WINDSOR, Sept. 2.-This mo...
The Times, 1824-09-03T00:00:00

WINDSOR, Sept. 2.-*This morning, a little betbre twelve o'clock, the Duke of York, accompanied by the Duke of Wellington aniI Prince Esterhazy, arrived at the Castic in one of thc King's open carriages, drawn by four fine bays, and attended by two outriders. The Royal partv wvas inet at the Castle-gate by all the diffierent tradespeople, Szc., employed in making the alterations, &c., whio were in wait- ing, andl whio conducted the illustrious visiters over those parts of the Castle where the improvements are fast gettintg on ; after inspecting which the party returned to the Royal LodgTe. The K-ing has had a marquee pitchedl on that large lawvn ly the side of Virginia W,Vater, where it is expected His MIajesty and visiters will dine to-day ; and in conse- quence, the band of the Royal Horse Guards has departe;l to be in attendance to play for the entertainment of the King and visiters. His M.ajesty had a party to dinner yesterday. Yesterday being the anniversary of the fire of Londlon, was kept as a close holyday at the Bank and Stock Ex- changie. A fewv private bargains in the ftinds were trans- acteti on the Royal Exchange, at the same quotation in consols as at the close of Wednesday's marlket. The Southi ATnerican securities were sold at an advance of about per c event. A private letter received yesterdav from Paris, states that the King of France's physicians had given it as their opi- -:^ oi hI, f tM -v,'lxd not be prolonged beyon(d MAGDEBURG,) Aug. 20.-A very strange report is in cir- culation here, that a young Duke had had a duel, and run the eon of o Prince, at Naples throiugh the bodly, and then disappeared; otherE say he has enilrKed for Greece; and according to others, he has been seized by bauditti, wlho demand 30i,000 scudi forhis ransom. VIlENNA, Aug. 20.-On the 27th of last montil the town of Harpfen, in ,lungary, was nearly reduced to ashes. The churches, the school, a convent, the town-all, and all the buildingw both in the town and suburb, were totally destroyed. Two women l perished in the flames, and many persons seriously injured1. The fire lbroke out at four in the afternoon, wvhen the inhabitants wverc in the fields. Otn the 4th of this nionbi, 200 hoLuses and nmany barm were reduced to ashes in thc space of four hours, in the populous town ot lVerbocez, in HungaTy. On the 27thi ult., a drc:dful storm laid waste the whole country absut Arva, in Hungarv. Trec- of the largest size were torn uip by the rnots, houses levelfed witl tht ground, and the liail (the stones weiching a poundl and it half each) destroyedal ai the standing crops in 27 paribhes, killed rn:my hiundred oxen, suit allmost aIl the sheep that wvere in the fields. Above 20000o persons, are hereby reducerd to the greatest mniserv. The Russian Goavtcrnrnent. a;cording toe recent accOlults, tF InMiposedt a lax o1 thlvec pCT cen. On the iroduce of all the gopper. nines in Russia. which will be productive of aconsiderable recenue, instead of the 3M0,010 rolue; flhat used to be rained under the old 'he DubI)nII Eecrtii-g Mtil of Monday I sat says-,' ThIs day we were vsited hy ai severe storti of thunficr and liglittti og thle tsitt expericnced in this city for sanme years.'" Fever pvrvAilIs to an alarming atid mnelanichol y extent in thi4 City. Therc were adimitted I ini, St. John's Fever HnspitAl froin the lst o Aitiust up to tilis date, 1.8 patients, which, to. gtrhcr with lin the hospitll on thc l1t, make a total ofl249 in 211 clays.-I,inwre,irk Chronicle. Tlie itivalid litiet has jttsl lo4t )tis wife, who waS 9t) year; olr ; he has himsell' pavsed 120, hly which it appears that he was born in the time of Inuis XiV._Paris paper. EXTRAORDttIAtY (CASES Ot' HlaDRoPHoBta-MAr. P.r-, the prolprietor atd driver of one of the short stages, had a favourite pointer, which rczularly slept in the stablc with his horsen; sbatii threc wreks since the dog was bit-en bv a rabid dog, and shortlv after went niad and was killcd. A few'days after, a thvoutrite stage. coach horse wa' taken ill. the horse.doctor was Rent tfr, but coaul not account for his disorder; the aninal kicked, plunged, beat him- self about. and appeared quite mad. The doctor recommendedl a medicine made up as a hall, and Mr. R. undertook to idininister it; the horse wvas dreadfullv enraged whien an iron instrument %vas put into lis mouth to force it down, atid vwhile Mr. R.'s hand was in, he bit the iron fiat, and lacerated the hand dreadfullr; aoon after he beat his owvn btains out in the-stable, a week after two more horses went mad, and both were shot; on Tuesday a fourth was taken so bad that he was obliged to be left at the Four Swans, in Biahopsgate. street. 'Mr. R. had his hand cauterize., and bas since been to the sea,eidp, and no ill consequences are likely to arise from the accident. So great an effect has the most trifling chlange of soil and herbage on the growth of wool, that on two farms, adjoining each otheroon theSeuth Downs of Sussex. there is annually t( difference in the value of their respective growths of from 3s. to 4s. per tod, even thoagh the ewes from which it was s4horn shouldi have been originally equally geod as to breed and staple. This experiment has beeti trie(t, for sevetal succeeding years, by the occupants of the farms allitled to having exchanged, eaclh year, fifty evwes of the samie age and quality, and the effect aseertaited, by the wool of one of the parccis of ewes invariably improving 'he other invariably degeterating. Nor is this the only instatice oei the kind. Thin chalky land, covered witil a (ine-textured turf, interspersed with wild thvme. small wild clover, and cyebright, is that which nroduces the finest wool. It is, iideced, a well-known fact, that wvool always becomes coarse, though increasesl in vweight, from sheep being fed on strong lancl. Hence it is that a Soutlt Down ewc produees a fleecw fill a third heavier, thoutgh muchl coarser, the year she is fattened, tlhan in any one that preceded it. The finie weather, for the last wsvk, has etnable(I tile farmers of this neighbouThood to realize all their wishes in respect to the wheat haCrvesi, which has been every where happily securedl in the finest possible condition. Sonic uncommanly fine samples of this year's wvheat were sown in outr market on Saturday, and dis. posed of at 7s. per bushel. The excellence of the quality, and the abundance of the grain, this yea, lbas occasioned a decline in the pri?e of wheat throughout tile kingdom, and a considerably greater reduction is expected...Teaouto Goesri-er. The harvest has partially commenced in this neighbour- hood, and, should the weather continue as it hias been for the last week, the grain will be h,oused in the finest condition. The crops are generally abunda't, and of good quality. There was one sam. ple of newt wheat in our market on Saturday last, whichl sold at 6s. 6d, per boU.-Tyne Merczry. Thie works of the inew church are proceeding very rapidly, and tite building begins to assume an aypcaraoee that warrantts us in Saying it wiU be one of the noblest edihet in the kingdom. The wals are now upwards of 20 feet high, and the arcade is commenced, the plinth and surbase being already set. Several of the doors and windows are in a forward state, and the Gothic tracery work has a beautiful atid majestic appearance; the tower is, also it progress, anid we cannot but regret that it is not to be surmounted by a steeple. .Ure ito thiink that the parish, having ol5tained a graint of 3400Q1. from the Parliamentary fund, inight have expended one-third of that sunm io the erection of an ornarnent, which, it the opinion of the first judges in the country, would have rendered Si. Peter's chutreli the finest moderri structure in the kingdom.--Brighto,e GgzetUe. A few ni 'ights ago, a servant of Lord Breadalbane was crossing the Lyon, at the turd above the bridge of Comnrie, with a horse axid catrt, when, harinr lmissed the track, he wqs precipitated over the rttins of the bridge Into the-pool below. Hlis cries brought some people to his assistance, wvho witlt niuch difficulty saved him and the horse, but the cart and a fat buck} a pres6cnt from the noble Lord to a neighbouring gentleman, were lost. The people in tile neighlhourbood, in their superstitious belief, ascribe this catastrophe to the wrath of the Water Spirit,-Perds Courier,