SEPT. 6.
The Right Honourable Sir Thomas Wilde, Rot.,
Lord Chie' Justice of. her Majesty's Court of
Common Pleas, at Westminster, has appointed
William Bowen, of Stafford, in the county of
Stafford, Gentleman, to be one of the Perpetual Com-
missioners for taking the acknowledgments of deeds to
be executed by married women, under the Act passed
for the Abolition of fines and recoveries, and for the
substitution of more simple modes of assurance, in and
for the county of Stafford. '
WHITEHALL, SEPT. 6.
The Right Honourable Sir Thomas Wilde, Knt., Lord
Chief Justice of her Majesty's Court of•Cuminon 'Pleas
at Westminster, has appointed Henry Andre wes Palmer,