A vessel has arrived at G...
The Times, 1824-01-15T00:00:00

A vessel has arrived at Guernscy fronti Rio de Janeiro, which sailed frolti thatport oii the 26thl of Novemuber ; but the lctters which reaclhed town yesterday contain no evcnts of political implzortance. It is saitl that Lorcl Cochrane's late cruise had prove(l very successful, anid that eachi sailor had share(d prize-sioney to a imost extravagant amlouit, wvhichl had attached themii in the strongest Alerree to the Brazilianis, at the samiie time that it held ouit an almost irre- sistible temptation to niew adveitturera to join him. 'T'lhe remainin?g lettcrs brought by this vesscl from Rio de Ja- neiro will be in town this morniing. Yesterday a Co(urt of Directors was hel(d at the East India Housc, when the following Captains werc sworn into the coin- mand of their respective ships-viz., Captain Charles .langles, of-the Marchiones,s ofEly, for Al adras and Bengal; and Captain Henry Hosman, Pri,,cc lie-eoit, for Bengal direct. The undermentioned ships we thus tAsia-viz., AIa, AlaZrchioiness of Ely, and Rose, for Madras ani Bengal; be afloat 30tli Mlarch, sail to (ravesend 13th of Aprl, stay there 30 days, and be in the Downs 17thi May. Pt ilce Reget and General lercii, for Bengal direct, be afloat 2ttth April, *ail to arayesend 13th llay, stay therc 30 days, and be in the Downs llith Juune. Love POTIONS AND ATTI;DVTE:D ASSASSINvATI oN. Thic Frcncih patpers ofAlonday (letail the facts of a case of attenipted assassination, which was to be- hcard before the Assize Cotirt of' Paris on that day. The accused is a woman of thc town called Rose Vivicr_-her intentded victim is one Ren6 Laniorlette, a dis- charged soldier; and tiici otive for the atttempted crimie was jea- lousy. Theiuannerin wilich this feeling was first evinced, betrays the cxistence of a strange delusion. and the force ef strong attach- nient. Hearing thatiher'lovyr was determinie to leave her, and to contract a marriage witlha.6orc sm,Wssful rival she adrininistere,d philtre wTas conposed ot:a qutiantity of blood from Iher own veins, muixed with wine, whicli shc prepared for L,amorlette. Findling the love-potion useless, she resolved to try a di*thrent experiment, and on the I Ith of Autgust boughit a table-knife, whichi shc ordered to be sharpened on both s.iles. This was done, as she has since de- clared, thiat she might niot fail in her attenmpt oni her lover, nor after- wasds on herself. During the time that thie knife was sharpenilg, shc appeared distracted, and wept bitterly. Some tilite afterwards, she enticedl Lauiorlette into a private rooii ri a pu!,fic. house, declaring it was the last time she would demand an interview with himim. I'bien ttiey entered, Rlose Vivier asked tier lover if he stilt persisted in his design to desert her, and marry another ? " Ycs " replied he. " Yoa would rtlier see tue dIi, then," said she. 'Thesaine ansever was returned. " Believe. then,tsaid she, takinghm inilbv thc hand, that I have told you tiic truth and that this is the last day. 17ou know I have always told you tiat I could not live without you: you therefore prefer death ?" Yes," replied Iarmorlcete. Imnmediatelv the accoseti lifted liar hand and struck lI,amorlette with all her farce in the brceast, savinig, " Since we must die, then, let us die." Shc immediately withdrcw the knife and attempted her own lif'e. LIauitorlette lisa recovered. rite accused confesscs thc crime, and shows no signs of repeintance Foo'rm.-A person talking to Foote of an acquainitaince of his, who was so avaricious that he lanscnted the tpro:,pect of his funcral expenses, and who yet had censured one of his relations for his palrslmony- Now iS it not stratugr," continued lie, " that this man would not take the beanm out of his own eve, before he at- tempted ihe Itmote in otiler people's ? "- Why, so I (tare say lie would," cried Foote, " if lie was sure of selling the timber." Oni Tueslay inorning, about ten o'clock, as some little boys were trying the ice in the canal, in St. James's-park, one of thent attempted to cross, notwithstanding the remonstrances of some of his elder companions. The ice broke, and he fell into the water. One of the soldiers at the stable obseiving the aceident, plunged into the canal, and brought hini safely out, andI took nim home. The name of the soldier is John Wlilsoit, of itle 3d Guards. M srLANCIIOLY DEATll.-Ot Satulday evening last the following -event happened :-Ar. Prior, of Clapham, alt eminent surgeon, &c. thierc, hiad been attending thc last muolments of one of his patients ; he stopped an hour after to console the wilow, and then went hoitie-in his carriage. Finding himnself uiwell. he walked up stairs,sent for his v;ife and partner,and on Mrs. Prior entering thc roonm, he said, " illy (lear, I aits dying." It was too true: he had bursta blood-vessel, and died in a quarter of asi hour after the dc- claration. He was a delicate man, but a useful one to rich and poor : in the iiidst ot asi exteusive practice, anid the iiieridian of life, he lias left a wife aud tamily : lie xas niuch respected. SI ARLSOROt0IIG r.STItEET.- ti7illi'zmt Hlardii,g, who has beeis some days in custosAy, was yesterday brought up for final examuina- thou upon the followiifg cbagec:- Mr. Isaac Carter, pianoforte-maker, residing in Francis-strect, Toitenliam.courtcroad, stated; that about seven o'clock on the eveit- ig of Firiday last, ie let hiinisrif int at the street-dor, aud'on enter. isg the froiit parlo ianvtheprisoner; much to lisastonigmluit n, stami(ling in the centre ot ci toomii. lIe iminedti6tely demanded what his business there was; t'hcn thIc Itrisoner made answer, that lie tWlled to inquire for a Asr, Windham, whoii lie understood lodged therc, and that the serydut was gone up stairs to ascertain, telling hitnto vwait in the parlour uutil her return. Mr. Carter, suspecting this to be a fabrication, as there was no Air. WVindham in his house, called to the servant, who, on coining fbrward, declared that tbey had never seeh the prisoner befote, and had not let hun in at. the street door. Upon this Sir. Carter took himt into custody, and it clearly appeared that he must have made his way into the house by getting over the railing in front, audl liiting up the sash of one of the parlour'windows, which, however; was at the time of his detection elosed down. AIr. DYE-i, the riigist&ate, afked Dlr. Carter if he could posi- tively swear that the parlour windows had been previousIv fastened on that evering; because, if so, the prisoner hatI committed A bur- glarv, and shouldbe comrnitted OR the capital charge. Air. Carter said, that he had little doubt but the winidows hid been fastened, but lie would not venture to swear to the fact. Mr. DTEnt said, that if-there was any doubt on this point, the pri- soner sbould have the benefit of it; but as he had no explanation to offer or defence to make for being tound in the house undee such cir- cumstances of strong suspicion, he should conmit li!n to hard la- bour in the House of Correction for three months, as a suspiecous The piisoner is quite.a vth, hnot above 15 years of age Tliree -respetable ftmaa'5came to the office, aud said they v;ished to communicate to the iMagilatate the Imanner iD which their respec- tive sons, boys-about 8 years of age,bad been within, few days rob- bed oftheir great coats in the street. The coats were quite new,v having been only just puichased to protect them from cold during the winter. They stafed that they did not come to the office with any view of being able to recover the children's coats, but with the hope that the publication of the circumstance might have tte effect of cautioning parelts and children against else unfeeling ruffiast who was poianitting these depredations. Sir. DYEa ordered Plank, the chief officer, to take down the fol- lowving part-culars, and sa-. he had no doubt the public press would give them every proper Aublicity:- Srs. 3torey, Sirs. VI beatley, and Uirs. Evans, aU residing in the inmediate neighbourbood, stated that a respectable.looking elderly man, dressed in a blue coat, bTsc- waistcoat and trousers, and a black neckdoth, over whicbhie wor a Belcher hlandLerchief, has at .different times addressed the three boys (their-sons) in. the stWeet,- and asked them if -thiey wouLd take a message foe him as far as Ox. tord-street, for-whieb, on their ieturn, he would givethem 6d. ; and; on their consentitig to go on the message, he desired, as he -vyas in haste, and svished them to be as quick as possible; that they might leave their great coats -with hiwjtill their Teturp, in, order that they might-run the taster. To this proposal the poor unsuspeeting boys greed; hut on. their rctutrn could see nothing more-of 'the man oi -their coats. -SIr. DYEicobssrvedfthat-thishwas smelt atrocious description of obbcryt and hoped the uifeelitig rillin ^0would soon bea-ac pbeherd.: ed; aqa, no-dotubt, the atatenseist made by the applicafln would - ha .c a good cfl'ev $ja pu1tiog a stops to lhls fiutuge sucqosl.-