THE NEW GREEK COINAGE.-La...
The Times, 1824-01-21T00:00:00

TIIE NEw GBetER COiNAGE.-Last week was exhibited. int the salon of tle Hetel Talleftaxd. the ne old e.oinage for the Greeks, the desigwn-and execitibon beine, under tlhe d'irecrton of the celebratea Deon. Itis said to be,an extremelr .fine. specinmen of art, and to excel the last-namely, "TheFlightofe .tliNagle from Elbaj" fewv of which reached this country,and w hich are nvaluablOs the die having been broker, by order of the present King of- France. This new Greek coin rather exceeds in size our sovereg '- On the one side is the Archangel Michael, witb the flaming .svwore. I and the dove; thelatter the symb6l of peace. On the reverse, t hoe alot the emblem of strength, encircled by a serpent, witb the tail imc the mouth, meaning to portrpy eternity ; and around, the ' wtor R"esurrection." IXTERESTINL LftrgsityA DIscOvI:t-sY.-The follov ring brief notice of a circumstance hiFhly interesting to the world of ll- terature has just been commutucated to us.. A. Lutin marnustri Pt, undoubtedly by, Aliltoh, long supposed to be-irrecoverably lost, h. W just been discovered at the State Paper Office. The subject is reli.- gious, and the arguments are all drawn from the Scriptures. There are many Hcbrew quotations, and the work is one of considerable bulk, as it contains 735 pages, many of them closely written, a:nd. believed to be in the handwriting of the poet's nephew, Phillips, with many vinterlineations in a different hand. It was found in ats envelopaddressed to Cyriac Skinner, merchant. The situsationt- whichMliilton held, of Latin Secretary to Cromwell, will -accounc for stch a discovery being made in the State' Paper Office. AlIr. Todd and 6ther iusav (among them our informant) have- seen it;. and in this case seeing is believing.-Literary Gazctte. Hous-WoF CoP.REtoCTi.'-The election ofta chaplain for the above prison, under the provisions of a recent act of arliament, took place Dn?farsd,a fast. E:levenl candidates contestsed for the election, but the choice at lengtl- fell on the Rev.. ir. .Ansby' he having gefim-ed a ni-ajority-of upwards of i)50 abolve his cnrmietitors. The salary i:s 3001. per-annum. '. - SCALE 0' CURIaME. .-ln the list.of sentenees:-at the- So- merset Quarter Sessions, we find the followine among others:-Ton 12 months' inmiiisonnment-4ohn Adamn,for poaching: one montnh- Thomas WhiteJ - for-stealing three.i ahawis George-Andreivs, for leaving his wife and family chtargeable to the parish of VgstbLhUu ; J. Wmdmill, for stealing potatoes.; Poaching, we suppose, istwvoe times us criminal as- steeling shawls or potatoes !-Jizeningpqper.' CoRoNEr.& -INQUIIST. -4M1LANCHOLY AcC6 Ezser-rY- SiKATxcG;..An5inquisition' w3s taken at the Swan Tavern, in A1oun-U:strect, Gro venor-square, before Iltr. HirGOGs, Deputv Coro-- nef for ,1eetmmster, nApoi the bbti' of jonseph Parsonage, the son of Mr. Parsonage, Olrat Qieen-street. Edgware-road. It appeared by tie evndence,* thst the recessed was a fine young man, eighteen years of age', and on-Friday morning he went, accompa2nied by a y0munier brother,,to skate on the Serpentine River, 1Hyde-park; there were several people upon the bank, but there was Only one boy upon the ice. ' Tbe deceasedand his brother put on their kfkates and ven- tnired out.~ ' II'preaent cautionled th1em of the danger,-as the ice was not aulilciently strong hut thle deceased, notwithstandingthe en- treaties of his brother, p20ceeded on, intending to cross rthe river-, when unfortunately the ice broke about the middle, and be wvas ins mersed in the water. He was seen struggling with the ice, but be-- fore the boat reached him from the Royal Humane Society's house, -he sunk to rise no more. His body wvs taken up about ten tihutes afterwards; and conveyed to the receiving house, when the usual mean.sof restoring sospended animatiOn was unsuccessfully tried byp Dr. Elsg,od, -of Park-scet, for about two hours, when he was- obliged to cease his exerticns. The jury considered -that the men emplod by th'e Society were negligent in their attendance, . .nd thought a proftssional man should be conntiued there from the cort- r.mencement of the firost. Verdict_" Accidental.Death." Thformation was left at Hauton-garden police-office, on- Aonday morning, of an extensive burglary and robbery being com-- mitted Dn Sundav nigbt, in the premises of Messrs. Dimsdale and Co., druggists;-St. John-street. It appeared that the burglars had scaled somie -walls at the top os Bottle.hay.yard, and, passing over s.ome outhouses, effected their entrance by breaking open the labo- rawtry_.windevi. They took the whole range of the premises, whicl ateof considerable depth; broke open aU the drawers (in which. however, there was little money), but the quantity of drgs carried ofFwws considerable; among which was 141b. of Spanishtflies, and 2 ewt. of blie galli.- They attempted to -take away a Large box of isinglass, but it was too large for the dimensions of the window. The- propriewmrscannbt as yet asrertain the extent of their loss. A.faith- ful watch-dlog was foaund poisoned; This is no doubt a-detach.1nent of the gang. wbich has lately so successfuUy committed those Lhur- glaries in lharterhouse.square. Bow.sras-~t.-Our readers will probably remember that se- veral mpnth's ago, the BaUnor Birmingham coach was robbed of a. banker'sparcel, containing notes to a- very large amount, thepro- party of itlessrs. Taylor and Lloyd, of Birmiogham. Although so- long a time has - elapsed since the robbery, it would seem that those interested in the detection of the offenders have not been idle; for with the assistance-of the active police,of this, establishment, suffi- cient discoveries lhve been made, anti evidence obtained. to prectre. the finding of a true bill before the London Grand Jury, on WFed- nesday last, against Charles, Tutnley for qsealing the parcel, and! Charles Crbither for receiving the same, knowing it to have bienl stolen. Crowther was -in cnnsequence apprehended at one of his haunts, and brought up yesteroay. by Bisho2p, one of the principah officers, and having been identified as the person above stated, he: was fulUy committed to Newgate for trial. turnl`v is yet at large. They are loth best notorious characters. DIAtRLBORO II GHSTREtET .-TwO yoang ladies, who are part22er in themrillinery trade, and-very.,extensive in thatbuniness, residing at No., 25, :Chrle.-street, St. JamneM's.square, nained Pullen and Smith,l apeared, before thze Magistrate to settle an aff3ir of assault, committea by bMiss PuUen on Miss Smith, to thegreat injury of the latter's cap, frill, and sundry locks of. well-curled hair. Both the fair compilvuiinqs were attendea at the office by a host of male and female friends.; and Mtiss Sm;iths in a voice which at first was scarcely audible, but which gradually rose until her upper noteR might-he h'eard at a very rexpectable distance, stated the natture ql the outrage she comnplaine d of. 32Miss Smith said, that being a part. ner ofhilliss Pullen's, she received an-order ftom la4y Sidniouth to make her a cap of a peculiar cut, wvith which Aliss Bulleni wras nar at aU acquhinttd; and while preparing fbr the due execution of tbis order. Miss Polen refused to al1ow her thb, propermazerials for doingso, and she was thunefore, as Lady Siartouth.wealltedthe cat at a precise tine, in t'he act of writing a letter to her ladyship, ex- plaining the cc.use of her not being able to perform her engagement, v.hertDlissPPul:enentered the work.room in 3 greatrage,ar.dassaultei her, at the same timne tearing the letter in pieces from-her'hand, and ' thecap from her head.- in answer to this charge, Mliss Pullen, with an eloqence that would have done honnur to a cawse of greater nioen6t,-and with a volubility' which it was utterly impossible to -followr, entered intol a whole history of herpartnership with Miss Smith,her gains loates, fortunes, and inisforttnes,- sinceherconnexion .'itb thatLgdy, and ended by declaring thatt she only " shoved" Miss Smith, and' asfor mak;ing caps, she could ent or-trim One any day withw her,:notwit .. standingsII her boast. . -e-, - Witnesses wcre now exanmined-attornics' clerks made speeches- Aiss Pullen vociferated-Miss Smith simpered,-and sighed "~ Deas me!" and, the whole came to the conclusion that Mliss- Pollen was ordered to find bail for the assault, and Lady Sidmouth was obligi- to go without her Ip. ... cap.. The landlord of liss Pullen's house offered to bail that -ladv ba}b she positively refused to give any bai; -tad declared she wo*ld 's! nothing but a prison.; and, throrinc erself irito an attitude of Eur, render, comm anced the oflicers to tae her ol?tb gaol immediatel%r. A few min utes' t olourn, however, ir. the loc1-up.roQmn,cooled bt ' ardour for pnison dlisciplne, and she at length consented-that he' landlord should bait her, whichi he accorditgly did, anda's4e was dit, charged. | Advertisemnent.3_-SsAxsrxEARw READN'GS, by Mr.S,eAltT 50, west side ofLetcester,-quare, every Thursday evening, precut1 at eight To-.rotnowtf Evx2;xNGt, January 22,-tbe tragedy'- Alacbeth, being the firnt of a series of eight plavs, tvhich- ill be olI Linned weekly. After the playv will be given, as a comic reaudiui - an introduction of-vmiriur $hakspearian character On Tltur4a, Jan.~ 2,> Ring Lfear. 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