Star.
London, England, 1824-05-04 00:00:00

EXIIIBITION AT THE itUIAL iCADEME

The fifty-sixth exhibition at this establishment was
orened to the public yesterday. In poi traiture, Sir
Thomas Lawrence maintains the ascendancy ; the
powers of his truly surptisiag pencil leave at an im-
measurable distance behind aii efforts of a similar na-
tui e. The portraits of " The children of C. B. Cal-
mady, Esq." (99) is one of his happie-t woi
The luxuriant richness of the colour and effect in

iris " Portrait of Sir William Curtis" (291) surpasses
anything of the kind he has ever produced. His
" Portrait of the Earl of Clanwilliam (98) is a very
spirited figure, with a fine depth of tone and admirable
effect. Mr. Howard has sent a very pleasing " Poriraits of
a Lady in the costume of 1500," (107). Fuseli has one of
his most powerful and most imaginative works. Callcott
has a most splendid water piece, a view of " Rochester
from the river," (160), where the brilliance of the sky
411,1 transparency of the water produce a most surpri-
singly natural effect. Constable and Collins have also
distinguished themselves.

COMMON COUNCIL.
A Court of Common Council was held yesterday at
Guildhall, fur general business.
The Committee for managing Subscriptions for the
relief of the distressed Colonists at the Cape of Good
Elope, presented a memorial requesting a donation in
aid of that subscription, which was referred to the Com-
mittee for general purposes.
The Bridge House Committee delivered in a Report
on considering the Bills in Parliament for the proposed
Sr. Katharine's and the South London Docks, in which
they recommended the Court to oppose the same.
A considerable discussion took place on the motion
to agree with the Report ; and an Amendment was
moved—" Except so much thereof as related to thepro-
posed Docks at St. Katharine's," which was agreed to.
The Finance Committee reported that they had re-
ceived a communication from Mr. Alderman Wood,
stating that cei Lain individuals had offered to lend the
Corporation a sufficient sum of money at 41. per cent.
t,: discharge the several Public Debts in respect of the
Orphans' Fund, the Thames Navigation Account, and
the Coal Market Fund, amounting to upwards of
642,0001. which are now bearing an interest of .51. per
cent. which offer the Committee were of opinion should
be accepted, and that an application should be made
to Parliament for an Act authorizing the raising such
monies and charging the same on those respective
Funds accordingly.
The Court, after a short discussion, agreed w:th the
Report, and directed Petitions to be immediately pre-
sented to Parliament for leave to bring in a Bill for
effecting this important purpose, and the Committee
were empowered to prosecute the Petition as they
should be advised.

We understand that the South American patriot,
General SAN MARTIN, who was represented to have
enriched himself by exactions from the inhabitants of
Lima, is arrived at Havre de Grace, in comparative
poverty. He has with him only one attendant, a mu-
latto boy, and his annual income is said to be scarcely
sufficient to enable him to live in a state of genteel
retirement.

An interesting Memorial has been presented to Go-
vet ument from the merchants who are endeavouring to
establish a competition with the French in the 'valuable
gum trade of Senegal; of which France has, since the
peace, enjoyed an almost absolute monopoly. It ap-.
pears that the French traders have employed slaves ex-
clusively, in all the labour carried on by them at Sene-
gal ; while the English are by law compelled to make
use of free labourers only ; and that the increasing suc-
cess and prosperity of the French settlements in that
quarter ate closely connected with an active prosecu-
tion of the brutal slave trade, which tempts the native
Chiefs to abandon a traffic in produce, for a traffic
in slaves—interrupt; incessantly the peace of the inha-
bitants, and renders hopeless all attempts to civilize
and improve them. Our merchants, therefore, describe
their claims upon the protection of Government, as pow-
erfully enhanced by considerations of a higher character
than those which belong to the immediate benefit of
commerce, and they ask accordingly for some effectual
method of securing the operation of the Act 3 Geo. IV.
c. 43, which gives the exclusive supply of gum senegal
to the British merchant, and excludes the article shipped
from France—the law being now evaded by a shipment
of the gum front France to America in French vessels,
and a re-shipment in British vessels to the putts of Eng-
land front America. How far Ministers may regard
this question as affording opportunity for the full appli-
cation of the principles of free trade, or for a modification
of or exception to those principles, we cannot determine.
A meth( d of accomplishing a Survey of the Ame-
rican Coast of the Polar Sea, by a Land Expedition, has been pub-
lished in the New Monthly Magazine, by Captain Cochrane, R.N.
whose experience in travelling through the frozen regions of North-
ern Asia enables him to lay down the best possible mode of effect-
ing such an object, one which persons who have never visited the
inclement climes of the North must be far less competent to project.
The following useful wen ks have been lately pub-
lisketi by Mr. COLIURN, 8, New Burlington-street, viz.-1. A Ma-
nual for the Preservation of Health. By Sir Arthur Clarke, M.D.
&c. ss. 6d. Also, by the same Author, 5. The Young Mother's
Assistant in the Prevention of Diseases in Infants, a New and. Im-
proved Edition, ss. 6d. and, 3. Au Essay on Diseases of the Skin,
with Remarks on the Effects of Sulphureous Fumigations, ss. 6d.
4. The Art of Preserving the Sight unimpaired to extreme Old Age,
and of Re-establishing and Strengtheningit when it becomes Weak.
By an experienced Oculist; the Fifth Edition, improved, ss. 6d.
5. The Florist's Manual; or, Hints for the Construction of a Gay
Flower Garden. By the Authoress of Botanical Dialogues. New
Edition, wish coloured Plates, ss. 6d. G. The Art of Preserving
the Feet ; or, Practical Instructions for the Prevention and Cure of
Coins, Bunnions, Callosities, &c. Br an experienced Chiropodist;
Second Edition, ss. 6d. And, 7. The Art of Employing Time
to the Greatest Advantage, the true source of flappii:ess. Second
Edition, *No. 9s. 6d.

GLASGOW; NEW STREET.
Friday the foundation stone of the first building in
London-street, Glasgow, was laid by the Hon. Wiliiam
SMITH, Lord Provost, Acting Substitute Provincial
Grand Master, for the Lower Ward of Lanarkshire, in
presence of the Magistrates, Public Bodies, Masonic
Lodges, and the Committee and Proprietors of the Joint
Stock Company. At twelve o'Cloek noon, the several
parties assembled in the Cathedral, when the Rev. Dr.
M‘Farlane, Principal of the University, delivered a most
suitable Discourse, from Psalm cxxvii. v. 1. " Except
the LORD build the housa, they labour in vain that build
it :except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waked)
but in vain."

Immediately after Divine Service was vaicluded, the
Procession, was marshalled by Captain Graham and
moved down High-street, along George-street, east and
South sideoftem ge-square,St.Vincent-place, Buchanan-
street, Argyll-street, and Trongate, to the Site of the
Building near the Cross. The bands playing the Ma
son's Anthem at the beginning and end of the Proces-
sion, varying the tunes during its progress.
When the Procession arrived at the site of tie Build-
ing, the Bands played the King's Anthem, and the Rev.
Dr. GIBS, as Grand Chaplain, gave a very suitable and
highly impre.sive prayer ; immediately after which,
the Grand Treasurer deposited the battle containing the
Coins, and the Grand Secretary deposited the bottle
containing the Newspapers, Inscripiion Plate, &c..—
Afterwards the Substitute Grand Master laid the Foun-
dation Stone of the Building with all the honoms usual
on such occasions, pronouncing, " May the Grand
Architect of Ow Universe enable us successfully to carry
on and finish the work of which we now laid the Foun-
dation Stone, and every other undertaking which may
tend to the advantage of the City of Glasgow and its
inhabitants, and may this Building be long -preserved
from petit and decay." On which the Brethren gave
three cheers, and the Bands played the Mason's Anthem.
The Grand Wardens then delivered to the Substitute
Grand Master, the Cornucopire, the Wine and the Oil,
which he poured on the Stone according to ancient
custom,. saying,
" May the bountiful hand of Heaven ever supply this City and
Country wirh an abundance of Corn, Wine, and Oil, and all the flu
cessaries and comforts of life."

At the concinsion of this prayer, the Brethren gave three
cheers, and the Bands played the Mason's Anthem.

. .
The Grand Master then retired to a table which was
placed in the centre of the Enclosure, where he was
joined by the Magistrates, the Committee, the Grand
Lodge, and Office•bearers of thirty-one other Lodges,
the Public Bodies and the Masonic Brethren out of
office, occupied the space within, which was enclosed
by a guard of the Sharpshooters. The Substitute Grand
Master (the Lord Provost) then addiessed himself to the
several Public Bodies in an eloquent speech, to which
Nlr.Kirknian Finlay made a suitable reply.

The Lodges, in retiring, proceeded along the Trongate and
Hutcheson-street, in the same order they came ; when the Junior
Lodge arrived at Hutchesons' Hospital, it formed right and left,
all the other Lodges following their example, and remaining in that
position till the Grand Lodge entered the Great luau of the Ilospi-
tal, after which the Lodges retired to their respective Lodge Rooms.
" The streets of the City," says the Glaigow Courier, " were
perhaps never so crowded, and, we believe, not fewer than 50,000
persons were in the streets, besides the house tops, which were
covered with spectators, the windows, along the great length of Irne
it proceeded, were fully occupied by females. Some idea may be
formed of the number of persons in the procession (35 Lodges, be-
sides the Civic and Civil Bodies) when we state, that the first part
of it arrived at the site of the building at half-past two o'clock, and
the last, the Grand Lodge, at half-past three. The order preserved
throughout the whole was wonderful, considering the immensity
of the crowd. The greatest praise is due to Captain GRAHAM,
for the precision with which he marshalled the procession.—
A strong detachment of the Enniskillen Dragoons assembled at
the Cross, who, while keeping strict order, did it in such a hand-
some and pleasing manner, as to give offence to none. A powerful
passe of the Police, under the direction of Mr. Hardie, the :,-;uper-
intendant, also attended at the Cross, and were very efficient in the
discharge of their duty, and, while strict in fulfilling their orders,
they were generally mild in their execution.
•
About 120 of the friends of the undertaking dined in the Town
Hall, the Lord Provost in the Chair, supported by the Very Reve-
rend Principal 111acfarlan, and the Reverend Doctor Gibb, who
acted on this occasion as Grand Chaplain. Mr. Kirkman Finlay
acted as Croupier, supported by Baillie Hamilton and Mr. Cleland.

The following is a copy of the Inscription on the Plate :
To
Commemorate the Foimation
OF

LONDON STREET,
Opening from the Centre cf the City a convenient and
spacious communication with the Great Road,
leading to the Metropolis of the
UNITED KINGDOM;
Adorning the City with Elegant Buildings;
• Affording a splendid access to the Green,
That beautiful Park,
Which has so long been the pleasure and the pride
of this community,
The Result
of the United Exertions of the public-spirited and liberal
CITIZENS OF GLASGOW;
A Monument of
Commercial and Manufacturing Enterprise and Prosperity.

_
By the favour of Almighty God,
The Hox. WILLIAM SMITH,
Lord Provost of Glasgow,
Acting Provincial Grand "Waiter for the Lower Ward
of Lanarkshire,
Laid the Foundation Stone of the First Building
in London-street,
On the Thirtieth day of April, AI DCCCXX I V.
fEra of Masonry 5824,
And Fifth Year of the reign of our Most Gracious Sovereign
GEORGE THE FOURTH,
Assisted by
THE GRAM) LODGE OP SCOTLAND,
And Thirty-one other Lodges.
JAMES CLELAND, ESQ.
Grand Director of the Masonic Ceremonial,
In presence of the Managers, viz.
KIRKMAN FINLAY, EMI. President.
ROBERT FINDLAY, Esq. Vice-President.
Henry Monteith, Esq. M.P. James Oswald, Esq.
Wm. M'Tyer, Esq. William Gilmour, Esq.
Patrick Playfair, Esq. William Ilussey, Esq.
James Lumsden, Jun. Esq. Moses M'Cullock,
Michael Rowland, Esq. Thomas Laurie, Esq.
And the ether Contributors to the Undertaking.
John Wcir, Esq. Architect.
Messrs. Wm. and Jas. Carswell and Son, .1
Contractors.
Sim and Carmichael,
Andrew Reid, Esq. Treasurer.
Archibald 6r.iharn, Isq. Secretary.
Which undertaking,
May the SUPREME Gon bless and prosper.
A/agistrates of the City of Glasgow,
MDCCCXX I V.
The lion. WLLIAM SMITH. Lord Provost.
Baillies.

James Anderson, Esq. Wm. Lang, Esq.
James Browne, Esq. I Wm. Knox, Esq.
Wm. Hamilton, F..q.
Mungo Nutter Mins/Anil, Esq. Dean of Guild.
Wm. :wryer, Esq. Convener of the Trades' House. .
Laurence Ctaigie, jun. Esq. Baillie of the River and Frith of Clyde.
Gilbert Watson, Esq. Treasurer.
Aniirvw "Fempletown, Esq. Master of Works.
James Cleland, Esq. Superintendant of Public Works.
John'Spreull, Esq. Interim ChaMberlain.
Wm. .Mitchell, Esq: 'Chief Magistrate of Gorbals.
John Morison, Esq. Willie of Provan.

--C7O47ZAT-GARDEN THEATRE.

The first part of King Henr:ri the Fourth was performed last night.
It has been got up in aver)? splendid manner with respect to scenery
and decoratiars. .md the dressing of every character in the precise
habit of the period, for w!,ich they claim credit in their I.ills, assists
the dramatic illusion mato-filly. But the principal object of curio-
sity was :%Ir. C. liratstat as Fitfq/; a part which he had never
before sustained on the London hoards. With respect to the effort
of last night, we will csonfess at onc,?, that we have seen some
better and some wore. lc is not improhab!e, however, that his
future representations will exhibit mote -.pkrir, • there wai a Irz.Nlt
unevenness in the one of which we apt ek, and his Ls; <cc:Ts w..r.• by
tar more vigorous and effective chin his carnmencing Goes. lie
made some excellent hits in the course of the evehing ; but his 'nazi-
Her of expressing the words, " There's Percy fur ),m," to the
P,itice, was decidedly the most triumphant. 11r. sot s
HU!Sptir is not one of his best undertakings, nor can we sayer 1: .t
we ~pprove much of the attempt to give the Noraierit accent is
the coolie parts, and omit it in the:, ,a!iere the peculiarity might
injure the iff..ct of the fine poetical passages. The partial :effect
seat sointeilats g 0,41, hut the general inconsistency was too pal-
pable. The Play sees, however, received with much applause.—
The dresses were apt:odic:, and the new scenery beautiful.