the time, instead of lying at anchor as formerly."

By a St. Vincent's paper of the 2d ult. it appears, that there have been several minor eruptions of Mount Souffriere, since the dreadful volcano in 1812. The Rabacca river flows again from its springs, but not in its old direction; it poured its unwelcome torrents through Langley Park, making its own bed in its wild and impetuous progress, and destroying vast quanties of sugar, &c.

IRELAND.

12. Dub'in. Lord Whitworth entered Dublin Castle on the 26th ult. His lordship was received at the grand portal by several personages of distinction, and conducted to the state apartments. His excellency soon after entered the councilchamber, preceded by the different officers of state, and followed by his suite, the duchess of Dorset, many noblemen, and numerous friends and visitors; and his investiture to the office of lord lieutenant of Ireland immediately took place, when the duke of Richmond resigned into the hands of his successor the high and important trust. The oaths were administered by the lord chief justice of the king's bench. Next morning the duke of Richmond held an undress levee at the castle, which was most numerously attended, and at half past twelve o'clock left the castle, in order to embark on board his majesty's yacht the William and Mary, on his return to England. His excellency the viscount Whitworth, lord lieutenant, and the duke of Richmond went together from the castle in the state-coach, preceded by the leading coaches, in which were the officers of state, to the south wall, where the yacht lay.

They were escorted by a squadron of dragoons, and attended by a great number of the nobility and persons of distinction; the lord mayor, sheriffs, several of the aldermen and principal citizens, in their carriages, followed by a concourse of people, to the water side. The streets were lined by the regiments of infantry on the Dublin duty. The duke of Richmond received every demonstration of respect, in passing through the streets, from the people, who testified their regard by repeated wishes for his welfare.

THE ARMY.

15. Duelling. The commander in chief has signified, in general orders, dated Horse-guards, September 10, 1813, the prince regent's declaration of pardon to lieutenant Dillon, and ensigns M'Guire, Gilchrist, and O'Brien, found guilty, at the Winchester assizes, of the murder of lieutenant Blundell, who fell in a duel by the hand of ensign M'Guire, the others acting as seconds. The commander in chief, however, expresses his high disapprobation of the conduct of lieutenant Dillon and ensigns Gilchrist and O'Brien, who, instead of endeavouring to settle the trivial difference which existed between their brother officers, magnified its importance, and instigated them to the measure which led to the fatal result.-In consequence, the ' prince regent has ordered that the three last named officers be dismissed the service; but as lieutenant Dillon, who "from his rank and standing in the army ought to have set a different example, has throughout taken the most prominent part in these outrageous proceedings, and greatly influenced the " conduct of ensigns Gilchrist and

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O'Brien," his royal highness limits to him the sentence of being incapable of ever again serving his majesty in any capacity. This order his royal highness orders to be read at the head of every regiment; and he hopes it will prove an useful and impressive lesson to the young officers of the army, and a warning to them of the fatal consequences of allowing themselves to be misled by erroneous notions and false principles of honour; which, when rightly understood, and leading to its legitimate object, is the highest gem in the character of a soldier."

WEST INDIES.

18. Most distressing accounts were received on Wednesday from various parts of the West Indies, respecting the dreadful effects of a late hurricane which occurred in that quarter. The following is extracted from a Bermuda paper of the 1st of August:

"Nassau, Sunday, Aug. 1, 1813. "It falls to our lot to record the most dreadful calamity by which these islands have been ever afflicted in the memory of man, and which was experienced in the tremendous hurricane with which it pleased Providence to visit them on Monday the 26th ult. The dawning of that day exhibited a serenity calculated to full to sleep the fears of the most wary; and the breeze freshening on the sky, it was hailed by all as a happy relief from the extreme sultry heat of the atmosphere, which had pressed heavily and unnerved us on the preceding days; but no one saw the approaching storm which lowered behind it. At ten o'clock the wind increased, and continued increasing, accompanied by short showers of rain. It gained considerably in the course of an hour; at eleven it

blew a strong gale, and some of the shipping in the harbour appeared uneasy at their anchorage; but it was not until twelve o'clock that it attained the height which constitutes the commencement of an hurricane, and which soon became evident by its destructive effects upon the waters and upon the shore. Some of the vessels in the harbour were driven from their moorings, and houses began to totter upon their foundations. The courts of chancery and admiralty, then sitting, were of necessity adjourned: his excellency the govern. or, and the members of the council, in chancery and in admiralty, the judge, the lawyers, and officers of court, having for some time awaited an abatement, now anxious for their families' safety, were com. pelled to literally fight their way on foot through the storm, the use of carriages having already become impracticable. The bay was soon crowded with merchants, ship. owners, mariners, and labourers; all busily employed in endeavouring to save lives and property from the vessels which were driven from their moorings; and every householder, with what assistance he had at hand or could obtain, was employed in fortifying his house against the fury of the raging ele ment, by nailing up and battening doors and windows. But alas! how vain the attempts of man to resist the storm of nature! At about half-past two o'clock the hurricane attained its greatest height, and in its acme continued without interval until five, when it suddenly ceased; and in the space of half an hour succeeded a calm, so perfect, that it can be compared only to that of death after the most dreadful convulsions. It was now that the effects became visible.

Lives were lost in vain attempts to protect themselves or to save. The government-house, the greater part of the other public buildings, a great number of other houses, the wharfs, the orchards, and gardens were found either wholly or partly destroyed; and all the vessels in the harbour, excepting only Mr. Saunders' schooner Ellena, and the prize brig Santa Anna, were driven on shore or sunk in the harbour, A scene of ruin presented inself to the view of the beholder, distressing beyond measure to all men not totally bereft of the last spark of glimmering humanity. The inhabitants of the colony, well knowing the nature of hurricanes, took every precautionary measure within their reach during the calm, or lull, to prepare for its second part expected from the south-west, and which set in with great fury at about six o'clock and continued until midnight, when it considerably abated, and soon after totally ceased. The south-west storm differed from the north-eastern one by appearing in heavy blasts of a few minutes' duration, repeated after lulls of equal length, and the length of these lulls gradually increasing until it so ceased; whereas the first storm raged without intermission. This last however nearly com, pleted the general ruin, and it is believed that if it had raged an other hour scarcely a house would have remained standing in this city, which before the storm was considered, in proportion to its size and population, to be one of the most wealthy and the most flourishing in the world. One third of the houses have been levelled to the ground: and all have received, more or less injury. Property of all description has suffered. Years must elapse ere the losses and in

juries sustained can be repaired. Hundreds of families heretofore comfortable have been reduced to beggary and want. On the morning after the hurricane the governor walked round the city, and having witnessed the destruction and misery it had occasioned, felt it his duty to relieve the sufferers. Immediately upon his return to the government house, his excellency summoned his council, in order, with their advice, to devise the most effectual means to effect his purpose. A meeting was also had of the members of assembly; and all coinciding in the humane views of the governor, it was soon determined to grant a sum of money for that purpose, which they mutually pledged themselves to confirm at the next session, in the three several branches of the legislature in general assembly."

EXECUTION OF DANIEL M'CRORY. 24. This character was found guilty at the last Cumberland assizes of a burglary at Bird-house, where he headed a gang of desperadoes, and the charge was clearly proved against him by the testimony of Gavin (an accomplice), and Mrs. Gibson. M'Crory on Saturday fortnight suffered the awful sentence of the law on a drop erected at the south-east angle of the gaol. The unhappy culprit, who we understand is descended of very respectable parents in Ireland, had been for some years past generally known in Carlisle and its neighbourhood: this circumstance, together with his bold and daring conduct subsequent to apprehension, and an expectation that at the place of execution he might make important disclosures, drew together a very great concourse of people. A large body of constables attended to keep (H 4)

order,

order, assisted by a troop of the 24 dragoon guards, and the 74th regiment of foot. About half-past three the criminal appeared upon the scaffold, attired in black, accompanied by the rev. Mr. Marshall, a Roman catholic clergyman, of which communion he himself professed to be. The manner in which he appeared at the fatal tree excited every one's astonishment. He ascended, not only without the slightest degree of trepidation, but with alacrity, bowing around to the assembled multitude in a manner which seemed to impress the idea of a "favourite stage-player about to act his part." He then produced a paper, from which he read a denial of several crimes which had been perpetrated in the neighbourhood for eighteen months last. He however acknowledged his being concerned in the burglary for which he was about to suffer; confessed the justice of his sentence, though in some immaterial points he declared the evidence against him was not altogether correct; and forgave his prosecutors, with whom, and with all men, he died in peace. A distressing scene now ensued. On the drop falling, the rope broke, and the unhappy man was precipitated to the ground, whereby his leg was broken.

I

told you," said he, "this rope would never hang a man of my weight." It seems that he had actually handled the rope before coming out of the gaol, and remonstrated against its unfitness. After some delay, he was borne upon the scaffold in a chair; and another rope being procured, he was again tied up. Notwithstand ing the trying scene, he maintained his fortitude; observed that it was providential that the accident of the rope breaking had happened, since

he had forgotten to notice the infamous character of Gavin, the king's evidence, who he said had sworn many men's lives away, and he feared would do the like again. When turned off the second time the rope partly gave way, and it was feared he would come to the ground again: fortunately this was not the case.-A few minutes before being led out of the gaol, the sound of the horn announced the passing by of the London mail: "I have not the least wish," said he, "for a reprieve; I feel myself so well pre. pared to die, that I should be sorry to live."-M'Crory was of a very prepossessing appearance, about five feet seven inches high, remarkably robust and well made, of a fair complexion, and his eye sparkled with intelligence. Upon the whole, his appearance and demeanour excited universal commiseration, notwithstanding every one fully justified the sentence of the law. On Monday evening the body was interred in the buryingground of St. Cuthbert's, attended by an astonishing concourse of his countrymen and others.-Carlisle Journal.

COURT OF CHANCERY.

Ex-parte Berkhamstead School. The lord-chancellor pronounced judgement in this charity cause. It was an endowment made very many years, or augmented by donation, the origin of the establishment having been at a time anterior to the period denominated time out of mind in law (which is limited to the return of king Richard I. from the Crusades.) The estates are situated in Hertfordshire, and were granted or applied to divers charitable uses immemorially. The distribution of the property was un

der

der the will of the donor, granting the additional endowment in the following ratio-two thirds to the use and maintenance of the master and usher in succession for ever the remaining third to be appropriated to the disbursement of all taxes, rates, &c. that should be demandable from the two thirds, &c. the surplus of such third part to be distributed for the relief of the indigent poor of Berkhamstead. It was found by the lords commission. ers appointed to investigate all charitable institutions throughout England, temp. Henry VIII. that this charity had been long abused, even from its foundation, whereupon letters patent and an act of parliament were passed, containing regulations for the better manage ment and application of the funds. In despite of such regulations the abuse continued, insomuch that it became necessary to file a bill in this court, when lord Thurlow was chancellor, for relief; whereupon a reference was made to a master in chancery, directing him to inquire into, and report upon, the state of the institution. By the report made in 1794, it appeared that this same radical abuse was continued, and that the indigent poor did not receive one farthing from surplus of third; the same having been reported not adequate to defray the incumbrances affecting the two-thirds which remained, shared between the master and the usher, the latter taking one-third, and the former two-thirds of profits, in their in. creased and accumulated state; although they have never since, nor now, one single pupil, rich or poor, to instruct; contending that they are entitled to possess the large income, merely because they, like their predecessors, now are and have been ready on the spot to give

instructions, if any pupils should attend them. The present bill charged the receiver appointed by the court with having made several leases for lives, or thirty-one year leases, partly for fines, with small rents, and partly for rack-rents, but without paying into court, as the former decree directed, any part of the monies arising from such fines and rents, so that the former order of lord Thurlow became nugatory. It further appeared, that a sum not amounting to less than 5,000l. of net funds remained now in the receiver's hands, or within his power to collect, of which he admitted, being in court, that he had annually received a sum of between 2 and 3,000l. It was charged also against the receiver, that he had granted leases of some of the lands to some of the trustees or their friends, through the influence of such trustees, and that he had not, by his answer, satisfactorily accounted for the considerations received by him for such leases, but which he now submitted to comply with. It was pressed by the petitioner's counsel, that he should yield such compliances, accompanied with a full and satisfactory affidavit. The lord-chancellor desired the affidavit to be produced, and expressed himself in terms of strong indignation upon this most shameful perversion and gross abuse of the charity, that, shocking to relate, had never yielded any of the benefits intended, except to the master and usher. His lordship dictated a most extensive and critical reference to be made to the master, for inquiring into, minutely and specially, the various abuses and nuisances attending this charity, in order that, as an example to the many and lamentable perversions of public charities, he might make such a decree as could neither be