Mr. Smith, the English Co...
The Times, 1824-10-06T00:00:00

MAlr. Smith, the English Consul at Venice, engaged Cansa- letti for a certain number of years to paint exclusively for him at a fixed prire, and sold his pictures at an advanced rate to Englisll On Molnday last., a man calling himself RIchard Sutton started in the lMlarsh to unwind 100 yards of line front a stakc six inches in circumference, and which he was to accomplish, with the end of the line attached to his body, continteaUly roining souad the gtake, and progressivel enlarging his circle until the wholt was un- wound, in 12 hours. Ie commenced his arduous andertaking at eighlt o'clock in the morning, and continuea his exertions till past six o'clock in the evening,when a set of hlackguards obtruding them- selves within the circlc, and interrupting tee passae of the line, he wascotnpelledtorelin?uiah his task. Thedistaheeie wouldhavehad to run, had he unwound the whole of the line, has been calculated to be f8 miles 438 yards; and there is reason to believe he woulrl have accomplished it but for the interruptlon.-So.. ;itne,ptot 1rllri d. As Mr. John Golding, agent to the Regent's Canal (,om- pany, was riging along the bank of the canal in Britannia.fie]ds lslinton, on Sunday last, his horse suddenly took fright, and started off at full speed towards the bridge, near the City-ruad lock. In order. to avoid being dashed against the side of the bridge, Mr. Golding endeavoured to turn the horse's head round, when the ai. nal plunged into the canal; and llr. Golding being unhorsed, and unable to swim, was, not withoit considerable difficulty, exto icated from tbe most imminent peril of drowning, by the exertions of some persons who, witnessing the accident from the bridge, rushed into the water to his assistance. Neither the horse nor his rider sustained any injury beyond the fright and severe ducking. On Wednesday, as the coac ftrom Vakefield to Booth. ferry was passing along the road from Pontefract, a respectable fresh. looking man, arout thirty-five or forty years of age, stoppeti the coach, slid begged for a place, stating that he was the mdster of a vessel lying at Hull, and waB anxious to get forward to Boothferry in time to gain a steaoi-packet down from Selby. His request was refused, the coach being full, and several persons w h bad ct ounted at the preceding stage, having been compelled to relinquish their seats on that account. lie, however, persisted in his request, and the assetsgersconsentedtogivehiim place. He accordingly mou nt- ed upon a box on the top of the coach, and irt a very short time af- terwerds, when about seven miles from Boothferry, by a sudden jolt, was precipitated into the road, and falling on the back of his head, the blood gushed out from his nose, ears, &c., and alter ut. tering a groan, he shortly expired. The body was taken to Booth. ferry. ull Adverliser. GAMBLrFG.-TWOvyoung meos have, we are informed, been detected in practices, which, if proved in a court of justice, would render them liable to transportation. One of theso worthies invited two of his acquaintances to dine with him. After dinner, dice were introduced, and a game at hazard was. begtin. In the cotrse of the game, thehbost took an opportunity (unobserved as he supposed) to clrnge the dice. and immnediately tbe lupk turned de. ciTedjy in his favour. Suspicion lbeing excited, by his oonstant win. ning, and by the camsts he made, the party refused to playasny loniger, and went away. One of them, however, got the dice irto his pDS- session, arid took thpem away. On examining them, it was found that, instead of each having the progressive numnbers from one to shi inclusive, one had twvo aces, two threes, end two fives ; and the other, two twos, two fours, and two sixea ; the King's atam, and the name of the maker, beinz both forged. The individual charged with using the false dice, said he had received them from tho person alluded to as his confederate. The swindlers were compelld to re- ferd,,-Mcf;,d.er.paper,