News in Brief
The Times, 1824-08-25T00:00:00

WVINDSOR CASTI.E.-The followinig story, whicliwa re- meat in thc very words in which it hae appeared hi several pablica; tions, is, we ate sure too absurd to bc true, but we think the unz fiorturipte sisbject of 1iis ridiculous rumour should lose no time In conttadicting it :-" So much pleased is His Alajesty with the (lc. IsIgnsand prozress of Alr. Wyatt. and thetastehe has exhibited in hi; pins, that it is idtended inimediately, wc are well assuired, todiitin. kmish that gentlenman even in n-mne froml all other -arhitcects in thif cbun1try, there being alrcadyleveral of the name of Wl'yatt. It is, wc un(terstand, the wish of llis Aljesty that thte Windsor aichi- tect should add to his etnac vhe yllable " ille." So that in itutte this favouired gentleman will bear thc name of W'yattville, and this "design and alteration," we have good reason to believe, will be of. (kially atinounced in a few days." Tl{E Rev. C. C. CLoL'rox.-M:tny rutnours havc been afoat lately, relative to the re.appearance of this gentlemnan, sonic asserting that he had been seen in America, others, that lie was now residing in London. In tracing the sources of these stories, they all appear to be without foundation. The fact is, that notliing has Ieen heard of Mr. Colton since Alay, 18'23, the period of his mys. terious disappearance. WhVlt; adts to ithe singuilsrity of the .nys- tcry is, that on the MtlY of MUay, tbc day that lio was last seen in I nndon, he lad received at a banker's in Pail.mall 3,0001. in notes of 1001. each. In the evening of that day, he changed one of tbiesc nbtes at a gambling honsc fin Bury-street, No. 6, where he lost 2i. On tbe ssext day lit was secn at Epsom Races, in the company of some of the aasociatos ef thic late untiappy Thurtell. From that day notIiitrg has been kriown of htim; It is reniarkabic, titat of the otier tetsy.nine 1001. notes, T30tone h cas ever been paid into the Bat,k, nor can they he at- all- traced frotn thn. So rltat therc can itow be at little dpubt, either th)at theC unorttlnate m.n was dro)4nc4l, per- Imps wilt tihis property upon hlim, or that lie was mur.lered, having cgreted it where it has not yet been riscotvredd- .1fortinnppcr. It appears, that )iotwithstanding the many and striktng exampleb the public have constantly before titeii., that persons arc still fouind foolish cnouyh to venturQ in a fair-irtt, the yery nmidst of tbiieves itid pickpockets'-Litvi valuable properiy about their per- soibs. Yesterday, a well-pirsd farmer, of the name of- Wood, from the Weald of Kent was hustled and robbed of his watch and pockbt- bosk, bf a: gang o?five pickpockets, close to the Rosemary Bran;ch, at Pcckham. On discovering his loss, he raved and tore hiis hair like a triTaitnan, atnd it was along cimebeebrc'he coild be appenscd so as to ex. plain thc naturc of his oa. ''The pooket-book contained rlotes anid casb to the amnount of more than 2001. Or ionday a short stout man, i22 a round frock, attractctl coistderableinotice at Pc.khatn iAir * by giving away to the crowd little paper plfl-boxes, which, wshen opened, were found to contain neither pills 4nti-bili6us not a0pfcptic, but very neatlyprinted watch-tpapers, adiising thent to " return liomcand.read -their Biblcs, rather thanl folldw suchAevil pastimes, which would ultimately con- Stigi theni to thegallows." ilit is notgesnerally k vown' ibhit the' son of the Autihor of th$ Rel/eaion. on ye Waorky of God (Sturm) is now an out-pea- sioner of (,helsea Jdspital,;at 2s. u0.3d. pci dietu, having scrvod his late Mcajesty upwards-of 27.years.-bK'r-eniitg 1)aper. . ?Ihe-present King of,-Ptrsia iia(le many inquiries of. Sir H rfard Jories respIcting America, saying, " Whiat sort of a place is 1t? -HoIw do you'get at It.? Is it ilnder ground, or how ?"1 4n interesting law-suit is at this muofient earrying on at Paris. The city had sold a house on condition of its being pulled do qn.vithin a certain tirne, Tetjining thq property df: thq ground,. _'lIc worktfner employea in pultlig it down fouttd a treasure conceal- ed in one of-the walls. The citiy now claims this treasure, because itlas nevex ceasedtobe thl proprietor of the ground; wlilc the pur- chaser sasseits his right as :the treasure was not found- below the su face, bait ir the wal bought by hbi. The bricklayer, too,--pre- ttt,ds.that it.ishis,because he found it; and 4! if this-were not eiqugh, th administrators of the domaihn corne forwitra and affirm, that none of ihese three parties have any litle whatever. As the coins dis- coVered ave an?.ient, and; as the builling before the ReYoltitioim be- lo ni tb aIontt is it piry likely that - thc whole will be decLared tnor7dolperik of the-State.,. EW LOPt3 iY-w'REING MACAtiNrtI.-.-Au in-telioUS mecha- nic of th iianme of. Hioxie, is now exhibiting at lew York a model of diachinery; by whicb he is confident vesseIs of any size rtay. be proelled st sea independent of wind or steam, the- motion of -the veseel-beisig alone reqwired to give it efeact. It is sai) that - the niaahle'ry is sittple, and :would take up butntn iriconsiderKbaW space in t vessel' trece or four feet in length arid the breadth of the ves- set woruldl be itflplfufficieitTf6i ite operation. - A rotatory aiition is Orodutel by a vibrating weigsttin the hold of the veArel,:without lie!idd p1-4icrattk. a Aeon. shaitt oaen ts - holizontal whecl in, hielhold-(prapellcd byw the it another on deck, which Eat4rcaesihehafu, ottwhich are the paddles, to tunt; tind thus s tte nmddhile ptiitn bnration. - A poiti6n of cargb, eich articles t3. are heavy, migit be placed as weight in the pendtilutu, tn the wniVnt ofls.ose tonse:ioid thug hiay tis machinety be use 'With. lnuc.4dimns tion, of the quanstity of srgo dependent on sails and ,vmd~ fr propulsson."'-MIfckaastic's mogeonzne. - - f.n V ednesdy last, di;riRg. the reptesentation of tte ast- tet of MacbeUt.io the Cork Tlieatre, an accident occurred-wrhich cx, :ifed gettecal itrar)n in tie house. AI1s. D41y, ywho played -1cad t(a bejah, in t6e'l sne witb.tlie Phyicalan unfortunately cane' near ox alcandle whiHch was ilaced on a table at the left side of -thc -stage- bheh theliamn4acaught the light-drapery whicii sah, -9re1 ndn iaA nordient it app&ared in a blaLe Some genUemen leaped from the axoxa oab thestsgo, and:the-ierformers who -were on the boards-ran ntr assistane, -iast b.f6e they had reacbed her, Ar6. Daly her. eil jthn,wed,viXvondetfol steiicte of hiinid;: to extinguish .the lamb wihou havng.tXied any rnaterial injury. The playv then ,roc4ededta hsetactresa- a~ving immtediately -xc ,vered hat con porifre.