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WEST INDIA DOCKS. REPLY TO MR. MARRYAT'S OBSERVATIONS -.4)N THE WEST INDIA DOCK CHARTER, az.c. &c. (No. I.) Mr. MARRYAVII publication appeared under eirzumstances which were rather extraordinary. The publica tion of a Report .of the Committee of the House of Com moan, with comments upon the evidence, before either the Ititport or the evidence were printed for the use of the Mern beau, is, it is conceived, unprecedented, and was therefore alto. cether unexpected. In this point of view the work is prema ture; but with reference to the main object which is avowed, satnely, calling upon the Legislature (p. &i) to refuse - the Peti tion of the " Went India Dock Company for the renewal of their (tarter," it is too late, and altogether uncalled for,- the Char ter having actually expired before its appearance. From this cireurnstance it might seem that a reply was as uncalled for as,the publication itself : the tharactei, of the ob servations, however, will justify this attempt to refute them ; and the short time allowed, from their unexpected appearance, will, it is hoped, plead as some excuse for the hasty and perfect manner, in which that attempt is now made.:., In the introduction to his work, MT. MARRYAT r after some strictures upon the desultory mode in which evidence is Aaken before Committees of the House of Commons, declares thatthe Minutes given before the Committee on Foreign Trade .con. veyed to his mind a very imperfect impression, that he had by no means a distinct or connected view of the leading point of the. case, and that by separating it into parts he obtained a much clearer comprehension of the whole. There is awide distinction, probably, between the clear com prehension of a subject, and a just and impartial consideration of it ; to shew whether Mr. 31arryat has attained the one, or erinced the other, is the object of the present Reply to his ob seriattons. Roth his extracts from the evidence, .and his observations, are divided under the following heads, which are stated com 7 prise ell the material points, viz.:-- 1. Advantages of the Dock System. 2. Convenience of Situation. • 3. Safety and facility of Access. 4. Solidity of Buildings and Works. 5. Means of AccoMmodation. ti. Machinery. 7. Security against Plunder. 8. EXclusion of CreWs and Apprentices. 0. Clasiiification of Commodities. . -10. Disptch in Landing Cargoes. 11. Mode of Housing and Sampling Sugar. - 12. Weighing Coffee after being '% arehoused. 13. Making Cotton Merchantable. 14. Warehousing Rum. 15. Moderation of Charges. 16. Repairs and Improvements. 17. Accumulated Putul, 18. Just regard to Private Interests. 19. Discontinuance of Compulsory Clause. 20. Competition of Dock Companies. Mr. Marryat invites his readers to compare his conclusions, with the premises from whence they are drawn ; but. it, is hoped that the public will not confine themselves to the garbled ex tracts from the evidence, which areappended to this work ; and that they will also compare Mr.llilarryatt'a conclusions with those pf Mt:Honourable Cummitteeof which be wasa member. (No. I.) • ADVANTAGEIIt oi."rittu DOCK svirriest• I:ri,ler this bead it, is admitted that " no conflicting evidence LS to be found, that all panics agree in the great security that has been given, both to the public revenuo,-und the property of individuals, by the establishment of wet docks for the reception of ships and cargoes, with warehouses contiguous to them, stir. rounded by high walls." Te enormity of the evils which existed before the establish. meat of the Docks; is also acknowledged to be proved, in a most satisfactory manner, but ;11r. 111,irryst then proceeds as follows 1— order Writ a stop to this evil, it is true, as stated in the Memorial of the 'Westindia Dock Company to the floard of Trade, that the rnerchente readily consented to the compul sory clauses contained in the Charters of the difiltrent Dock Companies, and also to the payment of high rates both on gouda and shipping for twenty-one years ;' but it is equally true, though not stated in that Memorial, that they"did this, as the only merino of inducing individuals to invest their capital in these great undertakings ; and that they leolced forward, at the 4 Piratton of that period, to the •anhstitution of a system of open competition and moderate charges, 'for one of monopoly and high charges. In short, they submitted to temporary disadvan. taws, in order to secure the great and permanent benefits which were anticipated by Mr. l'itt, as the c o nsequence of the establish. talents ; the ,perfects this warehousing system,' lowering the port charges, and making this metropolis the emporium of the " The truth of these sentiments is fully established by the declarations of the most competent judges on this siNect.e ' Them competent judges of the motives which Influenced the mevitants of 1799, are the individual* composing a meeting, gut up by Mr. Marryat himself, and of which he was the Cheir. mar., held at the London Tavern on the Voh of JenitarY, 1821. After quoting their Resolutions, which were directed as much sashimi the general Port charges as against the Docks, hr Kays, " These Resolutions chew the real sentiments of the Merchants sad Ship-owners of the Port of London :".2-but upon what ? Ilot the state or thing* in 1790, but " on the Dock system."--. T.lsas Is an ingenious, if it be not an ingenuous,' mode of sup., porting assertions ; but the real sentiments of the Planters and i'lerchanta of the time are on record, and were appended .to the Memorial of the West India Dock Company, referred to as follewa • I"4;racto from Communications which had been. submitted by ' 0 Deputation to Mr. Pitt, and which were reported eel confirtned by, a Meeting at the London Tavetti, at • which upwards of one hundred Planters and Merchants were' present. • 'No plan can effectually remove the evil and loss sustained under the present system, that does not hold out accznimoti. tiou for part of the Trade of the Port in Wet Docks, and add to the space of the Legal Q uays. • " No trade frequentinge 'Port *offers equal injury, under the ;meant system, with the Wegt India Tradol.,andin no trade would the swinunodation of shippit4 by.doeks equally benctit individuals and the revenue. • • • • ' No plan for discharging West-India shipping, that does not connect the dock, wharf, and warehouse, with the in-me diate arrival from era, can entirely put a atop to the enormous niiachief of plunderage. "'The deputation, unconscious of any views but such 14 are dtracted to the public benefit, and credit of the Port of London new renew their application, anxious that measures of essential rind practical relief, should, as speedily ; aa possible, be applied to twils and anuacs which are too notortotte to need me:while. Lion, and too enormous 'to exist without an annual decrease of ' the oommerce, wealth, and prosperity of the Metropolis." • " itetedved, (Five Disaerilient,) • • " That the Dill now introduced into Pediment, for leave to rosin Wet Ducks and 'Watehousee, for the reception of the West India Trade, at the Isle of Dews, bat the decided appro. bation of this Meeting, under a conviction that no spot, So eligible for that purpose, within the same distance from the Custom Muse, can be found, and where the whole of that Trade ean, n at a moderate epence, ho completely concentrated and se seeurcly accotrimodated." it Ha t edved unanimously, " That the numerous lidvantagea which may be expected to result from the plan adopted by this Meeting, when executed, in the economical dispatch of business; in the prevention of the enormous mischief of plunderage in all its branches ; in the seeurity of the Iteventie, and in the accommodation of the gene. sal thide of the port, by the removal of the West India Trade ( r ow time Quays and Ittver, which it now so much inettrnbere, mar di be defeated, unless the Legis lature shall render it obligatory on the ships trading to a nd from the West Indies to confine themaelves to the use of the Docks and Warehouses set ft part for their reception, and calculated for their accoma modal-ion." There is nothing in the foregoing Iteaolutiene to bear out ths eseumption, that the parties submitted tolemporary adv a ntages ;" and what says the evidence before the Corn. sitittee ✓ rg ?dr., Ueoe TfinWChairman tt, the of the West India Me!. ;tante,' sm4 1! E,. ;,f the Island tzr Jamaica , wh o wa s the ern, ginal Chairman of the West India Dock Company, and who, in conjunction with the late Me...l‘lilligan, was the founder of the establishment, giSes i'creseand comprehensive statement of the circumstances which gave rise to , it, and the principles . upon which it was formedel r 'l', ; t ,The necessity itrtse front the enormity of the plunder. ' It was easy to commit it, ve*Y dif fi cult to detect it." Our con sideration,' sari Mr.. Hibberto was this: let swish:T . ' Et the Ship as..quickly as possible from the. sea to the wharf where she shall deliver the goods, and let her discharge with the leist hiterrop don possible; 'let utt'devise alsO a way. of deliverinfethecirgo which _shall not be liable to; what we now suffer, either in the occasional delivery of ships by their own crews (which was e rare thing) or by lumpers.' • • " We took down some of his Majesty's Ministers and per eons connected with the Board Of Trade and different Public Bodies, arid we endeavinred to thew them, that the 'lsle of Doge f ormed the natural lirte of demarcation for the entrance of such a dock as we proposed to construct. Finally, before the Bill passed • the House •of Commons, we had it . long con versation with Mr. Pitt upon, the , subject, and the result of that conversation was, that he was perfectly satisfied, that without the compulsory; clause-the measure would be an im perfect one : On the very day that conversation ;fmaased, the Bill was carried in the House of Commons." In reply to a question relative to the charges, Mr. Hibbert says, ' I can state my perfect recollection, that it is not the fact that they were hastily submitted "tali' consequence of the enormity of the abuses that were then prevailing." When comparing the observations of Mr. Marryatt under this head, and the evidence which he has extracted under the same' title, his readers may be at a loss to discover upon what part even of those portions of the evidence his observations are founded ; in the extracts given, the greater part of Mr. Filstone's second Report is omitted, and that the reader may judge of the candour with which this is done, it may be suffi cient to state, that it relates particularly to the " appropriation of the West India trade to the West , lndia Docks ;" after ad verting to the extent to which the ship-owner has been benefited, the advantagge to the merchant, "and how truly beneficial it has . roved to the revenue," it proceeds, " Upwards of seventeen , t ears have elapsed since the Vest India Docks were opened for usiness, and the system, both with regard to the revenue and 'the West India Dock Company, has been brought to a state of perfection scarcely to be surpassed ; with accommodations for ships and West India produce superior to those at any other establishment. After such experience, labour, and expense, and so satisfactory a result, would it, I submit, be wise or ad visable to depart from it in any respect whatever ?" Such a departure, it is stated, would give rise to loss of duties, and increased expense of officers " to be paid by the Crown ;" and that " if ships with West India produce were allowed to enter the London Docks, it would be extremely injurious to the Revenue." _ _ [To be continued.] TILE LATE: POPE. ----- 7 . Rum:, A uG. 23.—Tho Diarin has published the fallowing details of the ceremonies which took place after the death of his Holiness Pope Pius VII. t--Cardinal Pacca, the Chamberlain, being informed of the Pontiff's death, assem bled the Apostolic Chamber, and repaired on the 20th, at nine o'clock in the morning, to the apartment in which the Pope breathed his last. After repeating on his knees the prayers for the august deceased, he examined the body, one of the attend. ants uncovering the countenance. The Chamberlain received from the Master of the Chamber the Fisherman's ring; and the Notary, Secretary to the Chamber, read on his kneo the act recording this ceremony. On returning to his Palace, the Chamberlain wa-s escorted by the Swiss guard, and was received with supreme honours, by the military posts. The Senator of Rome being informed by the Chamberlain of the melancholy event, ordered the great bell of the Capitol, and the other bells of the city, to 4e tolled. The Roman Senate assembled the militia of the capitol, desired the Prefects of the Police to attend them, and directed the Colonel of the militia to open the prison, called the New Prison; and thatof the Capitol, in which prisoners guilty of inferior delinquencies were confin ed, to be thrown own. 0a the evening .of the 20th, Cardinal Someglia, pearof the Sacred College, assembled at his reg. dente the heads of all the Orders which teret4 present in Rome. Besides the Cardinal Chamberlain, wbcp of right attends at all Such assemblies,_ there were present it this meeting Cardin al Fesch, of the order of Priests; Cardinal Donsalvi, of the order of Deacons ; and M. Mui.io, Secretary to the Sacred College. The Penitential Fathers of the Vatican, remained, without in terruption, with the body of the demist...o Pope . , reciting' the usual prayers, On• the morning of the 21st, the body was embalmed, and clothed in a white cassock, a red arnica 101 cop. It was then laid out on 3 bed, beneath a scarlet canopy, in one of the ante chambers of the Quirinal. Four wax tapers burned at each side of the body, which was guarded by four Nobles. The people were admitted to pay to the deceased Yontlif theiribate of their respectful grief. ~ Aton Lxtraordinary Congregation held the same morning, at which all the Cardinals in Rome attended, it was :decided, almost unanimously, that the Conclave should be held in the Quirinal Palace. On the 22d the hod of the Holy Father continued to be ex- posed as' on the prece ding day. Ihe vase, containing the heart of the deceased, was convoyed in 'a carriage to the church of St. i Vincent and St. Anastasia, where it was received at the,door by the Curate and his Clergy: . At nine o'clock in the evening the body of the Holy Father was 'solemnly conveyed from the Quirinal to the Vatican. It was placed on a litter covered with crimson drapery, and borne by two mules, arrayed in richhousings. Upon the body, which was clothed in the casts ock and amice,_ was placed a cross era broidered withgold. Part of. the guard of Nobles followed inf. mediately behind it. Other detachments of the same guard, of the' Roman hussars, of the light horse and carabineers, and of the Swiss part', es Well as seven pieces of artillery, attended by their artillerymen, with matches lighted , formed part of the 1 cavalcade. The civic troops of the line formed a double rank in the street between the Quirinal and the Vatican. When it arrived near the statue of Constantine, the body was borne by the Penitential Fathers into the Sextine Chapel, where, being clothed in all the pontifical ornaments, it was again exposed to the eyes of the people. The crowds of spectator* were immense,: , and in every quarter the profoundest grief appeared to be felt. It is not yet known how many Cardinals will assist at the fr conclave. 'lt is nut thought there .will - be -above 64). Many foreign Cardinals will not be able to attend, and the Italian Cardinals 'will, perhaps, be prevented by their infirmities: Six of the Cardinals are eighty years old, 13 are between 71 and 79, 23 are . between 60 and 69, eight are between 53 and 59, and 3 are only above 45. At the last conclave, there were but 35 Cardinals, all of whom, with the exception of three, were Ita lians. There were ten Cardinals wanted, and the conclave lasted three months. The shortest conclave during the 'art age was that of 1721, when Innocent X 111. was elected. It lasted but .10 days. The longest was that of 1740, when Benoit XIV. was elected. This lasted six entire rnondis, and five Cardinals died during the conclave. .In the conclaves there is generally what is called the Fac tion of the Zelanti, which means the party of the most:pious and zealous. There is also the party of the crowned heads, which, it appears, will not exercise much influence this tittle, on account of the small number of foreign Cardinals. In other conclaves there were the Cardinals created by the last Pope, and those created by the preceding Popes, which formed' two distinct parties ; but in the present conclave This cause Of division will not exist; all the , Cardinals, except, two, having been created by Pius the Seventh. Since Adrian VI., who was elected in 'Veil, no Pope has been taken out of the Sacred College.—Reports are already, circulated about the conclave and the Auksbargh Gazette says, that there is sonic talk of either Cardinal Somaglia, Pacea, or Zurla, being the new Pope. We need not say that these reports are premature. The coneleve is scarcely opened, and it must therefore be im possible to have other than vague surmises upon the intentions of the, Sacred. College., . HostTicu itAt. g 0 Cl y.--The Ci edottiati Horticultural *Society dined in Onisn's on Thursday, on oc. easion of their .ruttruienth Anniversay, Dr. Duncan, senior; in the Chair, Supported by Alexander Henderson , Esq., and Dr. Brunton. The Meeting was numerous and re. spectsble ; and, notwithstanding the backwardnee of the season, the dessert presented a tliplsy of fruits. grapes, pineapples, melons, &c., which has probably never been cur. passed in Edinburgh. One of the melons weighed 21lb. 12 or. During dinner, there stood on the table various flower pots, with vines growing and bearing fruit in great pro fusion, and in the best condition. - These, we understand, were front the Dalkeith gardens. There were also in pots, various sped:lung of the - balsam, from the Botanic Garden, of extraordinary size, and in full blossom, which gratified the eye as much as the vines did the palate. The specimens of home-wade wine were very numerous, and very superior in quality. There was n specimen of Scotch cyder, considered equal to any foreign hitherto seen in this country. This was considered so valuable, that the Society, it is believed, will vote their highest medal as a premium to the maker. Every thi ng , i n short, went to prove, that this Society has given new stimulus to every sort of horticultural exertion, and been of essential service to this end of the Island. The evening was spent in great harmony, end although the venerable Chairman could not sit so a late hour, Mr. Henderson, the Lord Provost Elect (having been called to the chair) exerted himself with great effect in keeping up the hilarity of the company for, the rest of the evening.-- (Efinhurlh Courant, Sept. 8.) a ' ' iio'',. z A, * ..., , 0 MASONIC NOTICES , FOR NEXT WIiEK. LNGLAND. Monday, Sept. 15, Lownwi. Noa. 1,8, 14, 15, 22, 234, 293, 308. COVYTRY. NOS, 20, 72, 102, 219, 238, 311, 368, 423, 425, 465, 509, 510, 621, 541, 653, 583, 080. Tuesday, - 16, Lownox. Nos. 33, 42, 200, Courcr ay. Nos. 127, 151, 187, 17 0 . 184, 199, 385;474497, 501, 528, 632, 644, 551, 579. Wednesday, --. 17, LoNnorl. Nos. 38, 56, 92,-134, 225, 271, 296, 309. COUNTRY. Nos. 54, 95, 105, 121,124, 126, 129, 146, 164, 207, 229, 291, 339, 342, 460, 465, 468, 472, 480, 487, 529, 563, 577, 581, 606, 678, 690, 705, 710, 711. Thursday, - 18, Loxpow• Nqs. 65, 128, 162, 388 . llouse Coin. Fem. Sch. • git. • COUNTRY. Not. 45, 57, 70, 113, 171, 214, 286, 384, 410, 42U, 453, 461, 466, 469, 483, 511, 618, 545, 556, 560, 561, 587, 642, 679, 717. Friday, - 19, LONDON. No. 493. COu NTRY. Nos. 30, 55, 193, 470, 533, 550, 600, 646, 655, 709. • Saturday, ---LONDOii. • • COUNTRY. Nos. 61, 675. IRELAND. Monday, Sept. IS, Coat. No. 81 IiEICESTERSHIRL. CERZSIONY of Laying the FIRST ST-ONA of ST. GEORGE'S CIIVRCU t in LEICICIITZ a. This most interesting and impressive Ceremony took place on Friday se'nnight. The early part of The morning was itt auspicious, but about nine the cheering light of the auto broke forth and smiled propitiously on the splendid preparations which had been made for the day. At half-past ten the bells of Sc. Martin's Church announced the arrival of the Right Hon. the Earl Rowe, and this annunciation was forthwith re peated by those of St. Margaret's and St. Mary's. About twelve, the Noble Earl, as Master of St. John's Lodge in this town, proceeded from the Hell Hotel in grand procession to the Exchange, accompanied by his Lodge in proper dress and regalia, and by a great number of Members belonging to Lodges established in adjacent places, all in their requisite ha biliments. A detachment of the Leicestershire Yeomanry Ca valry escorted his Lordship and the Masonic Proeension to the Exchange, and immediately afterwards the General Procession set out toe aids tho Church Ground in the following • OIRDIM 'or rItOCISSION. ' • Trunipetcra on horseback. A Atilitary Ouarti. ' • A Band of Music. The Collectors QC rglivtii 4l Rates. Special ConOtibles. Special 't Charity, Children, f Special t'onstables• . aaireast. 1 Comoublea.•"— s pec i a l cono l l,Wo. , , The Town Band'. The totitractore-for the Church. ' The Select Vr,ttry is ,Astro Tile Overseers of the Poor. The Subscribers to the Vona for furthering the Ereetinr(of the, • - ' Church. The Clergy attending ow Prciegasierk in their Canonicals. The Mayor aikdk9rporation, . The Ai Pond., The Churchwarden% of the Pariah of St. Margaret; with *ands. The Vicar of St. Margaret. ' , The qtyato of St. Margaret: The Secretary of the District Board. The District Board for Building• Now Churches. The Archdeacon. , The Meinlwrs for the County and Town. , The Nobility attending the procession. The Iligh Sherif. II is Grace the Lord Lieutenant. .'Masonic Lodges, in order, with proper dress and regalia. Tyler, with Drawn Sword. Visitors not belonping to any Lodge; two and two. Visiting Lodges according to their Nupbers—Juniors first, •• with proper Regalia. St: John's bodge, in the following order:— Tyler, with drawn Sword. . .• Banner. Entered Apprentice Masons—two and two. Rough Miller, carried by an Entered Apprentice. First bigitt. Perfect sishler, carried by a Master Mason. Second Light. Third Light. Banner. Master Masons—two and two. Past-Masters—two and two. OLus Vase. Brass Plate. Silver Trowel on a I 4 Mallet, carried by an Crimson Velvet Cushion. j Operative Mason. Superintendent of Works, carrying a Plan of the Intended Building. Two Deacons, each carrying a Silver Ewer. Director of Ceremonies, with Cornucopia. Terrestrial Globe. Celestial Globe. Secretary, with the ,flook of Constitutions, carried on a Crinwon Velvet Cushion. Treasurer, with the Coins. .Chaplain. Junior Warden, with Plumb. Steward with Wand.. Banner.. Banner.. Steward with Wand. Senior Warden, with Level. Steward) Bible, Square, and Compasses, Steward with on. a Crimson Velvet Cushion, with r Wand. carried by a .blaster Mason. Wand. Deputy Alaster, with Square. Steward with Wand. Stanched. Steward with Wand. The Worshipful Master, the Earl Howe. Two Stewards, with W an d s . inner Guard, with Drawn Sword. The Charity Children accompanying the Procession were about 850 anti every School was preceded by a banner descrip tive of the Schootand of the dresses worn by the children con nected with it. Col. Keck, 111.:P4' headed the advanced (Ward of the Procession, and a detachment of the Yeomanry Cavalry, under the command of Captains Bowater and Creswell, flanked it at intervals along the whole line, while a strong body of con stables accompanied the Military for the better preservation of order. The whole len g th o f the Procession exceeded a quarter of a mile, and while it was moving, the Church Ground was kept by a large force of the. Civil Power, aided by a p_ortion of the Yeoman!) , Cavalry, the Militia Staff, and the different re crniting parties in town. On the Procession entering. the ground, a most imposing sight presented itself. Th ree eomine4 b o eo galleries for the swim modistion of apectators had been erected, whit+ were nearly fill ed with Ladies anti Gentlemen from all parts of the County thitreh on th e o b verse , and the and Town. Th ese ga ll er i es were c apable of containing above WOO Persons, and the parties Occupying them were admitted by intended following inscription medals, bearing a r e p resentat i on o f the West F.levation of the on the reverse side " The Ceremoniel Stone of this Church was laid on Friday, the 29th August, I£M3, in the Fourth year of the Reign of Nis Majesty George t h e ryth, by the Right Ilon. Richard William Penn Earl n awe . Length of the Church 92 feet. Breadth'64 feet. Height of the 'rower and Spire 170 feet. The expence of erecting the Ch u r ch is defr ayed h ci,„ ll „ h leMa j em Y's t'Aam m i ss i o ners for building additional in l'ulltdoua Parishei, and the bite purchased by Voluntary Contributions Parsons, Architect, Leicester. The lion. and Right R ev , G e orge Pelham, D.D. Lord Bishop of Lincoln. The Venerable Thornsa p ar king:in, P.D. Archdeacon of Lei. aster, and Chairman of the District Board. John Stockdale Nerdy, •Ilonorary Secretary." Two of the Generic*: m ereplaced about 22 feet North and. South of the North Wall at the intended Church, and the other at the East end. The area , formed by this enclositre was divided Into n , -va Parts, the' Children were starched tip the cen. tre and then filed Off to the right and left into separate areas, t h e ,. °4ll in front , and the Boysait the back part itdjoining'the Galleries. -The Oentlemen ui the Procession following the Children then took the _several stations allotted to them, and as soon as Silence could he astair.ed, that animating and tho roughly impressivepieceof religioio poetry, the IoOth Psalm, was aunt by the Children, accompanied by the Choir of St. Mergaret 'Anti, the militia bend; „Lord Bowe then took his station at the north east corner of the basement of the intended Edifice, eat ordered the stone, (containing upward,' of sixty cubic feet,. and whicli.wo ulready sus pended in the usual way) to be ritis&litii-the'llirrpolie of depoining the coins, &c., and the etone being.eleyated about five feet from its base, the Rev. Mr. Burnaby, Vicar of St. Margaret's, - Offered up a most ex cellent and appropriate Prayer. , - The Children and Choir then sang some verses selected from the 04th Psstlm,()., V. and the following ceremonies ensued Hie Lordship having commanded certain coins and medals to be' deposited In -cavity= of the - stone, ail the coins of the present reign, with a Bronze metal of the Church said_ medals commemorative of the'dia of our late good old King George 111,. of his present ejeety's Coronation, and of ..his. visits to Ireland and Scotland (kindly preset - 4yd to the Committee by Mr. Opley, , of , : lArmitighaml, were placed in a rich cut-e,lasit Vase, which was deposited in the cavity ; over this was affixed a'copper plateivrith.sitrappronriate inscription, which was her meucally sealed over the vase. Three or four operative Mason* thee came forward - and laid - round the 'stone . a qu ant ity of fi ne c ement, after which a very handsome silver trowel ' was presented to the Noble Eart, with which his Lordship spread the cement at the north east angle of the stone ; a Signal being then given, the stone was graditallrlowered amidst a solemn flourish' of trumpets. The usual ceremonies of the square, the plumb, and the level, Were thee- gone through by his Lordship, assisted by his proper officer, and a mallet having been presented to tit: Noble Lord which he applied to different parts of the stone, his Lordship offered up a rrayer, that " the great Architect " of this mighty Universe might pour down his blessings on " the good work began that day, and that the Edifice ntiout to " be raided on diat foundation, might prove an everlasting bles ".:sing to the populous and increasing town of Leicester.' 'The Ceremony of pouring the corn, oil 4 and wine was then performed. after which the Rev. Thotries - Burnaby. jun. offered up a 'moat appropriate, fervent, and a ff ecting Prayer. Th! interesting and memorable Ceremony then concluded with the national anthem of" God save the King" being sung by the children and ail Present. The Procession returned in the same order. to the Exchange, . anti shortly afterwards se parated. , .„ TFCE Soon after three o'clock the Earl Howe entered the Guildhall (the ueeof which bad been kindly granted by the Mayor for the occasion), where a very large and highly respectable company had assembled, amongst whom we noticed—the High Sheriff; Colonel Keck, M.P, J. Mansfield. Esq. M.P., Rev. Dr. Madan, George l'ochin, Esq., Eward Farnham, Esq., —_ Norhury, Esq., P. A. Lafargue, Esq., the Worshipful the Mayor, Rev. Messrs. Browne, Beresford, Easton, Burnaby, Apthorp; W. Madan, Davies, Mitchell, Merewether, Wil. hams, Stevenson, Inge, &c. &c. The Hall was very tastefully deCorated, and the upper end hung with festoons of laurel, &c. An extremely well executed perspective view of the North' West elevation of the intended church was fixed immediately under the portrait of our late venerated and excellent Mo narch, forming a pleasing and not unappropriate allusion .to the - connection so happily and necessarily subsisting be tween the Throne anti the Establishment. On the side hoard were exhibited the crimson velvet cushion and, silver trowel used in the ceremony of laying the stone and at each end of the Hall were displayed the banners carried by the children of the different schools who walked in the procession. About. 4 o'clock, a most excellent dinner (pro. vided by Mr: Amick, of the Bell Hotel), was served up to a company of about 150 persons; Lord Howe, presiding,7—A.fter the cloth was removed, The Noble Chairman said he rose to propose a sentiment, which he was confident would strike home to the hearts of all present.--m Church and King." The sentiment was received with great enthusiasm, and drank 4. times 4. " God save the King" - was then sung, the whole company Joining in the chorus. The Duke orYork and the Army." 3 times 3. " The Nita of Clarence and the Navy." 3 tunes 3. Ills Grace the Lord Lieutenant of the County." 3 times 3. • tout— was, rapturously, applauded, and drank with evittehe satisfaction and delight. Glee. The Red Cross Knights." . The Lord Bishop of the Diocese." "'The High . Bheriff." 3 times 3.' The High Sheriff ruse and returned thanks fir OK hquouT •eonfirritl'ori hien. "l pis ' 3l 4*li 7 A COMMiAllinfielll for building New chtirehes.' l , The Members for the County." 3 times 3. 11r. 14,1t-.Neck returned thanks hi a very neat and impres.i sirs addrese. " TheMembersliirthe 'll6rougli." 3 times 8. ' Mr.. Mansfield, in..eeturniu g , thanks, said,.that he sincerely participated ih' the general satiefaction occasioned by the com mencement of the goad work which they had thatday witnessed; and it was his cordial wish and fervent hotie, that the Temple which was now erecting for the worship of the supreme disposer of events, would be attended with extensive and pennanen t benefits to this large anti populous town. " Prosperity to the good Work begun this day." Mr.' Legh Keck begged-leave to propose a toast, which he was confident would be received with as much pleasure as he felt in giving it. ' It was the health of their Noble Chairman.—( Loud cheers.)—llad his Noble Friend been absent, he might have indulged himself Mille expressioo of those strong feelings which he entertained upon the subject, but in his presence, he was confident he was best consulting his Noble Friend's feelings and his own by silence. -This he did with less regret, as the Noble Lord was so well known to those lie wan addressing ; and it was his earnest wish that his Lordship might long stir vice to employ his extensive influence as on that day, for the benefit of •mankind, and enjoy every happiness which &life so spent wow beat calculated to ensure.—(Applause.)—The Hon. Gentleman, after some further most appropriate and excellent remarks, concluded with proposing, the health of the " Right Hon. the Earl Howe, and the ancient Society of free and ac cepted MaSons." The toast was received with the greatest enthusiasm, and drank with four times four: His Lordship, in,retaming thanks, expressed his heartfelt satisfaction at the proceedings of the day. lie assured the company he felt highly gratified with the many kind 'marks of esteem which he had received, and begged to wish them, in dividually and collectively, every happiness. Song.—" Brave Howe and the glorious first of June." This was rapturously encored, and his Lordship appeared deeply affected at the unexpected compliment paid to the memory of his Noble Grandfather. " The Achdeacon and the other Members of the District Board." " The Mayor and Corporation." The Mayor returned thanks in an appropriate speech. " The Rev. Mr. Burnaby, :Viear of St. Margaret's." The Rev. Mr. Burnaby, in returning thanks, expressed an. hope that when the new church Was completed, a pure and sound, form of doctrine to the ptomotion of true religion and morality would ever be preached and inculcated in it. • " The Protestant Aseendaney.".L.Three time three. Glee.—" The King and the Church." Capt!iin Bowater and Lieut. Deakins, and thanks for their services this day." Both these officers returned thanks. !" The Clergy of the County and Town." The Rev. Mr. Mitchell returned thanks on behalf of the Clergy, and assured the company that the co-operation of the Laity, ts on that day, wax highly gratifying to them. Firmly attached to the Altar and the Throne, the Clergy anxiously wished to instruct their Rocks 4n the precepts of their holy telt. gion to teach them to fear Cod and honour the King, and to meddle not with those who were given to change. The Rev. Gentleman concluded with hoping that, by the Divine blessing, the form of sound words administered in the New Church might conduce to the everlasting happiness of thousands; and sat down amidst great applause. Glee, "Rex, Lex, and.Pontifex." The Rev. Ali:. Beresford proposed the health of " the Right Hon. the Countess Howe, and the Noble Family of CLitlsll." Drank with 4 times 4, and great applause. Glee. " For beauty faro'd." The Earl returned thanks ; he would not attempt to describe his feelings, for no expression of his could do justice to the merits of the individual whose health had been so kindly drank. —(Applause.) Lord Howe then proposed the health of " Mr. Stockdale Hardy, the Honorary Secretary, with thanki for his services." Mr. Hardy begged to express hi s grat i tu d e f or t h e compli ment paid him. rhe auspicious commencement of a design so long projected was highly satisfactory, and he trusted that its successful termination would advance the cause of the ex cellent and tolerant Church to which they belonged—a Church as dearly . purchased u it ought to be effectuallY prese rved— Apy anxiety; trouble, or responsibility which the business might have occasioned him, were amply repaid by the soul enlivening proceedings of that day, and he begged to drink all their good The The Noble Chairman then gave the health of" Mr. Parsons, the Architect," passing somehigh encomiums upon him for the ability he had displayed in the business of the New Church. Mr. PARSONS returned thanks, expressing the pleasure he felt if any humble exertions of Mai had met The health of" the Marqui s o f Hastings" was then drank. The Rev. Mr. Williams ret urne d t h an k s on b e h a lf of hi s Lordship. their approbation. " May the Church never w a n t f a i t hf u l son s, nor th e Kin g good subjects." About nine o'clock the Earl llowe quitted-the Chair amidst the enthusiastic applatucof the company, who continued stand. ing until his Lordship had reached his carriage. The Mayor was then called to the Chair, and the conviviality .of theldeet/ in g was kept up for sometime longer. Thus closed this memorable day, a day which will long be recollected by the Members of the Established Church in this Town and Neighbourhood. If we were called on to point out any part of the proceedings more affecting or impressive than another, we should allude to the moment when nearly 14 00 children, walking in the procession, approached the spot saber, the foundation of a building was about to he laid.for the worshiii of that God, to whom many of them will probably he fraying adoration, when the firends and benefactors who then surrounded them, the civil authorities who protected them, the military whis escorted them, and all who bore an active part in the ceremony, are laid in the dust. Yet ! to them and such as them will be committed the care of what they have seen commenced ; and in maturer years, may they never forget, when worshipping in the hallowed Temple now raising; that it appertains to a Church purchased with the blood of Martyr4, - 'aild the Foundation Stone of their Civil and Religious Privileges r• and when memory re calls to their minds the interesting ceremony which they wit nessed, should their years be spared, and furrowed age invade those countenance* where content and youthful simplicity now beam, may they impress upon their children awl children's children, Loyalty to their king—Love towards their Neigh— bours- and Attachment to the (7ivil and Ecclesiastical Consti tution of this favoured Land ! It was rescind uniiiihnously—That the cordial thanks ne this Committee be given to the Noble Master, the Wardens. and Brethren of tit. John's Lodge, in Leicester, for their kind nem in attending the procession of yesterday, and for those ex cellent and judiciotis arrangements which added so much to the interest and splendour of the scene. R L'SS T A It appears by the ?allowing copy of a circular to the Russiaa Vice-Consuls in this country, that his Imperial Majesty is not content with abolishing Freemasonry' in' his own dominions, but extends his arbitrary power to all person*, whether En; - Bah or Foreigners, holding any commission from him even Great Britain, or to any Other country where the EMperor has Consul's Russian Consulate, London, August, 1833. The Imperial Russian Government has lately ordered, that every one serving the Government of his Imperial Majesty. whether a native or a foreigner, residing either in Rattail or abroad, and wishing to remain in his Majesty's service, is sign one of the two hereafter following declarations, Nos. l and •3, as the circumstances of the case may be applicable to each As you hold the official situation of Russian Vice. Consul in the port of I hasten, in conformity to the Instructions re ceived, to transmit you herewith the detlarations above alluded to, requesting that, if it meet your views to retain the appoint. ment you now hold, you will be pleased to return to me one of the said declarations, signed and sealed by your own hand. writing and seal. • Should you, however, objectaignius either of the declarations in question, you will please to return them to me, brreturn of post, together with your diploma, official seal, and all other documents belonging to your Vice-Consulate ; and in that case you will of course not con sider yourself any longer in the Ser. vice of hia Imperial Majesty the Emperor, my august mast Cr. remain,-Sir, dcr. . . . e . A DE DUBATCHITSXY. DECLARATION, No. I. I, the undersigned, declare herewith, that I belong to the Freemason's Lodge, called held at , but iz consequence, of his. Imperial l'sjesty's supreme order, I hereby { renounce belonging henceforward to the said Freemasons'. Lodge, or to have any communication wit% it; and bind my self neither to belong nor tcr , communicate with any other, secret societiei - whatever, that 'may be held either in the empire of; Rumria; or'any other count 'whatsoever. lilyenj4ndertny hand and tkal at day of DECLARATION, No. 11. I, the undersigned, declare herewith, that I do not belong to any Freemasons' Lodge, or any other secret society whets). ever, held either in the empire of Russia, or in any other country whatsoever; and I herewith bind myself not to belong in future to any secret . Societies of whatever nature they may be. Given under my hand and seal, at August, 1823. day of Mlt. HANIILTON'S SYSTEM. List night Mr. IlAstuToNt gave a Lecture to a numerous and highly respectable auditory, at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, on his New Mode of Tea Ching Languages in forty-eight lessons. The . Lecture was preparatory to a Course elf Instruc tion which it is the intention of this Gentleman to give to a private class in the attainment. of the French and other foreign languages. The system to he ad opted for the easy acquisition of this kind of learn ing was expounded upon this occasion, and is calculated, we think,to answer the high eXP'ecta- . dons promised from it. It is in principle some . - thing like the Lnucasterian, or system of pifguil easeignement, which is so . much the more prrssive, as it deals only in °rid' initeuCtioiiland by multiplying instructors necessarily increased, in the same ratio, the force of that instruction.-- Thus Mr. HAMILTON, at the head of his class, after a few 'short rind simple rides, reads stolid a sentence, explaining the ationale of the pro'; nunciation. . Each of his pupils .then reads the same sentence in succession to the end of the class. Instruction and practice thus go hand hand, whilst it is impossible to conceive a better mode of impressing any sound or word, or a series of either, upon tie mind, than hearing it, repeated from a number of mouths at nearly the same moment. Mr. 11AMILT6N professes in ,ten lessons AfP teach a complete knowtedge of ten thousand words in a language before unknown to 0.. pupil. His acquaintance with Linguage in gen, seems to be extensive and well grounded ; he undertakes to apply his peculiar mode to the Latin and Greek, as well as the French touttor• Many persons at this lecture, which vi a s ee tremely crowded, read kith good accent. and precision the sentences which were read by Mr• both in French and Greek. We • havu hesitation, from what we witnessed at this le k . 7 ture, in recommending the system. The apartment occupied by the celebrated LAWRENCE STERSE, at Dessin's Hotel, at Calais% during the time he wrote his" Sentimental. Juni! *ley," remains as it was originally, and thoe.it• written on the door, " This is STERNE'S room." The newspapers have been giving the. Noble . Viscount EXMOUTH an apoplectic fit, and Heave 9, knows what else of bodily, infirmity. As tlift country cannot a ff or d t o l ose th e ma n who ciao , .. tided the Barbarians and put an end to Christian slavery, it will be pleased to hear that the Noblo Admiral was iu Exeter on Thursday last , ; that he walked with his usual activity and spirits, and declared to his friends that lie ins bad no such seizure,and was never better in his lifa.—(Weitel ls Luminary.)