the treaty afforded, and that he should leave the de termination of the whole to the legislature. On the meeting of that body, composed of planters and merchants, who had been alarmed at the intrepidity and perseverance of the insurgents, and were obviously interested in their expulsion, a secret committee was chosen to decide upon this affair; and in consequence of its determination, the Maroons were removed to Kingstob, anterior to their final banishment. Mercy, however, was extended to four of them and their families; but these, with a degree of heroism that ought to have made their foes blush, refused the boon of liberty, and preferred exile, and a foreign land, to what they considered as a desertion of their tribe. They were soon after removed to the inhospitable climate of Nova Scotia, whence they were at length carried to Sierra Leone; but it appears that neither time nor place can alter their early habits, as they still remember their native woods and mountains with a melancholy delight. The time too may arrive when their absence will be regretted, for they formed an intermediate body between the freemen and the slaves, and were admirably calculated to balance the power of the latter, by whom they were at once feared and hated! The war being thus ended, the Spaniards and their dogs were dismissed, both of them doubtless greatly disappointed; the one at having missed the promised carnage, the other at not receiving a reward commensurate with their expectations; nor is it yet distinctly known whether they found means to escape from from punishment on the part of their own government, in consequence of having, either willingly or unintentionally, violated its orders relative to the expedition. The assembly now prepared to reward such as had distinguished themselves. To Lord Balcarras they voted thanks, and seven hundred guineas for the purchase of a sword, as a mark of their approbation; in favour of General Walpole, who had conducted the latter part of the war, they also passed a vote, expressive of their gratitude, together with the sum of five hundred guineas for a similar purpose. The lieutenant-governor, in a suitable letter, declared how much he was flattered with this gift, and observed at the same time, that he should transmit it to his posterity as an everlasting mark of the reverence, the attachment, and gratitude he bore to the island of Jamaica. But the second in command, who considered the whole in a different point of view, both from his excellency and the assembly, declined the favour intended him, and made such severe animadversions on the conduct of the latter, that a vote was actually passed to expunge his reply from their minutes. Lord Balcarras remained a considerable time after this in his government, which was subjected to no other convulsions than such as a settlement is liable to, the greater part of the population of which consists of slaves. The year 1798, in particular, was pregnant with alarms, and it surely demonstrates on what slender foundation the security of a colony so situate is placed, placed, when a runaway negroe called Cuffee, at the head of about forty of his countrymen, could produce an extraordinary convocation of the legislature, and spread terror and dismay around. The lieutenant-governor, on the 12th of June, informed the house that he considered the rebellion as dangerous, at the same time he recommended the raising of three companies of trusty negroes, under white officers, and employing the Accompong Maroons," a body of men, who have ever remained faithful to their king and country." No sooner were the propositions acceded to, than his lordship succeeded in dissipating the insurrection; but the evacuation of St. Domingo, and the triumphant progress of the emancipated negroes under Toussaint, plunged the colony into fresh terrors, which were not a little aggravated by the arrival of black troops, who had witnessed the triumphant career of their brethren in a neighbouring island. Scarcely were the inhabitants released from these new fears by the conduct and assurances of the licutenant-governor, than they were once more alarmed by the influx of white emigrants and their slaves from St. Domingo, so that his lordship was obliged to interpose in behalf of the former, with all possible discretion and zeal. These new anxieties were succeeded by the dread of an invasion; and the tortured minds of the planters were kept upon the rack, by intelligence that Citizen-general Roome's mission to St. Domingo was principally with a view to make a descent upon Ja maica, at the head of a body of brigands called the legion diabolique. At length, however, all their suspicions appear to have subsided, and their torments to have been appeased. The skill possessed, and discipline maintained by the noble lord, the subject of this memoir, doubtless contributed not a little to this end, and it is with pleasure we find him towards the latter part of the session of 1797, mentioning the word happiness, as applied to men in a state of bondage. "I have nothing particular to recommend to you at parting, (said the lieutenant-governor) except the pursuit of such humane and provident measures, in your respective parishes during the approaching holidays, as are likely to secure the tranquillity of the island, and the happiness of your slaves." During his residence in Jamaica he purchased a considerable sugar estate, and a report prevailed for some time after his arrival, that he was desirous to return thither in order to reside on his own plantation. The Earl of B. was elected one of the sixteen representative peers of Scotland in 1790, on which occasion he stood bigh on the first list, having thirtyseven votes. At the succeeding election, no less than eight of the former members proved unsuccessful candidates, among whom was his lordship; but he was returned for the present parliament. Lord B. generally passes the winter in London, at his family residence in Brook-street, Grosvenor-square. Among the festivities of the spring of 1804, those of his countess were not the least conspicuous. The 1804-1805. R ball ball-room upon this occasion was fitted up with pcculiar taste and elegance, that and the other apartments being ornamented not with artificial-in the exploded style of ancient days-but with real flowers. The ball was opened by Lady C. Lindsay, the beautiful and accomplished daughter of the noble host, and the national tunes of "Tullock Gorum," the "Cammeronian Rant," &c. were not forgotten; but if the tunes were Caledonian, it ought not to be omitted, that the company consisted of many of the first nobility, and persons of distinction, both of England and Scotland. His lordship, who is a lieutenant-general in the army, and colonel of the sixty-third regiment of foot, in consequence of an intermarriage with the noble family of Loudon, is presumptive heir to Flora-Muir Campbell, the present countess. THOMAS JAMES, D. D. PREBENDARY OF WORCESTER. IT was well observed. by a celebrated * orator of antiquity, that" none deserve better of the community than those who educate and instruct youth;" and if the constant anxiety and fatigue which they must necessarily undergo in the discharge of their duty be considered, no one surely can withhold from them the tribute of gratitude and respect. The worthy divine, at present under our conside * Cicero. ration, |