Friday evening Prince Leo...
The Times, 1824-08-09T00:00:00

Frdyevening PrneLoph et Claremont in hiis travellin g Parige nd reede for Cobham Hall, Kent. On Saturday Ibis Royal Highnes.s left Cobham. Hall for IRamsgate, on a visit to thie Duchiess of Kent, from- whichi place the Prince, goes to Paris, wvhere he is expectedl to re- miain a shiort time, and from thence to go oni to Cobourg, on a vi-sit to his mother and other relatives. Satuirday Prince Esterisazy, thc Austriani Amibassadlor, and the Russian Ambassadlor, hadl in terviewvs with) ?r. Se- cretary Canining, at the Foreign office, D;owning-street. Sat-a- cay t1hcEarl andl Countess of Liverpool left Coomnbe Woodi for WValnier Castle. MNr. Secretary Peel is at Broadstairs. Th'le Dubline kiorn,ing- Post contradlicts the accouint pub- lishied in the Liverpool Mercury of a massacre at the chapel of T'empo, an'l calls it a contemnptible t~abrication. On Fri ay last the foundation stone waslaid of a National Schouol, intended for the edlucation of 2b50 children, belonging to the district of St. (corge, in the pariah of Canmberwsell. Steam-boats hiave reecently beeti brought inito use at Nap-les. and now ply cons3tantly betrween that city and P?alermo. Thie voyage, which before frequently occupiea a wveek, is now per- formnedi in 24 hours. Suelt is thie facility of travelling through Portsmouth, that a person may reach Havre in twenty hours fro-nt London, as thje s,tcam-boat perfarnms the voyage front 1flat-re to Portsmouth harbour in teni hours and a half. Front London to Jersey Occupies only twen-c' en houirs, as thie steani.boat crosses from Aldemney to the eelsin nine bones, anti frout Jersey to Portsmouth in -seventeen hours. Frotn London to PortsMOuth, by the coach or vat), andi from thence to Plymouthi, by steatn.boat, will occuPY only twenty-eight hours, and the cost is onlv eighteen shillings. A gentlentan may br eakfast in Piccadilly, and'drink tea on the same day, comnfortably, at the back of the Isle of Wiight. Thei mercaTntile firm of M1essrs. Johni anid William Whit- more stepped payment ont Saturday. Whfien Sir WVns. Curtis reiturnedi from h4is voyage to Ttaly and Spain, he called to pay his respects to M11r. Canninig, at Glocester-lodge. Among othier questions, Sir William said " But nray, ItIr. Lainitig, wlhat' tlo You say to the tunnel under the Thames P"" Say," replied itie Secretary, " why I saY it will he the irreatest bore London ever had, and that is saying a k4reat deal." Duttr.-A tuiecting t-ook place oni Saturdlav morninIg, On ICennington.cotnmon. between a 11r. S. and a Alir. I. Eachi gen- tleiman had his second, and a siurgzeon fromi the city-wasin attendan,c. TI'he party mnet exactly at 4 o'clock, andi th- ground was immedliately' mieasured ; the gentleinci thecn received thecir pistols, and on a signail gie,they flTeet, andl the ball of Ai r. S. grazedl the shoulder of Mr,. 0.The seconds then initerfered, and endeavoured to brinez about reconciliation, but to no effect. Mr. S. remiained inflexible. The pistols were again delivered ; they tire-d again, 'and 1r. (3. imnmetli. ately fell, the ball having enteresh his rih side a little above the hip. M1r. S. thecn approachied thit, when 11r. 0.", taking hitin bv the handi, begged his forgiveness, owning hiimself in fault. The cir'eumst,auct, that led to tlisg meeting were said to be as follows :-About a monthi ago, an anionymous letter was sent to a young ladly to whmn Mlr. . . was paig i adidresses, defamning hisn chiaracter ; in consequence d'wich, illr. S. tleterniined never to lef the miatter rest until he found mit this secret enemy to hiis peace. After the most diligent search and inquiry, he at last discovered him in the person of Alr. 0. A chiallenge was imtinethiately given and accepted, and thus Mlr. G. mect with the resuilt already described. Mr. G. is now at the house of the surgeon who attended the meeting. and is undergoing severe suffiering, thought in the surgeon's opinio n there is no fear thlat the wound will prove mortal. The meeting was managed wvith so muchl se!crecy and expedition, that the party were off the ground befOre the watchimen could reaclt the place- from witence they heard the report 5j';Mrisians_ are deriving, amuscincont fromr the late cases of Crim. Con.. A piece has been tiroducedl at the Vaudeville, aleiUe Ri,,i-tgletIZ.ebands, or Criminial Conivers?alion. Thieplot isfounded on thle mistakes of thiree husbands, clvso unjuistly suspect their wives. The English are excsesively caricaturedI in this productioti. A Gerinai having been shown Mounit Edgcutnbe, anid magniFicently entert.ined withi sea-flsh, exclaimed-'n For imy part, like ft it counitries, and fresh-water fMs." TIhe younig man named Lo-we, who mnade so conspicuious afigure at Alarlhorough-st'eet.office some shiort time since, where lie appearetd in a militarv dIress, has, we undlerstand, obtained his li- beration. His father, it appearq,has settle thte creditors' claims,and has5 succeedled its obtainitig hiis dlischarge fromi the regiment to whichl he belonged.-Sunday paper. A -melanchioly accident took plalce yesterday. As thiree re- spectable youngnmen were returning fromi Richmond, near Batteresa. bridge, byv a sudden gust of wind the boat was upset, whien all three were precipitated into the water ; and twe regret to state that one of them met a watery grave. Ilis namie was said to be Henry Hlolmes, of Prince's-street, Leiecster.square. The others were rescued by the prompt assistance of' some gentlemen who1 jumped from their ownl boat and saved them. Oni Satttrtlay last, an inquest was hiolden at the Arti- choke pihiblic-house, Stepney, on the hotly of a young woman natneEl Caroline Swain, otherwise Collins. It appearedi that the ~eccasced lhad been for several months labotiring under a dreadful depression of mind, attribut.ea to lier having be-en chae-aed into a marriage witlh a man named Swain, the mate of an East Indina uhip, who, she sub. se,qutenfly discovered, was makrried to aniother. Deceased, at the ps. tit f her mariae, was possessed of a considerable sttm of money, besides a small annuity ; the former site intrusteed to Swain, whio soon made away withi it. After hila departure frotn Englanid, (which was in April) she was delivered of a still-burn inf'ant. A few days reiutohe deathi, deceased liaen occasion to come to ILon bon on sone bsinss,and is supposed to have purchased the drug, part of which wa"s f~ound in her. tirawers, foldled in paper, and marked poison. ,On Wednesday nighit, she dism-issedI her female attendlant at an eryhbosr, swallowed the fatal dlraught, anti the next morning was found qttite dead. A surgeon provedi poison to be the immed(i- ate cause of dissolution. A verdlict of insanitywas returned. Betwveeni thebhours of nine and ten o'clock on Saturday evening last, an uitusuial bustle was created in Alylesbury, by a ru- incur that Edward Hounslow, labourert had MUrdlered hlis mother, .Marthia Garner, of the above place, widow. Numnbers of persons hastened to the resitdence of the. unfortunate womnan, whiceh is situ- ated about the centre of' a lane leatding from the Nag'sqHead public- house to thle Buckingham road, and ntear the bottomi of Csmbridge. place. On intiitiry, it appeareal that the deceased, AMartha Garner, who appeared about 65 years of age, ihad been at hay-work dtiring thie day, and on her return in the evening fell into a quiarrel with hier (Nstural) son [-Jounslow, with whomi ithe deceased lived. Whiat thie nature of the quarrel was did not appear, buat about nine O'clock tue mother weas seen to come %vith violence fromi thie ehoor of her cottage, atsd fall on a sharp post at the end of a stile, which) is placedi about two'yards fromi and in front of the door. Site was heard to say in a feeble voice, " Fetchi-fetchi Genr.ge." It is supposed she meant another son, aLnd alitnost instanitly expired. Hoanslowv, seeing in what a situation She was, called to her, asid said, " Mlothier, clo come in !" But, fearing the fall had piroved fatal, he, assisted by, Mlrs. Collins, a neighibour, carried her into the house, fell on lila knees, begrged of the Almighty to restore her, tore his hiair from hiis head, atid becamne almost insensible. 11r. Ceely, a suirgeon, was sent for shortly afterwards, buit too late to render anY assistance, as he fouind the deceased hiadexpireti. Alr. C'eelydirected a neighibour to fetch Cross, the constabhis, to take Hounslotv into custothy. Cross scott arrivedl, and toolt Hlounslow to Cthe Black Bov public..house, whiere lie was kept in the custody of- two lteadborost~hs, to wait the decision ofauscoroner's Inquest. An inquest was held onilMonday, at wh'ich it appeared from'the evidence thatt the fall had been accidental and that the son vas overwhielmedl withi afflictioni on the Occasion. The jury returned a verdift of " Accidental death."-Buhck.e Chlmro nicle. EXECUTboN.-jatnzes andI Pilawva~y, convicted at the Oxford Assizes, of the mnurder of Lord Chiurcitill's gamekeeper, on- clerwent their sentence on Mlonday morning. The prisoners were attended on Satuirday morning by AI)r. Cooper, the Under Sheriff, and the R_ev. Mr. Brown, the chaplain of the prison, the latter of whomearestl exorte thm tolayaside all wvorldly considera.. tics,ad t spplcat fo mccvat hethrone of Grace. At this time theyappered ompoed. n 'te sae evningthe ev,divine liad and atlthough repeatedfly told, that b asetganuntuhte wvere flying in the face of their Mlake, they stil declaredte i not commit the murder. In the course of thie morning Jae' wife and One ot' his daughters, and iiis wife's sister, too their final leave of bins, and the scene was truly heart.rending. Pit- taway's fatther was also withi hiim several limes on -Saturday, anti on Sunday lils father and brother saw, him for thie last time. Ott Moanday imornting, et a quarter beJfore sevena, they were brought into thie chiapel, anid were a~4ir gttended by tOec Chaplan, who used every possible means in Ms is ower to preisare thjem for the awful chan e, The sacrament was -again administeredi lo theni in the motslemn aniner. At nine they, ascended thpse~affold, in front of whi,,h ati imnmense 'coptourse of spectators were amssemblled, who were remiarkttbly quietand orel;the rope was first put rtolusd the neck of James, and- when affxe to le gallows',- tlse cap was draw;n over his face. Whilat the executioner was adijustingr the roperoujid the neck of Pittaway, Janies said, in an unconseernigd way, '?Pis r-ope is tighlt enough for me already, hut I suppiose it wiU'spon 'ble tighter." After having again asserted their innocence, the drop fell, and they wvere launched into eternity. Err'at'um.-In the account of a robbery in our passer of Saturday, for " Dawion, and Shaw" xee "1 Driver and Shaw.