The Sun.
London, England, 1828-09-18 00:00:00

COMMENCEMENT of the HOP SEASON.

ROCIIESTEIt, SEPT. 17.—Within the last week
the county of Kent has been daily filling with
labourers from all parts of England, and a partial
mixture from the Sister Kingdom, is search of em-
ployment, according to annual custom, during the
hop harvest; and, from the partly favourable be-
ginning of the season, the adventurers have, in a
great measure, met with success.
On Monday the picking in the vicinity of Stroud
and towards Chatham and Dover, partially corn-
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ago
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theret
menced, and yesterdaymore generally so, the wea-
ther proving ekceediagly firtthe,e
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,ave tadseient nivti tioooirefrysbetpehleri%lss'o)epi sayrepelee' Carl: prospect of of a most abundant and luxuriant
districts,ct•opb eingy.
and i eltdheeds,atintigui
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the current topic of conversation throughout the hop
favourably. Recently the planters have complained
of the mould having done considerable mischief, par-
ticularly in Mid-Kent; but it now.appears, that the
defect observed in some of the bines is not to be at-
tributed to mould altogether, the flea, as it is termed,
being rather prevalent this year in the hop. Upon
an average the hops are small, and it is calculated
the production per acre will not be more than float
from seven to eight hundred weight.
On the whole, however, it appears that the pre-
sent season cannot be called an unfavourable one.
Several pockets of this year's growth have sold at
from 51. to 5/. Bs. per cwt. d from Worces-
•eceive
The accounts almost daily
ter, Sussex, and others of the hop districts, are uni-
formly inclined to be favourable. The picking has
_
commenced in both the above counties, and the
spirits of the labourers and growers are cheered by
the blessing of fine weather. Planters, it is strongly
remrn
nended, should be extremely circumspect in
hasteningt, have
e had great crops over the kilns, as many, from
e
quantities returned ou
their hands, and sustained considerable loss.
jatiition

The following anecdote of Sir HERBERT
TAirt.oit has been communicated to us from the most direct
and respectable authority . • A young man, a native of
Dunkehl, the sou of respectable parents, in humble circurn• •
stances, entered the army early in life, and by his steady
conduct and good talents, gradually raised himself from tLe
ranks to be adjutant of his regiment. About 12 years ago
his father was totally disabled by palsy ; and the tea of
family being in indigent circumstances, the sole charge of
supporting his parents devolved on the s:m. This duty be
cheerfully fulfilled till his death, by allowing them an an-
nuity out of his pay. He was, however, cut off suddenly
last year, whilst with his regiment at Gibraltar. By hid
death his parents were left totallydestitute, and Government
I%.iwagt, .1
their regalapplied
to
grant relief in such cases, ex‘ept; it being, it seems, inconsistent
in the event of death in the field of battle. This was coin-
rgale t theirtn sorrows had found a friend fur
the application hail been made ;
but municated by Sir HERBERT TAYLOR, through whom, s
f
tphieewhere they could not have looked fur it—Sir
himself came in the room of their son, and con-
Cttliii
Brdtngbeee Colonel
simple
pair
same annuity ; and, with singular generosity,
even thanked the gentleman who had communicated with
for the opportunity that had been afforded 11;c0 ~f
'Arvin the aged parents of a brother officer."—Peilla
, Courier,