Despatches were received ...
The Times, 1824-02-10T00:00:00

Despatches were teceived on Sunday at the Colonial. office, Downing-street, from Naples and Malta, communii eating the intelligence of the death of Sir Thomas Maite land, by apoplexy. which took place at Malta on the 17th ult. He had previously been in the enjoyanent of perfectly good health. Sir Thomas was a O.C,B. and G.C.H. He was a Colonel of thle 10th regiment of Foot, Governor of Malta, Commander of thc Forces in the Mediterranean, and Lord Ifigh Commissioner of the Ionian Islands. He was the brother of tne Earl of Lauderdale. SBoatl,y after the arrival of the despatches1 Mr. Wais>, the ICing s mes. senner, was sent oft' with the melancholy idings to the Earl of Lauderdale, -t Dunbar, ia Scotlanid. A BReIGHTONI, Feb. 8.-We are rejoiet to. state rhat bis Majesty was suffilenrtly recovered to be able to atfendl divine -vice this day, in the Palace Chpne, the congregation uo the body af w>i C was a crowded one. His Majes,v (excepting, perhaps,that he is some what paler from confinement) is ie.oking wel1. It is stated, thath Maiesty means to leave this for Windsor at the latt e d of' the week. 'WEYMOUTH, Feb. 7.-Part of the establishmintof their Royal Highnesses the l)nke and Duchess of Glocester are arrived, at Lulworth Castle. to carry into effect the necessary arrjtTn5nts t fprevious to their Royal Higlnesses' arrival, and taking ssession 7 of that mansion. The Bishop of Cbichester has presented to the living of Littlehampton, the Rev. A P. Kelly, .ll. A., of CaiustCollege, ' Cambridge. The Rev. Stephen Slade has received the appointment of Dean of Chicheester.Leres paper. Mr. Wingfiald, it is reported, is to be one of the new 1Masters in Chancery t and Sir Giffin WlIson, the Recorder of Windsor, is, it is added, to be appointed the Welch Judge, in the place of Mr. vingfield. On Friday last Thomas Caldecot, Peter Riaby XVason, John Jernis, and Arneld Wallinger, Escirs., were cIled to thzde. gree of the bar, by the Honrurable Society of the Middle Tempie. The Marquic La Fayette having expressed a wish to visit the United States, the Americans are about to send a national ship to convey him to and from France. From the Philadelphia Aurora of the l3th of Jantuary.3 -Prince Louis of Wurtemberg is at present at New Orleans; he has been engaged for nearly a year in traversing the western wilds in pursuit of objects oF scierce. He has ascended the Mllississippi and Mtissouri. and endured every hardship and fatigue to explore and develop the interesting natural history of this immense region. Ilis collections are said, to be Yen- numerous, and wvill add greatly to the enlightened view which tEe aermsn iiterati are taking of our young and vigorous republic. WVe have seen a letter from an officer of the 93d High_ landers at Barbadoes, dated the 2d of Januarv, which mentibns the safe arrival of that regiment there, and at Deriier.ra, after a pleasant passage from Cork. they had been three weeks on the island, and all in good health. There had not been the least appearance of a distRrbance in that island during the ho1ydavs% In the transports which took out the 93d, another regiment, the 4th, was despatched from Barbadoes to Antigua, St. Kitt's. and other islands to leeward, and returned to Barbadoes with part of the 35th regiment.-Glasgow lierald. The Essequebo, arrived at Greenock from Demerara, brings no news. The colony was perfectly quiet. It wvas reported that Ilr. Sniith, the missionary, was to be sent home to England.- Glaxgow Chroni-ce. Extract of a letter, dated Bahia, Dec. IS :-"W e have advices from Rio to the 28th ult. The Emperor had issued a decree convoling a new Assembly, according to the fornula fixed on bv the 12st; and it is to be hoped this mav, ia some measure, alay the agi- tation caused by the late dissolution." The following anecdote, told by the oaptain-of a whale ship wfhich was at Valparaiso, shows of what unshaken iortitude the hardy sons of Neptune are possessed, and wvhat indifference they evince even under the severest misfortunes. i' One morning,"says he, ' as we w, ere cruising about in search of whales, we espied a fine- looking one, and at no great distance from us. We immediately manned 4 boats, and soon camne up to this monster of the deep, which proved to be a whale of the sperm kind. We attacked hirn, and in return for a death-wound which we inflicted, he, us is fre- quenty the case with these ferocious aninials, stove one of the boat'. In the confusion whicl ensued, onie poor fellow unltickilv came with. in reach of the whale, who, althouS4 n the ag o f a tv h made shift to draw one of his legs intohis mouthln The 'lugh` was pie*ced with one of his tusks, and consequently broken. Luckily for the sailor, however, the whale beg-an to gasp, which afforded him an opportunity to scsape firom thejaws of itmediatedeath. On being carried to the slip, it was found necessary to amnputate the leg above the joint, which operadon wass borne with the greatest equanimity. Shortly after, (continuedthcaptain,) I asked him wbat were his feelings when he was in the whale's amouth. W NVhy,' savy he, ' I thought he miht fumish 60 barrels of pretty good oil ! - Salem Observer. The following advertisement is copied from the Jamaica Royal Gazettc of the 20th of December last "C7.A1LE'n or WoRKntOsE, Dec 10, 1823.-Notice is liereby given, that milesn the undermentioned slave is taken out of this work. house prior to Alonday, the 2d gar of February, 182, he will, on that day, between the hours of 10 and 12 'clock in the forenoon, be pat u,p to pulic sale, and sold to the highest and best bidder, at the wrorkhouse, Chapelton, greeably to tbe'workhouse-law, for paynient of his fees_ Williamn Edwards, a Curaqoacreole, 5 feet 9 inches, yellow complexion, has apparentdy the marks of the cat on his back, and markXs of fogging On his breech: says he is free, but has no docu- asent thereof." DJREADFUL THUNDR-:oE.STORt.-On the 29th Decemnber last, during a thunder-storm, about half-pa.st twelve p. in., the sig- nal-house on Holyhesd mountain was struck by the elec.ric fluid, which, after stripping the shuters, and displacing a large bow-win- dow, entered the bed-room of the signal-mnan, w io was asleep with two of his children, one of wzhom and the father were scorched, the latter from the middle of the thigh in a spiral form up to Iiis neck, burning several holes in his flannel waistcoat, which, with the shock, rendered him some time senseless. On entering the place, it was found that the bed-posts were all broken, the curtain-rods melted, the pillow of the bed rippe(l up in all directions, the clock-case and the bell shivered to atoms, the wainscot and the dresser behind it cut to pieces, the front door forced some Yards out, a large shelf above the kitchen fireplace forced through the front window, and three of the beams that supported the deck-roof broke, forcing all the otherts out of their sockets. The electric fluid then tore a hole through a twenty-inch stone wall, and inade its way inito ano. ther bed-room, where it shivered to pieces aU the furniture, iron pots, earthenware, &c. also the wainscoting of the bed- room where the servant-maid and two others of the children lay, but fortunately did them no material injury. The destructive fluid then forced its way through another 20-inch stone vall into the store-room, where it wrenched from the wall a large capboard. shivering to pieces its front, shelves, and all the paint-pots, glass, &c. that it containcd; then through the foundation of the building, and, dislodging large stones, it furrowed the pavement in a zig.zag form, and passing through a potato-clamp 20 yards off, it completed its work of de- struction. It is singular that the nnly article untouclied w.as a chest containing some dozeni cartridges of powder, used for the signal. guns, whicl, had thev exploded, would have destroyed the whole fa- mily, and blown up the building. A brass pan was also blown frorm a shelf, and covered, bottom upwards, a turf fire that was blazing oa the hearth-stone, which prevented that desteuctives element irons doing further mischief. the servant, after recovering from her fright, caUed to her master, but not having any reply, she scrambled over the wreckv pile, and succeeded in taking him out clad in the bed-clothes, and p laced him under a hedge some yards from the place, and then she carried two of the children and led the Mer two, all with scarcely any clothing, to a house at the foot orthe mountain, full half a mile of', where every assistance that could there be rendered was given. On searching the spot where the poor man was deposited, he was found still senseless, but by proper treat- ment, he is now in a fair way of recovery, but it is feared, that his sight, which ever since is very weak, will never recover its original perfection.-_Shrewsbury Clronicle. Among tihe first settlers of Brunswick (Maine) was Da- niel MIalcolm, a man ofundauuted courage, and aa inveterate enemy ,; of the Indians. who gave him the name of Sangurnumby, i. e. very strong man. Earlv in the spring, he ventured alone into the fi6est for the purpose of splitting rails from the spruce, not apprehensive of the Indians so early in the season. While engaged in Ihis work, and having opened a log with small wedges about half its lerngth, he was surprised by Indians, who crept up and secured his musket, standing by his side. " Sungurnumaby," said the cliief, " now nie got you; long me want you; you long time speak Indian, long time worry him: me have got you now look un stream to Canada." " WVell," said Alalcolm, with true sa7fr f&id, 4' you have me, but just help meopen this log before I go.' They all, five -in number, agreed. Malcolm prepared a large wooden wedge, carefully drove it, took out his small wedges and told the Indiant to put in their fingers to the psrtialy clefted wood, and help pull it open; they did; he then suddenly struck out his blunt wedge, and the elastic wood in- stantly dosed fast on their fingers, and he secured then.-Bostoms paper. The flourishiig state of Manchester is ascertainable from the fact, that the suns of 16,0001. is subscribed to the Literary and Sdientific Institution of that town. Ilr. Haywood, a baniker, gave 5001. Sir Thomas Lawrence, P. R A., has sent a donationof 40 guineas. The weather here still continues unusually mild,: the- temperature seldom falling so low as the freezing point.' Thetnomt striking proof, however, of the warmth of the sesson is to be found in the genetal state of die streets and roads, which often become drv in less than 24 bours after a fall of rain. On Tuesday afternoon we had a strong gale of wind from the westwhLrd, which was followed in the evening by frequent and vivid flashes of lightning Yesterday afternoon there was a heavy shower of hail.-Calediniart Mercury. SWArLLoWIrNG NTEEDLES -Last week a neeudle, an inich and a qurter long, was exotracted from the arm of a AMiss. Pisher, of Whsitebaven, after baying been swallowed upwards -f two years ! This is tnother instance to tJbe thousands alesddgifen, gf theinju- rious practiee, common among females) fputtdng pins ip&needlUes in the xnoutht-Catl&deJ'ournal. : * ~ ~~ ~~ . . - - - . - 1