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were supposed to enjoy, appears to have created some 

 little jealousy in a regiment which lnul been raised, 

 like the 99th, so far to the south of the Tweed. But 

 as soon as the alarm which was exeited by the vieinity 

 of a hostile armament had been removed by the gene- 

 ral peace, the new Governor evinced the same disposi- 

 tion with his predecessors, to sanction, by his coun- 

 tenance and authority, the high station which Dr 

 Wkight had acquired in the respect and esteem of 

 the inhabitants. Immediately on his being relieved 

 from the duties of his regiment, he was raised to the 

 highest medical situation in the gift of the Governor, 

 that of Physician-General of the Island ; an office 

 which, while by some it would be valued from the 

 steps of precedence it inferred, or the trappings at 

 tached to it, at a military review, would by others be 

 despised, from its pecuniary insignificance, but which 

 was truly valuable, as an indication of the high cha- 

 racter which Dr Wright had continued to sustain 

 after so long a period of probation. 



While yet in Jamaica, Dr Wright received a let- 

 ter from his brother, announcing the death of their 

 mother, at the advanced age of eighty-two. In his 

 answer, he says, " Your letter of the 20th of June 

 came to hand the 29th of August, but the agitation of 

 mind occasioned by the contents will excuse the delay 

 of my reply. From my mother's situation and time 

 of life, we had every reason to expect what has hap- 

 pened ; and while we drop a filial tear for one of the 

 most affectionate of parents and best of women, let 

 us be thankful to the Almighty for continuing her so 



