COLONEL SIR THOMAS READE, KNIGHT, C.B. AND A KNIGHT OF THE SICILIAN ORDER OF SAINT FERDINAND AND OF MERIT. A NATIVE OF THIS TOWN WHO FOR 51 YEARS SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN MANY DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD; AND ESPECIALLY ON THE COAST OF SICILY, WHEN IN COMMAND OF A FLOTILLA OF GUN BOATS, HE REPELLED THE AGGRESSIONS OF THE FRENCH AND NEAPOLITANS. SUBSEQUENTLY HE WAS DEPUTY ADJUTANT GENERAL OF THE TROOPS AT St HELENA DURING THE CAPTIVITY THERE OF NAPOLEON BUONAPARTE. IN LATER LIFE SIR THOMAS READE SUSTAINED THE CHARACTER OF AGENT AND CONSUL GENERAL OF THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT AT TUNIS; AND ACQUIRING THE ENTIRE CONFIDENCE OF THE BEY, INDUCED HIM TO ABOLISH SLAVERY, THROUGHOUT HIS DOMINIONS.
HE DIED ON THE 29th DAY OF JULY 1849, |