A Jamaica paper of the 11...
The Times, 1824-09-27T00:00:00

A Jamaica paper of the 11 th ilt say s-" le some time ago briefly iioticed thc deatli of George Frelerick A atiustus, King of the Alosquito Indians. WNre have recentiv acqutired the par- tic:ulatrsof his decease. It appears his Majesty retired in the after- noon. in a state of intoxication;, toI his roval couch, and to the arms ot' his Queen, who, taking ade antage of his cmnlitien. with tthc as^ sistance of two nobles of the Court, 5trangled him in his first nap, and afterwards deposited the corpse in ;a piece of water contiguous ta the palace. Suspicion of the fouil act havingr fallen on hier .ajesty. the sages of thie kingdlom inAssembled for the purnose ot' invstigating the circum-nstances relative to tie traitatrous assa.ssinat,tion. AfIter fout deliberations, a contlusion. crimitnating the Qaeen andl her two associate,, toi.k place, an( tilcv swere sentenccid to be hanweel, which ignominieus award was speedilY carried into efidct. At itbe foot of the eallows the guilty Queen a;cknowledged the Justice of the sen. tence, atiti confessed hiavinizr been in-tigated to the deed bv a foreigni resident at Cane Gracios a Dios. It appears the throne ol the kitg- dlom is elective, antd that tite superiiteiidant at Honduras has a polil tical infl ience in the election. There are at present two, candidatec for the vacant throne-the brothel and the consin of the murdered Eing ; and the voice of thc sitperinitendent, through thte agencv ofaan envoy, will decide t he election." AEnOSAUt', AScRNT.--\Mr. 1Ir. Sadller ascettledI withl itis balloon on Wednesdav last. fronti the Creat yard of' the gas-w.orks in the town of Wigan. 'I'l*e hour appointed was two o'clock, at whiCit time the taclihic wa, perfr:ctil inflatcd. -Shortly Laiter three o'cleek Mr. Sadler entered the car, gave the sienal wv hen the bal- loon wa; rcleased, and mounted with extr'etie rapiditsv and was qulickly out of sight. Finling himself approachittg the sera with a strongbreeze, Mlr. Sadler, in abont hafin liour fronm the timerof his aisCentt determined ott descendintg, wihich he etllctecl with safeir. wijthin three miles of Liverpool, havins gone, in a direct line, a dis tance of 1!) miles. Mlr. Graham,accomnpanietl by a g-eitleimiaii namedl H-Iobro, ascended in his balloon on Mlonday, at Worcester. The acronatts lia( not proceeded fi r before thev camiie dowvn again: but bv tak-tg off their coatLs ati h2ts, and putting evcry thing ouit of the car excep: te grappling irons, they re-ascended; a currenit of air then ca.ried tl:em against a house, and several bricks fell into the car, witiclm tftev carefully discitarged. attd leavitng the grapplinig irons inl The gUtter. otCCe iiore aseendled gradually. After halving reachetd art altitude of' two tiles and a half, they began to descend, atid alightedi safelv in a field about live niles from Eveshain. Bitlt: oF PASSAGE.-A wvortliv cilizen of Milk-street let't his biok-s, countitig-house, ard thie smoke of London, te so- jouirit a lithle ct,kwith hit friend in iiamplshire. He amused hint. self with his gun, and brougitm dowit a br-ace of birils ti:tese hc despatchied by the Telegrarh to his friendl 11., of Bisliopsgiatc-hreet. wlio sent tiremi to the drvsalter in Bucldershturv * tile drvsalt,r sent them to Dr. D., Soito ; the doctor, 1risiitg to: be well a itl his pa. tient, sent them to tie rich Jew itercha rt of Finsl;ir v henev thev passed to Finlhlev, the count; *'-seat of a certain Ea3st India Direr. tor t back again t tile city); twice thev tmrdcllrd from north to soutih ot Lonidon thrice tIhey istersectcd the cite troiut eitst to wetl . I1ant. emersistith mitud lietntioit, Tottenitain ant I'Tbnirtt: thev visitcd the wrards of Candlewick. I)ovgate, Farritudon, anid Portiokei. Tite tiioney paid for carriaige, porteraige, donationc on accotlitt of' these b birds of passage," v.omtld have furmished a l;east fit for .it Alder. man. At letmgrh, when the honest citizen returncd to lMlilk-street, the first ob je.ts that met his eves andl saluted his nore were the iden- tical two bitds whlichi he liad shot a week before. just then brought hint as a present front Mr. Deputy L., of Quccnhitli.-Ec'rwrnisi. Yesterdlay eveoting, about halt past ninie o'cleek, two persons fn the highest state of intoxication were obseived drivine aboutt Blackfriars-road in a single horse clusais, i) all directions, to tic imminent dlangerofthiosewho were pitssing at thetinme. A ladv. in crossing the ro.d opposite to Rowland H-Jill's chapel, wa-s knecked clown and :severely bruisel: and att oid gentlen-an weas thrown aFainst a chaiie,attd lii f:ace tnost severei vinjured. Aftar some little (IddHCUIcy, boti the i men were secured, and taken to Winter's stables itt Great Surrev-strect, where both loise, chaise, and the dangerous drivers tvere deposited in securitv. CORON'Ra'S INQUEST.-Oi Friday eve'ninag at P o'clork, an inquiisition was held at the Golden Liol, in Caninon-strecet-road, before J. Mr. UJJveoe, Esq., on view of the bodv of James West, Esq., a respectable solicitor, residing at No. 26, Cannon-street -road. who had put a period to his existence by taking a quantitycif lauda- num. The causes, as detailed, thatied to the commiLmentof this rash act, are as folloits :-In the sumtner of 1821, the deceased, accomn pa- tiled by an elsler btother, and a female doinrstic. ntmicd AMary Clarke, left this cottntr' to resitle in Franlce. thu latter keing in a very delicate state of he alth at the time ; andi in about two months after her arrival in that wttntrv she died. The deceased Alr. West. in Septemnber,l 82:3, married, at Cassel. a young French lady-.thedaugh- ter of a very respectable faniilv residing in that place, whom he in a short time afterwards brought to this country, anti continued to live together in Sthe greatesthlappinessuntil April last, when a illr. Wriglmlt, a friend of the family, called at the deceased's house,and incautiously and unintentionally nientioned to the deceased, in Cite presenice of Sirs. West, (not thinking that she untlerstood English), rumours in circulation about him which reflected on lis character,as to the cause, of the death of Alary Clarke. This communication had such an effect on AMrs. West that she died about a mnonth afterwards. It being re- ported in the tieighbourliooti at the time, that shie had also come un- fairly to her death, an inquest was held on her body and the jury, after the examination of several witnesses, returnee. a verdiect that she died a natural death, but that her death was accelerated by the evil reports circulated against herhusbanid, which reports they rtrmly believed to be wholly false and unfounded. The author of these reports was subsecluetstly aseertained to be the brother of the de ceased, and an action was commenced against him for the slander. The damages were laid at 1OOtIM . Tbe cause came on to be tried in the Court of King's Bench, Guildhiall, at the last sIt- tings after term, aild wall referred to arbitration, on the recommen- dation of the Judge. Arbitrators were accordingly appointed, and after due cons-deration, they made an award of ol. to the deceased. This award was made on the 15th inst., since which time there has been a visible change in the deceted. After the jury were sworn, the following witnesecs were caUed :-Charles Crisp, surgeon, de- posed, that on Wednesdayevening, between 8 and 9 o'clock, he was sent for to attend the deceased: he asnpeared erfectly tranquil, and told witness that he had taken poison, anid that in a short time lie should be in eterniy'. Witness had no doubt but taking the poison was the cause of hii ineath. The deceased gave no reason Jor his taking theOlson, and refused to take any antidote. The deceased seelued to be much, agitated when speaking alout the quarrel between him and his brother. Witness thought that the circumstance preyed much on his mind, as when he spoke of it, he appeared ilike a n.ad- man. Richardl WBuckley, acderk ir the employment of the deceased, deposed io the general incoherency in his matners, partieuiarly since abeut the i5th inst. The jury, feeling satisfied with this evndence, returned a verdict of " Insanity." The deceased was only 34 years ef age.