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Lincoln cathedral was robbed 

 of communion jilate to the amount 

 of 5001. 



A gentleman at Lymington, in 

 Hampshire, has a cow which gave 

 a produce of one thousand three 

 hundred and thirty-six gallons, two 

 quarts, and half a pint of milk, in 

 ten calendar months and twenty 

 days ; and the produce of another 

 cow, of the same breed, has been, 

 for many weeks t?ogether, sixteen 

 pounds of butter per week. 



22d. The first stone of Christ- 

 church, Birmingham, was laid this 

 day, with a solemnity appropriate 

 to the pious cause it is intended to 

 espouse, and the divine principles 

 ■whrch it is adapted to inculcate. — 

 The earl of Dartmouth, (who re- 

 presented his majesty,) preceded by 

 the second troop of Warwickshire 

 yeomanry, and followed by the first 

 battalion of the Loyal Birmingham 

 Tolunteers, arrived in his carriage a 

 little before 12 o'clock. His lord- 

 ship was dressed in the Windsor 

 uniform, and decorated Mith the 

 sash, key, and garter of the noble 

 order of knighthood with which he 

 has recently been honoured by his 

 sovereign. He was accompanied by 

 lord Aylcsford, lord Warwick, the 

 bishop of Lichfield, the dean of 

 Windsor, II. Legge, esq. and many 

 other gentlemen of the county and 

 neighbourhood. Mis lordship and 

 his attendants were received at the 

 entrance to the site of the intended 

 edifice, by the trustees, high and 

 low bailiH", the magistrates, tiie 

 clergy, and other gentlemen of the 

 town, and conducted to an elevated 

 situation, purj)oseIy erected for their 

 reception, at the west end of the 

 foundation. 'J'he ceremony was 

 very short. When the procession 

 Aud moved up to the stone at the 



eastern extremity of the fonndation, 

 and arranged themselves, lord 

 Dartmouth placed bis hand upon 

 the stone, and said — " By command 

 of our beloved sovereign, 1 lay this 

 stone." His lordship then retired. 

 A guinea, half-guinea, and the other 

 coins of the last impressions of thes 

 present reign, were deposited in a 

 chamber cut in the stone, and co- 

 vered with a brass plate bearing this 

 inscription : " The first stone of 

 Christ church was laid the twenty- 

 second day of July, 1805, by com- 

 mand of his most gracious majesty 

 George the Third, the pillar, guar- 

 dian, and ornament of the Christian 

 ftiith, in the 68th year of his age, 

 and the 45th of his reign. Richard 

 Pratchet, high bailifi." The pro- 

 cession then proceeded to Style's 

 royal hotel, where a most sumptuous 

 dinner was prepared, and served up 

 to a numerous com.pany. — Three 

 battalions of the volunteers were 

 upon duty, to whom lord Dart* 

 mouth presented the sum of fifty 

 pounds, which was divttled among 

 the respective companies; his lord- 

 ship also added 'fifty pounds to his 

 former subscription to the fund of 

 the church. Viscount Dudley and 

 Ward has signified his wish to the 

 high bailift', that lOOl. should be 

 added to his former subscription to 

 the free church. Isaac Hawkins 

 Browne, esq. and tlie rev. Mr. Gis- 

 bornc, who paid 5001. as the legacy 

 of the late Mr. Hawkins, towards 

 erecting a free church in this town, 

 have also subscribed 1001. each to 

 the same institution. 



2Uh. An accident happened at 

 the Blackwall canal^ which might 

 have been productive of great cala- 

 mity, but happily no lives were lost. 

 The cut from Blackwall to Lime- 

 house, intended to carry vessels di- 

 D d 4 rectly 



