The Sun.
London, England, 1849-09-11 00:00:00

THE SUN,

HOP INTELLIGENCE.

CANTERBURY.—The hops here are said now to have
done all that they can do, and the picking will shortly
commence. Slappington grounds are very indifferept
indeed, but there are some grounds very promisirg
for the season at Wingham, Ickham, Ilarbledown, &c.
EDENBRIDGE.—The hops are getting full of condi.
Lion, and will be soon ready for picking. They are,
however, generally very sliort—about one cwt. per
acre in this parish.
HURSTGREEN.—The hcps are about the same s
Last week, with the exception that they will want
securing in a short time, in consequence of the

ravages of the Gazette of this day,

DONCASTER RACES.

(THIS DAY.)

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAP
(Continued from cur Third Elition.)
Ckveland Handicap.

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Sweep,teles of ICO sovr. each.

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walked over

ST. I.EGER BE STING.
5 to 2 on the Flying Dutchmar.

SYNOPSIS OF THE PRINCIPAL
FRENCH, BELGIAN, GERMAN, ANI
AMERICAN RAILWAYS.
The following are the names and number of miles ip
length of each railway,viz.:—French Railways—St. Ger-
mains, 111 miles; Versialles (right and left bank), 241;
Strasburg and Basle,B7; Paris and Orleans, 82; Paris ann
Rouen, 84; Rouen and Havre, 59; Avignon and Marseilles.
33; Montpellier and Cetie, 161; Mulhausen and Tham,
111; St. Stevens and Lyons, 31; Orleans, Tour, and Bor-
deaux, 80; Orleans and Vierzon, 1441; Boulogne and
Amiens, 95; Paris and Lyons, 320; Great North 0,
France, 337; Lyons and Avigncn, 142; Paris and Stras-
burg, 410. Belgian Railways—North line, Brussels to
AntwQl p, 27 ; West Line, Malines to Ostend, 76*
East Line, Malines to the Piussian frontier, 82i; Soutt
line, Brussels to the French frontier, 51; Ghent to th,
French frontier and Tournay, 48; Tournay and Jurbise
and Lauder' and Hassan, 48 ; Brainele-Cornpte to
Namur, 41 ; Sambre and Meuse, 60; 'Louvain a I,
Sambre, 53; Namur and Liege, 493.; Groat Luxemburg
84. German Rail way s—Leii zig-liresden, 71i; Leipzig
Magdeburg, 72 ; Leipzig-110, 96 ; Berlin-Cothen, 96 ;
Berlin-Potsdam, 18 ; Berlin-Stettin, 89 ; Berlin-
Frankfort-on-Oder, 48 ; Berlin-namburgh, 175 ; Halle-
! Esienach, 120; Hainburgh-Bergedorf, 10; Altona Kiel,
63; Magdeburg-Halberstadt, 30; Brunswick-Hanover,
40; Hanover Marburg, 110; Hanover-Bremen, 80,
Cologne-Minden, 190 ; Cologne- Aix-la-Chapelle, 54 ;
Cologne-Bonn, 20; Dusseldorf- Elberfeld, 17; Frank-
forto M. Wiesbaden, 26 ; Frank foi t- on-the- Maine-
Manheim, 48 ; Frankfort-on-the-Maine-Cassel, 104 ;
Manhcim-Carlsruhe-Kehl, 70; Bexbachline, Manheim•
Sarrbruck, 65; Augsburg-Lindau, 87; Augsburg-Munich,
45; Ausburg-Hot; 220; Nuremburg-Furth, 5; Bam-
berg Frankfort • on-the-Maine, 25; Vienna- Glogg-
ni!z, 53; Gloggnitz-Trieste, 350; Nordbalm Vienna-
Prague, 500; Prague-Dresden, 115; Dresden-Gorlitz, in
progress; Frankfort-on-the-Oder-Breslau, 200; Breslau-
Frieburg, 40; Oppolaa- Crakau, 90; Bud weis- Gormur-
den, 120. American Railways—Portland, Saco, and
Portsmouth, 50; Concord, 35; Boston and Maine, 56;
Boston and Maine Extension, 17; Boston and Lowell.
26; Boston and Providence, 41; Boston and Worcester,
44; Berkshire, 21; Eastern, 54; Fitchburg, 50; Nashna
and Lowell, 14; New Bedford and Taunton, 20; Nor-
wich and Worcester, 59; Western, 15G; Tauntoi.
Branch, 11; Housatonic, 74; Hartford, Newhaven,
and Springfield, 63 ; Stonington, 48; Attica and
Buffalo, 31; Auburn and Rochester, 78; Auburn and
Syracuse, 26; Buffalo and Niagara, 22; Erie, 446;
Harlem, 26; Hudson and Berkshire, 31; Long Island,
96; Mohawk and Hudson, 17; Saratoga and Schenec-
,ady, 22 ; Schenectady and Troy, 20 ; Syracuse mil
Utica, 53; Tonnawanda, 43 ; Troy and Greenbush, 6 ;
Troy and Saratoga, 25 ; Utica and Schenectady, 75 ;
Camden and Amboy, 61 ; Eliz.ibeth-town and Somer-
ville, 26; New Jersey, 34 ; Paterson, 16 ; Beaver Mea-
dow,
ojini Corning,bu branch,
ec
nh4,o, 11;08
m;;
nilteBthlse Baltimore,
Norristown,h:tui Schuylkill,
29
2k09i11.;
26 ; Curt.berland Valley, 46 ; Ilarristuvli and
nd
Lancastieorsa,sbn3du6r,
2N9li;ehl3il ellab
Philadelphia and Trenton, 30 ; Pottsville and Danville,
29; Reading, 94 ; Schuylkill Valley, 10 ; Williamsport
Baltm9o3r
WirdencEhtimowiena,'l62s; ;BalPtihmiloardeelpahndia
and e
ar.d Susquehanna, 58; Baltimore and Washingtc,n, 38 ;
Greensville" and Roanoke, 17 ; Petersburg and Roanoke,
60 ; Portsmouth and Roanoke, 78 ; Richmond and
Fredericksburg, 61 ; Richmond and Petersburg, 22 :
"rVinchcstt r and Potomac, 32 ; Raleigh and Gaston, 84;
Wilmington and Raleigh, 161 ; South Carolina, Colum-
Aa, 202; Central, 190 ; Georgia, 147 ; Lexington and
'lio, 40; Little Miami, 40 ; Mad Biter, 40 ; Madison
tnd Indianopolis, 56; Champlain and St. La arence, 15
State liailway2, Columbia, 82 ; Portage, 130 ; Centra
Railway, 110; and Southern Railway, 68.

The Eio de Janeiro advieos of the 140) of July
quote the rate of exchange upon London 25 to 251; nnrf
lot Paris, 378 to 380. The local stock Br.
~knd freights fur the Channel ruled about 455. to 503.;
and for London and Liverpool, 40s. to 45%
SINGULAR AND SHOCKING ACCIDENT.--A most
unusual description of accident, attended with very se-
rious results, occurred to Mr. Thomas Brooks, boot and
-,hoemaker, of Bruad-strcet, on Monday last. He had
placed a pair of kid gloves upon his hands for the pur
pose of cleaning them, and was washing them in turpen-
tine, hen, finding the exhalation affecting his throat, he
went to the kitchen to fetch bis pipe. He lit a piece of
mu at the fire, in order to ignite the tobacco, when,
unfortunately, the flame came too near one of the gloves,
then soaked and wet with the inflammable liquor,
and in
an instant his hand was iu a blr-zo. Taking hold of it
with the other hand to pull the glove off, that too ignited,
and then in his alarm he rubbed both hands in his hair,
,vhich was directly burnt off, and the right side of his
face was dreadfully Ecorced. Ho only extinguished tie
flames upon his hands at last by throwing himself dows,
and wrapping them in the carpet. We are sorry to say
that h 1 hands are most terribly injured, the skin being
.mtirely burnt off with the gloves; and he has remained
since in the greatest suffering, an i d ndeed danger.-
6l'o, cater Herald.

A GIRL atior7—Yesterday morning, while a party
of mill-workers were proceeding to their employment at
Mr. Couper's mill, Calton, some of them commenced to
assail with stones, and otherwise to annoy, a person who
had been stationed to guard a field in the vicinity. This
fellow had provided himself with a gun, and, crossing
over the hedge into the road, ho deliberately raised it
and fired on a girl of the party, about fourteen years of
The girl, instantly fell; but on examination,
thoughit was found that no less than ten drops cf lead
had entered her body, no vital part had been touched,
and nothing serious was anticipated. This must have
been the result of the shot having been far spent before
it reached the girl, otherwise the consequences would
undoubtedly have been very serious. She was immedi-
ately removed to her mother's house--a woman of the
name of Morgan, residing in Canning-street--a here the
lead was extracted and her wounds dressed. She is now
progressing favour&Ay. The party who fired the gun
proved to be a middle•eged man, somewhat eccentric and
m uncouth in appearance, ined David Kerr, a weaver, in
London-road. lie was immediately apprehended
.an. d
locked up in the Calton police-oflice.North British
Mail.

BELGIAN 11011.9E3.—A vessel has arrived at the
Brunswick-wharf, Blacksvall, from the port of Ostend,
having a cargo consisting entirely of horses, of Belgian
produce.

MAIDSTONE.—Picking has commenced in many,
places, but the result of the yield is not yet eufft-
ciently known to form an opinion on. The mould
seems to be fast increasing, and the nights having
been generally cold during the lest week, the bines
have probably done all they can do. As an instance
of the irregular character of the crop, it may be
mentioned that in part of Mr. Gurney's Maidstone
plantation (in which picking commenced yesterday),
the crop will probably exceed six bags an acre, whilst
in other parts it will probably not exceed one. In
few recent years has there prevailed such an uncer-
tainty as to the crop.
WATERINGDURY, MEREWORTII, TESTON, AND NET-
TLESTEAD —Pickirg has just begun by several of the
growers in these parishes, and the result proves that
the crop will fall far short of the supposed amount,
and most persons express their surprise as to the
ravages of the mould, as it was never seen to make
so rapid increese. There are acres in these parish( a
of which the produce will be shorter than was ex-
pected by most persons, and the duty is called gene-
rally about 80,0001., and in many acres a bin will not
be put.
MALLING.—Where picking has commenced they
are found to come duwn light, and in some grounds
both red and white mould is progressing fast.
YALDING AND HUNTON.—Several began picking
last week, and this week it will become general.
There is great complaint of the mould. The hops do
not come down so well as was expected.
HOIISMONDEN.—Picking commenced in this parish
on Friday last, and we do not remember the samples
so good for the last twelve years, both ripe and ful;
of condition, but we seem to clear the ground at at:
awful rate. Where the. 100,0001. duty is to come
from will be a puzzler. Supposing every parish t.
average half of last year's growth, deducting one-
sixth less plant, it would stand at 88,0001. No`A
start from Edenbridge, to Rochester, Canterbury,
Tenterden, and East Grinstead, back to Edenbridge.
What will they du ? Not more than one-sixth
last year's duty ; certainly there are a very few
parishes which will do three fourths. We must de
duct far mould, 7,000, and the growth is done with
the black hops, which had been improving until the
cold three days commencing on the ith.
BRENCIILEY.—Some of our planters have com-
menced picking during the past week, others began
yesterday. In consequence of the hops coming down
very short of the estimation on the poles, the &it\
has materially receded in this vicinity.
GOUDHURST —Our picking will generally com-
mence about the latter end of the week. The late
few cold days have retarded the growth of the back
ward grounds where they were partially affected.
There is in some grounds a fresh attack of fly, but it
is absolutely impossible that they can do any harm so .
late in the season.