Mr. Horn, who has succeed...
The Times, 1824-08-20T00:00:00

INIr. Horn, who has succeeded the late Mlr. Saxton as or- ganiist of St. George's Chlapel, Wl'indsor, lhas the honour or attending at the Royal Lodge, WPindsor-park, for the enl- tertainmnent of the Kting's visiters. A large sturgeon was caught in the Thamses on We(dnes- day, near XVindsor-bridge, where it hadl beeni secn for se- veral days past. It was caught by soiie of the bargemen, and put into a large punt, fiiled with water, and kept in that state till yesterday morning, when the punt containing the fish was put on a brewer's dray, and conveyed to the Royal Lodge, for the inspection of the King. Trhis re- inarkable fish weighs up wards of r-501b., anad neasures seven feet and a half in lengrlh. Venice was anciently fanted-for its admnirable police. It happcned one day that a Frcnch noblennan, in taking a tewv turns in thlesquare Of St. 1ark, had his pocket picked of a valuable vatch. Instantly, on a,certalning his loss, he repaired to the police depart- mcnt, and expressed, with little discrction, and in unmeasured terms, lis surprise that, under its vaunted regultations, such a cir- cu2nstance couldl have occurred in the middlc of' the day, and in so public a place. " Be careful how yoa uneak of the police of Vcnice," said the commissary to whom he had addressed himself. "- Y our character of foreigner will not sbelter you, if you indulge in such Invectives. Depo,it here four zechins, and repair tomorrow morn- ing, at the same hour, to the spot where you lost your wateh, with an atssurance that it will be restored to you." The Frenchman was punctual, and waited three hours without any tidings of his watchi. Still more enraged than before,hc again presented himself to thetom- missary, venting the bitterest imprecations, and swearing that he had been most shamlefally plundered and duped, having not only lost his watch, but his zechms, together with his tine, which he held to be equally valuable. " Loolk to your fob," said the Comn- missary, and there, to his titter astonisninent, he found his watch! " You hllve stil to learn somnething fitrtherof the Venetian police added the Commiissary, " for which purpose here is an officer wllo will accompany you." Having descended to a subterraneous apart- ment, Iis guide led hIim by several glooniv vaulted passages, in crossing w hich he became more and more azixious as to what was to beflil him, tc a chamnber, dimly lighlted bv a lamp, where? in a re- cess, tlte curtain of which was drawnz aside for his inspection, sus- pended by a cord, lie saw the thief. Durinjg the stortm of wintl and raini on Wednesday, much damnage was done in the environs of London. Several of the nursery grounds sustained great injury by having some hundreds of thriving plants torn up by the roots. Between Loughton and Ep- ping a large oak-tree was broken in two. A boat codiuig from Gi`enwich, with six persons in it, was upset by a sudden gust of wind: all werc fortunately picked up by some bargemen, opposite Bllackwall. The damage at Caniberwell Fair was verv consider- able, from the sudden stripping of the bootlhs bv the wind; ancd the confussion.to get-shelter. from thie 4torm; a,nongt th assembled' nultitude, was great ; many being thrown downarid-asd bM custained much injury.