The Sun.
London, England, 1842-08-31 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, accompanied
by her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester,
and attended by the Countess of Sheffield, Lady in
Waiting, left her residence, Bushy House, Bushy
Park, on Monday morning, to pay a visit to their
Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cam-
bridge, at their seat at Kew. The Duke of Cam-
bridge,:attended by Baron Knesebeck, had previously
returned to Kew from Woolwich, and received the
Queen and the Ro3 al Duchess on their arrival.
A dej euner was served to the Illustrious party,
which included their Royal Highnesses the Princesses
Augusta and Mary of Cambridge. The Royal visitors
also went in the gardens.
The Queen Dowager and the Duchess of Glou-
cester, attended by the Countess of Sheffield, after-
wards left, and returned to Bushy Park at five o'clock.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge ar-
rived in town yesterday morning from Kew.
Her Royal highness the Duchess of Gloucester ar-
rived in town yesterday morning. In the afternoon
her Royal Highness left Gloucester House for Bushy
Park, on a visit to her Majesty the Queen Dowager.
The Bishop of Tasmania and the Bishop of Guiana
had interviews with Lord Stanley yesterday, at the
Colonial-office.

The French Charge d'Affaires transacted busine: s
yesteiday at the Foreign-office.

HOP INTELLIGENCE.
(From the Maidstone Gazette of yesterdaf.)
MAIDSTONE.—Wherever there is bine there are hops,
but although the clusters appear very beautiful to the
eye, and hang excellently for the pickers, yet as there
are few bines "shaking lands," it is feared that the crop
will be a " top crop," and will disappoint the general
expectations. Picking will be general this week.
MEREWORTH, &c.—Most of the hops are now ar-
rived at maturity ; some planters have begun pickit g,
and find the crop short of their expectations. The pick-
ing will be general this week.
CANTERS ußv.—There was scarcely ever seen a greater
distinction in the hops grown on good lands, than this
year. From the excessive drought the flea has made
-extensive ravages, and it is impossible to form an idea
of the extent of growth. The duty is under our former-
quetation, 150,0001. We have heard of odds being taken
against 135,0001.
TicEiluitsT, WADHURST, AND BURWASH.—The hops
are nearly arrived at maturity, and pickino, will become
general in the course of the week. There is a com-
plaint of the red rust in some grounds, but the gene-
rality of them are bright.
MArFIELD.The hops in this parish have so much
improved of-late that it now appears we shall hare many
more than was at one time expt cted, and several farmers
think of commencing picking this week.
BATTLE.—Several growers in this neighbourhood have
begun picking ; not because the hops were sufficiently
mature, but in consequence of the " red rust" having
attacked them.

A very choice pocket of new Sussex hops, grown by
Mr. James Bonnier, of the Chequers Inn, Maresfield,
was sold on Wednesday last at 61. per cwt.

THE TIMES AND THE ANTI-CORN
LAW LEAGUE.

TO TIIE EDITOR OF THE MORNING CHRONICLE.

SIR—In the Times newspaper of to-day there ap-
pears, what is stated at the head of the report to be
the ". Speech of Mr. Cobden at the Anti-Corn-law
League.' One of the chief objects of the speaker was
to disabuse the public mind of the false accusation
made by the Times, and other papers, that the League
had planned and occasioned the riots. Two closely
printed columns of the Times are devoted to the
speech, but the following passage is wholly omitted:—
" Now, gentlemen, I would venture to say—and if
nothing else that fell from me should go forth to the
publib, I hope that this, at least, will do so—l will
venture to say, in the name of the Council of the
Anti-Corn-law League, that not only did not the'
members of that body know or dream of anything of
the kind, such as has now taken place—l mean the'
turn-out for wages—not only did they not know,
concoct, wish for, or contemplate such things, but I
believe the very last thing which the body of our sub-
scribers would have wished for or desired, is the sus-
pension of their business, and the confusion which has
taken place in this district. And I pledge my honour
as a man, and my reputation as a public man and a
private citizen, that there is not the shadow of a shade
of ground, for the accusation whieh has been made
against us.—(Loud cheers.)"
The Times, it will be recollected, for many days
headed its news from Manchester with the title of
" Anti-Corn-law League Riots," and it has inces-
santly charged that body in its leading articles with
causing the turn-out. Coupling this fact with the
omission of the above disclaimer from the report of
Mr. Cobden's speech, I need not add a word e com-
ment upon the trustworthiness of that journal in mat-
ters affecting the proceedings of public bodies opposed
to its views.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant,

A MEMBER OF THE LEAGUE.

Monday August 29.
The above is so perfect a picture in miniature
of the fairness, veracity, and candour of the Tams,
that I do hope your free-trade contemporaries *ill
find a corner for it in their columns.

CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE.

PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS.

The Rev. John. Burt, M.A., to the united perpetual
Curacies of Hoe and Letheringham, Suffblk, on the
nomination of the Rev. Osborne Shribb Reynolds.
The Rev. C. W. Woodhouse, to be assistant Mi-
nister of St. James, Sheffield,

The Rev. Henry Windsor, M.A., of Catherine Hall,
Cambridge, to the perpetual Curacy of Lockwood,
Yorkshire.

The Rev. R. Bickerstaff, to the Rectory of Boylston,
Derby.
The Rev. A. Orme, to the perpetual Curacy of
Tanslow, Derby.
The Rev. Heneage Gibbes, to be Curate of the_
parish Church of Hutton, in the rural Deanery of
Axbridge. .
The Rev. H. T. Thomson was lately appointed
Chaplain Priest of the Collegiate Church of Ottery
St. Mary, by the Governors of the Corporation.
Eighteen Rev. gentlemen were candidates for the office.
• The Lord Bishop of Colic; Cloyne, and Ross, has
appointed the Rev. James Freke, A. 8., to the Vi-
carage of Kilcoe and Cleor ; and the Rev. W. R.
Molesworth, Curate of Kilbrogan, to the Vicarage of
Ardtield, diocese of Ross.
The. Lord Bishop of Killaloe has divided the living
held by the late Incumbent of Kilrush, as follows :
Rev. Mr. Allen to Kilkee, and the Rev. Mr. Whitty,
grandson of the deceased, to Kilrush.

OBITUARY.
At Fenton's Hotel, in St. James's-street, after a
short illness, in the 31st year of his age, the Rev.
Algernon Tumor, Vicar of Wragby, in the county of
Lincoln, third son of the late Edmund Tumor, of
Stoke Rockford and Panton House, in the same
county.
At Southampton, on the 24th inst., in his 26th year,
the Rev. Wm. Buckley Graham, second son of Regi-
nald-Graham, late of Etterby, Cumberland, Esq.
Aged 38, at Woodbridge, the Rev. Charles Waller,
of Trimlev St. Mary, Suffolk.
Aged 77, the Rev. Samuel Hudson, LL.B., Minor
Canon of Carlisle, Rector of Hutton-in-the. Forest, and
castle Carrock, and Vicar of -Castle Sowerby, Cum -
berland.

At West Cowes,, the Rev. W. Fr2ser, M.A., Rector
of North Waltham, Rants.

In Kent and the adjoining .county of Sussex the
harvest is almost brought to a close, and we are happy to
state although the wheat is unusually short in the straw,
yet the quality exceeds the experience of the oldest
farmer and miller now living. This fact is realised in
most of our corn-growing counties, where the crops will
['rove beyond an average.—Maidstone Journal.

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