The Marquis of Huntley, i...
The Times, 1824-12-14T00:00:00

The NNarquis of Huntley, it is rumoured, is to be appoint- ed to the Government of the Cape of {ood Hope.-Evcei paper. On Friday last a Board of General Officers was held at the Royal AMilitary College at Sandburst, when gentlemen cadets 1-. Hill, P. Despard, G. De Rotetnburt, W. LIucas, and G. Cholmon. deley obtained their recommendations ; gentleman cadet Rd. Hill having passed the highest examination. It is confidently statedt, that Mliss M. Tree, the pleasing singer at Covent-garden, is to be -married to Air. Bradshaw, of Grosivenor-place. who is a son of Ladv Peyton, The Liverpool Mercury1 of Friday says-" The para. graph respecting Aliss Paton's ntarriage Grginared at our office; and as an Oxfortl journalist has questioned the accuracy of our intor- mation, and as we have some regard tbr editorial character, we shall state the grounds upon whicb we pledged ourselves to thc iaet, eni paisanl, that we deem our authority on this occasion as good, at least, ad that of the Oxford *erald. Mr. lVebbe, the composer, whose pupil Aliss Paten was for several years, received the infor. mation of her miarriage, as ssted in the .4fercury of October 8, from the lady herself. It was communicated by letter to AIr. Egerton Smith, by his own sister, Mlrs. Webbe. This is as direct aiid au- thentic a channel of informatior as can be well imagined; and whe- ther theinuptials werc actually celebrated at Oxford or in its neigh bourhood, we are bound to believe the main fact of the marriage itsielf, as we have too good an opinior of thr ladv principally in- terested to believe her capable of deceiving Mir. Willbe or any one elise." On Sunday last, a tneeting took place at Calais between Mlr. Kemp and Mlr. Nathaniel Ronalds, the l4tter gentleman being one of the partiest who was compelled to enter into recognizances, as detailed in our Bow-street report of the 8th inst. On the word be- ing given, Air. Kemp fired his pistol in the air, on which the secondsl interfered, and Mr. Kemp having, in the presence of their respective friends, exonerated Alr. Ronaldsfrotn all knowledge or participation in the proceeding which led to the interference of the police on the former occasion. matters were amicably adjutted. Considerable interest has been exciiedl in this town (Mlan- chester) dtlring the present week, by a visit from a confidential Agent of no less a person than the Pacha of Egypt. The name of this cx- traordinarv visiter is Ali Effendli; and it is stated to us that he fills a station in the Court of the Pacla somervhat analogous to that of Grand Chamberlain. From his title of Effendi, however. we should rather suppose that he is a secretary. We believe hc was a Iaine- .uke, and served in the capacity of aice-de-canip to Ibrahim, the son of the Pacha, when the Weebabites were driven from Mecca. We understand that he has been sent to this country for the purpose of studying its language, manners, anrd institutions ; and certAinly,from what we have heard of his intelligence and acuteness, we should think that the Pacha could hardly have chosen a better agent. ile brought an introduction to Alessrs. R. and Mr. Garnett, of this town, by whom he was taken to seetheprocesses ofspinning and power-loom weaving, and the various machines at work in the establishment of Alessrs. Roberts, Hill, and Co., machinists, with all of' which he evidentlv felt greatlv interested, and seemed readily to comprehend the cxpjanatidvts given to him, thoushli they were conveyed in rather a circuitous manner, being interpreted into F'rench b Air. William Garnett, and then translated into Arabic by a ireck, namned Panaitois, who accompanied Ali Effendi in' the capacity of interpreter, anti appeared to possess the subtilty and acuteness pecu- .jarto his nation. ln addition to the mechanical wonders which were exhibited to this distinguished stvtnger, he was taken to a party at whicit several ladies weere presont; and we are happv to .nfann our tair readers, that he gave a decided preference to the liberty witb which the sex are indulged in this countrv, when compared with the state of bondage and seclusion by v:hich they are keptin the East. Besides this officer, we understand the Pacha has sent over a conm- mercial agent, an Armenian, named Piozzin, probably for the pur- pose of forming connexions in this country tor the disposal of his cotton, of which he is now the most extensive grower in the world. We are inforamed this agent has stated, that the crop in Egyp, this year, would amount to 200,000 bales, andi that the country pos- sesses a capability of producing this valitableCcommodity to an almost unlimited extent.-Aftinclwster Cwzardizs. FIRE AT. TaIrsry COLLEGS, CAMaL?DGE.-Qn )Friday nornisg, abouta quarter before ten o'elock, the town and Univer- sitv of Cambridge were thrown into the greatest consternation by an alarm of tire at Trinityeollegc. ltt a few minutes, people were seetn rnnning:itevery direction, the lectture-rooms, as well as the breaktst taibles, were deserted, and the anxiety was so intense that in less titan a-qa trter of' sn hoar the collee gates were completely blocked n by the itmnetse crovd, and it was found impracticable to shut them. 'rho fire commenced in that part of' the newr building called the " King's Court." wheere the carpenters had put their doors, &c., to dry, and is supposed to have been occasioned by the stove being too much heated. By a tinmely arrival of fire-engines, a good supply of water, a calm atnosphere, and the uttceasing exer_ tionts of thefitemen and the members of the college, the fire wasgot under by twelve o'clock, and completely extinguished by one. The damage, wvhich is conlinod to thenew building, is estimated at 5001, and nopart of the premises was insured. It was pleasing toobserve how every person exerted himself to assist in arresting the progress. of the consuming element. Amongst those whbo fed the engines we observed the Rev. Voctors Wordsworth and, Barnes, Rev. G}. A. Browne, Rev. C. Simeon. Weavel, Esq-,.the Mayor Alder men lwmeat, 4tarkiy, Xc.