The Sun.
London, England, 1847-10-23 00:00:00

HOP DUTY.

An Account of the Duty on Hops of the Growth of
the Year 1847, for the under-mentioned Districts,
distinguishing the Old from the New Duty.
Districts. Duty.
Barnstaple ... £8 12 51
Cambridge ... ... 50 14 94
Cornwall • • ... ... 112 111
Derby ...
.. 20 7 6,-}
Grantham .. 8 3 7
Hants ... ... 4,672 4 11
Hereford ... 2,190 11 1
Hertford 306 19 6
Oxford.. 416 91
Reading ... 19 9 0
Salisbury ... 90 781
Salop... • • , , . , 311 Of
Stourbridge 87 11 2f
Wales, Middle... ... 6 8 10
Worcester 349 2 41

7,750 13 10

Old duty, at 1 12-20 d. per lb. 4,244 14 4 8-20
New duty, at 8-20 „ 3,137 7 11'112.20
Additional duty of 5 per cent.,
per Act 3 Vic., c. 17

... 368 11 6

£7,750 13 10

NOTE.—The above are the only districts from
which returns have reached this office ; those for the
other districts will be published as soon as received.
L. S. LYNE, Accountant-General.
Excise-office, London, Oct. 22, 1847.

It was rumoured in political circles yesterday after-
noon, that Sir Robert Peel had been sent for by the
Queen, and that in consequence her Majesty had granted
to the Right Hon. Baronet the honour of a private
audience. We are not in a position to deny the truth
of this report, but we confess we think it improbable.
The Queen cannot have dismissed her present Minister,
and we are much mistaken in Lord John Russell if he
should have tendered his resignation in the mere antici-
pation of danger of defeat. It may be, indeed, that
the Noble Lord has suggested the calling in of his pre-
decessor as consulting physicion, though we doubt the
willingness of Sir Robert Peel to " prescribe without a
fee" now, after his expressed disinclination to do so in
184 I.—Post.

ALTEN MINING ASSOCIATION.—The annual general
meeting of shareholders in this undertaking was held
yesterday, at the Offices of the company, Winchester
House, Old Broad-street ; Mr. John Labouchere in the
chair. The report stated that the produce of the first
six months .of last year was considered highly satisfac-
tory, being 1,100 tons of ore, producing 63 tons of
copper, which enabled the directors to recommend a
dividend of ss. per share in October. In consequence
of an inundation at Raipas, however, the produce of
the last six months fell considerably short ; hence the
produce of the year did not realise the expectations
formed, but the results on the whole were satisfactory.
From the report of the manager, it appeared that dur-
ing the last few months not only had the quality of
the ore improved, as well as its quantity increased,
but that fresh discoveries of a promising character had
been made.

Yesterday the Lord Chancellor sent out his notice
of the order in which business would be taken in his
court during Michaelmas Term—that is, from the 2d to
the 25th of November, inclusive; and at the foot of the
notice were these words:—" Except those days on which
the Lord Chancellor may sit in the House of Lords."
This saving clause looks, primii facie, like an early
meeting of Parliament; but as Ministers can hardly be
supposed to have made up their minds yet, on this or
any other subject, the exception ought, perhaps, only to
be considered as so much margin, of which they may
possibly find it convenient to avail themselves, if circum-
stances should render such a step "expedient."—Post.
APOTHEOSIS OF THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON AND
THE EMPRESS JOSEPHINE.—OH Sunday evening not
only was the Hippodrome at Lyons overcharged, but the
whole of its environs densely crowded with people, to
witness the exhibition of a spectacle announced as the
" Apotheosis of the Emperor Napoleon and the Empress
Josephine, conducted to the skies by two guardian
angels." By means of cords and machinery, a car con-
taming the prototypes of the Emperor and Empress, with
their genii, was raised from the area of the Hippodrome
to the height of about thirty-five yards. At this mo-
ment the car broke under its superincumbent weight,
and the great Emperor, represented by a waiter of a
coffee. house who was remakable for his supposed resem-
blance to Napoleon, and who was invested with the well-
known three-cornered hat and green uniform, came
headlong to the spot from which he had risen, in the
terrified sight of upwards of 10,000 spectators. He lay
senseless on the ground, and was carried away in a
hopeless state. In the meanwhile the Empress Jose-
phine was seen suspended in mid-air, by a cord fastened
round one of her legs. Whether thus caught accident-
ally or previously fastened by precaution is not known.
She. however, after remaining in this awkward position
for about ten minutes, was lowered gently to the earth,
and at last stood erect on her feet without any material
injury.— Galiynani.
SERIOUS ILLNESS OF THE BISHOP OF LONDON.—
We regret to learn that the Bishop of London has been
suffering under a severe attack of illness, at his palace at
Fulham. The malady, we understand, was a sort of
paralysis, attended with some painful symptoms of ner-
vous debility. The Right Rev. Prelate
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