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AND __ ROBERT MILLIGAN, EsQ. THE DEPUTY CHAIRMAN

OF THE WEST INDIA DOCK COMPANY;

The two former conſpicuous in the Band Of thoſe illuſtrious Stateſmen, Who in either Houſe of Parliament have been zealous to promote,

The two latter diſtinguiſhed among thoſe choſen to diret, AN UNDERTARING

k Which, under the Favour of GOD, ſhall contribute

STABILITY, INCREASE, and ORNAMENT,

TO( BRITISH COMMERCE.

The bottles being depoſited in the receſſes made to receive them, and alſo a plate with the Dire@Æors? names engraved thereon. Mr. Tyrrell, the-Clerk and Solicitor to the Weſt-India Dock Company, read the inſcription, and the four Noble and Honourable Perſohages named for that purpoſe, raiſed the fone(by means of four rings fixed thereto), ànd laid itin the proper ſituation. y The ſpectators then gave three times three hearty cheers, and declared their beſt wiſhes for the ſucceſs of the undertaking. -‘The Band of the Weſt Londón Militia attended, and played appropriate muſic before arid after the Ceremony, which was graced with a ſplendid diſ- ' play of beauty; amongſt the ladies of diſtin&Æion were, the Counteſs" of / Liverpool, Lady Mary Bentinck, Lády Georgiana Gordon, Lady Charlotte Jenkinſon, and Lady C. Greville. i After the Ceremony, the Company viewed the extenſive works carrying on at the Iſle of Dógs, and expreſſed great pleaſure and ſatisfaction at the ſpirited exertion manifeſted by the progreſs already made in a concern of ſuch magnitude.: The Company afterwards returned by water from Blackwall, in the barges belonging to the Admiralty and Navy Boards,&c.&c. which were e in attendance on the occahon.( An elegant entertainment was provided at the London Tavern, where the Dúke of Portland, and ſeveral other Noblemen and Gentlemen of diſtinéion joined the company, and. the remainder of the day paſſed with great con- viviality;-

Some of the Toaſts after Dinner were as follow:

The KNG and CoNsTITUTION(with repeated plaudits).

Succeſs to the Works at the Iſle of Dogs; and may our Corner Stone ftand firm under the weight of increaſing Commerce.

Proſperity to the City.of London; and may every ſucceſſiye Improvement of its Port produce the need of more.

Proſperity to the Weſt-India-Colonies.

Lord Hawkeſbury, and‘the Gentlemen of the Sele&t Committee of the Houſe of Commóns; for improving the Port of London: thanks to them for their paſt, and ſucceſs to their future labours.

The Noblemen and Gentlemen who ſupported in Parliament the eſtabliſh- ment of the Weſt India Dock Company. | Alderman Skinner, and the Gentlemen of the Port Committee of the City. | of London: thanks to them for their faithful Attention to the Concerns of

the Weſt-Tndia Dock Company. The Navy and Army. Peace with Sccurity and Honour, or War with Unanimity and Vigor. Succeſs to the Union between England and Iveland, and may the United Kingdoms‘experience, in the Centuries to come, as much Proſperity as in.' | the Centuty paſt.| y