The Sun.
London, England, 1847-10-15 00:00:00

PAYMENT OF HOP DUTY.

Under the present circumstances of the monetar3
world the growers of hops and those deeply interesteC
in the trade of that important article felt very anxious:
for a postponement of the payment of duty upon the
growth of the present year. Having consulted upon
the subject, a deputation from the growers of Kent
and Sussex was appointed to apply for an intervier:
upon the matter with the Right Honourable Baronet
the Chancellor of the Exchequer. According to 'in
appointment the interview took place yesterday, at
twelve o'clock, the deputation being headed by Messrs.
Plumptre and T. L. Hodget, Members for
Those gentlemen very strongly urged the views c 1 the
parties interested upon the consideration of the Right
Hon. Gentleman, praying earnestly that, under p:
sent circumstances, the boon asked by the grow,rs
might be granted.
Sir Charles Wood (who received the deputation
with the utmost courtesy) acknowledged the import •
ance of the subject. liming heard all they had t;-
urge upon the matter, he said he would give the whol
question his most serious attention ; and, after Oil
consideration of all the incidents belonging to it. n
would communicate to the gentlemen the conclus:o
at which he had arrived.
The deputation then withdrew.

WINDSOR, THURSDAY EVENING.—The cold easterl r
wind to-day has interfered materially with the customar
out-of door exercise of the Court. The Prince Consort
had no shooting party to-day, neither has her Malestt
and the Court taken their usual afternoon ride. In the
morning, previous to luncheon, her Majesty and flit
Prince Consort, accompanied by their distinguisllai
visitors their Serene Highnesses the Duke of Holst,ir.
Glucksbourg and Prince William of Holstein, an I
attended by the principal members of the Court, walks I
across the Horne-park to the royal stables, the I idin
house, &c. Among the, expected visitors at the Cast e
early next week is his Grace the Duke of Wellington.
MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—The marriage of Lad r
Caroline Leveson Gower and the Marquis of Kildare
was celebrated on Wednesday at Trentham, the mansion
'of the Duke of Sutherland. Among the noble guests
present were the Duke of Leinster, the Duke an i
Duchess of Bedford, the Duke, and Duchess of Argyle.
the Duke of Devonshire, the Marquis of Stafford, Lady
Caroline Lascelles, &c. service was read by
Rev. E. J. Edwards, incumbent of frenthatn; and aftci
the ceremony the happy pair drove off in the direction of
Lilleshall, the Duke's seat in Shropshire.
THE VALUE OF THEATRICAL SHARES.—Yesterla3
Mr. Robins, the auctioneer, put up for sale at tb
Auction Mart, two renters' shares in the Theatre Roy/ I
Drury-lane. Each was entitled to a transferable In
admission, admitted on all occasions, and saleable at -
nually. They were respectively held for an unexpire d
term of forty-seven years, and paid an annual dividend
of Is. 3d. per night of performance, the original inectLe
being 2s. bd. per night. Fifty guineas were first offer u
for each, and they were severaliy bought for sixty-:ovi
guineas. Last year one similar share fetched nine:)
guineas.
SHOCKING ACClDENT.—Yesterday morning tht
son of Charles Wilbraham, Esq., of 2-, Sussex-crescent,
Hyde Park-gardens, was pr3eeeding, attended by the
nurse, for an airing in Hyde Park, %hen in crossing th
Bayswater-road, a ball that he was carrying fell out-
ue
his hand and rolled away from him. The poor littl
fellow, in his haste to recover it, was knocked down o .
a horse drawing a heavy tilted cart, and before lb.
driver could stop the animal the wheel passed over th
boy's legs, which were crushed completelY flat. he '
carried to his father's when immediate
amputation
vt%a
considered necessary by the surgeons, who were instantt;
in attendance.

Prince Louis Napoleon has addressed the followin
letter,
dated London,the4th, to one o the old ot`leet a
ocefretmheonly at
a.teesmapinirteLeu for t
empire, who wasli prevent at
of
at theu utii eal ing,t,:t.
" The marks ot respect offered to the memory 05 in
father on the 29th ult., have deeply affected me, and 1
was above all att cted at learning that a great numbe
of old soldiers of the empire were present at this pious
ceremony. I have now to thank these glorious veteraus
of our armies, through their worthy chief, for the homai 3
paid by them to an old companion in arms. It is 'a t
the man whom chance and victory had made a king fi r
a short time whom you have honoured with your regre
but the old soldier of the republican armies of Italy an
Egypt; the man who remained pure on the throne; tht
man, in short, who by forty years of exile, paid for n.
few years of glory, and who died isolated in a torAgn
land. The sympathy manifested at his funeral is :not e
than homage; it is a reparation. Permit me then, to
thank you for your co-operation; for to express to p!'.l
my sentiments ot gratitude is to soften the bitter griet 1
feel at never having been able to kneel before the tomb
of my family; it is to forget for an instant that I appear
condemned
menlntem hnewdtooml most v
remain for ever
anverd tkephe objectstatadi which a
distance fro: a
the e
most dear to me."
The Swiss Federal Diwnihsrtie.c,chttooaryllgitivraeer aeaeuglairaotnrhidetießdsinnerwei r
Cathaßregréned,,Aonffatilriees,Btaht
Tremont.