The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-05-15 00:00:00

THE KINO.

We regret to have to state the indisposition of his Me-
/CITY, which was announced yesterday by the medical
gentlemen issuing the following bulletin :
" Carlton-palace, May 14, 9 o'clock A. M.
" The King has passed a restless night, but his Majesty's
fever i 3 rather less this morning.
" HENRY HALFORD,
" MATTHEW JOHN TIERNEY."
On enquiry to-day at Carlton Pslace we received the
following as the substance of the bolletin of this morn-
ing:--
• His Majesty had some refreshing sleep in the night,
and is better this morning."
(Signed as the above.)

Sir Thomas Macird-OTTirrived yesterday in London,
from the lonian Islands. He is to be succeeded in the
Government of that district by the Marquess of Hastings.
The Marquees and Marchioness landed at Gibraltar on
the 30th tilt; from on board the Glasgow frigate, under a
salute of nineteen guns from the garrison, and were re-
ceived by a gnard of honour from his Lordship's own
Regiment, the 27th. His Excellency would proceed up
the Mediterranean in a day or two, to the seat of his
Government.
A private letter from Paris, dated May 9, states the
following, as passages in the speech of the Duke of
Montmorency, delivered in the French Chamber of
Peers, and published in the Drapeau Blanc of May 2d,
and in the gitotidienne of May 3d, in contradiction of
Mr. Canning's statement, that our Cabinet did not know
the affairs of Spain were to he the principal subject of
disenision at the Congress of Verona. " Can it he ex-
pected that any person should believe that so vb:ilsot
a Cabinet as that of London could bell) the least ignorant
of what was known to erery other Cabinet of the holy
Al-
!iance, and to all the Cabinets of Europe? Only the
affairs of Spain could be of such great interest, as to
cause that English Minister who had directed the policy
of Great Britain so gloriously for her, at. epochs co dif-
ficult, to think of repairing to Vienna." After atine cu•
loginm on the deceased Marquess, the Duke says—" if
the illustrious General who succeeded the Marquess of
Londonderry as Plenipotentiary had not been detained
by sickness, it was at Vienna that the first and great
objects of general interest (the affairs of Spain, viz )
were to be treated."

VIENNA, April 28.—ColonelScheffer Las arrived here
from Rio Janeiro, on a special mission from the Court of
Brazil to hi. Imperial Majesty. He was also the bearer
of autograph letters from the Archilneltess Leopoldine,
who styles herself Empress of Brazil, addressed to her
father the Emperor of Austria. The object of Colonel
Scheffees mission was to prevail on the Court of Austria
to recognise the legitimacy of the new order of things
established at Brazil, and to take upon itself the initia-
tive of disposing the other Courts of Europe to a similar
recognition. The Brazilian Envoy obtained a private audi-
ence of the Emperor Francis. who gave him a most distin.
stashed reception, and assured him that, being person-
ally disposed in favour of his son-in-law, he wished it
were in his power to accede to his wishes ; but he could
not take the initiative in an affair which could only be
treated of in concert with the allies of Austria, and to
whom it ought besides to be forthwith proposed. His
Impetial Majesty added, that whatever were his private
sentiments in favour of Don Pedro, he could not ap-
plaud his resolution of taking the title of it mperor.
Letters were Yesterday received, dated 16th March,
en bran' his M ijesty's ship Forte, at Porto Rico, from
Sir Thomas Cochran, which make no mention of any
thing particular having occurred.
Letters were yesterday morning received from Con-
stan:inople, dated on the 10th of April, but they
communicate nu public news. The fleet had not sailed
at that date.
An unpleasant aff.iir has taken place in the West In-
dies betwixt a British frigate and an American sloop of
war, occasioned entirely by the conduct of the latter.
The American, according to the story, refused to
show his colours, and the frigate in demanding his
name, was obliged to send a boat on hoard.—
The American Captain has complained to Com-
modore Porter of this circumstance, which by common
civility, and by hoisting his colours, as is the usage of
friendly nations on such occasions, might have been
prevented. No guns were fired.
GIBRALTAR. MAT .—The French brig Estifette,
which arrived here yesterday from New Orleans, hound
to Marseilles, was chased and fired at by a Spanish
craft. at the entrance of this bay. It is said that several
vessels lying at Algesiras are wailing the arrival of let-
ters of marque.
At a meetinc of Catholic Oent'emen, held on Monday last
at Dempsey's Tavern, Sackville Street, Dublin, Lord Kil-
leen in the- Chair, it was resolved that an Association of
Catholic Gentlemen. (to be celled " The Catholic Associa-
tion,") should be formed, and that au annual subscription ,
of one guinea should constitute a member. A request was
to be made to Mr. N. Mahon, to act as Treasurer, and the
Association was to hold their Meetings at Mr. Coyne's, Ca-
pel-street. The names of Gentlemen who wished to become
Subscribers to, and Members of, the Association, were then
taken down by Mr. O'Connell, who acted as Treasurer fur
the time being.—The names amounted to 47.
DRURT.LA N THRATRIL—Last night a new Farce was
performed at this Theatre, entitled Eight Pounds Ten
Shillings and a Penny, f quite convenient. The prin-
cipal character was a Tailor, and in this the author's
aim evidently was to take measure of the comic talents
of LISTON, bat all his trimming did not make it suit.—
At first some laughter was produced, bat as the Piece ad
vanced, considerable dissatisfaction was manifested, aris-
ing chiefly from a most injudicious attempt to imitate a-
part of the plot of the School for Scandal. In the end
the abortive effort to please completely failed, and so de-
cided was the sense of the audience expressed on the oc-
casion, that Mr. Li wros cause forward to state that the
Farce should be withdrawn.
Fine TRIG Moasisolt—This morning about 2 o'clock
a fire broke out in a house in Little Clarendon-street,
Somers Town, which consumed that and anadjoi ning one,
before it was extinguished. It is not known how the
fire happened, as both the houses were uninhabited, and
in an unfinished state.
As AFFAIR or Hose:R.—A moat ridiculous occur-
rence took place in Hyde Park yesterday afternoon, which
by possibility may terminate uniottunately to one or
both of the parties. Two Gentlemen's servants had a
violent quarrel, in consequence of a blow given to one of
their horses. This happened in the presence of their
masters. when the one; to the astonishment of all present,
desired his servant to present his card to the other, nei-
ther of them having, in fact, been involved in the quar-
rel. We heard, subsequently, that a meeting was ap-
pointed to be held this morning.
On Friday last, as Mr. Batt and Mr. Trowbridge, of
Salisbury, were riding in a gig un new road from
Qtiitthaiiipton to Wilton, when at the new bridge the
reins broke—the horse leaped through the fence, and
precipitated the whole into the water—a depth of up.
wards of twenty feet ! Mr. Trowbridge fortunately es-
caped with a few light bruises, and Mr. Batt, tieing
an expert swimmer, reached the shore not much injured.
Coact( GOBBERT.—On the night of Saturday se:might, '
a box containing several watches, &e. was forwarded
front London, by the mail, addressed to Mr. Crump. of
Cheltenham, watehmaher and jeweller, but on loosening
the cord, when it arrived, it was discovered that the
bottom had been forced off, evidently by a classed, and
every article of value taken out and carried off.—Two
persons, who had travelled inside as far as Oxford, left
the Coach on its arrival there at three o'clock in the
morning, and as the box was deposited in a locker under
bone of the sea's, suspicion naturally rests upon them.

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