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The Times, 1824-09-17T00:00:00

WVe have thought it decorous not to describe the charac- ter of the charges mr.adle against Mr. Fauntleroy, till a pub- lic examination enabled us to give an accurate account of so serious an affair; but we may mention the fact, that he has been privately examined before a magistrate, and that he is in close custody. A bottle, which was throwvn from on board the Bri.yifton packet ship, from New York to London, on the Ist ult., in lat. 49. 25., long. 5.21., was picked up the end of last month, about half a mile from Alderney. HORIBLT.E CRIME IN SWITZERl.AND.-A crime so exe- crabl-, that it is difficult to believe it to have been thc work of a human being, has been committed in the village of Walperschweil, in the canton of Berne, two leagues from Arberg. The perpetrator is a man of 69 years of age, who has been for some time known bor his revolting immorality. Havying suddenly conceived the idea of proceeding to Amerioa, he demanded money from his wife, whom he suppnsed to possess property; being (tenied. he addressed his claim to the Commune, which also refused to sanction it. These retfsals filled him with tihe most horrible projects of revenge. After having inhumiianly assassinated his wife. he contemnplated the destruction of the village by fire, and succeeded but too well. His preparations were made with skill, and in the nighit of the 30th of August, 26 houses were burned to the ground. The wretch has escaped, but the police are at his heels._-Jornal dui CLomn,me-rce. The south bank of the Thaines, near Waterloo-brid2e, will shortly be cleared of no less than fifty old houses. which are now p ,lling down. The narrow dirty passaze along the bank to Pedier's-acre and Westminster-bridge, called Narrow WVall, will be opened by the removfal of the above obstrtictions, and rendered mnore commnodious tO passengers. It is at present called Belvedere-road. It is wvith pleasure we learn thlat the rate of Is. 6d. in the pound, now laid for the maintenanceof the poor and for the churches and clergy, is calculated to be suflicient for the current year. Thls low rate is owing to a considerable sum of the last year's rate having remained uncollected. We believe that the weekly expenditure since Easter is about the same amoUt as for the like period last year. It must be satisfactory to the parishioners to know,that whilst the most strict atten,ion to economy continues to be paid bv the Se- lect Vestry, the wants of those who apply fbr relief are diligently attentled to.-Liverpool Advcrtizer, HynaOP1eOaIA.-Ve are informed by a correspondlent, that injecting the veins with warm water and bleeding, accoiding to the plan of 1Mfajendie, was tried by Ir. Blutndell at Guy's losq- vital, and that tbe preparations of lead anit bleeding were had re- ourse to by the same physician in thc case of Thomas Horslield, hit by the eat. T. Callaway. Esq., proposed to inject warm water into the veins, but the patient died in strong convulsions, whilst the apparatus was Setting into readliness. Sir. Surgeon Callaway intends to inject an intusion er solution of some anodyne if another case fall under his care. The botly of the yolng man who poisonied himself at the Thatchebd House Islington, on Friday last, and on whons an in- qNest was held the fohowing tlay, was owneit on Wednesday, by his brother and sisters, it having been exposed in the vault of the church for that purpose. At the tihe the inquest was held there was no clue to hlis connexions. It was, however, supposed, from the contents of a scrap of paper in Isis pocket, that a disappoit cint ofa tender nature had protduceti derangeneent. it turns out that he was a young gentleman of respectable connexions, and, it is said, woulld in a few months hate coi-e into possession of considerable pro. perty. Between seven anal eight o'clock on Wednesday evening, j as one of the I1m pton Couirt stages was proceeding do.vn the road from Piccadilly,ful l inside and out with passengers, just as it reached Knightsbridge, opposite thle Cannon Brewhouse, the axle-tree,broke, the coach was upset, and the whole of the passengers pitched into the road, several of whom received severe bruises, but only one, an i old Gentleman, was seriously hurt,who was conveyed to St. George's Hospital, close by, where he now lies. The ceach lay on one side of the road, a perfect wreck, the pole and splinter bar being broken across, as well as the axle-tree; and on examination,it appears to have been such a shattered, rotten old vehicle, that it was Fhameful to risk the lives of passengers upon It. OvERTHatowr OF THE ROYAL BuxToX COACH.-Many oF our readers will have heard of the distressing accident..which oc- curred in the neighbourhood of Buxton, on Friday, thce d instant, In consertienve of tbe overthrow of the Royal Buxton Coach-the satne vehicle which was upset about ten days previously, on its way from Manchester. Among the passengers who were injured, was Mrs. Harvey, thle daughter of the late Mr. Cummins, of the York Theatre, who, it willbe remembered, suddenly fell down on the stage and immediately expired. Being thus unable to fulfil an en. gagement into *hich she had entered witli the manager of tie Buxton Thieatre, she was reduced, along with two infant c hildlen to the most abject want and misery. A statement was cirduiafe3 fronm Sir Franmte Pgrwin, M,I.D., and Mr.. Skinner, surgeon, from which it appeared that the bone of MIrs. Har'ey's right leg was broken, and that she hact sustained several contusions and wounds. Fortunately, Aft. Hmciry Juhnston, the wellcknown per. formet, hap-ened to 'be in Buxton at the time, and with a spirit of the snost commendable sympnthy, he inimediotely set about rais. ing a subscrintion for tlile unfortunate lady; and, we are happy to say, with a degree of suicess that reflects the highest credit oa the benevolence of the visiters at Buxton.; t the courae of three or four days the munificent sum of 1121. 14s. was obtained at the dif. ferent hotels, &c., amongst which werc-at St. Ann's, 201. 4s.; the Hall, 181. 13g. 6d. ; Centte HIotel, 121. * Great FHotel, bi. is.; Shaks- pcare, 61. lOs., George, 61. Os.; Angel, oL: Grove, 31. 19s.; Jones's Boarding House, 41. 6s.; Eagle, 21. Ss., and several other sums of minor importance; The circumstances of the case were mentioned to the Duiceof Devonshire. who happened to visit Buxton for a few hours on 5londay, and, with his usual spirit of benevolence, he in. stantly preseuted lr. Johnston with 101. tbr the relief of Mrs. Har- vey.AS?eled AMIereury. ATTEMPT AT SUIC1nE.-In the course of Mlonday even- ing last,. an unfortutnate young woman, who nightly parades Co. VCeltry*Strcet and Piccadilly, entered into a quarrel with one of her comnanions, in consequence of which she was taken to S'. James's watc'h-hous.e as a disorderly characte, where she vras locked up. SIte hatd not been long in that place, when it fell to the lot of an. other unfortunate creatuire to become the temporary inmate of the dungeon, when she discovered her corpanon suspended in a corner of the piace by a silk handkerchief An alarm was muds, and slie was instantly cat down in a state of insensibility, from which, howevEr, she recovered through prompt medical aid, and was conveyed to her wretched lodgings in a very weak condition. It wvas onlv a few days since that the same yoang woman was con- fined i3 the same place, when she saved the ife of another fetnale who had suspended herself, by cutting her down. Between nine and ten o'clock ilst night a'fire broke out in the house of Mr. Handley, a linen-draper, in Hayc's-court, New- port-rnarket, which at ene time, from the closeness of the court and the adjacent buildings, seemed to threaten the whole neighbourhood. Fotussnately, however, the supply of water was tletitd; and the Jirenies anel engines being prompt in their attendance, the fire was got under in time to save the house from beIng destroyed, althoutgh considerable damnage was done to the frot of the hose, iand some pan Of the etoelc inl trade dstrhoyed. -