WINDSOR, NOV. 7. This mor...
The Times, 1824-11-08T00:00:00

Wi NDSOR, Nov. l.-Thrfis ornoning the Princess Augusta, attended by her Lady in Waiting, attended divine service at the parish churchl, where au excellent sermon wvas preached by the Rev. F,. Gosset, from the 6th chapter of the Ephesians and the 15th verse. This being the first Sunday in the month, the Mayor and Corporation attended the church, according to custom, in their robes. Mr. Brown, one of the poor Knights of Windsor, died this morning at his apartments in WVindsor Castle, aged 89. Within a few minutes also died Mr. William Gray, one of the gentlemen of the choir belonging to the cathedlral. Yesterday afternoon, at one o'olock, the Duke of York arrived at his resideniec in Stable-vard, St. James's. Mr. Meates, a King's messeniger, was sent off late on Friday night, withi de6patches from Mr. Secretary Canning for our Ambassador at Vienna. On Wednesday last Sir Charles Stuart, at a private au- dience of the King of France, presented his letters of recaU as Ambassador of Great Bsitain to the Court of the Tui- leries. On Tbursday-Mr. Algernon Percy presenited his. credentials as Minister Plenipotentiary of the King of Great Britain to the Court of France. Rossini has returned to I'aris alonig with Zuehelli.- Frenel. paper. A rumour has spread, says a French paper, that the pa- pers of Prinie Eugene of Leuchtenberg have been sub- jected to an examinationi by superior authority. This Prince Eugene, it will be recollected, was the son-in-law of Buonaparte, Viceroy of Italy, axtl married to a Princess of Bavaria. Probably these papers are supposed to contain information which it miiight be as advantageotts for certain Princes and families to have concealed. The Columbrus arriveel at the Lower Hope, six miles below Gravesead,yeitterday morning at eleven, and may be expected at Blackwall this day, abmout tWO o'clock. King William's birth-day wvas celebrated at two o'clock this morning, by a few persons who appeared near the statue and gave sone loud saouts. Nothing else occurredl on the occasion.- Dublin Ff'ee,nan'a Jouzrnal. Lord Brandon has compottided for his tithes with the parishioners of Castle Island, for 5001. a-year, as has also the Rev. B Denny for the parishes of (alher, Kiilenane, Anna, Ballynaha- Ii8k, and 6lohcrbrie'n. Thereare now but few parishcs in the county Kerry which have not availed themselves of the provisions of this salutary Act.-Limerick Chlronicle. The gross ign9rance of thc French about every thing Englisb is oftea extremely ludicreus. An amusing instance of this aind oursin the rtoile of Wednesday. It is there gravelye&ted,. that a man of tne name of Wren has been sentenced by an English tribunal to imprisonmeat for six months, and to pay a fine of 1001. sterling, for giving a kiss to a joung girl named Elizabeth Lees, without her consent. It ix addsd, with thesame gravity, that "'tren allegpe that Blizabeth ought to have turned asidc her face it the kiss caused her bo BUa, uneasineS as she pretended ; but the law ig ex- press withl regard'i kisses given -to girls w/ho are not full sixteen years of age" We are ncet told, with mnore appearance of probabi- lity, thst " on hearing the sentence young lSlirabeth sa id, that jf she thon~ht the kiss would have cost so dear, she would. have receive4f it without cornplaiht." Such absurd r.onsese can only orginate with it6sne blockhead wit. fancies himself a wag; but wfe cannot un-. derstand how it can find admission into a rcspectaSle paper. The conductors of the Etoite must be grossly imposed upon by their English translator. The only thing which renders such contempti ble trash worth notice, Is the eagemness with which it is swaUowedby the ma3s of teers. frataUcS of thesarne hind occur almost dail,. Some Very extensivPe sales both of English aind foreign steck were made during Friday andl Saturday last, ior which, as t-io general scarcity of moisev existed, nor any po- litical intelligence received, the reason wa% not at first ap- parents. It; bas since been ascertained t'hat most of the sales have orignated in the principat banikinlg hoases at the west end of ihe town, on which thlere has been a very con- sideablerun, in onseuenc ofthe late failures, anid still moreby te unriniple rumursof others, ad verted to by us o Saurdy. rhes ar no fuly ascertained to have beenwitout ounatio, ad ative exertions are making to dscovr th scuce i wh Ch hy originated, there being some suspicion entertainied, but, we trust and beli'eve, erro- nieonislv, of malicious and interested motives. T`he sales of' stock made were chiiefly Consels, French scrip,and Mexi- can bondIs. Bank-notes, resulting from these sales, have been forwardetV to the banking-hobuses in question, who will be fully prepared against thle efet. of a rtun, shiould it centinue this day. Trhe want of confidence to which we adverted on Saturtlay, mnust be uniderstood to relat, tD. those -persons who make, deposits of money in banking houses: oni the part of the great c-apitalists, who, of course, have the means of 6tscertaining early and promptly the real state of the houses whbose stability has been questioned,there has never existed aniy: they have, in most cases, tendered their assistance to stemn the approachiing difficulty, whiich they were conivinced could only prove a temapora-ry one. The statement of' a correspondent which appeared in T)Ae Times ont Saturday wee4, relative to the eagerness shown by the house of MeUssrs. WVilliams, of Birchini-lane, to engage the castomers of the inisolven t firm of Marsh and GO., is since found to be incorrect. so of course is thte asser- tion of' the fact on whichi the statement was founded- namely, the ofrer of Messrs. Williams to place I os.itn the pound to the credit of every customer of the bankrps -Sme of' the papers have stated that thie Recorder's re- pnrt, whiceh it is expected wvill he miade this week, will in- clude both the Septemnber and Ocetober Sessions : this is by no mneans probable: if aniy report he wade so soon, it will be only of September, Every person of sense and dtecenicy mnust feel disgusted at the series of low anid scurrilous abuse wvitlh which ihe Lord Mayor has been assailed durting the wvhole year that he has1 had to sustain the arduous and responsible duties of his office, by certaini journals that trade in slander: every friend. of' free d~iscussion must be shocked at suich conduct, tending not only to degrade the press, out, also that respectable part of' the magistracy which as chosen by the people. The Lord Mayor may, howvever, find ample consolation iniknd'w- inj5 tihat no part of his Vublic condtuct has been arraigned by far invstigation ; ant. as one hig-h grattification, hi mnay be assured, thjat if tlierc really was aniy thing that could fairly he objected to his ecoisluct, his slandler(rs would not have adlopted this syst-em of misrepresentation and abuise. H le has thie satisfaction of knowing, from the very means adopted, that in the whole course of hiis daiy labours tbroughout the year, iiot onie of his judicial decisionis has been questioned; nor hias any part of his conduct beenl assailable by fair and candid investigation. On 'Wednesday the newt sloops of war Ctham?Pions,Orestes, and Pylad,es, returned fromitheir experimenta.lcruise. lt is confemsdly thie best qualification of' a ship otf war, thatt she possess a weatherly quality, or, what same of our readers will better understand us fo miean by staying, the best sonstructed vessel to sa.il or make hier way, whien the waind is foul or blowing against her. This quality -the Chamcnpions (built uipon Captain Hlayei' new principle) possesses pre- em-inently over both the othier shiDS. in running off or before the wind, there appeared but little difference in the three ships (neither of them provingx remarkable for velocity; but if' there was any., it was to the adv'antage of the Pylades snd Orestesr-to the former in smnooth water only. It was, hiowever, so comparatively trifling, that in a run of 100 miles, from Torbay to Spithead, thiey were not a mile apart. Thie Clhampion also provedi the best "sea-boat," standing un- der licr sail better thani the Pyhsders, but not greatly better than the Oresetjs. The Cluzmpior has also adecided advantage over bothi the othier ships in her capacity of stowage, beinig capable of carrying provisions and water for fve monthis: the PZdladit has the least ca- pacity in this respect of the three ships. The loss of the Orest-er' top.nmasts, in two instances, obliged her to part ecompany ; therefore, the trial with that ship was not so complete as. betweeni the Chum- piont and Pylidzds. The return of the ships to port was occasioned by the repetition of these disaLsters, whichi appeared to be predtuced byv her bowsprit being too short, and not sufficientl y suplporting the mnast. The Orestes an(4 Pylade; have since cone into harbour, to have their masts ishifted and seine other alterations made ; whilst the Clhamipiont is engageA at sea, in making a trial against the Pa,,- dora, a fast sailing 1'd.gun brig. It is hoped that the Lords of the Admiralty will direct anotlier trial to he mnade, when the Orestes and Pyladee are again ready for sea.Itis animportant subject,and should be puirsuedi to a conclusive resuilt.-..Hanmlshire Tedo?'raphs. A chiange in thie Naval nisiiforim having teen much talked about, we hlave ascertained, from good authority, that the intended alterationis will bo very trifling. Admnirals, Captains, Comimanders., aiid ILieuteniants, will d. ,ss as at presenit, with the additional liberty of wearing a round hat or a uniform cap, when at Bea. Mlarter,, Surgeons, A-ssistant-Surgcons, Parsers, and Secretaries, are to have an established unifornm, there being no present regulation for their dress. Phlysicians of the Fl7eet are to wear lace round the collar only. Commarodores to wear the Rear-Admirals' lace rountd the sleeve, on the undress; and the full dress to be that of a Catan, withi Admiiral's lace to the button-hole, of the lappel. bd CONVICTS UNDERt SENTENCE or DgATH.-Mr. Fauntle.. roy Yesterday attended divine-service in the chapel, where the Rev. IMr. Cotton preached an imnpressiive sermon in the morning upon the text in Jeremiah, " The harvest is past, the sumnmer is ended, but'1 we are not saved."' The cliapel 4vas crowded witlh prisoners, amongst whom we observed the colnvict hlarris, who was sentenced to die for robbing Mr. Males's servant mnaid on the King's hiighway. This prione, it will he remembered, handed a memorial to the Recorder 1just before sentence wvas passed, and his Lordship assured him that 'e wouldsubmnitit to His Mlajesty through the Secretary of State.This memorial prayed for justice as well as mercy, and contained the miost solemn assurancesof innocence of the crime of which the menmo. rialist was found guilty. ilarris hias repeatedly declared since his imrisonmient thiat he had noconcern in, or knowledgeof,the robbery; and that if lie must die, his deathi will be a sacrifice, and niot a just retribution. Mer. Fauntleroy is constantly visited by the Rev. Mr. Cotten, the Rev. Mfr. Springate, and his brother ; and in the a-b. sence of these gentlemnen he is er-gaged in reaaing the Testamient, and otlier religious books, which have been placced in his hands by hisi friendst. Helhas not themost ditstant hopeof pardon or commiutation of punishmnent, and was by no means instrumental in transmitting a Tmemorial to His Mlajesty, praying taor mercy. His friends h-ave, however, drawn uip a paper to that eftrect, and given it in to the Secretar of tt.In fact, they did so without his knowledge, in order that nobody shiould have it in hir power toa that any thing that could be done was left undone. Heis ajesty is expected in town this week, and it is believedI that the Renorder willi mrake his report of the _prisoners convicte-d in the Sep. teniber sessions immiediately on the King's agrrival. It is not ex- pested the cases of those who were convicted lest session will he re- ported until December, the Recorder requiring considerable time to utthe several caes, into due form. AMany of the creditors of Mlr. FaIuntleroy have signed the memorial voluntarily. The late Recorder (Sir Johnt Silvester) used to oblige his clerk to take short-.hand netes of each capital case, and we understandi that such was the practice of lilapredecessors. The present Recorder, however, has aba,ndoned the precedent, and trusts to othier meails of inforaiation.-(From a C-or. respondent.) A great array of ruffians, about ton o'clock on Saturday night, paraded the neighbsurhoud of St. (4eorge's-fields, Waiworth, and Kennington, blowing, hotns and hawkiiig a paper purporting to be an account of the suicide ol' Mir. Faunitleroy. Ta'I' give credit to the tale, the paper was announcedt as extracted frona a second edition'of " Au evening paper." lire need hardly say that the whole report was devoid of foundation ; but probably'20 stage-coacbes carried it away at once into thie counitry as true. It woul1d be ex- tremely fit that sonici exaimple should be'made of persons wvho carry on a trade of outrage against private and public feeling. The police magistrates have the means of punishing(a least the agents) in their power; and we do hope that they will taet some eairly opportunity of exerting thiem. DUEL BETWEgN MAI. WESTALI. AND CArTAIN Gotra- LAY.-EDIsN.BURGlI, Nov. hl-Mr. WVestall, who sRhot Captan Oour,ay in the late duel, hatd fortmerly travelled for Mlesres. James Fishier 'andI Co,, a L-ondon house of the first eminence in the lace. trade. At the late Donicaster races lie lost a bet of 70 guineas to Captain (Gourlay, who also lost a, bet at the samne timae to a friend of Mlr. Westall; Oni Saturday la8t. Captain Gourlay and Mr. WYest- all met at the Bull inn, in thisi city, recognizing each othier with miutual cordiality and apparcntfrieisaship. After some conversation, the Captain reminded Air. WVestall of his bet, which that gentle. mnan aeknowledged, but added, that he was authorized by, his friend to set off the bet which hee had won from Captain Gourlay, against that whichy he (Mlr. Westahl) had lost. An altercation ensuing, the Captain applied the tertm swindlfer to M1r. WVesrall, wuo, in return, cale th ati ir nti h ati,satching up thec poker, made a blow at Mfr. WVestall'3 head, whtich it miissed, but tdescending on his shoulder, the poker snapped in two by the force of the low whch ot ome inues endredhim, insensBible. On re- covrin, M. eathl entino re cffe-room, where, after much warmlanuisg, ameetng as apoitedfor the following mornin, at SlisuryCraga. aptin ouray,accempanied by his seeong: Captan D. andn sugeon,at te tie-and place appointed, inet Mr. estal, wo wa, hweve,unaeompniebya second r. lt who tatd some suspicion o0 the intendeat e,ting, and was labouring under severe indisposition. Under this disappointment, the dud was suspended, aiid the parties smutually agreed to adjoun themeet. ing to Queen's-ferry, that ir. Westall, n the interval, might pro. vide himself' with another second. The partieg niet together at Sooth Ferry-Captain G)ourlay, Captagin D., with the aurgeon i and Alr. Westall, witb his secondl MIr D-.s- They all crossed to. gether in the boat, and proceeued to aneinineslee, where prelimina. riea beiag adjusted, theparties took their sgtations, and Captain Gourla'y, receiving fir. Wtestall's ball, fell dlead upoa the spot. MitRS. MSARDYN-'. This beautiful womanl and popalar actress lias recenitly returned to her native country, afera voluntary seclusion o' four years upon the Continent, during whlch sbe has visited various parts of' Germany, Italy, &, devoting herself to the study of their langtuages, and a cultivation of ther literature Captain Aledwin' recent peblication has happijy cleared the cha. racter of this much-injured- Lady, in so de6ided and unequivocal a manner, that the most inveterate malignity no lnger can venture a reflection. The slanderotts rumour, which so long and cruelly ou. pled her name with that of Lotd Byror, wasN in it3 ori in, a misap. prehension wholly inexpicer,ble. It pow is prved that lIissirdship never met llft re. AaDlyn ont of the Green-room of Drury-lane Theatre, and even iItrc scarcely ever hoticed her beyond the niere Complimntapf a passing bow. Nevertheless, utterly unfoquded as that rutiour actually was, at one time itQbmalne4sb genetal ierediit, that both the reputation and the feelings of its innocent victim were outrged by it to the direst extreme. Mrs. Aardyn, upon her re. tirernent from the stage, had rcalized, out of ths profits of her brief but brilliant theatrical career, a genteel independence. She has no iatenmion of accepting any niew epngageaenL Reting Japer,