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. My Lord Provost,

In ordinary course we masons are precluded (and wisely so,) by the habits and rules of our institution, from adverting, in that character, to any pub. lic occurrences, or taking part in any transaction which has a political reference. That prohibition is considered by us as a necessary assurance to our fellow citizens against any abuse of influence from a numerous body, associated by ties not understood beyond our own circle, assembling for purposes not explained, and covering our procedure with anxious secresy.—We have therefore to felicitate ourselves, that, on this occasion, the Magistracy, by calling us forth to discharge the public and proper function of our order, have thus given us an opportunity of testifying the ardour of our sentiments towards the best of Sovereigns, without our obtruding ourselves, in a manner inconsistent with our principles. In common with your Lordship, and the rest of our fellow subjects, we have experienced the benignity of his Majesty's reign; in common with you, we have, individually, exulted in the extent of those arts and sciences so sedulously encouraged by the fostering patronage of George the Third;-sciences not confined to the closet of the student, but giving a just direction to the active industry of all classes, which has caused the wealth of this country to attain a pitch unexampled in history; above all, we have glowed with the conscious pride of that manly defiance of every foe, which, relying on the favour of Heaven towards our pious Sovereign, has been exhibited by this country, amid the wreck of surrounding nations. This we have felt as men and Bri. tons. As masons, we have further to boast a special obligation. When mischievous combinations on the continent, borrowing and prostituting the name of masonry, had sown disaffection and sedition through the communities within which they were protected, and thereby called on the vigilance of the British Government to forbid particular confederacies here, a flattering discrimi nation exempted the established Free Masons from the scope of this prohibi tion. On the sole pledge of our declaration, on the simple security of our good faith as Britons, there was manitested a generous trust in our ancient

fraternity. With a just sense of this magnanimous confidence, superadded to the other motives which this day call forth effusions of gratitude from every individual in the united kingdoms, we masons, as a body, offer up our humble thanksgiving to the Almighty, for the extended term which the reign of the King has already reached, devoutly imploring the Divine Author of all good, to grant, farther, a long, a very long continuance, and earnestly praying that every hour of that period may be marked by the fond attachment of an unanimous people.

"If any consideration may be admitted as adding to the happiness which we feel, in being thus enabled to express our suitable homage to our Sovereign,it is the testifying, at the same time, our respect for the city of Edinburgh. That city has claims on the warm gratitude of us all, and on mine among the foremost z and we rejoice peculiarly in paying our tribute to it, when it is so adequately represented, on this occasion, by the dignified chief Magistrate and his colleagues whom I have now the honour to address. In the name of the craft, I sincerely wish that your Lordship may enjoy many years of health, of comfort, and of happy reflection on the prominent situation which you have held on this memorable day."

To which the Lord Provost made the following reply :

"Most Worshipful and Right Honoura. ble Grand Master-It must afford gratifying sensations to every friend and wellwisher of Scotland to observe the grow ing prosperity of the port of Leith, notwithstanding the obstacles and decrees that our inveterate enemy issues for the purpose of injuring the commercial interests of Great Britain. Owing to the spirited and enterprising exertions of our merchants, and particularly those of the port of Leith, its accommodation has become too limited for its trade; it has therefore been necessary, upon the part of the Corporation of the city of Edinburgh, to enlarge the docks; and the foundation stone, which your Lordship has now laid, is not only intended to be a continuation of the great plan origi. nally designed by that able engineer, John Rennie, Esq. but also to be the commencement of those military works ori ginally suggested by your Lordship when resident among us, which, out of grati

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tude to our revered and beloved Monarch, now entering intothe 50th year of his reign, whose valuable life may God prolong, the Corporation of the city of Edinburgh name King George the III.'s military Works. May the success of our undaunted sailors and brave soldiers long keep our enemies from our shores; and, if they dare to approach this port, may these military works, manned with British troops, not only detend, but drive the enemies of our country from our

coast.

"To me it affords much pleasure to reflect, that the military character who suggested the idea of military works for the defence of these docks, should be the same who has on this memorable day laid the foundation of them. May your Lordship's life be long preserved, and may this undertaking, under Almighty God, be not only crowned with success, but transmit to ages yet unborn the events of this Jubilee.

"That our most gracious Sovereign, who has ever been the father and pro tector of a loyal people, may rule over us for many years to come, is my most fervent prayer and earnest wish.

"To you, most Worshipful and Right Honourable Grand Master, to the Noblemen, Gentlemen, and Brethren, I beg leave to return my unfeigned and sincere thanks for your attendance upon this occasion, also the thanks of my Colleagues the Magistrates and Council, and to express a wish that this work, so happily begun, may be carried on without interruption, and prove beneficial to the commercial interests of the country." Inscription deposited under the foundation

stone:

On the 25th day of October,
In the year of our Lord 1809, and of
Masonry 5809,

The Right Hon. the EARL of MOIRA,
Past Acting Grand Master of the Grand
Lodge of Scotland,

Being chosen for the foundation of a Structure, which is to bear his Royal Name;

That a work of public utility, Founded amidst the universal thanksgivings of a happy and grateful land, Might commemorate, as the most suitable

memorial,

The Accesion of a Prince, To whom, at all times, the most acceptable homage Is that which marks the encreasing prospe rity of his people.

Inscription on the plate:~

Regi optimo, Patri Patriæ,
Pio, clementi, benefico,

Virtutes ob insignes,
Tam privatas quam publicas,
Populo suo semper carrissimo,
Imperii Britannici

In rebus secundis decori,
In arduis præsidio,
GEORGIO TERTIO,

Regni, quod, annuente Deo, sit longissi

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"To the best of Kings, the father of his country, pious, mild, beneficent, by his great private as well as publie virtues, always endeared to his people, in prosperity the ornament, in dangers and difficulties the safeguard of the British empire, to GEORGE THE THIRD, just entering the fiftieth year of his reign, which God. prolong, the citizens of Edinburgh, in the second year of the Provostship of WILLIAM COULTER, Esq. rejoicing with thanks-, giving, erected this monument, 25th October 1809."

When the business was over, the guns planted on the west side of the bason, fired a grand salute of 50 rounds, which was answered by the ships in the Roads, and the acclamations of twenty thou-. Hon, WILLIAM MAULE of Panmure, M.P. sand people. The procession moved

In the absence of the

Acting Grand Master,

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back in nearly the same order, the junior lodges only marching off first, to a certain distance, and then forming a line inside of the soldiery, through which the procession passed in returning to the Assembly Rooms. On passing one of the King's ships, now in the wet dork, the crew mounted the shrouds, and saluted the Magistrates with three cheers.

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The music which preceded the Magistrates, in going and returning, played the King's Anthem.

At twelve o'clock, the great guns were fired from the Castle, followed by a feu de joye from the regiments of militia diawn up on the Castlehill. At one o'clock, the two regiments of Edinburgh volunteers, with the Mid Lothian and Trinity-house artillery, formed a line in Prince's Street, and fired a royal salute, &c.

At two o'clock, divine service was performed in the different churches and chapels. The collections, which were liberal, are to be applied to benevolent purposes.

At five o'clock a numerous body of noblemen and gentlemen dined toge. ther in the Assembly Rooms, George Street. The company consisted of above 500; and a variety of toasts, appropriate to the occasion, were given.

At seven in the evening, the illumi. nation of the public buildings and fireworks began. The Merchants' Hall,his Majesty's printing office-Post Office-Register Office-Excise and Custom House, were most superbly illuminated with variegated lamps, emblematical devices, transparencies, &c. The Register Office far exceeded any thing ever exhibited in Edinburgh; on the right was an emblematical transparency of Commerce, with appropriate ornaments ---left, a sailor reclining on his arm-the centre transparency, very large, exhibited his Majesty seated, crowned by an angel, the enemies of his country falling before him; behind the throne, on his Majesty's left, was pictured a Highland Chieftain; the drapery executed by lamps suspended from chains, the crown, &c. had a splendid effect. These paint ings were executed by Mr LIZARS; the decorations of lamps, &c. by Mr SMITH. Excise Office, under initials and crown, had Pater Patria in lamps; the Customhouse, Anno Regni 50, beautifully executed. The inscription on the King's printing-office, in gigantic letters, formed of lamps, was, Long live the King.Mr Trotter, Prince's Street, exhibited two very beautiful transparencies.-

The weather was most favourable.A more delightful day and night has seldom occurred. The streets were crowded by persons of all ranks and descriptions; and, we are happy to say, that the crowd dispersed at an early hour,

without the smallest confusion or disposition to riot; a circumstance highly creditable to the inhabitants, when we consider how narrow are the limits between merriment and mischief.

MAGISTRATES OF EDINBURGH,

Elected October 3. 1809.

The Right. Hon. WILLIAM COULTER, Lord Provost, re-elected.

Bailies.

Arch. Campbell, Esq. John Gloag, Esq.,
James Goldie, Esq. K. McKenzie, Esq,
William Tennant Esq Dean of Guild
John Turnbull Esq. Treasurer.
William Calder, Esq. Old Provost.
Old Bailies.

Peter Hill, Esq.
Alex. Manners, Esq.
A. C. Younger, Esq. Wm. Gilchrist, Esq.
William Trotter, Esq. Old Dean of Guild.
Robert Scott Moncrieff, jun. Esq. Old
Treasurer.

Merchant Counsellors.
Messrs. Duncan Cowan,--Thomas Scott,
-James Robertson.

Trades Counsellors.
John Auchterlonie,-Alexander Spence.
Ordinary Council Deacons.

Andrew Gardner, Convener,-Andrew Inglis, Matthew Martin,-James Brown, -John Aird,-James Denholm.

Extraordinary Council Deacons.

William Auld, David Lindsay, William Kennedy-John Dickson,-William Galloway,- Frederick M‘Laggan,— John Heath, -William Paterson.

A. C. Younger, Esq. Baron Baillie of Canongate and Calton.

Alexander Manners, Esq. Admiral of Leith.
William Gilchrist, Esq. Baron Bailie of
Easter and Wester Portsburgh.
Duncan Cowan, Esq. Captain of Orange

Colours.

CIVIL APPOINTMENTS.

Whitehall, August 26-The King has been pleased to grant the dignities of Baof Great Britain and Ireland, unto the Right ron and Viscount of the United Kingdom Hon. Sir A: Wellesley, Knight of the Most Hon. Order of the Bath, and LieutenantGeneral of his Majesty's forces, and to the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the names, styles, and titles of Baron Douro of Weliesley, in the county of Somerset, and Viscount Wellington of Talavera, and of Wellington, in the said county

Whitehall, September 16. The King has has been pleased to nominate and appoint Major General John Cops Sherbrooke to be one of the Knights Companions of the most noble order of the Bath.

Whitehall, September 2. The King has been pleased to grant the dignity of a Ba ronet of the united kingdom of Great Bri

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tain and Ireland to the following gentlemen, and the respective heirs male of their bodies lawfully begotten, viz.

Paulus Emilius Irving, of Woodhouse, and Robgill lower, in the county of Dum. fries, Esq. Lieut.-General of his Majesty's forces. Thomas Roberts, of Robert's Cove, Cork, Esq. James Shaw, of the city of London, and of Kilmarnock, Ayr, Esq. Rowland Blennerhasset, of Blennerville, Kerry, Esq. William Smith, of Eardiston, Worcester, Esq. Charles Cockerell, of Sez. incot, Gloucester, Esq. Edwin Bayntun Sandys, of Misenden Castle, Gloucester, and of Chadlington Hall, Oxford, Esq. Henry Halford, Doctor of Physic, and one of his Majesty's Physicians Extraordinary. John Tyrell, of Boreham-House, Essex, Esq.

William Hamilton, Esq. (son of Dr Hamilton) is appointed Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, in the room of the Hon. Charles Bagot.

Downing Street, October 6. The King has been pleased to appoint Alexander Johnston, Esq. to be Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Judicature in the island of Ceylon, in the room of Edmund Henry Lushington, Esq. resigned.

And William Coke, Esq. to be Puisne Justice of the said Court in the room of Mr Johnston.

The King has been pleased to issue a warrant, under his Royal Sign Manual, to Sir George Abercromby, Bart. Francis Garden Campbell, Esq. and Stewart Souter, Esq. three of the Deputy Lieutenants of the country of Banff, as Commissioners for executing the office of his Majesty's Lieutenant in the said county, by granting commissions in the militia, &c. during the vacancy of a Lieutenant.

The Rev. Mr Alexander Brodie, M. A. Chaplain in Ordinary to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, is presented to the vicarage of East Bourn.

MARRIAGES.

May 6. At Madras, Robert Alexander, Esq. second Member of the Board of Revenue, to Miss Grace Blacker, third daughter of the Rev. Dr Blacker of Wells, in Somersetshire.

Sept. 6. At Broomtown, near Fort George, Major Fortye, 6th Royal Veteran Battalion, to Miss Jane Athole Gordon Campbell, fifth daughter of the late John Campbell, Esq. of Melford, Lieut. Gov. of Fort George.

7. At Montrose, Alexander Duncan, Esq. of Park-hill, to Mrs Strachan, relict of Alexander Strachan Esq. of Tarry.

9. At Streatham, Mr David Cock, army clothier, Loudon, to Miss Brodie, niece to

Alexander Brodie, Esq. of Carey Street.

11. At Glendoick, Mr William Bell, Writer to the Signet, Edinburgh, to Margaret Jane, youngest daughter of the late John Craigie, Esq. of Glendoick.

11. At Barachnie, Mr Anthony Hannay, merchant, Glasgow, to Douglass, eldest daughter of Mr Peter Mann, of Barachnie.

12. At Coldstream, Thomas Douglass, Esq.to Alice, daughter of Mr Adam Thomson, merchant in Coldstream.

13. At Niddry, John Spottiswoode, Esq. of Spottiswoode, to Helen, second daughter of Andrew Wauchope, Esq. of Niddry Marischal.

13. At Edinburgh, Alexander Munro, Esq. of Livingstone, to Anne Jane, second daughter of the late Patrick Brown, Esq. Edinburgh.

14. At Bristol, Capt. Joseph Spear, of the Royal Navy, to Grace, youngest daughter of the late Capt. Ludowick Grant of Knockando, in Morayshire.

14. At London, John Osborn, Esq. son of Sir George Osborn, Bart. to Miss Davers, daughter of Sir Charles Davers.

14 At Edinburgh, Mr Patrick Cockburn, accountant in Edinburgh, to Margaret, daughter of the deceased Mr Gilbert Don, Forfar.

15. At Alloa, Mr Alexander Bald, jun. merchant, to Ann, daughter of Mr William Geddes, Alloa Glassworks.

18. At Edinburgh, J. W. Brougham, Esq. to Margaret, third daughter of the late Patrick Rigg, of Morton, Esq.

19. At ditto, Mr William Halbert, watchmaker in Glasgow, to Jane, youngest daughter of Mr Thomas Morton, manufacturer at Fountainbridge.

20. At Aberdeen, Doctor Macpherson, to Christiana, eldest daughter of Roderick Macleod, D.D. Principal of King's College. 20. At St. Andrews, John Honey, Esq. Blairhall, to Miss Adamson.

20. At Gilmore Park, near Edinburgh, Mr Robert Thomas, General Post Office, Edinburgh, to Miss Walker, daughter of the late Mr Wm. Walker, builder.

22. At Edinburgh, Mr James Weddell, jun. confectioner, to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Thomas Henderson, Esq. City Chamberlain.

27. Hudson Gurney of Norwich, Esq. to Margaret, daughter of Robert Barclay of Ury, Esq. deceased, late M. P. for Kincardineshire.

27. At Bath, Mr Thomas Hamilton, bookseller, Paternoster-row, London, to Miss Ann Macpherson of Fleet Street.

28. At London, Henry Erskine, Esq. younger of Amondell, to Elizabeth, youngest daughter of General Sir Charles Shipley. BIRTHS.

BIRTHS.

Aug. 12. At Cranstown House, St Kitt's, West Indies, the Lady of the Right Hon. Lord Cranstown, a son and heir.

Sept. 24. At London, the Lady of Duncan Campbell, Esq. a son

27. At ditto, the Lady of Charles H. Hall, Esq; a son and heir.

29. At Montrose, the Lady of Thomas Bruce, Esq. of Arnot, a daughter.

30. At Edinburgh, the Lady of James Home Rigg, Esq. of Morton, a daughter. 30. At ditto, the Lady of Patrick Miller, Esq. younger of Dalswinton, a daughter. Oct. 2. At Bixley-hall, in Norfolk, the Viscountess Primrose, a son.

3. At ---, Mrs Parker, the celebrated dancer and pantomime performer, a daughter.

4. At Strathmartin, the Lady of Captain Warren, of the Royal Navy, a son.

5. The Lady of George Grant, Esq. of Waltham Place, Berks, a daughter.

5. At Poultons, Hampshire, Lady Gertrude Sloane, of twins, a son and daughter.

7. The Lady of Colonel Pringle, a son. 7. At Edinburgh, the Lady of William Boswell, Esq. advocate, two sons, both since dead.

7. At London, the Lady of George Simpson, Esq. of Cavendish Square, a son. 9. At Eccles, the Lady of John Maitland, Esq. of Eccles, a son.

9. At London, the Lady of Charles Andrew Caldwell, Esq. a son and heir.

10. At Stobs Castle, the Lady of Sir William Elliott, Bart. of Stobs, a daughter. 10. At Edinburgh, the Lady of John Wardrop, Esq. a daughter.

12. At Torquay, Devonshire, the Right Hon. Lady Sinclair, a son.

15. At Edinburgh, Mrs Murray of Murrayshall, a son.

19. At Wilton Lodge, the Lady of James Anderson, Esq. a daughter.

DEATHS.

March. At Blagodat, in Siberia, Mr James Harley, engineer. He was an ingenious and warm hearted man, and much regretted by all who knew him.

21. At Madras, Charles Maxwell, Esq. First Judge of the Court of Appeal there. May 1. At the Cape of Good Hope, Mr Donald M.Donald, of his Majesty's Customs, son to Lieut. Colonel M'Donald of Lyndale.

June 10. At Amherstsburgh, in Upper Canada, aged 38, Alexander Duff, Esq, merchant, son of Mr Duff, minister of Fo

veran.

July 10. At Curacoa, aged 21, Mr Jas. Laurie, eldest son of John Laurie, Esq. Glasgow.

26. At Jamaica, Brigadier-General Joseph French, second in command in the expedition against St Domingo. The General was taken ill in consequence of the extreme fatigue he underwent from that activity and exertion remarked by General Carmichael in his letter in the Gazette, concerning the attack of the place, and, was carried back to Jamaica as a measure

for his recovery, but he scarcely survived his arrival there two days.

Aug. At Jamaica, James Grant, Esq. of Pleasant Hill, near Spanish Town.

23 At Elvas, in Portugal, of a typhus fever, owing to excessive fatigue, in his 20th year, Lieut. Brockman, of the 434 regiment, third son of James Drake Brockman, Esq. of Beachborough, in Kent.

Sept. Of a putrid fever, aged 23, his Imperial Highness Charles Ambrose, Prince Primate of Hungary, Archbishop of Gran, and brother of the Emperor of Austria.

5. At Pitchern, in Badenoch, Mrs Mac. pherson of that place, much regretted.

10. At Portsmouth, Major-General Dugald Campbell, of the Royal Marines.

14. At Dundee, Mrs Sarah Williams, of the island of Grenada, aged 83, relict of. the Hon. Samuel Williams, many years President of that island.

14. At the St Andrew Tavern, London, where he arrived the preceding day, on his way to Scotland, for the recovery of his health, Lieut. D. Ross, Royal Marines.

16. At Middleburgh, of a grape shot wound, which he received in the upper part of his thigh, on the morning of the 25th August, Lieut. Henry Maxwell, of the 26th regiment of foot, universally re-. spected and lamented by his brother officers and numerous acquaintances. He received the wound while gallantly encou raging the men to resist a determined attack of the enemy on the outposts of the army before Flushing.

16. At Wick, Mr Alexander Bowie, fish curer, aged 50.

17. At Cork, aged 74, Sylverius Moriarty, Esq. Vice Admiral of the White.

17. At Ochiltree, Mrs Edgar, widow of the late Mr John Edgar, vintner, in the 79th year of her age. She had lived with her husband near 50 years, and survived him only eight days. Her character of a discreet kind landlady will be long remembered.

19. At Castle Fraser, in Aberdeenshire, the Right Hon. Caroline Dowager Lady Lyttleton, in the 64th year of her age. Her Ladyship was daughter of John Bris tow, Esq. of Quiddenham, in the county of Norfolk, and was married, on the 16th of February 1774, to William Henry Lyttleton, Esq. since created Baron Lyttleton,

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