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The Times, 1824-09-18T00:00:00

Yesterday afternoon, at half-past four o'clock, a gentle- | mnan 'arrivcd at the Foreign-office, Downing-street, in a post-chaise, ivith an official account of the death of the King of France. The route he canie by was by Boulogne. - We are requested by an intimate frienid of Lor(l Coch- rane to state, positively, that there is no truth in the re- port tlhat it is his Lordship's intention to return home, in order to canvass for the repi esentaEion of Westminster in the next Parliamnentt. On the contrary, he has most un- equivocally declared lie never will enter Parliament again, or take any part whatever in politics, Neither is there anY real foundation to suppose ihis Lordship Intends imme- diately returniig to this country. On Thursdlay the Blonde frigate, Captain Lord Byron, I ailed from Nortbfleet to Portsmouth, with tbe remainsl of the Kiing and Queen of the Sandwich Islands oni board. Thle Secretary and suite embark at Portsmouth. On Tuesday next, being St. MTatthew's-day, according to, aunnual custom, the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, Sherifis, and Governors of the several RovaS Hlospitals, will attend Divine Service at Christ-church. After a scrmnon by the Rev. P. Ward, A.B., they will repair to the Great Hall l in Clhrist's Hospital, wivere two orations will be delivered- in Latin, by 'P. Brownie; in English, by A. WVillis; the two senior scholars of the Grammar-school. Mr. Rothschild(, of Paris, is statea in the Journal des Debats to have just, purchased the chateau of Malinaison. 'The Vice-Chancellor-i3 rapidly recovering since the wea- tlier has become cool. Mit. CANNSNG.-Mr. Canning is expected to arrive this day at Howth ; the carriages of his Excellency the Lord Licutenaut are to be in attendance to convey him to town. Should Mr. Can- ning arrive, he will be entertained at dinner by the Lord Lieutenant at tbe Lodge, in the Phcenix.park, where a select number of the no- bilityand gentry arealso invitetd._Dbline MoriningPost of Wed- nesnay. Mr. Secretary Cann)ing, wvho is now on a visit to his Ex- cellency the L,ord Lieutenant of lrclar,d, may be expected in 11i_, verpool about the middle or the latter end of next week, on his return from Dublin. The Right Hon. Gentleman will be joined by Mrs. Canning and Bliss Caanning, whio will spend a few days with Nr. Gladstone, at Seaforth-house. We anderstand that Al r.M Canning contemplates a tour into Scotland, and that he will visit lMr. Bolton, at his delightful residence, Storrs, tVindermere, on his way thithsr..I,iserpoot Cotier. O)n the 7rh inst. the crew and passengers of tlle Comn- tnercc, Brown, on hier passage fromn Shields to London, beheld two enormous wliales, sporting with great animation off Scarborough. Tltcy catne so near to the vessel as to be visible is the whole extent of their dimensions, and even to tender the barnacles discernible, with whicb one of them was covered. The sight of whales on our coast at this season is very unusual. Last week a ship was taken on a slip in Plymouth dock- yard, lifed on Sir Robert Seppings's plan, her old false keel taken out anda newv one put in and fastened, before the reftlowing of tlie tide.-Evening paper. WVoRcESTER MUSIC MEETING.-On Wedres.1ay the trienuial meeting of the Worcester, Glocester, and Hereford Choirs was held at WorGCster for the itundrad-and-first successive years, under many excellent and judicious improvements, witlh a very su- perior instrumental band, led by Alr. Cramer. The vocal prform- ers, of the first talent the country can boast of, were eng::ge. In the erening there was a concert at the College-hall, which was very nu- merously attended: numbers were waiting before the doors were opened. The reather was so remarkably fine, that many ladies walked considerable distances witlhout any covering over their heads, some from out of the city. Mladamne Ronzi de Begnis made her first appearance asod was loudly applaudedi; she was encored in a Cava- tina, " Di Piacer," by Rossini. The othier vocal performers were- Mrs. Salmon, .iiS Stephens, Bliss Travis, Air. Brahans, Mir. Vtiiaghan, anid Air. W. Knvvett. Mir. Fauntleroy was cormmittedl to the House of Correc- tion, by virtue of a warrant, of which the following is a copy:- " Police-office, Mlarlboroughl-street, Sept. 10, 1824. To the Governor of the Ilouse or Correction, Cold Bathfields, or ihis Deputy. Receive into your custody the bodv of Henrv Fauntleroy, charged on the oath of' J. D. Hume, and others, before me, Jno. ESdmd. Conant, Esq., one of his .Majesty's Justicec of the Peace, acting in and for the county oI idlidlesex, with having feloni- ously forged and uttere(d as true, a cerntin instrument, with intent to defraud the Governor and Company of the Bank ot Eng- land and others, of the sum of 10,0001., and him safely keep in your etistedy for re-cxamination before me. (Sined) "J. B. CONAN'r." On Mornday morning letterswere received fromSwansea, in Glamorganshire, communicating the joyful tidings that the depraved wretch, Charlotte 9haw, had been apprelsended there, and was in cus- tody; and that little Bogers was safe and well, and under the kindest possible protection. On the arrival of thiese letters, a warrant was made out and signed by the Mllayor, and on Monday evening William Rogers and Mr. Read, the chief cotistable of Leeds, set off for Swansea by the mail, vi.d Sheffield, Birmningham, Glocester, and Bristol, anil thence across the Severn to South Wales. The distance of Swan- sea from Leeds is about 250 meiles, and as the road is direct to Bristol, they may be -expected to arrive in Leeds en Saturday night or Sun- day.-Leeds Intelligencer. AFFAIIt OPs Howout.-Yesterday morning, a meeting took place. within a short distance of Wimbledon Common, be- twixt Ml. Frederick liandemly, late an officer in the French army, and Henry B. Carter, Eaq. (an tinglish gentleman), who had also hield a comnmand in the same service ; the fornmer was attended by one of hil own counttymaen, whose name we eould not learn, and the latter by. a gentleman much celebrated in the lists of duelling. The chotce of weapons having been previously made, the k'rench- snan appeared on the ground with a short sword for his friend, but Mlr. Carter's second itnmediately took an objection, stating that he would not permit his f'riend to fiht with inequaiity of odds t as he wvas perfectly aware that Mir. aarter did not know the use of the 'sword, it would be unfair to suffer him to contend with one who did; pistols were the common arisms of all lttellists, not only in this coun- -try, but on the Continent, and thelefore were on all sides unobjec- tionable. These arguments were, after some few struggles, admitted to be just; the ground was measured, tle parties fired together, and were both in the same instant slightly wounded, Mr. Carter receiv- lig hie antlgonist's ball in the right arnn, whilst his fire lodged in the calf of Mr. Landeny's leg. The second of Air. Carter then observed, that they had respectively'shown blood enough to prove that they wert not deficient in coarage, and thc affitir was amicably adjusted. rIVA t, Pa riE ES.n-The cathedral atW inchester hasbeea for several years undergolng' extetsivc repairs, which are at length nearly completed; indecd, rittle remains but placing the organ, the siuatiomi oFwh.7cli is a sub3ect of such great difference of opinion as to have led to a paper war in'one or more of the provincial papers; the 'Dean and part of the Chapter wishling to place it where it for. nerly. stood, by the side of the choir, the rest contending that it should be placed in the centre, over the new screen. In the midst of this dispute,' Lotd Liverpool, on his late tour into the west visited the cashedrss and gave his opinion decidedly in favour o? the old rsituation for the organ. This highly eiated the advocates of that stde of thsectiegtion ; w!len upstarts a gentleman, who declated that he, many years ago, hdcomlsanled the late Mr. Pitt over the cathe- dral, who declared that the situation if thc organ was the only defect he coult discover,> and that if-it had been placed over the screen, the whole would ha~ve beer complete I 'Here are two Prinie ilinisters at issue on a matterof taste. - It is supposed, however, that the opi- ion of the preaent First Lord will (as is generaUy thecase) have more veightwith- the Ghapter than chzat of his redecessor.-Globe and Ts'aodler, " FsssAT GIASGOw.-..Satlirday ni&gt, at eleven o'clock, a fire'broke out in the workshop ofitlessrs. C. and J. Brown, hasd. wvare merchantsi 1t Galloweate, 'Glasgow; the fire-engines were im. snediatelk Oh tht' spob an'the lire was spieedily extinguished with- "t doing much damage. Paritig tels fire, the officers of police dis. covered somne ef the' peonile belonging to tbe work removing casks, which they examined an-'fosund to contain gunpowder which they seize(l amt sent to ihe Poliice_offlce. 'We understand that it is now the Ipractice of the' trade, since scizares of powder liave been made, afnd flnes levied for c6nttavend6q' of the Police Act to store that articlelin the louiaeg and cellars of their neighbours. IThis we would 'most seriously cautiott'the phblfe against, as being only the means of spreading the 'evil'; nid e onoider that it is the boanden duty of every well-disposed'person in ihtis city to give such confidential comsnsunlcation to the 'buperitendeat of MPoee as isnay lead to the detection ofshe powder and ethus etxAure the safety of the inhabit. 'ants. The quantity otYpowder-ueized on this occasion was sufficient to have blown up one htif fife oS'riSi. "Althdugh an alari was inm- mediately giveni, add' iii'ediines were' s6san on the spot, nearly an hour elapsed before any water was procured, except what was throwa in buckets-by teie-negihboura, who klintUy exerted themselves to ex- tinguish the flame'T, 'Phe rQNofias 'totqilly'consumed and a great manly of- tile tools d416oyed. Dtrishg the ' time one o' the workmen was away for th'eskey -the police broke into an adj6initg ehllar, rented by rIme company, wheh they found, aoniog other artircle, sLx easlcr, containing- Jt37A. 'of guuiowder, wvhich they ca,rried tlhe oi-GZasgZ.,Coiiri6 ., , '