1824.] 
himself and family in the mean time. 
The price of passage from England is 
usually from seventy to eighty pounds 
for each cabin passenger, and. about 
forty guineas for each steerage passen- 
ger. It is advisable for the emigrant 
party to take with them in hard dollars 
as much of their property as they can 
reserve from necessary expenses. They 
must, however, carry with them an ade- 
quate supply of clothes, made up and 
in the piece, beds, beddixg, linen, do- 
mestic utensils, agricultural, gardening, 
and dairy implements; furniture in 
frame, to be put together on being lo- 
cated, with tools, &c., for mechanics ; a 
light waggon and a few light carts, with 
geer and harness; a horse-mill, and 
sifters to grind corn and prepare meal 
and flour ; a still and apparatus, books, 
fire-arms, fishing-tackle, medicines, 
wines and spirits; the doors, window- 
sashes, locks, grates, and fittings of cot- 
tages, barns, &c., besides those other 
articles which will occur without being 
recapitulated. 
After landing, they should take some 
little time to be advised, and to deter- 
mine whether, and in what district, they 
should take out grants for their allot- 
ments of lands; or should preter pur- 
Epitaph on. Edward Alexander, M.D. 
‘chasing: free land’ from individuals ex- 
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empt from the condition of paying and 
maintaining convict labourers. Upon 
these points, they may cbtain the benefit 
of the minute local knowledge of the 
official surveyor, which may be had for 
the usual well-merited gratuity. 
There is good authority for stating, 
that a small establishment of steam 
packets, between the ports of New 
Holland and those of Van Diemen’s 
Land, would be a lucrative concern. 
ie 
To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 
Sir, 
VERY elegant and beautifully- 
execnted mural tablet has recently . 
been erected in the Great Meeting in 
Leicester, to the memory of the late 
Dr. Alexander, of Danett’s Hall, of 
whom a brief memoir appeared in your 
Magazine for March 1823. The en- 
closed is a correct copy of the inscrip- 
tion, at your service for insertion. Those 
who, like myself, knew the character it 
commemorates, can. deeply feel the 
truth of this interesting sketch. 
Leicester, I remain, Sir, yours, ° 
20th July 1824. Ss. W. 
SACRED to the MEMORY of 
EDWARD ALEXANDER, M.D. 
Of Danett’s Hall, near Leicester, 
Remarkable for purity and simplicity of Character, 
For Piety to Gop, and disinterested Love of Man; 
His whole Conduct exemplified the Two Commandments, 
On which “ hang all the Law and the Prophets.’’ 
As an able and conscientious Physician, 
And in prompt and gratuitous Services to the Poor, 
He has rarely been equalled. 
Blessed with vigorous Faculties and ardent Feelings, 
His Benevolence, expansive as his Mind, 
Shed its Balm on all within the Sphere of his Influence. 
He was a firm Opponent of Despotism, public and private, 
A fair Advocate and generous Supporter 
Of Civil and. Religious Liberty. 
This cold Marble may record his admirable Qualities, 
But their due Appreciation must be sought 
Tn the Hearts of those whom his Affection delighted, 
His Friendship gratified, his Bounty relieved, 
And his Skill restozed to the enjoyment of Ease and Health, 
It pleased Gop to arrest him in his Medical Career, 
In the Month of June 1810, 
As one “ of whom the World was not worthy.” 
Also, to visit him with long and excruciating Suffering, 
Which he bore with unshaken Fortitude and Resignation, 
In full hope of a joyful Resurrection through Crist, 
He died 27th November 1822; aged 55 ; 
Was deposited the 5th December within St. Mary’s Church, 
Tn the Vault belonging to his Place of Residence. 
In this Chapel he worshipped, 
And here is erected this Monumental Tablet, 
Monrury Mac, No. 401. 
By his faithful, affectionate, and devoted Widow, 
2F For 
