The articles copied under...
The Times, 1824-08-13T00:00:00

The articles copied under the head or 'c Colonial Xntelli. gence,' from the St. Princent Go.aett, of June 26, ate, we lope and trust, unfounded; since otherwise there would be reason for applying to one of the parties alluded to in the Ga2etle, language rnore descriptive of a Turkish Baslh aw than of a functionary, and-what ought to be a still figber name-a niobleman of Great Britail. It is knowvn, 'we apprehend, that the Earl of HUNTtINGDON has not been fertunate enough to command the affections of the white -people of Dominica, of which island -he vwas two or three yeam ago appointed Governor. We are far forn imputing this unpopularity to his Lordship as a reproaehperhiap it was incurre by gQUerous aPnd bonourabie conduct; but -at. any-raw-the-fatt appears tot-e, that the Domninicans did not. lie the noble Earl. We' gather from the eoloniel ne*spaper above mentionetl, that for so'me cause noqprti. cularly stated, a resolution was adopted by -Governrtent at boaue, to recal his Lordship from Dominiica. The agentfor lhe island having discovered the intention of Miinisters, an. mouneed it to the Committeesof Correspondence; and, some- how-other,theimteligence sornortifying to tleGoveriiorgot Lnto theDo&minica Gazette. The printer being called before fihe House of Assembly, declared that the copyof the agent's 3etter whbih he published, bad been suppliedl to him by a Mr. HoasoN-one (we forgot to say) of those who had signed a petition to the KING to remove Lora Hu NTrNaG. im, from the government of Doominica. Now, what fol. lows, is alleged on the authority of the colonial journals, not on ours, for we can scarcely credit such a story. It is alleged, that about a fortnight after this discovery of Mr. 4.oasoN's instrumentality toNvards the promulgation of the Teter, anriouncing that Lord HUNTINGDON Waa about to be removed from the island, 12is Lordshnp notiled oEici- eiLdly the fact, of bis having ' dismissed Mr. 1IOasoN " from the Magistracy, and erased his na-ne from the Coin. 'f '4s~ion bf the Peace !" If the account be true, the ;: ob10 lorl may, by possibility, be able to assign some notive for bis treatment of this Magistratc, less dibho. - rable, and more lawful, tian that of personal -veh;eance. It was not in his capacity as a Magsstrat that MeA HOBSON had petitiolned.fort changeof Governo ,r that he had communipatd a document annostncing the ;prstect of such a. change. . In his magisterial ebaracwer, ;.ih0pforpe,,it is quite ob'iois;,.i4t 4 ccorting to law Qr. jtoice, Mr. iH.or ,ltad notmeA bhself liable to:dis- lgeiZMl) or-to~ andiekpunishrnei4. t Notxd hlUM 1GZQi, o7weackiawledge, mylhte tons in reserve, of h ica~tiro/ jp e ^cu!pgth-hirn from the Sbrfotw charge of cxectri,i? a . a~4 h >dbPs bou.id.oling.4orvzat4 thosepiW;.oihe: WeCeefateiertohave 1.cited;: 5s a noalez ; iuN ter.vGDoNs career hEas ijei lXut sno.t: f hze WDS- azbrrtk imiaste6in 'rIhd, 6o somse-2001 per ailearned Coursel, silee deceased, made out the eimsof r;AAS- I1IGS to this ancient peer6ge. FHis Lordshiip's next exhlbi- tionj w as as a judge upou -her lat6 IWJ} s T, sWhen his vWts Went uniformrly on a-particularfside *t'-..the question. was, not long afterwatb (as vre are informed); gazetteil a Pmt-Ca$tain in the inavy, in which hbehad been originally bred-was appointed to a frigat-was proinotd to be a Governjot-but whether with any.dispv-ition to extend the discipline of a man.of.viwrto an 'rand, we shall not venture to pronoulee,.