Mr. Fauntleroy is said to...
The Times, 1824-10-23T00:00:00

Mr. Faiuntleroy is said to Slave discovered some degree of a,itation when he was at first brought within the walls oteNewgate, but his friends, several of whom visited himn in the course of yesterday, foutndl him theii very tranq5uil: he exp)ressed muchl gratitude for the kindness of thke Sheyiffs in affhrdina' him even a larger portion of accommodation in Necwgate tXtan he had enjoyed at the House of Correction, which in a measure arises SrOHt thc apartment in which he is confined in the former place being mRuel more spacious: hlis room is decently furnished, but it has all the appearance of a prison ' " 'U" rog wit'ot uroulriting oif shair'- Mfr. Christmas,. we are requested to state, never helsl a Situation as turnkey, but is storekeeper in -he House of Correction. FORGEBIES ON TIIE BANK.-It may be important. to those whose stdcl has been transferred under forged powvers of attor- ney, to rememnber, that in the case of " Davis against the Bank of England" (,whic}l IS still pending), the Bank set up assa defence, that the plaintifttdid not give notice to them of the forgery so soon as he had discovered t. We insert this as :1 caution to recent sufferers.- Evening pape.r. The defence was not allowed, BLACK 'IttAas BBIDnGE.-The workmen who hare been enmployed during the last ten days in altering Blackfriars Bridge. have commenced levelling the grotnd preparatory to making a road of it. They have dug a yard deep tl,on the centre ofthe bridge, and gradually shallower to the extrernities. The ascent on each side will bc considerably lessened, and as the groand is to be raised se- veral feet in Bridge-street and Great Surrey-streer, the difficulties and dangere attending the passage of cariiasges at the foor of the bridge, especially in the winter season, will he reduced. lfr. M'Adami has been constant in his superintendence of the la- bourers employed in the work. CsILa ST's H OSPIT'AL.-The workusiei, unider the direc- tior of ;lr. Souter, have commnencred laving the foundation of a'nobile hiall witthin the precincts of Christ's-Hispital, in lieu of the old one, which, from it Sdilapidated state, is about to he dislsed. This mag- nificent room when completed wvill be 182t feet in lengtlh, tand 60 iot breadth, and is calculatecd for the accoirimodation of 800 scholars. Mr. Richard Staples, for several years Second Clerk at the public office, Union-hall, lia been apPointed Chief Clerk, in the room of the late Mir. Jamnes Rcaves, who held the situation for the last 18 years. The population of the Liverpool WVorkhouse is at this tine a little above QOO. Biglht vears ago. whven the town probably contained fewer inhabitants bv '20,00, the paupers in the Work. house (induding those of an additional building hired for -the tem- porae?y accommodation of the ntmerot,s claimants fhr parish relief) amounted to more thtan 1,700. At that time, also, the overseers were paying 20s; per bushel tbr wlheat, whichb they now purchase tbr 7s. 6;. \ What oufht not to be our graieful feelings to Provideence for such a change of tim.es ?_Livespool Coueri;e. ?.leEt, tvoSC case PWas mnentioned yesterday, svas taken up on the P1th of April, the annivcrsary of liis hirth, being the Satur- turday between Good Friday and Easter 6thndav *and on beine allowed to transport himself to any, place out of the King' dlonli- nions, was dischargedlitrom Newgate, after his long confinewent, on the ve3y samie day-*being also a Satitrday between (Oood Friday and Easter Sun(lay. Before he left the cointry, he blept in Newgate cvery night lor six weeks after hisliberation. , 'I he waters still contittue out to a very injurious exteiit in the neighbourLood of Lincoln.'wnhich we hear is occasioned by a sluice-gate at Branipton, netr Torksey, being blown up by the Trent e0gre. blany thousand acres were suddenly flooded bv this alarming occurrence, and a considerable loss in sheep has 6een sus- tained. Antiquarians are of opinlion thiat the Trent once brought the jide even to the Lincoln marshes; and judging from the result of this irruptioi, ike hypothesis is well tbu ded.-Li,rcoie frery It has been remarked by-naturalists, that a goose and an eagle are amongst the lonrgest lived of the feathered tribe. There is at this momtent a fact confirtaing that observation as applicable to the first-named bird. At the village of Glentham, in the netghbour hood of Mlarket Raseni, in this county, there is now livtng, on a farnirecently occupied by a person namied Hewson, a goose upwards of a hundred years old. Al r. Hewson a short tiiie ago had ans uc- tion, he being abvut to quit his farm, and after ali the tarosn ng uten- sils, stoclF, hausehoid fieniture, &c., had been disposed ot; a neigh- bour,who attended the sale reminded himn of the goose, which yet remained unsold. Air.Hewsin immediately replied, " I will not bvvp,>vus v. ll0 vw-- -tS.I{ a& 4 maureu:years In mrn forefathers and mv possession, and I will give it to the next occu- pier, in-the ho'ie thathe may treat it kindly, in- order that it maiv terminate its tile tvwhre it has lived so long." The bird was accord- ingly pr&6Gnted to the farmer who succeeded Mr. -H-ewson, and is still living.-...incoln A-f eo"cury. , FAT4L IFJE&T.S OF IJAUGH4NG C'AS.-rThe fooliSh ex- -perlnents uoa the lauguhing. gas, nowt so mauch in fathiols has bhen attended withwhati-not antall surprising the death,oi a person who breathed a pottron of if.: It oncurred at Bordeamx last F'ebruary. We sincjely rec6mmend. the public to set their faces egainst farther ekhibition ofi his dangerous practiee; every thing Whibch oxerates up.on. the sensoriam, 66 as lo d.irg4 It, even temporrily, is danger.. ous. . Tlemrne qua ntity'.6f-ths igas ihftled by differen.t people will. possess vaty different effects. One man nmay be butgently stimni. laced by it,vi hile at30ther, from peculiar physicalconstruction in the brain or- klood vessels, mar,i drojydown inl apal.y -esZt d inalopIexy.fedieal Ad.. IVN Pl{Eh'OMtEh'ON^-There has beeillving at. Fal-. kirk, fbr some time, a girl, who exhibits a remarkableinstanceof the tOtal defibienevof 'armts 2iid legs. -She lives with her ynother, who is marridttoi,; sc9rnd h4sband, an Irish iabourer, and ia now about 15 erg of-age, healthy and cheerftlL Atthe right shoulder there is-osnte?ing l.$e . a nger, 'with a ]ong.ct.4oked nail nttached, anrd trom the'lee'sos a st4rp abont .fbnr inchea Iong, havirg rudi:- mients of. Cineris Deprived ef all- other mteans of doing a single actioh, or assisting-hersslf, it is- urprisingwhat tise l.htg rust'en and necessity'have eb'tabled her tg make.of gaisstu mp. T.here if anAt.. ,erfecs topt att#i6ed to her right haunchb with the exceplion of these sbe. is only albady with a head nand on looking at her, a person can with difficu!t- reconeile the- idca-tba. such a singular human cain. niity cai boe V6or6cxwi!t1 apparently so liitle inconvenience. As.she has. no means of hodily !-eercise, her condition must havc-been wrotchedness-in-te. extremc,had .not-er mother early taught herto 'red, and thus enabled- her-to paEs her time happily with a book.'... SYirligtg br,uzl.. .. . . . . . 'YVoodoeks have-already rmade their - appearanca in-De-. vonshire. Bever'al oispl vewrp 14-i linci; eBr mwsiXe oX ~tutday it7 S. eachl.-