POYAIS SETTLEMENT.-A few ...
The Times, 1824-01-08T00:00:00

POYAIS SETTLEMENT.-A few dlavs ago, an -interesting girl, seemingly about 10 years of age, named Ann Gibson, pre- sented herself at the police-office, Edinburgh, demanding protection. She represented herself to be the daughter of a journeyman printer of this citv, who had been inauced to embark his family, consisting of himself, his wife, and this little suffierer, in the ill-faten expedi- tion to Poyiais. They sailed from Leith, along with other infatuated people, in the Kinne&sly -Castlc; and soon after arriving at their place of destination poor Gibson fell a victim to the insalubrity of the climate. Bv thle humanity of the Captain of the Friends of London5 Gibsoti's widow and his child, who had been plundered of every thinm, even of their very clothes, were received aspassengera on board of that ship, on its homeward voyage. In thdecourseof the passage Mrs. Gibson died of an infection which she- had caught when on shore at Povais: and the ship having to put in at a port in Ireland, her orphan child was there landed. During the whole of her adventuret, the poor girl seems to have been singularly befriended by Providence. At the'port we have mentioned, the sailors of a vessel trading to'Glasgow were so much struck with compassion at her misfortunes, that they agreed to give hlera free-passage to Glasgow,where she arrived in safety; and there meeting with a benevolent carrier, he agreed to convey her in his cart at hisownexpenseto her native city. Upon arriving in this CitY, unbefriended and helpless, she had no other resource but to ap- plytothepolice of fice, whereeverv attention has been since paid to her, and theexpense of subsisting her been defrayed by Captan Ro. bisonbimself. She suifeis-much from atertian ague, caught in the swampsof Poyais, which confines her to her bed. Thegsimple state ment of thiis case, we-feel persuaded, must excite a wish *in many -benevolent breasts to assuage the sorrows of this unhapby orphan, and establisb her in some decent-way of 'living. The ship 4lMpaj witl-passengers and stores for Poyais, passed Montserray all well on:the lst of Novemrer.-Edinbusrgpaper. DESTItUCTIvE Fm sn.-On Tuesday morning, at, five o clolck, as Brow-n and WVard, two watchmen stationed m f%eccles. lekld-strect, Berkeley.square, were goin- their rounds, thy observed srnoke t~fit omite Ins tpa?tof the:kouse of SirWil zam. Wal! pole; on their approaching neareF, they smtthe burnuig of;6edi and not doubting but that the house was on firej theirknockevI 1i the door, btut unfortunately could not gain admittaniie, andT they forced in tbe door which-was very strongly barred aeid bolted. On going into te kitcun, the ftrst thing they observed was a wooden bucket on lire, the fleoring and wainscot had also caught, as they im agihned, from -the Rio in the-kitchen range. ThEc prcured water irot the citstein, anid atte,pted to hut it ont, but tVelreabotspoved unavailingh the fl2rues burst torth in all directions, and they were obliged, wit-h all theservants, to depart. In the mean timue the alarmn was gix'en. The turncock was called up, ansd ~severaI engines from the dif herent fre-offlces were soon upon the spwe A plentiful supply of water was obtained, and'the firemen exerted' themselves with the utmost assiduity, but all their exertions proved abortive- the whole prenniisesby thlis time were in~ abla*.e -and inT about two houlrs afterwards, the house, witlh all the vasuable furniture, was to- tally consumned. The famnily, we were infonfied, wcre out of town, and it could 'not-be aceurately ascertasined how the fire broke out, but the damage stistained is very- considerable. The engines con. tinucd playing upon the ruins during the wvhole morning. MELANICHO LY CONFLAGAATI ON.-On Tuesday morni- ing about 4 o'clock, the premises of Mlir. Bennett, landlord of the Geor 'e.inn, in R3teliffie, wvere by the watch'mian discovered to be on Oire, tie immediately gave an alarm, and it was with the greatestdif- ficulty NUrs. Bennett and four infant children were rescued from I their perilous sitination in- a state of nudity, by the assistance of- [Bourn, cngineer to the Globe-ofrice, and the kind exerfions of' Mr.- ' Anderson and Alr. Darville, who conveyed hmrs Bernnertan famnily to the Globe Enginhehousem Air. llennett, unfortunately, was drea. fuely buirned inibis fare and. r5ght arm; from the latter he is in. formed amputation ust be-the result. enry I)emsey, -vwho was sleepinginthe scid for of Mtr. Bennett's ho'e, fell a svict to the devonringedetneiit, ~'it beinK impossible to render hiim any assist-' ance, ad alldithaitreiins'of~tlis -sfortunate sufterer is a mere .skeleton. Ir. Beniaitt ;*as-not insured, anthis loss is estimated. at upwards of 7001. From his general good character, a subscription ias been proposed, as the sufferers areilestitute ota home, and have 'los- al that bonestiindustry possessed then o? after a labour of 40 .ears. E:very exertion was used by tlbe Globe, the two parishegns and the Son, bitt the furv of'the dement resisted'every effort until the prewnises were completely gutted. The conflagration was first discovered in Mr. Bennett'.sleep-mg.room, in wbich, on account of M2rs. Bennett's ill.state of health, a-candlelbad been left burning, and being 'placed on a dressingtab}e, conmmunicated to. the wsindow curtains. AFFLICTING Acciw)NT.-On Monday last a very me- lancholy occurrence tookplaceatOnk-LawF, Surrey, the seat of Ed- ward' IVlorley, Esq. Amongst a number of friends who were en- joytug winter sportsat Oak-Lawn,wasCaptain T. Morley, formerly- of th -Hononrable Bast India Company's Artillery, who had ar. rived in England only a few-days 'previous. - Captain IoTley, being particularly fond of 'field-sports;,was highly delighted with e well.; kept coveTS of his brother's estate, and Sported every morang-; on. Monday last he-wasshpocting a, riew cover, in company with his ne-i phew, a lad oti sixteen years old . the enclsuire being verfdlose,' Captain Mlorley -recommended the young gentleman to keep in- the rear, and not to fire tntil the birds had risen above the after, the neph iw unfortunatId neglected thia-cautioa andfircd whlen Capt. Alorley, who waS then nottvwenty yards diAteiit, receivre nearly the entire charge in his right shouldgr, - ud fell, ex- dairiing " Ohl I George, I am shot." The youngsgenteinan. everhearing - the exclamation, sprung over the hedge, and found bisuncle lying on- theground in great agony: assistance Vwes in stantly proured, and the wound was examined by Surgeon Wailer. who happened to be- then on a visit at the house: tle greater part4 the shot was extracted, but from the torh state of- the surrounding flesh, and apartial fracture of the bone, itispured thatampu tation wvill be necessary to ensure the entlenan's reovery.- - Alirar -11uomkE..The LoRD IIAVon. yesterday annoanced; that in consequencie of thx publication'of the cases oth e untbrtu.- nate lsurivora of. thei emigrants' who last went ot ro-Poyais, some benevolentiiidividuAabada ea'fled uponhins andlefwith him a feI triflingaubseriptions for the useof the destitute widows andtheir. sickly children. Theireaseswere of all thathehad wet-with Fa- culiarly. severe and distressing; and ihose beneyolent pesr whose .dispositiens prompted theya to relievc. the swidow. and the orphan, could not find more fit objects forthe exercise-oftihgir charity. lIft hoped the public would cot forward to nlle$ vitaihe stufertrgs of. the p oror craures,-whowet' in thpie most abisct state; aid it would -give himt guest snatfsfaictjr tQ apply any thing 'hat- tuight be-sent for 1t[eir rrlief. - - -t. - '- It *as at^terwards atated to Lis Isordsh1ip that sincetbeapljiatnit was made respeeting the widows the other das- an infut belonging to the widow naLmed Blac' had diedfrom thlie efhfed of th- clinae, and tdere were no means of giving it-burial -,if Ltdshipsu- gested that application should be unlde on thesubjeet to -the parish offlicersof Blackwall, where Ithae'survvors whovetimied by the -Skerne hadlanded:, arnsid. -,- -