WINDSOR, August 25.-His M...
The Times, 1824-08-26T00:00:00

IVINDSOR, Auguist 25.-His Mlajesty takes a dlaily airing in the park, occasionally on hiorseback. Yesterday Eg-harn races comimenced. The race-course -as very niumerously attendecd, and wtas honoured with the presence of the Duke anid Duchiess of Clarence, the Duchess of Glocester, and Princess Augusta. The Royal party went from Frognmore, the residence of' the Pri,,c,ss 'AugUSta, to t'he races, andi returned there to dlinner. The Duke of Gloc'ester dinedl with his royal sister the Princess Sophia Matilda -vusterday, at her resildence at Blackheatlh. MNr. Secretary Canningic was a little recovered yesterday fromi his inidisposition, 0which, we uniderstanid, proceeds fromn a cold. Yesterday a Coiurt of' Directors was heldl at the East India Ilouise, wlhen the followving ships were taken up aznd thius sta-. tioned, viz......Attas, Captain --, fIerefords,dire, Captain Wini. Hlope, Madras and Chinia, to touchi at CeylIOn ; Vransittart, Captain It. C. Dalrymple, Windso,r, Cantain Thomas Havisidle, Bombay and China, early,'to touch at thie C-ape ; 'cllie Castle, Captain E. L. Adams, Inglis, C,aptain Samuel Serle, Bomnbay and China; Parqa- hanton, CaptainiWin. C~ruickshank, St. Hlelenia, Bombay, anti China; Geneal Kdd,Captin Aexader airn, lythe, Captain J. I' Wilon,ito~rlflergs Catai C.S. im~s, Waterloo, C'aptain RicardAlsger Jlfdgwoer. ',atai -,Kent, Captain Hlenrv Cobi, Bnga an Chna;Rejals, Cptan John Paterson, St. Extrct f aleter romtheaget to Lloyd's at Cron- stad, daed ug. . ~ hae toacquintyout, that the Lighit- house, ofdated ut. on:- til e a tof Filn,oposite Nargein. will be lighed n te 2th t'sIlut: ts eigt is 10 feet above the level of te wterandtha itmaynotbe istaken for Nargen, witich-is alsoa rvolingligt, Pkalut s oe-tird of the time dark, and two-hirs dttobrigt. argn lghtis three-fouirths otf the time dark andonefourh breht I hve een uniable to ascertaini the exactfitine Of re!volution." P'arliaiieint wvas furtheir prorogued on Tui:sday uintil the 4th of Novem-rber. It is said that bothi louses swill then meet for the dtespatclt of business, atid( it is expected that a dissoILution will take pisee in tile course of' the enisuinig spring. WINDSOit CASvTi,.-An evusiting paper, referrinig to the rumtour whichl we yesterelay qitioted 1rom anothier ptiblicar ion, re- specting Mlr .Wyatt's change olnamehIas the followinglparagraph:- Thie fact is. that 8Mr. WVvatt himself applicid for ttite Royal Per- mission, to tile tisual way, to Itave this addition to Itis namie, and it was grantedl. The reasons which are absstrdly imiputea to His M1a- Jesty for wishiing this chtsnge, wer-e thiose, we undersotnd, whicih in- fluencedI thec artist, and hiis nianie, thus alteredl, was inscribed on the lrle'lsplate enclo.,ed in the- foundation stone whiceh was laid by the~ King Ijitnsell on hiis birth-,lay." If, as it is said, ainti as experietice hais shown, gool ~sense is tue bastis of excellence itt all arts, What sort of work mnust we expect froii a loan wiio opens a great upder. taktng by the display of' suchl childishness andI silty vanity, Is this a mian to repair or addl to 'd'indsor Castle ? ReI lied better confine hiiOself to building Gotitic cottages for retiredI citizenls!i One oftile w'orkimen lately einiployctd ittxavtngi thie Castle-vard at Windsor, fotnod a large gold ring, whichi, from tite instcripiions 0o'. it, piroves to be a rin;g belonginig to Henry I V. Therec- is ito at rottaer proof of' tlle spreadl of knowledge aimong tlte p)o(rcr classes, than the immiense variety of cheap publi- cain,Which couldi not possibly remrunerate rthose wito sell themi, nlsthe sale was very extensive. It Would fill a tolttitii to enutniie- rate the diiflitrent periodlicatl works of this tiatuire hut onea of the most surprising instances wehich has lately occurred, is a complete edition of' tIle Arabian lVights, embellished with a hiuldred anti fiftly very tolerably executed engravings, whicil is putblishec.l at the triflitg sum of'six shillingrs anti sixpence JOtIIN PAUL JOSEs.-A New York paper Of late tiate says-"1 A letter addressed to thisdistiitgu~ished hero was accidentally discovered ini a b.lker'6 shiop in this city a fecw day's sinice, whichl itt- dittccd the extamination of seVeral chests of' oldi manuscripts, whlen utiwards of' 7utJi papers were f'ound, suchi as4 draughts of' his official communications, ttld letters- to the miost distinguishied persons of tile age, anti their letters ta hint, fromi the year i77,5 10 1783; tnar'y are in te hellwrlingof Fankln, Hncoc, LaFayette, anid Joluii Adans.whih rovs byod dubtther ttttenicy. W'e under- stalI thatthe entlean wiose ersevrancerecoered tileiti frorm destied detrucion, as htitle the to the aLuthor of the lPilot, withtiteviewto te Ilblictionof apartby M. Wiley'." hi tle alIon f te Valai a inglarspecies of ostra- cismn Was formierly practisedl, whien it wsitne to drive away any powerf'ul andI obn.-xioug miemTber of the State. A large club was Provided, the entd of wliicil was rudecly carved fInto the shape of a Man's head, the supposed repiresentation of the obnoxious' party. Every one wlio weistiect hti expulsion drove a nail ilito Ihis, club, andi when tite ntimber' of nails Was thotigltt to be sufficiently great, tihis, emblem Was carried in processioni bef'ore the hiouse of tile oflttinder, who was suntiloned to justify his condiuct; buit he was already con- demnetd witliout bteing hecardi in hisi dlefence, atid orderedI to emnigrate in a certain tiolie. If' he refused toi obey rthe sentefice, Itis hiouse was attacked an'I pillaged. This proces of chub-loe' lies beeni long obso- lete.-Bakeweell's 7'ravels in the T'arenlaise. MNr. C. Kemble, it is saitd, is gonie to Germaniy for the ourpose of' engaginlg XVeber to superintend the mtusical department of Covent..garden 'I'leatre. Der Frcischi)tz is to be the first nio- velty proni ced at botith loute._- Literary Gazette. E.xTR,AOutssJ A tICY Citi nr .-Thie Journal if Care/cd,oe, of' tlte 19th instant, furnishies one of the niost frighitful crimes of' the prevent age. Fritlay last, ani individual of the namie of 5urnioit,r after having been b'rouglit hef'ore thec Court of Assizes as a f'raudti- len bnru,Pt, appeared again before the samne Court oni a new charge., withi thiree accomplices-Frances Pittel, Adelaitde Fou- gers, attd the wit'e of Surmont. One of the witliesses, Sieur Her- bert Franefort, dleclared, thiat giving way to thie entreaties of the wife of Surniont, whlo teld him that sh'e lied something of im- tportance to communiicate to him, hie repaired to her on the :31st of Mmy last, when shec inducetd him to go into a roomi at the back of tile hiouse, anti at the bottomn of the court. No sooner eete mnet together, than Surmonit's wif'e locked the duor. Sieur F'ranc- f'ort, whio began to be alarmed, seized the key and opened tile door ; all at'once, two persons, clothedI as sailots, threw thiem- selves uponi hitn, sayitng, in an tindler tone, " Ali ! scoundrel ! we have beeni wa'iting for you these three or four days." At the sarne moltienit thecy (threw a rope rouitti liis nieck, beat hiim violenEtly, held his arms, attd tied liis legs together, and stuffedl his mouthi witit a handkerchtief; and, kneeling up~on his body, declaredi titat he must accent certain hills or forfeit hiis life. Af'ter more than an lhour lhad ekpired,. the Sieur F"ranefort being ito longer able to enditire Itis torme;nt, conseitted to his owvn injury. Surmont and( llittel then placed himi on a chair Lefore a entail table, whtet they loosed hit hands, totti( compelled hint to sign ninety checks or bills, tlte greater part not filled up They atfterwardis compelled hint to -subscribe to'at paper by whicit he was mnade to acknowledge that these dlocuntents were given in compensatiolt for an adulterous in- tercourse with Madame Surmont. 'This frightful scene lasted fromn eiglit in the evening till one in the morning. Strirmoit was sentenced) to twentv Ye-ars' hardl labo:tr-..Pittel to fifteen years-and SurMontt's WIf tody years. The prisoners luive appealed against tite sentetice tO the Court of Casaation....Pariri paper. HOW To IDENtI!FY A WRITTEN' INSTRSUNItNT.-At ithe late Wateford assires. much amusement usas afforded on one occasioit in the criminal court, by the method tatken by a witness whio could nei- titer read,nor write, nor speak English, to lidentify a piece Of'Wr`iting. His nante was Clitarles House, and lite was the prosecutor in a case sn Whicht two fellows stood indicted for defrauding him of money,under pretence of haviitg a civil bill dlecree against hilmi. Throuigit the me- diutir of an interpreter, House appeared to be one of the most stolidi and incomprehensible of Witntesses though, as it w@iuld seent, he really was not deficient in urmdlerstamsu'ling. The prisoners, wheri they had obtained the prosecutor's money, hiad given him a receipt for it, and thit receipt it becante niecessarv, in the couirse of the exansina- tion. to prove. It. was shown to HAouse ; mind he was asked if lite could swear it was the, same whicit hsad beeni given to Iiit by the prisotier8? Chasrley made no answer, but with great deliberation proceeded to search Itis pockets. At length lie grcew forth sit old tin snuffbhox, opened it wiiti great caution, and, at last, produtced a bit of paper. TIhis precious ntorcctau he then, withoust uttering a word, applied to tile paper wvhichi lie was called upon to identify when it att oltce appeared that the scrap had been torn f'rom this p'aper. Thie tililIg was eviilent, atiid required ne words. D)urntg thie laughter wliich this di sPlay of cntenest occasioned, ('harleu: looked about htimi witit ai sm-ile of triumph aitfi sell'-congratttlation playing ott lila lips. The Chtief Justice af'terwa(rds reniarked, " that the only intelligiblee evidettee which M,r. Chasrter House had given, was that in weiicli he .?aid wt/thing."-Lsublins Alornin~g Post. DARINrG RoBDFRmY.-B3etween the hours of 11 andI 12 O'clock on Tuesday night, as the Houn. Mr. Hare was proceeding to his villa at Hiigltgate, in a single-horse chaise,attended by a servant. boy, he was stopped ott the road some ehIort dlistance from the Arch- way-turrmpike by two fellows, one insa smock-frock and the other in sailor's apparel, the latter of whiom, with violenit imprecations, tie- manided rite gentleman's money, witilst at tite samne time he flourisit- etia large gardeiter's k-ttif'e; as a further iitrimidation, his associate eremtained at the horse's liead, and threatented to t-ut the traces if any attenipt wiere made at escape. T,Ius beset, and Without a pro- spect of any speedy assistance, the gentleman was relLutrantly foreed to comyldy with their demands, anil presented his purse, containing thiee scivereigris and a quantlity ot' silver : they then lelmandled his watch, as they exp-ectect a larger booty inii money, but niost fortu- nately M1r.Haehi left it intwiaoyr two previo;us for some repairs, Evidently disappointed, the fellows were about so depiart, when one of thent suddenly turned routtd and cut tite reise, tn or- de,no dloubtd to delay putsuit ; titey then struck off' the road, and made off rapitily in tile dlirection of iligligatc-hill, arid the servant- boy wyas obliged to leadl the itorse ithe remainider of the way litome. DEATSs By GrL1TTONNv.-An uv.fortunate mnan, namned Isaac Coutanche, of the parish of St. Mlartin, Jersey, destroyed himself lately by a disgusting act of' gi-ttony. Being with some others iiiapublic-house, near Archirondel Tower, on Sunday,the6ftht inst., he boasted that he would eat h2ifa dozen rawv eggs mixedI witit twvo glasses of gin, whichi he accordin~]lv did. Souste persons present Lthnti proposed to himi to eat another na'If dozen, whichi he a ceed to no, on conditon or receiving lhalf pint of gin. His contnanions were so inprudent as to renew their offer, which he again alicepted, anti despatched the third halt' d. zen with equsal facility as the first. They then gave hit sonic raw bacon, of whicli he ate a quantity, and drank two glasses of br4ndy. The whole of this disgusting pe;r formance was finished in less than half an hour. Aboatan hour after, f'eeling iuimself indisposed, lie went home and got into bed wher lie sooi became insen.sible. The followving ilay tie son of Dr. IwEdar(ds went to see hin, and gave hitn some medicine, which re- lieveeA him a lit le; but sooIi at'er becoming worse, he diedl on Tues- day last. A Coroner's Inquest sat on the body, vhich was opened by two medical gentlemen, when the ause of' liis death was declared to be an inflammation in the chest.-Southarptiot paper. A convict itamed \Vooulcock, who was under sentetnce of transportarioti for seven years, contrived to make his escape from Chathan-yard, by the following daring, though, as it proved, suC- cessItli plait: -Being employed withl about thirty other c,nvicts, white-was'ring tic interior ot' the rope-house, he contrivetl to steal away ottokserved by the keepers, anid seizing some clothes lying near which belonged to some rope-makcers who were htsily employ- etl clositg acable, he dressed himself in theim, and walked bAdly out of the dtock-gates, although it was midil-ay, auil being taken for a seaman belottging to some of' the vessels lying at the whlrfs, he was suffered to pass unquestioned. Persons were sent in pursuit of Itini in all directions as soon as he was missed, but no tidimngs have mnce beea heard of lim.-Kettishs Gazette.