The Sun.
London, England, 1819-07-21 00:00:00

HOP INTELLIGENCE.

SOUTHWARK, JULY 19.—00 r prices are reduced
both for B gs and Pockets, bur we have nut any
demand for eiller. Where the hops are tree

Ir.tu vermin, ‘ve lintleiStail., they are 1:)§006tg,

tiltd a 3 a proot is is thus the (July is
estimdied at 140,000/.

MAIDSTONE, JITLY 19.—The Hops have gene.
rally improved (uring the last week, and are now
fast coining into bur. The mould has made its
appearance-in some grounds, but it is at present
so trivial that no danger is apprehended from it.
At the Flop Dinner here on Tuesday last, the bets
were chiefly laid at from 120 to 140,0001, duty.

GENERAL APGREGoR.—The following is an
extract of a letter from an Officer on board the
French frigate Golo, in the Bay of Bret, datetl
June 16:--'' At the time of onr sailing, the
state of the force of General INl'Gregor,
Porto Bello, was 400 men from England, 300
from Jamaica, some from Porto. Bello, and the
speedy union of Aury with four hundred and sixty
men was expected, as well as 500 more who had
been recruited at Kingston, not-withstanding the
scantiness of the means to effect this, and
the little disposition of the merchants to en-
courage them. Thus, although Al•Greeor should
subsequently have lost 400 at Porto Bello, there
still remained 1260 to continue the war under
him, or some more prudent Commander, with-
out reckoning those on their passage from
England and America. In the sante ship
with me has come ---, Captain of the
frigate Don Torquato Picdrola, with an ex-
press command to make known to the King the
necessity of assistance in order to orpo,:e these
projects—a strong proof of the weilkness of the
Royalists, and of what M'Gregor might have done
with comlllOn produce."

The new farce, entitled it Weather, with
which the Haymarket Theatre opened jaSI night,
was a very seasonable production. Ic ruined in-
cessantly.

The Committee on the proposed Naval Mono-
meet to the metoory of the late Lord Viscount
MELVILLE have resolved to adopt as a ntodrl the
celebrated TRAJ v.---(Edinburgh Courant,
July 17.)

The statue of Britannia was placed up last week
on the snmmit of the Ndval Monument, erected at
Vermouth to commemorate the splendid victories
of Lord NELSON. The figure ft!et high, end
weighs between four and five tonisl.o, branch of
laurel is placed in the right hand, and in the left
a trident of copper bronzed.

A cucumberJ(lf that rare species vulgarly called
the Serpent Ciictunhcr, was exhibited yesterday in
Covent •garcien Market. In circumference it does
not exceed the ordinary kind, but measures its
length Intl four feet.
.

The Bishop ot Calcutta has lately addressed the
Society for propagating the Gospel in foreign parts,
informing them that the sum of 5,0001. voted by
that Society for the promotion of Christianity
'in India, would be applied by his Lordship to-
wards the erection of a Mission Colic ge in Calcutta.
On the receipt of this letter, the Society for promot-
ing Christian knowledge, in Bartlett's-buildings,
immediately voted 5,0001. more towards the intend-
ed College; and the Church Missionary Society has-
just made a grant of 5,0001. in addition, for the
same object. Thus no less a sum than 15,0001.
has been voted by three Societies, in connexion
with the Established Church, for the great object
of. promoting Christianity throughout British,
India.
At the York Sessions, Thomas English was sen-
tenced to be transported for seven years, for hav-
ing, in conjunction with Henry Fent-by, stolen
Sibs. of mouton. On hearing his sentence, he
exclaimed, " Thank you 1 only wish it had been
a better stake. Two men to be transported for
Gibs. of mutton ! And I'll be d—d if either of us
stole it."

It is with sincere regret we this day announce
the death (-• Hugh Crawford, Esq, late of this
town, at Parisi on the 3d inst. The public and
private worth of this amiable man is too well
known to call for our eulogium ; and those who
had the pleasure of knowing him hest, need not
the expression .of..our feelings to heighten their
regret for his loss. Mr. Crawford was chosen a
Member of the Tom) -Council so. early as the -
year 1788; was: twice called to the Magistracy,
by the suffrages -9f .:his brather-townsmen, and, '
filled that office With honour to himself and ad-
vantage to Ins COnWtOkOtS. (tom 1801 lot 1805,
and from 1809 to.• 1813. during which ,Iserunks,q,....
many of the most important. improvements, to'
which is to be ascribed the present tesptelable rank
of Greenock atnong the commelcial polls of the
Kingdom, were largely indebted to his liberal
spirit, enlightened views, and invincible aetivity%.l-:
As a respectable Scholar and an accomplished
Gentleman, his public deportment commanded re -.4
spect, while his private manners engaged esteem :
and, as a husband, a parent, a friend, and a citi-
zen, the remembrance of his worth has lett an
imptessive and durable memorial in the breasts of
all who had the happiness of knowing him in
either of these. endearing relations of social life.--
(Greenock Advertiser.)
'Last u eck, as Mr. Samuel Prosser, of Talgarih,
Breconshire, was employing; some labouring men
in draining a piece of tallow, they found seve-
ral small serpents, three feet under the sur-
face of the ground, nine inches in length, and
3bout the size of common whipcord, of a grey
colour, and some quite white ; three days after-
wards, fifteen more of them rose out at the
spring, but soot, died in the