On Friday last, Mr. Walth...
The Times, 1824-01-27T00:00:00

Oni FrIday lasf, Mr. Walthew, the projector of artificial incubation by steam, had the honour of presenting the young Prin- ce:s Victoria with sonme poultry, lutched by Iiis process, and reaTed whollyby artificial means. The cocks are very fine birds of tbe Spanish breed, and the puliets have been laying near two months. They are so remarkablv tame, that they will cat out of the hand, and suffer themselves to be handled. New iron gates, simnilar to those at Cumberland-gate, Hyde-park, are being put up at the nen entrance into St. James's, park, at the end of Pall-mall. A comet is now vXsilme trom ionr to sIX O'clock in the aiorning; at five o'clock it bears a little to the north of east, at an angle of about ,0 degrees from the horizon. ikrd appeana to move viith grcac rap'dity. It appear to be situatcd near the two perincipal starsin theheadofthieSarlqent. It ispresumed itis the same which Was visible in England about twvo months ago.-Phciladelphia 5ar.. On Thursday night, (luring the representation of Life ill London. an incident took place whicb at first threatened to chanee this scene of frolic, noise, and nonsense, into sometl.irg scrious, if not t-agic. Jemnly Grecnt had purchased his or-re at Tatteral's, and mounted him to try his paces, wvben the aniinal, to the great dis- may of the nmusicians, and thealarm of a numeroits audience, back. ed into the orchestra. Jemty,l howvever, (Mlr. Rae), bad the addreus t) throw himself from the pony's back before it made its exit, and the accident was attended with no worse consequence thai' demolish'. i:g somc of the glasses over the stave lights. The anima.1. having been got on its lees, remained a quiet spec,ator of the farce t[ll the end of the first act, w.hen, to tile evident relief of the orchestra;,- le made his exit blind-folded, by the door under the stage-Cahdonw tAdVeesiaement.J-C.tuTsON.-BEAe S GREASE.-J. ATX19? SDSr, Importer of ttue Genuine BEAR-S (itEASE, resnectfully cau-. tions the puhllc against the nutnernus counterfeits -of the above article; iany of these counterfeits are sold as lolvbs It., and are only lard, niarsorw, &c., and snnme are very ln.lunous' to the hair. The high estiniation this article has lung held fo: the growth of hair, and the rema2rk of a celebrated tmodern Lecsturer on Pht'siohogy, thate 'Bear's Grease, from the aniial in its native climate, tiossesses verY 7elnarlmanie properties bor regenerating the hair," supersedes the ne- tessitv or further remnarkr. Sohd by the importer. James Atkinson, sert ,mer, 44, (errard-streeL, soho;feIntdon, and by appointment. For the venders' names see the advertisement. [Advertisement. )-Ross and Soys, of No. 119, Bishopsgate street-within. wishlig to accommodate the Nobility anl Gentry. and to alla.y those scruples wvlhich many express respecting BEARS ;UEASE, have fattedoneof'the largeseofgthose animals, Which tlley intend killing this day. Any lady or gentleman wvishling to have the (rease in its original state, mar see it cut from the animal this cay, ant as tong after as it will keepl wvhich of course mnust depend entirely on the weather. [Advet tisement.] --An adtitional pleasing appearance is rendered to the countenance by the well-arranged curl, the braided pint. and the flowinig tresses. In dressing the hair, no article has such a beauti- ful effect on natural or artificial hair, rendering it so admirably soft that it will lay in any direction. producing beautiful cnirls, wvhich it preserves ini lalp atmosphere or violent exercisr, at the sene time s.l@iiiig a tuost inconnarable, transcendent, and beautiful lustre, ren- lering th!e had.dress truly encltancittg, as RowrLAND's MACASSAR ., wltieb has, by its unexampled excellence in promoting in every respect elegance and durability of that grand ornament, gained the admira.tion anti astonishment of the whole world.