The answer given yesterda...
The Times, 1824-11-20T00:00:00

'vie answer given yesterday to tlhe inquirers respectini the Duchess of Glocester was, "1 Her Royal Highness is getting a little better." The Princess Sophia, the Duchess of Kent, accompanied by the PrinGesses Feodlore old Vit- toria, visitetl the Duchess of Glocester and the PrincLss AiReusta yestrday. During the pending diseussion respecting the French troops in Spain, wve may expe.t every day a new version of the state of the question. In the letters received yesterday froTn Paris, by express, it is aflirmed that the entreaties of Ferdinand have drawn from the Frencht M\Sinistry, a cotI- "ent to prolonig the periodl of the occupation for one month. Trhe arguments ascribed to his Catholic Majesty in solieit- ing this boon are, that he feels it desirable before he is deprived of the protection of the French troops, to change the positions occupied by his own army in the tlifferent dis- trictsof Spain,in order toplace them where local circumnstances are least likely to interfere with their fidelity. This will of coursa give rise to mnch marchirsg and( countermnarch- irg, and at a season of the year when such movements are not conducted with celerity, to say nothing of other obstacles produced by wanit of union in the Spaoi,li sol- diery, an(d want of money to pay their travelling expenses. If correctly statci, the inference we shoul(d dttaw from this statemont would be, that it is dictated s-lely by the d.sire of Ferdinand to gain time, and that at the expiration of the prolonged occupation, some fiurther expedient will be founid for ask}ing another reprieve croin the itte wliich mnust otherwise inevitably await hiin. In another part or our paper will be found the prospectus of a new undertaking, to xvhich the enterprising spirit ot' Liverpool has given birth-viz., the establishlneijt of a rail-roa(d between that town and Manchester; for carrying which into effect. application is to be madle to ParliaMent in the ensnin? session. Of the merits or practicability of such a sclieme, we have no means of judaing, beyond wlhat the statements in the prospectus afl-rd. T'here can be little hazard, however, in assertinig, that in whatever degree the undertaking shall be found capable of effecting that wvlich it proposes to (lo,-viz., the saving of time, distance, and money, in the communication between two places of such extensive intercourse as those in question,-it will be pro. d1uctive of great good. A considerable sensationi has been excited among the canal proprietors oni this line of commu- nication, and an intention has been manifested, we under. stand, to offer oppositioP to it in Parliament. Suclh oppo. S4tios, if un1supporttld by consitlerations in which the pub- lic are interested, must prove unavailing. The establish- mnent of canals superseded to a large extent the naeans of transport previously employctl: if rail-roads are found bet. ter than canals, the latter must, in their turn, give vay. Trhe question, in short, betwveen the parties, retluces itsclf to this-ean the business of transport be best effected by means of canals or of rail-roads? If by the forrner, the parties interested in them have nothing to fear from competition- if by the latter, the public must and ought to have the be- nefit of it. BRITISH Musuuat.u - rrom a Correspondent.-The first of the imrmense columns designed by MIr. Smnirkc for the interior of the King's Library, was delivered at tire new building yesterday: they arc of the red Peterhead granite, and the shafts 21 feet 6 inches hnng, in one piece. it is in- tended to have them highly polished,and as they are the pro- tduce of our own country, and superior to any brought from Egypt and deposited at the Museurm, they are interesting in a national point of view. GE?iERAL ELECTrox.-It is reported witli some degree of confldence, that in the event of a general election, tthere will be averys iarp coniest for the representation tbr the county of Surrey. Dir. Holme Sumner is thought by many to stand on very slender ground, and intimation has been given, that MIr. Alaberly, sen. and Sir William Jolliffe intend to offer thernselves: the infiuence of the forner gentleman in the county is known to be considerable, and the fricnds of the latter, who has lately been appointed Colonel of the Surrey Ycomanry, in the room of Sir Thomas Turten, are oanguine of success. W. J. Denison, Esq., remains of coarse immovable in the seat to which he was called by the unanimous voice of the county, and which he has filled to the satisfaction of all.-Rvening paper. On Wednesday the Governors of Christes Hospital and a nuimerous party dined In their flall, in order to lceep the anniver. sary of the birth-day of Queei Elizabeth, who, with her Royal bro- ther, Edivard VI., were the founders of that Royal Establishment, and great benefictors to the foundation. On iMlonday the election of the Lord Rector of this Uni- versity took place. The nations were equally divikled - Glotniana aEd Loudoniana having voted for M2r. Brougliam ant Transforth- an? and Rothseyana rof Sir Walter Scott. 'the deciion lies with she preceding rector. Sir James Alacintosh or, lprovitled he cannot 4ttend,wth DlIr. Jeffrey his predecessor. There were alsosome votes &sr Mlr. lMackenzie, Dlr. Hume,and'Dlr.Cobbett.m-Glai.gow Chron. * 'trhlst cnie rf allowngr sschool-boys to vote wi' i snail be their Iovernor. MAt. VAUNtLEROV.-tWo geltleineo who have been on erms of friaiidship andl close intimacy with Mr. Fauntle- roytIuring many years,and who have felt most poignantly for Aim'in his present melancholy situation, having expressed X strong lesire to partake of the Sacrament of the Lord's Iupper with hini, a request to this effect was mnatie to the Rev. Mr. Cotton, the Ordiniary of Newgate, who s~aw no Dbjection to his complying with it; and at three o'clock yesterday, the revverendl gentleman administeredl the sacred rite, With imost impressive solenity, in the apartment in which Mr. Fauntleroy is confinied: the commnuniciants wvere Mr. Fauntleroy, his wife, and brother, and the two friends referred to. The scene is described as having been truly affecting. Mr. Fauntleroy's son was a spectator. A petition froin Mrs. Fauntleroy, in behalf of her un- fortunate husband, was presented on Thursday at the Honic De- partment. LOSS OF THeE Dom GIOVANNI.-On Monday last, at this celebrated sailing yacht wa3 returning up the river from a shooting excursion, after a severe contest from Southend with a hatch-boat of 22 tons, which she was then beating, she was unfortunately run down by a Scotch brig, anti instantly sunk. The aceident took place in the L,ower lope, anti the Do} was strnding or. the starboard tack, with nearly a gale at south-west. The brig in question was run- ning rapidly before the wiud, nnd her velocity wa9 such, that the Don, in endeavouring to pass a-head, become becalmed under the lce of her sails, and all exertions mnade by thosw on board were fruitless, as the event which followed was the work of an in- stant. The flulce of the brig's anc oriise caught her rigging. and her bows next came in violent contact with the broadside of the (sUloeranni, and khe immediately went down in 15 fathoms water. Captain Davev was not on board, but there were three gentlemnen, of the namnes ot ilarrison, Dake, and Coleinan, and Richard Cownden, the young man who sails the vessel. These four persons were alli immersedl in the water, and their situation was very alarming, ac a there was a considerable swell out; the brig's boat, however, quickly came to their assimance, and happily they were all picked up, hut in a very exhausted state. The Don Giovanni was a nlew vessel, aind her ntimerous successes last season doubtless proved her the fastest river-sailing yacht ever built. She had the Si. Georrg's boat in tow, bat the-e was not time to cast her ol', and she w.salso sunk. THE LATE F,LOPEfF.NT.-W&,terford, November 15.- On WVednesday muorning, Mfr. John Joseph Pim, of .'lecklenburgb- street, Dublin, accom,-anied by Mllrs. Mowlds of North Cumber- land-street, arrived at Shanahan's hotel, at tt.e Mall, in this city, andt, after changing horse,, immediately drove off for Dunmore,where they were, in consequence of the non-arrival of the steam-packets, obliged to sojourn, at Cherry's hotel, until Saturday morning, when they were overtaken by the ladv's husband, iMlr. George Frederick Alowids, a respectable solicitor, acconmpanied by another professional gentleman. An unpleasant and rather violent rencontre to3k place between the parties. Alr. Miowhis seized upon a box which, it is said, containetd a good deal of property, and,-with the rest, a gold watch that had been carried off by his wire. He had fir. Pim ar- rested on a charge of robbery. Aboat noon on Satu'day the parties came up here fromn Dutnmore, accompanied by two of the Police, and appeared before llenry Alcock, lsq., a magistrate, who, upon investigating the charge, and not deemning it sufficientl) supported. disehorged Mlr. Pim. Mtr. and MIrs. Altowids nhortly after set off for Dttblin, and fir. Pim returned tO Dunmore, on his way to Eng- land. llMrs. .lowits has a fanamiha Mr. Pim is but twenty-three years of age, and is said to have little or no propertv. Two o'clock p.m.-In consequence of the arrival of Ml r. Deane last night, fresh inquiry has been matte for Alr. Pimn. He has not sailed fromi, Dun- more, but has left that place, it is supposed for Cork, by Dungarvan, in wlhich directieon proper messengers have been despatched. It is now supposed that he carries with him property to the amount of some thousands._- iterford Mirro,. Another paper states that Mr. lMlowlds knocked Pim down repeatetily. N EV MIL COMtPANv.-We copy the subjoineil parak- graph fromn the Mfcehani4ies' Register with the greater pleasure, be- causc a little sqaib, which we inserted on this very usetul company,' was undlerstood to display an hostile disposition, whereas we were merely ridiculing the hard names which have heen attachied to rmany of the innimerable new inventions:-" Among the new schemes for the investment of capital, we notice a Milk ComPany, which is brought forward in shares of 50L each, and is said to be already yieldirng a protit ot mtore than 50 per cent. The shares, however, are selling in the money-market at from 10 to 12 each premium. The advantage ofrered to the public by this cotvnany is very striking: they undrenake to sapply genuine milk from Aldemey cows, at the sante price as is now paid for the "real London double-skimmed sky blue," and they have giuarded against all fraud on the part of the persolns who carry thie milk round to their castomers, by lockirg the pailr; so that no water cani be put into them after they are taken from the e8tablishrnent. This precaution is a very wise one, for if the managers of the company be not rogues theimcelves. v. e may he certain of having pure milk for our families. In the ordinary milk trade, there are not less than three waterings; first the cow-keeper puts a little water into the pails, then the retailer, and lastly the servant vrho carries it rotnd, and tancies that lie cannot do better than imitate the examnple of his betters. We wish well to this new companv. taking it for granted that they deserve our good wishes, and thall onlv observe, in addition, that vwe deal with them, and up to this hour have found nothing to censure." SCOTCH ltUEATBICAI.S.-Mn. KEAN.-Oxi Thiurs(day evening this celebrated actor performed his favourite character of Riehtard III. to an overflowinr audience in the Glasgow Theatre. He looked well, and appeared to be in excellent spirits. t'is dTess was new, and gorgeous to an extreme. Though we are fond ad- mirers of ,11r. Kean, we cannot say thiat on this occasion we theught Riclhard was i' himself again." We have ofteti seen him turn his splendid talents to a better account; and if we may be allowed to jtdge from liis Thursday night's performance. this unwelcome truth forces itself upon us-that as he grow older, he loes nuo become more perfect in his profession. In truth, Mr. Kean in- dulgest too much in lroth, rant, and ferocious gcsticulation; in some of his best points weC think le failed, and his pauses were fretquently so protracted, that it w7as next to a mniracle he did not non pilus the ether actors. On rhe whlole the play did not go off well. The comrbat scene was h igldvyiragi-cornical. Al r.XWynne, who enract rd Rich mond, we observed, knew nothing of fencing, and we earnest- ly' heseech him. for hisown sake. toplace himselfa few months under the care of Al. Foucart, to learn the rudiments of this elegant and, to him, necessary acoomplishment. When Kean was lunging and thrusting, recetrdaen artezn, NtVynne was busy as a bee. thrashing about him as if beating carpet-s fbr a tvager ; and in the hottest part of the contest, by some awkward mischiance, the button of is tol scratched Richerd's brow, who resented this randtom blow by springing like a cat-o)'-mountain at his adversaty'; throat. The comhat thickened now with a vengeance, and there was rugging %nd tugging, thrusting and thrashing, to the heart's content of every one prcsent. Riclhard at length condescended to tall, and dispensing with the concluding speechi, and his accustomed writhings, he cen- tented himself with merely exclaiming- " Perdition seize thine arm the chiance is thine," before he lay "with his face upwards" If the smnall sword is to he introdueed in this play, which we, however, beg to sly is histori_ callv incorrect, we trust Dlr.Kean will furnish himself with aclose- barred helmet, and that .Mr. Wynne will attend to the friendly hint ve have given hin above.--Pairlet Advartiser, Niov. 13. Mt1suiE..-A mtelanieholv occurrence took place at Ras- trick, near Halifax, on the 5th instant, when James Diggles, ser- vant to John Anmitage, Esq., of Lower Woodlionise, was so much wounded as to cause his death. It appeared by the evidence adduced before the coroner's jury that the unfortunate suiterer, in company with John Stott, (gamtneeper to Sir Gcorte Armytage), Emanuel Brook, anti Enoch Garsidte, entered the White Lien public-house, in Rastrick, where they found a number ofnmen, some of wliomhad been fined tbr lpoaching, in consequetice of the evidence of one of the four; this led to sore altercation. Iate in the evening the latter party left tbe hottse, and were sonos follow ed by the deceased and his companions, three of whom (Diggles, Stott, and Brook) had cacth a gUn, who, after having proceeded aUs far as Toothill L,ane-end, wvere assailed with a shmser of stones from tht party who had there lain in wait for themi. Brook being lanmed, he deemed it necessary in self-defence, to discharme his ieee among the assailants, hut without any material eflect. 'Phe ruffians now proceetled to close quarters, anlt having succeeded in obtaining possession of the guns, they utsed thie but-ends thereof about the heads ofthie deceas- ed and Brook. The latter was supposed to be dead, blut the deceas- ed, whose head was dreadfully injured, and a portion of his brains left on the spot, contrived to make is8 wvay home, and lingered till Mlondlay, the 8th. 'T'he other two effected their escape, and Brook, we hear, is cloing well. On Thursday and Friday last, James Wi- glesworth, Esq., coroner, of Haalifax,lheld an inquest on the body, at Mr. Pearson's, the Star Inn, in Rastrick, and afte- a v'ery ma- tiore andl deliberate inveAtigation, an unanimous verdict of Grmilt of Wilful Murdier' was returned against Anthony Bray, and of aiding and abet,tngagainst John Bray, Cnristopher TifFaney. James Viff'- , Jamles Ellis, Henry ANuttal, John Dyson, and John Dawson, all of Sheepri;lge or Deighton, near Htuddersfield, and in pursuance of which Authony Bray, the tw o Tiffanies, Ellis; Nuttat, and Dy- son, hiave been committed to Y,rk Castle to ake their trinis .John Bray has been since apprehended, add is now in cins- tody at HRalifax. There is now only one of the men at large. RoaaBERY AND MOST INHUMAN MURDEP.-On Satur- day last, as Mlr. James Markey, of Redbarn, near Dunicer, a re- spectable farnmer, was retterning from the market of Drogheda, on horseback, he was stopped between five and six o'clock, at the mile. stone, not a quarter of a mile from Danleer,by twoarmed fbot-pads, in gray great coats, who deliberately fired two shots at lim, one of which entered the cavity of the abdomen. He was soon after found on the road, nearly in a state of insensibility, and immediately con- veved home to hi, afflicted family. Surgeon Ball, ot the Dunleer Dispensary, having visited hini about six o'clock, found him in such a stare as precluded any bnns of his retcovery, and at three o'clock the next day he dicil. It ;vould appear that robbery was not the sole object of those villahit, as :11r. Markey was not deprived of his watch and moey hehad i his sPO and and as he was a mnan universally esreemed,and of the most innoffensive manners, it is difficult to account for the commission of so diabolical an eutrage, except the robbers were alsrmcd before they could effect their pun- pose of plunder. A small bundle, which l1r. arkey carried in his hand, wvas all that he lost.-Drogheda Joirtnal, StrNC;ULAa ACCIDE 9T.-LaSt wveek the following singular accident eccurred near Leitb. A girl, aboat 14 years of age, while amusing herself alone on a swing, and giving herself a rotatory mo- tion, slipped from her seat in such a manner at to get the rope twist. ed about her neck, so that before she could loosen it she was fairly suspended, and hung unobserved for several minutes. When cut down she was to all appearance quite dea.i On employing, how- ever, without delay, the usaal meanst of resuscitation, she began slowly to evince signs of returning life, and in a few hours the vital funci ions were restored; delirium, however, accompanied with con- vulsionis of the most distressing kind, continued Tor 12 hours, end three or four days elapsed before she regained entire possessioni of her mental faculties It is worthy of observation that she recollects nothing of the accident, nor cven circumstances that occurred, and actions that she performed, several minutes before it. The last thing she can rernember (an.d she does so vividly), is being engaged in some domestic matter, which was, about ten mninutes before site left the htouse for the swin;. She is now quite well.-The Scotsmen. CAUTION.-'I'hC late extensive fires, although injurious and ruinous to many individuals, will no doubt be laiti hold of bv others as a source of profit. We allude to those impostors wlho, on the occurrence of almont every fire, go about the metropolis and its subhtrbs, under the pretence of collecting subscriptions for the benefit of the suffererg, but, in reality. for themselves. The case of Mir. Smith, thetailor, whichreallycalls for the aid nnd sympathy of every humane person, is one very likely to be seized upon by those vagrantt impostors. The public should thercfbre be auttioned against givingarny subseriptionsto aty persons whatever going about to col- lect stch, as no doubt other and better means wil be adopted to ob. tain thc public assistance for Mrl. Smnith,