The Sun.
London, England, 1851-06-25 00:00:00

(LEFT SITTING.)

MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—Yesterday to
the marriage of the Earl of Kintore, of Keith Hall, near
Aberdeen, with the accomplished Miss Louisa Madeline
Hawkins, second daughter of Captain Hawkins, of Cairn
Bank, Perthshire, was solemnized at St. George's, Hanover
square, when Captain and Mrs. Hawkins, of No. 48, Port-
land-place, gave a splendid breakfast on the occasion, which
was attended by a very numerous circle of the fashionable
world; after which the Earl and Countess of Kintore left
London in a postchaise and four for the Star and Garter
Hotel, Richmond, Surrey, where they intend to pthe
honeymoon, and will then proceed on a tour to Italy.
THE COURT OF CHANCERY.—Yesterday a return
was printed by order of the House of Lords, showing the
operation of the Act of last session to regulate the Court of
Chancery in Ireland, under which suits were allowed to be
commenced by petition instead of bill, and which return
w.s obtained in reference to the reform of the Court of
Chancery in England. It appears that from August last,
when the Act came into force, to the 12th of June instant,
872 suits were commenced by petition, and in that period
only 33 by bill. As many as 300 orders in theand nature
final
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decrees were made upon petitions presented 31
orders. No case had occurred in which a suit had been
commenced by petition and the defendant bad applied under
the Act that the plaintiff should proceed by bill. This re-
turn is of some value at the present period, when it is urged
that suits should be commenced by petition instead of by
bill, and shows the number of matters brought before the
Court of Chancery in a few months.
THE LADY GoDIVA PROCESSION AT COVENTRY.
—This ancient triennial celebration took place yesterday, and
was conducted with unusual splendour, a circumstance to
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which the favourable state of the weather very materially
contributed. It was calculated that there were more than
60,000 persons present, there being, it was believed, at least
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arrived by the ' special train from London, and about 8,000
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the morning.

HOP INTELLIGENCE......MAIDSTONE.•••-•Thero SP-
pears to be in some quarters a slight decrease in the number
of fly—this arises from their having accomplished their des-
tiny and migrated, leaving behind, however, the destructive
results of their visit in the knits and lice. The attack has
been so severe that nothing but the strength of the bine
could have enable it to withstand its effects as it has done.
The plantations just now seem to be wavering in the balance,
and no one can say whether they shall recover or go into.a
total blight. We are more favoured in this district thaq,re
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Sussex, where there has been more fly and less (2-s_oetliine:
blight is not confined to the hops, but equally a ttianc.:
vire knowl,ooo
ise of
plants which are suitable food for the vermin. JD
stances the plums are almost entirely destroyed•
one case in which a month ago there was prombeunshel"
on
the
weathers where there will not be 49. Everyt
p hing now de-