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fine expression of composure and 

 dignity, and one may read in his 

 look the answer he has made. 

 The Tribune is near a well, 

 whence he is doubtless preparing 

 to draw water at the desire of 

 the old gardener. This fine bas- 

 relief is placed in the cathedral. — 

 Frotw a Brussels Paper. 



10. Bristol. — A letter from a 

 gentleman in Barbadoes, received 

 here, states that, in the pursuit of 

 the negroes, a flag was found, 

 divided into three compartments ; 

 in the first of which was painted 

 a white man hanging by the neck ; 

 in the second a black chief, with 

 a white woman kneeling at his 

 feet, with clasped hands^ implor- 

 ing mercy : in the third a black 

 chief crowned, with a white wo- 

 man at his side. It states, that 

 the insurrection was a regular 

 concerted plan, but that it burst 

 forth a week before it was in- 

 tended by some of the chiefs, 

 who, having become infuriate by 

 drink, commenced the work of 

 desolation. 



A very tragical circumstance 

 took place at Port Royal, Ja- 

 maica, on the 10th. It appears 

 that some offence had been given 

 by one of the boat's crew to a 

 party of blacks, who in conse- 

 quence, on the following evening, 

 went in a body to the landing 

 place, determined to revenge the 

 insult upon the first British offi- 

 cer they should meet with. Lieut. 

 the Hon. .). Calthorpe, of the 

 Junon, was unfortunately landing 

 from that shij) at the moment, 

 and lie instantly fell a victim to 

 their brutal revenge. He was a 

 brother to Lord Calthorpe, and 

 was highly esteemed : his body 

 will be sent to England in the 

 Junon. 



The Hampshire Courier and 

 Chronicle adds the following par- 

 ticulars to tlie above : — 



" It appears that about eight 

 o'clock on Thursday night, the 

 lltli ult. some young gentlemen 

 and seamen belonging to one or 

 more of the men of war, and 

 some black and coloured people 

 of the town of Port Royal, had 

 a misunderstanding, near the 

 wherry wharf, '.vhich came to 

 blows, and throwing of bricks, 

 &c. ; this dispute continued till 

 about ten, when the Hon. John 

 Calthorp, second lieutenant of 

 his Majesty's ship Junon, who 

 was on shore from his ship, pass- 

 ing that way, noticed the distur- 

 bance, and immediately endea- 

 voured to persuade the men of 

 war's people to go on board their 

 vessels ; but, while in the per- 

 formance of this laudable endea- 

 vour, he received a dreadful blow 

 on the back part of the head from 

 a brick, thrown by one of the op- 

 posite party, which felled him 

 senseless to the ground ; he was 

 raised up by some seamen, and 

 taken on board his ship, but the 

 wound was found to be mortal j 

 and he was afterwards conveyed 

 to the liospital at Port Royal, 

 where he languished until about 

 eight o'clock the next morning. 

 From the very moment he re- 

 ceived the shocking wound till 

 histleath, he never uttered a word. 

 A coroner's inquest was held on 

 Thursday, when the jury, after a 

 a minute deliberation on the evi- 

 dence, returned the following 

 verdict : — " That the said Lieu- 

 tenant the Hon. John Calthorpe 

 came to liis death by a mortal 

 wound inflicted by John Baptiste, 

 Isaac Benjamin, and otliers, of 

 which wound he died." Baptis 



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