Yesterday morning, soon a...
The Times, 1824-06-29T00:00:00

Yesterday morning, soon after ten o'clock, the King left his Palace; in Pall-mnall, in his travelling carriage and four, for Windsor - on Saturh y the Eari and Countess of Liverpooi ief LOw9n for Coombe Wood. Prince Leopold gave a grand entertainment last night to a nUmeWous party at Marlborough-house. Princess Polignac's party, which was by mistake an- nounced for Monday the 5th, will take place on the Thurs- day preceding, being the 1st of July. We receivedletters yestarday from Port-au-Prince, dated the Sth ult., at which time the fears of invasion from France had wholly ceased. They repeat a statement whichl hasreached us through ?heAmerican papers,ofatreaty having been set on foot with- the French Government for the ac- knowledgrnent of their independence, and that commis- sioners had sailed for Havre duly accredited for that pur- Pose bv Rover. A report-is current that Mr. Ward, who lately returned from Mexico, is again to proceed to that country on a new mission from this Government. The last accounts sent home by MIr. Harvey are understood to be more favourable tkan. those which he first transmittted. This may probably be. the motive for again sendlin out Mr. Ward, and proves at; least that the internal troubles of Mexico are not ofs~o ftor- midable a nature asbas been represented. Mrs. Coutts lastweek entertained theDuke of York,DPuke of Velfiuigton, Dake and Duahess of Argyle, Lord andt-iLdy' lar- rowbf, Alarquis and AMarchloness Huntcy, Ilarchionesses. Bate ?nd a?nsdowi, &e., ata-sunipiuous dinner. "A very el''t entertaiinment was given yesterday even- igiat Albion.house, by Isoc.Cohen, Esq.. Tihe amusements coin- mnenced with a concert, at which Bossinipresided, sxpported by the lP . Begnii, and o.her perforrmers of the first fank, instrumen-al as w.e.l asvocal.-,,;Rossjni hi4mselfjoindd. in severalvctcal pieces7 chiCely of the .humotoas'. de:iectionf ux which-he evinced the most exqui- sire comic talent,A ball follow.ed;andmat-twoo'edIock in-the morn- g the.party sat rtofwn:to safxpper consislin'g.of aalthe delicacies of thea'eason. ''-The'coiptay consisted o' abbot 260 poismns.who dii not separat'e 'UII th'e'orning s-was .far advanced_ ' The whole of Sblon.hotae vras engas ed'r .this spleitid party. A noble tord (Lord OrfbrAlwho was recently appited to to become Presidentof the Norwich Bible Society, is said to bave written -the following answer. We confess we have somno doubts as to its authenticity; but if genuine, certainly a xthre complete disqualifcadiol, could not tave been pleaded:- "Sir,--_ am surprised and arnoyed by the contents of vour let- ter-surprised, becaitse my well-known chatacter should have ex- emp ted mile from suchl an application; and anrvoyed, because it oblges me to have even this communication with you. I have long been addicted to the gamniiig-table-I have lately taken to the tUrf- I fear I frequently blaspheme-but I have n ever distributed religious tracts. All this was well knowh to you and your Society; notwith- standing wlhich, you tlhink me 4 fit person for your President! God forgive y6ur hypocrisy ! I woild ratber live in the land of' sitinerb than/ith such saints. " 1 am, ae3" vLGoRa) BYRON.-Extracl of a letter from Leghorn, June , 1124 :- I received a letter from T I * , of the 10th of April, dated Zante. I send you a few lines ftuin it relative to Lord Byron's death, which has cast it veil of sorrow over all literary Europe. I had been some months absent from hill, engared in the var, and was,.by his desire, rettiTning to rejoin hini at Misoloughi, when an express reached me to sav that lie wva seriouslv ill. I hurried on day atd night in vain, for, on miy arrival at ilissolonghi, t fou nt him dead! fie was taken ill on the'lOth of Mlarch-a fever like mine or the Mlarraina (ague and inflatniaation). He refused to listen to the atlvice of'cloctors, and resisted the owly leans of recovery, to .be blooded! The tever rapidly augmented, still lie considered him- self not in danger. 'rlie hot and feriuente. blood nmounted to his lhead-on the fifth day lhe was bled, too late! He becasne aware of his danger, but agaio too late; for he was almost iuinnediatelv after deprived of spetchi, and itte loss of his gigantic ninid foiflowed. From the h Emi, when lie was blooded, till the (19th, w*hen he died, he was delirious, mluttered many unconnectetl sentences, broken words and wislhes, but nothinF that could be clearly defined or noted. fle died perfectly fearless, withotitthe slightest indication oi weak- ness, and all his disjointe(l sentences gave token of this. Froml s.x in the moming of the I1th, till six in the evening et ;ie 19th, lie never stirred hanrd or lbot, or showed the le.ast sign of life, excePt low quick breathing-he then opened Iiis eyes, and closed themil in- stantly tor ever. Having lefl no directions on tl'e point of' his tou neral. I consented to the wislhes of hi8 friends and houseliold, to have his botly conserved in spirits, and sent to Bingland. NVe clartered an Eiiglisli brig to convey tle corpse to England." Extract friOID the Agent to Lloyd's at Cai thagenia tie Co-- lombia, dated May I :-" The Columbian schooner privateer Zeeini smounting 7 gulls asd 120 mien, sailed the 20th) ult. ont a cruise, ania the (olotbian privateer CLazador arrivedi here on the 7th from Porto Dello and Cliayrem." LA GUAYKA, April 30.-The Spatiislh schloonter Hulie, bounid to llavannak, has beeni captured. atid was brought ini here ott the 16th inst. and theSpanish lugger Carnmen, trtui C2adiz, was brolnAlt ih (n riZ&l tnAds- Admiral Sir Isaac (uffini, Bait., M.P., sailed froma Ports- mouth on Saturdav evening fbr Jersey, in thc Lord Beresfod steam. packet, to ihtroduce the mackerel fishing there upon a new principle, for which the worth.y Admiral has recently obtained a patent.- lfanrpsiire Telegraph. It isreported here that suitableresitlenceshavebeeln pre- 'jaredi at )ieppe for the King of' France and Royal fianily -ea air I ving been advised, with the hope oi' imiproving his '.Mjesly's heahhli.-Briglitou HIerald. 'lTheso;-disant King and Queen of tbe Sandwich l-lands are at present laid up with the measles. LAotd F. Coonynaham, who lately visited thclim, is indebted to them for havinig comnii nicated to him the contagion of thlis very unpleasant epidemic distemper. I;enney is arrived, in London from Paris with a new comedly, ihiCh is to be produced at the Havinarket Theatre. It was read in the green-room on Thursdav last. The character in- tended far ,iston is said to be quite original, and exaetly suiWed to the singular talent of' this utiqze perfornier.-~freningpaper. Twxvo new comedies, a tiew farce, anti an opera, are in preparation by the proprietor of tLe Haymarkiet Thcatre. They will progressively appear after the wititer tiheatres haveclosed, when the Haynarket will be strengthened2 by the accession of considerable talent. Covent-garden Theatre closes on the I 7th of July, antl Drury-lane Theatre about the same period, which is nearly three weeks longer tliain the usual season. Birkfield Lotlge, Suffolk, the property of Cotunt Lin- singeni, was knocked down on Tuesday, by Messrs. Robins, at 16,650 guineas, to Mr. Clarke, cheesemonger, of Neewgatc-street. The University ofAloscow has proposed the following prize- question:-" To trace the history of the mranuscript of the Pandects of Jtistinian), deposited at Florence, and which has serned as the type to all the copies of this work." It is ktnown that this manuscript is the only one that is correct and comnplete, and that it is the most ancient of all those extant in Europe. It has been hitherto gene- rally supposed that it was found at the akingoftAnmalfi,was afterwards offered by the Emiperor Lotha.r II. to the inhabitants of Pisa, and WaS lastly transferred to Florenre, upon the conquest of the former city. But respectable authorities have raised doubts concerning this version. The University is desirous that this historical point should be cleared up in a satisfactory manner. The prize will be 250 rubles. The memoirs to be written in Latin, Frenclh, or German, and to arrive at Moscow before the 30th of April, 1825.-The News of Literature. Six T'fhoitAs MoHF's HEAD.-A patagraph which has appeared in several of the county and metropolitan prints, relative to the head of the above great personage having been discovered, and which we copied from anotiher paper, is without the least founda- tio:i. The fact iF, that some years since, when the vault of the Roper family was opened, the identical head was theni really found. with some flesh and part of the sandy beard remaining on it. It was, however, again entombed in the same "lace, and has remained urdisturbed ever since. The repairs of St. Dlunstan's church hav- ing been going on some time, one of the bricklayers employed foundt a skull in some part of the vestry-room and recollecting that Sir Thomas's head liad been previously tound, he thought the one he possessed a very good succedaneun: the ruse answered and he dis- posed of several teeth, as those which were once the inhabitants of the Ereat LXord Chancellor of England, and the victimn of tyranny._ K{ent rand Essc:c Mercu?ry. LETTERED CaAIGS.-In G8=alloway largre crai,gs are met with, having ancient writings on them. One in the farm of Knockieby has, cut deep, on the upper side- " Lift me up, and I'll tell you more." A number of people at one tiie gathered w this rock, and succeeded in lifting it, with hopes of being well repaid but instead of finding any gold, they found wrote on ics ground side, &I Lay ne down, as I was before." PROCLAMtATION fiXTRAAOfDINArty.-Thie town crier of Cheltenhiam being ordered,last week, to give notice that all persons who did not pay their taxes on or before a certain day, should be ex- chequered, mrade the following announcement:-" WVihoever do not pay their taxes before the - June, shall be executed according to the law." A great commotion was lately created in the new market, Snude-hill, DManchester, by one of those occurrences which some- tines disgrace the labouring classes of this country-the sale of a wife by her husband. The vender was a pensioner with one arm, named Hugh Pritchara l his wife was a good-looking wvoman, ap- parently about six and twenty. 4fter several biddings, she was knocked down for five shillings, but, not liking the purchaser, she was put up again, and was f11iall disposed of for tlhree shillings and a quart of ale. The purchaser was then moving off with his prize; butthe crowd, taking up the cause of otitraged decency, began to pelt them with mud; on which the man slutik away, leaving the woman to shift for herself and sbie was glad to take ref'uge in the lock-up Qk-h.A U) 1.;11 PlotiP t officer who has charee of the lock-up, very properly detained ber ; and having learnea wnere tne husband was to be fbund, he took hime into custody, and lodged bothi *he delinquents in the New Bailev. On the following day thiey were brought up before Mlr. Norris, who remanded them till Monday, when they were discharged. witli a suitable admonition. On T'uesday evening a man of the name of Norman, a tailor, livirtg at Aylesbury, sold his wif'e, with her own consent. to another person, living at the same place, for half a crown. The purchaser accompanied her to the house of her husband, who, hav- ing seen them within doors, locked them in, and gave them the key of the door througb the window, The husband has left the town. A younig woman, named Crow, was drowned on Thurs- day weel;, in crossing the sands between Ulverston and Cartmel. The deceased had been at the fair vith a young man- as acquaint- ance, who was in a short time to have been married to her; they were botb oni one borse, and though they had the assistance of tlhe guide, thc water praved too strong for them; the young woman was washed away almost immuediately, and the young man had a narrow escape to save himself in holding bythe stirrup-iron until assistance arrived to reseua him. The body of the unfortunate young woman was found on Friday se'nnight, about four miles from the fatal place they were crossing.--Carlisle Journal. DROWNsNG.-Orn Sunday nmiorninlg twvo brothers of the name of Grieve wvent in to bathe, a little west of the harbour of Porto Bello, one of whiom went beyond his depth. His brother, on ob- serving.him drowrning, was so struck with terror that he remlained quite motionless, unable to afford thc least help, and before aussist- ante arrived, the body had been under water three quarters of an hour. It was carried to the baths, where Mfr. Henry Scott, manager of th3t establishment, used every effort to restore animation, by putting the body in warmn water, rubbing it all over with brushes, &c., and also to use the blow-pipe to inflate the lunzc. A surgeon soo after arrived, wtho optned a vein, but all to no effct, the vrtal spark having fled.-.Edbiburglt Cmeirao't, June 24. CoaONaR'S INQUEo.-On Fri(day eYening last an in- ques was held before Mr. Johai Natt, Coroner for Canterbury, at the Star Inn, St. G(orge's-place, on the bodyof Aary Rickton, alias Sayer, who was found dead at the inn above-mentioned in conse- quence of taking laudanum. The deceased in the courseof the af- ternoon of Thursday hired a lodging for the night 7 and when she retired to rest, requested to be called in die morning at ten o'clock ; when the female attendant was about to comply with her wisb, and had proceeded to the room door for that purpose, the door was found to be secured inside, annd it was soon ascertained that she was a corpse. She was the daughter of a respectable salesman at I Ware- horn, near Ashford, and it is said an illicit amour led to the melan- choly catastrophe. Near her person several letters were found, which alone sufficiently convinced the jury that her inteUectual faculties were impaired. John Thornton, surgeon, deposed, that the deceas- ed called on him in the aRernoon of Thursday, and complained of considerable uneasiness in her head, and required to be bled; he bled her, and she thought herself better; she'tauked in a very iiicolerent strain, and appeared as if her mind was confased; she certainly was not collected . has viewed the body since, and has no doubt but that she died by takinig laudanum. John Lancefield de- posed to being sent for to open the door of the bed-roomt; and sus- pecting that something was wrong, he broke oper "the door himself; the servant entered the, roomfirst; he followed, and saw the deceased lying on the floor qu ite dead, with her face downwards. Benjamin Richarduon, .who.keeps the Star lrua, corroborated the above testi- moony. This was. the whole of the evidence for thie Jury; but a sheet of paper, and abundle of letters, were liandesd to the -Coioner, whiclh contai-sed among - other things the following, which wuls sup- pssed to have been written previous to taking the fatal draught : "A persecution the. most uniust and dreadful has driven me to despair; and- I have -nothing to wish for but the grave to hide me, and to terminate my miseries. God bless and forgive the authors and promoters oinLy-death: the sun of my splendour is to rise no more, worldly pleasuresare.like the maighty stars, they glitter for a moment, then disappear. I hope my mother. will down on her knees and return God' thanks :for me. I forgiye her and all the world, as I hope I am forgiven from my God;' (here the words were badly written, but they were to the effet, that her troubles wosld-soob he Aver.) The -Jury.imtnfediately returned a verdict oI lunacg. Thcdeeaesed w4S an4intecesting-looking.person, and aboul 24 years-of age. . - She had been in Canterbury about three days, and had possed by the name of aiyers.