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The Times, 1824-03-01T00:00:00

Saturday morning early, Mr. Bego, an Italian coutier, ar- rived at the Foreign-office, Downing-street,with despatches from Sir William A'Court, our Ambassador to Spain. A Cabinet Council assembled in consequence at three o'clock, at the Foreign-office, wlhich was attended by the Earl of Liverpool, the Earl of IVestmorlanid, Mr. Peel, Mr. Can- ning, Earl Bathurst, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Duke of 1 Mellington, Mr. WVyin, Lord Bexley, Viscount Sidmouth, &c. Yesterday, at three o'clock, another Cabinet Council imet, which continued in a protracted sitting till near six o'clock. There were present, the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Harrowvby, the Earl of W17estmorland, the Earl of Liver- pool, Mir. Peel, Mr. Canning, Earl Bathurst, the Duke of W1'ellington, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Wynn Mr. Huiskisson, Lord Bexlev, and Viscount Sidinouth. On Saturday the C'hancellor of the Exchequer had a nu- merous dinner party. The Marauis of Titehfield is confined by severe indis- Position. [Advertdsement.]-PRUSSIAx LOAN, NEGOTIATED BY Mr. N. M. ROTHSCHILD, xx LoN1ox, IX 188.-The half yearly dividend on the above loan, which becomes due on Tfhursday, the 1st of April next, will be. paid by Mlr. N. M. Rothschild, on that and every succeeding dav (Sundays excepted), between the hours of 10 and '2, at his countino house, No. 2, New-court, St. Swithin's-lane. The dividend warrants, with a list thereof in numerical order, must be left one day for examination. The following notice was given by Sir H. Parnell on Friday last, but was not distinctlv heard in the gallery :-That on Thursday next, the 4th inst., he 'would move for leave to bring in a bill to enabie Roman Catholics to purchase aLnd hold lands for cha. ritable and pious purposes. The following letter from Tunis, dated Feb. 2, wvas oni Saturday morning posted at Lloyd's :-Yesterday a fine Spanish ong came into our roads, a prize to the Algerine squadron; she was taken off' Cape Spartell, with two other brigs, which were sent into Algiers. The Spanish ship Virgin dcel Ro.xerio, Flaquies, from Malion, bound to Alexandria, has put in here, and will not pro. ceed. The Spanish brig Lubri Jtaurcdl, from Alexaadria to Ma. hon, put in here on the 27h ult.; she will sail in a day or two with a French squadron wlhich lately arrived here, consisting of three frigates, two corvettes, and twelve sehooners." We hear that a petiiion from the Methodist Society in this circuit, praying the admission of lav delegates into the confer. ence held annually by the precliers in connexion, is preparing tc be laid before them at their next meeting.-HIfll paper. SINGULAa DIscovCBY.-(From the Chester Chronicle.) We received the folloving extraordinary piece of `nformation the Clyde, caught a very large cod fish, weighing 171b. 4oz., and we found in the gut a gold watch, beating the inscription on a paper ir the case ofit, ' Hugh Davies, of' Wrexham.' There is anothet mark on the watch which must be identified bv the owner befoer we will give it up: there is a seal and chain attached to it. If you will have the geodness to insert this in your paper, it may lead tt the discovery ofthe owner ofthe watch, and by paying the expense, it will be restored. " Y our obedient servant. " JAMES XURRAYY, Clyde Fishery. 'Glasgow, Feb. 22, 1824." THE ConePoxrua.%-Under this name an instrument has lately been exhibited in Paris, which holds a high rank among muo. dern inventions. It is also called a Musical Improvisato. andi is a kind of barrel organ. What distinguishes it however.from all that havt hitherto appeared is. that it not only performs with singular precision the pieces of music which are marked upon it, but, what seemns al. most incredible, that it improvises ! A theme is written on ttuc bar. rel; the Coinponium plays it over, to render it familiar to the audi- tor; and afterwards, letft to itself, and without any external in. pulse, it executes an infinity of variations on the same themei! How. ever complicated the variations, they are alwavs in strict accordanec with the rnles o'composition !-EvMcing pa7per. The followinog extract from the opinion of Dr. J. B Davis, on the excessive depletion of infants by bleedin", will be reac with interest:-" I have no hesitation in stating that tie practice o bleeding in the arm, but especially by mncans of cuppin.glasses sian leec=hs applied to the bead' and other parti of the body, in m.ns diseases incident to children. particularly when they attack und5 five years ofage, is too often unhappily carried to a greater cxteni than is either safe or necessary. I haxe frequentlv known death tr ensue from too copious an abstraction of blood by leeches, and I havc ever noticed witth fear and concern the application ot' 18or 2t) leeches to children under 10 or 12 months old, in the short space or four or five days. This I amn aware is emphatically termed de. cided practice, but I will venture to add, that it is decidedlv bad. It must be obvious that the remedy is not in propcrtion to the indi. vidual's strength anti powers of life. Even in those dangerous dis. eases, inflanmmation of the brain and hlngs, I doubt whethem bleeding by various Means is not too freely enmployed. I wotuld not have it understood that I asi averse to the abstraction of blood; en the contrary, I am the most strenuous advocate for it. It is ltie indiscriminate and excessive uise of an] invaluable remedv. that is justly to be feared and ought to be opposed. I have never' met with one case in 30,000 instances of acute discase, in which I would ab- stract fromu at, infant under l2 months of age, li or 14 ounces ot blood. In the ordinarv svav the apptlication of 20 leeches W.ill bc frequently followed by the lo;s of mere than that quantity." A curious houlzx was played in Bury, Suffolk. last week, in consequence of an auctioneer announcing the salc of a portable trcad-m7ill. A nutnberof invali(is having heard of the beneficial ef- fccts resulting f'rom exercise at the tnill, attetided the auction, but were greatly disappointed, on the lotbeing put tip, to find that it was neither morc nor less than a revolving squir rel's cagc ! ArsPlFIENSION OF THE XOTED S3IiEEIAN.-W'e believe we i-nay cominiiticate with certainty that the notorious Sltcckuas, who is charged as a principal in the atrocious murder of the unfor- tunate Franks' family, and for whose apprehension so much anxiety was manifested, is nomw in the fangs of justice. Accoints were re- ceived resterday tTuesiav, the 2ith instant) in this city, that he has bee;i apprehended by that active and efficient offiaer, Captain Dumas, near Hospital, in thIeclur.Ey of ,inmerick. Wic uinderstand the illportant intelligence reached towan by express; atid the mes- senger, who canme direct from Buttevant, has suated, that he titet Co. lonel Sir Hugh Goughi, and a party of the 22d Regiment, proceeding to take charge of the cul prit, and an associate w,ho was taketl it his cormpany. 'Thie source through which wc obtmitned thc infbrnnation is highly respectablc.-CorIc (Costifutliomm. EFrotn a Correspondent.]-An instance of persevering malignity has lately occuirred in the inanufactory of MIesrs. 'raylor and 11 artinean, civil engineers in the City-road, wvhich has seldom if ever been equallcd in the annals of villainy. Last Saturday week, at about half'past six o'clock in the evening, just after the workmen had been paid their weekly wvages, atid wvere leaviing thc premtises, it was discovered by persons who were accidently passing, that the ma- nufactory was in flames on the first-floor. The alarm was itistantly given, and somc of the vorknsen who had not then gone away rush- ed tip stair, and discovered that the greater part of the pattern.tna- ker's shop was fiUed with flames. At first it appeared impossible to save theprensises front total destruction. Owitig, however, to the prompt exertion of the individuals present, anid a plentifiul sttpplyof water beinig at liand, thc fire was (though with the greatest difficul- ty) got under. On examining the spot from which the flames had proceeded, it appeared perfectly evident that the fire was oot the result of accident, buit of design. Pieces of wood, which, had been col- lected from different parts of' the shop, had been piled in a heap, under which it is supposed a match had been introduced. A pattetii wheel which had beeni left on one of the bencles at souse distance from the spot on fire, had been drawn forward, in order that it might speedily come in contact with the flaiuies. A jacket and apron of one of the work-men, vlsich had only a vero short tinie before been left hanging up against the wall in another part of the room, appear- cel to have been hastily thrown over the combustible niaterials, with a view, no doubt, to smother the flames, until all the worknmen had left tbe premises, and no assistance miglht be at liatid to extinguish the fire. A most minute investigation ot' all the cireunl4tances took place in the last week, when from the facts which, then 'transpired, it was most clearly ascertained that this was not the first attempt wbich bad beens made to destroy the premises, but that two other attempts of a similar nature had been previously itiade. On the two fiomer occasions, the fire had been introduced into a box which is in the same part of the premises, and had been smothered, owing to not having a selfficient vent. An active police-officer has been en- Faged dunng the whole of the last vw eek in invesdgating the matter, and there is now no doubtthat the attempts have been made by some person who is in souse way connected with the prentises. Circun- stances transpired on Friday last, from which there is every reason to hope that the perpetrator of these horritd deeds will be speedily tais=red, aud-brought to ustlce.