The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-09-16 00:00:00

iieetigiiin question.,

•• The Duke of York left town on Sunday morning, on a'
visit to the Martians of Hertford, at his resiaence at Sad-
burne, near Woodridge, Suffolk, where his Royal Highness
is expected to remain a few days.
Yesterday Sir Herbert Taylor held a levee, as Secretary
to 'the Commander-in-Chief, at his Office in the Horse
Guards.
On Saturday, the 6th instant, the MagistAtes, and a de-
putation from the Town Council of Dysart, Fifesbire,
',waited upon Mr. Brougham and Mr. Denman, who were
..:spon visit for a few days to the Earl of Rosalyn; and
after a suitable addresiby the Chief Magistrate, presented
!them with the freedom of the burgh, in token of the high
msred t entertained by the Town Council fur these distin-
p sit Statesmen, which Mr. Broughman and Mr. Den-
man received most favourably, each of these gentlemen
acknowledging in polite terms the flattering compliment
paid to them, and the gratifying impressions made upon
their feelings„ by that mode of approbation of the town' of
1. Dysart.
In our report of the proceedings at the Glasgow Whig
Dosser, it was accidently omitted, that on the proposition
..et Ik. Denman " the health of the Duke of ',rimier and
the Whigs of Ireland,"" was dm( with the sincerest ex-
pressioas of regard.
By a leftertreceived from Athlone, we are concerned to
'boar tbefever has broken- out there, rather to an alarming
'Nexteet—;it 'is df the typhus kind. We are sorry to learn
()settee or six persons have already died ; and there are
nearly 130 persons at present ill.
RHUMB 01P Tmla EtiaL OW HOPSTOUN.—The remains of
the late Earl of Hopetoau. 0. C. 8., and Colonel of the
42d Regiment, are to be brought from Paris to this coun-
try. An Admiralty yacht has been ordered to sail forth-
with to the coast of France, to receive on board, with all
due honours, the remains of that gallant Officer, in order to
• tfteir being conveyed to, and interred in, the family vault in
bodged. Lord Hopetoun bad served the country with
great distinction during the lase war, and when pensions
were conferred on all the Officers who had been elevated to
the Peerage, of whom he was one. by the title of Lord
Niddtf, after the expulsion of the French sum the Peniti-
sula.his Lordship had the raremerlt to decline all pecunia-
ry remuneration.
Sir Everard Home 'has recently made some inquiries by
way of comparison between the auricular organs of than and
quadrupeds. The result of his researches seems to prove
that shrill tones, or the upper notes of an instrument, have
comparatively little effect in exciting the attention of aid-
. male, whilst the full lower tones stimulate them almost to
fury. Sir Everard observes, " that the effect of the high
awes of the pianoforte upon the great lion in Exeter
Change, only called Ibis attention, which was considerable,
though he remained silent and motionless. But no sooner
were the fiat, or lower notes sounded, than Le sprung up,
lashed his tail. and yelled violently, and endeavoured to
break loose ; and became altogether so furious, as to alarm
' the spectators pretend. This violeot excitement ceased
witted 's discontinuous* of the music. The deep tones of
the Preach horn also produced a similar effect aid& the
lower tones of the pianoforte, on the elephant, and other
staintals on which the experimeako as made.
M. de La Plate ns Tuesday last read to the French Ara-
. delay of Sciences a memoir of great importance, on the
Box mid Mitre of the tides. Ever since lOC, at the retreat,
of this profound atathssmdciao,unintiertipted observations
have been made at %Import of Brest on these pliencsienA.
M. de La Place, it has stotteeded, by a rigorous
Mies of thaiaysease of the sun ancl moon
sitd local
• :rdttlettateessis resolviog the most difficult roblems re-
kouLesof the tides. .