The Sun.
London, England, 1820-09-20 00:00:00

POR THE SUI:

EPITAPH on the Late Right Hon. GEORGZ ROSE. •
MR. Enrroa-7When on a Visit to Christ,
church, some days since, I was .induced
the Cathedral, and I was much gratified in penis-
ing the following Epitaph, in mernory of the late
Right lion. GEORGE: ROSE, erected about eight
feet from the pavement of the Church, in an ele-
gant gothic arCh at the west-end •of the Countess
of Salisbury's Chapel. The Inscription is, in let-
ters of cast brass, projecting from the surface of
a dark-grey slab of marble t—.
In the
Vault beneath are deposited
The Mortal Remains of
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE GEORGE ROSE,
One of the Committee of his Majesty's Connell for affairs of
Trade troll Foreipt Plantations;
TREASURER OF THE NAVY;
And in Six Successive Parliaments,
One of the Representatives of this Borough,
•Who on the tat!) of January, ISIS,
In the 74ili year of Isis age,
In the Faith of Christ,_
-- And in Charity with all Mankind,
Concluded a Life, 'the whale of which
Was the continued and strtunotts effort
Of Alf ardent and powerful wind
To promote the welfare of the State,
Airdllre happiness of- his Yellow•creatures.
VIATOR.

We cannot suffer the name of the late
Mr. Rose to pass without paying a- tribute of
sincere respect to his memory. Ile attained a
high station by his talents, and which he justly
deserved by solid services. lie was a souud
and experienced Statesman. a true Patriot,
and an able co-ad,jutor with Mr. PITT, who
knew how to estimate his value, and by
whom he was confidentially trusted on matters
of the utmost importance to the Country.—
Heartily do we wish that just such a man were
now connected with the- Government of the
Country, and never, we sincerely believe, was
such a man more necessary than at the present
critical, and we may perhaps truly say, alarming
period.

SIR THOMAS PICTON.—The Monument to the
memory of this distinguished and gallant Officer
has just been completed. It is erected on the
north side of the great dome of the Cathedral
Church of St. Pant. On a pedestal of beautiful
white marble, is a finely executed bust of the
gallant General, which is admitted by till who
knew him to be an admirable likeness. On the
left is the figure of a veteran soldier, as large as
life, exuNnn in the ever memorable success of
the British Army on the 16th, 17th, and 18th of
June, in the year 1815, while his countenance at
the same time shows his anguish of heart for the
loss of this brave Officer. On the right, Bri-
tannia, holding a palm of victory in her right
hand, points out the Hero to the spectator as a
proper object of imitation, while Fame is about
to crown him with a wreath of laurel. The-mo-
nument is admirably executed, and does infinite
creditito the talents of Mr. GAIIAGAN.

PuBLIC IMPROVEMENTS.—Among other public
improvements and alterations, that of widening
and improving the turnpike-road, and the ereo,
tion of a new bridge,. of adequate width, across
the River Wandle, in the centre of the town of
Wandsworth, appears to be of great utility. On
the-
15th instant, a Committee of Trustees of the
Surrey and Sussex. Roads, appointed to carry
such improvement and alteration into effect, met
at Wandsworth, when the first stone of a hand-
some new bridge, intended to be upwards of forty
feet wide, was laid- with-the usual ceremony, by
GI ARLES NICHOLA3 PILLMER, Esq. Chairman, in
the presence of the Rev. U. 11. BuTcnixn, Vicar
of WandswopthGroncr.TarroN, lIENIIY JAMES'
BARCHARD, T/iOMAS BENNETT SMITII,. GEORGE
HARRISON, SAMUEL FOSSICK, and CELAULES
FRANCIS, Esqrs., Members' of the Committee.
. Towards the expence of erecting this bridge, we
understand, the inhabitants of Wandsworth send
the neighbourhood, contributed liberally by a pri.
vate subscriptiou. •

HOP INTLI.LIGF.NCE.
SOUTHWARK, SEPT. 18.—We imagine there
has been about 800 Pockets of mew.• Hops in the
Borough, but we have only a dull trade for them
at present, The samples in general are very
inferior ; such as are fine go off tolerably wells
bat there is a very small proportion of this de-
scription.—The Duty is at 8`2,0006.
MAIDSTONE, SEPT. 19.--By accounts from va.
rious parts of Kent and Sussex we learn, that all
blighted grounds are going off daily with mold,
and losing sap, and colour very fast ; even the
best•grounds do not look so well as ten days
since. A great portion of the growth will make
bad samples, owing to the blights, mold, &c.
The hop-picking is now become general, and it
proves, as it always has done in such years, that
the crop in picking is full a third less than what
was expected. It is thought Sussex will pay half
the Duty of the kingdom.

CORN-JEICLIINGE, SEPT: o.—Notwithstand-
lug we have had no fresh arrivals of Wheat since
Monday, yet what remained over from that day's
market was fully adequate, to the demand, and
prices are rather heavy, but nominally the same ;
although we continue to receive large supplies of
Oats, the trade was exceedingly lively this morn-
lug. and tine
_fresh Corn sold freely- at Monday's
prices.; in Barley, Beans, Peas, and
,other articles
there is tittle or no variation.
Filberts are, this autumn, uncommonly scarce,
anti the London markets are chiefly supplied with
them from the vicinity of Maidstone, in Kent,
where it is said there is this year a more productive
crop of those nuts than in all England besides.
Seven hundred acres of land, in the neighbour-
hood of that town have been planted with filbert
tree's in the course of the last six or seven years,
and have proved highly beneficial to the planters.
A germaine apple was gathered a few days
ago in the garden of a gentleman in the city of
Hereford, which measured twelve inches round.
JAMES GRATTAN, Esq. has been appointed
Captain of the Stradbally Yeomanry in the room
of the late Right lion. HENRY GRATTAN.