DEMERARA.-A letter has la...
The Times, 1824-03-16T00:00:00

DE INEA It -lte hsae rb_e~_n'received.by a gen., tlemain in Lonldon frotmi his- e orrs'epondenr in Demntrara, dated Jan. 14, 11824~, hii whicih it !is ftated-" Thefe'. w%erej four Negroes executed. in George town last week ; iiad one,. naiyed Sandly, up the coast. Th'e latter decla'ret Just be- fore hiis deathi, that Mr. Smith hatd never taughit themn to rcbcl, and prsayed that God would deli;Ver him.) froyi his enemnies. Another Negro, namned Achiilles, d~clared iliit Mfr. Smnith knew nothing -of thie rebellion till. it hsadibroken' ouit; he also said; that "1religion, had -restrained. thenm in this instance," but added, "1 let them (the whites) take c-are neAi time." Suchi ati inipression -wsti m:de-by:Wbat he uttered, that the -execution wAs delayed iuntil a miezssn- ger was sent to the Governor; buit the execution took place * Lisbon Gazettes to) the 6thi inistant have arrived, Trley cisutain, dtoidng othier tlhi n,, a dercre fromi tho King, re- guhiting the inmportation of corn, in coniseq.uence of an of- fical epot tat he ornin he agzines, andi what might be epeced.fro th prvines,wasnot sufflde,ir -for the conumpionot'thecaptaltil te niext lharvest. Jiegi4ea thepaprs,letershav cotiebythe san ~ir sail ; anid ih one r to oftheis hereis n exraodin ryirmour. of the IChamnberlaini us' the King.of Partu l haig been'stabbedI by' Doi, Migis'l, tbe Kin's. seonson. hi.io dated Mualta, Feb. 14. :-" On Sundav h-big 3fa.ietv Is frigate Naiad arrived, and brought inforfination of bostilitieis having corn- meicwth-Uggicrs. Tie Aclmiial sailedI the next dayafter inform- in mrchantitthat convoys wouild bc apooidLted ihe tookall the'meln of war with him ; afid as thete. bi no prosipect of any being hiere this month, thr Pug-ct, A4getiuria, PrienVas, and mvself, have deterinin. edonnk6c in company with.each othe'r. The A7iziIki1h sai1ed veea- terda.". The abovd vessels sailed bho the 14Lth oF Februiarv. Extract of a lr:tfcr f;bin M5alta of the 17th of 1Vebruary: -"There is no convoy, hiere ; sued vessels- pursue th"eir couirse iwithout doy reg-ard to the h6stilities withd Algie,rs." Letters of the I 15ti, 16ith, and l7th. rnake no mndoi.niW~~ Algennhe captures. A ship lias arrived at Liverpool tha), slPoLe the WPilLiam -savar-u Phiilips, from China to Philael~~lsl, by. which a ~ship- letterfhas been-received fromi Captain ffaviside,ofthelVindTor,dated the 31st of October, oy. making the land at Chiina :"I I hear that the trade is, nowopen withi C hina, the recent4ifl'ereocezi having been iamnicably setttled." 'rhe New York papers to the 17th tilt., with Bostoln and Pbiladelphia to the 15thi, anid Baltimore anid WVashington to the 13th, vihicb have arrived. are totally destitute of interest. .Letters from Pernasnbuco oif the 23d of-janutary have hbeei received. The Portuguiese have not yet. sailed for Prtual Lo-;Do-, OPHA.-: ASYLUu'.-This excellenit institution celebrated its ananiversary festival yezterday, at the city'of London ITavern :Ilis Royal Highness the Duke ofYorek in the CW-air. Thie asisemblage was not so numerous as las year, but the increased smpa. thic- of the gentlemen present tar the objects otf the charzity, if wve mnight measure them by the amount of the donations, (upwards -we believe, of 3,0001.,) tfull' comipensated for thie diminished nam?,rs. IWe have seldom witnessedI a spectacle more calculated to interest thc feelings of humanity, thaLn that presented hy the appearance of the chlrnuoitheir initroduction to the room aftei dinner, when they sunlg mome appropriate verses tvithi considerable taste. They consise. ed bf from 150 to 200 uneaorinonly fine boys and girls, all of whom had been taken from the misery attendant upon orphanage anad dest. titution-the necessary two-fold claimn to adinission by this Societyi and placed in a state of~ comfbrt and imiprovement. The Rovel Pre. stident-, Mr. Calcrafi, .P:M.Byng, Ml.P. , Alt. IN A. Gold schmidt ; the Rev. M1r. Lytham, &c. severally addressed the conm- pany on ebehlf of' the institution in t1le course of the eveniig ; and stuong h stiesuliscribers were manyvgentlemen, of thell1 srewa nton. esterdlay morning, the lon'g-expected Comnmenicement of the erection of the newv London-bridge began, in the driving of the 4firstbpile, in the prcsence of a vast number of Persons, whlo had as- seild on both sides of' the bridge, and in the bargcin. London. bridge, and even the top of the balustrades, wras lined withi persons, anxious to witness the first blow of' the monkey (a weight of upwvards of MMOfi ) on the top of the pile. At half-past nine., by signal, it was let looset, from the apparatus to xvhich it was affixed. It fell with a tremendouese crash, anid drove the pile near a foot in the bedI of the river. Tt is diriven fronting the fou-rth arch, ont the S8urrey aide of the rrre,exctl inthecenre f i ; noter ileabot thiirty yards from it,in pralel in, ws I pepaatin,on sul, the workmen wereto egi at ne 'clck teirlabrias labunrs. On the~ fidliin" of he onky, hre lud uzzs wregiven by thle assembOc His most gracious Majesty, who may be truly styled the patron e-f the sciences ankd of learned men, hias been piesmsed to pa- tronize Protfessor Schlegel'si intended work entitled "1Raroayana," (advertised as preparing for the press, by 'ireuttel, WVurtz, and Co.) by allowing the learned author Kthhonour of Placing his Mlajesty's, name at thie head of the list of subscribers. I On1 Sttmtlay afternoon, about (tusk, a shoct was fired in at an uipstair window of the residence of' thie Rev. Air. Steinkoti; the IPastor of the (lernnan Luthezana church in the Savoy, to which this .el-mvnans ousti adjoins. The shiot passed throughi the window and 1'ell againstthe oppos,titeivesl. Shortly after a Gentleman stand- ing at the' door was strucek on ithe thiigh by a stpent shlot. In both instances no report was lheard, andi it ii supposed they were fired from an air-guin. A wtindlow was, in a similar manner, broken last week-, and the shiot picked uu in the room, the opposite wainscot of whlichi it had struck againSt. Btitish Traveller. The followinig account will afford amiple proof of tile stronig attachmnict of dogs :-A few daYs ago a pointer and a setter, which hiad been long kept togethier in the same keninel at Halton (the residence of Sir J. Dashwood King), escaped ftomi thteir confliseosent in the eveninig, and it is supposed proceeded to hunlt for gaiuet and f'romi over-f'atiguie, it is imagined (for they, were in hligh condition and out of exercise,) the setter died in a mecadow near Stoke Alandevsfll, and wa s ern, dead between eight and niine o'clock the fol- lo1wing morning by Mr. Tapping, of that pIe in the me- dow in his occutpation ; thie pointer was thnen'anid aftlerward(as observed to be lving close to his dead companion, and wouild not allow any one to approach. in, this situation the faithfuil animal remiained the greater part of' thec day, sometimes mak- ing attemp'ts to drag the remains of hisr dead friendi homne for sUch it woulsi seem to have been his intentions ; anid continued his attelntion,~ throughout the nighit and until about three o'clock tlse subsequent day, whet, every endleavour to render assistance. proved to be ineffieCtual, a-nd nature probably being exhausted for want nf food, anid by a,ct and told lodIging, the survivor was seen to go home by a perso timo had been sent in search of' the: lost dogs_ B,,k, wTernl' INHUsATAV FLenocsrvy.-A muost extraordinary Ra-sault was perpetrated ini thisg town on Saturday night, last. A person nam'ed Gressley, a minller, otf Carlton, near Husbands, Boswordh, havinig had soiiie wordsR at the WVellington Castle, with a'balter namied Yconians, of Whetstone, about the settlemenit of an account, follo-wed hiim into the street, aimd struck him. Yeoman&, whow.srs standing u1pon Mr. Wsrll.v the groCer's steps, waiting whbille Mr. Willey, fromn whomi he hid just Parted, went round to let him in at his 6tiop-door not wishi`ng to enter into combat with Grkasiey, ran towards M1r. Willcy's Private entrance to get out of, hlis way. CIras.. Icy hereuipon Pursued hbin', and insioted upon taktng him to a con- etale for having, as he said, struck himi on the facr. Scaicely, however, lied lie, dragged Yeonsains five Yards, before he grappled buin firnily round Ihis body, atnd, in the most ferocious inannier, bit rIf 4 "its'nn! Thegroans of the poor fellow from titeacute nainunder which lie seemied to be Iab6suring front the savage-like' act -were truly pitiable, and immilediately drew around him a numnberof'persons, who toofk hint into the WVellingo Catewhr hcrsntyrcieth Profiessional assistanc of two respect'able surgeons Miessrs Downe ind illoomiar). and was afterswaras sent hiomei in a post-chaise to Whetstone. Greasley in the meain tiune did not attempt to escape, andwasshotlyaftr ~ke to th gurdhouse, where he reniduned for he ight Net monin he ndeWent an examiinatiodi before lie ayo ('. Ytes Es.),andoffredbail to answer for the~ of, len,',butit eereftedandhe ascommitted to the Borough langerous, Air. Barnps clerk to the poog gsratunes, vwent wet to Whetstonle oh0 liotiday, a~d fookmedtolIn. iele was present, and seemed very much affce nbeodn th s plorable condition of poor Yronniaus. lie was aterwrhcnee back to gaol, wvhere, he still remains.. He is about eat ofae tall, and strongly made. VIeomans Is about 401 ftemdl stature. WVe are glad to hiear thtat hiopes are now11 ntert.ained of his recovery; for acnme time it Was feared that a locke-d jaiw mnight have taken ilace. whlich, tinder such circumstances, generally proves fatal. We'understand that thle nose was picked up on the morning following the affray, in, tIme part of the street wilere the occurrenlce hlad taen PIRce..-.Lciester ChLroniclk. SlsOcscmreG OCCURaENcE.-On the evening of Thmirsday week th ton o Redsthwasalamedby a report that a girl nam- eel Emm Georg had baged he ifnbroth er, under the Influence of isanty;andthereprt as peeilyascertained to be teo welt founed.Theunfotuntp irl,whoe mnd appeai-s to have been forseie udertheinfuene o stongexetemnelit, had intlulged a wishto h fred iromthe nxitiesandsnares wvhicht she con- ceivedawaited her in her progretss through lie; id supposing that there wag no way of obtaining the degie n so effectually as by romu'.itting mnurder, which would securehr eecution and afford opportunity for preparationi duritig her conifinement, kbe cast het eves about for the moat suitable subject on Ivlmich to) execute her piurpose. She couild not thinik of hazarding tIme tenial welfare of another to secure ber OWn, and she conisequently abandoned the idea of takinig the life of her niotber, which had first suggested itself; ghe next thought of her brother, a ch.ld abiout se%ven years of age, stid under the supposition1 that' the shoulld tber6by secure the everlasting happineoss of the child, to whom, it appears, she was fondly attachied; as well as her own, she deterrmined to ael situ thevibtim. On the evening in question she retrne t'om working at a mine, ttnd whilst she made te_a for herself, '.er mnother ivent to oieeting ; her brother remained in tlis house siid had some tea, shoR.tli' after takcing wicbihl she prepaied a 'oose on each end of a.silk bndkerehiefj one she placcd on the 2hiild's neck, and lifting him up she suspeQiled him on a crook be- ilnd the door, and on letting go her hold on him, said-" There, go o heaven." Whilst engaged is this rqrbnner. abe contirued singing symns. Though a man antl his Eon were in a room over-head and st ftiuily in the opposite room, they did not hear any thing calc3ated !o excite parficular attention. A fter sbe had sussended thc'child, it appears.a e became alanned; for sle ran Anto tIme opposite room, wrmUging lier hands, calling on God- and exclaimning, " What lrave I done!" A.couisiderable tinie elapsed before she could be induced to say sbe had haniged lbr brother. The persons to whom she spoke ran into the room1, and cut down the child, but life was extinct,' every effort tade to produc fe.susctatior being uuavttaling- Wheni ene found.the chid vas ded, ihe sttemipted to cut lier throat with a large knife, which was wrestedifrom ber. On Pridajy an inquest was held on the bodgy, befote Alt. PeayceRogers, one of thecorohers of the eounty awho eXpLAinels to a respD.'sble j1r;y the 'law res c alp b distinciohetse'ea stde.an man;jaug ter; wghOtlafter d%aly co:izidtheYi thea diaeueadduced; a verdict of Man. ezeugA*er was rcturmlei amd thq unimbiunite girI vSs coumlmItid td Boamnin gvol, to take.het t-riZ at'e. &e*ssuilg usei'-e. S74fl'orsse Mlercurly... ...., ,,, ,