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Foreign.
"This FOUNDATION STONE of a LIGHT-HOUSE , erected by order of the Colonial Government of HER AIAJESTY VICTORIA , Queen of Great Britain and Ireland and their Dependencies , in the first year of ber Reign , was laid on the Twenty-sixth day of April , A . D . 1838 , A .- L . 5838 , with Military and Alasonic Honours , by His Excellency AIAJOR GENERAL SIR ALEXANDER AVOODFORD , K . C . B ., & c , & c , & c ,
Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Town and Garrison of Gibraltar , assisted hy the R . AV . Edward John Burrow , D . D ., F . R . S ., Prov . Grand Alaster ; for the Protection of Alediterranean Commerce , the Saving of Human Life , and the Honour of the British Name !!]"
The Alasonic honours were then given . Money was left by His Excellency for the reward and encouragement of the workmen , and the Alasonic ceremony was concluded . The Union Jack on the flag-staff was now lowered , ancl the Royal Standard hoisted . " God save the Queen" was played by the bands of all the regiments on the ground ; whilst a grand salute was fired by the Boyal Artillery , and a feu-de-joie by the flank companies on duty and
the troops on Windmill Hill . The evening was fine , the sea enlivened by lateen boats decked with colours , and the whole living mass ivhich thronged the rocky promontory apparently enjoying the novelty ancl splendour of the scene . It was a day likely to be long remembered by the inhabitants of Gibraltar , ancl others who were present ; ancl , ive may hope , auspicious for the many crews who might hereafter be endangered by the want of
a sufficient beacon on this renowned portal of the straits . The light-house will stand on a platform thirty-eight feet square . The diameter of the column at the base will be twenty-seven feet , and its height sixty feet . The building will be entirely constructed of hewn stone , ancl crowned with a lantern ten feet hi gh , with a very powerful light . It will thus form a very handsome object , as well as a most valuable acquisition .
ON WITNESSING THE LAYING OF THE FOUNDATION * STONE Ot THE LIGHT-HOUSE AT EUROPA POINT , UY _ UAJOI--GI . NICH . Ar . SIR A . WOODFORD , K . C . B ., GOVERNOR OF GIBRALTAR , Al'RIL 26 , 1838 . " No farther can we go , " said haughty Rome , " Save barbarous Britain , the whole world is ours !"
The gates of Hercules still shut them home , And Atlas' waves defied their trireme powers . " Plus ultra ! " said the Spaniard , and laid waste A western ivorld he was not fit to keep ; And that same Britain sees her standarcl placed In Spain itself—the Guardian of the Deep .
Fulfil thy trust thou Afistress of the Surge . ' Suppress thc pirate—thus thy poiver declare ! From the Bell Rock to Europe ' s farthest verge , Siill plant the Pharos—thus proclaim thy care . '
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Foreign.
"This FOUNDATION STONE of a LIGHT-HOUSE , erected by order of the Colonial Government of HER AIAJESTY VICTORIA , Queen of Great Britain and Ireland and their Dependencies , in the first year of ber Reign , was laid on the Twenty-sixth day of April , A . D . 1838 , A .- L . 5838 , with Military and Alasonic Honours , by His Excellency AIAJOR GENERAL SIR ALEXANDER AVOODFORD , K . C . B ., & c , & c , & c ,
Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Town and Garrison of Gibraltar , assisted hy the R . AV . Edward John Burrow , D . D ., F . R . S ., Prov . Grand Alaster ; for the Protection of Alediterranean Commerce , the Saving of Human Life , and the Honour of the British Name !!]"
The Alasonic honours were then given . Money was left by His Excellency for the reward and encouragement of the workmen , and the Alasonic ceremony was concluded . The Union Jack on the flag-staff was now lowered , ancl the Royal Standard hoisted . " God save the Queen" was played by the bands of all the regiments on the ground ; whilst a grand salute was fired by the Boyal Artillery , and a feu-de-joie by the flank companies on duty and
the troops on Windmill Hill . The evening was fine , the sea enlivened by lateen boats decked with colours , and the whole living mass ivhich thronged the rocky promontory apparently enjoying the novelty ancl splendour of the scene . It was a day likely to be long remembered by the inhabitants of Gibraltar , ancl others who were present ; ancl , ive may hope , auspicious for the many crews who might hereafter be endangered by the want of
a sufficient beacon on this renowned portal of the straits . The light-house will stand on a platform thirty-eight feet square . The diameter of the column at the base will be twenty-seven feet , and its height sixty feet . The building will be entirely constructed of hewn stone , ancl crowned with a lantern ten feet hi gh , with a very powerful light . It will thus form a very handsome object , as well as a most valuable acquisition .
ON WITNESSING THE LAYING OF THE FOUNDATION * STONE Ot THE LIGHT-HOUSE AT EUROPA POINT , UY _ UAJOI--GI . NICH . Ar . SIR A . WOODFORD , K . C . B ., GOVERNOR OF GIBRALTAR , Al'RIL 26 , 1838 . " No farther can we go , " said haughty Rome , " Save barbarous Britain , the whole world is ours !"
The gates of Hercules still shut them home , And Atlas' waves defied their trireme powers . " Plus ultra ! " said the Spaniard , and laid waste A western ivorld he was not fit to keep ; And that same Britain sees her standarcl placed In Spain itself—the Guardian of the Deep .
Fulfil thy trust thou Afistress of the Surge . ' Suppress thc pirate—thus thy poiver declare ! From the Bell Rock to Europe ' s farthest verge , Siill plant the Pharos—thus proclaim thy care . '