The Sun.
London, England, 1824-10-21 00:00:00

IMPORTATION OF GRAIN.

According to Accounts recently printed by
order of the (louse, of Commons, there have been
imported into England and Scotland the follow.
ing quantities of Grain and Flour in the years
specified :

- • Corn and Grain. Meal and Flour,
Quarters. Cwt::.
• Year ending Oct. 10, 1819 ...•1,005,020
1020 —1,254,480
1821 .. 1,822,419
•1822 .. 1,089,270 345,590
1823 ... 1,242,093 .. . 510.282
And in'the Half Year ending sth 4111,-1824-605,787 quar-
ters and 152,868 ewts. • . '
There-have,been exported from England and
Scotland to Ireland :-
Corn and Grain. Meal and Flour.
Quarters. ewtv.
Year ending Oct: 10, 1919.....10,554. 3,335
11120 4,976
11121...... 8,630 344
1822 ...... 36,389 62,915
1823 17,653 ' 405
And in the Half Year ending April 5, 1024-31,3911 quarters
and-642-cwt.

SAILING OF TfIE COLUMBUS.

(From the Quebec Gazette.)

QUEBEC, SEPT. 6.—The large timber ship, the
Columbus, of 3,700 tons, sailed yesterday (the sth inst.) about
two o'clock p.m. She was towed by the Hercules steam tow.
boat, and touched the ground in coming up from her anchor-
age at the falls, when nearly opposite the upper end of the
island of Orleans, and remained there nearly one hour. The
water about this place is very shallow and of unequal depth, and
the circumstance of her grounding naturally created great
alarm; fortunately the tide had still to flow, she again floated,
cad rounding the point of the island, went out of sight about
five o'clock. She had been ready for sea since Monday last,
but the weather, the difficulties attending the raising of her an.
hhors, and the demand on the part of some of her crew for
igher wages, and their leaving the ship, had hitherto prevented
her sailing. She draws only 23 feet of water, and'her crew con-
sists of 80 men. The tow.boat goes down with the Columbus
as far as the Bic, about 180 miles below. Some precautions
have been taken to calk and otherwise secure the Hercules against
the heavy weather she may have to encounter, and her power,
' as a steam-vessel, adapted for towing ships below the ports
as well as above, and even for navigating the gulf, will be tried,
and once known, may, when circumstances:admit of her being
thus employed, be taken advantage of. We have no doubt
that she will succeed well. It is intended not to proceed with
the COlumbus at night, while in the river; nor wtll it, we un-
derstand, be attempted to tack while in the river. She-will,
however, move against a strong head wind, with the tide in her
favour, -by the use of the tow-boat, and with five or six days of
ordinary weather, it is • probable she will reath she gulf. AI.
though extremely clumsy in her shape, we understand, she
obeys her rudder pretty well, and is not what is termed a very
crank ship. All on board appear confident-that she will easily
and safely reach her destination; she will, however, we
should imagine, be frequently exposed in stormy weather to
ship heavy seas, must strain a good deal, and in a severe gale
might be in great danger of falling over on her beam ends.
Mr. Charles Wood, the builder,_ goes home in her, and re-
turns vie the United States early in the winter, to superin-
tend the constructinn of another vessel of a similar description,
but of larger dimensions. 'This new vessel Is already laid down,
and some activity prevails at the ship-yard. Her dimensions
are about 320 feet-on 'deck, which •is the same length as the
Columbus, but sixty feet in width, that is, ten feet broader,
and about five feet deeper, or about thirty-five feet in depth.—
It is stated that she will be completely loaded when on the stocks,
and be ready for sear'-very soon after' being launched, which
will be early next spring, The Columbus was seen this morn-
ing at one o'clock ty the True Briton, off' the upper end of
Crane Island. Exclusive of the Columbus, there have this
season been launched nine vessels at Quebec, and two in Mon-,
tree!, besides two steam-boats at the latter place. There are
on the stocks six more in Quebec, and four in Montreal,
which, it is probable, will go to sea this fall, making, includ-,
ing theColumbus,.22 vessels,--which will have been sent 'to sea;
from this province at the close of the navigation. The Colum-
bus is near'4,ooo tons; the others may perhaps average about
250 tons ; which would give a total of 9,250 tons, - And at the
price of 71. 10s., the value -of exports in this way would be
69,3751. There is every appearance that ship-building will be
more brisk in the ensuing -winter than it was during the- last ;
and 18 vessels, including those now building, it is thought, will
soon- be on the, stocks at Quebec. and its neighbourhood.

Among the other gracious acts with which the
present King of TRANCE commences his career,
lie has granted a pension to the family of
pal, a Frenchman, who was condemned to hard
labour for life, so long ago as the 7th March
.1819, upon false testimony, w hick was detected
by the node energy and•perseverance of Itispal's
wife. Thsugh a simple villager of Dunieres, her
spirit arose above the most trying of all mis-
fortunes, tnd in her sympathy with suffering in-
nocence, vhile her unfortunate husband was la-
bouring mare under the sense of injury to his
character han the fatigue of body, she travel.
led to and fro, from Auvergne to Paris. Not
knowing Inw to read or write, she epistle(' day
and night to learn enough to confer with her
Counsel ; tnd sacrificing all the little money
she bud, her rest and constitution, to the
one object of till her thoughts, she has at
length been able to bring the criminal (her
husband's accuser) to public justice. His
name As ?gracile, a miserable wretch, most
justly. condenmed, by the law of retaliation, to
the same punishment which his perjury had in.
flirted upon the innocent ltispal. Though, how-
ever, the form of punishment is the same, it is
more than retaliation in spirit ; for Rispal,,poor
fellow had the testimony of an approving eon.
science to support him during his five years suffer-
ing; but what must be the agony of Pey niche, who
in all his hard labours, will have to bear none
more laborious and excruciating than the thought
that he has richly deserved his fate, for having
exposed an innocent man to the same punishment
with the guilty. Itispal might even be happy at
times in the comparison, and at least resigned, if
he is a religious man, to the dispensation of provi-
deuce, unequal as it must have appeared to him—
happy, we say, at least in the comparison with
the wretched false accuser, with whom even when
at large, and enjoying the fruits of his calumny,
the long
ifidillialtoliiiffnetaaiminsviediCirlasyntpyot isfsVujilaitsiyvtsiiiobi;iiissthe must
contrast
lie would not have exchanged conditions during
have thought
with himself,
" The Spirit
whether natural or brought on him lways
bittlyitfit and fetters.
46 wounded spirit who can bear ?" There
but a
are wounds incurable by an. power on earth—
affecting deeply both the heart and the head ;
while all the rest of evils which we bring not
upon ourselves, though very trying to the spirits,
and at certain melancholy seasons almost enough
to cast them down, yet we may be able with a
strong and deep sense of religion within us, and
a firm conviction of a power above who permits,
if not ordains,- them for same good purpose—to
bear up against them all till the day come, if not
here, yet hereafter it will surely come. Then,
as in the case of Itispal, all the clouds about our
innocence shall be dispersed, and we shall only
look with compassion upon the malignant ene.
mies our perjured accusers, upon whom shall
then be retaliated, however we may wish to save
thetni all the mischief and the evil infinitely more,
intolerable than that which they Wive(' with
such malignity to bring upon ourselves.

Mr. -FAUNTLEUOY.—The Sheriff•;, of Middle-sex are. said to lie not less disposed than the Ma..
gistrates have already been to allow Mr. Faunt-

leroy a reasonable measure of accommodation,
as far us this can be granted consistently with the
regulations of the gaol of Newiate, and the cir.
cumstances of his situation. They have directed
Mr. Wontner, the Governor, to have him placed
in one of the rooms usually occupied by a prin-
cipal turnkey ; it is between 20 and 30 feet in
length, and about 12 feet wide, on the first floor,
quite in the interior part of the orison, and is a
place of perfect security. It is suppose&that
persons will be appointed to remain constantly
with him, as was the case at •the House of Cor-
rection. The motive ror adopting suck a course
of vigilance cannot be misunderstood ; but it is
said that those who have been in the habit of con-
versing with him,
and of observing Iris conduct
and state of -mind since .his confinement, have
come to the conclusion that there is little ground
for apprehending the occurrence of that which is
so cautiously guarded against, if even opportunity
were afforded. his own immediate friends are
decidedly of the same opinion.—(,'forning Paper.)

Rear-Admiral ITALGAN has recently presented
to the King
Louvre, a lion
Famicc, for the Museum of the Louvre,
ion, in marble of •Paros, which was
found buried in the Phelean Fields, between
Athens and Cape Susium, and which he brought
from the Levant. This lion is said to be one of
the finest specimens of Creek sculpture of the
period when it was wrought. The Rear-Admiral
has also enriched the public antiquities with an
Egyptian mummy, in a state of, perfect preserva-
tion. His MAJESTY, in testimony of his satisfac-
tion with M. HALGAST has ordered several ar-
ticles of Sevres ,porcelain to he seat to him.

At about four o'clock, r. at., on the 25th of February last,
the Fraternity of Free Masons, in and about Calcutta, met
at the old Ilindoo College, Bow Bazar, for the purpose of
laying the foundation stone of the New College.
Each Lodge being opened by its respective Officers, brother
Paton arranged the procession, which about five o'clock began
to move on towards the site of the new foundation in Potuldun-
ga-Square. The following was the order of the procession—
each Lodge being preceded by its Tyler and Banner.
Musick.
Grand Marshall
LODOF 5.
Lodge Courage with Humanity.
Aurora Lodge.
Marine Lodge.
Humility with Fortitude.
True Friendship.
Industry and Perseverance.
Star in the East.
Superintendant of the Building with the Plan.
(Prov. G. Lodge.)
Grand Tyler.
Golden Mallet, carried by a Brother.
Three Silver Cups with Wine, Oil and Corn, by three ditto.
Golden Compasses, ditto.
'Square Level'Plumb, by three ditto.
Grand Secretary carrying the Silver Plate.
Grand Treasurer carrying Phials.
P. G. Sword Bearer.
Holy Bible, Square and Compass, carried by a Brother.
Chaplain.
Sen. Grand Deacon Jun. Grand Deacon.
Sen. Grand Warden. Jun. Grand Warden.
Provincial Grand Master.
with

Deputy Prov. Grand Master,
Two Grand Stewards.
The crowd of Natives and Europeans that flanked the streets,
was dense in the extreme. Carriages and buggies blocked up
all avenues to Potuldunga-Square, excepting that through
which the Brethren moved, which-was guarded by constables
and soldiers, who kept off the multitude from pressing too
much.
The music on entering the area, drew up on the East after
passing the Pedestal, and continued to play the Apprentices
tune, until all the Lodges had taken their place in square, on
the west, south and north sides. The Provincial Grand Lodge
halted on the east of the stone, and the P. G. Master took his
seat at the Pedestal, supported by the Dy. P. G. M. Grand
Chaplain, and Sen. G. Deacon on kis right, and P. G. Wardens
and other Grand Officers on his left ; the Cups, Square, and
other implements of the Craft, were then placed on the table ;
the Bible, Square'and Compasses resting on the pedestal. The
Reverend Brother Bryce then advancing offered up a solemn
prayer to the great Architect of the Universe. At this junc-
ture the scene had truly a sublime character. In the square area
stood the Brethren of the mystic Institution in their badges and
jewels of ceremony, listening bare-headed to the impressive in-
vocation going on. As far as the eye could reach, it met tiers
above tiers of human faces, the house tops in every direction
being crowded to cramming by the natives, anxious to have a
view of the imposing scene. Behind the Brethren standing in
square might be seen many Ladies and Gentlemen of the first
respectability.
After the prayer, the Coins were deposited, after which a
silver plate, bearing the following inscription, was deposited by
R. W. Brother Blacquire, Deputy Grand Master.
In the Reign

Of His Most Gracious Majesty George the Fourth, under the
auspices of the Right Hon. Win. Pitt Amherst,
Governor General
of the
British Possessions
in India,
The Foundation Stone of this Edifice,
The Hindu College of Calcutta,
was laid by
John Pascal Larkins, Esq.
Provincial Grand Master of the Fraternity of
Freemasons in Bengal,
Amidst the acclamations
'Of all ranks of the native population of
This City.
In the presence
Of a numerous Assembly of the Fraternity
and _
Of the President and Members of
The Committee of General Instruction
.on the 25th day of February, 1824,
and the /Era of Masonry, 5824,
which may God prosper.
Planned by B. Buxton, Lieut. Bengal Engineers.
Constructed by William Burn and James
Mackintosh.
(On the reverse side.)
Auspice Summo et Honoratissimo Domino GO. Pitt,
Amherst, Barone Amherst de Montreal, Summo totius India
Prasfeeto Musis Intlicis destinatta Academia lapidein hunc fun-
dament= posuit. Insignissimus vir, Johannes Pascal Larkins,
Armiger Architectonttni Bengolen slum Summus Magister,
astantibus viris insigniss finis lEdium arehitectonicarum Ma.
Ala4;istris et Cust odibus Necnon Eruditioris Popularis Cura.
wrum Preside et Adscriptis.
J. H. Harrington, Pro. H. Mackenzie.

J. P. Larkins,
W. B. Martin,
w. 15. Bayley.
11. Shakespeare.

11. T. Prinsep,
J. C. C. Sutherland,
A. Stirling,
H. U. Wilson.
Armigeris.
Architecto B. Buxton Mil. Subrofecto.
JEdificatoribus Gul. Burn at Jac. Mackintosh,
.Anuo Georgii IV. Regis.
Saluda Humane AIDeCCXXIV.
Maxis, Gunge, tuis qute jam vovere Britanni
Iliac tibi, pacata flumina, dona Fero:
Scilicit luec domito surgunt orinte trope a
Tutaque sub nostro Barhitis ense Ir:fret
Tu neque illoslemiciposthue Mandata tyranni
Spicule nec funditqute Maharatta time;
Tempas adest partriis tandem indulgere catntenis
Et nostrum artes discere tempus adest :
Sic de:num gemini, diverso in littore, fratres,
Mente, mane similes Indus et Anglus erant.
After Brother Blaquiere had duly placed the mortar, the
. W. Grand Master advanced, and the stone suspended by
pulps was lowered into its place, and anointed with corn, oil
and wine, in the usual manner. Observes our Brother of the

liurkarn;—
" Thus ended-the ceremony, and after its -conclusion, the
Worshipful Grand Master addressed the assembled thousands
to nearly the following effect :
" Gentlemen-4n the name of the fraternity of free and ac-
cepted Masons, and for myself individually, I beg to return
you our thanks for your presence on this occasion. Although
the ceremony just gone through, and the stone thus laid, are
only incipient of the building which will arise from it, yet I
.v.iew it with much_pleasure,.as the fore4tumer of Education in