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The Times, 1824-10-07T00:00:00

Ye-telrday the Duclhess of Kenit oi tertainied the Dichiess of Clarence anid the Duke of Mleillingeii to dlinnier, at hier apartinents at thje Kiing's Palace, Kenisingtoni. In the eveniing the Rloyal Duchesses, accompaniiedl by the Duke of Meiningen andl Princess Feodore, hionoured Covenit-gardlen Theatre wyith their presence, for the first timie this se'asonl. Mfr. Secretary Peel left town yesterday morniing for Rinig- wood, the seat of Mlr. Baring, on a shooting excursion for two or- three (lays. Mr. WVillianis, a Khing's messenger, wvas sent ofF Oil Tuesdlay eveninig from the Foreigni-office, withi despaitches for the Kinig, at XVindsor. A meeting was hield vesterday at thle City of Lonidoni Tavern, for Llhe formnatio n of a niew Water Companiy, whbich was numierously att6idedI. The requiisite amounit was ani- niouniced tolhave been subscribed beforetliemeeting brokeup. Sir Edward Thlornitonl, late our Ambassador at the Court of Lisbon, arrived oin MNondlay at Plymiouth), in hiis DIjesty'sshipi Lizvely, arter a passage of only four days. ariein o- Mr. Hurtado, tse Colombian Mihniste,arvdi oi doni on Tuesdlay eveninig fromn Paris. Captain J. D.-Cochrane, the inidefatigable traveller-, ar- rived at Barbadoes on the 8Sh of August last. He is on Ihis way to Souith Am-erica, initending to explore on foot the yet untravellcd part of thtat counitry, and to ascend the Anides. A recent letter from Italy s tates, that Jerom-e Biioiiaparte hiad returnedl to Romie fromn his tour to Vienda. It is uniderstood that he htas p)urchiased some valuable estates in thteAusti ian donminioins. A fourthi Grev:kjouirnal,bearing~tlteianaeofthLeEp.l.-te'ner-iile, lias just beeni establishied at AthenS. The first numiber expresses an opiniion that a representative is tile formi of government best adiapted to Greece, and avows an initention of emnploy-ing every, pos- sible mecans to eonsolidate such a governmiient. It anniounces tliat it will receive anid publish the oplinions of' dliferenit parties, as the surest miethiod of eliciting the truthi ; that it will report the proceed- ings of the sea and land forcesof the country; and constantly endra- your to promote harimony anid concord amiong enll tue HIellen'ists. Thle Censors woultI niot allow the Paris jourinals to ani- tiounce the arrival of General La Payette in the UJnited States, though his tleparture ftomn Havre was .publicly stated in all parts of' Europe. T'he editor of thie Courier Fran fei. having spoken toltlse Secretary ofl the Commission respectinig this suppires4iun, thec latter obsered, tat" enerl La F'avette was now dead as to thiis world." Be i so, repiedthe editor, " there can be noe obijectioin, theni, to my announ ighis arrival in the othier." A taitofjmstce its the Sovereigis Pontiff, Leo XIL,hias made anost iveyinpression on the people of Romie. Htis -lou- ness as t ma be ecollectedl, on thie 25th of July la~st visited all tIme prion ; tshisreurn to his Palace a grenadier left the rank-s aitd presgented to tihe lHoly Father his Munition loaf, at the same time coniplaitming of tise badness or' it. Far fromi being angzered at this bolthness, tlte Pope, in answer to the inan, said "1You slhall have justice rendered to you." Au inquiry was inwsituted, whet) it was proved that n~hecprvey,or, f'alse to hlis engagemenits, hiad tlcalt out to the sioldierslsothing bhot bread of the very worst kind. The report of thiis transaction was legally inade to the Sovereigni Pontiff, whio senitencetd tite puirveyor to an immediate itine of 1,4510 Ronaiai crowns, whjich were instantly paid dlown anti distributed to the soldiers who had suff'ered by the knavery oftlie contractor.-firench papper. I tappsears that the late inivitatieni of' the Presitlenit Boyer to tue free colouredl people ofthec UniitedI States tocemigrate to Hanyti, has been accepted by numberst. The f'ollowinig is one, ansiosigat se- veral notices uipon Citie Subject wivchel appear in the Newv York pa- pers __"1 Sixtv nadult negrue, and som-e cliiltiren havejustenibarked on boartd the Cdar-lotte Cordgi, bound to Haxyti. A multitude of coloure6d people are looking oni ; till sieei to approve otf the planl. W4e ire told that fourihunidred more lhave engaged to siiil from this port."-Demacratic Pres.re STORSM 1\tNITN'ORCA.-Barcelona. Sept. 20.-NWe learni fremi ?Malionm, in thic island of Mlajorca, tluitt horrible ravages hiad bren Occasioned by a typhonr on Cthe 31st of Auigust, and particularly its Sanma-Eularia, Sanita-Eularcitta, San Serani, anid thq p arts adIja- cenlt ; the roofs of the houses were blowni off, walls brokn tei lowv,n and the vines, whitl a nttmber of otlher trees, were torn up by the roots. In shiort, it is iTnposaibl,l at present to calculate on the dta- inago whichi has been occ,sionedI by ithe vioilenice of the typhion iin its progress from south to north. But the tdisaster did not enid hiere, a heavy raini fell dluring the night of' the 3d arnd 4thi of September, and in sucli abundance that several houses anid magazines iin the city we-re conipletcly inutidated. At day-bsreak the ruiins thus occasioinedi presenteth a frightf'ul spectacle; this gardens in the plaits of St. Joulias wiere completel y tindter water, and their produce was enitirely, de- sf~roed Thisi horrible tempest was accomipanied by violent wind, claps ofi thunder, flashes of' lighititing, and hiailstones of ais onmor- mioos size. At thie time of thte departure of th#courier, no intelii- gence had bn c, i;Ia~dj ,tk.J1 interior of the island ; ithe floods losses had been sustained on rthe plaiis of Favorichi. 'Nh5 strs took the sam-e direction as the tempest of' the 31st of August, Iroini South to -ssortih. Mr1. Godwin, the author of Political Jus,.tice and Caleb Wlilliasuis, is about to apply for an injunction Co restntin a bookl . - ler nam edI Fishier, who resides in Si. John-street, W1est Sinithfield, fromn publishiing the latter work. Mlr. Pisher hasR, it areitns, been enigagesi ill publishing sixpenny nuimbers of Caleb lVilliassn, in vio. lationn of thie copyrig it, and hiat sold an immense number oe themii before Mlr. (*odwiis heardi Of time sircutm-tance. Alr. Godwin re- quested that no more copies shiould be s;old, and saiul lie Should take no legal steps to punishi the piracy, if the bookseller consented to stop the sale. Air. Fisher said, lhe really' thiought Mir. Gouiwin was in the other world, or he certainly would not have publishied thle liuaibers. He, liowever, lias not clhecked ihe Publication. Lite-. rary piracy is perhaps mnore prevalent non', titan it was ever known to have been on any former Occasion. A life- of Air. Keats, Cthe ac- tor, has been lately published ; the compiler is indebted not only for facts, but for composition, to this pen of Mir. F"rancis Phiippen, whio soots a'fter Mlr. Kean'si first season at Drury-lanie thteatre, wrote a history of that actor's adventures, and will now Probably be obliged to mnove for an inijunction as well as Mlr. Godwin. The electors antI representatives of soiie of our borouighs are making very active preparations for a general election, whiichi it is expecte Nvill ridesc p lace in the course of thec esssuizig year. MVr. Girenfell has piublislied a spirited address to Cite electors of Penryn, in whiichi line tells them that he will never be a party to any illegal practices to accomiplish hiis object ; ansi that as they hiave a right to decide on the vrounds upon which they wil support a candidlate, he hias an equal right to decide uipon the rtctlso which alone he Will accept their siApport. It is underto Camny of the worthy tind Intlependent electors arc looking franuepoiasecustomer; but it is to be hoped there will be still fndufcitidependezice, even in Pcniryn, to ensure the return of a representativ whose faith- ful and acalous. discharge of his Parliamentary duties lsas been at. tenided with so mruchi advantage to the country.- West Brito,n. A corespisdnt, o wose ttetion we feel ourselves in- debtd, as oined ot amisakewhih runs through the reports of Faunlero's ase.The ord "waranof attorney" are erroneously usedfor owerof atorny." he istake is not important, but The Mining Company of Ireland are immecdiately, upon application, to surveygrasiis estates supposed to contain coal, if the proprietors are likely to lease upon pleasiing terms such Royalties as may be discovered.- Water f,rd Ais rar. M&INCHESTERt.-WVe understand that several Frenich silk nmanufacturorm are now in this town, -witli the view of Ibrming an establishmnent for carerying on their business here. It is calculated thlat above 5,000 operatives are at presenit idle in Glasgow anti its neighbourhood. We fear that the pilebard fishery will prove a total fai- lure this season :-during the last week the driving boats in AMount's Bay did not take any fish worth notice. Oni Tuesday several scans were Shot in the bay, but, to the great mortification of the fishermen, they found that they bad eaiclosed only wht sire termed Skippers.- Wegt BRsito,e. '- TrAL5IA.-The Universal Gazette 91q Lyons says, that the acting of Talma attracts to the Great ThEeatre there a truly ex- traordinaTy crowd of spectators. According to the returns madte to Cthe autthorities, ninore than 10,000 strangers had arrivedI in Lyons to enjoy the display of the talents of this great actor. At his last per- formance the saloon was filled four hours before the rising of the curtain. and the receipts exceeded 7,000 francs. DovER, OCt. 5.-.-rhis. morning, two privates of the 17th liancers, Qf the namies of Beiscoe and- Heniderson, who had desert- ed from Dleal Barraeks, were, apprehended at the Cross Keys iclc~ house here, otn a capita.l charge of f'elom'iy, fr. haVing entered the bar- rack-room of Captain Scott, an ofhicer of the 17th, and stolen vatrious articles of plate, wearisig-apporel, and a pair of pis!ola. They had sold part of the property in this town, pairticularly thie pistols, which were said toube worthi 201., for 11. At the time of their apprehension they wvere apparelled in the clothes of Captain Scott, anid had so dig- figuredl themselves, by cutinirg off their whiskers and mustachios, tat the slergeant who -was sient after them was a quarter of atn boar in thteir company before he recognized them. One of them is said to have been a commnissioned officer, and is highly respectabslk con- niected. They were both sent to Deal gaol. Mr. Crofts, the landlord of the King's Head tavern at AMargate, has been robbed of the considerable sum of 1,6001. in the following extraordinary manner:u-It appears that he' some time since made a purchase ef' houses, on which he had p aid an, instal- ment, and was to coniplete the payment of' the purehase-nioney on lastAMonday. For tkis purposehIehas been collecting hisresources, and beitig a person of an extremely cautious disposition, w~as un- willing to trust IiiB cash in any banker's hands, but madea cupboard, which was in a smnall closet adjoining his bed-room, -the depository of It. There, as money came in, it was placed, until the required amount was completed. On Friday last the sum was made up, and Mir. Crofts and his4 wife ecunted on that day, prtincipally in sove- regn, h sum of 1,6001. The enupboard was fastened, and the cloetdoorlocked, and was not opened until Monday morning, when Mir. Croots went to take ouit his money, but found, with feelings which can be well imagined, that the cupboarl was broken open, and everyshilling of his hardearnings gone. The only one to whom any suspicion is directed at present, is a person who lived at the Emg's Head for the last month, who is stated to have been very free and familiar in his manners, and inquisitive into the concerns of the house. This person left the Xing's Head in rather an abrupt man- ner on Saturday, ant proceeded to Daver by the sUagnet coach. He bad previousy told another lodger iin the house that he had a French pas.sport, though he mentioned a dif'crent route to the landlord. On 3an answering his description hired a boat at Dover le himbelf as a King's messenger to the boat- [nene he wvas seen at Calai3 uri Sqodity morning. An officer has seenq sant In pursuit of, himb.