The Sun.
London, England, 1825-05-26 00:00:00

GENERAL MACQUARRIE.

The high respect, esteem, and regard, in whEch
this Gentleman was held during his admirable
government at Sydney, induce us to feel much.
pleasure in the opportunity of inserting the
following tribute to the' .general merits of his
character:—
From the (Sydney) Australian, Nov. 11, 1823.
At a PUBLIC MBETIN(. held this day, as by
Advertisement, at the residence of Jou) Thomas CAMP-
HELL, Esq. J. P., on the occasion of the report recently re-
ceived as to the lamented decease in July last of the late
Governor of this Colony, Major-General MACQUARIE ;
The Honourable the Judge-Advocate NV YLDE, on the una-
nimous call of the meeting, having taken the chair,

It was unanimously resolved-
1. That the Friends of the late Governor Macquarie do
assemble at the Court Nonce, in Sydney, at ten o'clock in the
forenoon of Sunday, the 14th instant, for the purpose of pro-
ceeding.; to Divine Service at the Church of St. Phillip, in the
.order of a funeral procession, to be arranged by a Special Com-
mittee, to consist of the following Gentlemen :—John Thomas
Campbell, Esq, J. P. ; John Piper, Esq. J. P. ; and William
Charles Wentworth, Esq.
2. That the bells of St. Phillip and St. James' Churches be
set to toll muffled, at sun rise and before sun set, on the Thurs-
day, Friday, and Saturday, the 11th, 12th, and 13th instant,
and at sun rise on the Sunday morning following, as also dur-
ing the time of the procession moving to the Church.
3. That the Reverend William Cowpsr, the Senior Assistant
Chaplain, during the whole period of the late Governor's Ad-
ministration, be solicited to preach a sermon on the mournful

occasion.
4. That the Friends of the late Governor go into and continue
in mourning for a period of, at least, one month from Sunday
the 14th instant.
5., 'That a Subscription be immediately opened and entered
into for the erection of a dignified Monument, on some con-
spicuous site in the town of Sydney, in honour of the late
Governor, with proper inscriptions, to record the deep and
grateful respect in which his public character and memory are
held in the Colony.
6. That a General Committee, consisting of twenty-three
Members (of whom not fewer than five Members to be a quo-
rum, holding their meetings at Sydney), be appointed for
carrying the general objects of the Subscription into effect.
7. That the General Committee, communicating to his Ex-
cellency the Governor in Chief the resolutions adopted by the
present Meeting, do solicit a grant of his Excellency of govern-
ment ground in some proper selected place in the town for the
site of the proposed Monument.
H. That the General Committee be authorised to call for and
to offer premiums for proper designs and plans of the proposed
Monument, with liberty either to adopt, or reject, in whole or
in part, such designs and plans as may be submitted to them.
9. That the General Committee do call, upon due previous
notice, a Public Meeting of the Subscribers, for the approval
of the design and plan to be then recommended by the Corn-
nrittee ; and that the erection of the proposed Monument be
not begun until such General Meeting of the subscribers shall
have approved of the.design and plan then to be adopted.
10. That this Meeting do solicit John Thomas Campbell,
Esq. to act as Treasurer, in respect of the Subscriptions for the
proposed Monument.
11. That Subscription Lists he left at the Bank, and at such
other places as may be appointed by the General Committee.
12. That the names of the Subscribers, with the amounts of
their respective Subscriptions, be published, from time to time,
in the Sydney Newspapers ; and that the General Committee
make a quarterly report of their proceedings to the subscribers.
13. That an address of condolence to Mrs. Macquarie, the
widow of the late Governor, be drawn up by the General Corn-
mittee ; and that the same be afterwards forwarded to Sir
Charles Forbes, Bart. M.P., soliciting him, as one of the most
intimate friends or the late Governor, to have the same duly
presented to that Lady on the part and in the name of the
Subscribers.
14. That this Meeting do now adjourn to and hold a Meet-
ing at the residence of John Thomas Campbell, E,q- at ten
o'clock in the forenoon of Monday the 15th instant.
The Judge. Advocate being requested to leave, and Captain
Piper to assume the chair,
It was unanimously resolved—
That the thanks of this Meeting be gives to the Judge Ad-
vocate for his conduct in the chair.
The Judge Advocate having resumed the chair, and acknow-
ledged the honour done him by the above resolution, the
Meeting adjourned.
JOHN .WrLDE. 'Chairman.
Sydney, sth November, 1024.

Bank of New South Wales, 9th Nov. 182 t
NOTICE.-011 Saturday next, the I 3tli instant,
ale Bank will be closed, out of respect to the Memory of our
hAte Governor, Major-General Macquarie, the Founder of the
Institution.
By order of the Board of Directors,
A. K. 3iACKENZIE, Secretary.