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LITERARY NOTICE. , - HabUsTr,ATIONS of the Plinic .BUILDINGS of LONDON; with tiistorieat and Descriptive Accounts of each Edifice: !By J. Dam:Cow, F.S.A. and A. ru, ()I sr, Architect.. - No, The PUblic.are.hidebted to ,Mr. BRITTON for: many Works-of approved merit, and thii may be' considered as one of .the most elegant and instruc tive which hare issued from his active pen. We have noticed the former Numbers of this Work, end we may fairly say that the present Number equals in beauty and informtttiott all that have pre ceded, The embellishments in this Number con sist outlines of the Plan, kk,c of the DIORAMA, one of the most extraordinary and pleasing Exhi bitions which' have ever been presented to the 'Public—or Mr. BuirroN's Villa—The Plan and Elevation of the Haymarket Theatre—West ft-Motet.. Abbey Church, Elevation of the North.. Side—Church of St. Mary Woolnoth, Lombard street, Plan, Elevation,and Section ; Ditto, Per spective View of the Interior—Perspective View of the king's Entrance to the House of Lords. The Letter-press in this Number contains :the vonclusiotr of a former article on the British Mu- Meucci..--Accounts of the Diorama--Of the Opera. House—Of Uxbridge House —Essay on Villas, sod Notice of that of'Mr. Bo rOx. The Lite rary Part of this Number is almost wholly sup ". plied by 'Mr. PAPWORTH, an Aichitect de servedly eminent, and whose interesting Volume in Rural Residences is held in high estimation,: Some of the outlines are more finished than the rest, and all appear to be marked by neatness and fidelity. The Public thus become acquainted with structures, the merits of which are by no mans generally known ; and a Work resulting from the co-operation of such ingenious Artists as l‘lessrs. PAIEWORTH, PUGIN, and BRITTON, must Mghly contribUte to the improvement of the na tional taste in the noble Science of Architecture. tAST INDIA HOUSE. Yesterday n Quarterly General Court was held -at the East India House. HATLEYBURY COLLEGE. Mr: DOUGLAS Knr.w.map said that he understood at the last. General Court that the situation of llaileybury College was antler the consideration of the College Committee, and that a report hod been presented upon the subject, Ile was nortanxious to know if any step were intended to be taken on that report. The CHAIRMAN said that he was not instructed by the Vourr of Directors to make any communication on the subject. Ile was, however, happy to say, that the business of the Col lege was now going'on in a very satisfactory way. Alr. noun Las Kir:NAM). then gave notice of his intention, on a future day, to submit, in the form of a requisition (which, in fact, be had, prepared in the usual form, in his pocket), a resolution to the following effect • " That application be made to Parliament, in the ensuing isesaion, for the repeal of the filth clause of the Act of the s:id of Geo. 111., cap. 165, by which the Court of Directors is pro hibited from sending to India, in the capacity of writer, any person who shall , not have resided during four terms at the Ilaileybury College; and for introdncinginto the said Act a clause appointing a public examination, at such times, and under such regulations, as the Court of Directors, with the ap probation of the Board of Controul, may direct ; to which exa ruination, all persons shall submit their. acquirements and qualifications for approval, previous' to their being permitted to proceed in the capacity of writers, to either of the Presi dencies of Fort William, Fort L. George, or Boinbay. MONUM ENI"rO THE LATE C. GRANT, ESQ. Jolts Ssitl2H, Esq. M.P. rose, to cull the attention of the Ateettrig! to the subject for which they were Convened by Re- Tite Requisition was here read as follows " TO THE 110NOURABI.r. THE COURT OF 'DIRECTORS OF - THE EAST INDIA COMPANY. " GENT I.EmEN—We the undersigned, being Proprietors of Bast India Mock, duly qualified; request that the Quarterly General Court appointed to be holden on the 17th instant may he made Special, for the purpose of considering a proposition which will then he submitted, for erecting in the Perish Church of St. George ,',Bloomsbury. at the Company's expense, a Mo nument to the - Memory of the late Cli.ent,ES tiIIANT I Esq., with an Inscription expressive of the deep sense entertained of the loss which the East India Company has sustained by him death, and of the high estimation in which his diameter end 'services are held," The lion. Member observed he had long been a stockholder, :tliongh he had personally been little induced to interest himself in the affair); of the Company. Hotted not, however, been an inattentive spectator; and from observation he felt himself war. rented in proposing to the Court the erection of a monument to the late Mr. Grant in testimony of his service*, zeal, and fide. lity to the interests of the Company, for a period little short of half a century ; since, it would appear, that he entered the Com pany'w service in the year 1773 or 1774. In his early life he had been honoured with the esteem and confidence of the•lateillarquis Governor-General of India, whose eulogy on hint us the familiar epithet of " Honest Charles Grant," was; as gra tifying asp it Walt wimple and unaffected. From India, having returned with the highest recommendations to the Directory, he became a candidate for the honour in 1794, and finally a Director. About this time be took a very popular part in the East India shipping question, when the monopoly was agreed to be put down by opening the freights of vessels to general competition amongst the ship owners. Chi the accession of the Marquis Wellesley to the Governor-Generalship. Mr. Grant was offer ed a Seat hr the &prone Council, which, however, he felt in. disposed to wept, thinking he could more effectually serve the Company at' home ; a proof too that he wile isbose nil sordid views, and that money formed none of his inducements to pro tect the Company's best intereets. A similar disinterestedness marked his conduct on the memorable occasion Of the dieenesion of the question &interning abuse - of patronage. The result was, that in 11103 he betame 'Chairman of the Directors—a situation which he filled thrice. before his lamented death. With rate• mice to the conduct of this Gentleman on the subject ot' the 'proper education of young 'gentlemen setting put for our Indian posseesionte and the establishment of another College for their education—whatever might have been the diversity of opinion of its propriety, there could he no doubt that he acted from the Most conscientinus motives, and that much Wes due to the large share he took upon himself in the formation of the Institution. in the year 1803 O W Company applied to Parliament for relief. 'When in the Ifouse.Mr. Grant fleflUitte4 bitaaelgirlie the aide, • real, end unannpromiming champion of the Company, in such a &mintier as gave general satisfaction. Many 'of .the long and tlaborate actounte which appeared on the table were the re suit of his arduous labours. But the brightest portion of his career was that in which tic distioguiehedhimselfem the occasion of the late renewal of the Company's Charter.- (iii this -occasion 4t - , was impeasible not to admire his zeal, firmness, and'Ability; As in hpnesty few W.Cla . etpladii in respect to hi* duty no 'one could discharge his conscience More, faitlifelly or honour-' I'l4. 'lt was pos ible, on the occasion orthe :debates in Tar. plot;rsnerit.and in, that Court on the opening of the East India : trade, that lig hail allowed, himself to be carriedtoo far by the nature Of his own peculiar, the most conscientious views of the • subject.. This was the only 'CIVIC in which his aendments as *,Direetor did not meet with almost general approbation.—As a writerhe exhibited on most subjects ti ready pen and a fer tile head; In he united great honesty of purpose, with .!perseverance in the execution of every plan he had - formed.— During so long a period of services he had the singular rod fortune to mime of triumphant in every appeal to the tribunal of public opinion—that tremendous power, which as long as it swayed the Government and leading men of this country, must solder Britain the admiration and envy of surrounding nations. CHAS. FORDES, Esq. M.P. seconded the motion, and bore ample testimony to the merits of the (keened, both es a leading member of that Board, and an able and intelligent advocate in the Senate, where, though he had sometimes dissented from his °pinking, lie felt the highest respect for hi* virtue and integrity. Member &included by moving a Resolution. passive of the high sense eau-rosined of theerninent services of the let Charles Grant, Esq. who, tinting 30 years' service in this countr and 17 years' service in Indialiad , by hi a int e gri t y „. , zeal, and ability, conferred ott the Company the most important obligations, and etit4po4 biinsidf to their most greatful recollee e t te e ns, The Iteetelution further empowered the Court of Diree acorn to 'erect a marble monument to his nininory at the Corn ts.peitt,t in the Parish Church , of St. George, Blooms. bury, with an inscription expressive of the deep sense enter. Mined of the loss which the Company had sustained by his death, and the estimation in which his character and services were held : and further, that the Court of directors be instruc ted forthwith to carry the resolution into effect- Mr. 114.ourwsOi4E opposed the motion, on the ground that it would be grtipithoo the memory of Air. Grant a distinction which would : ll,a` invidious, because it had not been shown that he was,9titled by any -roarketlvre-eminealt services to ao , emi. mot #llistinction. • , 31.1-41010.-thooght it, would be highly improper to place the -claims of the-late Director on a' higher foundation than they fairly stood upOn. lie adiditted that his claims to the gratitude . of the East Inditf Conipanywere considerable; but he contended there Were fiftsi other individuals whom he could name who de served as well of the Company as he did. As to the merits attributed toMr. Grant respecting the renewal of the Charter, • on that occasion Sir Francis Baring certainly had more' than even Mr. Grant exerted his influence. There were even now some in the Court who had no superior ; and he would ask how, if they were not hereafter all to live in Marble, could the pro. posers of this monument contend that it would be unjust to his merits or ungenerous in the Court to refuse a monument to the late' worthy Director? He should conclude by reminding the Court, that this Gentleman, instead of being instrumental in putting down the Shipping Monopolist alluded to, had not be come a member of the Direction which took place in 1794. lle hoped, too, he should not be considered as a firebrand if he observed, that this precedent was not unlikely hereafter to create many jealousies and heart-burnings amongst the friends of those who might hereafter be refused a similar honour at the hands of that Court. NIA wishing to Meet the Motion by a direct nega tive, he should move the following amendment:--" That whilst the Court eipresseditselfconvinced of the zeal and assiduity of the late Director,'Mr. Grant, during aperiod of long service, it felt it very necessarY,„before it sanctioned such a resolutiOn, to take some time to consider whether it was desirable such a precedent ahOuld be adop'red, and therefore would postpone the consideration of the present motion to a more distant day." Mr. TWINING saw nothing invidious in adopting the reso lution ; because lie was convinced there was enough of worth in the character, and of value in the exertions of the deceased to entitle him to this distinction. Ile had hoped the circum stance of his almost sudden death whilst occupied in studying the interests of that Court, would have rendered this vote unani mous. " For my part," said he, " I deeply felt his losi . as a public man, and might add— • Multi; file flebilis occidit— NOR flebilior But he was by no means unprepared for the awful change, although occupied in the study of thetr interests; for though mature in years, he had been long ripe in every virtue which adorned the Christian or the man. Mr. GAIIAGAN opposed the Resolution, because in this case he could -not see there -was that pre-eminence of services per formed, which he recollected had been laid down as the only rule or justification .for granting public honours by the very Director whose monument was now the subject of discussion, on the. memorable occasion of Mr. Grant's opposition to erect a statute to Mr. Warren Hastings. Mr. CAUUUTIIERS had hoped the motion would have been carried by acclamation ; and lamented that any opposition should have been offered to a Resolution founded in Justice to departed worth and merit. Mr. SAMUEL DIXON and Mr. Sheriff LAURIE opposed the Resolution. Mr. IstPE sr thought the opposition perfectly natural, ginning from one of whom it might be said, in the language of Slick speare. It is his nature's plague to pry into abuses.—(A laugh.) —He had only one wish, and that was, that such men as the late Mr. Grant should be induced by every offer of honour or of dignity to enter the Direction ; because lie felt the period would soon arrive when talent and integrity alone could preserve the interests of the Company. J. Pr.oat 'Esq. M. P. considered this was a came where the merita of the departed individual were such as would justify the Court' in making It a precedent for a grant of posthumous • honours. Mr. D. kiNivAritn defended his Honourable Friend, Mr. flume, from any disposition to pick holes in the character of the late Honourable Direct Or. He opposed the proposition, as fraught with the most manifest inconvenience. Ile con cluded by strongly recommending the adoption of the amend:. ment. Mr. J. SUIT it, irr reply, said, he felt that the total devo tion of the time and talents of his deceased Friend to the in terests of the Company must in itself prove an answer to every objection which had been made to the Resolution be had proposed. The motion was put,' and pronounced by the Chair to be carried but Mr. Hume insisted on a division ; when there ap peared:- For the . motion 54 Against it "ii Majority —25 Mr. Smith's motion being thus carried, the Court adjourned. ON STEAM JEMOSTAT ( Prom the United States' Gazette.) Mr. Joseph Buchanan, of Hopkinsville, in Kentucky, has published . the description of a wonderful inven. tion, in the National Inklagencer : it is a Stearn-engine, con sisting of a capillary tube or more, arranged as a steam-goner- Moe. He calculates, that his contrivance will be, in all cases, 100 times more powerful than the steam-generator, and In large engines, :100 times. The weight of the furnace is to be deducted, as he Mies none. He thinks that it will supersede every species of unintelligent power for all purposes what soever, even for the ploughing of our fields. He contem plates its application to flying . through the air ; and 'states, that, for his machine, in . its flight, to employ a fifty horse power, it need not weigh three hundred pounds. The man ner in which he sums up its utility is astonishing. " When the winds are not unfavourable, the citizens of AVashington May attend dinner parties in Boston, and return home the same evening ; the mail can be carried in a day from the seat of Government to the most distant part of the Union and our merchants may . visit Europe, transact their busi ness, and return home in a week."—lf all 'this is, not il lusion, what - a wonderful mutation will the concerns Of mankind undefgo, through the means of steam. • Besides its wonderful' effect in civil life, in changing the prices of commodities, property, and labour, it will be apt to tear the sceptres from the hands of the Holy Alliance by chang ing the whole art of war : and hereafter, that curse will aban don the eatlli, and take its place in the air. We may congra• tulute ourselves that no time will be lost, after the theory shall be verified, in dispatching a few hundred of the eagles, made shot-proof, and properly furnished, to drive all the French but of Spain, who shall be found alive; and a few hundred more to the assistance of the Greeks, in like manner. NEWFOUNDLAND, Nov. 18.—On Tue May last, his -Excellency , Vice-Admiral Sir CIIMILIt9 HAMILTON, Bart., Governor and Commander in-Chief of this Island,' &c., etnbarke'd on board his Majesty's ship 'Ranger, Captain , rpiftEn, preparatory to his sailing for England. His ExclAlency was attended to the barge by all the civil and military anthorities, and the prin cilia! inhabitants of the town. Salutes were fired from Fort Townshend, &c, on the occaskin, The Ranger, having his Excellency's flag, sailed for Portsmouth ou Sunday morning, with the Feller gun-brig in company. I IftGawAY Ron#Eay.-08 Tuesday evening, as Mr. M EADOWS was returning to town from his country-house, at or near Newington-green, accompanied by his lady and their little daughter, in an open chaise, he was stopped by two fellows, in smockfrocks, within a short distance of town. One of them was armed with a cavalry pistol, which he presented at the gentleman, whilst the other seized the reins. Mr. Meadows de livered his purs, containing a Bank post-bill for 51., No. 2,475, three sovereigns, one half-sove. reign, and some silver. Having convinced them selves (bat there was some money in the purse, one of the men observed—" This will do,. your Honour !—We are not robbers by trade, you see, or we4hould demand your watch, and , the lady's, which w! can see hangs at her side, but we can't ,got workowd if we don't rob, we must starve," So sayinig, they adjusted the reins, and suffered Mr. Meadows to drive on. The robbery was soon after communicated to the road-patrol, who immediately went in ptirsuit of the robbers. — This is the, third robbery shut has been commit ted on this road within the last month. ) ) ( 1 . 11gfp , ,„11, tl i gtt. Aiy 7 `,% p MASONIC 10TICES FOIt NEXT WEEK. rwaLizin, Monday, Dec. 22, LowDox, Nos. 4, 46, 71, 104, 305, :121, 407. COUNTRY. Nos. WO, 360, 490, 546, 578. 597. Tuesday, - 23, Low oox. No. 349. co 1J NTRY. Nos. 38, 67, 87, 130, 145, 340, 427, 640. Wednesday, - 24, Lo ?TOON. i Nos. 2, 12, 235. Cour/Tax. Nos. 84, 215, 314. 414, 440, 442, 47i1, me, 561. Thursday, - 25, Christmas Day. • Friday, ---.26, LONDON. • • COUNTRY. Nos. • 53, 236, 283. -• • • Saturday, - 27, LONDON. COUNTRY. Nos. 492. IRELAND. Saturday, Dee. 27, CORE. No. 27. UPPER CANADA. MONTREAL, OCTOBER 1. ADDREES to the PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE Of UPPER CANADA, by JANES FITZ Gzatiox, Esq. Deputy Proyin- cial Grand Master. BrwrixnEw.—llaving disposed of the preliminary business of this Grand Lodge, I beg leave to address to you a few ob servations which have suggested themselves to my mind as de serving of our most earnest attention. • Believing that the 'principles of our Order Will have a most harmonizing effect upon the minds of the people of this Pro vince, composed as we are of persons of various creeds and countries, I beg to impress upon your minds the important con sideration, that Freemasonry is not, among us, of so much value for the purposes of revieving distress, (very little of a hich, thank God, is to be found in the. Province) as it is for the more important and God like purposes of teaching us to love one another; and to serve one another. Not that description of cold regard which is sometimes shown to preserve appearances, but that disposition of the heart which makes us feel pleasure in looking a brother in the face, and delight in proving our af fection to him by doing for him any and every service in our power. The prejudices of the world heretofore have been so great that we need not wonder some of them should now be found in the minds of many people in this Province. Our population being made up of persons of many nations, languages and re ligions, need we wonder at sometimes hearing the offensive terms of insolent Englishmen !, selfish Scot ! savage Irishman ! cunning Yankee ! And do we not all know most valuable characters of these several nations Without adverting to the national calamities which have grown out of these bad qualities of the human heart, we have abundance of evil to encounter in family feuds, in heart burn ing* between neighbours, in religious differences and dislikes between sects, and though last, not least, in political dissen tions.—Almost all the evils which arises from these causes might be prevented, by the exercise of Charity, of such charity as is described in the following words : " it is a principle of prevailing love ta,God, and good wily to men, which effectually inclines one endued with it to glorify' God, and to do good to others, to be patient, slow to anger, and ready to put Up" with wrongs ; to show kindness to all, and seek the gokid of others, though with prejudice to himself. A person endued therewith does not interpret doubtful things to the wont sense, but to the best ; is sorry for the sins of others, but rejoices when any one 'dtieli well, and is apt to bear with failings and infirmities ; and lastly, that his grace is never lost, but goes with us into another world, and is exercis ed there." It is the bounden duty of Freemasons to practise this charity --they see it in alight peculiar to themselveS, and their conduct should manifest to the world that their hearts are greatly in. fiuenced by it. In short, we should each be a blessing to his neighbour, and be not only happy ourselves, but the cause of happiness in those around us. For the best of us to be such, however, requires exertions. — The evil dispositions of the human heart float lightly upper most, and their fruit is easily produced ; but to bring our good ones into exercise—into permanent and profitable exercise, requires our best efforts. No doubt the making of such efforts is irksome and painful to man in his early practice of them ; but if he can command courage, or rather fortitude to perse 'vcre long enough, he will beoome a blessing to his family, to his neighbour, aild to his country, and above all to himself.-- Then will he ftiel,pleasure when he looks his brother in the face, and gratitude and love to the Most High God for making him an instrument in blessing his brethren. In furtherance of the foregoing, - I beg to' call your attention to another consideration, which at present I poiot out as only prospective. Let us all look forward to the time when the increase of our numbers and our means will enable . us to turn our attention to the furtherance ;of education, not only of the youth of the pro vince, but of all who may in any way be made more useful by it. A noble beginning has already been made by our Govern went; it remains for us to contribute by every means in our power to give full effect to the laws and regulations already established on this subject, which is of all others the most im portantlo the present and future happiness of the human race. I hope I shall live to see the day when the Fraternity shall be found, proceeding upon a wellorganized system, to give effect to Schools already established, to establish new ones whenever and wherever wanted s to fhe formation of libraries in every town and township, proceeding in short to make war upon ig norance, which is of all evils the greatest enemy of man, with a skill attd energy deserving of success. It is alone by the de struction of ignorance that the happiness we are capable of en joying here below can, under the Divine blessing, be effectually secured. Let the light of our good actions, my brethren, so shine as to guide our neighbours through the mazes of ignorance, to the regions of' truth and soberness, and mutual good Will. We are blessed with a Government and laws which dispense equal justice to all ; we possess civil and religious liberty in a degree never exceeded by any people, but I fear we do not al ways enjoy it. In the absence of all persecution from our rulers, do our people not sometimes persecute one another ? And are not such persecutions often more destructive of peace and happiness than those of an oppressive government? As suredly they are; for the acts of a government are not often felt, but the misery caused by our own bad passions, or by those of our neighbour, are ever with us, and therefore exceed every other beyond all comparison. Let us then, my Brethren, carry on our warfare, first of all, against the evil in, our own hearts, and having, by the help of God, succeeded there, we shall find that our neighbour has already observed our progress, and is, in all probability, profiting by our example. All at tempts at moral improvement, which do , not commen ce w i t h the Teachers, themselves, will produce few advantages, and their effects will be of short duration. The consideration of this single error, may, in a great degree, account for the little progress made in times past, towards subjecting the passions of men to the government of religion and of reason. I will conclude by affectionately entreating each Brother in .t ) 1 province . .all his affections, and to exercise them iii f . i impro nt of the mipds of his w ife, his children, 'and kit* individu'a'l in his family. ' - . ' Wore can he done - by parents towards the banishment of ig _. ~., ?mance and vice, than by all other Wa l tman name whatever.— The seeds of virtue or of vice are for .thb)plost part sown within the domestic circles; and we all know how much easier it is to prevent than to cure. If we were to confine alI our efforts to the iMprovement of our families, without regarding a single in. dividual else, we .would do infinite good to our neighbours, who could not help admiring our good conduct, and who , must be more or less prompted by it, to follow our example. Let no modest humble individual say, " I am too insignifi cant to be observed, and to have my example influence those around me." Such is not the fact. 1 have closely obsereed the ex , ereise of kind-heartedness and good will by individuals, even in • thi, humblest walks of life, and I have „ever found , it productive 1 of the happiest effects. Often has the brow of care been re bitted, and the suffering mind soothed by the benevolent ex-' pression of the countenance of a warm hearted man'; how much more cheering are the kind words and action of such a man ! Let us all, my Brethren, carefully and constantly cultivate these good dispositions, nor faint in our course, though we encounter neglect, ingratitude and scorn. Thus we shall contribute to the building up of a social edi fice in our Province worthy of the principles of our Order, pro ductive of infinite blessings to ourselves, and upbounded grati tude to the Great Giver of all good. JAMES FITZGIBBON. Dep)r. Provil. Grand, Muter. LOWER CANADA. On Wednesday, the Bth of October last, at 10 o'clock A. M.. Claude Denecheau, Esq. Provincial Grand Master of Free and Accepted Masons for the Districts of Quebec and Three Rivers, accompanied by the principal officers of the Grand Lodge at Quebec, met the Ilonourable William McGillivray and the Provincial Grand Officers elect, for the District of Montreal ; also the Members of the other Lodges in this city—at the City Tavern, in Quebec, where the address from Mr. Denecheau was delivered to the Brethren of this District, on hisrelinquish. tag his Masonic Authority over them—The Honourable W. McGillivray was then installed as Right Worshipful Grand Master for the District of Montreal, and the Borough of Wil. liam Henry ; after which a grand procession, consisting of the members of the Grand Lodge of Quebec, and those of the newly constituted Grand Lodge of Montreal, with the respective Lodges in this city, proceeded to the Protestant Episcopal Church, where an excellent Sermon was delivered by the Rev. B. B. Stephens, Provincial Grand Chaplain, from the Ist Epistle General of Peter, 24 chapter, 15th, 16th, and 17th verses. The Reverend Gentleman gave a clear and learned account of the progress of Masonary from the earliest ages to the pre sent time, and closed a discourse at once gratifying and instruc tive to his Brethren, and well calculated to remove any unfa vourable impressions relative to Masonry which might have rested on the minds of those present who did not belong to that Order. After the sermon a collection was made in aid of the funds of the General Hospital, when the sum of 501. a was collected. The procession then returned to the City-Tavern, where a letter was read from the Secretary of die Ladies Orphan So ciety, praying that some relief might be granted to that Insti tution as their funds had been not only exhausted, but that the society was in debt—notwithstanding the liberality with which the Brethren acted in the Church, a voluntary subscriptiouwas entered into, and the sum of 201. was collected in a few mo ments, making in the whole 701—a convincing proof of the be nevolent spirit which influences the conduct of the members of this most ancient and honourable society. At five o'clock the officers of the two Grand Lodges, and se veral other members from the Lodges in this City, sat down to an excellent dinner, which was served in good style by Mr. Clamp, and which reflected great credit on his taste—the wines and fruit were of superior quality and flavour. Several Masonic and Patriotic Toasts were drank, and a number of good songs were sang—the evening was spent in the utmost harmony, and the company seperated about eleven o'clock. The ADDRESS of cLAUDE DENECTIAU, Baq., ProvinCial Grand Master of the Ancient and Honourable fraternity of Free and accepted Masons in the district of Quebec and Three Rivers, to the Members of the different Lodges in the district of Montreal. BRETHREN—Before we proceed to the solemnities you are about to witness, it is my duty to acquaint you, that I have been notified, Through the proper channel, that it has been the pleasure of oui most Worshipful Grand Master, his Royal Highniss the Dukd r of Sussex, to erect and constitute the district of Montreal, and the borough of William-Henry, into a separate province of the Grand-Lodge. In Lower Canada there will therefore, in future, be two Masonic districts, viz. the district of Quebec and Three Rivers, and the district of Montreal. Over the former I shall continue to preside a► here tofore ; to the latter, our most Worshipful Grand Muter has been graciously pleased to appoint, as Provincial Grand Master, our brother, the Honourable William M'Gillivray, whose in stallation to the duties of his exalted post we are now to solem nize with Masonic honours. This measure of our most Wor shipful Grand Master must, Brethren, be the more agreeable to us all, as well because it has been spontaneously adopted by him at a time when the extension of Masonry required a subdivision of the labours hitherto sustained by the Grand Lodge held at Quebec, as because the chief direction of the newly erected Provincial Grand Lodge is intrusted to a Brother known. to us for many years, and whose worth cannot but shed a lustre upon the Craft. In taking leave of you, my Brethren of this District, I should be wanting in duty, were Ito omit this opportunity of acknow ledging the zeal and harmony which has unifcrmly charac terized the Lodges in this, as well as other parts of the pro vince over which I have had the honour to preside. I cannot better acquit myself of this last act of my Masonic duty towards you, than by recommending a perseverance in the same line of conduct as best suited to promote the noble and sublime put poses of Masonry. Let your lives but correspond with the principles it inculcates, and you will thereby give the best proofs of its excellence. That system cannot be vicious which produces good citizens and good Christians, and by this let our enemies be refuted. Upon the whole, I have every cause to express my unquali fied approbation of your conduct, my Brethren, as Malions, dur ing the time I have presided over you, and I feel confident, that our Brother 111‘Gillivray, will, in the important and solemn functions of the post which he is about to occupy, meet with a like brotherly and corresponding gisposition among the Lodges in the cause of the Craft. CLAUDE .DENECUAU, P. G. For Quebec and Three Rivers. • montreal, Oth October, 1823. PRICE 0 F STOCKS ONE O'CLOCK India Stock i India Bonds Ds. 84s. South Sea Stock .......... Old Annuities ............... Bic. Bills 56 54 Ditto Small ................... Bank for Act. ... . ........... India for Can. Acct 'Cons. for Acc. • Dt4 THIS DAY AT Bank Stock 229 3 per Cent. Ited Bsff 3 per Cent. Cons. - - shut 3i per Cent. 4 per Cent, f ( 1 1 d ...1004 ( New • 'shut 5 per Gents. 1797 Bank LonkAnn; 21 13-16ths 100P%3 Per Ce nts. • • --.~:- PRICE or FOREIGN STOCKS IN LONDON, Dec• la* ATsONE O'CLOCK. Fransli I Fire per Cepts. 91 t. gip, 3i per. (Sid per (,ents. 00. Five peieentS.(Metallic) 00. Ditto New 88k. Five per Cent. Bonds, 78) ex div. Five per Cents. (Metallic) 00. Five per Cent. Bonds, 1820, 00. Spanish Ditto ' 1821, 28f. Ditto 1823, 20. Prussian i Five per Cent. Bonds, 90). t Ditto New, 91i. Danish Five per Cent. Bonds, 981. Chili 601. • . Colombian Six per Cent. Bonds, 59). Peruvian . New' Loan, 00. Portuguese 14. I 1:111 ' , . Pilafs New, 4i. Bank Sfiares £22 105.—£23. Seven per Cent. 000. American Six per Cent. 00-000. Five per Cent. 00;-000. Three per Cent. 71). ituscian Noapolitan Austrian HIGH WATER AT LO TO-MORR° II .:: BR Morning, 13 min u t es a f ter 3 . I Even i ng , 34 i ninuteo after ••• THE SUN. SOLI] QUIS DIOERE PALSUAIiUDNAfr) LONDON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 15/31 ••••• •••••11.1.14•1. P have recei•ll••ved some of th e ariWg of Po Monday and the. Etoile of Tuesday. Their cc"' tents are so unimportant as not to afford " 1 article worth extracting, except the follow in g trifles : [From the Etolle of Tuesday.l MADRID, DEC. 8.--The King has conferred the title of Count of Ofalia on Dou Narcisie de II eredia, Minister of Grace and Justice. The King has accepted the gift of 22,269 reals offered by the Cure of Zafra for the wants of the State, and has ordered that the Cure shall 1 . 0 thanked in the name of his . Majesty, and thot honourable mention of the act shall be made ir t the Madrid Gazette. ----- By the Flanders Mail we have receive ( ' 3 variety of foreign Journals, from one of which extract the following article, as illustrating the policy of Austria in relation to the q uondam I" - Evasions of Spain in South Atnericat -- ti A., Nov. 17.—1 t is generally affirmed that the Aus• trian Cabinet refuses to Interfere in die affairs of South lt Merics, and merely offers its good offices to abet an Wiliest/1e A,' rangement between the Colonies and the Mother CoW ;l ' .-- , In fact, the Austrian Empire, not being a Maritime 11/4)°" cannot have the same interest in this affair no ituois and France. Russia, following its system of orp oitiett to the Naval preponderance of England, must seek to make new acquisitions to the prejudice of its rival; and Prance m ot endeavotr to repair the loss of the Isle of France and St. Domingo, and open new markets f or the immense pro' duce of her industry, especially in South A merica, whets England has greater advantages than any other nati°ll''' It is said that Prince Metternich, immediately on his return 0 Lemberg, sent instructions to the Austrian Ambassador at Pari s ; and to Count Brunetti, Minister of his Imper ial Majesty s Madrid, relative to the Political System adopted by Aus tria ' the subject. ttihor uulhafi FrenchmennaenvPt atyneh Pri v ate ape is,vualat occupationt l e l n e ag t r e t t hetrso been r s . t t a rhg t Feee othatFrench 11 t e : ! c e o) t i t r terms s : :i n ili I I : of -.—L rfo — iatintiriliteci)dyh a a a cr n v pa e todos s ine o za,:t yioF iniquito usl yaiglaugear garrisonas cßasra s ti t r.h t c b aes d gle u eob e nna d aas ~, t i AF e al i c i raoi n :ifi r :,: e a:c ' v, .1,0 ( .1) i je ci re: , t onti Valencia! France is to pay these troop' " t ' be usual rate of the peace establishment; but all the extra charges incidental to a foreign ser' ice ' a b m y o s u p n a t in of t w T hi h c u h s :s th e e n n o , rmous, are to be de " . he King o f FRANCE and hi t s he lVl P :i f s e t s r s 7 :: 't111:1:°11° ;1 m wh ic hen e m heeuwt was t r eated the t re at w ed ar, that they des i l: ret to s ol f i t" liberate FERDINAND VII. from a fli cti°ll , „ 0 0 ' as a prisoner; i Jo professions, and all the solemn ssursece" to a ot oo 0 quently given by them of their inteo ll . a wl . take military possession of any par t of W in oei 0 the ostensible object of the war shook! O le ,1, 1 10 0 accomplished, are openly and sbarnefthi v il " lo g This is nothing more than we bov a ° • cor e re i'' anticipated, and indeed our Readers 8 ro w i. o that at the time the profession s and P . I as we h of the French were so liberally' ... if hich r uniformly treated them with the Oev a si c° I , °II M their obvious insincerity merited. P f a t ed li re nisters, in their places in Parliament, d able' alleged their reliance on the moderate ati 0 00 0 t their E ll ~,, terested views of France as one 0 , b . pry for adopting a neutral policy, an d it il t:with in :timed that they will t h ere fora b il itn r es t i b e ff pr" meat* dignation the perfidious disrefiffr ° -, Govern fessions evinced by the frencn , i t ar' loge., t 1" We have received from en ° Le , 00 0 un unica tl° C 4 ' respondent at. Paris a long cell in o:st t givi n g ' subject of the fetes at prese t