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London, England, 1812-06-16 00:00:00

HISTORY OF SOUTH WILTSHIRE.

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OBSERVATIONS on the DISTURBANCES
in the AIAIORAS ARMY, in 1809..
By JOHN MALCOLM,
Lieutenant-Colonel in the Honourable East India Company's
Madras Army, Resident at My.sore, and late Envoy to Qie
Court of Persia.
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..
Sketch of tai,. Political History of India, from the Introduc-.
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"On approaching the place, it appeared Oita ki
mount had ben formed of irregular, rough-loo1:-
ing depositions, upon the ancient regular strata,
whoze origin has been similar. The slope of the
latter has calls ti. the mount to spread more on-the
east side, and the recent depositions-of the water
may be traced till they coincide with them: The
perpendicular height of the mount is about seven
feet, measured from the highest part of the sur-
face of the old depositions'.. From these the mat-
ter composing the mount :Way
.be readily -distin-
gyished, on the left side, where a disruption has
taken place. Oa the 4!p of this mount is a bas:li,
which we found to extend fifty-six feet in one di-
rection, and forty-six in andther.
" At a quarter before three 'o'clock in the af-
ternoon, when we arrived on the spot, we foumi
the basin full of,hot water, a little of which WitS
running over. • Haying.. satisfied my curicAity krt
this time, I went with the rest of the party to ex-
amine some other places whence we sail; vapour

ascending.

" AboVe the Great Geyser, at a short distance,
is a large irregular-opening, the beauties of which
it is hardly posSible td describe. The water which
filled it. was as clear as crystal, and perfectly still,
though nearly.at the boiling point. Through it
we saw white incrustation:; forming a varlet 7 of
figures and cavities, to a great der, ; and carry-
ing the eye into a vast and a.k abyz-,s, over which
the incrustations formed a dome of no great
thicknesS : a circumstance which, though not of
itself agreeable, contributed much to the.effect of
this awful scene. •

" Having examined several other cavities, I
returned to the Geyser in 'order to collect speei=
mens of the incrustations on the mount. I selected
a fine mass close to the water on the brink or the
basin, and had not struck many blows with my
hammer, when I heard a sound like the distant
discharge of apiece of ordnance, and the ground
shook 'under me. The sound was repeated Irregu-
larly and rapidly ; and 1 had just given the alarm
to my companions, who were at a little distance,
when the water, after heaving several times, sud-
idunly rose in a large column, accompanied by
clouds of steam, from the middle of the basin, to
the height of ten or twelve feet. The column
" seemed as if it burst, and sinking don-n, it pro-
duced a- wave which caused the water to overflow
•the basin in considerable quantity. The w:..Ter
luiving reached my feet, I was under the necessity
of retreating, but 1 kept my ,eye fixed on what wes
going on. After the first propulsion, the water
was thrown up again to the-height of about fif-
teen feet. There was now a succession of jets to
the number of eighteen, none of which appeared
to me to exceed fifty feet in height ; they lasted
about five minutes. Though the wind blew
strongly, yet the clouds ,of vapour were so dense,
that after the two first jets, 1 could only see the
highest part' of the spray, and some of it that was
occasionally thrown out sideways. After thelaSt
jet, which was the.most furious, the water sud-
denly left the basin, and sunk into a pipe iu the
centre. The heat of the bottom of the basin soon
made it dry, and the wind blew aside the vapour
almost immediately after the spouting ceased. We
lost no time in entering the basin to examine the
pipe, into which the .Vater had sunk about ten
feet, and appeared to -be rising slowly. The dia-
meter of the pipe, or rather pit, is ten feet, but
near the top it widens to sixteen feet. The sec-
tion, which is taken across the longest diameter
of the basin, gives a distinct idea of the whole
structure of the external part of this wonderful
apilaratus. The perpendicular depth of the basin
is three feet ; that of the pipe being somewhat
more than sixty feet, though there may pe SWIIC
inaccessible holloWs -which extend to, d much
greai.:;!r depth.

" After the water had 'descended into the pipe,
there 'was no appearance of any vapour issuing
from it till it had reached the mouth, when a little
was visible. Even when the basin was f9ll, the
quantity of vapour was•far from being so great
as might have been expected to proceed f,:oin
large a surface of hot water. At five minutes he-
fc.re six o'clock it boiled a litttec and continuedlto
do so at intervals. Elving,thrown a stone into
the water while it • was perfectly-still, I observed
that an ebullition immediately took place till the
stone reached the bottom:. I, then requested all
the party to provide themselves with•large stones,
tend, to throw them into the pipe; on a signal I
should give, when the water was still. When the
stones were thrown in, a violent ebullition in-
stantly followed ; and this escape of steam/ on
agitation, may serve to assist a theory of the phe-
noniena.

" Following the channel which has been form-
ed by the water escaping from the great basin
during the eruptions, we 'found some beautiful
and delicate petrifactions. The leaves of
and willow were seen converted into a white stone,
arid in the most perfect state of preservation ;
every minute fibre being entire. Grasses and
rashes were in .the same' state, and also masius. o,*
peat. in order to preserve specimens so rare and
elegant We brought away largo masses, and broke
them up after our return to Britain ; by which
means we have 'formed very :rich collections ;
though many fine specimens were destroyed in car=
rying them to Reikiavik.
On the outside of the mount of the Geyser,
the depositions, owing to the splashing of the
water, are rough, and have been justly compared
to the heads of cauliflowers. 'll aro of a yel-

L 0 N D N,
TtESD ‘Y, JUNE 16', 180.

This morningthe Gentlemen who were expect-
ed to bid for the tetan (with the exception of
Mesirs. REID, IRVING, and Co. who had declined)
waited upon Lord LIVERPOOL and Mr. VANSIT-
TART, at the Treasury, when, after a conference
of considerable length, the terms Were, .
LOAN of:2-2,59,000t fox. the ser:due of Cie year 2 112. For
ngland 15,650,0001.—Ireland 4,350,5001.--7 The Ea.st India
Ca anpauy 2,500,0001. Co►itracted for on' Tuesday, lath
Jane, ISl2—The Lists baring tuadaa similar offer, by
Messrs. Baring, J. J. "Angerstein, Battyc, Dawes,and Ellis.
Messrs. Parties, Steers, and Ricardo. And

•ilcstirs. Roirarts, Curtis, and Co.

• - - TERMS.
1~01 Reduced 3 per Cents. for every ,Cl.OO sterling
56 4 3 per Cent. Consols. S ,- subscribed. -
The Dividend upon the 3 per Cent. Consols to
commence from January, and upon the Reduced
3 per. Cents. from April last ; and the first half-
yearly payments, becoming due July sth and Octo-
ber 10th, to be exempted from
_the Property Duty.

'Discount after the rate of 4 per cent. per anu.
for payments made in full.

BIDDINGS OF THE DIFFERENT LISTS.

Messrs. Baring, J. J. Angcrstein, Battyc,
Dame;, and. Ellis (56 3 per Cent.
Thlrocs-, Steers, alld Ricardo Consols.
Robarts, Curtis, and C 0..... •

Mr. SuRRIDAN yesterday gave notice ,in the House
of Commons, that he would to-morrow enter into
a full and detailed explanation of the share which
he took in the late Ncgociation. The Chronicle,
in mentioning this notice, says, " that the clear-
ing up of this matter will be a comic overture to
the serious drama of the Budget." If we had not
seen. the intolerance and rancour with which
every man is now treated who has the courage
and-independence to 'dissent from the decrees of
the infdllible leaders of the Party, we should have
been surprised at the indecent attacks which they
have made upon Mr. SIIERIDAN. The seryices
.
which that Gentleman has renderei to the Party,
and the reputation Which he has added to it byhis'
talents, are all forgotten,and the consistent Fox s
areanxious to sacrifice Mr. StIERIDAN to appease
thcolfended dignity of Lord GRENVILLE.' The
ingratitude of theSe ineii is equal to their intole-
rance and their presumption; but the recollection
'of past serVices, or an adherence to old prie. iples,
. .
would disgrace a Modern Patriot. , It is but a
Very 'few. weeks since Lord MoIRA and Mr. SHE-.
RID were almost the idols of the Party ; and
now,without,having abandoned any one political
principle of their lives, but Merely bee :use th&y
would not become the instruments to promote the
ambitious projects of an overbearing Party, because
they Would not their assistance in offering a
studied insult to the REGVNT, t,ey are daisy held
up by their old friends as the objects of • contempt
and ridicule. We are strongiy inclined to think,
hoWever, that the Party wilt- ne4 find Mr. SHERI-

DAN'S explanation, to-rnorrow„ quite so ‘‘. comic",
as they seem, to suppose; we believe.that it will
tend 'to sink" the Party still lo,wer in the public
.
estimation than they arc at present, if that be pos-
;.-

Mr. WHITEREAD' took no share in the Debate,
in the House of CommonS yesterday. It is said,
we know not with what truth, that that Gentleman
highly disapproves of the conduct of LordsG REY and
nENVlLLtduring the late Negociation. We think
it highly probable ; indeed, everyman who will ven-
ture to think for himself must condemn them; but
if M7.W.shouldtexpress such an opinion, we ven-
ture to predict that he will experience the fate of
Mr. SUE.RIDAN, and be exposed tol'a sentence of
political excommunication for hig heretical pre-
sumption.

e 4
I.*esterday naeirninr, oat or tat parties who Welt
to bid for the Loan this day, sent the following
circular to their subsclribers :
Broad-street Buildings,)

" Messrs. REIN,,, 111.1,1F6, and Co. and
Jon JAcKsotir and Co. beg- to inforrd
that they have resolved not tokoffer for the Loan,
to be Contracted for 'on Tuesday next."
The brilliant insignia of the Star, George and
Garter, with which I:,arl MoTRA was invested, on
Friday, are understood to bave.been the flattering
and generous present of an Illustrious Personage.
The following Gentlemen were yesterday called
to the degree of Barristers at Law, by the HO-
nourable Society of Lincoln's Inn, viz.

George Mitnneri, Esq. Thomas JMICS, kin. Esq. . John
Fisher 11 pe, Esqi and Martin West, Esq.

In the Court of Common Pleas yesterday, the
E-trl of ILpitEsT'ER 'levied a fine; and shfferedea
recovery of his estates in Gloucestershire and
elsewhere.

.•
The Right Hon. Lord MOI.II,;TFORP, has been
appointed Major• to the Ist Battalion of the
Surrey Militia, in the room of Major THOMPSON.
Tiieldur remaining companies of the 10th
girrient (the Earl of SuvvoLK's), which were left
in the Leeward Islands, landed yesterday, at Tit-.
bury Fort, and arc ordered to join at ,Stirling,
the interest attachedtoLordltoißA'S Pamphlet
is evinced by its running through five Editions in
as many days.

On Thursday se'nnight the noble family of
BtrrE returned to their elegant villa at Richmond,
to the great delight of the neighbourhood, after a
lapse of 12 months, and on Monday evening the.
amiable Marchioness gave a grand hall and sup-
per, to celebrate the birth-day of Lady,FßAlcoEs
STUART, the Marchioness's only daughter.

It is stated, in. accounts from the United States,
that the President and Essex frigates had sailed
under orders to protect the American coast, and.
particularly to keep open the ports of Phila-
delphia and 'New York. As there are British
cruisers on, tliat part of the coast, the issuing of
such orders. by the American Government cer-
tainly evinces a hostile dispositiolt A letter
from Charlestown, dated the 9th ultimo, says,—

" The Spaniards have not yet been dispossessed
of St. Augustine. In consequence of an expec-
tation that the Indians would take part with the
garrison at St. Augustine, the American troops at ,
'Savannah had been ordered to hold themselves in
readiness to march for that place. at a moment's
warning. A vessel, arrived at Georgetown, from
Amelia Island, with a cargo of British goods, has
been seized by the' collector of that Port, for a vio,-
lation of the Non-importation JAW. Any vesselS
-coining from the same port with goods, notwith-
standing the late capitulation, will be subject to
the same proceeding in Charlestown, until in-
structions on the subject shall have been -received,
from Washington."
It is confidently reported at Plymouth, that
the French have another marauding squadron at sea.
In lat. 26. 47.10ng. 7. 46. two ships of the line and
two frigates -Were seen steering to the Southward,
which did not repeat the signals made by the Abun-
once store-ship. This occurred on the Ist inst. It
is to be remarked that the British have no such squa-
dron at sea, as above stated, and it is supposed
that Buonaparte, having, from so many failures,
been convinced of the inutility, not to say fay; •
of sending out wjhoie fleets; has determined upon
risking them ith small predatory squadrons, for'
.the purpose of cutting up our commerce in both
hemispheres.
The new AmbaSsador from Spin is a Grandee
of the first. class in -that country, and possessed
property to the amount of .40,0001. per annum,
but being situated in the provinces which have
. been' over-run by- the French, he is entirely, de=
pendert on his dinlothatic stipend.
Admiral DE WINTaR was buried with great
pomp, on the fith inst. at Paris.
A Deputation of Gentlemen, we regret to state,
• is arrived in town from Lancashire, to communi-
. cate the important fact to Government, that a 'dis-,
coVery had been made of the Luddites baying esta-
hlishedscveralforges in that county for the maaufac-
. tare of pikes and darts, asample Gfwhich the Gentle-
men have in their posses.sion. We art in h opes , that
these prove extreme cases, exaggerated by
very natural apprehensions into systems. Noc-
turnal meetings, however, continue to. be held by
the Luddites'at stated -periods, in remote and
ele-
voted situations. What can these infatuated men
proposb to themselves ?
DUELM, JUNE 13.—Action of Slander.---Verner
Moore, Esq. Barrister at Law, against Richard
Maunsell, Esq. Secretary to the Ifonouruble So-
ciety of King's Inns, are credibly? in-
formed, that a Capias, at the suit'of the plaintiff,
was this day issued against the defendant; and.
that an action of slander (for the. alleged libel
contained in the censure passed by the Benchers
on Mr. Moore) will be had early in the ensuing
Post.
•
0:i the 4th -of this-,month the Yeomanry of the

city of Armugh 1-7 re aSsembledi according to the
estahlished.custom o honouring the King's Birth
Day. After being dismissed, the coips, command-
ed by 7.01 r., John Barhes, laid (I°l3,ll'kbel- avintt, re-
fusing to serve any longer under their Z_aptain,
because he had signed the Protestant Petition to
the Legislature,' in favour of Catholic Emancipa-
tion. cieneratMckENilE, who reYicwed the Yeo-
manry on that (lay, immediately approached the
spot, 'and harangued the birbulent. corps.--7 What
the General said on_ the occasion is not accurately
kiiown ; but it is reported, that he desired•them, if
';trey had any cause of complaint to Make against
-their officer, to state it. on paper—to take up their
arms—and to behave like soldiers. They huzzaed;
but'it is not known whether the shout was in ap—
proval of the General's eloquence, or in co'ntempt.
Of Mr. Barnes, irho Was retiring from the field,
perhaps to secure his personal safety, though it is
probable that it originated in the influence'of
both motives.—(Dublin Paper,)
CHESTER, JUNE 13.---;Arespite for ten days has
just •been received for three of the rioters in the
Castle : Greenhough, Haywood, and LO =des . The

other two, Temple aid Thompson, were to be exe-
cuted yesterday.
BREAt).—To-day the Lord Mayor and Alder-
men, 'after inspecting the Me ilweighers' Returns,
ordered the price of 'Bread to be raised 2d. per
peck. .--Q nailer:2 IdoLf, 1s: 7d.