The Sun.
London, England, 1833-09-12 00:00:00

TIIE NOTORIOUS JOSEPH ADY.

We perceive that this indefatigable personage is extend-
ing the sphere of his op,rations into all parts of the
United Kingdom, but from the many exposl:4 which have
taken place in London, he is likely to reap but a sorry
harvest. We would advise him to " retire" with the
fruits of his labours hitherto, and not spend them in
writing paper, for be is now too well known to enable
him to obtain gulls. In the mean time we will republish
three paragraphs from papers which we have received, by
which it will be seen that he is almost as well known in
Sc Aland and Ireland as in En land.
JOSEPH ADY.-We were on Thursday honouied with
one of this impostor's printed epistles, in which he coin•
plains of injury inflicted upon his " reputation" by the
Lord Mayor of London ! In his list of the benefited by
his philanthropic exertions he has the names of nearly the
whole court of aldermen. He concludes by hoping we
shall do him justice. We must delegate that task to Mr.
Ketch ; and the sooner that gentleman favours Mister My
with " a line" the better for that public upon whom he
preys —Liverpool Albion, Sept. 9.
The notorious Joseph My, who has so often made his
appearance at the Mansion House in London, for annoying
people with letters about imaginary unclaimed legacies and
dividends, has last week inundated Glasgow and the neigh-
bourhood with these pieces of imposition. It seems that
Ady has a regular agent in various parts of the country,
from whom he receives information relative to the parties
most likely to be easily gulled. A great number of letters
have been returned to the Post-office.— Glasgow Herald,
Sept. 9.
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JOSEPH ADY.—This notorious swindler has had the
impudence within these few days to write to the Editors
of various papers in Dublin, requesting of them to insert a
lung statement of his in contradiction to the Lord Mayor
of London's exposure of his frauds. The public should
be on their guard against him, or any other perscn, (as it
is probable his name having become so notorious, he wi!l
use some other,) who may write, stating that for a trifling
suns they can give them some important information—in
all such cases they may be sure it is an attempt to rob
them.—Dublin Evening Mail, Sept. 7.

Hops.—The accounts from the hop districts
represent the injury done to the plants by the late storms
as most distressing. The picking has commenced in some
parts of Kent ; but the produce, which but a short time
since was anticipated to be a full average one, is very li-
mited. In the grounds of Mr. Douce and Mr. Wise, at
Boxley, the damage done has made a difference of to o
bags an acre. A large grower at Farnham has had his
crop reduced from 15 to 8 cwt. an acre ; and it is stated
that few others will realise more than 5 cwt , and on an
average not more than 3 cwt. In some grounds in the
neighbourhood of Worcester almost every pole has been
pro4trawd, while in others the damag, has not been so
great ; however, the growers will experience a very severe
loss. The damage at Orchard Portman (Devonshire) is
also stated to be very great. One consequence of all this
injuly Gi course will be to improve the demand and raise
the price of old hops. No guess can at present be made
of the probable amount of the duty. The intelligence
from East Retford is of the same gloomy character.
SMUGGLING OF WHISKEY TO ENGLAND.
DUBLIN, SEPT. 6.—A novel spectacle was witnessed yes-
terday at the Worth-wall. About four o'clock,' while a
number of hogsheads of porter were shipping on board the
Express steamer, for Bristol, a revenue officer came on
board, and after a slight inspection, discovered that seve-
ral of the casks bearing the labels of " Guinness's porter"
contained, insteld of porter, pure whiskey. The
officer, as usual, made inquiries aloud for an owner who
would pay the duty; but no one choosing to claim
that honour, he knocked in the heads, and calling seve-
ral persons to witness that the liquid within was whiskey,
not porter, he spilled it overboard, and shortly after-
wards the Express proceeded to sea. There not the
slightest suspicion attaching either to the 'respectable firm
of Guinness or to the owners of the steam-packet in this
disreputable transaction. Great and increasing quantities
of Guinness's porter go to England annually, and the
smuggler, whoever he was, seized the opportunity of get-
ting his articles shipped in good company. It is strongly
suspected that contraband shipments of this nature have
been going on for some time.

Since the conquest of Syria the Viceroy of
Egypt has found himself in contact with Emir-Beschir,
Prince of Lebanon, who can bring from 40 to 48,000 men
into the field, and is, consequently, a neighbour not to be
despised. In the late war the Egyptians solicited his
alliance, and obtained from him an auxiliary corps of from
15,000 to 20,000 Drusw. s and Maronites. As a reward
for this succour he was to be invested with the Govern-
ment of Syria. This promise, however, has not been
fulfilled. Hence the Viceroy and the Emir are not at
present on friendly terms. The Prince of Lebanon has
never been subjugated by the Turks, but he consented to
pay a tribute of 400,000 piastres, on condition that they
should allow him a passage for the provisi, ns which he
requires in his mountainous country. The chief town of
Lebanon is Dier-el-Kamer, containing 10,000 inhabitants.
Etnir-B,,schir resides opposite this town, in a castle built
on a rock, and fortified like those of the Barons of the
middle ages in Europe. Emir Pacha is 66 years of age,
and possesses great energy. His eldest son being an idiot,
he has destined his second son to succeed him.

DESTRUCTIVE Ft RE.—About eleven o'clock
on the evening of Friday last, a small factory opposite to
Mr. William Shaw's packing woik, and situated in a
worked out quarry, on the south side of King-street, was
discovered to he on fire. It had originated in the shop of
a weaver. The whole fabric was constructed of wood,
and about 61) feet high by 140 long; and containing a
factory, a heckle-house, a might's and lath .splitter's shop,
and a store of coals, presented a set of objects in the highest
t'eg,Te liabla to suffer from conflagration. By 12 o'clock,
within an hour and a half of the first sparks being com-
municated, the whole structure was level with the ground,
its remains lying in shapeless heaps of IA and blazing
charcoal. About 1,5001. of property, amongst which ts
astiralv tiontrnvad-- Dundee. Pafler.
nearly 1,0001. of wood belonging to Mr. Scott, was