The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-03-25 00:00:00

THE LATE SIR 7'HOMAS MAITLAND.

We received yesterday advices from Malta to the 21st of
January, and we extract from the Government Gazette of
the 20th, the following painfully interesting details of the
last moments of Sir Thomas Maitland:—

MALTA. JAN. 20.
The Government Gazette of this day contains proclamations by
Major-General Sir M. lower, announcing the melancholy and
unexpected death of Sir T. Maitland, and his own assumption
of the Government. ad interim, till his Majesty's pleasure shall be
known, and also the following particulars respecting his Excel-
lency's lath :
On the morning of Saturday it was remarked by Dr. Broadfoot,'
his medical attendant, that his Excellency was particularly well.
After breakfast he dictated to Sir R. Plaskett two public despatches
to Earl Bathurst, and two private notes to Lord Lauderdale, and
to his sister, the Ladr Jane Houston in the latter of which he
stated, that he thought he was better in health than he had been
for two or three years. About noon, after finishing his letters, and
leaving Sir R. Plaskett to prepare the despatches for the packet to
England, he paid several visits, first calling on Mrs. Clifford, in
her rooms at the Palace, and afterwards driving in his barouche to
the Admiral's, Sir Harry Burrard Neale, in excellent health and
spirits. He then drove to Florian, to visit Mr. and Mrs. Le Me-
surier, where he remained about three quern's of an hour, in
perfect health, and was just on the point of departing, having
risen from his seat for that purpose, when be sat down again on •
square stool in the room, saying that he felt ill and could not see.
Upon this Mr. and Mrs. Le Alesuriee assisted him to the
sofa, and sent back the carriage instantly to the palace for medical
assistance; Dr. Broadfoot and Sir R. Plaskett went out immedi-
ately, and found his Excellency on the sofa Er was perfectly
sensible at this time, and said he was very iA. DT. Broadfoot felt
his stomach, and desired him not to be•datesed, as there was no-
thing wrong there, to which he replied, " I have no pain in my
stomach, but a violent one in the back of my head, with a cold per-
spiration upon me,-1 never was attacked in this way before." At
this moment Dr. Grieves came in. and his Excellency stated the
same to him, and begged to be put to bad, saying, however, that
he had not power to get into the carriage, nor even to undress him-
self, and repeated that he had lost all power, and could not raise
himself. A small bed was immediately procured, and put into the
apartment where he was, and Dr. Grieves and Sir R. Plaskett, with
one of the servants, carried his Excellency front the sofa to the bed:
but, from the time he was put on it. till he died, he was perfectly
insensible, and never spoke one syllable.
Ile remained in this state (groaning at times, as if in pain, par-
ticularly for the first hour) for eight hours during which period
every remedy that could be suggested by the Medical men (Dr. lien-
nen having joined the others) was attempted, but wi.hout the smallest
success. His Excellency breathed his last at thirty-five minutes
after ten o'clock, r. se.
His medical attendants are unanimously ofopinion that his death
was occasioned by apoplexy, and that his case was utterly hopeless
from the first moment of the attack.

3lajor-fieneral Sir Manly Power remained till his Excellency
was no more ; and his corpse was afterwards brought to the Palace.

MARRIAGS IN lIIC II LIVE.—On Wednesday, at St.
George's church, by the Lord Bishop of Itaphoc, Octaviuz
It'igram, Esq. son of Sir Robert Wigram, Bart. to Isabella
Charlotte Knox, third daughter of the Hon. Lord Bishop
of Derry. The happy couple, after partaking of an elegant
thjeautel a la
.fonrchette at the lion. Mrs. Calvert's, in
Grafton-street, set off for Hunadon House, liens, the seat
of N. Calvert, Esq. M.P. Among the distinguished fa-
shionables who graced the ceremony with their presence,
wa particularly noticed—The Earl and Countess of Wick-
low, the Earl and Countess of Cathcart and the Ladies
Cathcart, Countess of Mansfield and the Ladies Murray
Greville, Earl and Countess of Darnley and Lady E. Bligh,
Earl and Countess of Limerick and the Ladies Pery, Lord
Clifton, the Bishop of Derry and the Hon. Mrs. Wm.
Knox, Sir R. Wigram, Bart. M.P., Wm. Wigram, Esq.
ALP. &c. &c.