The Sun.
London, England, 1850-10-04 00:00:00

HOP INTELLIGENCE.

C.MLECTION OF TIIE 1848 DUIY.—The Honour-
able Board of Inland Thvenue his issued orders for
toe Itocbistur colteetitm or the duty al under :
Tuesday, Oe. 15, Tunbridge; Wednesday, 16,
Sevenoak,, ; Thursdiy, 17, Wtsteri3am ; Friday, 18,
Wrotham ; S .i.•arday, 19, Malting ; IVednesday, 23,
Maidstone ; Friday, 25, Lenham ;- ditto, Milton ;
Wednrsdar, 30, Rochester ; Tuesday, Nov. 5,
Gravesnc: ; Wednesday, 6, Dartford ; Friday, 8,
St. Mary Cray.
MAIDiT.:)NF, SEPT. 26.—We have been fAvoured
with the continuance of a sphndid time for the in-
gathering or tla. hops. The ivzsther has remained
fine, dry, and still, with an improvement in the tem-
perature,' particularly during the nieit; and some
late piece;:, that have continued in good health
and vig,our, have, up to this tune, made consider-
able pregres, we may improvement. One
or two foggy inorninge may have, done some iojury
in diseolourlnz the hops, but on the whole the wea•
tiler bay been much in fzvour of the duty; this, how-
ever, as w.(..11 as the ocean, bias its bounds ; and let it
be strongly bo.me in mind that the Vantations, in
Kent awr.e 1.1.7.ve d,-;creased since 1847 more thin
5,000 aLr-A, and that a heavy proportion of this defi-
ciency has tat:in-place in that productive and extensive

district, the Weald. If the fly and lice, which are now
paying U 3 a visit in great numbne, had arrived a for:-
night earlier, the crop would have suffered seri-
ously from their attacks; and where they have made
their appearance, the sooner they are housed the
better. Next spring we shall have them in swarms.
The duty to-day is talked of in a most extraordinary
manner, some betting men talking of 220,0001., and
many growers naming about 200,000/. or 205,000/.
as the maximum. We should say that the average
betting, of those who mean paying, is about 212,0001,
from that to 215,0001, but even the lower of these
sums cannot be backed freely.
WATERINGBURY, MEUDWOUTU, NETTLECTEAD,
AND TESTON.—Many of tha large planters have
finished picking, and the quantity is found to be
short, arising from the deterioration of quality.
FALLING.—The hops are getting very brown, and
where attacked with mould are going off fest. The
sooner they are housed the better, but some will not
finish before the middle of next week.
HOLLINGDOURN. —We have not finished picking
yet ; they are coming down very dull.
TENTERDEN.—Ptcking is now drawing to a close ;
some planters have already finished and others are
setting on all hands to get the work done as soon as
possible.
CANTERBURY.-011 Saturday last several London
merchants were here. The planters otLred them
their hops at 90s. to 112 s. per cwt.
HURSTGREEN.—It is expected that the hops will he
all secured this week in this neighbourhood; gene-
rally speaking they have kept very well, and will
make good samples; in some instances it is quite
time they were gathered.
ROBEETSDRIDGE.—The low price of how, say
about 603. (and a good many changed hands at abou'
that price), must have had a d !pressing influence
upon the sale of colts. Th 3 planters seem deter-
mined to press their claim on the Chancellor of the
Exchequer either for a remittane3 or further post-
ponement of the 1848 duty.
GELOOKBRIDGE.—On Wednesday last the hilliness
done at our hop fair was considerable. A great num-
ber of samples were shown, ani many sold at prices
from three guineas to Si. 101. per cwt. fur Sussex,
and four guineas and upwards for Kentish.
BRIG HTLING.—We shall not realise our expectations.
PEASsiARSH•—The hops continuo to weigh light, but
the bushels are equal to expectation.
CATSFIELD. —We have not quite so many hops as
we expected. Nevertheless we are going on favourably.
WADUUNST.—Picking goes on very rapidly ; hops
come heavily to hand. We shall have a strong crop
on the whole, end they are coating down a bushel to
a hill.

WORCESTER.—Oa Saturday business WAS very
brisk, in consequence cf which there was 2.n advance
of from h. to 23. per cwt. for b.ll hops with colour
and quality in this market.
FARNHAM, ALTON, AND COUNTRY DI3TRICT3,
SEPT. 30.—We have been busily engaged in picking
during the last three weeks, and with the exception of
a day or two have been favoured with beautiful
weather. Tha number of bushels is much greater

than was expected, but the weight falls short. r Doc)
Estimated at 13,0001. to 14,0001. —Maidstone Gazette

MATCH BETWEEN HERR HARR-
IVITZ AND FOUR MEMBERS OF THE
GLASGOW CHESS CLUB.
The conditions of this match were, that M. Harr-
witz would play two games simultaneously, and
without seeing either of the chessbo irds, against four
members of the Glasgow Chess Club—two in consul-
tation at each chess-board. From the extraordinar,
nature of of the conditions on the pirt of Herr Harr-
witz, the match has created great interest arn.mg the
chess-players of Glasgow. In accordance with pre-
vious announcements, the match was played in the
splendid club-room of the Glasgow Chess Club, Regent
Hotel, Buchanan-street, on Thursday evening. The
company, amounting to about 100 gentlemen, having
at seven o'clock nearly all arrived and taken their
seats, and secured for themselves chessmen and chess
boards, a service of tea and coffee was handed round.
The preliminaries being adjusted Mr. Harrwitz was
then introduced to the company, and after a short
conversation with a few of the gentlemen present
whose acquaintance he made on his former visits to
the club, Mr. Harrwiz took up his position at th'
one end of the room and the players at the other end.
The play commenced by Mr. Harrwitz writing his
first two moves on a card, which was conveyed t,
the chairman of the meeting, who read them aloud
for the information of the competing players, and in
the same manier their moves in reply were commu-
nicated to Mr. Harrwitz, and in this order the game:
proceeded. The play was kept up till half-past on,
o'clock on Friday morning, when the players
of game No. 1 resigned the contest in favour of Mr.
Harrwitz, and owing to the lateness of the hour, ii
was agreed that the concluding of game No. 2 should
be postponed till to-day ; but from the politi In of the
pieces, the ultimate result must be a resignation it•
favour of Mr. Harrwitz. We can hardly attempt to
convey to the minds of our readers the difficulties of
such a marvellous performance on the part of Mr.
Harrwitz. To play a single game well, with the
board before you, is of itself a difficalt task, and can-
not be exaggerated. To play two games at a time
over the boards must be more than proportionately
difficult; but how much greater must the difficulties
be to play two games simultaneously, and witkont
seeing either of the boards—" when the mechanical
objects of the chessmen and chessboards are abstracted
and no longer exist, save in the powers of the mind ;
when the windows of the brain are closed down, ant'
the faculties of sight hermetically sealed ; when al
that is left of chessboard and men is their vague arid
timid shadow, wandering spectre-like acrois the
mental chamber, and when memory and the perspec-
tive faculties of the brain must be taxed unaided to
name the position of every piece and pawn and square
of the chequer 1" The most wonderful part of thit.
extraordinary effort of the mind is, that while the
blindfo!ded player's whole thought and attention is
required to consider the best mode of play to parry an
attack of his adversaries at one board, be is of neces-
sity obliged to banish from his mind the position of
the game on the other board, and yet to have them so
placed before his mind's eye as to recal either of them
at pleasure.— G:asgou, Constitutional.

MELANCHOLY SUICIDE AT BATH.
On Friday morning, the body of a female, which after-
wards proved to be that of the wife of Mr. Alexander,
watchmaker, late of Old Bond-street, was discovered in
the river Avon. Fur some considerable time the de-
cased had not lived with her husband, he having left
her for a young woman named Mortimer; and it is ssi
that they have lately left B,th for America. Thus for-
saken by Ler husband, the poor woman gave way, it
seems, to the temptations of exciting drink, and sank
into a c-mdition of misery. The list time she was seen
she said she ell.; going to Bristol, to ask some assistance
of her husbanl'a late partner, Mr. Flaig, and nevar re-
turned again. The following letter was found in the
pocket of tha poor woman's dress, apparently rea?y for
pos.

" Miss Mortimer, 31, Kingamend-street, raeh,
(on the envelope).
" Miss Motticner,—When you receive this, I will be
in another world. You and my husband have been the
whole cause of my misery. You are mare to blame than
him; I thought less of it at first, before you knew he woe
a married matt. But afttr you became acquainted with
me, and knew how dearly I loved him—loved him bcttn
than my life—you doe all in your power to injure me,
by toiling him f Ilse things about me, and with success;
although I have' been his lawful wife upwards of 13
years, you were the cause of us parting. You were not
tatistied with that, but you mist make him leave the
country, wiAtou: leaving me the least support. You and
he have drivers me mad; but I forgive you both, as I hope
Gni will forgive me.

" lIANNAII J. ALEXANDER.
~
..have not a bit of food to est for many days
The jury returned the fullosting verdict: --‘• The
;
de-
ceased committed suicide during temporary insanity.
!ter age wa; only 3t. A sub.cription has b.en opened
to defray the funlrai rites of the dtcJased woman.
Gloucester Journal.

•
LAMBETH PARISH CHURCH.—At a vestry meeting
on Tuesday of the parishioners of Lambeth, over which the
rector, the Rev. C. B. Dalton, presided, Mr. Churchwarden
Taylor drew attention to the subject of the repair and resto-
ration of the parish church, by voluntary subscriptions. He
was certain that no man living in Lambeth wished to see the
venerable church, which contained the ashes o! many great
Men, both Churchmen and Dissenters, fall into decay. It
was proposed to case the church with stone, similar to the
Tower, to make a new roof of a lighter constriction, and
with a view to better ventilation; and in fact to restore the
church to its original state. Under the proposed plan, up-
wards of 200 more sittings would be appropriated to the
poorer classes. All this was sought to be accomplished by
voluntary aid, and lie was happy to say that many Dissenters
had already liberally cont.:bated. The gross estimate
was 6,574/.. He Moved that the plans and specifications
of Mr. P. C. Hardwick be sanctioned and approved. I

answer to Mr. Barker Mr. Taylor stated —that there
was no power fur any succeeding churchwardens and over-
seen to make a church rate. That power had ceased
on the demise of the late incumbent. Mr. Bushell expressed
his strong oppr;sition•to the scheme, and moved an amend-
ment "that the vestry will not give its sanction to the plans
now proposed fur its adoption." Mr. Heather having for-
mally seconded the amendment, Mr. Churchwarden Taylor
said the churchwardens had already received the following
contributions:—From the re:2t h., 1001.; from the Archbishop
of •Canterbury, 100.. ; and from the London and Westmin-
ster Bank, 100 guincAs.- (Lmsd cheers.) The original mo-
tion was supported by Mr. Hind, Mr. Stratton, and Mr.
Grady, and opposed by Mr. Edwards. The amendment was
then negatived, and the original resolution carried by a ma-
jority of 42 to 1.

A BOLD ACT.—We copy the following from Galig-
nani:--" Two gendarmes were a few days ago conducting
two waggons laden with 5 500 kilogrammes of gunpowder
from Maubeuge to Ilirson, when in descending a steep hill,
the drag of one ofithe waggons became so tightly fixed that
it set fire to some straw. 'rho flames spread with consider-
able rapidity. One et the gendarmes, named Dautreppe,
made the first waggon advance some little distance, and then,
at rink of his life, climbed on to the top of the second
waggon, end palled away the burniag straw. He afterwards
with a few pails of water extinguished the fire in the wood
work. It was by a miracle that an explosion did no± take
place before he had completed his task."