The Sun.
London, England, 1846-09-07 00:00:00

HOP INTELLIGENCE.

FARNHAM.—The expectation that was expressed a
few weeks back, that there was likely to be a crop of
hops at this superior hop-growing place, has been very
fully realised; the picking has now become general,
and has proved their high condition in the pickers' binns.
There has scarcely ever been a more rapid growing
period, unless we may name the year 1826, when the
Hants collection, of which Farnham forms the principal
amount, reached 14,650/. old duty; if it should reach
10,000/. this year, it would be considered high, seeing
that the average of the last seven years has been much
under this amount. It is only during the last month
that they have done such wonders, yet there are
many drawbacks to a great district crop, for many
of the villages around are very deficient. We are
happy to see the very great recovery made made in
those of Oldham, for these were struck very hard by
attack of aphides. Many of the grounds hang in a luxu-
riant and most picturesque manner, forming vistas, al-
coves, avenues, &c., ornamented with festoons of golden-
coloured hop strobiles feathered to the ground, the
lateral shoots being generally well clothed ; although
there are many instances where these side shoots are
much more backward in their.growth than they are •at
the top of the poles. In some instances there will be
complete hops at the top, and the lateral shoots will have
the blossom only just formed, this being the effeot of
the very congenial weather we have lately had. A lux-
uriant growth has been noticed at Bentley, at Lower
Froyle, Alton, Hartley, and other places, where pains
have been taken to give the proper food at seasonable
times. It is now very well known of what consists the
bine and what the fruit; it is therefore the business of
the cultivator to add the constituents wherever the crop
is found to be deficient. On this head we are assisted
by the analysis made by Mr. S. Nesbit (see " Journal
of the Royal Agricultural Society," last number). From
this we may learn that by far the principal mineral in-
gredients removed from the land, when the bine and the
hops are all taken away, consists of 53 parts out of every
72 of phosphate of lime, and silicate of potash and soda.
The picking, which commenced at Lower Froyle on the
19th of August, was nearly a month earlier than it was
last year. It is expected that some most excellent
samples will be the result of this early picking, for they
are in fine condition, and those that are allowed to hang
the longest are likely to be of the most pungent bitter,
particularly if there are ample male plants around or
amongst them.—Hampshire Independent.

INHUMAN CONDUCT OF A SWEDISH CAPTAIN.--
About seven o'clock on the evening of Monday last, a
Swedish seaman, of the name of Anders Hendrickson,
of Gottenburg, fell from the yard of the brig Albertina,
of Gottenburg, when about seven miles off Dover. It
appears Captain Berg took very little trouble to save
the poor fellow, never heaving to or putting the brig
about to pick him up, but merely threw a plank over-
board, in compliance with the poor fellow's cries. This
plank (about fourteen feet long and ten inches wide),
from being a very expert swimmer, he succeeded in
reaching. lie then stripped himself of his clothes, took
off his boots, and lashed them all to one end of the
plank, and took up his position at the other. In this
state lie continued for four hours, when an English
schooner, the Joshua Carrol, of London, Captain
George, from Cardiff, with iron, for Bremen, came
within hail of him ; and hearing the unfortunate man's
cries in the water, immediately lay to, lowered a boat,
and succeeded in rescuing him from his perilous condi-
tion. The schooner, Joshua Carroll, brought up the
next morning in the Dover Roads, and Captain George
brought the man ashore in his boat; after having treated
him in the most humane, kind, and judicious manner.
The Swedish Consul procured him a refit in clothing,
with a little supply of cash, from a fund for the aid of
shipwreckel foreigners, at the disposal of the Master of
the Fellowship of Pilots, and, thus equipped, he was
immediately shipped as seaman on board the Norwe-
gian brig Ocean, of Drontheim, lying in our harbour.
The poor fellow has, during the last two days, been
suffering from the effects of his exposure, but, we hear,
is in a fair way of recoverT.—Dover Chronicle.
THE HARVEST.—The harvest of grain crops in this
quarter is all but ended, and with such glorious weather
for a finish as we are seldom blessed with. Hop pick-
ing has been general for a week past, and the crop will
be abundant and of fine quality. Everywhere in this
district the aftermath presents a most luxuriant appear-
ance. Many farmers are cutting it for a second crop of
hay; we are informed by one gentleman in the neigh-
bourhood that his aftermath averages two tons to the
acre, and that his case is not at all singular. We be-
lieve there never was a greater abundance of keep in the
country thaw at present.-- Worcater geralc4