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The Times, 1824-08-17T00:00:00

By he ighnin stam:ackt, which has arrived at Portmouh, s'satchs hve eenreceivedl at the Admi-. raly fom ir arr Nele,com anding the British squa- dronoffAlgirs,whic cofirmtheaccounit previously re- ceivd fom arsills, hattheDeyhas submitted to our terms. Sir Harry Neale's dlespatees are dated the 126th of July. He states,' that lhaving on the 24th plaeed his squa- dlron in their proper positions for ani attack on the town of Algiers, he was about to comnmence the action, when a ne- gotiation began, wvhich terminated on the following day, by the Dey's submitting to all the conditions proposed by the Admira, anti signing the declaration whiceh had been transmittedI from Eniglanid. A few shots andl shells had beeni fired, huit nio lives, were lost. On the signiature of the dec'larationi by thle Dey, peace was restored, andl the block- adle raised. Extractof a letter from the agent to Lloydl's at Cadiz, dlatedl 127th of Jutly :-" The Vice-Admiral Duperre on Saturday arrived off this port froin Brest, in the Trident, 80 guins, with somne frigates, brigs, and schooiiers, andI was joinedI oii Sindlay 'by part of the"squadron which hati bten so long here, an(I proceeded to the Mediterranean oni Monday. Thle French call this squadron L'Escadr-e d'Evolutions. Thleir nominal object is rendlezvous at Toulon, there to be receiv- eti by thie ?Iinister of Marine from Paris. The squadrmi con- sistsof the Trident,Vice-AdImiral Duperre, Silgisns; St. Petr`, Rear-Adm,riral Baron tles Rotours, 80 guns ; four f'rigates, 60 guns; five dlitto, 44 guns ; several brigs and scliooners. THFt F,1ExvCs1ADo.-A report is mentioned in Ga'liw- nan~i's lVessenger, that the Enmpecinadlo, who hadl lotig beeni int prison at itodla, hal been rescued by a botly of armed Men. A private letter reeivetl in town conitainis the sam reort an gvesthefolowng account of the Empe- cindo' esape:-"A dtacmen oftrops,well tnount-. ed, nd euippd inthe oyalst uifor, etered the lit- tletow ofRod, ad te oficr cmma~lng them pre- sentd tothe uthoitie an rderfor the deli vering up of El Especinadlo. WVhile these worthiies were deliberatitiig upon the ordler, the pretended Royalists wecit to the prison, spoke of the object of their mission, itndulged in, violent abuse of ElI Einpeciniado, had wviine sent for to treat the gaolers andl drink con-fuasioni to the tiegroes, andI then re- quested to be allowed to see thec object of thieir feignedtiha- tredl, whio was broughit out to them in thie cage in whiichi they have beeni accustomled to exhibit himn to tEhe populace on mnarket days. At thnis mnoment some of the detachiment fell uipon the guardis and gaolers, while othiers, letting tile bird out of the cage, placed himn upon horseback, and(~ thet whiole party , with El Empeciniado, dlashedI tlhrouglt the towvn in full gallop." One of thle letters from- Bogota, of the 9thi of Juine, by, the laRt arrival from Jamnaica, states that 5,000 miein had been orderced to proceed fromn Garthagena to Panamna, to reinforce Bolivar, andi that a levy of 5,000 more upon the upper provinces ofl Colombia was to take place immiiediately. TIhe Europa. Allen, from Liverpool for Havannah, was tOtally lost the 14th of June on the Caicos Keys; crew saved. Ttie cargo wvas also saved, bet in a danmaged state, and sold for 40,000 dollars. A NTWv a p, Aug. 1 .1-The Juif Elizabeth, Hangetee, froin Batavia, delivers some goods, damiaged. It is niot generally kniowni, but we arc compelled to state it as a fact, that the unifortunate Sir Chiarles Mlacarshiy was literally reace alv by his cal.tors.- Eventing paper. 4 WVe hiave received a long letter from MIr. J.D. BurritIge, the attorney who assafulted Mir. U. F. Williams, at Wlinchester, written, as he states, for the purpose Of rescuing hiis char-acter fromn thec imputations which he contends are fixed upon hiim by our ac- couint of the proceedings oni that occa.%ion. 'Ve shiall equally con1- sult the advantagce of Alr. Bl3umidge and of our readers by dleclining to insert his letter. in the first notice of the attack, which was cpefom an evesing paper-, soire epithets were introdueed wvhieih, thuhtey wouild n atu raly1 have occusred to any spectator of' the pjocedin, exibted, stritly speaking, more indlignation than weo necessary aintthe assailailt Themoredetailed repo)rt,published two days afterwards, was studiously confinied to facts, and was a dlie. asgsionate narrative of whiat actusll occurred. The only error of }?act which Mir. Burridge can poinit out in our statemnent is thait of hi,, con'sule counsel (Air. Casberd), who, when the causie was called on, was engaged in the otlier court, and Air. W?illiamns, as junior or second counsel, condlucted my c-ause." The rest of hris letter, as hiis Professional experience might have taughit himi, is whiolly ~irrelevan t to the case before the public. IVAUX IIALU. SAtILtING MsrACHt.-Yesterday eveningiL a sailing match took place for a silver cup anid cover, given by some genitlemen who compose whiat is cailled " The Coronation IFleet," to commemorate annually ils Majesty's coronation. CThe busts en- tered for the sailing mar12ch wvere to be the property of gentlemien. iand the distance was from Blackfriars-bridge to a boat moored ofty P'utney. and back to Cumberland-gardens, where the -a inner was to be declared. Eleven boats, were entered for the match, but nine only ap~.pearedl at the stated time, thie Arrure and thie White Rose, from, Southaminpton and Clowes, being unable, it was said, to arrive owimlg to the itmpediment of contrary winds. 'rle boats started soon alter 4 o' clock fromi Blackrfrars, and the leoypst Bagle, which kepit tile tesil( throughout, wom by a few miniutes. The Fortiitude and the Comet kept their places second andi third. They arrived at the win.. r~ing place soon after 7 o'clock. There was a great bustle on the river ,smnall boats in abundiance were plying between the bridges, and there was somne runninig foul between thie sailing boats at start- ing, whichi was soon reitiedfied by the navigators. Thie cup anid vase were presented by 31ir. Wi liiamsN to Captain Stokes, in dlue formn, in the orchestra at Vauxhall-gardens, at ]'I o'clock last nlight, wlith ani appropriate addires Ilie congratulated the winnier on rtheo-ccaie, drank hiefliealth oUt Of the cup, and tIme vocal accomlpanimentofth glee " flere's a li-11td to all Good Laisers," agreeably closed this, par, of the ceremnony. N The report of' Miss I'atoi hiavinig beeni miarried to iLordI Williatni Lennox lias been contradicted from authority. On Saturday m-orniing, betwveen five and( six o'clock, a mieeting took place at the rcar of the Observatory in OreenwyicW.- ~'ark, between Lieutenant ID., of the Royal Navy, atid G. If--.. ,s.;tefrer attended by a S1r. V-.., the Ilatter by Captain Sl.-.-. Royal Artillery. After an ineffctual fire, the sleconds in. terfered, and mutters were adjus,ed to the entire satisfaction of all Parties, wbema they returned to town the bast friend8 itnaginalale. The quarrel was said to have originated at a private billiard-rooim tile evening be-ore, on a decision of a point iim tke gamc~ THE~ CtmA-EiAt.EoN.-One of t hese creatutres, whichl so rarely live in our climate, and which when not alive nlo longer pos. sess that singularity wghichi constitutes their value, is now exhibited at the hiouse of a baker, in F'leet-street. It is imported froml Sierra Leone, atid is the ottly survivor out of a gretat number whio wvere pas. ;engern in the same v'essel, it is about nine inclites long - from tile tip Lf the snout to the coil of the tail," and is, in all material pons of the lizard formn and species. T1he first pecuiliarity whilch storliktes thle spectator is in the eye. -The orb of sight is encatsed in a spheri.. cal sock-et, moveable in every direction, and projectinig so much as to enatble tile animnal to see on all sides ; and whlat adds to this facility is, that one eve has no symipathiy with the other so that one can be ailsot wile the other is open, or otto lookinig forwards, while the other isl loig backwards. Time appearance of the eye is v-ery singular. It so cmletely resemAbles a gem surrounded by a 8light ring of' 01d,~ hat itmight well be supposed tobhereallya Piece of metal,and,a precious stn. The variations in the huesover the whole skin are rapid and surprising. On aplant ofdelicate green the chameloon is scarcely clistitimiguihable fron, the P,lant itself ; on black it becomeis dusky; -Passing over gray, it assumres again another tinge. tt de- lighits in light sodt heat anti changes; in fOrml as4 well as colour when warmedt b3 thie rays of t'le sun. The claws have considlerablmi power Of teniacity, and are capable of be-ing turned round so as to embrace any obilect presenited to thiem. 'rThe tongue is long, antI of Buell strengthi that time anistial cmi seize with it a fly or oLher insect at th, dlistance of lteven or eig~ht inches. At the endI is a divislion in the mnanner of a forceps.-.Evening paper. Soe ay a~oatiiattetinpt wasinadletolpoison ashopkeepe oflllarsha.sret WIestminster, namned Robertsl, by a female whiom he had taken into his service abouit six weeks ago. Ile had misted some articlets of sdres since she became his serVant, but no suspicion was enitertained tltat she was the thief,alt houghi her master had'hired her without a character. He sent her upon One Occasion for some meat for the dinner of ilas tfamily, but supposing that it was not fair weight, he ordered it to be weighed. The quatitity proveti to be extreniely deficient,andhe mientioned his determiinatior, to "pull sip" the hotelier on the subject. IHe however desiretlIihis serVatit to makce some broth of tle meat, but he took but little of the delicacy, as lie fosind that thietaste was Peculiarly disag,reeable. 'rIscwornan, in reply to his comiplaint. tolut him, without being at all confused, that there was nothing objectionable in the broth and that she had' benasi usual careful In making It. A person w?il WaS at dinner, obevdthatlihe gave a ver-v sigt qatt otecid n ht1 took still lessa herself. Mfr. Roberts asked whether theli anrd thaste snhe broth was, not soot, but she answeredl that 2nothring offensive had got into!it In the eveningshie absconded, taking with her all her own clothe.a,and some of her mistress's. Pier box'however, containedwsme evidences of guilt of another kind, for in it w'ere found several duphi.. cates, fromi the examnination of -which, it appeared that she hiad beeni in the habit, everei5ince she entered the house, of stealin5. ler mas- ter's antI mistress's clothes antI pawning them.' In the middle of the night AMr. Roberts was seized with a burning sensation in the sto- mach, and incesslatit vomniting for some lbours.. Nature, however, prevailed, and in the miorning the sYmptoms abated considerably. When he stated the circumnstances, andl hit: senBationab after liavitig fskern the brothi to a surgeon, he was ioformied that he aid certaiuly taken poison. IHis child. liall been also)alee ihvmrn~h. toe attack was comparatively slight. The woman took eare before 'he left the house to wvash all the vesgels into which the broth had been poured. She has hitherto evadcd'.all attempts to apprehend' ler. It is believed, that she had been som e tine before a pauper in i't. Giles's parish. In the neighbourhood where this took place, accord- nording to the usual spirit of exaggeration, the report was, that the thUd wYas dead, the father dying, and the rest of the fainily suffering 'iolently fromx the poison.