and the galling yoke of a Foreign despot bis consolidation of the strength of the Empire by the Union, and his grand and vast project of Alliance for the delivery of Europe. These are but faint outlines of his many public services, but they are fresh in our memories,' and will be found, I trust, faithfully and fully recorded in the most splenpid pages of the History of Great Britain. This country has pro. duced many great Statesmen; but, if there ever was a Statesman, who perfectly understood the principles of our admirable and enviable constitution, it was the Right Hon. William Pitt, alike the friend of the liberties of the People and of the just prerogatives of the Crown, because his deep and sound knowledge of the Constitution taught him, that the Prerogatives of the Crown were an essential part of the Rights of the People, its security and protection. there ever was a disinterested Statesman, Gentlemen, if it was the Right Honourable William Pitt. Youngwithout follies, without rashness bold, And greatly poor amidst a nation's gold.' If there ever was a Statesman who had sincerely his country's interest at heart, it was the Right Honourable William Pitt, sacrificing his fortune and his life to an unremitted attention and anxiety for his country's weal: his last sigh and his last prayer was for his country, but that last sigh and prayer were given on his deathbed, at a time when he saw reason to despair of his grand project being carried into effect.-Would it had pleased Providence to have prolonged his days! with what delight would he have heard that his plans were realized; that the British and Allied flags at last waved in proud triumph over the walls of Paris; and the tyrant of Frauce, and disturber of the repose of Europe, and scourge of the human race, a prisoner on board a British man of war! Services like these, Gentlemen, entile a Statesman to the highest reward of fame, Immortality. In introducing the toast" To the immortal memory of the Right Honourable William Spencer Perceval" — the President said, "it was with no ordinary emotion that he had to give the next toast, which was to the memory of a Statesman with whom many in the room had the honour of personal acquaintance; a Statesman who was cut off in the prime of life, and when rapidly advancing to fame, by the hands of an assassin. By his death charity lost one of her most active friends, religion one of her firmest supports, and society one of its brightest ornaments 'But that high meed Which God ordain'd to virtue, tow'ring from the dust, Shall bless his spirit pure and just." " The health of the "Earl of Dartmouth" was next proposed. On the health of Birmingham" being drank with cheering, "the Magistrates acting for the town of Mr. Price rose, and said that "The Ma gistrates could not but feel grateful for such a mark of respect and esteem; that he believed they had always acted impar. tially and to the best of their abilities; and that he was convinced they would ever continue so to do; and should feel amply rewarded for their services, so long low-townsmen." as they had the approbation of their fel NEW CHURCH FOR THE ENGLISH IN Every friend to the Establishment will Saumarez, having been requested by the The worthy President, Adm. Sir James unanimous voice of the Committee, to perform this ceremony, the Subscribe:s assembled at Rosetti's Rooms, where they Dean and Clergy of the Island, by Col. were joined by the Very Reverend the Walsh, commanding officer of the garri Maj.-gen. Sir Thomas Saumarez, kat. son: Sir Peter De Havilland, knt. bailiff; the King's Procureur; Col. Alen, comFrederick, De Butts, Nichols, and several manding the 55th regiment; Cols. Hogg, other Officers of the garrison; and a very able inhabitants. numerous assemblage of the most respect From thence they out for the erection of the building.-The walked in procession to the spot marked Very Reverend the Dean commenced the ceremony with strikingly appropriate fe lections from the Psalms, and a suitable exhortation. After this followed severa prayers, equally appropriate and im pressive; and the 95th Psalm was sung!! by PART I.] Country News.-Domestic Occurrences. by the surrounding spectators. Several This Stone was laid by Adm. Sir JAMES SAUMAREZ, Bart. Knight Grand Cross of the most Honourable Military Order of the Bath; Knight Grand Cross of the Swedish Royal Order of the Sword, and LL. D. on the 1st day of May, in the year of our Lord 1817, and in the 57th year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Third. The Right Hon. the Earl of Pembroke, K.G. Governor of the Island. Sir Peter De Havilland, `Kot. Bailiff. The Very Rev. D. F. Durand, A. M. Dean. COMMITTEE, Named by the Subscribers for erecting the Church. And John Wilson, Architect." The Stone was then lowered down, and having been adjusted, and the corn, the wine, and the oil poured upon it, with the usual formalities, a most fervent ejaculatory prayer was uttered by the pious and and worthy Patron of the undertaking; after which the band of the 55th regiment played the national air of "Rule Britannia," in compliment to the ever-memorable exploits of the gallant Admiral, this moment the bells commenced a joyful peal, by means of a signal communicated from the prison, and continued ringing, at intervals, during the day. —The 100th Psalm was then sung by the children of the National School, accompanied by the gentlemen of the Sarnian Harmonic Society; and the venerable Dean concluded the whole with the Benediction. At The Committee gave a dinner on the 5th of May at Grover's Hotel to their worthy President, Sir James Saumarez, and all the heads of the departments in the Island. DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES. This day came on, in the King's Beach, the trial of a cause, The King v. ThomasJonathan Wooler. It was an information filed against the defendant by the Attorney General for a libel published in a work entitled "The Black Dwarf," of which he was the Author, against the King's Administration, and also against Lord Castlereagh and Mr. Canning. A second in 5 623 formation charged him with having libelled the Constitution, the Houses of Lords and Commons, and the right of petitioning Parliament, for the purpose of inflaming the minds of his Majesty's subjects. The defendant pleaded his own cause. A ver. dict of Guilty was recorded upon the first information; but, as it afterwards ap peared that three of the Jury dissented from the verdict, and were not actually in Court when it was delivered, a new trial is likely to be the result. Sunday, June 8. 1 Four young men and a female domestic were upset in a small skiff with a sail at tached to it, in the Thames, opposite to Millbank, and all perished. Wednesday, June 11. The National Society for the Education of the Poor beld its annual meeting at the Central School, Baldwin's-gardens, Gray's-inn-lane. It was attended by the two archbishops, many of the bishops, and a numerous and most respectable assembly of clergy and laity. The Abp. of Canterbury, who was in the chair, stated that, by the directions of the Prince Regent, a charter had been granted to the Society, which now constitutes one of the great incorporated Charities of the Empire. From the Report read upon this occasion it appears, that the number of scholars now attending the Central School is 974; that 253 schools have been united to the Society last year, making the total number 1009, in which 155,000 children are instructed: but it is estimated that the number of scholars now educating on the plan and principles of the Society cannot be less than 200,000. All this has been accomplished by the expenditure of about 30,0001. About 8 o'clock this evening, Mr. Wm. Johnson, merchant, of Canterbury-square, Tooley-street, Southwark, hired a wherry to cross the Thames, to Scot's Wharf, which was rowed by two young watermen. The tide being very rapid on the return, the boat was hurried through the centre arch of London Bridge, and filled immediately and sunk. Mr. Johnson and one of the young men were drowned; the other waterman saved himself by swimming. The body of Mr. Johnson was picked up almost instantly by a boat's crew passing at the time; but all efforts to restore animation proved ineffectual. Wednesday, June 18. This day, the anniversary of the glorious Victory of Waterloo, the magnificent new Bridge, which crosses the Thames from the Strand, was opened with appro priate ceremonies. In the forenoon a detachment of the Horse Guards posted themselves upon the Bridge, and about 3 o'clock a discharge of 202 guns, in commemoration of the number of cannon taken taken from the enemy, announced the arrival of the Prince Regent and other illus trious personages, who came in barges from the Earl of Liverpool's at Whitehall, The Royal Party passed through the cen tre arch, and landed on the Surrey side, where the procession for ned. It was beaded by the Prince Regent, with the Duke of York on his right, and the Duke of Wellington on his left, in the uniform of Fieldmarshals, followed by a train of noblemen, gentlemen, ministers, and members of both Houses of Parliament. On reaching the Middlesex side of the Bridge, the company re-embarked, and returned to Whitehall. Every spot commanding a view of the Bridge was crowded with spectators. Sunday, June 22. This night between 11 and 12 o'clock, a fire broke out at an oil-shop in Bermondsey-street, opposite the Church, belonging to Mr. Black, who, with his wife and one of his children, died by suffocation. It appeared by the evidence of persons who inhabited the adjoining house, that the two houses had formerly been one, and were separated by a very slight partition. Mr. Black, on the alarm being given, finding it impossible to escape by the staircase, broke through the partition, and, with his wife and two children, got into the adjoining room of the next house, where they were soon afterwards discovered stretched on the floor. Mrs. Black died whilst being conveyed to an opposite public house: the infant at her breast was saved. Miss Ranton, sister of Mrs. Black, was conveyed from the house on fire, in a state nearly approaching to suffocation. From inquiries made ou the spot, it appears that, very early after the fire was discovered, an idle report was spread that the family were safe; and, taking it for granted. the firemen and spectators suffered some time to elapse, whilst the unhappy sufferers were attempting their escape; and they would in all probability have been saved had diligence been used. This shews the necessity of appointing skilful persons to see that every thing that can be done is done to preserve lives and property. Saturday, June 28. This evening, about half past 6 o'clock, the steam-boiler of the Richmond Steam Yacht burst at the top, and injured three persons in a dangerous manner. The Yacht was injured the preceding Saturday in a slight degree, and had been repaired. It fortunately had no persons on board at the time the event occurred, except those who navigate and couduct it. The shock was very great, but the injury done to the vessel is very slight. The top of the engine-boiler was blown off by the explosion. The conductors had been rowing it up the river; and when it had got about 100 yards above Westminster Bridge, the dreadful accident unfortunately took place. Mr. Arnold, the conductor of the Yacht, was near the boiler when it burst, and was injured in a shocking manner: two labourers in a less degree. The heat of the Sun during the last few days has been more excessive than we have experienced for some years past. Friday, June 20, Fahrenheit's thermometer stood at 80°; on Saturday, June 21, in the shade, it stood from three to five o'clock in the afternoon, at 86°, being 10 degrees above summer heat; and, notwithstanding the cloudiness of the day, the thermometer was at 103 in a more exposed situation; and on Monday, in the sun, it rose as high as 113. The Committee appointed by Parlia ment to decide upon the designs for the grand National Monuments in commemo ration of the achievements of the British Army and Navy, have determined in fa vour of that given in by Mr. Wilkins for the former, and that of Mr. Smirke-for the latter. The estimate for the Waterloo Monument is 200,000l. and for the Tra falgar 100,0004 The situation selected for the first is said to be the end of Port land-place, next to the Regent's Park, and for the other Greenwich. It is 10 tended that both should be immediately begun, with the view of employing a mul titude of workmen in the metropolis, at present without the means of gaining their subsistence. The design for Trafalgar is a plain octangular structure, 45 feet in diameter at the base, raised upon a mag nificent flight of steps, and surmounted with a naval coronet. The Waterloo is an ornamental tower of three orders of co lumns, around the base of which is a cir cular colonnade, which resembles one of the most admired remains of antiquity, the Temple of the Sybils in Tivoli. Notwithstanding the numerous accidents arising from burning charcoal in close rooms, a Correspondent assures us, that he, as well as several of his friends, to whom he has recommended it, has expe rienced almost immediate relief from cough and catarrhal affections by sitting a few hours in his library with a chaffing dish of burning charcoal near his feet. He has found this practice so effectual a check to the effects of cold during the winter season, that he can assuage even violent catarrhal cough in the course of a single day. It has even relieved per sons with weak lungs, and who are con sequently subject to coughs during the continuance of cold weather or Easterly winds.-Philosophical Magazine, TRIAL OF JAMES WATSON, THE ELDER, FOR HIGH TREASON. *** In our last, p. 560; we slightly noticed the Trials for High Treason, and detailed the counts laid in the indictment, Our limits will not permit us to give at any length a Trial which occupied the attention of the Court for EfGHT days. We shall therefore content ourselves with a slight sketch of the Attorney General's opening speech, and of Mr. Wetherell's excellent defence of Watson; referring to the numerous editions of the Trial for the very long details of the Examinations of the various witnesses, particularly that of the vile accomplice Castle, who turned King's evidence, and whose examination and cross-examination occupied the attention of the Court a considerable portion of two days. June 9. The Attorney General, in a very long speech, set forth the charges against the prisoners. After stating to the Jury the nature of the offence charged against the prisoner, after dwelling upon the different overt-acts laid in the indictment, and explaining to the Jury the law of High Treason, he entered into a detailed history of all the circumstances connected with the conspiracy. The principal parties concerned in it were, Watson, Preston, Hooper, and Thistlewood. Watson had for some time lived in Hyde-street, Bloomsbury. On the 25th of November he took another lodging, at No. 1, Deanstreet, Fetter-lane; and it was not certain whether the people belonging to the house in Hyde-street, where he lived, knew of his taking this lodging: from the latter place he went away on the 25th, and did not return to it again. Thistlewood lived in Southampton-buildings, Chaucery-lane; and Preston lived in a house in Greystokeplace; the house, 9, in that place, was his residence ; and that was the place to which all references respecting Hooper was to be made. It appeared then that up to the 25th of November Watson resided in Hyde-street, and that on the 2d of December his residence was in Deanstreet, Fetter-lane. Preston still continued in Greystoke-place; and this would appear to have been a most important spot, so far as regarded the transactions which were to be detailed to the Jury. It would appear to have been their constant place of meeting; and that it was, in fact, the head-quarters of the conspiracy. In the month of October a person named Castle, whom he should call as a witness, got acquainted with Watson and Preston; he first met them at one of the meetings of a society which was called the Spenceans: the place of that meeting was the Cock, in Grafton-street, Soho. It was not his intention to enter into any comments respecting the nature or ten GENT. MAG. Suppl. LXXXVII. PART. I. G dency of these Spencean societies. He description of the iron cat, by which it was intended to disable the cavalry from acting. At the interval to which he now alluded they talked about money and finances; on which occasion Watson said the parties engaged in the business had money enough. In the course of their conversation, the same day. Watson declared that nothing but a revolution would be benefi cial to the lower classes of the people, or alleviate their sufferings. After this the parties had frequent meetings and conver sations respecting their plau for effecting a revolution. In one of these conversations Watson said to Castle, that he (Watson) was to be one of the Generals of the Revolutionists; but that Thistlewood was to be at their head. One part of their plan was to prevent the King's soldiers from acting against them; and that was to be effected by destroying the barracks in which they were quartered, and in such a manner as to destroy the soldiers also. After having thus conferred upon the means of destroying the soldiers, Watson and Castle went together to visit the barracks and magazines in Hyde-park, in order to devise the best mode of ascertaining how they could be attacked. This was done previous to any conference being held with Thistlewood on the subject. The next day Castle was introduced to Thistlewood; and then a conference took place between them respecting pikes or pike heads, when it was proposed to Castle, whose trade was that of a blacksmith, that he should make a number of pikeheads. After this, Watson and Castle proceeded together to Paddington and streets adjacent, where there were several persons in great distress and out of employ, in order to work upon them, and make them instrumental to their designs; for which purpose they were told that they never could be relieved from their distresses unless something decisive was done. Among other places, Watson do sired Castle to go and sound the Navigators at Paddington. These were the persons then employed in cutting the Regent's Canal near Paddington. After this, Castle went to the Cock public house, and there became a member of the Spencean Society. On this occasion Watson paid the money for his admission. On the 31st of October Castle went for the first time to Greystoke place; and when he came there, he was told by Watson that he was made a member of their committee, which was to consist of six persons. It appeared that a person of the name of Harrison had been materially connected with those parties; but, in consequence of a dispute which he had with young Watson, quitted the society before any of those objects had been accomplished. His place in the committee was to be supplied by Castle, and the remain ing members were the two Watsons, Pieston, Hooper, and Thistlewood. In the conversations which they held respecting the means of carrying their plan into ef fect, it was stated, that they might rely on getting over a great part of the foot soldiers to join them; but that they could place no depeudence on the cavalry, It was, therefore, a part of the plan, that the cavalry was to be attacked. They were to begin with the cavalry barracks in Portland-place; and these barracks were to be burnt. Watson, being in consequence of his profession skilled in che mistry, and well acquainted with the qualities of combustible materials, was de sired to make a calculation respecting the quantity of materials that might be ne cessary, and the expence of them; and it was then stated that these combustibles would not merely burn the barracks, but destroy the soldiers, by stifling them be fore they could leave their rooms. The only question of difficulty was, how the combustibles could be disposed of until the time came for using them. This dif ficulty was soon removed it was agreed that a house should be taken contiguous to the spot, on pretence of converting it into an oil-shop, to which barrels of tarj pitch, and other combustibles, might be conveyed without any suspicion. They soon found out an empty house in Segv mour-street. They repaired to the owners a respectable gentleman of the name of Cosser, residing in Milbank-street, West minster, who had no notion of the use to which the house was to be converted, and who was referred to Thistlewood, in Southampton-buildings, for the character of the person who was to take the house, Mic Cosser went to make inquiry respecting this reference; and when he found that Thistlewood was only a lodger, he would not let the house to the parties; and for that reason only it was not taken, and the scheme was abandoned. The parties then, having given up the plan of the houses agreed to have a number of pike-heads made; and Castle was appointed to:80 and get them made by a man named Bently. Mr. Bently had no suspicion as to the object the parties had in view, and he gave a pattern of one of those instru ments, which he supposed was intended to form part of a fence. An order was given for 230 pikes, to be made exactly resembling the pattern in question: they were made at Bently's workshop, and taken away by young Watson and Castle, and carried by them to Watson's lodgings in Hyde street. Castle did not afterwards know what became of those pikes; but most extraordinary circumstance respect ing them would be shewn in evidence, by which it would appear that, after Watson left |