Last Wednesday afternoon,...
The Times, 1824-07-17T00:00:00

Last Wcdnesday afternoon, between the hours of five smd six, a genteel-looking youth, about 12 yeats of age,weatinto the ;hop of a Mr.Alarchant, jeweller,.lortimer-screet,Cavendish.square, nd desired to be shown a pin. MLr. .Marchant had stepped out, and Mrs. ilarchant was attending the shop. On a sudden, he snatched ap a Teticue which was Iying on the counter, belonging to Bzr. Marchant, and ran out of the shop. Alrs. MeIarchant gave the alarm, sod cried " S;op thief!" but dared not leave the shop, being alone. tMlatiy persons pursued the young delinquent, but he ran with such ,peed up Portland-street and round Portland Chapel, that he effected his escape. CoaowER's IsQuESTs.-Yesterday an inquest was held befbre P. LE PIPRE, Esq . in the King's Bench prison, on, the body of William Evans. Mary Mlaxted deposed, that she had known the prisoner for some time, and that be always appeared to be in a bad state of health, having been aftlicted with a fistula: he was also labouring under consumption, and that during his illness he w as attended by Dr. HReath as;d DAr. (Gouldig, who prescribed ac- cordingly, end medicines were regularly sent, which witness gene- rally admunistered. The <Tury returned a verdict-oDed bpt thn dftht ioz of God. Another inquest wvas held the same daa y before the same person, in the Rules of the above mentioned prison,ion the body of Sr. Thomas Mash. Ann, the wife of James Pain deposed, that she had been aequainted with the deceased for eisht years, and that he was alwvays suvbject to violent attacks of inflamr ation on the lungs, which it appeared terminated in a consumuption, and of that disorder he died: the medical gentleman int attendatne was Dr. Walsh, of Kennington- verdict-Died Eby the Irwtah.ex of God. Some remains of James II. have been disccxvered in three leaden boxes, in the course of exicavations for a foundation of a. steeple of the' church of Sr. Germain, with this inscription :-"~ Here is a portion of the flesh and noble parts of the bodyof the most high,. puissant, and illustrious, and most excellent Prince Jamnes StuartL second of the name, King of Great Britain, born 23d October, 163. deceased in France, at St. Germain-en-Laye, September 16, 1701.'" The boxes are removed tO the chief altar.--French paper. A NEW-rASHIONED LOTTERY.-A person in Paris has lately established a bureau, w'ere those who have no money may risk their coat, waistcoat, and even ormall.clothes; the prizes are aid in the same articles. We are assured that a poor devil who had lately risked his last pair of inexprersibles upon a quarterne (four numbers) had a turn of fortune, and became entitled to receive 75,000 pairs of breeches. A new fruit has lately been introdclced to this country, called Cherimnoya by the natives of M1exico: it has yet no Engish name, but is a species of the Annona of Liuneaws. It is esteemed a more delicate fruit even than the pine-apple. The fruit is covered by a green scaly substance. In size and shape it resembles the heart of a calf and the interior substance is similar to thick cream, sweetened witi fine sugar. It is arranged in the natural order Coadunwtta, and is of the Polyandria Polygypzia class and order. The flowers have only three petaLs, laeceolate, coraccoug, torne- tose. On Thursday eveninig, at seven o'clock, the Inquest on the bodv of Thomas Sinitli, the Kentish-town stage-coachman, wbo, was kilfed ink apitch battle wvith Harry Bostic, was xesunsed at the Half-moon tavern, Lower-street, Islington. After hearing the evi- j dence, tle jury retired at about 10 o'clock to consult -as to their verdict, and at near one o'clock yesterday sor-n1, they, after a very minute delibeation (during which -period the) had fne Cooner to consult upon legal points), returned a venlict of ' Alanslaughter against Henry Bos~tic. Thomas James, - Donovan, Richard Ford, and another persen unknow." The C)oroner issued his warrants tbr tse apprehension oF the pUarties. We are informed that Bestic is at pr:asne in the hospital in a very dreadtul condition, in conse- quence of the severe beating he rceIved *tom the deceased. 'T'he Sel2atzs Acade-nicus of -King's College and Univer- siry of Aberdeen have recentlY conferred the degree of D.D. on thle Rev. Wim. Xackegsie, rector and vicaSt4f Burgish aLias Burwash, in Sussex, likeiiise rector of Basscomb, in Surrey, and domestitc chaplain td the Wigl*L Son. Lady'Scafofth, Baroness lackee, of' Kintil.