The Sun.
London, England, 1821-10-11 00:00:00

FRE EIVIASONR Y.

MASONIC NOTICES FOR NEXT WEEK.
Monday, October 15, LONDON. Nos. 1,8, 14, 15, 22, 134;
. 293, 308.
COUNTRY. Nos. 20, 72, 102, 219, 311,
360,.423, 509, 510, 521,
583, 597.
- 16, LONDON. Nos. 33, 42, 2C6.
COUNTRY. Nos. 87, 127, 130, 151,
167, 170, 134, 199, 340,
• 385, &32, 544, 551,`'840-
Wednesday, - 17, LoNt•oN. Nos. 56, 2:25, 309.
COUNTRY. N 05.95, 105, 124, 146, 207*
229, 339, 342, 465, 480,
437, 529, 543, 581, 678,
• 711.
- 18, LONDON; Nos. 152, 274, 284, 333:-
House Com. Fern; Sch.
at 11.
COUNTRY. Nos. 51, 113, 115, 171, 20,
416, 451, 453, 468, 469,
506, 511, 561, 657, 670'
- 19, LONDON. No. 493. : '
COUNTRY. Nos. 28, 30, 55, 193, 470,
600, 646.

Tu et,day,

Thursday,

Fliday,

Saturday, 20, LONDON.
COUNTRY. No. 64

FOR THE SUN.

Mn. EDITOR,--I have observed; with great pleasure, the
Portion of your columns dedicated to 3lasOnry every .Thur
and as it may n't be uninteresting.to your Masonic Readers td
see how highly their predecessors in ancient times were est ...cfrieq7.
and how much more valuable their work was considered then
that of ordinary Illasons, I be;. to present them with. the 'for;
lowing es tract from an account of " the rates of wages of ser-
" vants, labourers, and artificers, set down and assessed. at Okc"
" ham, within the County of Rutland, by the Justices of Peace.
" there, the 2t3th day of April, A.D. 1610,"' communicated to
the Society of Antiquaries in London, from which it appear
that the wages allowed to a FREEMASON' and a Roughmas°3
are as follows :

" A kreernason which can draw hit 4 plot,
work, and set accordingly, having charge
over others—Before Michaelmas -

With Withoug
cat-

Bd. 124•
GI 1 Yd.

After Michacirnas

" A rough Mason, which cp take charge
over others—Before Michaelmas - -10 a.
After Michaelmas - - 4d.
Thus it seems that a FIIEEILASON was allowed in 1610, by
the Justices in Rutlandshire, one-third more for his wages the'
a rough or UNINSTRUCTED Mason.

I am not aware what Monuments of their art the.Freemasorls
of that day have left in the County of Rutland, but if they had
the good fortune to be directed. in their operations by as able'
;zealous, and experienced a MasTErt or THE Worts as till
present Prey. Grand Plaster for that County, I am sure that
there must be m:rlry remains extant to-prove them worthy of the
reputation which the fraternity had then acquire.' for their gregt
skill and taste in Architecture, and• their knOwledge• of scier'el
and the useful arts in --general ; and I think I do not prewlie
too much in saying that it would be highly interesting to di'
Brethren to receive,-through the-medium- of your exe=liel/t
Paper, some account of them, and of the present state qt. the
Craft in that Province.

HAVANT, OCT. 9, 1821.
• Arcimelogia, vol. 11. p. 203.

U.

ELHATUINI.—In the " Foreign Intelligence" yesterday, uodcr
the head of " Frankfort," 4th line from the bottom of t.
paragraph, far " (IREEK Powers," read " Gr.EAT rOWCIS.

• PRICE OF STOCKSTHIS DAY AT TWELVE OCLOCIC.
Bank Stock shut 1 5 per Cent. Navy Ann.— 1101
3 per Cent. Re 1. shut India Bonds ty;s, ti -
.3 per cant. Cons. .... ....... 77A i Exchey. Bills,. ' • 3 4 Pr:
3,. pertent shut Colts. for Account ......... 7/.., d:
4 per Cent. • shut Ditto fur November .... „ ... 'teti

11iGHAVATER AT LONDO:
Ainrning, 31; minutes after 2. 1

'N BRIDGE TO-MORROW •
1 Evening, 59 minutes..,a.fo:r

THE SUJso

SOLEM OUIS DIC4RE FALSUM ATIDEJT

LONDON,
THURSDAY, OCTOBER ii,.iagl•

STOCK EXCHANGE.-The report of the Quar"
ter's Revenue being productive has had stn.°
effect this morning on the Market, as well as the
report that a large sum of money will in a few
days come into circulation, by the Rani—pa:7ll4
the dividends, which has caused the Funds ")
Consels opened this morning at 77413 f(lr
money, and 77.1 for the account. and for the De'''‘

rise.

account 78-4.

It is just reported on Change, that the stir-
plus of the Revenue this Quarter is upwards 0f
400,0001. • The Bank paying the dividends
da.yin Bank:Stock will throw into the..Marl“t
near 809,6004 •

-The French Papers. of Monday• arrived this
day, the contents of which:will be found -in •ouil
preceding columns: ' The iitformafion't-hey' gtve
.respecting the state of the yellow fever in
is 'very unfavourable ; but_ it . is hoped that
cool " winds now prevalent, as well as the :or
proaching winter, Will have the effect of freeing.,
that country ?corn a -disorder, apparently of 4,
more malignant character than the plgue itself'

[Extract of a Latter front Boston; 9th sipt.l :
Our Papers having staled that the school''.
Alligator had followed from _Sierra, Lc.ortt'- , !-
chased a large schooner, having on beard
,slaves, which escaped by superior sailing, .1 a'r.;
•to-inform you that the above account was
wards found to be incorrect., as such an, occur,'
rence would be deemed verfextiaordinary, c°
ill". •
sidering the ground taken by Great Britain
regard to.the Slave Trade ; and 1 can riciw
upon the authority of the Commander of the
Alligator, that he neither heard of nor chased, t
any such vessel. 11

We are glad to observe that since THE SUN
contained. several articles on Political EconornYel
the other public Papers have began to pay M"

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`rd_ New England Coffee-louse, Oct. 14
" a. " Treasury ,Ch4inbers, Aug. 20.
eth,,ri.E3rEN—With reference to youriwe Reports of the
°I- Jlme last, on the subject of relaxing the lawin favour of
A,ll"ts, I am commanded by the Lords Commissioners of his
aiesty's
Treasury to acquaint you that my Lords concur with
:Y0,14 as to the
expediency of relaxing the Law of 57 Geo. 111.
41'• 33. in favour of Galliots above 50 tons, and classing them
2th quare-rigged vessels ; and I am to desire you will cause the
;reaft 01.
a Clause to be prepared for that purpose, and govern
arselves accordingly, until the pleasure of Parliament shall
he known.
• " GEORGE HARRISON.
`` To the Commissioners of Customs."
1-1 Y d'

'vet, •
spatches received at Lisbon from the,Go-
th:"r A
of Marantram, it appears, among other
c°nags, that he had Objected to the basis of the
bstitution being sworn to in that Province,
pith se, it had not been transmitted officially to
4if.:l, and that his opposition. had been the occa-
pubrof tumultuary proceedings by which the
Yerttorlc tranquillity was disturbed. The late Go-
arriv of the Azores, General Stockier, having
\va,;eo in the TaallS at the latter end. of August,
11,1,; "roediately confined in St. Julian's Towerl~a,
he to be detained until matters than.
hol'te en prepared for his trial, care being taken,
as ii.,:evr) to provide him with such conveniences
heal-,11/' be requisite for the 'preservation of his
d
that'd; The Portuguese Cortes have decide
idleolbers of the Council 'of State cannot be
a PaPNClrolllit;4 tO any other office or situation ; ordered
Provi vi
-"al Government to be organized in, the
Coo (Le of Pernambuco, and decreed, in opposi-
ad.,to the
system of Election adopted by the
the cI4 Legislature in 1812, that the Members of '
as • °L,rtes shall be elected directly by the people
without intermediate Electoral
rt~ggeCc,'ies or and'Col leges.—plorning Post.)
tar y be "Like of Yonx yesterday transacted mili-
HeAs,iness at the Horse. Guards.
viiilto 1 Highness the Princess AUGUSTA
r Ya
land, "'de at Frogmore/ after her return to Eng-
Aecn„.
%crib -,kllng to the Dublin papers, the sum sub-
his ivi'd for the national testimonial in honour of
10, AJl;slr's visit amounted on the 4th inst. to
Ifois.BA sd. 7
•
Vte of JAAVY.—At eight o'clock on Thursday morning the
fice-Admir-1 Griffith Colpoys was hoisted on board his
°i
rd
ship New" castle, Capt.-Fanshawe, as Vize-Aditural
'!arb '"i'le! and was saluted by all his Majesty's ships in the
scitur:---(llalifax Free Press.)
%izhictitc or DiAmoNns..----A most valuable
made, urynonds set in jewellery has been
the e "Y an officer of the Customs of Dover,
4rnount WhiCh would have been a hand-
tateud e f°rtune. The pa riles for whom they were
granted themselves the favour to take
'al to
ortat• pieces, which renders them liable to ex-
i°lll which has been acceded to, and the
1141..5. - Oficer has been allowed one thousand

than usual attention to the conclusions of that
interesting and important science, and although
the assumptions and reasonings of their Editors
are often exceedingly fallacious, yet the agita-
ti_nn of them is beneficial, since the detection of
error is not unfrequently attended by the disco-
very of truth. There is one little work, 7'he
-Economist, almost exclusively devoted to the dis-
cussion of practical principles in this science,
which it treats in a plain, familiar, and intelli-
gible manner, and which we take the liberty
Of recommending to the attention of our
Readers. One of the Sunday Newspapers has
also begun to give a regular weekly Essay on
Political Economy ; but we forbear to mention it
by name, as it has committed the impropriety of
assuming the title of " The Economist " for the
head of its weekly essays, though it surely can-
not be ignorant that a publication under the
game name regularly appears every Satur-
day. We hope, after this hint, that the
Sunday Paper alluded to will adopt some
other .title. for its. useful lucubrations, and
redeem itself from this (to say the least of it)
appearance of illiberality. In the mean time,
it is raaifyina• to find that increased attention has
•
°C
late been given to- the subject* There is too
much reason to fear that a fatal reliance has been
Placed upon the speculative opinions of mere
theorists, and that the affairs of society and of
government have hitherto been conductedupon
Friuciples laid down by ingenious men, who
.Were, however, ignorant of their actual operation
111 Practice, and who have' thus unintentionally
Perpetuated the .existence of extensive w retched-
ness in societv, long after the discoveries of the
Other
sciences had provided the means by which
Poverty
might be subdned. It is certainly
matter •.of astonishment and -regret that in this
~c.cuntry, for instance, aboundin,, as it does in all
"e means and materials of wealth,—having a large
Portion of its soil.stillaincultivated,—a numerous,
aemployed
-`ctive,.and industrious population,.only partially
productive power, in science and
zriecemphaffioyesru, which is almost incalculable=and
_vast and fertile foreign possessions offering the
luxuriant lapufnature to millions yet unborn,—
It is certainly matter of surprise, and well cal-
culated to. make us doubt the soundness- of
theories on Which there has hitherto been placed
pplicit reliance, to find that. in such a country.
Very year brings a renewal of _difficulties and
It
ttlcertainty to all classes of the people, and be-'
bole
a: multitude sunk in the lowest depths
tit pauperism, ignorance, and vice. A better,
tit v, we hope,. is beginning to dawn upon is, and,
shie full enjoyment of a better day, feel as-
.Cred, is not far off, if the public mitid is about
I.°• take the causes of the existing difficulties
s4l{l3' under
.consideration,—if, unshackling it-
self from the trammels of useless theories, and
of those
systems, it will take an enlarged view
~o,Tose involutions of national interests which
whic. flarrY s°
much misery in their course,lbut
thr
ei rnaY most assuredly be made to perform
to aii:4l.(lvelllents with incalculable advantages
• ;:f Nal