The Sun.
London, England, 1846-08-27 00:00:00

IPSWICH LAMB FAIR.

On Saturday last the first day of this important an-
nual fair was held at the usual place, near Handford
Hall, and was attended by a large body of agriculturists,
breeders, dealers, &c., resident in this part of the coun-
try. The stock of Limbs was much shorter on this oc-
casion than last year—some competent judges stating it
to have been one-third less, and others asserting there
were not so many hurdles required by 80 dozen. The
causes of scarcity are alleged to be—a really short sup-
ply ; the upward tendency of prices ; and an abundance
of feed. During the transactions of Saturday stiff prices
were asked and given for everything that bore the shape
and feature of a lamb—in fact we heard persons who
had attended the fair for 40 years assert, that for some
descriptions of lots they never saw higher prices given.
The following is a list of some of the lots that changed
hands:-10 scorce half-Jeicesters, sold by Mr. Mun-
nings, at 245. each ; 10 score of ditto; by Mr. Rodwell,
Livermere, at •16s. ; 13 score black-face shearlings,
Norfolk and Down, by Mr. Folkard, Stanway, 40s. to
455. ; lot of half-bred Leiceaters, by Mr. Webb, at
255. 6d. ; 5i score half-Down and Norfolk crones, by
Mr. Cutting, Bacton, at 225. 6d. ; 20 score of half-bred
Down and Leicesters, by Sir R. Harland's steward, at
295. ; 20 score of ditto, by Mr. Ruffle, at 265. ; lot of
half-bred Down and Norfolk, by Mr. Ablitt, Alderton,
at 295. ; 3 two-year-old tups from the Duke of Rich-
mond's stock, sold for 4/. each, 61. being asked ; 10 score
Down wethers by Mr. Everitt, Brightwell Hall, at 235.
Eight score ewes and wethers, by Mrs. Catling, Chils-
ford Lodge, at 295. Mr. W. Webb, of Great Bentley,
had four score of pure Leicesters which excited con.
siderable attention : they were a beautiful lot. Two
Leicester tups, the property of Fisher Hobbs, Esq.,
were also much admired. Mr. George Sexton showed a
lot of Soathdown shearling and two-year-old tups,
several of which were let for the season, at prices vary-
ing from 12 to 15 guineas. At the close of the day
most of "the lots were cleared off. The horse field pre-
sented rather a meagre aspect. Mr. Edwick's stock of
Welch colts was unusually short. There were some
nice things amongst them, for which stiff prices were
asked. The average price last year was from 8/. to 121.;
this year it was from 101. to 151. Mr. Edwick was the
only dealer pre sent. The stock field was more nume-
rously supplied than is usually the case. One lot of 12
heifers sold for 121. ss. each ; the average price per
stone was 7s. The business done was very limited.
The principal exhibitors of beasts were Messrs. Simp-
son and Cooper, Chelmsford, and Mr. Nunn, of Whitton.
Monday.—The lots of Saturday having mostly changed
hands to the dealers, they were on this day offered by
them at high rates.—lpswich Express.

HOP INTELLIGENCE.
(Frum the Maidstone Journal of yesterday.)
MAIDSTONE, AUG. 24.—Our hops are ripening fast
and will be ready for picking a few days earlier than we
expected. The earlier sorts, such as Jones's, will be
begun on Thursday, but the Colegates are only just
turning from burr to hop, and will not be touched for
two or three weeks. The Geldings are splendid. The
flea is doing a great deal of mischief in some districts,
and there is some mould, but the duty is rising, Our
Rochester collection is likely to exceed 8 cwt. per acre.
LENHAM.—Tbe hops in this district have come on,
during the last ten days, in a most surprising manner.
There are still some grounds which will come off very
short, but in the remainder the crop will be most abun-
dant. Four or fire planters have commenced picking,
but it will not generally take place for another week.
WILMINGTON.—The hop gardens in this parish be-
longing to G. Russell. Esq., are now looking really
beautiful. It is estimated we shall average 30 cwt. per
acre. Mr. Russell intends to commence picking on
Saturday next.
From Boxley, Aylesford, Wrotham, Yalding, Otham,
Linton, Stapleburst, Cranbrook, Goudhurst, we have no
aleration from previous reports, except that in some
places the flea is making great havoc, and mould has
appeared.
BRENCHLEY.—The blighted grounds have wonderfully
improved within the last three weeks ; and many plan-
tations which at that time were not expected to grow 1
cwt. per acre, will now grow from 8 cwt. to 10 cwt. per
acre. Those pieces which were not so much blighted
are very good.
CANTERBURY.—The hops continue to go on well. We
have seldom seen a larger flower or a more luxuriant
show than is to be witnessed this year. The mould is
insidiously making ravages in a few grounds ; but as
picking will commence so early it is to be hoped that
many hops will be brought down before this attack be-
comes serious. In less than a fortnight picking will be
general. In this favourable state of things the duty is
Still rising—it is now laid at 170,0001. General accounts
are alike promising, and state that, in addition to the
bops growing out much faster and larger than usual,
fresh burr is appearing, and where, but a short time
since, one pocket an acre was all that could be reckoned
on, from six to eight cwt. will be the produce.
FARNHAM.—The hop plantation appear progressing
towards maturity most luxuriantly. The bines, which
were so complained of about six weeks ago, and were '
then covered with vermin, are now entirely free from
those destructive insects, the plants having overcome the
injury; and now the burr on the branches is from twelve
to eighteen inches in length; in size, beauty, sweetness,
and colour, never exceeded, and almost breaking down
the poles erected for their support. The yield is ex-
pected to be far greater than last year, and several
weeks earlier for picking, should the weather prove
favourable.
ALTON.—The gardens look well, the bines strong and
full of burr, ripening fast, and even earlier, should the
weather continue warm.
MARKING HOP-POCKETS AND BAGS.

We have been favoured with the following correspon-
dence on this subject, from which it appears that,
thanks to the interference of Messrs. Oliver, of this
town, the hop planters will be relieved from a very
troublesome regulation

(Copy.)
" To the honourable the Commissioners of Excise.
" Gentlemen,—During the last hop season we were
visited by two surveying generals, who desired the officer
to mark on every bag and pocket of hops the date of the
month on which they were weighed, in addition to the
progressive number, weight, and date of the year. We
cannot find in the Act of Parliament any authority for
the introduction of 'the date of the month, and shall,
therefore, feel obliged if your honourable board will in-
form us if it is required by law, and is 0 be carried into
effect this season.
" We are, Gentlemen, your obedient servants,
" EDWARD and JAMES OLIVER,
" Maidstone, August 12, 1846."
(Copy.)
" Gentlemen,—l am directed to acquaint you, in an-
swer to your letter of the 12th instant, that it is not
necessary to mark your bags and pocket's of hops with
the date of the month on which they are weighed. The
only date required is that of the year.
" I am, gentlemen, your humble servant,
" WILLIAM TRENT.
"Excise-office, London, August 17, 1846."
" TO THE EDITOR OF THE MAIDSTONE JOURNAL.
" Sir,—lf you report a great improvement in the
hops generally, will you also request the planters to
look closely and see how many mouldy pieces they have,
and bow many fka eaten? If they pick these early to
save them, as they de,m it, they will add to the quantity
without adding to their pockets, the price even of good
hops being much affwted by the duty. If they leave
these bad pieces till last they will then see if they be
worth picking, and not early throw on the market bad
hops to reduce the price.
" Your most obedient servant,
"August 22, 1846." " A PLANTER.
(From the Sussex Advertiser.)

BECKLEY, AuG. 23.—The hops continue to improve,
and they are unusually large ; hops have been gathered
in this parish from 41-to 5f inches long.
BEXHILL, AUG. 22.—The hops in this and adjoining
parishes keep improving, and should the fine weather
continue, we may grow three-fourths as many as last
year. Picking will commence the first week in September.
BREDE, AUGUST 22.—Our hops in most gardens look
beautiful, and are remarkably large; in some we antici-
pate upwards of a ton per acre, and shall begin picking
in a few days.
EAST 110ATIILY, AUGUST 22.—Our hops in most
gardens have certainly a good deal improved of late,
but on, the same pole may be seen the fruit in three dif-
ferent stages, the burr, the hop without condition, and
the hop in its maturity, ready for the fingers of the
picker, which rather puzzles some of our hop growers as
to commencing picking, but no doubt it will be general
in about ten days, here and there one has already com-
menced operations.
FARNHAM, AUGUST 22.—The hops in this parish were
never so large as at present, and being entirely free from
disease 3 are now as handsome as they can possibly be.
We shall have an unusual crop in this parish, exceeding
even that of 1820 ; though the neighbouring parishes
will not realise so large a crop. Picking has commenced
in one or two plantations, and will be general in a week.
1-leus GREEN, AUGUST 23,—The hops in this neigh-
bourhood are still improving, and the extraordinary
length of some of them, which measure four and a half
inches, surprises everybody. The duty estimated at
170,000/.
MEN, AuGusT 23.—The hops continue to improve
very fast, and are now larger than they have been for
many years. We shall, if "all's well," get a good crop
MAYFIELD, AUG. 23.—The hops continue in the sam.
flostrishing state, and the plantations present a most grati-
fying appearance. The hops are larger than can be ever
recollected before, and should the weather prove favour-
able the planters will present the finest samples, in
consequence of the admirable colour and perfect condi-
tion of the hop. They expect to realise a good price
through the season.
NORTHIAM, AUGUST 23. —The improvement in the
hops far exceeds the calculations of a few weeks back'
and the burr, which then appeared on the same branches
with large hops, has now come into equally large hops.
Some of the growers will commence picking on Tues-
day next, and it will be general by that day week.
RYE, AuG. 24.—The hops generally in this neigh-
bourhood are making very favourable progress towards
maturit and it is expected picking will commence in
some plantations
' latter end of next week.
- 9 We are pleased to say that
SEDLESCOMBE, Al3O. ^ hops three and even
our hopes are splendid ; we hat., ' olought a ton
four inches in length, and at places it is - next
and upwards per acre will be grown. We begiu -
week.

UCKFIELD, AUG. 24.—Hops continue to improve very
much in this parish ; the late rains and now warm
weather tend very much to increase the crop. Even
many of the blighted grounds are throwlng out
numerous branches, coming in burr. The duty is called
175,0001.
UDIMORF, AUG. 22.—The hops in this parish have
certainly improved since our last report, and farmers
now anticipate there will be a favourable crop.
WADBURST, AUGUST 23.—Hop- pick:nig commenced
here on Friday, the 21st in?tant, but it will not be gene-
ral till OM the 26th; aid ti4e§s act weather ahopld

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be fine and warm, many will defer their
picking till, t
31st. Wo cannot report much rrogress since the I",„
dV
with the exception that the hops are looking excee i'
well and bright, and mostly unusually large. The
tb'e;
of Tuesday last bruised them in the high grounds ra
considESTFI LLerab s ly. 1,1 00
WD.—Our hop are now, what peel
since the most sanguine of our growers did not oc,.rte
they al e exceedingly large; we look for quite an
V'
crop.
MARKET NEWS—(YESTERD,-AY. )
CORN EXCRAINOZ. market
The arrivals of Wheat of home produce up to our _of
this week having been on a very limited scale, the 1311°W.,
samples of that article here to-day was trifling, 00, atioe
which, and the increased attendance of buyers',thne., überlt
for that description of produce was firm, at iti".7.chicli
nothing quotable beyond, late currencies, and at -;-,rheo
good clearance was effected. The supply
offering was not to say extensive. Prime samples at of
red and white were taken off readily by the rnillersd
;
treme figures, but the middling and inferior kx-rg
0,
mended very little attention. About 3,000 rj-lot
Wheat were sold, chiefly for export to Holland and ."I,'wera
No new English Barley at market. Grinding poce -top;
in moderate request, at full prices. In grinding au(Viosigali
sorts, next to nothing was doing. Superfine parce; The
of Foreignll;o
moved off steadily ; other kinds slowly, at late rel", far,'
quantity offering was small. The supply of oath w"dolert•
extensive, and more than equal to the wants e nricel•
The trade, therefore, was inactive, at Monday
e r
Beans, Peas, and Flour commanded full currencies.

I Wheat.
toglish ' ,980 qrs,
Irish ..... •.. I --
Foreign .. •.. -

ARRIVALS.
s. IBarley.1Barley.
230 qrs.

INat'
Oat I 1
'O9OO.
50 Ora', ....,
700 I ..o'4
16,820

2,130
!,talt, 1,700 qrs.
WIIITECMALPEZ. dd
There was a very stead demaed for Mutton, at03:13
vance in the quotations of 2d per Blbs. In all other 33 6c9
Meat a steady business was doing. Beef, from 286, (1 33 4!
Mutton, 3s 2d to 4s 4d; Lamb, 4s 4d to 5s 4d; ‘:`"c'sic3,'
to 4s 4d; and Pork, 3s Ed to 4s 8d per Blbs, by the

STATE OF TRADE. oi
MANCHESTER, TUESDAY, AUG. 25.--There or tvifi
slight improvement to-day in the demand for nnev for,/
descriptions of cloth, and an increased Willi:og T,
though, perhaps, not much actual business Or poe'
those counts of yarn which have been Wel,'
neglected, and are consequently the most deP,--, ter]
price. On the whole, the market, though still In better
unsatisfactory state, might be considered a stilly
than for two or three weeks past. , The 0.9,04
ROCHDALE FLANNEL MAnKEr, AUG.•
having taken place last week, we have had 7,101°1.1
offered for sale, but the demand has been ratne' O3l.
at former prices. The wool market remains °Ltd"
prices firm.
HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY, AUG. 25.--W0 be
another very dull market. Scarcely anything "
doing, except in the best sorts of fancy WO011eilsh; b's*-
goods there is no demand. In wool there '3'
scarcely a transaction during the week. °
to f
LEEDS, TUESDAY, AUGUST 25.—The eta 00,;
market continues satisfactory, as far as gencralue art
went goes ; but our business at the Cloth lin, goo"
was necessarily confined, owing to the r
adapted for actual demand, which are to De ha'".
chester Guardian. -

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THE GERMAN CATIIOL- ,
CHURCH. • Csersl:
On Sunday afternoon, the Rev. Johannes loos
whose name from its frequent association with P,r*,,tes,
in his mission through several of the German DS
,Cl3'
procure converts to the recently formed seet,;jiseT,
testants, must be familiar to the English public, "ffil
an address on the subject of the religious 10°Ise-rrei
Germany, at Trinity Chapel, John-street, Ecigw-ed,ll/iif
From three o'clock, when the address commelle-geareenl
its close at half-past four o'clock, there iv° "na ife'd
standing room in the chapel, and several perso-014
away unable to obtain admission. The gre3ters CeriLde"
the congregation was English, from an anne-„,1100;
that the address, which was spoken in the Gere're
guage, would be interpreted ; but there w
many Germans, members of the various Gernl3l
r e%
Catholic and Protestant chapels in the met roof a prat
The service commenced by the delivery ° a
for the success of the movement in Grervjalls'd,
which a portion of the Gospel of St. John "Zltrhen Pr:
an English hymn sung. The Rev. J. Czers"o -32 d ver-
eeeded with his address, taking as his text, the 1011°Witirt
of the Bth chapter of St. John, containing tb d the t
words:—" And ye shall know the truth ,glieb 11, °l,,,ifiristi:a
shall make you free." The Rev. Mr. ife:'„-d isitet.rrp-seved
of the, chapel, also stood in the pulEitlia-rsid ou,s" and
the discourse sentence by sentence. M. `-'it 'habits and
that he came amongst them, a stranger , 0W- ~sstlt
customs, but was their brother in inward the ts".e,
fellowship. He came to bear testimony the had'
which had made him free, and the freedom he is upoi
ceived from truth, and through which
thousands had arisen from the torpor in which tti,eloll
the spirituP.,,d asi
long been slumbering. Great wall dhe a' fie
raised, an
from which the people had been
deny that his eyes had been closed in that sleep. Gott
thousara!
fore he awoke, he sought for salvation not fro?l_,„gb!
but from man and human institutions. He was.
up very strictly in the Roman Catholic relignt
intended for the priesthood, but was early stra'oof
the fallacy thrust upon him, that none but ease;
within the pale of that Church could be of
Ile described his inward struggles before he rell'a rirci
his religion, and gave the arguments which 114 j
termined his change. After' his conversion llnt‘).lbs
around and saw millions in the same chains 11°',
formerly bound him. He found, instead of conies'' forci
God,. prostration before man ; saw a religien,T d
which undermined the wealth of kingdoms
nation against nation for centuries. Contrasti°gkalt
countries with Protestant England, he saw the hell
not in the people, but in their guides. Now thpabeilio
freed himself he had been followed by the any,- ° Nvethio
and persecutions of Rome, but truth gave MP only 11 "p 0"
dare the punishment of men. This was not °to,
tij
case but that of many others. There were overog
congregations in Germany, which had been c°,iso,
ad
from the Roman Catholic Church. In COncisill'ig°
addressed himself to such Roman Catholics as lop,
present, urging them to renounce their relig ell
he free. ftersc fir
s At the close of the address, the Rev. 011;..---n the CUB
raid that he had made the closest scrutiny initbstpf
igious opinions of M. Czerski, and felt assure" sts2o4,
important object he had at heart—the rerer:courliai'd
Germany—was well worthy the support an-halo,
ment of England. M. Czerski arrived a*g
would leave London next week.

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The )701,..
THE COBDEN NATIONAL TRIBUTE FllNcia,f,
mittee appointed at Newall's- buildings, on Frihe'
00.44
instant, for the purpose of co-operating witht,ctual ilther
at the Town-hall, in making a more w
in fu 00
throughout the borough than has yet been re,...a(Tobcietat ob".
ance of the testimonial to be presented to 153-i'pee of tts.
since been very actively engaged in the purElitto Eta the
ject, with what success we are at present unah7aseting.bed
a report it is expected will be made at the -subScricsotals
committee on Tuesday evening. The amount effate a. o.toriE
th district is upwards of 44,3001., and the egg' Fillollr7sclir
upwards of 66,8004 The Names of Mesnes, Sh° ibex
Brothers, and Co., Blackburn, and Messrs. E as subset di
and Co. Darwen, appear in the advertisecorrnawortb.:Of
for 2001: each firm, as do those of Afelc'des, 81ac111,7,
Blrnes, Church, near Accrington, Mr. ",/;*
and Mr. J. Eccles, Blackburn, for I°' '
Guardian. fishingS/0$
SEALS.—Those scourges to th
171rti
the saln_l", and toe
been this season unusually severe. In the o,g. thaf
parts of estuaries, their presence is never waYl,,,_:
,",et
and bag net fishings suffer most, whose VICIL P'o4
constantly haunt, so that no fish dares approacl•oill
fishings suffer also, as the tracks leading to toll/A
thus infested and way -laid. No method ofd 7,11,01008
these destroyers has yet been adopted, perhaps,:l,,.
which could promise to be of the least general utilT
is captured now and then, and another is shot; bu "IP
only is stopping up one bole in the sieve: he not 600
• 0.
out of the number, and the fisherman may obtain 40
revenge, but he experiences no relief. Of '41;01 Pr
animals the seal is the most astute. Give P
a few feet water, and he will mock (kris
suit. He will not approach suspected place lace ;lie
hunger prompt him to advance, it never Will in litbaliot
to lay aside his wary caution, and his address is so, ;joaht be
is rarely taken or defeated. He is not only Yore''Ltita
nice and fastidious. He will not bait on carti°l
crosses a dead fish he will not touch it, let his fle eel
be ever so keen or his hunger ever so grext.; 4010
have the living and the best. His vicious anu.rio 111'$)1,0,
taste, and the resources he has for its gratifi.':Atieislhorot
him an extremely troublesome and expensive, test"
He not only frightens fish away, but he tears 1,„0 10
very high water springs into their chambers, crt
havoc. Here he is sometimes taken, and the rept, li,etbrite
certain. When he cannot enter or break the "- weh,, o;
draw the salmon to him by suction. It would be' cti0"...40
VII ew'
some means were devised for the wholsale d es .00,,,ete
this pest of the fisheries. Hunting will never Imre '-nre,
in our firth, except, perhaps, in Loch Beauty', " fret 0,40
are many shoals and banks. Proprietors should .etp.
mium for an effective plan to guard their tenani DS,
might be invented by those who know the nature a fzest,,o,
of the animal; but, in the meantime, the stake' os, fro
tendant should never be without his gun on cock!, oils tO
ever small the chance may be of killing, there i 3 Nest)
certainty of annoying and making the place di
the unwelcome visitor.— Inverness Journal.

_
Prti"
On the 25th ult. at Tangiers, the wife of John-
mond Hay, EN., of a son. 10 101
,4
On the 16th inst., at Ordnance House, Gosport,' 0,01,
Captain Biscoe, Royal Engineers, of a son. net SO'
On the 18th inst., at the Vicarage, Pattingham, .00
vcrhampton, the wife of the Rev. W. G. Greenstre, tilbot'i
On the 21st inst., at Glenfenlan, 0`
shire, the lady of Colonel P. Edmonstone Craigle, 1-1* of
daughter
th. iegf
On e 23d inst., Mrs. R. E. Davies, of the 1111,13°- . I
a son.
On the 24th inst., at Canonbury Villas, Islington,
of Mr, James G. Winn, of a daughter.
MARRIED. IF-0
944 he
On the 20th inst., at Aberdour, James Lysaght, mitig"
Carrigmore, Cork, to Adelaide JannettaDouglas, fifth la,
ter of the late Mojor-General;Beatson, of Henley, Su, 11'

DIED. SkgPte'
On the 24th inst., at his residence, in Snaith, Yc
William Shearturn, Esq., in the 55th year of his age. cf,DipDP
On the 13t*nst., at Dresden, John William 13 ti
only child of the Rev. John Spading. bf
00an ttlitie'flB9ttlht ininsts.t,.,ataNtVoe);lbnreisdbgye: liras.
nearlSfargaret Li _OO
Great Yam sc,
-hard Glasspoole, Esq., late Captain E.I.C.S. $
"oth inst., at Islington-green, London, the R.
rev. John Nottidge, Rec w

EaOstnithle 21st. inst.,. the ....
On the
Stodhart, aged
Lateward, aged 26.
fold,
I, nninheld aged 82.
On the 22d at Notting-bi;:,square, the Rev. fob°
Douglas
On the 22d inst. at Field House, New- cross, JOSia.S St( ifirt
Kent, aged 57.
Esq., one of the justices of the race for the count v

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