Yesterday His Majesty had...
The Times, 1824-02-12T00:00:00

IYesterclay His iIMajesty had a numerous party to dinnier, at hlis palace at Brightoni, previouis to his leaving that place. Oii the evening of. this day, the King is expected to arrive at hi's Castle ~t WVindsor. Yesterday Lord Viscount Granville had along interview wvith Mr. Secretary Canning. Yesterday the Cabinet Minlisters dine-d with the Earl of WVestmorlard, at his lbouse in Grosvenor-square, for the first time this season., The Attorniey and Solicitpr-General transactetl business vestet-day at the Secretary of State's office for the Coloniial bepartment, where Earl Bathurst was bsl nae o the whiole of the day. bsl nae o The Court of Assize of Paris. on S'attirday acquittedI a MNadame Chatuvet, accuse.d of beling an accomplice in a plot against the Governmenit, in carrying letters from a party -of refugees in Lond(on to their friends ins Paris. The only thing cur-iouis in tile trial was the examination of Genieral Lafayette as a witness, vwho protested against beinig calledi Marquis-a title whichl hie had' dleposited on the bureaui of the ConstiLuent Assemibly. WVe understand that the Royal1 Counlcil of PuLiblic In-. spection haye confirmed the acts of the Professor at the College of L-ouis le Grand, and decided thatt none of the expelled Students shall he re-.adniited, either as boardlers or day-scholars. It is also said, that, in futnre no stadlent expelled fromi' a college of Paris shall be receivedl into any other establishment of the capital.-..Paris lweper. Yesterday a (Qourt of Directors was held at the East India-house,when the following Conimanders took leave of the Court previous to departing for their respective destinations, v-iz. Captain 7- Head, Cdrinning, Brngal and China; Caprtain .John Br.rnet Sotheby, London, St. Helena, Bomnbay-, andi China; Captain Mont- goinerie, Hamilton, Dunira, and Captaini Thiomas Larkins, Mar- quis C'omWen, Bomibay anid Chiina. A curious coincidence occurredI in Doctors' Comimonis on Tuesday last. Probate (of a will) wvas actually granted tfo two executors, named J. 2'hurtell ancl Josrephi Huont, individuals not at all connected withi the parties concerned in tie late infamious murder of Mr. lVleare. Elliott, the Mlissionai'y, who was ordercd hoime from Demerara, is expectedi by the next vessel. JEWs' FREE SCIIOOL.-Yiesterdlay a dliniir-~ took plsce at the London Tavern, to celebrate the anniiversary of the foundation of the schiool for the education of poor chiildren of the Jewish per- sua.sion, in felel's-lane, Spitalfelds. Having stated the object of thie institution, it is unnecessary to say that it is deserving oi~ support; but we may e allowed to addl,tdiaCit appears to be aswellrconduct- ed as any society- of a similar nature 4in the mietropolis. Alter dinner, several children of bothi sexes were introdluced to the comrpanv, eaclk of thiemn bore a speimn fhis or lier proficieticy ir. penman;hip Sr' needlework, and an tntere.stting little boy, about 11I years old, recited somie Hebrew verses, expressing the gratitude of himiself atid( his coinparionsto'their benevolent patrons. In the cotirse ofthtle even. ig IMr. Josepli, whlo presided, Mr. Van Oven, Mr. Joseph Cohien, and oer gentlemen, addressed the assembly, in behalf of the inisti- tution; ant( we are happy to say, that upwards of 5091. tverc collected. Mlr. Brahain was presenit, and dlelighited thec coiipany by the exer- tion of his extraordinary ptowers. DUEL 1`REVENTEi).-Du33Lt , February 9X-Yesterday morning, about eighit o'clock, Mr. Goodison, chiief peac--officer of' College-street Divisonal Police-office, dlesgiatchied a party of peace- officers to the neighbourhood of Ball's-bridge, with directions to Eis. perse a nunsber of persons who it was understood were to asseim- ble thlere for the prps of light ing riogs and hunting badgers. Wlhen the peace-officers arrived at tile place, their att'ention wvas drawn to snothier scene whichi more imperatively called for their interference. They perceivedt a party- of gentlemen in an adjoin- ing field, some of' whom wvere evidently abouit to fight a duel. The officers inmmediately took the! gen tlemen whom thiey saw with pistols (wvhichi were cocked) in their hands, into custody. The prin. cipals, Thomnas Spring Rice, Esq. anti Wailer O'Grady, Esq.. to whoni the seconds were abotut to hand the pistols. effcted their escape. The seconds, nanmely, Henry Baroni Robeck and James Franks, Esq., wvere broughit to College-street Plolice-office, whiere rniey were each held to hail to keep the peace, themiselves in 5001. each, and twVO sureties in 2501. eacli.-DjbliiMri. oto SXonday. nppsu onn oto 'I'lie anpie have been laying dowvn for several days past for lighting all the oper spaces in Somierset-house withl ias, with about 40 lage lamps. I'ihe workcs for lightinig the towvns of Mlar. gale and Ramagate with gas are commencing. C'OLoNIlAs. SLAVEny.-Petitions to bothi Houses of Par- laiament, praying for an amelioratioin in the coniditioni of the slave population in his Majesty's colonies, hiave been prepared, anci will this week be banded shout 'for signiature-s in this cit y.-Gl'ocester JotiTtiwO AVe have authority to state, that time adi'er;iserntnt in- serted in our paper of yesterday, allutliiig to a hiouse in St. James's. street, was a fabrication sent by, some mialigiiant person. 'I le follow,ing advertisement is cop'icdi fromi the Jamaica Rioya Gazette of the 20th ot December last : CLAscEaNDO.s WXORKHiOUSE, Dcc. 10. 1823.-Notice is hereby, given, that unless thec undterm-entionedl sloimis taken ouit of this work-- hiouse prior to Moniday, thie 2d day of' February, 1824, he will, on that day, between the hours of It) and 12 o'clock in the forenoon, be poti up to po,blile ale, and sold to the hiighest and best bidder, at the workhouse, Chasmelton, agreeebly to the worklmorse-law, for paymient of his fees-. WVilliamnz Edweards,a Curucvoa creole, 5 f'eet ii incites. ylello-.e complexion, has apparently the rnar-s of the cat oni his back-, and mrs of flogging oii hiis breech: says; he is free, btit liasa tito docu- hlent thereof." On Wednestday, a couiple, who hiae fledI fromn Granitham to plighit thieir troth at the Gretna shirinie of' Hymen, passed throughi this city to that place, where the knot wvas tied, and they returned to the Bush, andi retiredI to rest. In a short time the ladfy's fathier arrived ; but he was too late, so making the best of a bad miaiter. the old gentleinan cordiall v returned homiewards hit company w'ith his daughtcer and tiew son.in-.law. The laity hiad the advantage of a good face, plerity of flesh and blood, and an indeptendent fortune ef some amount.-Garlisle Pati lot. The reductioni of duty on home-made spirits has created such a dematid for barley, that in a provincial plaper to tbe north of tliis, we find a distiller lias the following advertisement for it. " WVanted for the - distillery, a fewy hundred boils of fine multing barlev."-.Edinbie?g/m Courant. Samnples of wheat, which thii timie last year o-nly 34--. er quarter were offered 'for, were soIJ, it is said, at Canterbury mar- Itet. on Saturday se'nnight, at 80s. per quarter. Oni Friday, Sophia Camnpbell, a pgirl employed at the oi-11 mill, in Mill-street, Perth, had allowved 1-er hair to comei in contact with somne part of the machiinery whlile in imotioni; and in conse- quence of which it was partly torn fronti her head, one of herrears dashed off, and the eye on the same side forced frotii its socket. She was otherwise so much injured, that it is feared, if site survives, she will never be capable of earning a subsistence. Yesterdlay abouit one o'clock in the afternoon, a brickz- layer, who was at work on the top of a house in St. Johin-street, Sm'ithfield, miissed his footing, and was precipitated into the street, and ivas iiistantly killed. Hlri has left a wife and large family to lametit his untimely end. M)ARYLEaOxs'EOFFICE.-.Yeqterdlav SMr. Josephi Wilfred Par- k-ins appeared ona sumnmons betore PDWARDn GitsFFi'rts Esq. the presiding AMagistrate, to answer why he had not fuifilled die, terms and couditiojiis of an order of affiliation made on him some tinse,duing ttime year 18-2?, for the maintenance of a bastard child of his, "wlichl lias becomne chiargeable to tdie parishi of Afarylebone. tperh,aps will be remembered by- some of our ream'ers. that Mr. Pak-nsws pointed out by a ghil named Hannah Nhitie as the fathier of her child; and on that re-cognition being madte before the MNagistrates at this office, an aw'ard of 4s. per week- for the mainte. nance of the cliild iii the parish iCork-hotuse wvas made against Si'r. Parkinis. He appealedl at the sessions against the order, hut it was confirnied ; and the parochial officers have been twice under the ne- cessity of citing Iimr before the asagistrates to com-pel him to Pay the demand.I Alir. Thorpe, thie assistant overseei, said, the demand uipon the de- fendIant was only 5L 4s. for the maintenancee of h a child by the parishi frorm April to October last yeamr the above sum was due upon the order which hadi been comnfirmed at sessim6ns, Sir. GaRIFFITHs having examnined the order, asked !he defendant why he had not paid it? Ai r. Parkins.-WVhy, Mlr. MUagistrate, I have eff'ered to pay the atoney', and I hiave sent it ; and the reason I tilus trouble you. to. day is, they will not allow mne to see the child ; the ntoney wa-s of- fered thecm, . provided they would show the child ; and I1 ami of opinion, Sir, I am entitled to claimp the ru,ht of se~eing this child said to be mine. Very likely it is dead, anrf I ama defrauded of m-oney. Tite Magistrate said he did not think that ; but the request was reasonable enoughi, and he had no tloubt he would be allowed to see the child. Sir. Park-ins.-I liope so, Sir ; my demand is gentlemnanly atnd fair. You gie an order coiling on thiei to show-nt.ethe chiild, and I liave no doubt it will be attended to. The Mlagistrate said such orders were not givems. but lie wotuld ask the overscer when he had seen the chlld. I Mt-r. ThorpL_-t sawr the i6fanlt not two hours since. 2Magistrate.-ls it the'sanie tb it was promiiseed liere ? Mlr. Thorpe.-It is thie sante chiild barn in our parishi, the mothier bengHannash Whiite, who lias given up -the def'endant as the f~ ather:it ist the tamne child that was miade the subject of~ appeal.. 111r. Parkins.--V'ery well; I wish to see this chlild ; it may not be thesame that was here tosmut:ly. I thiink it necessary to stMie, I have not seen it since 'r'he Alagistrate.-Well, Sir, you perceive the mnan swears to having seen the child, and that is quite sufficient. NVe have proof it s aivenow ad idee ths dmad is only for senie months durig hai yer: ou asurely cnno reqire ny ore. ciii r me t prduc th chid, wil d so ii eS inues;but I beg leave! to ax Icanotprdue te hil t te defendant without amagis- SIr. Park-ins.-Do yoa see, Sir, this trick ? asd as Itreguire -tg see the chiild, givebimimab ordert6 Rdfiuce it.. Alagistrate.-I camnnt do any sach thing, and yoou are very vell awareof that. ,IMr. Parkins.-Well, Sir, I must pay the money; but I am sur- prlised you will not give me an order to see the child. He then paid 61 9. being the award snd Costs, and with hus-clerk arnd a young