In letters of the 24th ul...
The Times, 1824-09-07T00:00:00

In letters of the 24th ult., received yesterday from Co. rutnna, it is stated that two of the French sentinels had been assassinated at their posts by some of the inhabitants. The perrtrators had not been discovered. Corunna was perfecti tranquil, and the feeling in favour of the Consti- tution, or rather the hatret of the Fretnch, was only evinced- by the avidity with wlhich reports were believed teniding to encourage a distant hope of thcir expulsion. Thus, a ru- mour thlat M1Iina had landed in the south-east of Spain, witl other stories equally qroundless, obtained the mos. eager credence, antl the'instgnificant movements in Anda- lusia were magnified into a general insurrection. An extraordinary improvementhas taken place at Buenos Ayres in the value of the six per cent. Government, stock circulating there, in con3sequence of the communications from this country, respeethig the high state of credit en- joyed here by the South American Governments, andl tlhe prospect, since realized, of raising money on equaily fa- vourable terms for Buenos Ayres. This security ,tdse fron 50 to 82 per cent.; and a still greater advance occulrred in the shares of the new bank, which from par rose to a premSium of 70 per cent. The Hon. CHesar Rodney, IMinister Plenipotentiary from the United States to the Goveriment of Buenos Ayres, lied in the city of Buenos Ayres on the 10th of June. His obsequies wvere celebrated ith extraordinary pomp. Despatches, dated the 5th of July, arrived yesterday morningat the Colonial Offlce, from Sierra Leone. Accounts of the 16th of June hadl been received there from Cape Coast (Castle; n(d at that period nothing material in the way of military operations had occurred between the British and the Ashantees. sVINDSOR, Sept. 5.-Yesterday His Majcsty and suite agail visited Virginia Water, where tIey Passed thc afternoon fi%;h. ing and rowing on the lake. Refreshiments were sent froml thc Rtoyal LIodge, which the party partook of at five o'clockt on board the spacious banquetting boat, and aboutt seven retuined through the plantations to the Lodge. The works at the Castle have procceded during the past week with the greatest activity. Considerable time was at first. occupied in the erection of temporary shops. and sheds, whiclt are indispensablc in an undertaking of this nagnitude. These li:.ving been co pleted, the labours of the whole botly of' workincn, anostntng to upwards of 400, are now directed to the clearing away the old materials and preparing the new foundations. In several of the apartments at the south-cast angle, the inen are now erms- ployed in making tse requisite openings for tire-places and windows, two essential requisites in which thic ol(d Castle was pasticularly de. ticient. The new tower, of which llis AMajestv laid the first stone, is rising. rapitdlv, anti the arch for the ttew grantn entrance, which springs fromi thiis tower, is expected to be completed in a short space oftime. A discovery was-mse yesterday morning, which though not perhaps of equal importance with the subterratnean sallyvport, vet afflrds far greater food for conjecture. The labourers employei in lowering the foundation of one of the apartments on the south side, while removing the earth eaine to a large oblona fiat stone. T his was carefully removed, when a pit presented itself to the view, about two feet square and four tleep. In this were several humao bones, and the soles of two shoes but from the len;gtih of time that has clapsed since they were deposiEed, no certain idea as to whose remains they are can he formed. lt is not improbable that they may have been tbe victims of assassination, or persoins slain in a chance conflict, and tiu hastily buriedl to screen the perpetrators fromll discovery. A more elegasnt assemblage of rank and fashion than that witch grated the wralks of this town durinig the past w ee; htas becn seldom witnesserl. The state-apartments of itie Castle have been dailv thronged with visitants; and of an afternoon that beatiful avenoe, the Long Walk, presented a most lively and inviting scenc, aided by the fine bands of the two regiinents now stationed in Windsor. whichs plav almost daily in this shady pro- menade. It is conjectured, that if an analysis of thie waters tromi the chalybeate spring (which we have before noticed) should prove satisfactory, an application will be made to the proper authoritics for permission toconvey it through pipsa to Windsor, in which case a grrat addition woultd he madc to the attractionsoftlie place." Ott Saturday iMirs. Coutts and suite left townt on a visit to h1r. Trotter, at Dreghorn, and returned to the British llotel on Mlionday to breakfast; after which, weunderstand, she visitedl some other of th ptiblic institutions, and in the afternoon returnetl to Dreghom to clinner, from whence she returned on Tuestlay. On NVedttesday SIrs. Coutts left town on a visit to the Earl of Lauder. dale at Dunbar houise, where she was met bv a distinguished party and in a few days she proceeds to Abbetsford, on a visit to Sir Wali ter Scott, from whence she returns to the British Hotel.-Caledoniatn E. J. Littletoti, Esq., M. P. for Staffordlshire, and MIrs. I,iitleton, left Teddesley on Wednesday last, on a thrce nmonths' tour to the north of Italy. (GESERAL ELt.CrtovS.-Many symptoms besides old age are indicative of a dissolution of Parliatnent. This event will cer- tainly take place next Spring, if not earlier. Alr. Canning's talked- of visit to Ireland is not the slightest Symptotn. Thiere are titnes when those who most affect to despise the people must bow to the public voice. The independent electors of Ipswich this day make an etl.brt, aod there is no doubt of success, to insure the choice of Re. turning Officers upon whose impartiality they can rely, in the event of a I rj.-ff,.n for -i -6eniu.u ,r am,t r. .n ,,JXtiU with the report that Mllaidon is to be contestedl, we earnestly hope tnat the 2,000 maiden.voters of that ancient town will not be preci. pitate in their proinises. Unless it is intended that this place shioultl be as rotten as it was before the charter was restoredt, it is time that some proof of its soundtness should be given. There will certainly be a change at Dover, and it cantiot be for the worse. There svill probably eas nove at Hythe, and at Sandwich, and that for the better.-Kent and Essex.r Mercary. At Portsmoutlh it is reported, that the British naval uniform is about undergoing a change-to be bltte coat faced red, red waistcoat and breeches, the latter of silk plush: it is suggested in tite naval circles, where this alterationi is by no means populsr, thiat yellow stockings and red nighit-caps would make an appropri- ate finish to this whimsical uniforn.-Cootnty Chronicle. A paragtaph has appearet in the Lon(lon papars, stating that Mr. Peel had invited the LIord Chancellor to join a royal and noble thooting party at Lulworth. The fact is, however, Lulworth isnoL in the occupation of Mr. Peel, butof the Duke of Gloucester, who has taken it for three years. His Royal Highness will go thithier on the 2Oth inst., but we understand his stay will not extend beyond a fortnight.-Sherborne IMIercury. Arrasigemeiits are now making for lighting ourr Cathedral with gas during the ensuxing winter. We understand the branches for the lights wtll be of a hsighly ornamental form, and strictly in ac. cotdance with the noble architecture of the edifice. The splendidi anti solemn appearance of such a fabric, so illuminated, may easily be conceived.-.York Coerauot. It is said to he contemplatedl to throw open a vista to the Park opposite the Union Club. Berkeley.house, and the one oppo- site, in the passage from Spring-gardens, are to be demolished. Carlton-house is to undergo a variety of necessary repairstbiev have already commnenced-Evcning paper. By a clause in the New Street Act, the fronts of all the houses from Carlton-palace to Portland-place are to be renovated, and niade white, once in three years. At a mecting of the Commissioners on Saturday last, Lord Lowther proposed that Mr. iM'Adatts should be appointed surveyor of the road from Shap to Banmont Bridge, in WVestnior. land, ant which was rejected by a majority of 15 to 7 votes.-Car- lisle Josirnal. GLASGOW SHAR:tSHOOrmt Its.-Tlie traniquil state of the country having rendered it unlikely that their services should be re- q1uired, the G}lasgow sharpshooters hiave discontinued their atinual trainings, and their arms and accoutrements are to be returned into the Government stores. IMtPROVEMENT IN THE NoRtTH.-It is its contemplation to erect a chain bridge, similar to the one at Bangor Ferrv, over the river Tyne, between Notth and South Shields, by whtch tneans the great danger of passing that part of the river in the winter sea. son will be removed. On Thursday last the thermometer stood at 89 degrees in the sltade-a greater degree of heat than has been experienced since 1821. TrUeNDER STronar INs THE NORTH.--Tfhe weather, whi5h has here lately been so exceedingly oppressive with hieat, as- sumcd a very diftcrcntaspect between five antdsix o'clock on ThuM- lay evening last, about five miles from Darlington, and thence nearly to Northallerton. The overcharged clouds burst amidst tre- rnendous peals of thunder, and the most vivid flashes of lightning ever remembered. The rain was inexpressibly heavy, and we hope prevented the iiglstning.rom doing much injury, as we have not yet heard ot any very series efects having been produced by it. It is, however, worthy of remark, that the passengers in the Shields coach saw the storm atseven miles' distance, whilst they themselves enjoyed a smiling country and a cloudless mk y.- ork Herald. FATAI. DUEL.-Mr. Coulthard, who lately fought a duel in Oxfordshire, died on Sunday under the operistiots of ex- tracting the ball wlhich was lodged in his shoulder on that unifortu. nate occasion. SUICrDE.-(PORTSHOUT11, Sept. 4.)-Yesterdlay morn- ing Mrs. Ilarding, of the Blue Anchor, at Horndean, put a period to her existence, by throwing herself into a well, at the back of the house, of 142 feet deep. The deceased had for some muonths past been in a low desponding state of mind, and had excited the care atnd almost constant watchfulness of her husband; but unfortunate- ly, on her awvsking early yesterday morning, and finding him fast asleep, she, without distur-big hini, got up, half drcssed herself, and wont to the well; the husband ywas soon awoke by the noise which he though~t was the shutting of the well-lid, and mtssing his wife, he hastened down stairs and ran to the we}l, when he heard the deceas- ed in it f4intly crying opt for help, and begging that the bucket might be let down, which was directly done and a man went down to her assistance, but before he could et down she was dead, and had sunk to the bottom of the water. 'the body was soon got up, and medical assistance callcd in, bitt the vital spar]; had ied. A Coroner's inquest was held on the body, the same day, before Mr. LIngcroft, and the following verdict returned-" The deceased, in a hit of temporary derangement, destroyed herself."--Ieanpslire Chlronicle. 'the villa known by the name of Bisson Cottage, near Virginia Water, was burnt to the ground on Saturday afternoon. Its occupier Reed Frarspton, Esq., had just rettirned from a shoot- ing party, who were dining wtth hiin when the fire broke out. It was occasiotnedby somecombpstibles boiling over in the wash-houses, the cottage being under repair. The house being built of wood was de.oytd, with most of the furniture. On Wedinesday afternoon the BirminghiAm coach was overturned-on the top of Henle-hill. The coachman (a verv ateady man) was making way fbr a chaise to puss; and in pullin utp, the rein bnappedi and the leaders plunging, one of the wheels came in contact with a heap ofasones bv the road side, and thsecoach was stp- iset; the passengers were much brsised, but fortunately not mate- rially hurt; the coachnan (o whom not the least blame can be at- tached) was most injed; hewasyesterday much better, and it is hoped will be enabled to resume his station again in a few days. k1l the pmsengeea proceeded on their journey.-Reading Mlercury.