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The Times, 1824-05-21T00:00:00

Extract of a letter fromn the agent to Lloyd's at Genoa,. dated thc 5th of May :-" WYe learnt that a letter is just arrived, from Alexandria, in Egypt, dated the 27th of March, via Lelehorn, which states, that four Algerne fri- gates aud two brigs of war had arrived in that port fi*rn Constantinople; that they had entered under the Turi-sian flag; after which one of thew- hoisted the Algerine colours' 'and took a list of aUl 'the English vessels in the harbour-; tliat lhe follo-wing day tvo other frigates and a schoDner,< under the Tunisian flag, had entered the said port, and, two or three other men of war still kept out. A list firom the agen. at Alexandria,t dated the 26th of March, mndn- tions the sailing of the Syiph, for Liverpool, and Al- bio4. for London' but takes no notice of any Algerine cruisers." Extract of a letter fromrn Dover, datedl the 19th inst:-On Wednesdtsy arrived the Aonarch steam.packet. Captain Havward, with the remains of the late i)uchess of Devonshire, dlso his Grace theu flke, with five caIriag,ts and suite, after a passage of three hoiars, fro-A Calais. Theesman-e vessel arrived to-day from Boulogne, bringing the Dukes of Sonierset and Norfolk, and suites. 'ie- lD)ke of XVellington, aud another mem'er of Go-- vermnent, have been formed into a commission by the Treasury, to examine' into the mruch-diiputed question between the Governmen t and the East India Company, about the Palenibang piize money. The question is, which party ought to pay the prize-money. Hr. Hume's motion on the subject of impressment is postponed to the Ist of June. Mir. Sergeant Goold, on opening -the sessions under the Insurrection Act at Kilkenny, said " 1Therehave been no fewer than two-and-twenty murders committed within the last two years in the baronies of the'cournty of Kilkenng, and not a. sitglelhu2tlzal bein2ghas beent broight to punii4mertt for any one of tit se. acti.". A gentleman has just arrived in Cork from Calais in two days, being a distesce of oOO mile>,. Mfebelieve this expedition exceeds any thing on record.- Prceman's lournal. It appeats by the published accounts of the Kensington trust. that no less than-l ,001. a-year is paid out of the turnpike tolls towards keeping the parement in PiccaliUy in repair. This being the ease, how does it happen that the pavemnent of Piccadilly is proverbiaiy-tthe verv worst in the metropolis ? A 1Mr. Bradshaw , a descendant of President Bradshaw, wAho presided at the trial of Chatles i, went to Huntingdon, at the late ejection, to vote for MIr. W!els, wholives within a few vards of the site of the house in which C'romwc)l first drew his breath. We cati state, from the best authority, that the new novel in the press, frsm the pen of the author of Waverlry, is entidted " Red.eaalett: a tale of the l8th Centz2rv'."--Tune Atcrcdur. It is said that a drama by Mr. Caleraft, founded on tle i pouular novc-l of TPrverley, has been licensed, and wiD be produced at the Rdinburgh theatre. A wag hearing that 'Mr. M'Adam was about to make a new road across Salisbury-plain, upon his improved principle, ob- serveQ, that this would throw Stonehenge into the market sooi after Fonthill: upssn being asked wby, lic said, it would doubtless be brozeet to tie 7iammer, andi disposed of in small lots. lhlien a osice-celebrated actress mnade her entre as Ladrj rown ky, some years since in Dublin, three high-bred women of fashion, in the stage-box, grossly annoyed her by taiLing loud, coughing, &c. The actress, rreatly distressed, stopped, burst into tears, and retired. The ladies, unabashed, for a moment enjoyed their trianiph, when a great uproar ensued, and " go on, go on," was heard from all parts of the house. At length a.young collegian jumiped on oneof the benches ii thd iniddle of the ei4 and excLaimed tD the audience, "i;ly friends who sit about me are determined that the play shall not go on, till those three druLnken gcntlernen in wo- men's clothcs leavc the stage-box." Thiis addres was universally applnuded, and the amazonians retired'in the utmost confusion, amidst the shouts and hisses of the spectators. SAD C XTASTRoPHE.-On Thursday last Captaint Brady, of Rahecn, in the county of Clare, and his brother, Anthony Brady, Esq., went out to bish on that branch of the Shannon that runs up owards Toimrena ; they took separrate cots, each attended by three cot-men. When on their return, that which IlMr. Anthony Brady was in upset, and we are concerned to state that he and two of the rnen were unfortutnatelv drowned. What must have beent his 'brother's feelings at the monment, who, although within view, coull not render him the least assistance. Mr. Brady was a fine young man, not more than 25 years of age, and sincerely respectedl and esteemed by the country at large. What is rather singular, the man who escaped knew notlhing of swimiming, but is indebted for his life to an oar, by which he held, while Mr. Brady and the two who sisared in his melanhobly flite were known to be-excellent swim- mers.-Limerick Evebing Post. An attempt was made yesterday by five of tbe capital convicts to escape from the Clbstle, which was prevented, anti the prisoners secured. They attempted to undermine and force their way under the stro:g wall in the llalf-moon-court.-York CozG- LAdvertisemeret.1-ADDRESS TO BAx;Ens.-Darentb, 31ay 12, 1824.-BRocKLESBY and iMoRtitEY beg leave to submit to the inspection and approval of *he Bankers, &c. of the United Kingdonr of Englaatl, Ireland, and Scotland, their production of IMIPROVED B,AXKERS' NOTE PAPER, which 'nay be obtained at the office, 89. 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