The Sun.
London, England, 1848-09-14 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE,

MANCHESTER, TUESDAY.—The, improvement which
has taken place in the weather during the two last days,
and the appearance of a more settled state of the atmo-
sphere for the present, would probably have caused
some improvement in our market, had not the good
t ffects of the change been counteracted by the very
unsettled condition of Germany, not only as regards
the Schleswig-Holstein dispute, but also the internal
condition of Prussia, and one or two other German
states, which has caused a number of orders on German
account to be countermanded. Some apprehensions are
also excited by the continual spread of the cholera in the
Levant, and especially at Smyrna, where its ravages
have latterly become extensive, and have tended to check
the purchases of the Greek merchants who trade to that
quarter. Influenced by these causes, the market has
been very quiet; but, although in some few cases rather
lower prices have been submitted to, by parties whose
stocks were accumulating, the great bulk of the spinners
and manufacturers have been exceedingly firm in their
demands. In all cases where orders have been given for
future delivery, full prices have been paid; and a general
impression appears to prevail that the troubles on the Con-
anent will be speedily appeased, and that an improve-
ment in business here may be expected at no distant day.
ROCHDALE, MONDAY.—We, have had a brisk market
to-day for flannels ; the merchants have purchased very
freely, and rather better prices have been obtained by
the manufacturers. The wool market has undergone
little change, since last Monday ; both prices and de-
mand aro much the same as they have been for some
weeks past.
HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY.—But few purchases have
been made to-day in the Cloth Hall, and the complaint
is general of the lack of goods adapted to the present
season. New orders come to hand rather slowly, but
for the next month or six weeks there is every prospect
of full employment being given for the operatives in this
district.

HALIFAx, SATURDAY.—Our Piece Hall is AS thinly
attended as ever, and the general worsted trade of the
district remains as dull as heretofore ; but those manu-
facturers who have turned their attention to fancy goods
of very light texture—and, though by courtesy called
worsted, yet containing as much cotton as wool—find
pretty fair demand for such fabrics. Heavier goods, as
lastings, damasks, &e., meet with little or no sale. The
demand for yarns has not improved, and what is doing
is much below the productive power, as well as below
the point of remuneration. Wool continues firm, but
the spinners, finding money and orders alike scarce, buy
very cautiously, and the quantity sold is not large.
LEEDS, TUESDAY.—We have no alteration to report
about our cloth market. There was a good business
done in the Halls on Saturday, but to-day the market ap-
pears less animated.—Manchester Guardian,

NOXIOUS CONDITION OF THE
SERPENTINE.
All those who have promenaded during the summer on
the banks of that large pool of water, or miniature lake,
called inappropriately the " Serpentine," In Hyde Park,
must have obser Jed the increasing impuuty of its waters.
A green slime has been gradually covering the surface,
advancing from the banks and extending towards the
middle. Ot mornings particularly, for on hour or two
after sunrise, when exhalations are most perceptible, the
offensive and no doubt noxious smell emitted from these
waters, once celebrated for their purity, was observable,
disagreeably and painfully so, to those who walked early
in the Park, even at a reasonable distance from the
water side. We have had several communications on
the subject, one of which states " that the evil had now
become so monstrous, as to have caused the so called
river, and even that part of the Park in which it is lo-
cated, to have become positively deserted by their usual
bathers and promenaders. The total number of
the
who bathed in the Serpentine river throughout persons
1846 exceeded 350,000. But so great wasyear
however, that the daily number of bathersfallingh off,
exceeded
throughout the present summer, on an average, had not,
fifty, which, even reckoning for the six surage, months,
was poly about one thirty-fifth part of the number pre-

viously quoted. The medical`' : the
neighbourhood had strictly ordereet etfapTtilleo which
they attended:to avoid this great tanli-Of niaiti;Pro-
hibition alleged to have been - enforced
household by Mr. E. Chadwick, a great authoritiiiigslid-
tary subjects, for several months past. Ireproof of iflet'ex •
tent and character of the nuisance, and of thelieassify of
endeavours for its speedy reinsual-if.e-retireetgat a
etfgatrNA the
lady passing over the bridg Mith Wi
river, found the stench from the water so 5 ensive, that
it hung about her several days, and it gave rise to a
violent attack of diarrhoea.' With such startling facts as
these, it is to be hoped that as soon as Sir John Rennie
(to whom the subject has been remitted) has discovered
a remedy for the evil, that the same will be forthwith
supplied. Such concessions, when requested, not by
the lawless and disaffected, but by the public generally,
are, on the part of the authorities, not less expe-
dient than they are imperatively called for." We
may remind our readers that about three months ago
the Observer gave a report of a meeting held upon this
very interesting subject, and at which meeting the Earl
of Harrowby presided, and said that he had received a
communication from Lord Morpeth, in which his Lord-
ship promised every assistance in his power to remedy
the evil. The remedy certainly has not as yet been
applied. At the meeting referred to, Drs. Copeland,
Hodgkin, Lancaster, and other eminent medical authori-
ties adduced instances of the unhealthy condition of the
waters of the Serpentine, and Dr. Hodgkin likened the
probable effects he had himself experienced while cross-
ing the Park to those of the marshes in the vicinity of
Rome, and gave various proofs of disease and death aris-
ing from the malaria produced by such stagnant water as
that of the Serpentine. The result of the meetiag was
the appointment of a deputation to wait upon the Com-
missioners of Woods and Forests, but we have not heard
with what success. The approaching autumn, at the
latter end of which all water weeds rot, will be the best
season for cleansing the Serpentine, and as every au-
thority consulted agrees that the water is stagnant, some
means should be adopted to cause a perennial current of
clean water to flow through it, which we know can be ac-
complished by having recourse to the various springs
contiguous to the Serpentine.—Observer.

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN BELFAST.
A very alarming fire broke out about 11 o'clock on
Thursday night in the large stores belonging to Mr.
T. Gray, of North-street, which extended to the rear
of those houses in Rosemary-street, which lie between
the Rev. J. S. Porter's meeting-house and Hercules-
street. The structure in which the conflagration com-
menced is, or rather was, a large building, prin-
cipally used for the purpose of storing canes, cork-wood,
and other miscellaneous articles. There was also in
it a small steam-engine, for the purpose of grinding
Indian coin, a considerable quantity of which was stored
in the premises. A large number of pigs were like-
wise kept in the offices, which communicated with the
main building. It was stated that there was a consi-
derable quantity of gunpowder in these stores, and much
alarm was, in consequence, created in the neighbour-
hood ; but, on inquiry, we find that Mr. Gray's stock of
that article was stored elsewhere, and that he hail but
a very small quantity in his shop. Before the
engines could render any efficient assistance the fire had
gained such a height that the attempt to save the store
was abandoned, and the exertions of the firemen
were directed to the prevention of flames commu-
nicating with the adjoining buildings. There can
be little doubt that, had the wind been high, the
two Unitarian meeting-houses, which are situated in
the immediate vicinity of the store, would have been
destroyed; but, fortunately, the burning mass was almost
isolated, though lying iu the midst of building run-
ning from North-street, Rosemary-street, and Hercules-
street. In less than an hour the store was completely
gutted; after which, a range of lower offices or stores
took fire, and as these communicated directly with
one of the sides of the Rev. John Scott Porter's
meeting-house, for some time great fears were enter-
tained lest that edifice should fall a prey to the
flames. However, owing to the exertions of the fire-
men, all apprehensions as regarded that building were
allayed. Shortly before two o'clock the whole of the
front of the building facing Rosemary-street fell in with a
loud crash; and, though many persons were present, we
are happy to say that no accident occurred. We have
already mentioned that there was a number of pigs on
the premises, so many as 87; and we have been informed
that no fewer than 62 were either burnt or had to be
slaughtered in consequence of the injuries which they
had received from the fire. The store, as well as
the range of offices connected with it, is a mass of
ruins. We understand the premises are insured.
Though it was supposed that the fire had been completely
subdued, we regret to say that it again broke out about
half-past two o'clock on Friday, and, though every ex-
ertion was used by the authorities to stay its progress,
the workshop of Mr. Murdock, cork-cutter, Hercules-
street, which was contiguous to Mr. Gray's stores, took
fire, and, from the combustible nature of the materials
which it contained, was in a very short time thoroughly
gutted. Mr. Murdock, who is a very serious sufferer by
this fire, is not insured. The origin of the fire is at pre-
sent unknown.—Aothern Whig.

THE WEATHER.—Since our last we have had a
great alteration in the state of the weather, for while
Saturday was throughout cloudy, with occasional
showers, and while the rain fell nearly continuously
and sometimes heavily from about eleven o'clock on
Saturday night to about six o'clock on the following
evening, Monday and yesterday have been through-
out fine and bright days. The temperature has
however, even on these last two days, been very low
for the season of the year. The maximum temperature
was, on Saturday, 62 deg.; on Sunday, 67 deg.; and on
Monday, 56 deg. The following returns by electric
telegraph, at seven o'clock yesterday morning,
show that the fine weather has been pretty general
throughout the country, and the prevailing north
wind would also seem to indicate that the lowness
of temperature is also general:—Glasgow, S. fine; Edin-
burgh, W. very flue; Newcastle, W. very fine; York,
N.E. very fine; Hull, S.W. fine; Normanton, N.W.
fine; Leeds, N. fine ; Rotherham, N. cloudy ; Man-
chester, N.W. by W. fine ; Liverpool, N. fine • Not-
Nottingham, W. very fine ; Derby, N.W. cloudy ;
Leicester, W. very fine; Peterborough, N.W. by N. fine;
Brandon, W. fine; Yarmouth, E.N.E. cloudy; Lowestofie,
N. cloudy ; Birmingham, N.W. by N. cloudy ; Glouces-
ter, N.W. cold; Rugby, S. by E. slight fog; Chelmsford,
N.E. fine; Colchester, N.W. fine; Gosport, N.E. fine;
Poole, W. fine; Southampton, N.W. fine; Hertford, N.W.
fine; Chesterfield, N.W. very fine; Crewe, W. fine;
Alnwick, N.W. fine ; Cambridge, N. fine; Chesterfield,
S.W. by W. fine ; Ipswich, N.W. fine; Dorchester,
N.E. fine; Dereham, N.N.W. fine; Newmarket, N.W.
fine.—Manchester Guardian of Wednesday.
THE GLASGOW YEOMANRY CAVALRY.—This corps,
which promises to be one of the most complete of the
kind in the empire, is likely to be embodied very shortly.
The Marquis of Douglas will, as has already been an-
nounced, be the commander. He is at present at Baden,
but is expected home shortly. The Duke of Hamilton,
father of the Noble Marquis, has examined the various
commissions, and has approved of them. The uniform,
it appears, will be blue, Laced with red and trimmed with
gold lace. The helmet will be of composition silver,
having a plume of horse hair. The horse trappings will
be equally splendid.
PITCH AND TAR UNINFLAIIMABLE.—On Saturday
afternoon some highly interesting experiments took
place in Mr. Royden's yard, Baffin-street, with the view
of testing the non-inflammability of pitch and tar, pre-
pared by Messrs. Bagot, Boissage, and Tindel, mer-
chants, at Bordeaux. The tar prepared by the new
process is applicable, we believe, to sails, rigging, and
other general purposes, and it is stated that it a ship's
bottom be coated with it, it will be as effectually pre-
served from worms, shells, and seaweed, as it it were
sheeted with copper or ziue.—Liverpool Standard.'
NIAGARA OUTDONE.—Among the cliffs of the
Eastern Ghauts, about midway between Bombay and
Cape Comorin, rises the river Shirawati, which falls
into the Arabian Sea. The bed of the river is one
fourth of a mile in direct breadth; but the edge of the
tall is elliptical, with a sweep of halt a mile. .This body
of water rushes at first, for 300 feet, over a slope, at an
angle of 45 degrees, in a sheet of e kite foam, and is
then precipitated to a depth of 850 more, into a black
abyss, with a thundering noise. It has, therefore, the
depth of 1,150 feet! In the rainy seasons the river ap-
pears to be about 30 feet in depth at the tall; in the dry
seasons it is lower, and is divided into three cascades of
varied beauty and astonishing grandeur. Join our fall
of Genesse to that of the St. Lawrence, and then treble
the two united, and we have the distance of the Shiraa
ati cataract. While we allow to Niagara a vast supe-
riority in bulk, yet in respect to distance of descent, it is
but a mountain rill compared with its Indian rival.--
American paper.
OAYINGTON.—An eccentric old lady, named Rad-
.ord, has lately departed from the chequered scene of
life in this village, who, though in her life time reputed
among her neighbours to be possessed of considerable
wealth, always endeavoured, both by her speech and
mode of living, as well as the dilapidated style of her
habiliments, to give a contradiction to such rumours.
She died somewhat suddenly, in a bed minus sheets, and
surrounded by indications of the most abject poverty,
Atter her death her repositories were searched, and a
large number of homespun sheets and a quantity of
household linen of other descriptions found. Accumu-
lations of plate and other valuables were ransacked, and
e hat created something like a feeling of awe among the
s.Cambridge
Advertiser.
superstitious of the village, a golden image of curious
manufacture (most probably a heathen idol) was dis-
covered. She has left two nephews in good
circum-
stances, as the inheritors of her hoard
ourang-outang has lately been brought to
the Garden of Plants,
the object of almost uni-
versal
_ver youngserk.
andanimalis
3'
is only six months old,
appearance of a child aged ed three years, of
but h
ase uarlilotshi te y . The
a grave and reflecting character. He is at the same time
affectionate, shaking heeds kindly, but with a certain
Arabian solemnity, with the keepers. He feeds delicately,
taking roast meat, wine, chocolate, and even liquors.
Being very susceptible ofthe cold, old, he sleeps between a
large cat and a rough-coated dog, and wraps them both
as well as himself in a blanket. In the day time he is
• coloured
dressed in a red
blouse and white pantaloons.
—Paris paper.
BURY.—ARREST AND COMMITTAL OF A CHAR-
TIST LECTURER,—OR Monday last, Joseph Bowker, of
Woolfold, Tottington Lower End, a schoolmaster and
Chartist lecturer, was apprehended by Superintendent
Sellars, and taken before the Heywood magistrates,
charged with haling, on the 13th of August last, used
seditious language at Hey wood. He was committed for
trial, but was afterwards admitted to bail, his sureties
being Mr. David Thomas, cloth manufacturer, Agar-
street, and Mr. John Jones, lamplighter and nee s-agent',
Princess-street.—Manchester Guardian.
IRISH SPORTS.—We see Ministers and Members
are going this year to Ireland instead of Scotland. coin
it be on account of the superior shooting?—Punch.,

itOYAL VISIT TO SCOTLAND.
BALMORAL, MONDAY MORNING.
Prince Albert did not go out shooting on Satur-
day, as was expected, but accompanied the Queen,
and several of the royal attendants, in a drive, as
far as Loch-na-gar, in a pony equipage and • the
customary outriders. Her Majesty seemed highly
pleased with the beautiful scenery.
There are very few visitors in the vicinity of the
Castle, indeed nearly all the houses in the village are
temporarily occupied by !persons whose avocations
are immediately concerned in the visit of the Court,
and no further accommodation could be afforded if
required.

ROYAL VISITS TO ABERDEEN
IN OLDEN TIMES:
The Aberdeen Journal, apiopos of the present itUs-
picious occasion, gives the following historic sketCh of
the circumstances under which some of her Majesty's
royal predecessors hive honoured Aberdeen with
their presence :
Some of our old chroniclers will have it that Aber-
deen was one of the residences of the usurper Grig,
commonly called Gregory the Great, whose misty
history belongs to the- latter half of the ninth century.
They= assure vs that he' had what they magnilo-
quently call' a "palace" -in Aberdeen ; that he be-
stowed on the 'City its first charter; and that he was
so specially fond of it as to speak of it as " his own
city." These statements, howerer; are not borne out
by any trustworthy evidence, end must be regarded
as—in a great measure, if not whollyfabulous.
It is ,most likely • hat Aberdeen owed its first
charter, if not its origin, to the munificence and en-
lightened patriotism of David I.; since the oldest
charters extant are partly- confirmatory of' privileges
conferred' on the-Citizens by that monarch, but make
no reference to- earlier marks of royal favour.
The first monarch 'of whose residence in Aberdeen
there is authentic evidence, is It ing.Williem the Lion,
grandson of- David I. He appears -to have resided
frequently,-either in the city or county, between the
years '1179. and 1214. The oldest extant charter of
the city was granted by him, and is belieVed to be of
the' former,',date. It is still in good preservation.
William appears to have had a house in Aberdeen,
whi=cli, about 1211, he bestowed on the order of the
Trinity, Red, or
.Maturine Friars' whose chief busi-
nesi it was to, collect funds for the redemption of
Christians held in slavery by the. infidels in Palestine.
Of this palace nothing now remains .; the site is occu-
pied by the Old-Trades Hall. But there is still to be
seen in the new ball. a ponderous table, at which tra-
dition says the leonine monarch used to preside: It
is a- very curious pieCe of furniture; consisting of a
massive slab of artificial storie, sinoothl olished and
set In a beautiful' oak frame of ; much lifer date ; the
style of the ornaments_ showing that it belongs to the
early part of the 17th century. The framework bears
the arms of Dr.. Guilg, who purchased and. fitted. up
the ruins of the monastery as an hospital for decayed
burgesses of trade. - ; •
Alexander 11. appears to-have been frequently in
Aberdeen, between the years 1222 'and 1235'. Old
Wynton says that, in the former year— " ' • '
" He held his yule in Abbyrdene."
He, too; is said to have had a palace in the city,
which he afterwards' bestowed on the preaching or
black friars," an order Of which he was a great patron.
Its site was in what now forms the garden of Gor-
don's HospitaL
,The building'was destroyed at the
period of .the Reformation; ,and not a vestige of it
was visible for many years, • until latterly itsfounda•
tions. were accidentally discovered. Between -1272
and 1369, Aberdeen -was the occasional 'residence of
Alexander. III.; 'John Baliol, Robert the Bruee, and
David The unforttinate Ballot was taken captive
here by-John Corny; "Laird of Strathbogie, and de-
livered UP to Edward I. Of England, at' Montrose.
Edward himself Caine Co Aberdeen, on the 14th July,
1296, and remained in it for firEidays. On the 17th be
received the homage and oath of allegiaece, of the bur-
gesses and community: For this act, bewever, the.citi-
zens afterwards made so aMple.an atonement to " the
Bruce," that t,hat illustrious monarch. con ferred an them
manyprivileges; which are set forth in what is justly
called the Great Charter of the Burgh. In some of
the battles which he funglft- in vindication of his title
to the Crown, the citizens of Aberdeen seem to have
afforded hint ,signal assistance. We'inay here men-
tion,lncidentelly, that the citizens gave undoubted
proof of their, loyalty and bravery at the battles of
Harlaw,:July, 1411, when their gallant Provost,.,Sir
Robert Davidson, and many of the burgesses, were
alainin defending the rights of. the Crown against the
usurper, Donald of the Islestl
In the month of July, 1448, James 11. paid his first
visit to Aberdeen, when the magistrates made, him a
present, under name of
.a " propine," of two tuns of
Gascony wine; wax 'candles. and sweetmeats. His
Queen paid a ~visit in January, 1455, and was
presented with. . 140 marks in -money. James
IV. visited,, Aberdeen ,; 1492, 1495, 1497,
1504,. 1,507; 1509; :when he received " propines
of wine, wax, -spiceries; and money. ' In May, 1,511,
Aberdeen was visited by his' queen, Margaret, eldest
daughter of• Henry. VII. of :England.
~The: occasion
was afteryvircis' celebrated in a poem written by
Dunbar .(whd•ieeins to , have accompaniedp the royal
party), 'entitleil 0 The queen* Reception at Aber-
dein. G,retif geparations were made to receive her
Majesty_ wildsuitable pomp and circumstance.' Corn •
.614
missiopm wpm appointed: to raise money to defray
the eliperrA of:. the occasion;_ -and the citizens were
ordeted, ttl decorate fife fronts theirhouses with
arras-k, evergreeni, and flouters.: • ' - •
It appears. iron* Vunbar's poem' that the queen was
met, at sOrhe distance frfoiA the. city, by the bur--
gessek; rfelielie 'array it, as' beeaine'tbarae to,beff.
four of their number, " men of ienoun," ,S .
wingotmei 6f velvet, yonni, able, andJuatie, •
-To beir ther pall- of velvet cramasie,
;Elbow her heid; as the eastoine has heist," . I •
Under this canopy 'the Queen took hepseati. and was
borne ttrthe Shiprow Fort Ofthe city. Here she was
welcdmed by another Propession, "in cap of gold and
silk full'pteasantlie," anti was treated with 'a timer-
sion or masques and pageants. The first represented
the Salutation
the timid of nselletrAdlis 131 awing _to-the sky."
Then clung the, pageant of " the Orient_Kingis three
then the expulsion of Adam and,Eve from:Paradisel
by an Angel, „with the; sword of violence." Lastly,'
came the Bruce— . •

COURT CIRCULAR.
OSBORNE, -SEPTEMBER 12

'THE: CORN TRAIM.

H fiTTWfaIerENCE
(Protiitne-Waidslorte.Gazette,).
Boßaimit :SEPT. 1 1 .--We" are this day supplied with
about '2s'pockets 'of new hops; the Ruality pretty good
for first pickings. .As, yet there no demand fur them.
The duty is estimated. at 205,0404
Yearling Kent pockets
. Ditto Sussex ditto
,hops. have rather., gone back in
many,gr9upds during the, past week, in some cases. he,
coming " the mould, increasing, and generally the
plant having been ‘! stung" .by „the late cold nights.
Picking ,wilt comae:nee generally inlthis district in the
course of the xvik. It is. thought. here that .the duty is
over• rated.
MALLING.24Iops are 'getting firm, but will be small,
and there are very few grounds without mould. Picking
will not bit general till next, week,: though some few will
commenee towards, the: end of this week.
Ikcoste.--The reports of extensive ravages of the
mould, which have appeared ;in some oryour contem-
poraries, are unfounded. Although not free from the
mould, it has not yet done much damage. .
YALDING AND Htnirox.=.our. hops, .since the fine
fweather„,have done, wonders.: In many gardens, And
especially below 'the :hills, a. good crop is anticipated.
- In some grounds,. however, where the mould has been
predominant, there, is no improvement. .
HORSMONDEN.—Picking commenced in-tbis parish by:
three planters on the Bth, bat has-been discontinued for
another week. The b2ps are.very:ynexen„ The mould
rages in all direr.** andlahoßld,,itlipeppn, the whale
of the plantation must -be infected; Mora orless. . We
cannot even'gnesS at the weight bi.,-qaality at this early
stage. _
Caennnoox.--The crop still„,appears, flourishing in
this neighbourhood: parties here ere, strongly of opinion
that the: 'duty you last We'6li quolect must have. arisen
from a typographical errdr," experienced growers being
decidedly against such An enormous sum as -210,0001.
Picking commences at places in ,4 few - days, [The
figures were correct, according to our letter.,,
WriornAm.—The hopS are: lOoking generally pretty
well, though it is calculated- that a third of the hops in
this parish have the mould in. then!, and' therefore will
not be gathered, es I hear the fatmers'.about here have
come to the resOlution of gathering' no mouldy hops this
year. . .
IGHTHAM AND Sger..,-Although the weather has
been nore, favAurable sdUring the past week; there is
scarcely any; perceptible improvement in the hops.
Those which have .no diSeise have grown hut little,
while those ".infooted are going brown. The general
Opinion is the duty is much.too high, "
GODDHURST.—We have commenced picking, in one or
two places aboUt ,the middle! of this-week it will be
general. There has -been a very :great improvement
within this lait fortnight, but the.hops are as uneven as
the bine has been,
.4Q, acres have. been grubhed in'
GOudhurst and gorsmonden if every two parishes have
done the same quantity, and taking that is a ratio
through the. whole„plenta lion, it 'la . evident that.here
must be between 4,000 and s,oooticiesiese; on the other
hand there might be the same amount of. '47 planting,
first pollitg !this year. These-twO 'parishes ball net are-
verag, e 1 cwt. peraCre, which will be the same in various
parishek Taking into consideration, the grubbing, the.
sniallnees of the h0p,.41-oidd,.&o.,:the,prevailing .opinionis, that the duty will never exceed 200,0001. I have seen
hops on the "pities completely rotten, which Pacannot ac-
count for. , -
Oaptholort.-7The hops are getting ripe fast. We
.1 •
commenced picking on Monday (yesterday). The white
mould haa'Stopped 'their growing out. We expect as
many as last year, and shall leave the mouldy ones on
the bine.
CANTRDURY.—Tke,,hopi here arelfast approaching
to maturity, and picking will:Commence in the most for-
ward grounds during the present week,'and become gene-
ral-on the 18th and 19th instant. It is estimated that
the duty for this district will fall at least one-thirdshort
of last years amount; as in many acres of plantation the
failure So very deciaive, that a basket will not be pUi
in'the grounds, and indeed the-bine in some have already
-been cut and the poles draWn. The mould has com-
mitted great havoc, and the red rust, is becoming, gene-
ral in the gardens that have surmounted it. JUdging
from the state of the' crop Were .the estimate duty is
generally considered much higher thanjwill be realized;
but should it do So, their probable pribe will fall short ofs•
remunerating one to the planters of. this neighbourhood.
FARNHAM, ALTON, AND COUNTRY DISTRICTS, SEP-
TEMBER 11.—The plantations have improved within the
last fortnight, but the hops have-not grown out. We
think the duty is overlaid at 12,0001. for the district.
Picking has partially commenced, and will be general on
Wednesday or Thursday next.
WancasTEL—flop-picking has partially began, and
by the beginning of this week will be general. The
growth in most instances will be small, but the quality
will it is expected.be an average one. The duty is called
18;0004

".1 ..othat, ever was bold in stout.; ';• ' -
.lUL:fat awful strang, and large off portraitour,
Ae noble, dreadful, michtie champion."
Then followed a procession; of " four-and-twenty
maidens-100)g," all clad in' green; 'With white' hats'
and "of marvellous beautie"— - • ..?'
Plajantoil tfluberallliVakid linen ileht
In •
"Attereoming, great was the mirth and ley;
For at-the:Cross ablindantlY ran wine :
• Unta her lodging the town did her
-Her fot to treat theyiset their hailf ingine;-
. A rich present they did to her propine,
A costlie cup that large thing would contain,
Covered, rind full of coin-ed gold richt fine:
Be blyth and blissful, Brugh of Aberdeen I"
The gold in .the cup amounted. to
.two hundred
pounds. '- •
In 1537, Jarnei.V. visited the city, and VMS sump-
tuously entertained:in it for the space of fifteen' days.
The unfortunate Queen Mary visited Aberdeen,about
Auguit, 162 when she was received with every
mark of lOyalfy,and attachment. _ She.was also here
in the end of that year, when the ,Earl of
Huntly wakiiefeated by the Earl. of Murray, in-the
battle of; Corrichie, fought in one of, the glens of the,
Hill of Fare, .in this county. The Gordon chief and
many -of his followers were slain ; and many prisoners
were lionverd 'to Aberdeen, including Huntly's second.
son, the gallant and hatidiOrne Sir 'John Gordon, for
whom' the Queen is said to have had at one time a
strong' tittacbitnent He was beheaded, in Castle-street,
on the 2cl of NeVernber; to the profound grief of the
Queek_who was 56 sitnated as . not to have the power
of savinghli 'lire. James VI. often found a loyal re..
ception, and , comfortable ;quarters in Aberdeen, -be-
tween. the years 1581., and 1600. .On all these occa-
sions ,he received propines of moneyl and sometimes
levieda needful contribution. On the occasion of his
manage with Anne of Denmark, the citizens *fitted
out it. vessel. called the Nicholas (after :the
patron-saint Of the cityV which was commanded' bF
one of the baillies, and sitiled'frOm 'Aberdeen, to join"
the royal'sqUadion botind for Denmark, on the 16th
of April, 1,58 q. The vessel was completely armed,
and
decorated. with "ensigns, flags,-and streamers of
war, red. side-,cloths and gilded tops." It.would ap-
pear that Jaynes contemplated a visit in 1617-; for
u the
tnagist'ate3'xere:
courtly ived a dispatch, recommending that
lodgingsmaben,r nepare in the most handsome, civil, and
well.„„ned,.napie7ielth good bedding, well-washed and
cleat largeness • ; clear and clean vessels, 'of sta...
Suitable preparations'e°l,7 of
provisions and vivreS.'
no farther north than I.)ere made, but' the Sing tame
rattnartlar Castle. In 1620 one
of the citizens, Sir Tho
Majesty a large pearl, founAdie`nzi°s' presented to his
ytha in the brook of Kelly,
which runs into the
,not far from Haddo
Houses and wbieb• is said to the top pearl
ifotilvfit6aeooKd.ing be-
Crown of Scotland," For tbi's in the
stowed on .Menzies the honour of gift
visited Aberdeen
The ,next and last • sovereign
merry monarch,!' Charles During his
was the
first exile, the Scottiali Parliament hav*,i,ognPerroclaitoed
him King of @treat Britain, Cornmissi
whom -WaslPrOveit Affray, of -Aberdeen; v; one
patched to -biding hitn'over from the Continent.. •
embarked under convey of a Dutch fleet, and landed
at Speymouth on Monday; • the 4th of July, 1650.
After resting at Bo g of Gight, now Gordon Castle,
he arrived in "AbOfleo, on the 7th, and took up his
residenCe in - Castletstreet, 'which some conceive to,
have been that which is -now called the " Butsare
House." His visit to the city was intimated to the
magistratei in the following-letter front the Cornmis.
'loners, of date 2.lzlJund, 1650 '-•
44 Worschipfull 'and'good friendis, -We hate directed
thess to let yriuknbw, shot theqiing is siiitlieurryved;
and intendis, if God permit, to be at Abirdein on Thurs-

(From the; Sussex Advertiser.)
BECILLEY.—The hops are now nearly ripe and picking
will be general in this district during the week. Except-
ing the mouldy grounds we anticip g g
ate a ood rowth, as
they appear to be full of ",condition." ,
BATTLE.—The hop 3 are looking splendidly in some of
the Brooks, and where they are well poled about 15 cwts.
there are many pieee
to the acre ill be the quantity of the best of them;' but
a of hop ground here solleficient of
good poles, which will very materially lessen the .quan-
tity it rough weather
have had some daaccompanies the picking. We
ys of excellent weather for them, and
surpthey hainve fait the,geather. effect of it, as they have grown in a,
vourable wris nner There is an appearance of unfa.-

day at night; thairfore ye will tack such cair to prowyd Buctirmth43.--The hops have ninch improved within
fitt ludgingis for him, and for the Commissioner's, and the last ten days, being •so unusual* thick on the
for the trayne, as may be best paid, on so short adver- branches, particularly on the good cultivated grounds.
teismentis ; and .we beseik you let nothing be wanting We still think of getting a fair crop. Picking will com-
quhich may testifie your effectioun to the native King, mence on Thursday next, but will not be general before
quha haith fullie assured all the desyr of his people. Monday, the 18th instant.
No further, but we ar your werie assured friendis. BURWASH.—The hops are now rapidly arrivinT at
(Signed) Cassillis, Lothidne, Brodie, Geo.. Wynram, J. maturity. Many of our planters will begin picking in a
Smith, Al. Jaffray. Speymouth, 23d Jany. 1650. For few days. ,Opinions as to the amount of the crop are
the Richt Worachipfull the Magistratis of the, town of conflicting; all think, however, it will be large.
Abdn. Thess." EA.STROA.TW.X.—With regard to . the hops the'ques-

tion isjnow pretty well decided that they Will not grow
out to their wonted size, consequently must come short
of an average crop; there being no more must necessa-
rily act against the pickers.
FLETCHING.—Our hops continue to go on well, and
are very clean. Several of our planters are about to
commence picking this week, and there is every appear-
ance we shall have an average crop.
FARNHAM.—Picking has commenced in a very few
instances in this parish, and the result, as far as it goes,
is very satisfactory; it will be general about the middle
of the week.
HEATITLELD.—The' hop-picking has commenced in
some few instances in this neighbourhood, but the'resalt
of the "rising" to the Bushel, or cif the Weight, hive not
been made known.' -Mr. jadies Reif,' of Streetend firm;
who (with rare exceptions) is the first in this Joeality to
begin, will commence on Monday theilth, and several
others will follow about Wednesday. On Monday, the
18th,.tbe picking will be general: Although some of the
hops are tolerably well grown, there are many very small
of a burr-like appearance. They have had bat little
sun, which is the cause of their being entirely destitute
of" condition," and the consequent inferencejs, that the
duty is far too highly estimated, as is almost invariably,
the case in wet and cold summers.
HURSTeREEN.—The hops are very much improved
this week, 'and a larger quantity -is now expected.
Picking' will be'commenced about the latter end Of 'this
week or the beginning of next. 'The duty is estimated
at 200,000/. • - - • 1
MAYPIELD.—The hops hive improved during the- last:'
week; they are coming fast to maturity, and the picking'
will soon become • general.. . They have grown larger
than usual this season, consequently there will be more
bushels required limn usual to the
NEwicx.—The warm weather has, not imptoved our
hops so much. as was expected. They hang very thick
on the branches,-bilt are very small. Picking will com-
mence generally in the course of a week. •
NINFIELD.—The hop' plantations' in this loCalitY have
made 'great progress during the last 'week. Picking •
commenced in one 'garden .last Friday, and will be
general this week, with_ every prospect of .a -high duty.
" PRESTONS IGHTHA4p--There is 'IIO improvenlent in
the hops this week ; most of them will' be very small.
The mould, still .continues to increase. •• •
RoimEuriELD.The hops in this neighbourliood con-
tinue to improve, and the growth is likely to equal,
,if
not exceed, that of last year's. • ,
- -
RTE.—The fine weather we have experienced during
the past week has proved. highly beneficial' to the hops
in and-about this neighbourhood, and leads us to believe,
the duty will exceed 200,0001. Many of our planters in-
tend to continence picking this week..
• TUNBRIDGE WELLS—During -the last week the fine
-weather .has caused a great improvement in the appear-
ance of the hops in this neighbourhood, and we may ex...
pect that the picking will commence on some grounds
during the next week.
FRANY.—Thy hops is this district hatie-nOt Made the
progress this week as we had been led to expect 'after
such congenial weather. 'Many poleii are but little past
the burr, and the same appear quite stationary.
UCRFIEIA—Our' hops are still- doing 'well in this
parish. Picking willnommence aboutAirednesday at 'st-
rew places, when we shall be better able to-judge of-the
crop. The duty is called 205,0001. •

On his arrival he was received with every mark
of distinction and popular attachment. He conferred
the honour of knighthood on the provost, Farquhar of
Mounie ; and on Mr. Leslie of Eden, who had for-
merly held that office. The King remained in the
town but one night, proceeding next day to Dunnot-
tar. He would appear to have been again in Aber-
deen on the 25th of February, 1651—the last time
that our city enjoyed the presence of royalty. Now
that, after the lapse of nearly two centuries, we are
about to receive a renewal of that distinguished
honour, under the happiest auspices, well may. we ex-
claim. with old Dunbar—
" Be blyth and blissfUl, Brugh of Aberdeen."

Her Royal Highness the Princess Alice, and the
younger branches of the Royal Family have taken
their usual exercises in the grounds about Osborne.
Prince Victor of Hohenlohe left Osborne yesterday
morning for Portsmouth.
The Fairy steam-yacht was in attendance this
morning off the Trinity Wharf, to embark her Royal
Highness the Duchess of Kent and party on an expe-
dition round the island.

The Viseount -de lifinicorvo, Portugueie Minister
at this Court, "left -town yesterday for Liverpool, to
embark on board the Brazilian steam4rigitte Affonso,
on his. *ay to ,Lisbori.—During his Excellency's-ab-
sence, the Chevalier de _Ribeiro Secretary of the
Legation, will act as
_Charge- d'Affaires. _ . .

Earl Grey arrived in town yesterday from a vis'
to L ord Ashburton, at the Grange, Hants.

NEW6ASTLE',UPON-TYNE, Sirr.:9.—With the excep=
tion of a few slight showers on Tuesday and-Thursday,
the weather .since this day se'nnight‘ has been every-
thing that • could be wished,, and by to-night it is cal,
culated that fully one-half of the wheat and barley will
have been secured; of- other grain 'little hag yet been
housed. • The trade. during the present week has been.
in a very listless,state, and the business done in.either
wheat or flour has been trifling, at a decline of 2s. upon
old, and. 3s. to 4s. per quarter on new. wheat, whilst on
flour the reduction may be stated at fully 3s. per sack;
other articles at the same-Ltigus-being offered at lower
rates without exciting attention. ' At our market this
morning we had. a large supply of wheat from the
growers, which consisted 'almost entirely of the new
crop, the condition of which` ivis much better, but 'we-
cannot -note 'any.. - improvement the•-qtiality.- The
trade, upon thewhole, ruled firmer, and a fair extent of
business was done in new and old at the decline above
noted; trew-commatiding frent"4Ba. to 565.,- and 'Choice
old redi 565. .te •585.1 white'-'being Worth '`2s. -more.
Bonded was held-with much firmness,'aprobibility now
existing of the duty falling to minimum. In flour few
transaction occurred, holders being unwilling to' accede
to the views of-our dealers'; *hat sales'tdok Place Were
at 39.5. to 40/: for.heaseholds,-'at4 tip to 425. for' whites.
Barley 'scarcely. -so much- inquired for: Finer malt is
wanted, but inferior qualities totally unsaleable. Having
only a mOderifte ShoW'cif oats ' from the etitinfiY; fresh
threshed-samples were tlsce torn dearer; iis'ivere'also the.
best Scotch f• but foreign, althoukh•mere saleable, cannot
be ealledrany higher. • The best Scotch, weighing 421 b.
to 431 b. per bushel, made 28i., and the best new, for
mealing; 265. to '29's',46i quarter respectively.'
WINDEACTI;''SEPT.,,B.--fhe supply of wheat is small,
and the yield being badly spoken of farmers' show great
firmness, apd, on the wholerlast week'S prices are given
for all good qualities. But. fewleatsn'rbeans showing,
and each rather dearer.
•• LEEDS, SEPT. 12.—There is a fair arrival' Of wheat
reported to this day's'inarkei, Which meets with a ready
sale at an advance of .1s; per quarter over the rates ob-
tained en Friday. Barley nominal Beans As last
quoted. .No alteration in- other articles. -
HULL, SEPT. 12-The last• circular described 11e0M-
plote downward panic in. the trade; we ventured-to anti-
cipate its being of short duration. -On the Tuesday• the
farmers seemed capable-of-but one-iden,--and that the
getting rid of their produce; scarcely had Tufsday
passed before there was a return to sober-mindedness,
and daily since then the' trade has recovered itself; and
although the transactions of the 'week'baby necessarily
under such a state: of things been most -limited, -yet. we'
have heard of no sales at prices correspondent :with the--
noted decline of this and other markets, and knoW of no
holders disposed to give•way in a' like proportion; 'in-
deed,•throughout the,whole•of this district; 'old wheat is
in too narrow & compass (not deficient in quality, but in
few bands), and will be too much needed for admixture
!l
-with the new crop to warrant this, !lei, we may 'reason •
ably expect-to see good qualities of such an improved•
request ere long.. ;

SURREY ZOOLOGICAL. GARDENS.—The last .eibibi7
:on for the present season of the flowers,s fruits, &c,
produced by the edit petitoirefor the'prfteS given by the
South London Floricultural Society took plaee yesterday
in the grounds of the Surrey Zoological Gardens,
under the arrangements of Mr. Tyler, the • proprietor,
and. the committee of the society. The " show " was
more than equal to anything- hitherto exhibited ' the
same place in the way of horticultural science; either. as
regards flowers, plants, fruits,
,or qulinary. vegetables.
The colleCtiob of dahlias, which forms the great feature
of the 'exhibition, was 'superb. Amongst the specimens
were some that were almost tinique in colour and shape.
A great number of,mtd iis were awarded .by the judges
to the successful candidates.. Those who gained the
gold Ones were—Mr. Cole, of Dartford, and Mr: Hatop,'
of South Lambeth; • for' miscellaneous 'Colleetions" of
flowers.; • Mr. Howard, of :Burnham, 'for twenty-four
dahlias,. and Mr. ,Robinson, of Pimlico*, Mr. Pope. of
Ch sea, fOr twelve dahlias; Mr. Pawley, of Bromley,
for miscellaneous plants; Mr. , Turner,. of: Chelvey,Tfor
dahlias; and Mr. Bragg, of Slougb. In addition to the
sbotiv there were the Twit attractions of music and fire-
works,.,
,The gardens, were thronged with several thou-
sand visitors. •
.HERRING Ttaii.L.--.'We are 11•61- glad to announce
_to our readers that there exists no longer any doubt
that the long expected and wished for armistice he-
tlixt Denmark and the German Confederation has
been amicably settled: The news will he hailed with
joy by all interested in the herring 'trade, as shipment
rmay' now be made in British es well as foreign bottoms,
of all flags, to the Baltic and. German ports without
molestation. Iu Mating this announcement, we wo-ald
also hope that the 'trade; generally, would moderate
for a time rather than increase shipments;. for although
markets- are iii 'general bare of herrings abroad, any
large and simultaneous export,. without Axed sales on
board )n this country, would have a most depreciating
effect on prices. 'Dealers abroad, 'counting on!consign-
ments, would consegUently withhold their orders, in
ticipation of quell bewg, 40.0 Y adv,ices .re-
.ceivecatill'Stettin down to the 26th 7,466 barrels
of lierringa had reached that plaCe, and :the other, ship-
ments known on 'Change. Prices,. whiCh commenced at
10 dblls. to 10kdolls.v had recedectlt&l9f drilitt.,-titid a
further decline looked for as airivale,got
Ixtrsti"Pnomicg:-Li-The importatietik Of -grain fliiicr
leneial previsions into the port' of Liverpool, !from) the
rish ports:. during. the week . comprising • from the,l-Ith.•
"to the 17th ult. consisted of the following, viz.
7;214 firkins, 303 half•firkips, 345 boxes, and 1:876
ether pauliageti 'of liutter ; 1$ bags of wheat; 2,373 sacks
of flour, 526 bap And, 940 quarters. of•whent, 164'
loadi and
.404
hags ,of oatmeal, 72 packs 91=414.116,,
quarters and 54 Sacks-of bailey, 671 pacicages of linens
end Cottons, 98 casks of whisky, 37 bales of hams and
baeon, 19 firkins and 7 barrels of tonkires,-.1-0 easke,qsel'
kegs, and 10 firkintrof lard,-11. harrels of pork, 30 bar-.
rels of Meal, some of the-farina and seed,, 150 quarters of
bean., 55 barrels of beef, Mid other article's:Th'oae Of the
port of Briiitcd-,:iii3titio daftiin the same period of time,
comprised . 2,118.. barrels of gate, 21-5. quarters- atid '213
barrels of barley,, 21. casks. of. whisky, .106 firkins-of
liutter, several of malt, linens and other articles. , The
importations into the port of •LiVerpool;, from
during the subiequent;wee)ri; comprising from .the 1811 r t 4
the 24th ulkinclusiyei consisting of the following,
—3,145' Arliina; 293 half-firkins, 193 ~boxes.,enfl .1,607
:ootothteomi ; r packages'22bldets bauntdtenr ; r:a4sr o
Ikpacfii hti itsjkges
and n
of linens'
212 quarters, .182 sacks. 'and 50 tons weight 'of.
rwehlseaotf;fl3o7urcr k3s29bfarwrheliSlk"yof 9p2o9rks;acl7l,C44sokBe:ldna...liBers:,o:6:3:,:
sacks, 5681 barrels, findl'os tons' weight bulk 'of Oats;
t9iserlcoeasds,-raniadrdiTtit
lsykawkofe
330_
quarter,
.oft
beans, 28 sacks .of
emalt, and 57 sacks,
,of
to Those`
same 'atthe
period p6iotf 6:
itre etiosrsii.steidn oft 11'1650
8*
edq:ularsi:uloris:
and 152 barrels of; barley; g 3 casks; of a
ea
cirahi
,spek:
1,700 harrels and 20 tons weight of: 0at5,.450 packagii
'of rye- meal. '152 firkin's and 120 casks of butter;
tons' weight•OU 29- quarters of Malt;
linens, -and other articles. 'The following
dium of the importationw of such articles into the metro_
polis from the sister country during the period compris-
ing from the 'l7th to the 30th packages'
of linens, ,420 hampers 'and bales of bacon, 447 casks of
porter,, 1.75.•,ba1es of featkers,.l3o.caska:apwhisky, 383.-
bales of paper,
.333 packages of malt, 372 casks.and
other packages of lard, 31,275 casks and other packages f
of butter, '407 goiefatid eases of eigi;t3B-catiks of'pork,
21 of ham, 50 .of general provisions; 277- 'Med of Sal-.
man, 1.,150 of goap, a,quantity alive C4ttlO, horses, .and
a variety of other: articles of food 'of lssser,impoTtance
and of g6iieliir 'Merchandise,- which need not be mere
particularly enumerated.'' This 'account' of the ' recent
supplies of articles of food from Ireland, the produce of
that country, will be of interest.
- A SMART DOG.—A shepherd once,, to prove the
-quickness of his dog, who wai' lying' before the fire in
theliouse where we were talking, said to me in the mid-
die of a sentenca:coneerning something else—" ,I'm
thinking, sir, the cow is in. the,potatopp.7.. Though he
purposely laid no stress on these words, and said them
in a quiet, unconcerned tons of voice, the dog, who an-
pearedt.o,be -asleep, immediately „jumped lip, and-leaping
through the open window, scrambled.,np to
,the: turf roof
of the bOttge; froth :Which' he could' see
,the potato. field !
then (not seeing the cow there) rat:L.4,a 'l6Oked into
'the barn where sub -*as. and fiddingthat all was right,
'came back. -to the, house. After a short time thealieo-
- hard said the same words again, and the dog repeated
his look-out; but on the false-alarm being athird time
given4he dog gotup,and wagging his tail, looked his master
'in the face, with so comical an expression of'interro-
gation, that he could not help.laughing_aloud, at him, on
which', with a slight groWl; he laid himself down in his
warm corner with an offended air, and as if deterniined
not to, be made 'a fool of again.—American Paper.
A MATCH AT CetEss,-7-4 celebrated chess-player;
Mr. Harrwitz. of Aresfaii, was expected to visit this town
yesterilliy.''''He is to.nieet the' members of the Liverpool
Chess Club, and play two garnet At the same time, with •
out seeing the chess board. A' recent feat of this extra-
ordinary player is thus noticed by the Glasgow Citizen,
"Herr Harrwitz, the celebrated chess-player, being on a
visit to the different chess clubs in the north,- gave 'a
soiree to the chess players of Glasgow, on Wednesday
evening. at, the Athenaeum.. Upon . this . .cession be
played two games it-the same time, blindfold, against
four of the strongest players of the Glasgow Chess Club,
rt
awtoe
pplayingar tiea at
consultingon one b oard end
together
; twuopaot Onatnhetliemr2vetsh.e s
Theepa-
result was that Mr. Harrwitz won one game, and after a
hard fight-the play extending to sixty-ono niovei; drew
the other."—Liverpool Mercury. • .•' •
Advises. from Rotterdam • state that the Dutch
Trading Company have announced a sale for the .18th.
inst.,.comprising 78,957 balkets Java sugar, whichare,
likely to tnaintaih-the pried paid'at the 'isle of July 27,
tnalrße aplatirctiewair actlotwofth
shipments
the a r
tom thats t c e Tunacrlteudniedinind
that the refiners there will probably be anxious to lay in
stooks before the' season blosei. The sale on the present
Occasion will.',comprise a- -preponderating -4nentity of
brown and yellow 'assortmentk .with only- toiery Small •
proportion of good and fine white.