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

HOP INTELLIGENCE

EDENBRIDGE.—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.—Maidstone
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
Affairs, has received from the Lords Commissioners
of the Admiralty the copy of a dispatch,
dated the 2,1 of Juno 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 ef
March last by the senior of the French naval forces ou
that coast, declaring that he had established, with an
effective force, a bellig,rent blockade of that part of the
west mist of A•ri,rit which lies between the river of
Grand Balsam and Assinee.
lIITEHALL, SEPT. 22.
The Qieen has been pleased to aPpotnt
Henry l'homas Eirl of Cnichesb-r,
Henry George Francis Earl of Ducie.
Harry Vane, Esq. (commonly called Lord Harry Vane)
John Lord Whareel.ffe,
Frederick Peel, Esq.
Thome, Henry Sotheron, Esq.
John Elijah Blunt, Esq , Barrister-at-Law,
James Hill, Esq., Barrister-at-Law, and
111'u"
Eingscotp,
Esq.' ioners fobr;,intir
iirrienogoriatetdo
tthoseo be
chaesre whichstY were's investigatedai-
upon by, the Charity Commissioners, but not certified
to the Attorney-General.
WAR-OFFICE, Sere. 20.
6th R•giment of Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant Thos.
Menders, from the 2 1 West India Regiment, to be Pay.
master, vice. Simon Fitzherbert Jac on, who retires upon
half pay as a Lieutenant, Unattached, Saps. 25.
7th Dragoon Guards—John Joshua Nunn, Gent., to
be Cornet, by purchase, vice Smith, promoted, Sept. 25.
Ist Regiment of Foot—Acting Assistant-Surgeon
George William Peake to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice
Barron, promoted on the Staff, Sept. 25.
7th Foot—Ensign the Hon. Cavendish Browne, feom
85th Foot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Buxton,
who retires, Sopt. 25.
Bth Foot—Ensign George Fuller Walker to be Lieu-
tenant, without purchase, vice Dowse, deceit ed, Sept.
13 ; Ensign Frank McPherson, from 17th Foot, to be
Ensign, vice Walker, Sept. 25. .
31st Foot—Frederick Simes Attree, Gent., to be En•
sign, by purchase, vice Baldwin, promoted, Sept. 25.
41st Foot—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 Foot—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, deceased,
Sept. 25.
92d Foot—Thomas Archibald Mackinnon, Gent., to
be Ensign, by purchase, vice Campbell, promoted,
Sept. 25.
. . .
3d West India Regiment—Lieutenant Robert Mos-
tyn, from 77th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Nicholson,
who exchanges. Sept. 25.
HOSPITAL STAY?.--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.

I Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of. Yorkshire.
21 Regiment of IVest York Militia—Cottswold Bur-
don, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Bruce, retired, July 16.
WHITEHALL, SEPT. 6.
The Right Honourable Sir Thomas Wilde, Knt.,
Lard Chic' Justice of her Majesty!s Court of
C.-)minon Pleas, at Westminster, has appointed
William Bowen, of Staffird, in the county of
Stafford, Gentlemin, to be one of the Perpetual Com-
missioners for taking the ackhowledgments 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 Common Pleas
at Westminster, has app intacl Henry Aralrewes Palmer,

BOROUGH, 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 .E 6 63. to £8 Bs.
Ditto Goldings ... .. 9 Os. to 10 103.
Ditto low and mouldy, unsaleable.
Ditto Sussex Pockets .. 5 12s. 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. The duty is lowering; the pre-
sent estimate is from 80,0001. to 85,0001.
MAIDSTONE.—The picking in this neighbourhood
is nearly closed, and we have now an opportunity of
ascertaining what the yield of 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 he realised, is not founded upon what the
grounds produced last year, but on appearances of the
grounds before picking.i,
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 DIALLING.—Most 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.

BRENCHLEY.—Picking is now nearly brought to a
close, and it is quite certain we shall not rediee 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 fire. Our parish will produce many
splendid samples.
(FROM A CORRESPONDENT )—(6 Wolf" has been
cried sometimes in this pirisb, 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.
GOUDEURST.—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.
IGIITHAM 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.
CRANDROOK.—Tine 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
be under 80,0001. So much difference of opinion,
however, prevails that while some are against 70,0001.,
others are in favour of nearly 100,000/. ! The state
of the hops seems to dory all calculation as regards
the duty.
ORPINGTON.—Joseph Jackson, Esq , has finished
hop picking, his being the only ground in the perist
which has been picked. The quantity is 161. lr. 15p
off twenty acres, being a little over Dllbs. per acre.
A few days before the commencement of picking,
they were laid by experienced gentlemen at from
two to three tons.

Y
d°bll Mitch .;1 have, we are informed, re-
ceived a notification from the English Government to the
effect that they (the Government) having taken into
consideration the condition of John Mitchel, s health,
have granted free leave and libsrty to go wheresoever
he pleases, subject to no restraint, with the exception
that he shall not return to or settle in any portion or
colony in the United Kingdom. He proposes, we are
told, to proceed to Germany, for the purpose of trying
the effect of the spas in the restoration of his health.
His wife and family still remain in this country. The
children, who are under the care of the Rev. John
Kenyon, P.P. Teinplederry, will leave to join their
focaather as soon as he shall be settled in any eligible
THE PRIOR or BERL—While
llity."
people are talking
about a reduction in the price of beer in 1849, it may
not be unmteresting to many of our rears to know
what was the price in 1266, and how it was regulated.
By the "Statute of the Pill.)ry an I Tumbrel, and of the
Assize of Bre id and Ale," made in the reign of Henry
111., it is enacted that " when a quarter of barley is soli
for then four quarts of 8,1,0 shall be sold for Id.; and
so from henceforth the prices shall increase and de-
crease." At this rate brewers ought only to pay 245.
per quarter for barley while they sell their fourpenny
beer at Is. per gallon.—Mark-lane Express.
The Gazette of last night contains a notification
that the Privy Council have renewed, fir a further pe-
riod of six months, from the 28th instant, the enforce-
ment of the provisions of the Act of the 11th and 12th
Vict., "for the more speedy removal of certain nui-
sances, and the
diseases"preventiveof contagious and epidemic