The Earl of Huntingdon ar...
The Times, 1824-08-30T00:00:00

'The Earl of Huntitig(lodi arrived oii Friday at the (,olo- itl Ofhice, froM'Dominica. 'I'lie c.I brated German pkilolo er, Frederick Wolf, diedi on thc 8th ot this month at Marselllet, whithier he had gone for the recovery ot his health. Ile was in the 66th year of hii aye. Miss C(huster, late of our theatre, it is confitlently affirm- ed, gives her handl to .l r. C--t, the ?'flember.-Duce.rter ;,- 'I'he young laly whtso nade her dea't iast week- as Po//d ini the rootn of Miss 'Parto, appearetl for tile first tine uinder circum;- stances so rery unusual and embarrassing, that we thiink it duc to her to make tnem public. I iu the evening of performance, at halr- past six, a ccrtificate from Miss Paton's tiedical attendant was hand- el toi the manager, statian, that ifn consequence of' a sudden and sC- vere intlisposition she woul(d br utterly incapable of' going tihrough her part that eveniing. This, as may be supposed, created la so late an hoitr great embarrassmetit and'perplexit', and Mtr. tlorris wa- somnewhat at a loss in selectitt, otie of the theatricAl Corps to pertfrmn the patrt; when hearinY that this young lady was actually in the theatre, whiere she attentledi with a view of'rfiting bv ,Miss Pt'aonXs performance (having studied the part already with a tfieatrical vieW)." sent a message to her cntreating that shIe would oblige hint so fi r a, to cetnsent to supply the want of Aliss PBt7n. With uitich goodi- nature she consented, and under these circumstances, which reflect miuci credit on her talents and readiness to obluige, ier first appear- atteeon any stage was accomplished. Her peri ormatte and voicc higltly gratificd a numerous audience, and her success was so great as to occasion the repetition of the paTt by her last Fridav evening, when we attended fbr the purpose of estimating her abilities. THE AmaMY.-CouttT OF INQUliRY.-The proceedings in this long-standing case, of' Major John Tyler, Aide-de-fCamip to the late General Sir T. Picton, (whielt, we understand, closed last week), were an inquiry whether any thing had occurred agairst Major Jtltn Tyler,half-pay of the 631 Regiment of Foot,unbecoming the claracter of an offcer and a gettEleman in cCriain preiunary mailers, on which seven charges liai been f-amed for trial bv cotirt- martial. Thiey were first broachedt before the United Service Club. St. Janmes's, where they ptoduced contiderable sensation ; the de- cision was then in favour of' Major Tyler, but the result of the Cottrt of Inquiry has not yet transpired. Its members were comtpose'd of' Sir Charles Green, and several General Officers. Tuie following is an extract of a letter, dated Deal, Friday afternoon, half-past 4 o'clock:-" The body of tite unfortu- nate gentleman who was washed overboard from the steam.packet nirte days ago, has just been brough ashore by a boat's cretv, from one of the mtcs-of-war tying in the Downs ; it appears tnuch swollen one of the shoes and part of' tie stocking was washed awaY-the foot bare; the whlite trousers are liketvise apparently corn or chafed from the knes, as if caused by strgglting against some rougit substance. The blue coat, and the watch its his fob, with a riband nearly new, but no seals, appeared perfect. Hlis head was nearly bald, and ttie little hair wltich I saw was black. It was but a momentary sitiht for as soon as-he was dragged ashore, Alr. Curling, ageti to lodt's, with a laudable anxiety, stripped off' his c- at, covered the corse, and had him conveyed to thc dock-yard upun a trtck. The eali tnen are disappoanted: tte body taving been picked up bv otct-of- war's-men, deprives them of the rewar: expected." Fifty-four negr oes were sold ott Friday at the Auction MIart. They were declared to be worthi 3,0001., bLtt wtith the builtl- ings and works of a sugar estate, including 100 acres, produtced only 8S01. This is the secotl(t instanze of the saine descriptioni of traffic at thte same place witlsin eighteen mlonths. A curious and interesting case of recovery, from the peti of Mr. iMlaiden, surgeon, at Stratford, has recently been publisitetl. It details the case of a getitleiian who had tte shaft of a gig fbrced through the ribs on 'the left side, into an(d througlt the cartilage of thet& rltorax, under the .sterniss, and which came out between the ribs on ' the rigltt side. As the perforastion was not made suddetily, but by' several distinct movements, the lutigs and large blood-vessels, &c., escaped injury. The patient survived this frightftul accident nearly 10 years ; and it wotilt appear, that lie miight have enjoyed life longer, had he not fallen into irregularities of diet. The pamphilet is accompanied by plates, illustrating the appearance of the infttredi parts after death, w,ticb, independant of their techinical accriracy, ook extremely beautilul. About three o'clock on Monday tDornitil, the Stroutd- water Safety Briton coach, which passes tltrouglh Abingdon, arrived at Rose-hill, Hurley-bottom, at the rate of tet mniles an liuir i tle guard,-as tnual, jUDIPed off his seat to leck1 the wheel, but the coacit gaving reached the descent, the coachman could not stop tite horses to give him sufflcient titne. There were six outside passengers on the coach, whto becamue alarmned at tne rate they v/ere descending- the I hill, and the rattling of the drag chain. About the middle of the hill, a young woman jumped oft', and, failing in the hedge, escatped injury: she wat followed by a gamekeeper, trol Glocester, of the | name of Mliles, who was going on a visit to his brether, att H urley, anti who unibrtanately fell on his head, antd still remaitis in a re- cariou strate, being quite Insensible. At the foot of time hill, .Aolnts Russell, a porter to a liouse in London, leaiped off, and pitchitig on I the top of hts head dietijn a t'ew mtinutes: he haY left a wife atid sivertl children. The coactiman, itimedtately after this fatal dis. aster, pulled up wirtout further accident. Mr. Ireland, one of the proprietorsof' the coacht, was itnsidc at thte thne of the accident, andl rendered cvery assistattee. A coroner's insquest sat oti the b idy of' Russell, atnd returmed a verdict uf accidetital deatil.-.Readin,v, At.A'eratt t Ft att.-Ott Sat.tlay mormsing, about two o'clock, a fire of the most disastrous Vature broke out in the saw, rmills of Messrs. 'I'um-ner utid Co. itn Gravel-lane, Houndairtch, wltose preistses extend to a neighbouring court backwards, towards Cutler.steet, in the close vicinlity of one of the Fast India com. pany's warehouses. The alarn bpread tilroughiout the neighbour. flood, anl at such an Lour, may be easier conceived thart ex- pressed. Front the nature of the property where thie fire coin. tcenced-the very dose buildings-the lhour of the night-.and the complete vant of water, the devouring elemntit gainctl suchi grotntl, that at tone tine it was feared that the fire would find its wav to Petticoat-lanc, where the destruction would have beets most drati. ful. Confined as she fire was kept, not less than seven or eight houses were in the course of two houtrs reduced to rmtins. It was not possible, to ascertain the nanies anti nutnbers of all the houses destroyed, but the Box-tree Isublic-house, kept by Mr. Swaino, was completely butnt down, andI the otlier number of dwellings above- mentioneti in such a state of conflagration, before their faling, that several other houses were severely daniaged. Cock-and-Hoop. court, adjoiniig to where the fire broke out, had some of the houses daniaged; and at one time the fear was that Aldgate workhouse, situate in that place, would have suffered tbe iitte of .Messrs. Turner'e premises. It was distrebsing to see the indivi. duals, whose property vtits wholly destroyed, escaping from dan- ger. and those who saved a little of thieir fiurnituire, lodged it in tjs front of tite workhouse, in Cock-and-Hoop-court. Mr. Cope, the city-marshal, Ledbetter, and the officers of the city, were at their posts, and by tneir ntefitorious cxertions In preventing thiev- ing, and taking all* doubtfual Claractrrs into custodly, they pre- served that peace and order tltat under such circurmstances are al- ways.desirable. It is but justice to say that fire cngines in abun. dance sere promnptly on the spot, and tbsat the men, as itsual Wexerted themselves; but the scarcity ofwater, for atttne, thlwarte, their exertions. fad there been wa.ter eufficent at the comnatncee mient of thist disastrous fire, the parish engine-tthe first on the spot_ wouldl have quaelled it. It is consolatory. to have to state. -nder sucli circutistattces, that no lives have been lost. A gentleman, hearing of the death of another-" I thiought," said he, to a persoti in cotmpany, '- you told site that 'Sfever was gone of'"' " Oh yes," replied the latter, " I (tid so, but forgot to meutiolt that he was gone off' along with it