The National Register.
London, England, 1818-01-18 00:00:00

DEATH OF MIL ROSE.

At his seat, Cuffnells, Hants, on Tuesday morning, the
Right Hou. George Rose. He had for some months been in
a ♦ery ill state of health, from which his advanced age afforded
no reasonable hope of recovery. He was, we believe. little
short of eighty. He was a gentleman of extensive informa-
tion, and of practical experience in all commercial, financial,
and official subjects : he rose from his own merits and in-
dustry alone to some of the moat lucrative and important
offices in the State. He was Treasury of the Navy, President
of the Board of Trade, Clerk of Parliament, Keeper of the
Records in the Receipt side of the Exchequer, one of the
Lords of his Majesty's Privy Council, an Llder Brother of
the Trinity House, Verderer of the New 'Forest, Hants, and
Member of Parliament for the town of Christchurch. He
was a native of the Mearns (Kincardineshire), and was first
a steward, and afterwards a purser in the Royal Navy. At
an early period in his life his arithmetical talents and eaten-
! sive financial knowledge recommended him to the particular
atteution of the Earl of Shelburne (aficrwards the Marquis
of Landsdowne), who was then First Lord of the Treasury,
and he was soon after appointed one of the Secretaries to the
Treasury, but resigned on the formation of the Administra-
tion of Lord North and Mr. Fox. On the subSequesit eleva-
tion to the Premiership of his friend and patron, William
Pitt, he was again appointed one of the Secretaries to the
Treasury, and continued as senior in that important situation
for many years. On the retirement from office of Mr. Pitt
and his political adherents, Mr. Rose resigned his situation,
and was shortly after sworn of the Privy Council. He was
subsequently, on the return of Mr. Pitt to office, one of the
Paymasters-General of the Forces ; and on the dismission of
the Whig Administration from power in Wan, Mr. Rose was
appointed Treasurer of the Navy, which office he held to she
time of his death. Latterly, the important office of Presid rut
of the Board of Trade aus chiefly executed by the Right
Hon. Frederick Robinson. The lucrative situatiosi of Clerk
of Parliament was several years since conferred out Mr. Rose
(with the reversion to his eldest son, George it Rose, Esq,
M.l'. fur Southampton, And now Minister to the Court of
Berlin), as au ultorior irroision. The other siluationsabove.
mentioned, of which that of President of the Board of Trade,
that of Verderer of the New Forest, and the Keepership of
the Records, become vacant by his demise. As Cleat of
Pal liament, Mr. Rose will be succeeded by his son ; as Pre-
sident of the Board of Trade, by Mr. Robinson; and as
Treasurer of the Navy probably by the Right Hon. Charles
Arbuthnot.

FnaNcit MODESTY .—A letter from Paris mentions
tin amus.ng instance of legislative ambition. When
the CuPillittee on the Reectiiiing, Law cause to elect a
Reporter (or %what we should hrry deoctelaiite, a Chair-
man) each of the ;line Mu bens voted for hinarY;
secondfttial prixluccd the slama. result ; and tits+ third
might hove ended in the like fruitless way, but that
some one individual of less i ordinate vanity titan his
ucir]hbours transferred his vote to General IY:lnarn-
E,':•L'.) area vas in consequence elected.

Front the LONDON GiIZETTE, Tuesday, Jan. 13.