The Sun.
London, England, 1829-11-14 00:00:00

HATTON-GARDEN.

William Porter, police sedeant, No. 1, division
E, was brought up in the custody of Kimpton, upon
a warrant, to answer the complaint of the parish au-
thorities of St. Pancras for deserting his wife, re-
ruing to maintain her, and suffering her to become
chargeable to the poor rates.
The defendant alleged that he had a few debts to
pay, and that even at present he was without a
lodging to sleep in.
Mr. Seijeant SELLON.—Your wife must not be
abandoned at all events, and left chargeable to the
parish.

The defendant said he would now either take her
home again, or allow 3s. a week, as she pleased.
The wife replied that she would suffer any extre-
mity rather than venture to live with him again, for
she was afraid he would murder her. She would
consent to take 3s. a week.

Mr. LAING told the defendant, that unless he
behaved properly, and were punctual in his pay-
ments, he should be visited with the penalty of the
law.

A Alahratta wife, according to Mr., now Sir
CHARLES FORBES'S Oriental Memoirs, is extremely useful.
When she and her husband arrive at an encampment, 11
lies down on his mat to rest, and her employment begi,, 5
First she champoes him, and fans him to sleep ; then she
champoes the horse, bends his joints, rubs him down'
and gives him his provender. The horses are said to be
so much refreshed by the champooing, as to bear fatigue
with a smaller quantity of food than would othurwise be
necessary.

ANIMAL SOCIETY.—Our readers may recol-
lect the account we gave of Jour{ AUSTIN, whose collec-
tion of animals of opposite natures living in tranquillity
together attracted so many curious spectators to his little
menagerie across Waterloo Bridge. This ingenious per-
son has, with great propriety, been taken up by the Zoo-
logical Society, and has now some of his extraordinary ex-
hibitions in the Gardens. We have not yet had an oppor-
tunity of examining his new establishment, but learn that
one of its strangest features consists of a pair of doves with
two tigs, occasionally assisted (as our French friends
would say) by a remarkably fine black rat ! And, apropos,
of rats, it is worth mentioning, that the original black
rat, which is often spoken of as extertninatd by the
brown or Russian rat, and extinct in this country, is
in reality still abunant in many parts.—Literary Gaz.

The returns of the duties chargeable on the
growth of hops for the current year have just been made
up, from which it appears that the estimate for some time
past has been prettily accurately drawn. The amount of
the duty is 39,866/. 10s. 6-id., being a smaller sum than
in any year since 1802, when the duty' collected was
33,616/. 7s. I Id. In 1925 the crop of hops was ex-
ceedingly bad, but the duty then reached 42,290/. 10s.
The largest amount paid for hop duties since 1901,
when the new duty was laid On, was in the year 1826,
when the returns were made np fur 40,4914 16s. V.
The following are tho largest 41mill:1N rt)Peivo fur hop
duties since the new duty was imposed. In 1803 the
duty paid was 433,0541. l la. ; in 1804, 386,124/. 19s.
4d, ; in 1809, 437,6971. 7s. 3d. ; in 1822, 354,303/.
17s. 11 d. ; in 1818, 346,896/. 16s. 6d. ; in 1819,
411,529/. '7s. IGd. ; in last year, 299,178/. Gs. I Id. ; in
1806, 266,265/. 14s. 6d. ; it, 1811, 273,192. f.
in 1814, 243,986/. 12s. 4d.; in 1.5,2.1, tr6B,Bti6l. 2,.
l Id. ; in 1824, 2.53,838?„ ss. 3id. ; iii• 1827.; 241:95.1/..
I Is. 80. ; in IS 15, 21,5,44.1/. Bs. 4d. ; in 1813,
228,664 3s. 2dt The years 'id which a failure; of the'
crops talc place are this ye;a: and I,B2s;When
only' 44,417/. Os. 181, when
.:-i3;151/.. 4s: po;d ; 1904, when 57,158/.
iTs. 7d. waa paid 4111 i t 1816, when the duty charged
was 80,526/. Hs, jod. Previously to the nett' duty
being imposed, the highest amount received as duty on
hops, from 1736 to 1901, was 241,2i71., in the year I,ast,
mentioned ; and the lowest sum paid within thz c pe..
rial was in 1782, when only 14,Vjis v.t.rts. reice`Weel. The,
total amount of duty uov: pai,tlViiliap,s is ISs. Stl. per
cwt,, Viz.—C4‘;,oelgibOduty was Id. per pound, to which
is oElo4th-tee- laths per cent. ; and the new duty of
.-1,-
0-2Qths per pound laid on in 1802, from which is taken
ale id• per lb., according to the regulation 01-Jul

PRICE 7D.

HUNTING .INTELLIGENCE.