The Sun.
London, England, 1822-05-30 00:00:00

HOP INTELLIGENCE.

SOUTHWARK, MAY 27.—We are sorry to say our trade still
continues in a very dull state. The fly has increased very
much in some parts of Kent and Sussex, but it does not induce
any one to become a speculator. Wedo not hear that any thing
is done on the duty.
MAIDSTONE, MAY 27.—Our hop plantations have assumed
different appearances during the last week ; at the early part
the bine upon the strong lands grew very fast, but now it has
a very languid appearance ; the weak bine has grown also,
but it remains yellow and unkindly. In many situations
the fly are excessively thick, and in every situation the increase
is considerable; they have deposited their lice, and thereby laid
the foundation for the subsequent mischief. The white mould,
at places, has already made its appearance, which, we much
fear, will be found a fatal malady : we have remarked, that
when this disease shews itself early, that it generally proves
very destructive.—( Maidstone Journal. )

THE ROTUNDA AT WooLivtcit.—This is the
name generally given to a new building which has been lately
erected westward of the Artillery Barracks, and which at
a distance has the appearance of a large pavilion, with• a
conical roof. The wall is of brick ; and the covering is
the same that had been formed for a similar building,
intended to have been constructed about eight years
ago in Saint James's Park, near Carlton Palace, when the
Foreign Sovereigns were abcut to visit this country. The
building is polygonal, hut nearly circular; it is about 400 feet
in circumference ; the inside consists only of a single room, and
the purpose to which it is applied renders it an object not
only of curiosity, but of the highest national interest. In tlis
'lace is deposited an immense collection of fine models formed
exactly in imitation of all the implements required for every de-
partment of the Naval and Military Service ; and in the pro-
portion of one inch to forty feet. There are exact plans of the
dock-yards of Portsmouth, Plymouth, and Chatham. There
is also an exact representation cut in wood of the strong
and extensive fortress of Fort William in Bengal, in the
erection of which no less than two millions sterling were
expended. Another of the city fortifications, and tuhurbs of
Quebec, including the spot wh:re General Wolfe was killed,
and a grand model of the rock. town, and batteries of Gil riltar.
The ships are exhibited in all their stages of building, from the
laying down of the keel, to that state in which they are fit to be
launched. There is even a section of the inside of a ship, re-
presenting the uses to which the several decks may be con-
verted, the places where horses are kept, with the figures of
horses feeding at their stalls, and the manner of conveying them
on board. Every thing required in the Ordnance service
is here to be seen in an improved state ; such as guns for firing
over walls, while the men who work them are protected against
an enemy ; bombs, mortars, howitzers, Congreve rockets, pul-
leys with incre:sed powers, for lifting guns upon carriages, and
newly invented cubical boxes for holding carriages, instead of
the casks that have hitherto been in use. The machines by
which timber, after being boile I, is bent into any firm
that may be required for the building of ships, are finely and.
accurately represented ; together with the pieces of wood en
which they have been made to act. There are innumerable
assortments of fire-arms, swords, pikes, &c. and all the models
are so judiciously disposed and separated, that people can view
them one after another in the most distinct and satisfactory
manner.

Mr. WALLACK.—An American Paper has the
following paragraph :
" We have before us a letter from Mr. WALLacx, dated
New York, in which he mentions that he is to perform the
character of Captain Bertram (a lame Officer) on Monday
next. Anxious to see a Philadelphia audience again, and to
take a public farewell, it is his intention to visit this city, and
give a series of readings and recitations, on Monday evening the
13th. He will sail for. England ea the 16th inst."—(Phila..
delphia Gazette.)