The Sun.
London, England, 1848-08-28 00:00:00

HOP INTELLIGENCE.

BATTLE.—The hops are still; looking Avell, but the
weather is probably against them, as they are in want of
more sunshine, and it it continue so much longer, it is
likely there Ivey be a great portion of the seed impel--
feet, so that they may be very light in proportion to mag-
nitude; time will prove this conjecture.
11EATIIFIELD.—The general opinion in this neighbour-
hood is that the duty will come out far below shat it is
currently stated at. Many gardens are beginning to look
quite yellow and sickly for want of sun, and the burr is
very tardily developing itself.
HURSTGREEN.—The hops in this neighbourhood have
improved very much since last week, and now show for a
good average crop. Many gardens promise a ton per
acre, if the weather proves favourable.
NEwrcii.—Our crops are going on favourably; re-
quiring only warm weather to bring them to perfection.
ROTHERFIELD.—The hops in this district generally
are improving; picking, it is supposed, will commence in
about three weeks' time in the early sorts, which have
come very rapidly into hop, and in many cases are look-
ing remarkably well, although upon the whole it is not
likely we shall grow so many as in the previous year.
RYE.—The continued unpropitious state of the wea-
ther operates very much against the hops, and retards
their progress towards maturity. They are found to
bo very uneven in the same gardens—on some hills
being quite half grown, and on others but just emerging
from the burr. It is probable that another week will
more accurately decide what the growth will be. In
the neighbouring parish of Iden mould has made its ap-
pearance, which, it is feared, will rapidly increase should
the present humidity continue. The wheat and other
crops are also suffering from the prevalence of rain, and
the potatoes are daily getting worse. Fine warm weather
would now be a great blessing.
SALEHURST.—The crop in this neighbourhood will
come short of last year.
UcKFIELD.—We are inclined to think we shall get a
good duty at last with fair weather.
MAIDSTONE.— The bines still appear sulky, the burr
not coming into hop freely, and the weather being very
much against them. Although they do not retrograde,
their advancement is unprecedentedly low. The general
opinion here is that the duty is overact.
MEREWORTH, WATERINGBURY, TESTON, AND NET-
TLESTEAD.—The hops have grown and improved much
within these ten days. but the mould has kept pace with
the improvement. On Saturday bets were against
180,000/. Sunday was a fine day, and hopes were ex-
pressed that, should it continue so, the hops might beat
the mould and other enemies; but yesterday the wind
and rain did the hops irreparable injury.
HoesmoNDEN.—Unless we speedily get fine sunny
days, the condition of the hops will prove very inferior.
CANTERBURY.—The cold showery weather of the past
week has retarded the development of the burr, while
the mould is increasing, which (rill occasion a great de-
ficiency in what was expected. The duty has receded
to 180,0001. General accounts state the burr to be
coming into hop but slowly, owing to the cold weather
for the period of the year.
FARNHAM, ALTON, AND COUNTRY DISTRICTS, AUG.
21.—Although the weather has again been unfavourable
daring the last week, we perceive an amendment in the
green bind of the grape hops. We had a fine day yes-
terday, with a higher temperature, and if we get a few
more such we think we shall get a good crop.
WORCESTER, AUG. 18.—The continued unsettled
state of the weather up to yesterday has very much
retarded the progress of the hop plantations, and unless
it is in some early warm grounds, the plant hus been
quite at a stand still. The duty is still called 180,0002,
and should the weather become more favourable, which
there is an appearance of this morning, it may be rea-
lised. The market is 6s. to Bs. dearer from the lowest
time.

ANEW SORT OF Ifor.—Mr. Apps, of llorsmonden, has
succeeded in introducing a hop which ripens a month
earlier than the original. The set taken from parent
stocks, which he planted on the 16th of March last, are
now growing over twenty and thirty feet poles, with a
fair sprinkling of hops. They have been examined by
a gentleman well acquainted with the hop, who pro-
nounced them to be different from any that he has seen
before. Mr. Apps has given them the name of " Prince
Albert."—Sussex Advertiser.

DISCOVERY OF MORE HOR-

BIBLE MURDERS BY POISONING.

"JAR-Wien, SATURDAY.—ADother most atrocious
inurdur, by secret poisoning, has, within the last two or
three days, been discovered in the neighbourhood of
Wix, connected with which are some unpleasant state-
ments, implicating one or more females with other mur-
ders, and which have led to the most painful excitement
throughout this part of the country. The particulars,
as far as we have been able to collect them, show that
the wretched woman, Mary May, who was executed at
Chelmsford gaol, on Monday week, for the murder of
her brother, at ‘Vix, for his burial fees, urged and ad•
vised the commission of the dreadful crimes, one of
which, at least, has been clearly established. Some sur-
prise has been manifested at the course the authorities
adopted in not investigating other charges of murder in
which Mary May was said to be implicated, and a ge-
neral opinion is held amongst the police that she not
only disposed of her former husband by the same hor-
rible means, but also several of her children (she had
14, most of them died suddenly). Nothing appears to
have been done, however, in the matter until Wednes-
day, when Mr. liaison, inspector of the constabulary
stationed in the district, received a warrant from Mr.
Codd, one of the coroners for the county, directing the
disinterment of the body of Thomas Haw, then lying in
the burial ground of Tendring Church, in the vicinity
of Wix. This party was the husband of a sister of
Mary May, whose death took place in April last year.
Ile appears to have been a steady industrious man, and
had accumulated a little money ; his wife, however, was
not so frugal, being rather irregular in her conduct.
Havv quarrelled about a man named Southgate, and soon
afterwards he was suddedly attacked with sickness' and
died in a few hours. There was no inquest held, his
death, like the other suspected cases, be registered
as from natural causes. His remains were interred in
Tendring Church, and exhumed, as before stated, on
Wednesday. A coroner's jury was impannelled on the
same day, and Messrs. Manthorpe and Son were directed
to secure the stomach for analysation by Professor Tay-
lor, who is an eminent lecturer on chemistry at
Guy's Hospital. To-day the authorities received in-
formation from Mr. Taylor, to the effect that he had
found sufficient arsenic in the intestines to account for
death. in consequence of that discovery, the suspected
party has been arrested, and awaits the close of the
coroner's inquiry. The police have also received in-
structions to exhume other remains.

TIER FORGERY ON MESSRS HENRY AND Co.—
On Wednesday, the 27th of March last, a cheque for
3,4504 bearing the signature of Messrs. Henry and Co.,
was preserved at the Branch Bank of England, in Man-
chester, by a young man named Francis M'Naughtcn,
and having obtained the money, and offered three 5001.
notes to be changed at Messrs. Heywood's bank, his
youth (not being of age) excited suspicion, and be was
told to call again, and then, if all was found to be right,
the money would be changed. M'Naughten, however,
did not return, but, in company with two friends, John
Pownall and Hugh Brady, immediately proceeded to
Liverpool. Pownall was soon afterwards apprehended,
but on giving a satisfactory account of his connexion
with M'Naughten, he was discharged. The other two
were not heard of in spite of all the vigorous efforts to
to discover them by the police, both in this country and
America, until Sunday morning last, when Mr. Beswick
received a letter from St. John's, the capital of New-
foundland, stating that the prisoners were in custody
fur presenting one of the stolen notes (the numbers hav-
ing been published) at the bank there on the Ist August.
The prisoners had taken the names of William Phillip
O'Kelly and Thomas Bradshaw. It is expected that
one of the Manchester detective force will be dis-
patched as soon as possible, for the purpose of bring-
ing the prisoners to England.—Manchester Tunes.
MURDER AND SUICIDE.—A murder of an infant
by its mother, accompanied by the suicide of the latter,
occurred at Worksworth, Derbyshire, on Friday. A
respectable married female, the wife of a master cooper
named Ford, having on the day named, pariaken of
breakfast with her husband, went upstairs with the
ap-
parent intention of making the beds, but remaining
longer than usual, an inmate proceeded to ascertain the
Cause of the delay, but was horror-struck. on perceiving
the unfortunate woman in a pool of blood, dead on the
floor, and her child of the ago of two months also dead
in the same room—both mother and infant exhibiting
dreadful gashes in the throat, no doubt inflicted by the
unhappy woman. Ford, the husband, is a steady and
industrious man, and no cause can at present be assigned
for the dreadful occurrence.
AuToGßApil MANUSCRIPTS OF LORD ByRON.—A
few interesting autographs of Lord Byron occurred in a
sale which took place on Saturday, at the rooms of
Messrs. Puttick and Simpson, the auctioneers, of Picca-
dilly. We extract from the catalogue the following
lots:—Lot 863, " The Curse of Minerva," 13 pages 4t0.,
entirely autograph, sold for 101.; 864, the well-known
" Maid of Athens," the original MS., 2 pages 4t0., en-
tirely autograph, sold for 41. 45.; 865, the poem " Wa-
terloo," from the French, 4 pages 4t0., entirely auto-
graph, sold for 41. 155.; 866, Lines written on a Cup
formed of a Skull, 2 pages 4t0., sold for 71.; 867, Lines
on the Elgin Marbles, 2 pages folio, sold fur 34; 869,
three leaves, being the opening lines of " English Bards
and Scotch Reviewers," &e., sold for 54 Amongst the
other MSS. in the sale were some illuminated missals;
of these the most worthy of notice were-855, an Illu-
minated Missal, exhibiting a comUination of French and
Flemish art, which sold for 80 guineas; and 851, a
small Book of Hours, illuminated by a Flemish artist,
which sold for 251. There were some other illuminated
books of lower pretensions, which sold equally well.
THE DECCAN PRIZE MONEY.—From a paper
printed on Saturday, it appears that the amount of Dec-
can prize money realised was 68,67,306 sicca rupees, and
the interest realised was 44,13,755 ekes rupees.

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POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.
On Saturday John Hathaway, master of the Laila
Rut kh iron steamboat, plying between London•brid
and Kew, appeared before the Lord Mayor, upon an
formation charging him with having obstructed the na-
vigation of the river at Kew-bridge.
Mr. Martin, from the City Solicitor's office,.attended
for the prosecution, and: the company's secretary and
solicitor appeared for the defence.
An attempt was made to get rid of the charge by
stating that as the impediment was suid to have been
caused at Kew, the magistrate in that district ought to
have been applied to.
The LORD MAYOR said the objection would not hold,
as the information vras drawn under the Navigation
Act, which gave the Lord Mayor jurisdiction as far as
Staines.

Mr. Martin said there was a towing-path along the
Thames, which was constantly used by barges, and the
obstructio❑ of which he complained interfered with this
long established right, a violation of which could not be
tolerated, even though the public convenience might have
been, to a certain extent, in the opinion of the pro-
prietors, increased by the course pursued by the de-
fendant.
Richard Humphries, assistant collector at the City
Toll-house, which is about 150 yards from Kew-bridge,
eta ted that on Saturday, the 19th instant, his attention
seas called to the Lulla Rookh steamer, which was
partly under the right arch of the bridge, at nearly high
water, and remained there about half an hour. During
that time four barges had to pass close to the towing-
path; but, in consequence of the position in which the
Lalla Rookh lay, they were obliged to shoot through
the second instead of the first arch of the bridge.
For the defence it was stated that, in the first place'
no obstruction at all had taken place, and, in the Fe'
cond, that the steamers had an undoubted right to land
their passengers at the spot which the Lalla Rookh was
accused of having occupied.
Mr. Layton, coal and corn-merchant, a tenant of Kew-
bridge-wharf, was called for the defence, but be did not
deny the fact that the position of the steamer prevented
the barges from passing through the first arch. Ile
stated that barges had been lying in the river close to
his wharf for two or three days.
Mr. Martin submitted, that in the attempt to get over
the information it had been proved by the wharfowner
that he had himself committed an offence.
The LORD MAYOR said it was evident that two wrongs
could not make one right, and convicted the defendant.
The secretary to the company said the tradespeople
and residents of Kew felt greatly the want of the ae-
commodation which the wharf afforded for the steamboat
passengers.

The:Loun MAYOR said, he had no doubt of the 0'
position of the Navigation Committee to give every res.'
sonable accommodation to the people of Row, but it wits
his business to prevent any obstruction to the navigation.
As he did not at all consider the case an aggravated one'
he should limit the penalty to 51.
Notice was then given of appeal.
GUILDHALL.

On Saturday Mr. George Martin, the keeper of the
City Greenyard, was sumtaoned before Alderman Fen'
comb, by Robert Hedges, for unlawfully detaining 6
horse, of the value of 121., the said horse having bees
taken to his yard on Wednesday morning.
Mr. J. buncombe, solicitor, of Red Lion-square, said
that he appeared on behalf of the Licensed Hackney Coy
riage Protection Society to make a complaint against,
Mr. Martin, the keeper of the City Greenyard, for who
he considered a monstrous imposition. The facts of the
case were simply these:—On Wednesday morning, he•
tween one and two o'clock, a cab was called to consrel $
gentleman from Union-court, opposite St. Andrew e
Church. The driver happened to leave for a few
minutes, when the police took the horse and cab to the
Greenyard; and, on the complainant applying for their
restoration, a demand of 13s. was made, although they
had only been in the custody of the defendant from
about two o'clock in the morning until half-past eign
Mr. Hedges refused to comply with such a demand, en'
tendered what he considered a fair remuneration,
namely, 4s. Gd., which was refused, and the horse end
cab were still in the custody of the defendant. For the
information of the worthy Alderman he would mender),
that in the county the subject of greenyard fees was
brought before the magistrates at Bow-street come
short time back, and, after a proper investigation, they
came to the conclusion that the county sum of Bs. "It,
exorbitant, and accordingly reduced the amount to
the sum of 4s. 6d. Therefore, under those circum-
stances, he did not see why such an imposition (for
he could hardly call it less) should be allowed to eX
in the City. The charges were extortionate when
could
leave taken into consideration that a gentleman ee%
leave his brougham and horse at any livery-stabled
where the horse would be fed, the carriage cleaned, Oil
got ready to go out the next morning, for the stet
sum of 3s. 6d. Here was a vast difference. There 111:
another point which he wished to remark upon, anti that
was, why the horse and cab were taken at all to the
Greenyard, as no charge had been made against the
driver, who arrived at Mr. Martin's premises balle
:
they were taken in; no summons had been taken out'
and in fact no proceeding whatever against the coin:
plainant's driver, and yet he (Mr. Hedges) was required
to pay the enormous charge for a few hours' accommoda'
tion. The subject had often been mentioned before, end
a communication made to Mr. D. W. Harvey, the Con'
missioncr of Police, who considered it an imposition, and
afterwards a memorial was forwarded and sent to the
Court of Aldermen, but unfortunately (although it was
presented some months back) no notice had been taken of
it, at leastso far as ho was aware of. He was sure, when he
referred to the different items, the alderman would agree
with him that they were too heavy. If the horse and
cab remained only for a short time the charge would be
Is. 3d. per wheel, Is. for entrance into the yard, and 31.
for the horse. He contended that either the horse and
cab ought to have been taken to some livery-stable, nr_e
reasonable charge made for their accommodation by to°
defendant.
Mr. Martin said that he had only made the charges
sanctioned by the Court of Alderman, and produeld i
book to verify his assertion.
Alderman FARSCOIIIII having looked at it, said t,efhet
ore
was a case in which he had no jurisdiction, and tieleecouid
could go no further into it. The only course Itt 15, od
advise the complainant to adopt was to pay the fees the
afterwards memorialise the Court of Aldermen
excessive charges referred to.
Mr. Duncombe thanked the Alderman for his /logger
gestion, and all the parties then left the court. regv
The amount of the fees appeared to have been
lated by a committee of the Court of Common Cdu
and ratified at a full meeting of the Court.
nit of
WOOLWICLI DOCKYARD BRIGADE.—The ret tbei
the practice of the three Artillery companies WhAe'roee,
tired from 9-pounder guns in the Marshes at 750 Yards fi
r
s
t
gave six shots entering the target from the guns of the the
company, ten shots entering the target from the guns
„1,- the
second company, and six shots entering the target from
guns of the third company. Previous to the commence add
of the practice one guinea was promised to the best gust pp
it was gained by No. 4 of the second company, tb, urteeu
having entered six shot into the target out of the l°ot do
rounds served fur it, being very excellent practice, tigerl
length of range they were fired. The three •t_'rvock'
companies assembled on Friday afternoon, at thegad
yard, under the command of Major Jenkinsraetice
marched at three o'clock to the Royal Arsenal for
the bad,
with balls from :mall arms, fired at targets set UP at add
The tiring was first carried on at fifty yards disltil_:ls,oll
afterwards at eighty yards ; and the firing was re.ms,ariassl,
good, nineteen balls having perforated the small
target
001:
target of a sub-division of the 3d company, out toget e"
forty balls fired; and twenty-one balls entered the sir Go-
the second round, from the same number of men. of the
don Bremer. K.C.8., K.C.H., Colonel Commandanot
.dtoess
Dockyard Brigade, arrived at the Royal Arsenal _ ',esti!!!
the practice, and appeared greatly pleased with Or i!
The targets were in seine cases so riddled with ball!:; oed
was necessary to suspend firing until they were ag"'
to the iron rods on which they were stretched.
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OAKEN GATES RAILWAY! TUNNEL.---AWeFnivg 145!
CIDENT AND Loss OF LIFE.— On WedriesdaY CV,he (Joy,
shortly before the navvies were leaving work 101_,*
171 y fell
great body of earth, of many tons weights SUidiue,yordt°s
upon them. One young man, named Thomas "%adly wee;
got out only just alive, with his head and face_ the fitile
gled. Two other men, navvies, were got out fn. Ani golug
earth, quite dead; the other poor fellow said, s shropshi"
to leave you," and then died.—Edd°wes
Journal.

?JO.
On the 27th inst., atll
Dunc2lll Lilingt°ll'
an-terrace,
_;fe of
Joseph Tacker, of a daughter.
On the 21st inst., at Aldenham-lodge, Clar
the lithe John Mason, of a daughter. Grove,
O 24th inst., Mrs. John Ansted, of the
ham-road, of a son. oar OW
On the 24th inst., at the Rectory, Harbledowth
, the
terbury, the wife of the Rev. A. L} all, of a son: aboy 01 -
On the 24th inst., at the Rectory, Blaisdon, the
virood-
Eev. R. E. Hunle, of a daughter. Tr J
lierts, the "• .
At March, on the 18th inst., the wife of J. ''' •
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ward, E
th s q., solicitor, of a son and heir.
On e 24th inst., in Devonshire-place, the lady
H. Dickson, Esq., of a daughter.

On the 24th inst., at BoMlAdfeßCllEntch, near LI ''''-% r,"
,n 3; n at.n, the
aßnuetTlia.A,An.nEaden, 8.A., eldest son of the Hon. and Bev' 'to. Alice
of Wexford,ll daughterlrrieaol
aDf
n01d,7 alter..
w Baronesshi
tney, GreyEsEsq.,
,d e Ruthyo,
coof
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of blertoe•
iv,. pitlri.
On the 24th inst., at Thrybergl4 the Bev. C. liter
liter 0
wayt, vicar of Chelmarsh, Shropshire; to Eliza, °a" if
J. Hardy, Esq., of Thrybergh-ark,p Yorkshire., Cam
On the 24th inst., at St. Giles's Church, "`-‘,l far;
Edward Luscombe, eldest son of T. Scarlett, Esq., -.oolle.
villa, Norwood, to Mary Anne, eldest daughter of
Mayhew, Esq., of Camberwell, Surrey. MO
ham,
On the 24th inst., at theparish church of ClaP— t Jane'
eldest e'djauunglitEer" of Abingdon, Berks, to 111argoilrf !Albion'
terrace, Wandsworth-road, Surrey.
DIED. A t''ir 5 j°bri
On the 3d inst., Henry, eldest son of Robert ,
Esq., her Majesty's Consul-General at Algiers. , i..coleeel ,
At Boulogne-sur-Mer, on the 17th inst., 1-nni
et
James Young, late of the Bengal Artillery. ~„,. wife
On the 24th inst., at Kensington, Lady eli,'
Colonel Sir Edward Miles, C. 8.R.1.5. • chertleP
One the 4th
24 inst., at Long Cross Parsonsge*Altoll-°°-
Humphrey, Hall, Esq., late of the Hermitage,
the-11 Surrey, aged 86. irlliara Carr,
On the '24th inst., at Dover, Ann, the wife of
l 1
Esq., of Slaley-cottage;lßlack heath-park. ,_ v.& of .1'
On the 24th inst., aged 23, Caroline Sophia? ti,°'
18 ,
Scholefield, Esq., of Edgbaston, Birmingham.indsor, aged
George Francis, fourth .son of W. F. Riley, Esq.
VV
On the 24th inst., at Forest-hill, near
where he WO
On the 24th inst., at 10, Leicester-squafe,:
resided 35 years, Mr. Simons, aged 61.
J. Robson,
On the 23d inst., at Portland-place, R. Jennings' r'q.
On the 23d inst., at Hamilton-place, Sew-road,'
Esq., of the Stock Exchange, aged 67.
On the 18th inst., at Wallasey Rectory', .I_,..ea_rl:iffrferectP°°lb-:
Mary Stewart, second daughter of the Rev. Dr. Dr!'" 7,.._ _ •
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Middlesex, Monday, August 214 1848.