The Sun.
London, England, 1848-03-04 00:00:00

IzPIITILEN T.

Government securi-
ties (including Dead
Weight Annuity) . • 11,574.921
Other securities •• •• 12,913,241
N0te5..............9,922,L85
IGold and silver coin. • 658,675

£35,089,222
M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.

HOPS AND MALT.—The total number of acres in
Great Britain under the cultivation of hops in the year
1847, was 52,327. The total amount of duty levied was
08spu,dsmuet
duty
216,2681.
159,8501.6 7d.
0 s w.
6d.as roan-
-8,8034 Bs. on account of the
per Act 3d Vict., c. 17.
3eaa,
tieoc9,dhic4dvteo,ieh9utdgei2nou3tsnual .taounhift2idnosta
quantity
tew2joyudafud.
nonußuf;
arOyir.stof;i:fst,phaheloni
rBsldhd4.
cent,
Bri-
tain to foreign countries from theposrttehdoffrJoan
exported from 1829 to 1847, both years exclu-
sive,
6a6n3d,98180,9:1ix6.0,
was 67,7331 b. The gross
was 457,361. The quantity of foreign hops imported
into the United Kingdom in the year ending the sth of
quantity
January, 1848, was 1,467 ewts. The total number of
pounds weight of hops charged with duty in the year
1847 was 45,134,3651 b. The total number of quarters of
malt made between the 10th of October, 1846, and the
3,399,859 in
in Scotland.
9lr.welaasnd3,
The total number of licensed brewers in England is
2,184, of victuallers 58,725, and of beersellers 77,000.
lEOui
England,
i uoul
d, October,l 5406918i4u7
There are in Ireland 109 brewers, and 15,222 victuallers,
and in Scotland 174 brewers, and 16,071 victuallers.
A MAN MURDERED BY HIS g
SISTER.-A painful
sensation has prevailed in the neighbourhood of Honiton
during the past few days by the circulation of a report
that a man named James Harris had been murdered by
his own sister, a married woman, named Mary Hooper,
in the public road. Mr. Aberdetn, the coroner, upon
being informed of what had occurred, issued his warrant
for holding an inquest upot.i the body. Yesterday was
the day appointed for the Inquiry, when it was proved
in evidence that the deceased and his sister, on Satur-
day night last, went to Honiton market with a cartload
of hay to sell. This, they effected, and then went to a
public house, where they pirteck of some refreshment,
and deceased became inebriated. Instead of taking the
cart home themselves, they sent it home by another
person, the deceased imagining that the walk would en-
able him to get the better of the drink he had taken.
The moment after he commenced walking, however, he
stumbled and fell down in the road. His sister came to
him and persuaded him to get up, but he was unable to
do so. She then flew into a. violent passion, struck him
several times with her fists without being able to rouse
him, when at length she kicked him in a most brutal
manner over the head and face. Her shoes having
heavy Rails in them, the front teeth were knocked out,
and the head terribly mang 1 e d ; so much so, that death
ensued. A neighbouring farmer found the unfortunate
man deluged with blood, and scarcely able to articulate.
He had him placed in one of his carts and he conveyed
him to his home at Stoakland, but he expired before he
arrived there. The evidence being conclusive against
Mary Hooper, she was committed on the Coroner's
I warrant to the Devon county gaol on the capital charge.
John C. Pounding, Esq.,
. who is the proprietor of
considerable property, in this county, has purchased a
large quantity of eicaing, which he has distributed
amongst the poor on his estate, and he has in contempla-
tion to supply them with flax, and other seeds, at prime
cost. Mr. Pounding will, we understand, attain his
majority in a few months, and promises to be an excel-
lent landlord, and a capital addition to our resident Irish
gentry.--Monaghan Standard.