The Sun.
London, England, 1847-11-04 00:00:00

HOP DUTY.

The following is an Account of the Duty on Hops of
the Growth of the Year 1847, for the under-men-
tioned Districts, distinguishing the Old from the
New Duty:—
Districts.
Essex ..
Rochester

Duty.
.. £1,782 12 3i
180,339 8 7

£182,122 0 101

Old duty, at 1 12-20 d. per lb. 99,733 15 1 12.20
New duty, at 8.20
... 73,716 5 04 8-20
Additional duty of 5 per cent.,
per Act 3 Vic., c. 17

8,672 0 8i

£182,122 0 101
NOTE.—The above districts complete the accoun
on Hops of the growth of the present
yofeatrh Duty
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S. S. LYNE, Accountant-Genera]
Excise-office, London, Nov. 4, 1847.

Willes, of her Majesty's ship
We regret to announce that, on the morning of the
an attack of paralysis.
Yta:--ofYesterday the new model
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penny was issued from the Mint for circulation, and a
number of men who obtained a quantity made a plentiful
harvest by retailing them at twopence and threepence
each. They are a very neat coin, about the size of a
farthing, the centre being formed of silver, having on the
Majesty, and on the obverse the
surrounded with a rim of copper, in-
scribed "The side
numeral
a profile
scribed Model Penny." Five.shilling pieces, with,
gold centres and silver rims, made on the same principle
are coming out.
A CAUTION TO PLAINTIFFS IN THE NEW COUNTY
COURTS.—In the Bloomsbury County Court yesterday,
a plaintiff, on being called several times, did not appear,
and the defendant, alluding to a provision in the Act,
asked the Court to award him some compensation for
his loss of time in appearing to the summons. The
Clerk of the Court told him he must pay the usual fee
in the office before he could be heard. The defendant
paid the fee and renewed the application. The Court
allowed him the expenses he had paid, and a further
sum for his trouble and loss of time. The money was
ordered to be paid into Court. By the 79th section it is
enacted that a Judge in his discretion may award a sum
for the trouble and attendance of a defendant.
CORONER'S INQUEST.—Yesterday evening,' Mr.
Bedford held an inquest, at the Grange Tavern, Carey-
street, Lincoln's Inn-fields, on view of the body of Wil-
liam Allen, aged 35, who lived at No. 51, Charles-
street, Drury-lane, and who got a miserable subsistence
by picking up bones in the streets. It appeared from
the evidence that on Monday last, the deceased, while in
the pursuit of his calling, picked up a piece of paper in
Quebec-mews, which contained something like sugar,
which he ate, and which he subsequently said was poison.
He went home about four o'clock, when one of the lod-
gers took him to St. Giles's workhouse. At five o'clock,
he was conveyed to King's College Hospital, where he
died the following morning, about two o'clock. Mr.
Tanner, surgeon, said that the body was emaciated, and
the stomach, with the intestines,_ were inflamed by the
effect of some irritant poison. He analysed the contents,
in which he was satisfied of the presence of arsenic, of
which he must have taken a large quantity. He stated
that arsenic had a sweet taste. Verdictr--" That the
deceased died from the effects of arsenic, taken by him-
self, not knowing it to be arsenic."
SALE OF THE LIBRARY OF THE LATE BISHOP OF
CORK.—Yesterday the sale of the valuable library of the
late Dr. Murphy, Roman Catholic Bishop of Cork, was
commenced by Messrs. Sotheby, the auctioneers, of Wel-
lington-street, Strand. This extraordinary collection
of theological books will take upwards of sixty days in
their disposal, and it is a singular circumstance that the
greatest portion consists of works of the most eminent
Protestant divines, and of the greatest rarity. Those
sold yesterday fetched good prices, but there was nothing
worthy of especial notice.
MR. TEMPLETON.—We perceive from the Scotch
papers that our great tenor singer is winning " golden
opinions "in his native land. He has recently visited
nearly every principal town in Scotland, and has every-
where been received with the most unbounded enthusi-
asm. He gave a concert at Kilmarnock on Friday, of
which the Ayr Observer speaks in the following terms :
—Templeton's concert came off on Friday evening, in
the large assembly room of the George Hotel, which was
densely crowded. Several of the neighbouring aristo-
cracy and other "distinguishes" were present. The
programme was similar to that of the entertainments he
has lately given in the surrounding districts, and which
have been attended with such marked success. " Tell
her I love her," " Sally in our alley," " The meeting of
the waters," " The Minstrel Boy," the grand scene,
" All is lost now," and " Old Towler" procured the
most rapturous encores ; while " The brisk young lad"
convulsed the assemblage with laughter, who testified
their applause by the loudest encores. The company
seemed to be also exceedingly delighted with Mr. Tem-
eleton's literary part of the evening's entertainment
I,lr. Blewitt presided at the piano in his usual masterly
manner, and his singing of his two racy productions,
" The little fat grey man" and " Nobody pops the
question" hid the effect of sending the audience away
in the greatest good humour.