The Sun.
London, England, 1842-09-15 00:00:00

HOP INTELLIGENCE.

WORCESTER, SEPT. 13.—the supply of new hops
on Saturday amounted to between 800 and 900
poCkets, but there is no doubt the heavy rains pre-
vented several distant planters sending many more,
which were ready for market. It was some time
before any business was done, the growers being
very reluctant to submit to the prices offered by the
merchants, and several returned home without effect-
ing sales. As the day advanced,' however, many of
them came to a better understanding with the trade,
and sales became rather brisk, the returns showing
at the close of the market a sale of 614 pockets, or
about three-fourths of the supply at market. The
quality of the samples this year is everything that
could be wished, not one at all approaching to in-
feriority having been seen ; and the general run was
so very even that not more than 10s. per cwt. diffe-
rence in value between the two extremes can be quoted,
the currency being from 78s. to 80s. per cwt. There
are no complaints of the crops coming down light,
and the duty remains firm at 19,0001.. as last quoted.
Weighed on Saturday—new, 614 pockets ; during
the week, 15 ditto.—Worcester Journal.

BOROUGH, SEPT. 12.—A very large number of
new pockets have come to market, and the choice is
now more extended. This week will no doubt bring
in the samples rapidly. Present currencies range
about as follows :—Sussex, 965. to 1055.; Weald of
Kent, 100 s. to 1.155. ; Mid. Kent, 115 s. to 1355. ; and
Farnhams 81.8 s. to 91. 9s. The -Worcester duty is
called 20,0001., the Farnham 10,0001., and the total
150,000/. _ _

MAIDSTONE.--Picking proceeds with undiminished
activity, notwithstanding that the rainy weather of
of the last few days has been rather unpropitious.
The high winds, too, have, by bruising and whipping
the.branches, in some cases affected the brightness of
the sample • the quality of the hops is however gene-
rally excellent, and everybody seems to be tolerably
well satisfied with the quantity. •

SCOTTISH MUSIC.—On Thursday evening, at Tay
-
mouth Castle, Mr. Wilson the vocalist had the honour of
singing a selection of the songs of Scotland before her
Majesty and Prince Albert, and the other noble and dis-
tinguished guests. The songs selected by hen Majesty
to be sung by Mr. Wilson were—" Farewell ,to Locha-
ber," " The Lass o' Gowrie," " Auld Robin Gray,"
" The Flowers of the Forest," " Woe's me for Prince
Charlie," and " Pibroch o' Donuil Dhill." Her Ma-
jesty was pleased to express herself gratified with Mr.
Wilson's exertions, and graciously granted him permis-
sion to dedicate to her his forthcoming edition of the
" Songs of Scotland."
PORTRAIT OF THE WINNER. OF THE GREAT ST.
LEGER.—Bell's Life in Lonclnn, of Sunday (Sept. 18),
in addition to the fullest details of the Sports at Don-
caster during the past week, will contain a Portrait of
Lord Eglinton's " Blue Bonnet," the Winner of the
Great St. Leger, by Mr. IL Hall, of Newmarket, with
his pedigree and deacription. Price of Bell's Life Five-
pence.—Office, 170, Strand.
WESTMINSTER AllllEY.—lndeed to our minds there
is nothing so saddening as a visit to Westminster Abbey.
There is an incubus over everything • the fees, the in-
civility of Vergers, the hurrying round in a mixed and
incongruous party, the longing after a moment's glance
at beauties which are either entirely concealed from one,
or from which one is heartlessly driven : the scoffs and
jests which one is compelled to hear from the party to
which, like the victims of the Italian tyrant, one is
bound ; the impossibility of seeing or conceiving the pile
as a Whole ; the ever present feeling of iron gates and
threepenny fees ; all these, together with the barbarisms
of the modern monuments, and the paltriness of the mo-
dern ornaments, make a whole of extreme wretchedness.
—From the Ecclesiologivt, a periodical published by the
Cambridge Camden Society.
NARROW ESCAPE OF THE PLANET STEAMER.—
On Tuesday afternoon at four o'clock the Planet, a
Gravesend steamer, belonging to the Star Company, left
London-bridge wharf with nearly 100 passengers on
board, and she had not proceeded far before it was dis-
covered that the deck, in the neighbourhood of the
boilers, was unusually hot, and that the vessel was on
fire. Soon afterwards smoke ascended from the engine-
room in large quantities, the passengers became greatly
alarmed, and the Captain brought up without delay to
the tier off Alderman's Stairs, Lower East Smith-
field, where the Planet was made fast to the Duke of
Cornwall, a Dublin steam-ship. The pumps of the
Cornwall were put in requisition, and Captain
Fisher, the superintending harbour-master, and the
crew of a Thames police galley, with George Judge,
their inspector, went on board to render assistance.
The fire continued to increase under the deck, and it
was found necessary to cut away a great portion of the
deck to reach the fire, when one of the Thames police
got a pannikin which he introduced full of water into
some of the apertures and threw the water up at the
burning deck. This was continued for some time, and
plenty of water was poured down other apertures made
in the deck, and the flames were fortunately extin-
guished before they had extended beyond the deck.
While the fire was raging Captain Smith, the master of
the Vesper, another Star steamer, came on board, and
found the boilers nearly red hot, and very little water in
them, owing to some neglect on the part of the engineer
or his assistants, and upon asking for an explanation
none could be afforded. The boilers were soon after-
wards filled up with cold water, and the Ruby, a Dia-
mond steamer, came down the river and the passengers
were transferred from the Planet and conveyed to
Gravesend in the Ruby. The Planet was afterwards
towed down to Elackwall by the St. Michael steam-tug
for the nt cassary repairs ti be effected. Inspector Judge.
of the Thaire, police, while assisting to put out the fire,
was severe:y burnt in one of his hands.
A large bonded warehouse, situate in Galton-street,
Liverpool, the property of Sir John Tobin, and occupied
by Messrs. Graham and Taylor, containing large stores
of sugar, coffee, &c., was for the most part consumed on
Tuesday night by a destructive fire. It is not known
how the fire originated ; in emptying the stores, a
labourer Was reverely bruised and crushed by a fall of
bricks, and lies at the hospital in a dangerous state.
At the Mansion-house, yesterday, a native of
Switzerland, named Gabriel Ambits, wus brought be-
lore the Lord Mayor, charged with having committed an
extensive forgery. A lengthened inquiry took place ;
but the Lord Mayor, considering that the evidence
against the prisoner was very defective, remanded
_him
till further evidence could be obtained.
BRUSSELS, SEPT. 12.—The Chamber of Represen-
tatives, in its sitting on the 10th, adopted the project of
law for the loan of 28,250,000 f., by a majority of 62 to
5. A project of law for granting an additional credit of
209,519 f. to the department of public works,
to unanimously. The King presided yesterday in the
Council of Ministers, and transacted business with the
Minister for Foreign Affairs, was agreed

LORD ASHBURTON.

RECEPTION OF HIS LORDSHIP AT
BOSTON.
(From the Boston Atlas.)
His Excellency Lord.... Ashburton, the Minister
Plenipotentiary from Englind, who has recently been
so honourably instrumental in cementing the bonds
of peace between that country and these United
States, was received with great enthusiasm by the
citizens of Boston on Saturday last. His Lordship
having accepted the invitation-to meet our citizens in
Faneuil-hall, the Mayor, the Board of Aldermen, the
members of the Common Council; and the officers of
the city Government, assembled" in the hall at half-
past, w
eleven o'clock. The doors were at once thrown
open, and in a very brief space of time the flcor of the
hall, together with the extensive galleries, was com-
pletely filled with an intelligent and respectable body
of citizens, who came spontaneously to pay their
grateful respects to a distinguished foreigner, who had
visited our country for so noble a purpose, and whose
efforts in the cause of peace have been so pre-emi-
nently successful. When it is considered that the
meeting was announced for the houi of twelve on Sa-
turday, among our population the busiest hour of the
busiest day in the week, the dense crowd which filled
the hall is certainly evincive of the high estimation
in which the character and services of Lord
.Ashbur-
ton are held by the people of Boston.
At twelve o'clock Lord Ashburton entered the hall,
accompanied by Lord J. Hay, Mr. Grattan, the Bri-
tish Consul, by Colonel Perkins, Hon. H.. G. Otis,
Hon. A., Lawrence, and other distinguished citizens.
Mr. Grattan formally introduced his Lordship to Mr.
Chapman, the Mayor, who at once conducted him to
the rostrum, and presented him to the assembly of
the people. Old Faneuil resounded with the most
enthusiastic and heartfelt applause. The Ambassador
of peace was greeted by the well-deserved, acclama-
tions of freemen. It was not the homage orvassals,
bowing down before the tinsel and the trapiiings of
nobility. It was no hollow compliment, paid to his
Lordship's rank or his wealth. It was the spontane-
ous tribute of the citizens of a free republic to the
noble qualities of his head and heart—qualities which
had led him,' in 'the evening of his life, to forego the
comforts and indulgences of his home, and to visit a
foreign land, for the beneficent and magnanimous
purpose of averting the horrors of impending war, and
preserving the relations of peace between two great
nations, one of which was his own country, and the
other bearing towards that country kindred connexions
and a kindred origin. After the applause had sub-
sided the Hon. J. Chapman, Mayor of the. city, ad-
dressed Lord Ashburton and the people assembled as
follows :

" Your Excellency,—lt is my privilege, Sir, on
this occasion, in common with my associates in the
city Government, to represent the city of Boston and
in its behalf, to speak the warm and hearty welcome
with which you are greeted here.
"We welcome you, Sir, as the representative of
your country, and not yours only, but, in a tear sense,
our own ; for so long as there is a tie to link a child
to its parent, America will not forget that England is
her mother. We partake in the honourable pride
which must thrill your bosom at the recollection of
her glorious history ; and, though the past only is
common to us, we would yet pay, through you, a tri-
bute of respect to' the illustrious Queen on whose
friendly errand you have come. Long may she live
to preside, like a peaceful star, over the friendly alli-
ance which now unites our two countries.

R We welcome you, therefore, in an especial man-
ner, on this occasion, as the friend of peace. We ac-
knowledge, with great joy, that through your instru-
mentality, in no small degree, the clouds of discord
which lowered over two great nations, have been hap-
pily dispersed, and that they who boast a common
lineage, and speak a common language, shall hence-
forth know no rivalry but that of friends.
" We rejoice at this, Sir, for the great benefits
which both nations must receive. But we glory in it
most for the principle which has been established, and
for the noble example which it exhibits to the world.
It shows that nations do not stoop when they submit
their differences to reason . instead of passion. Yes,
Sir, you have helped to -teach the glorious lesson,
that there are other and better guardians of a nation's
honour than the sword, and that In the sight of man,
as well as God, there is a loftier dignity in a noble,
magnanimous, and Christian spirit, than in the proud-
est nrray of hostile armies or navies.

" And we welcome you personally, Sir. We delight
to know that your distinguished rank is the just re-
ward of a long life of activity, intelligence, and
virtue. And we pray that that old age may be se-
rene and happy which has sprung, with the alacrity
of youth, at the call of its country and in the cause of
humanity. _
.•

" We offer to you, Sir, the hospitalities of our city.
We have not the custom of tendering what is called
the freedom_of the city in a golden box, but we proffer
you that which, if I understand you aright, you will
prize far higher.. In republican simplicity, we tender
you the 'respect and gratitude of a free people.
"With these feelings, Sir, permit me to present to
you the citizens of Boston. And, fellow-citizens,
perinit me, in turn, to introduce to you the Right Hon.
Lord A:shburton, the representative of England; the
friend of peace; the man—ennobled indeed by
,title,
but 'far more ennobled as a benefactor of nations."

Lord ASIMURTON then replied to the Mayor's
address as follows :—" Mr. Mayor and Gentlemen,
it will be difficult for me to make myself heard
in this vast assembly, but I am most happy to have
the opportunity of greeting so goodly a number of
American citizens in this free State; it gives me es-
pecial satisfaction to announce that the important ne-
gotiation- to effect which I came to the United States
has been satisfactorily adjusted, and assuredly, no place
is more fit for >the announcement of the settlement
of the Boundary question than the old Cradle of
Liberty.—(Applause.) For here in this hallowed
spot I behold the dawning of still brighter days for
this great country and for the world. It is with feel-
ings which I believe to actuate every lover of uni-
versal peace and good-will to men that I meet the
people of Boston on the present occasion. A long •
contested and unhappy dispute between this nation
and the mother country has been finally closed on
grounds honourable and satisfactory to both parties,
and on terms calculated to allay any animosity that
may have existed in the breast of any American
citizen towards the country which I have the honour
to represent.—(Applause.) It was my happiness to
find in your distinguished fellow-citizen, Mr. Web-
ster, a celebrated statesman, who, while he maintained
the honour, and contended for the rights of his own
country, was not insensible to the great interests con-
nected with the peace of the world; and, Gentlemen,

it has been my good fortune to arrange the important
negotiation which brought me to your free and happy
country in a manner most agreeable to me, and such
as I humbly trust will prove satisfactory and bene-
ficial to all.—(Applause.) I am now about to re-
turn to my home, for the purpose of laying before
my Sovereign and fellow-countrymen the happy issue to
which the negotiations have been brought, and I now
fervently trust that the cordial good feeling which
exists between England and America will be che-
rished by this great people to the remotest gene-
ration.—(Loud applause.) And, I assure you, it
shall he my earnest endeavour, so far as is consistent
with the honour and rights of my own country, to
contribute to their being reciprocated.—(Great ap-
plause.) I trust the citizens of Boston will accept
the expression of my gratitude, and believe that I
have not been insensible to the friendly feeling which
has been so cordially manifested towards me during
my short residence among them. It is stow some-
thing like half a century since I first visited this city,
and from that day to the present hour I have regarded
the progress of. the arts, of science, and of free prin-
ciples among you, with the most lively interest.
When I arrived in your country at this advanced
period of my life, I felt that a great responsibility was
resting upon me ; but the labour I had to perform is
accomplished, and I can now return to England, and
to my kindred, with the pleasing recollection of your
kindness to me, and with the fullest assurance that
every obstacle will be removed which has hitherto ob-
structed the two most powerful nations on the globe
from indulging their kind and natural sympathies to-
, wards each other, and exerting their influence for the
amelioration of the human race and the advancement
of free principles and equal rights.—(Applause.)
Most devoutly do I hope that a wise and liberal policy
may be adopted by all nations, and that enlightened
statesmen and legislators may enact such law's as may
secure justice to all, and thereby extend the blessings
of civil and religious liberty throughout the world.
—(Loud and continued cheering.) His Lordship
concluded by thanking his Honour, the Mayor, for
the flattering manner in which he had introduced him
to the assembly, and for the kind and considerate at-
tentions he had received on the part of the Common
Council and the citizens generally.
This speech was received with great satisfaction,
and frequently interrupted by bursts of applause. ,
After it was concluded, a very large number of our
citizens were introduced, individually, to Lord Ash-
burton, and had the pleasure to shake him by the
hand—the introduction being made by the Mayor. A.
large joint Committee of the Massachusetts Legisla-
ture—which 'Committee is now in session in this city,
for the purpose of preparing a plan for districting the
State—waited upon the Ambassador, preceded by the
Sergeant-at-Arms and accompanied by various officers
of the Commonwealth. The Hon. William J. Hub-
bard, Chairman of the Committee, made a short but
appropriate address in their behalf, which was re-
sponded to by Lord Ashburton, and soon after our
distinguished guest left the Hall amidst the continued
cheers of the people. •
Lord Ashburton dined on Saturday afternoon with
a private party of gentlemen at the residence of the
Hon. Abbott Lawrence. Yesterday he attended
Divine service at Trinity Church, and, in the after-
, noon, dined at Tahant, with Mr. Grattan. He will
leave this city this morning for Springfield, by the