Yesterday morning the Ear...
The Times, 1824-08-06T00:00:00

Yesterday morninig tile Earl of Liverpool a-nd Mr. Can- liing arrived in London, from the seat of the former, at Coombe-wootl, near Kingston, Surrey. Both the Ministers were closelyv engaged in vffi cia'l busiiness during the day. Yesterddy Mr. HUTtado, the Colombianl Minister, trans- acted business at the Foreigni-office for a considerable time. Mlr. Se6retary Canningr transactedl business yest-erday at the Foreigni-office. t Yesterday morning the Chiancellor of the Exchiequer arrived in town from his visit to Emily, Mirchioness of Londlonderry, at North Cray, Kent. The Chancellor trans- acted business with Mr. Canninig, at the Foreign-office, for some time. In thie evening the Right Hon. Gentleman left towni, to mneet Lady Sarah Robinson, on a visit to Ladly Buckinghamslhire, near Charlton, Kenit. Bluoniaparte'a will was yester(lay registered in the Prero- gative-office, Doctors'-Commons, anti probate thiereof gr-anted to Counit de Monthol,,n, one of the executors. His personal efibets in this country are swvorn to be undler the Value Of 6001. The will is all in Napoleoni's hand- writing. Trhe Hon. Fredlerick Lamb, we understand, is appointed Amnbassador to) the Court of M1adrid,in the room of Sir W.A'CourtL Wve are happy to learn that the Earl of Egremont is nearly recovered from the eff'ects of hia late accident, Ils Lordship is Rt Petworth....B,ightoto Gazette. The celebratedi MNrs. Mary Anni Clarke, who has beeni residing in Brighton for the last two or thiree months, has just left. While there, she occupiedI a houise on the Granid Parade. ENGLISH OPEtA-1-ousE.-.-A new miusical farCe, Calledi Thte ReiRn of Twelve Hours, was last night produced at this theatre. The business of' the piece consists of tie contrivances adopted by Nournma (Mliss Kelly), wlio is, as the Vlay-bills my sterious4ly annonince, "1 the dlauighter of' a late Vizir," to miake Prince Zean~ir (M1r. Pearmxani), the ion of the Caliph, fall in love with hier. Thi,s i.priacafazeie, no easy task, because the Prince is already in prison, ~either for refusing to marry Zoraidle (,Miss Henrv), or for his unreasonable hi.trerl of Yourni,a, whomi lie has never seen, and whose good qualities have placed her highi in isis father's favour. Nrours,t, learns that Zoruide loves the Prince as little as lie loves lier and therefore, by way of reconciling the youthi to his fathier, andi ot mniking him chemnin fitisrant, lier owvn husband, slie per- suades the Caliplh (rtir. Bar'tley) to let hier reign for twvelve hours. The miraculous part of thse affair is, that tie old gentleman consents. .Mnsrrnza then sends for tue reFractory Youth, and having, in a sitigle interview, entirely captivated him tinder tie. niame of Zoraide, 'hie imaltes hiim ashamedt of hiis unfoanided prejudice, by bringing hiim to her feet as A'ournuz. The best scene in the farce Is one be- tween NAro,nnm and the ('aliph, where the latter is by nio means content with the universal satisfaction whieh the ladly's sway creates, nor withi the uniaccustomned dlisregardI which his own subj ects moani- fest towards kim. Tfhe acting of M1iss Kelly wtouldl reconcile uis to wos ats, if such there be, than that of lmrmsra. Mr. Bartley =lydlkIe a very gooud-tempered, very old, andI not very wise Ken- tleman. 111r. W. Chapman acted at foolisli courtier, called1 Chekoatr, and was. intrusted withi 'he only joke in the farce, which, as it is thec only one,vwe quote. Being in an embarrassed situation, lie haA to say, " I'm in a cleft stick ;` and thig sally was very favourably re- ceived]. Mlr. Pearman song thie song-, in the part of the Prince with some effi!ct. This farce is more tedlious, and abounds withi a more 1,plentiful lack of siyi," thani any we ever saw ; and the audtience commandi our admiration for the patience witht whiich they sat it throuhb. The music is of a light and ratlier pleasanit chiaracter. A lentter from Matlridi conitains the following statement:- When tile King was at Cuenca, a shiort time ago, the French Ge- neral Desperamocnt, whio commandiced there, was intormed that ten of the rich inhlabitants hiail been in prison several months ; but that thley were Ruch determ-ined Conititutionalists as to hang out of their prison wind(ows placardIs abusive of Royalty, antIl many of tlhens in- scribed " Viva Riegzo." The General, ?.n learning that die prisoners were famiily rmen, was much struck withi the Inconsistency of' th,ir coiiduct, anid visited them in prison. The result of his visit was such as to induce hini t(s make further inquiiries, wvhich ended in a dis- covery thiat these placards liatl been placedI at the windows by an in- famous priest of thie town, wvho, with lils colleagues, was anxious to bring thecm toi trial anid execution. It was even saitl that two) of Elucse wietchies hart conceived a passion for the wife of one of the prisoners, and that thieir lhatred arose from disappointment. Gene- ral Desperamonit, with that virtue whichi seemis to belong to the French Officers as individuals, and which is rapidly effacing the staiti "lade upon the honour of their nation by tleteinprincipled Invasion of Spain, immediately went to the King., and dlemrandedI an investiga. tion of the case of the prisoniers. This was refused and re-refused, until the General beeatnie violent in his demand for itistice andl the good Ferdinand vieldedl. The case was examined, andl prro?adduced thlat no groundI had ever existed for the arrest. They were thlen re- leased, a.nd trilowved to return to their families. Yout will nowv adImire the address of the Monarch anid his advisers: a farce was got up, by wh'ch all the mierit of this enlargement was to becomie his own, and adeputaion of the good citizens of Cuenqa arrived here last week to felic ctate Ferdlinand on lils humanity." IThe Amelia, arrivedI at Liverpool fromn NLew Orleans, lost both tier c-aptaiha andl mate duiring the passage. Whets off the Florida Reef', somie dolphins were caughit, one of whlich wascokd andl served uip at table, without the cook having takeni the precau11tifonl to teat tlle pr"eieice of poison in the fis;h, by dlipping a silver spooni in thie water in whiich it was% boiled. Of this fislits es captain,- the W'dto - np-s-anc paxtoob. Thoy --. untmamliatel afterw-a.d seized with violent and excruiciating pains in the stontace As soon as they discovered the cause of their illness, they took emetics and powerfiil purgatives. The passenger, M1r. George Dyson, of New Orleans, wvasso fortunate as to recover from the effects of the poison; but both the captain aud the mate, we lament to state, fell v-ictims to the c-arelessness of the cook. It is a well.known fact, that the dol. phin, when caught on some of the banks or reefis of the NVest Indies, is frequently poisonous if eaten-.j ust as munscles are sometinues poi- soneus when taken ou certain places. The presence of the psison, we have heard it stated, miay he ascertainedi by dipping asilver spoon into the water in which the fish is boiled. If it discolours it, it is a proof thaLt tie fish is poisonous, and conziequently unfit for the food of man. PFHE Dfscovicay SHIPiS.-Extract of a letter from an officer emoloyed in the expedition. dated on board the Hiec&a, W'hale Fitsh Isles t)Davis' Straits, July 2:-" As the stansport is about to heave us, I address a few lines t'olet you knowlhow weget on. We Put in here on the 26th ult., fcr the: purpose of clearing the trans- port and sending lher hiome again. You would be really surprised to see us; I never in my life could have imagined at ship so full, and I ani satisfied it will take us one year to eat the ship tolerably clear. Only fancy to y,ourself 44 quarters of fresh beef, hanging about the vcssel in different directions. How much miore favourable every tiling looks this trip than it did this time three years I We are now in 119 tdegrees north latitude, without having mnet the least obstruction andI during the whole dinie we were Oat before, we never get higher than 70. In short, we were at least 18 months befo'rewe could reatch our present parallel, and we certainly haVe a very dlifferent proepect. Our mneans are good beyond every hope, our Caiptain able and will- ing, aind, take my word for it, wve shall eithier do somnetHing or lose every thing. I am now writing in our mess, at twelve at niglht, with as good day-light as9 you hav-e in England at neon. We shall of ne- cesisity have to pay for tidis next winter. The place we are at present I ing at i-s a Danish settlement; the inhiabitants are composed of Kanes and Esqluimaiix ; the latter are, in miy mind, v-ery inferior to our acquaintance of last ovoage, their mixture withi the 'Danesap- peating not to have imfproved tlietni. Their langutage anti dress are itouch ttite same, ana t anit not aware that they differ in any nuaterial PoinitsI. We sliall leave this eithier to-morrouw or next day, shouild the wind permit us. I think in all miy trips I have never seenc a more barren spot than the place we are now lying at, the greater part of the loand be?ing covered wyith snow, and sstch asiai clear is nothing but solid rock." SMruGGLERs.-Amongst the extraordiniary inlvenitionis of the smugglers to eVadlethevig.iattee of the officereofhisMajesty'8ship Ramidllies, on the naval blockade service, the following catioot he con. siderced as the least ingenious :-Son-.e few days since, a vessel was runup on thebeachs,with the declared intentionoiflanding chalk, with wihto all appearance she was laden. As is usual, she was search- etil by the officer of the blockade, an d no contraband goonis being found she wasleft. Some sthort time after, one of thec sentinz1a, per- ceivinig that they were handing the supposed chalk into carts with more caution than that article usually occasions, thought all was not right, wenit back to the vessel, and( Itiirust his sword Into onie of the lumlps, sslnich appeared to'work a rmiracle,frotfth alis sue a iqud,ivhch,upo eamination, provedi to be the spirits of geneva. After this discovery 5110 of these lamps were opened, each of wehich contained a gallnn and a halfof the above spirit. 'Ihbe men on board were of Course accuredi. N E GRO IV,VT.-A sliort time since, a genitleman driving on the roadl betw;een Little-river and this town, was overtaken by a negro boy an a mule, whio attempted for a. long time, without suc- cess, to make the aniimal pass his carriage. At leng.th the boy ex- claimed to lila beast, "1 I'll bet you one fippeniny I make you pass this time ;" and, after a shiort pause, again said, " You bet ?L-very well." The boy repeated lils blows withi renewed vigour, anti at last succeeded i'n tasking him pass ; wvhen the gentlemian, who had overheard the cotiversatidon between Quaco and hi,3 ste'ed, said to him, " WVell, my boy, now you have won, how are yoa going to make the tunie PaY you ?"-." Oft, Sir,"t says Quaco, "me mnake him pay roe very well; massa give me one tenpenny for buyv him grass, and tue wvill only buy him a fippenny-wortli !"-,Jmaica paper. An accidenit, likely to have been attended with serious consequences, on Thursday last, befel Lord Fitzroy Lennox, second son to his Grace the Duke of Richimond, whio is about five yeArs of age; lie was runiiing on the beach undler the uare of a servant, when lie fell withi, so much violencee as to force a small flint, about the size of a cherry stone, into his forehead. Surgical aid was immediately procured, and the stone being extracted, the young noblematn is now in a convalescent state.-llrih'to,z Gazette. On MVondlay night, aYout eleven o'~clock, one of the- Coast BItrckatde mnen, natmed Slieen, observed a woman standing in the sen, at the west eurl of the town, Prnd before lie couild Izet near enough to prevent her, she threw herself batclwards under tde waves, and for some time wholly disa'peared. Sheen rushed into the water, antI with considerablo difficulty, at length succeetled in bring her quite insensible, to the shore. He then conveyed her to the watihbouse on the King's-road, and a medical gentleman, M1r. Pitt, was sent for, who, on his arrival, found lier to all appearance qtxite dead, her pulse having ceased to beat; but after two hours and a half's exertion, he succeeded in restoring animation. She was conveyed to her lodgings in Russell-street, the next morning, where in the cotirseof the day she made another attempt on her life by hanging herself to the bedstead but being fortunately dis- covered in tine, she was cut down; anit mnedical aid being obtained, she was once more saved. We understand that her name is Lofty, and that she was brought to a state of despondency by the neglect of a young man, who lpfc her 4bout eleven days before, and who: pro- mised o , write or retaim on Alonday. It has been ascertained that she watchcl ten coael0ks that day into Brighton, before she attempted suicide.-Brigl lon Gazette. A laughable circumstance occurred last week tit the sale. of the machinery of a factory at Bathenston, by Mr. Staftord, of this city (Bath). The tuctioneer had just concludel the sale df an arti- clcstsually called "the devil," and' wa's in the act of' knocking down the lot; wheni "the devil," and she' e'o1 the onspany, amount. hog tdi nearly Bpersons, wete suddenly precipitated to {he " shades below," leavig the auctioneer and his- clerk hanging bytbie wheel of a piece of the Inachinery. Fortunately, howrever, tse tsergosss itJ, jolry occurred tp any person.-Biat/s Gaaelue,