The Sun.
London, England, 1851-07-30 00:00:00

s UN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 30, 1851.

AYLESFORD.—Notwithstanding the heavy rains we
have had during the past week, the vermin still are as
numerous as before. A very short crop this year.
BIRLING.—We are very indifferent here—rather worse
than last week.

LINTON.—Our bine has grown considerably since the
rain, but we have also an increase of vermin in our up-
per grounds—some of them are getting worse every day.
MARDEN.—In some grounds a decided improvement
is observable, in others the hops appear stationary.
STAPLEIIIIRST.--The effect of the late rain is visible
a few places in this parish; but speaking generally
the plant is weakly, owing to the ravages of the vermin
with which they are still infested, and precludes the
possibility of growing anything like a crop.
ULCOMB.—We cannot report any improvement this
last week; the bine continues very foul, and much of it
too sickly to make any effort for fruit.
CRANBROOK.—The plantations have not made any
very perceptible progress during the week. There has
been a complete saturation of the grounds, and a few
days' fine warm weather will no doubt work wonders
and decide the fate of the growth.
OTFORD AND SHOREHAM.—There is a decided im-
provement in some few of the hop gardens; but at least
in two-thirds of the plantation the prospect of growing
any hops is entirely gone for this year.
WROTHAX (TowN DISTRICT).—We are decidedly
worse than last week, the vermin following every shoot;
the weather during the past week has been most favour-
able for their increase; and as one generation of them
die a fresh one succeeds them in much larger numbers.
CANTERBURY.—We have nothing favourable to re-
port this week of the hop plant. Our accounts, for the
most part, represent the country grounds in a bad con-
dition. The attack or vermin, combined with slackness
of bine, render the chance of a good crop very critical.
Some of the well-cultivated plantations in this neigh-
bourhood have certainly improved a little, the hop look-
ing a good colour, and promising a fair yield; but this is
far from general. Warm, still weather is now required
to bring them to maturity. Duty estimated at 75,5001.
to 80,0001.
TICEHURST.—The hop plantations are not doing so
well as they were a fortnight ago; many gardens have
gone the wrong way, and the others are at present quite
at a stand.

Sussax.—Our reports from Rye and its neighbour-
hood state that the lice have increased in most gar-
dens since the rains, yet, so sanguine are the hop-
growers of that district that the plantations will go
through the blight, that they calculate upon growing
from 10 cwt. to two tons per acre.

ATROCIOUS MURDER IN PARIS.
The police arrested on Sunday the young man rho
murdered a girl named Juliette Flame in a public-
house in the Rue du Cherche-Midi. His name is
Joseph Humble:, his age 19, and his occupation
that of a waiter in a coffee-house. The arrest was
effected at 110, Rue St. Honor 4, in the residence of
'a concierge, who is a friend of his mother. He
readily answered the questions put to him, and made
this statement:—" I know," be said, " that I have com-
mitted a horrible murder, and I know the fate that awaits
me. But las not a monster—l was distracted—l had
an attack of brain fever. During eight months," he
continued, " I had intimate relations with Juliette;
I loved her passionately, but at last I fancied I
perceived she deceived me. Ido not know whether
I was right or wrong, but a violent jealousy took
possession of me, and I resolved to kill her
first, and myself afterwards. I was under the
idlc.ence of these ideas when I met her on Wednesday.
We went into the public-house, and ascended to a bed-
room. A bottle of wine was brought us, and Juliette
seated herself on the bed. It was nearly nine o'clock,
and vertigo seized me. I passed my hand over her
throat, which appeared to surprise her; but be-
fore she had time to make any observation I seized a
razor which I had for some time carried in my poc-
ket, and, in one cut, made a severe wound in the throat.
Poor wretch! She had only time to cry Mother!
mother!' when she fell dead. I was troubled, and for a
few moments knew not what 1 did. But at last I reco-
vered my self-possession. I washed the blood
iron my hands and face. I opened the door, but
when half-way down the staircase, the idea of seeing
her again recurred to me, and I went and kissed
her fur the last time. I hurried away. I went to
the river and washed my trousers. Afterwards I went
home, and said to my father and mother, Kiss me, to
you will see me no more; I am a great criminal, and
deserve the scaffold!' In their stupor they did not think
of stopping me. I went out of Paris and slept in a
lodging-house at one of the barriers. In the morning I
was agitated, and did not know where to go. So I re-
solved to commit suicide. But before dying I deter-
mined to try to see Juliette once again. I went to the
Morgue, where I thought her body would be taken; but
I arrived too late—she had been recognised by her
mother, and the body had been removed. I listened
to what was said in the crowd. ' A young girl has
been murdered,' they said, ' and the murderer after-
wards threw the body into the river.' I shrugged
my shoulders and went away. I went to a church,
with the intention of confessing to a priest, but not
finding one, I wandered about the streets for some
time, and at last left Paris. I only returned this
morning. And now I have only to request that
I may be condemned to death. My repentance and my
chastisement will open to me the gates of heaven, and it
is there alone that I. can hope to see Juliette again."
This statement was made with the greatest calmness.
Tho prisoner had on a shirt stained with the blood of his
victim. The expression of his features is remarkably
mild. He had procured himself a passport for a foreign
country.

FRENCH RAILWAY TRAFFIC.
The following are the last returns of the gross re-
ceipts of the principal French Railways :
NORTHERN.—From July 16 to July 22: Passengers,
349,248 t.; goods, 192,006 f.; total, 541,254 f.
ROUEN.—From July 13 to July 19 ; Passengers,
114,4421.; goods, 79,702 E; total, 194,144 f.
HAVRE.—From July 13 to July 19 : Passengers,
40,482 f.; goods, 34,635 f. ; total 75,117 f.
ORLEANS.—From July 14 to July 20 : Passengers,
91,772 E ; goods, 102,278 E; total, 197,050 f.
BoRDEAuX.—From July 14 to July 20: Passengers,
49,329 f.; goods, 42,539 E; total, 91,868 E
VIERZON.—From July 14 to July 20 : Passengers,
38,680 f.; goods, 37,422 E; total, 76,102 f.
BOULOGNB.—From July 14 to July 20: Passengers,
39,477 f.; goods, 16,759 f.; total, 56,236 f.
NANTES...—From July 12 to July 18 : Passengers,
22,4341.; goods, 15,832 f.; total, 38,286 f.
STRASBURG —From July 16 to July 22: Passengers,
111,646; goods, 68,845 E; total, 180,491 E
BALE.—From July 1 to July 7 : Passengers,
30.7321.; goods, 31,043 E; total, 61,775€.
MoNTEREAtL—From July 9 to July 18; Passengers,
10,310 E; goods, 14,721 E; t tal, 25,0311.
MARSEILLES.—From July 9 to July 15: Passengers,
48,623 E; goods, 22,190 E; total, 70,830 f.
LIONS.—From July 6 to July 12 : Passengers,
226,152 f.; goods, 76,474 f.; total, 302,626 f.
CHARTRES.—From July 7to July 13: Passengers,
32,907 f.; goods, 13,0551.; total, 45,962 f.

THE LONDON GAZETTE, July 29.

BANKRUPTS.

Edward Herring, manufacturing chemist, Southwark,
to surrender Aug. 7, at half-past one, and Sept. 11, at
eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Caunan, official
assignee, Birchin-lane; Wood, Alderagate.
John Limbird, stationer, Strand, Aug. 8, at half-past
twelve, and Sept. 11, at twelve, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street;
Smith, Bat inghall-street.
Richard Keeping, watchmaker, Ryde, Isle of Wight,
Aug. 7, at two, and Sept. 11, at one, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-
street; Whittington, Dean-street, Finsbury-square.
Edwin Gates, grocer, Aylesford, Kent, Aug. 6, at half-
past eleven, and Sept. 6, at half-past one, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Stansteld, official assignee; Wilton and
Blackman, Raymond's-buildings, Gray's Inn-square.
Walter Levy, maccaroai manufacturer, White's-row,
Spitalfields, Aug. 4, at eleven, and Sept. 6, at twelve, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee;
Jenkinson, Sweeting, and Jenkinson, Lombard-street.
Alfred Hinton, stationer, Portsmouth, Aug. 6 and
Sept. 6, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham,
official assignee; Weir and Smith, Basinghall-street.
Edward Davis, currier, Northampton, August 6, at
half-past one, and Sept. 6, at eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee; Heath, Artillery-
place West, Finsbury.
Thomas Irlam and Vincent Wanostrocht (and not
Wanostrocht Wanostrocht, as before advertised), brokers,
Liverpool, Aug. 7, and Sept. 5, at eleven, at the Liver-
pool District Court. Bird, official assignee, Liverpool;
Sharp, Field, and Jackson, London; Miller and Peel,
Liverpool.
Robert Heath, William Welch, and John Heath
Barber, ironmongers, Tunstall, Staffordshire, Aug. 16,
at ten, and Sept. 2, at one, at the Birmingham District
Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham; Stanier,
Udall, and Knight, Newcastle-under-Lyrae; Motteram,
Knight, and Emmet, Birmingham.
Thomas John King, innkeeper, Stourport, Worcester-
shire, Aug. 12, and Sept. 9, at twelve, at the Birming-
ham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Bir-
mingham; Watson, Stourport; Hodgson, Birmingham.
David Phillips, linendraper, Cardiff, Aug. 13, and
Sept. 10, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acre-
mann, official assignee, Bristol; Bevan, Bristol.
Betsy Daw, miller, Lumber mills, Tavistock, Aug. 7,
at one, and Sept. 18, at eleven, at the Exeter District
Court; Hernaman, official assignee, Exeter; Elwortby,
Plymouth.
John Searle, builder, Brixham, Devonshire, August
12, and Sept. 17, at one, at the Exeter District Court.
Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter; Stogdon, Exeter.
DIVIDENDS.
At the Court, Basinghall:street.

J. S. Story, SL Albans, Heitford, banker, Aug. 28,
at one—Nl. Fletcher, Lime-street-square, merchant,
Aug. 28, at one.
In the Country.

S. W. Isherwood, Kingston•upon-Hull, woollen-dra-
per, Aug. 20, at half•past twelve, at the Town-hall,
Kingston-upon-Ilull—T. Martin, Liverpool, merchant,
Aug. 20, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—J. Gray
and R. Williams, Chester, engineers, Aug. 20, at eleven,
at the Court, Liverpool—J. Farley, Liverpool, !woman,
Aug. 19, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool.
_ PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS.

F. E. D. Hest, Aldermanbury, merchant, 55., any
Monday, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr.
Cannan, Birehin-lane.
R. Woollen, Warrington, Lancashire, butcher, 21d.,
any Thursda
Lee. Manchester.
3r) between ten and one, at the office of Mr.

W. Edmond, T. Edmond, and B. M'Kinn, Liverpool
and Bombay, merchants, fourth dividend, 4id., any
Thursday, between ten and one, at the office of Mr. Lee,
Manchester.