Their Graces the Duke and...
The Times, 1824-05-08T00:00:00

Their Graees the Duke aud Dluchess of Northumberland threw open their princely mansion, at Charing-cross, on Thursday nigi;, toan evening Party, coitsisting of upwards of 400 of the most distinguished individulals in the metropolis. Msr. BELgoNi.-EFrom aln evening paper.]-We regret to learn that this enterprising and amiable man has not left behind hin-, pecuniary resources by any means adequate to the wants of an interestingwidowandofhis aged parents,who were entirelydepenaent upon their children for support The liberalitv and necessary ex- penditure of Mr. Belzoni prevented his accumulating any property previous to the exhibition of the Egyptian Tomb, and the publica- tion ot his travels, both of which were for the time very profitable resourcea; and his subsequent expenditulre in presents to Affican and European authorities, to enable him to prosecute his researches,=usr have absorbed the greater portion of what he had accumulated. Mr. lelzone has left a widow, v,ho was long the sharer of his trials and the participator of his pleasures, and to whom his death nmust prove a blank in nature nevee to be filled up. Mr. Francis Beleoni, who is a few years younger than his deceased brother has all his predilec- tion for traveling and the acquisition of scientiac knowledge. The invitation given to him, according to the Irish papers, by tre Pacha of' Egypt, and the encouragement for Some time heldoout by a cele- brated antiquary in this coantry, and also by one of our official re- sidents in Egypt, wdll probably induce Mr. Frcis Belzoni to at- tempt to follow up the discoveries of his brother. SK;ELETON OF A MAM.seoTr iRAB- LoNDoN.-(From an evening paper.)-The entire skeleton of a large mammoth, i. e. a fossil elephant of thesame speies -with tho3e which occur in Siberia, and all over EUYOpe, has been very recently discovered near LOn- don, at Ilford, in the county of Bssex, near Stratford and Bow. It lav buiried at the depth of about sixteen feet, in a large quarry of tliluvial larn and clay which is excavated. for making bricks. Mr. John Gibson of Stratford, has been diligently exerting himself in collecting and preserving as much as possible of this skeleton ; and a few days since he invited Professor Bnckland and Mr. Clift to assist him in disinterring the remainder of the bones which be had purposelv left in their natural position in the quarry. Tbese gen- tlemen found 2 large tusk and several of the largest cylindrical bones of the legs, also many ribs and Yertebrw, with the smaller bones of the feet and tail lying close upon one another, so that there can be ino doubt, that with those before collected by Alr. Gibson, they had made up as entire skeleton at least 15 feet high; -they were em- bedded in tenacious clay (which is dug foer bricks), being cart of the great superficial covering of diluvial clay, sand, and gravel, which is spread over a large portion of the counues ofEssex, Suffolk, and Nor- folki, and along the whole east coast of Englald, at irregular intervals, and is almost every where occasionally discovered to contain similar remains of antediluvian animals to these at Ilford. A FATHER STABBED By His OWVN SON2.-A mnost unna- tural crime was perpetrated two days since at the house of Mr. John Gregory, a straw-hat-manufactxer, No. 5, Grt Dovter-ttet, I Blackfriars-road. The family consisted of Mr. Gregory, his wite, and eight children, six of whom, and Air. Gregory hiniself, had just finished their breakfast, when two of the elder sons, the one named George, came in, and were left by their father to prepate their own repast, while he went into the shop on business: just pre- vious to their coming, one of the younger boys, Who had risen from table, asked his father for more bread and bntter, which he,constder- ing mere wantonness, refused him. Daring the father's absence, the boy sought to obtain from his brother George that which his father had denied, and succeeded, and the brother was psoceeding to the cupboard with the intent to cut him another slice, s.x the fa- ther re-entered the room, and endeavoured tt prevtnt thet infractgon of his orders, by keeping the door of the cupboard closed with his hand- and then it was that, infuriated by the oppohition, the tnna. tural son plunged the pointed table knife he held in his hand into the body of his parent, on thu left side close to the &roin. The wounded man, streamning wvitl blood, staggered to a seat m the shop, exclaimiing, "Oh ! George, you have killed me; I fear you'll suf- ferfor this." Surgical aid was instantly resorted to, wthen a promplt removal was determined On, *andhe was conveyed to Guy'sflospltsl, where he remains in a mnost dangerous state. The son is not yet in custody. C ANILAG5tATION AT WHIlTECHXAPEL.-The utmost alarm prevailed on Tfhursday evening in Osborne-street, Wltite- chapel, and its surrounding neigl4our oedt in consequence of the spacious sugar-houses belondng to Mfr. Aldermnan Lucas, in Os. borne-street, being discovere to be on fire. The lest symptoms of the conflagration were discovered about G o'clock in the- evening. Instant communication was desjpatchcd to the various stations of the flre.engitnes;* but, previous to thieir arrival, the engines belonging to the parishes of Whitechapel and Spitalfields were Vron)ptly mi at- tendance; but their weak efi T A to abatte the devogsn element bsd not the least effect. About soven o'lock the other engies arrived, and staittioned themselves h situations best lculaed to get fhee crresato the scene of deBfrtction. Still their exertions appeared to bc in vain, and the entire structure was An one mas or ^sumc ; 'snm ponderous girders ftilling at intervals witn tremendoua crbhes, fok- o6wed by most awful volumes of firts At nine oclock the whole ofE the floors, with their iron doors fell in, but fortdnatelv no LcCi.. dent was occasioned, leaving te entie front nne storie hh standing. The origin of;the disasteri3sIUupQSe&to bhve becn.catsea by the pan chimney.throwing eut too much hegt into the drying room om the attic2 where the smoke was dii6iirea ta. feieJuing from. The premLzcs, we underspand, areinsuredvtogetFer w.ith the stock, to theamountof2S,228L It is-as IIt:cW at*n6i that about 24-fears ago a fire took place upon die same faijd the front ,ail wich theB escse th ec_ fispadQ is q