The Sun.
London, England, 1834-07-23 00:00:00

HOP INTELLIGENCE.

MAIDSTONE.—The bines have been generally affected by th,°
sudden change in the weather, from intense beat to cold rain',
The strong and good grounds have rather improved 00
otherwise, whilst those which were before in a bad conditi°
have become worse.
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GOUDIIURST.—The bine is looking tolerably well, an'. pr
burr beginning to make its appearance ; but some arc
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foul, and in a lingering state from the devastation vi“.l,
the vermin has produced. On the whole, a slight It •
provement has taken place, .but from the present prospeb,
crop cannot be expected in comparison to last year's grow l
At Bearstead some of the grounds are thriving rapidly, eapr
some of the best are calculated to produce from three to tc
bags an acre.
At Peckham some of the grounds arc rather flourishing, blit
others have become worse.
In the piece on East Mailing Rocks the bine is exceedillgil
clear, and has escaped vermin nearly through the season.
In Town Mailing the bines have improved. At Sat
Valiance, during the week, some grounds have slightir,r:i
provedj others, however, still look very unfavourable.—X°
stone Gazette.
In the neighbourhood of Marden, some gardens have cob
derably improved within the past week, especially those ?fillet§
have not been injured greatly from vermin, as the young sil°°,f,
are looking promising and fast coming into burr. Howellie
several grounds still remain in a most deplorable state, tt,
bine being covered with nits and lice, and the leaves dying,,3o,
tended with fire blast—in fact, every obstruction they can vg
counter ; in these cases they cannot recover. The str°?
bines, in some instances, are looking very black ; and the ett„...t
in this neighbourhood will evidently not be half so abtula'
as last year.
The hops in Ticehurst, and surrounding parishes still,-yes
very unfavourable, being full of vermin and very black.
those grounds which have hitherto maintained a favourable.lito
pearance are giving way ; but as we are now receiving 01)1101
showers, and the plant is fast coming into burr, there /0 5
a prospect of their rallying.
The accounts from the districts of Tunbridge Wells Pr-
of a slight improvement in some grounds.
The reports from the hop plantations in the vicinity of -arc
terbury differ but little from last week. Some grounds e,
slightly improved, but in others the vermin is on the increas

The following extract of a letter received tb.;
week by a lady in this town from her brother (a 10°9-0,
builder), dated New Norfolk, Van Dieman's Land, Dee. t,
1833, gives a sad description of the state of society in that scee,
Clement :—" It is now ten years since I arrived at this 'tie
and therefore think I can speak from experience. The Iptis,
property I had I have been swindled out of, and the only 5810
faction I have is knowing the rascal is now in prison. I 0-56.0 b
you it is impossible to live here, I am so surrounded by OWltiot
' lers, cheats, and sharpers, and as soon as possible I will retfe,
to England, being sure of earning an honest liielihood WV,
Mr. 0., a person you know, has run through all his prellcrse
and. is now in prison in Hobart Town, and I must say the i.se
is too common with many others ; as for society, I think 0,
connot be found in any part of the known world," 84c.
Southampton Journal.
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There is an old woman living at the Newton
Monzie who remembers the planting of a wood in that neigt,,
bourhood which is now being cut down. She says it is erg gilt
four years old, and was planted to beautify a house then :kb,
for the celebrated Lord George Murray ; the remains Of s"""„"
from their extent as well as celebrity of their original pr°rdis,
etor, are still visited by strangers as one of the lions of tile jol
trict. The inhabitants of that quarter inherited the folittbe
notions of their leader, and for nearly twenty years afteriarlf
last rebellion, the oldest son in every family was regn
named " Charlie," after the Prince.—Caledonian Mercury •
FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Friday afternoon'
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labourer, employed in blasting rock at Dyleston quarry
Barrhead, while stemming the bore after it was charged wet ,
gunpowder, neglected the usual precaution of using 54440,
sand, and took merely a mixture of small stones and
which lay near. While driving this home, a spark wasecov
lited, which ignited the power, and the poor man was "ciiil'
pletely blown up. The feelings of his widow and four
eyed
aren, on seeing the mangled corpse of their guardian con/eil."
to their door, may be more easily imagined than described
Caledonian Mercury. (too
An extraordinary calculus was found in a 01015:
horse, the property of Mr. Gallard, at Green's Norton boors
near Towcester. The horse had suffered only a fesiveiiiialil
illness, and immediately after death was opened by "
Stevens, farrier, residing at Norton. The calculus was I, be,
in that portion of the intestine called the ececlunt whic-ofeci
given way from mortification. The calculus, when renlrool
from its doubtless long confinement, weighed the enoe 110
weight of 151 b. 20z., and somewhat resembled in shttaiiisl.
size a quartern loaf, its base deeply indented by a
fissure, its apex deeply excavated, sufficient to hold e_ii,bee
glass of water. The calculus is brown in colour, and rto ho
in many parts ; the structure of the calculus seeing tole; ,
chiefly earthy, though evidently intermixed with some Pt ; th
of food ; in its structure it is quite firm and eorapec „DO
to
circumference is 25 inches, and its girth, from base
26 inches.—Nortitampton Mercury. trw.vvii-01