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PAATSIVP ST. DIARY-LA-BONNE, MAY 94, 1819.
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1:KIWIP LIGHTING.
"AA; rvitilmvs. MEN of The said Parish give Nio.
tice, that they will meet in the Vestry-room, at the Cosiet.
house of the said Parish, on SATURDAY, the Nineteenth
day of June nett, at Eleven of the Clock in the Forenoon, to
receive Proposals in writing, sealed up, from any Persons wil-
ling to Contract with them for L I onTl NG the Two Divisions
of the sale Parish, for a Term not eseeesiing Three Years from
Michaelmas next.
The Contractors are to provide, at their expense, all Lamps,
burners, and other materials, matters, and things, regarding
such works, and to give sufficient security for the due perform-
ance thereof.
Patterns of the Lamps and. Burners are then to be produced,
and the size of the Cotton intended' to be used, and the mode of
trimming the same.
Further particulars may be had respecting the Contract, and
the manner of performing the same, by applying to the Clerk,
at his Office, at the Court-house.—By Order of the Board,
JAMES HUGO GREENWELL, Vestry Clerk.

NATIONAL MONUMENT IN SCOTLAND.

A numerous and highly respectable Meeting of
the Noblemen and Gentlemen who have in view the
erection of a National Monument in the Metropolis
of Scotland, to commemorate the glorious Naval
and Military Achievements of the late War, was
held on Saturday evening, at the Freemasons' Tavern.
At six o'clock the company sat down to a most
sumptuous dinner, his Grace the Duke of ATHOLL in
the Chair, supported by the Earl of Nosmass, and
Earl Foasse, together with the Earl of GLASGOW,
Lord BELHAVEN, Lord TORPHICHRN, Lord SAL..
TOUM, Sir JOHN SINCLAIR, Sir WILLIAM NICHOL,
Sir J. APO/moos MURRAY, and several other-emi-
nent characters.
Each of the company was presented with a beau-
tiful engraving of the intended Monument, the
design of ARCHIBALD ELLIOT, Esq. It is similar
to the celebrated Pantheon at Rome, but on a more
extended plan.
On the cloth being removed, Non Nobis Domine
was sung in excellent style by Messrs.BROADHURST,
COLLYER, the two Smyrna, and other professional
Gentlemen The following toasts were then given:
" The RING, GOD bless him."
" The Fame Raciovr."
" The Duke of YORK and the Army."
" Lord Matvita.s and the Navy."
" The rest of the Royal Family, ' &c. followed.
After which the Duke of ATHOLL rose, to propose
" The Memory of General ABERCROXIII, and the other gallant
Officers who had died defending the Liberties of their Country."
This toast was drank in solemn silence ; the prdfes-
sional Gentlemen then sung, in an impressive man-
ner, Peace to the Souls of the Heroes.
The Duke of ATHOLL. in rising to propose-
4, Success to the National Monument of Scotland,"
said, he could assure the Meeting that no one felt
more pleasure than himself at the glorious achieve.
ments which Scottish blood had effected—Applause).
The Monument, when erected, would serve as a sti-
mulus to those who were to come after them, and
he hoped that the liberality of Englishmen would
also aid the object the present Meeting had in view,
so as to enable them to erect a Monument worthy of
the gallant.heroes who had fought for their country,
and of the age in which such Monument was built—
( Loud Applause).—He was glad to find that their
first anticipations had been fully realized, as the sub-
scription now amounted to £12,500—( Loud and
continued Applause).—They had also great expecta-
tions from the Marquis of HASTINGS ill India, and
he had no doubt in the course of two years their
fund would amount to £4o,ooo—(Applause)—His
Grace then passed a high eulogium on the Highland
Society, and on the Secretary, and concluded an
able speech by proposing—
,. Success to the National Monument of Scotland."

This toast was drank with enthusiasm, which was
considerably heightened by M'GREGOR, the piper,
playing a favourite National air on the bagpipes.
On the health of the Duke of ATIIOLL being drank,
he, in returning thanks, observed, that there was no
occasion for him to detain them by detailing the ob-
ject of the Meeting, as that was already well known.
The health of the Secretary, MICHAEL LINNING,
Esq. was then drank.
Mr. LIMNING having been called upon to report
the proceedings and general amount of the Subscrip-
tions, after some preliminary detail, stated, that the
Subscription following upon the General Meeting of
Noblemen and Gentlemen at Edinburgh, originally
amounted to between six and seven, and was now ten
thousand pounds ; that application had since been
made in terms of the Resolutions of the Committee
to the several counties and towns of Scotland, through
the intermediacy of the Lords Lieutenants and Chief
Magistrates ; that application had also been made to
the Governor-General of India, and to the Governors
of the Presidencies of Madras and Bombay—to the
Governors of Canada, Nova Scotia, Jamaica, the
West India Islands, the Cape of Good Hope, Gibral-
tar, Malta, the lonian Islands, Ceylon, Prince of
Wales's Island, the Mauritius, and to the Naval Com-
manders in Chief on those stations, with earnest re-
quests to promote subscriptions and contributions, as
much as lay in their power, and under assurances of
support and success ; and that an appeal was now
made to Scotsmen in London—an appeal which the
Committee in Scotland were confident would not be
made in vain ; that, without at all indulging in san-
guine anticipations, the realization of twenty, in addi-
tion to the twelve thousand pounds already,obtained,
might be calculated upon from all the sources that
have been mentioned; so that the friends and pro-
moters of the measure have the heartfelt satisfaction
of considering Scotland as ultimately secure of her
Monument. But he with deference submitted, (and
he was glad he had now the honour of addressing No-
ble Peers and Honourable Members of both Houses
'of Parliament,) that this great and magnanimous
manifestation of Scottish piety, gratitude, and affec-
tion, ought ultimately to be met by Parliament with
a corresponding and responsive feeling and action,
for most assuredly Scotland would have a strong
claim in equity to a portion of public aid, both in
.consideration of her population, and of the extent to
which she contributes to the support of the empire.
The land rent of England was said to be about forty,
and of Scotland, five millions sterling ;—the popula-
tion ofshe former is ten, and of the latter two millions
of persons. Of the sum destined for the National Mo-
numentpitm
to be, yected in this metiopolis, which, co-
paiativety s' 'rig, is seen and vi ited by a very small
proportion onl of the Scotch nation,, and of the m&
lion destined for supplying the, deficiency and in-