Mr. B. Shaw has succeeded...
The Times, 1824-02-19T00:00:00

Mlr. B. Shaw has succeeded the late Mr. Marr'at, as Chairman of the Committee of Lloyd's. 'Wre are sorry to learni that Sir Thomas Reidl was attacked on Tuesday aErkrnoon last, by an apoplectic fit, and is in considerable danger. The Lords of the Admiralty visited Chatham Yard on Saturday (14th inst.), and after inspecting the works carrying on there returned to Rochester.-Kentigh Gazette. Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India Hoase, when the follewing commanders took leave of the Court, previous to deearting for their respective destinations, viz. Captain Richard Clifford, Lady Mlfelville, and Captain Kennard Smith, William Fair&ic, for i'ladras and China. The following Commanders were sworn, viz. Captain Thomas Francis Balder- ston, Asia; Captain John Smal Henry Fraser, 7arzqis of Ilunt/ly and Captain Thomas 'WYlliams, Princess AmtClia, for China direct. The affair of the crossed check, part of lhichl ha been pai(d to the merchant's clerk withouxt his master's authoritv. as mentionetl in our paper of yesterda', is likely, wchear, tobeamicably arranged. The bankers will refund the morney or not, as a reference to the cus- tom of the principal banking.houses shall determine. There is no doubt, however, that the ci-cumstaice will induce a much greater degrce of caution in the mode of transacting business in future, anelthat the bankers wfil strictly establish the rule that a crossed check shall be paid only to the banker whose name is written on it. The person paying in the check to his account may withdrawv a por- tion of it, if necessarv, by a separate cteck. WVe understand that there are several native American merchants novr in Manchester, purchasing goods for the interior of the new Republic of Colombia-Gte. -ow Chronticle. PADSTOWN, Feb. 16.-By great exertions at the pumps, and after throwing part of the carro overboard, the Po, late BiUing, has been raised as,d brought into this pier. MATCH AT CHEss.-IVe stated some days ago that the Paris Chess Club, named L Cerele dc Philidrr, challenged the London Chess Club to plav a match at chess, the moves to be trans- mitted either by post or by extraordinary couri rs. The chiallenge was accepted, and fifty guineas a game named for the stakes. An answer has ju.t been received from M. de La 13ourdonnave, the second player iR Paris, declining the match, as the French Club is on the p0st of dissolutien, in consequence of a dispuate among its members. Twro games were to have been plyed at the same time; the French having the move in one, and the English in the other, and it w,a.s calcuflated thar if the moves had been trar.smitted by the post, these games would have lasted about a twelvemonth. It was suggested by an enthusiastic chess-player of the London Chess (Club, thatas tie national honour was in some degree involved, Nilnisters might be induced to re-establish a telegaphic conmnuni- cation between the two countries for this special purpose. This plan would have abridged considerably the duration of ctbe games, and would not have cost the country moxe' than ten thousand pounds.- Brvesing paper. ANECDOTE OF CARD1SAl. GONSALVi.-The Journal 'A,rverr contains the following anecdote of the excellent Cardinal Gonsalvi, wh:ch it p tiblishes on the authoritv of a Belgian. who learnt it at Rome from the Cardinal's physician, mr 1821 -"The Cardinal was attacked by a chronic malady three physicians aere consulted, who, on being required to give tlieir opinion, plainly declared that thje disease would terminate in death at a greater er less pcriod, according to the method of life which he should adopt; but thev unanimouslv counselled him to quit public affairs, because, in his situadon, all agitatton of mind was fatal to him. Alessieurs,' said the Cardinal, ' if I follow your advice, and give mvself up to repose, how long will you give me to live?' 'Six years,' replied the physicians. 'And if I continue to transact business ?' 'N ot more than three.' 's'our servant,.4Messicurs,' rejoined the Cardinal, I I would rather live two or three years in active exertion, than six in idleness.' "-fCotlitutionnel. BRUSSELs, Feb. ll.-A muniny ha,s been brought to J3ruges, taken from one of the pyramids of Egvpt. It appears to be that of a princess of the race of Plraraoh. who died about 3,700 years ago. It is still in the case which contained it in the pyramid. Tie cover represents a female of more than human height, in the Egvp- tian costume. The colours are very vivid and wvell preserved. There was in the samecase an embalmedcht, an undoubted indication of the high rank of its corapanion. A HuMAxA RIVAL TO BILLY.-On Tuesday evening a boy, about 12 years of age, called Billy, celebrated as a rat-killer, gave a most extraordinary proof of his skill before an assembly of sporting characters. at the Green Dragon-yard. Holborn, in a ring ten feet square. He undertook to destroy 17 rats with his teeth, .tia.s to muinge them to death, in the short space of two minutes and a half. He set-to with his numerous antagonists in the boldest manner umaginable, and performed execution upon them all with great ease, comfort, and address, within the time. ,Ile had a knack of gripping them by the back of the neck, and imieLdiately trans- ferred them to his jaws, tvhete enqb of thetit expire without a groan, instanter, to the delight of the spectators, some of whom are going to back him a2ainsf }estmiaster Billy for anv sum. His rmouth was waashed with a g"as,of Hodges', after wbich he.appeared perfectly well- qualified Lo. encounter as many more varmint. So wonderiully dexterous-was BiAy! the boy, that-,he'received but one scratch-a boast which, -we believe, Billy the dog cannot make. -E vening,papnr. Improvernents are about to be made in the poultry-mar- ket in Newgate-emarket, for thebenefit of the public, as well as of the poolterers, who have suffered inconeenience by the condition in which the market has been for Wany years. The Committee of C'ity Lands repregented at the last Commnon Council, that the City's tenants in the peultry-market having sustainedgreatdamnage in con- sequence of the want of a covering over the area of the market, the *Clerk of the City's Worl;s wa?directed to prepare a design for erecting a nxntbo"se over it. and for the general improvement of the market. The very freat improvement effected li the carcass-mar- ket. under the direction of the Committee, has already proved highly beneficial ta the pubic and the tenants * aid the present project re- seenbJes in many re"pects that which has reflected so mueh credeit on the persons actively employed in superintending the alterations. The area of thepoultry-market is to be laid out in ital11 hiFhlv raised in the roof, and tihe surroundingshops are to undergo consider. able improvement. The penthouse or covering is. to be raised on iror e or pillars, and swhen in the wet season the tenants cloose to draF the covenTng over the walks, and by that nweans close in the wh,16 area, suffident light will be thrown over the market from the cn,la in (4e nmddle of the market, and business will be dore as cyectiallv in wet as in dry weatlher. Alr. Hurcombe, who, uiider t e direction of the committee, superintended the alterations in tile carcass-market, has already, in conjunction with Alr. Alontague, the city iurveyor,,submitted a plan WhiGh liss received the appro- bation and sanction of the Committee; and a cotntract is about to be entcred into for the erection of the covering, and for paving the area; and the remainder of the design is to be carried inito sxecutinn at such times arid in such manner as tihe circumnstances and business of the market, and the convenience of the tenants, will permit. On 1 uesday night, between thie Horns atKetinnington antl Lambeth-marshs as Lady Ann Beckcet was refurning to towtn from Brighton, a trunic, containing a number of valuable articles, was cut fromn the inehindthe carri e, wlich tne thieves gotclear off with. On Thursalay night last (12tb inst.) a peter-boat, on its way to Londeru aden with fruit, belonging to MIr. Thomas Elvy, of Favershiarn, fruitcrer, going wvitlin sidte the Isle of Sh~ppey, upset in a gale of wind in the Swale, and. the crew, consisting of Thomas Bennett and Thom.as Berry, two fine young men, although -x- prt swimmers, met a watery grave. Tine best exertions have been to find the bodies, but as yet without success.-Ke-a,ti,i Gazette. The fall of snow to the eastward has been so great as to retard tbe arrival orcoaches atthis city, in a very considerable de- gree. Persons who have ttavelled by them inform us that mountains of snow impedel their progress. The Ipafiance, which should have reached Exeter on Saturdar afternoon, didi not arrive until Sunday morning ope o'clock; and the subsc'iptiorn coactes-have had similar dificulties to encounter.-E.reterpiper. IMPBORTANT TO PUSLICA2xS -We havesseen ani office copy of a case lately submitted to the Judges on theliability of pab- Heuas to be charged for theirwindows. wliith were considered to be e.xennt from duty as shop windo.s, and to charge accortdingly, ap- pealed ag.inst and allowed. The Judges, however,by the iastanices referred to for their opinion, decidel otherwise, and dedared them subinct to the tax.-Birmingham Gaacttc. lAdveritment. -.SiHAXSPEARIAx REAnDn1Gs, by-3r. S3sART, 50, vest side of L-eicester-square, every Thurssday evening, punc- tualy at eight. TILts EVENING, February 19, Henry the FoZrth, firdt part. Tickets, 6s.-erch, may be had as above ; at Hook. him's5 Old Bond-street; and Richardson's, Royal Exclange; wherenrrosiectuees may be obtained gratis; and where may likewise be hil, 1he Theoxy.and Practdce of %locittion; 8vo, price 12s., boards. The dramatic readgin re gven to private partieg on ttws which Maz bX Itown of rSnta i