Mr. BOOTH.-Respecting the...
The Times, 1824-07-10T00:00:00

Mr. BooTH.-Respecting the report of Mr. Booth's in- sanity, a New Yerk naper of the 9th ult., says-" It gives us real pleasure to say that we were deceived in our information respecting the nature and cause of the calamity which we were informed had befallen Mlr. Booth. We have seen the physician who was in at- tendance upon him, and are assured that the attack with which he bas been seized has been solely occasioned by excessive watchfulness, and wars of a temnporary nature having been relieved by a night's sleeg. There was not the sligAtest ground for the report respecting his tlomestic 10s8. PttorESSOa MEEPm.tNt's LIBRARtY.-An article from the Hague, dated the 6th inst., says--" The sale of the late Professor Aleermnan's library, after continuing about four weeks, closed on Saturday. The amount of the sale is 131,0,10 florins, certainly a very large sum, which must greatly have exceeded the expectations of the family. Though a great part of this celebrated collection is purchased 6v toreign collectors aind booksellers, chiefly English, we have the pleasure to say that a considerable part, both of the books and AISS., has been purchased by the Royal Library at the Hague, the Institute at Amsterdam, and other public iH5ticutions. All these works (among which several are very rare and valuable) will of course remain in the kingdom. Among private indlyiduals (ourcountrymen) who have purchased, we may mention Baron Von Westreenen, Van Tiellandt, nephew of Professor tUeerman." Among the speculative undertakings of the day, an establishmnent las been recently fbrmed at Mitchan, under thename, style, and title of '- The London Patent Steam Washbig Company." 'L'eeofflce of the Company is adveriised as being at a certain num- ber in - place; but it seems there are two houses of the same number, as the following anecdote will explain :i-" A gentlemari wisling to make some ituquirier respecting the ' Patent Steam WVashing CompntY,' called at No. 7 for that purpose. The houtse in question happeced to be the residence of an Alderman of the city of london, and he was in hearing when the gentleman was making known the object of his visit to a smart footman in livery. I Is this,' asked the gentleman, ' the office of the Patent Steam Wi'ash- ing Company?' But before the footman bad time to answer, tbe Alderman, who was thrown off' the balance of his equanimity, ex. claimed, in a tone that surprised the gentleman making the inquify, -1, Sir-1, Si1-l am no washerwoman-I am no washerwoman, Sir. I am pestered with fifty Inquiries a-day, Sir, but I tell you I am no wasberwornan, Sir-I am no washerwoman, by G-d.' " A cave was lately discovered in a rocky hill, near Killin, by fbllowing a fox whiich had entered it as a refuge. It is said to be contained in a precipice of primitive limestone. The opening is small, but the interior Is said to contaia chambers in number equal tg those of an inn. It has no appearance of being an artificial ex- cavationi, and is said to be distressingly cold and very dark. The existence of such a cave had been traditionally talked of, as having been the resort of a famous freebooter, wtlo was betraved by a paramtout, to whom Duncan Dhu offered as a reward, as mVch geld as she could contain in her two hands. lihe gold, however, having been delivered in a melted state, the recompense proved perfectly suitable to the service. A notice, of which the followving is a copy, lately ap- peared in the Wcxford Herald; It purports to coome tronm a p4rson of the name of Eugene Field, who complains, " good easy man," of his wife's cruelty towards him in the following doleful mantter .- " I caution the public in general not to give credit to Eliza Field, On my account, as she has already destr.-oyed my character and cre- dits put me in gaol, and publicly denied me to be her hitsband anti goes by, her former name E:lza Elmes, widow and bonnet-nler in WTaterford7 now itt Wexford-Therefore, I am determined not to pay any debts she tmay formerly have coutracted, or any debts she now has or will cotitract." Monday came on before the High Court of Admiralty, Edinburgh, the trial of Wm. Blackwood, master, and Alexander M'Alpine, pilot, of the fierculce steam-boat, accused of culpable homicide, by running dowv the Robeit Burns steam.boatt, near Greenock in February last, whereby the Barns wa suwnk, and Archd. Thompsonl, a passenger, drowited. After a long investiga- tion, the jury returite a verdict, unanimously finding them Not guWMy. Alonday afternoon, a young woman, swho was serving witha into eGrmmarchoolWynd, was charged by her n withstealing a6hilling, T girl protested her innocence, but the mistress versisted in her charge, and locked the girl into the kitchen, threatenmng to rend for a police-officer to take her to Bride- well. Terrified at the threats of her mistress and the thoughts of Bridewell, the girl threw a part of her clothes over the wsndew which was in the fourth story, leaped over after them, anti fell on the pavetnent in a backoutirt. T e girl had bo-h her arms hurt at the joint, was bruised in various parts of the body, and severely cut in the chin. She was carried to the Royal Infirmary, and was on Tuesday forenoon in a much better state than could have been ex. pected, considering the hieight of her liL-Glasgotw Ccatrier. Yesterday morninig, asa ladyand gentleman in a gig were passing through the Borough gate, oppositetha Eleplhant and Castle, a young man, driving in an opposite direction, upset the gig, tihrowing the occupants out Upon the read. The horse dashed for- ward until he gained the corner of the Eient-road, bv the Rocking- ham-arms, where he plunged back again towards the turnpike, by the centre of the foot pavement, between the rows of fruit-stals on either side, whoee proprietors with their magazines of gooseberries, cherries, &c., flew about in ail directions. The animal's careerwas arrested by a man's getting liold of the reins, but who was first dragged a considerable distance. A little girl was knocked down, but received no other hurt than a sligbt wound on the lip. An old woman was wedged between the leKs of her overturned stall from whence, the first alarm having subsided, she was delivered. ieither the lady nor gentleman who were throwns from the gig sustained any injury. The shafts of the gig were brokon to pieces.