Prince Esterhazy arrived ...
The Times, 1824-07-16T00:00:00

Prince Esterha7y arrived at Dover at two o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, in the Spitfre steam-packet, from Calais, after a passage of only two hours and a half. General Alava arrived at the Duke of'VeUlliigtoni's house, Piceadilly, a few days ago, from Gibraltar, via Lisbon. This dis- tinguished patriot is suffering from lamenesF, occasioned by being struck, while on board the packet, by a falling mast, the blow from wlich nearlv cost him his life. George Bankes, Esq., the son of the member for Corfe- Castle, was last week sworn in by the Lord Chancellor to the office of Cursitor Baron of the Exchequer. LORD BYRON'S FUNERAI..-Yesterday morning a letter was received from Mir. Wooddeson, the undertaker 1vlo has the conducting of the funeral. The letter is dated from Kettering, in Northamptonshire, 74 miles from London, which place it lett on Wednesday. lt .qtatest that it is impossible to describe the interest that the funeral excites m every town the procession passes through, which seems to increase the nearer it approaches Hrucknefl. Tlhe letter continues to state, that &bout one o'clock on WVednesday, the town of Kettering was visited wvith one of the most trem'endous thunder-storms that was ever recollected. The lightning was in- cessant, and did considerable niischief to various property in the town, and many trees were split to piiece. Yesterday afternoon an inquest was held at the sign of the King's Arms, Millbank, before T.Higgs, Esq., deputy Coroner for Westniinster, on view of the body of James k reeman, a young gentleiman aged 17 years, who was drowned in the river Thames under the following melancholy circumstances :-Mr. William -Philp, a young gentlenan residing at No. 112, Jernmyn-street, St. James's, deposed than the deceased and himself west on Sunday morning last to 1Mr. Sawyer's, boat-builder, at Mlillbank,and hired a boat for the purpose of bathing ; witness took the sculls, and rowed the bostt parly across the river, and when near the floating gravel machine they saw some boys bathing; deceased reiuested witness to pull between the boat belonging to the parties batling and a barge that lay alongside the gravel machine. He did so; but the current drove the boat alongside the barge. The deceased then stood upon the thwart of the boat, with a view of peshing her off, when she sheered off, leaving deceased hanging upon the gunwale of the barge. WVitness told him to hang on and he would pull towards him, but instead of doing this he said he would drop into the water and swim ; the moment he got into the water he sunk. Witncss junmped inafterhim, and caught him by the hair ofhishead, and twicebrought him to the sutface, but had not strength to keep him up. When die- eeased was sinking, lie caught witness by the leg, and had he not have extricated himself, both mu3t have sh.ared a watery grave. Se. veral persons, who saw the accident, humanely cause off to their as- siistance, but too late, the deceased had sunk to rise no mtore. The body was yesterday found at Millbank. The jury remarked upon the impropriety of letting out boats to youths who were unable to manage them, and trusted that this would operate as a caution to whom they let their boats. Persons might be procured to manage them, who would be glad to do so for a mere trifle. Verdict-" Ac- cidentallv drowned, and a deodand on the boat, Is." Yesterday afternioon an iiquest was held at the Sun, Devereaux-court, on the bodv of an unfortunate man named John Seinier, who died suddenly in the Strand, on Wednesday morning. It appeared the deceased came a few days since to the Sun public- house, and hired a, bed; he did not appear to be distressed, and way very communicative and stated himself to have arrived from Calais andte have travelled through Dartford, where he said he had changed a 201. note. From some certificates found in his pocisets, it appeared he had been trumpet-rmajor in the 3d l.attalicn of the Ger- man Legion, and had served in the Peninsula and at Waterloo,with very considerable distinction: be at that battle was fonr timnes woundr.d in endeavouring 7.0 preserve the colours of bis regimens; but bd failed, being 5everely wounded byone of BuonapartcA Legion of Ionour. On Wednesday morniinghewent out1 and. jad not wdiked nay pscecibefore.e Sell and tired. - OnIy Ssi dwere found in his pockets. Verdict_ DedS by t7 e shtoi-ossf Gog.