Yesterday at two o'clock ...
The Times, 1824-03-04T00:00:00

Yesterday at two o'clock a Cabiiiet Council was hel(d at the Foreign-office, being the fifth Cabinet Council which has been held in as many successive days. The Council, vhich was attended by inost of' the 'Ministers, sat till a quarter past four. 'I'he Cabiniet M[iiisters edined with the Chancellor of the Exclc(quer yesterday. "he propertv belonging to the Princess Augusta has beele removing from tile ]ate Queen Charlotte's Palace sinee Monday, to her Rtoyal Ilighnt ss's intentled residence in tlie King's Palace, St. James's: the apartmenits were formerly occuipie(d by Mr. Calvert, the Lord Chamberlain's secretary. Earl Grosvenor has given a pit(ce of ground at Pimhco whercon to build a new church. It has bcen staked out tbr some tine. The site is near thc intended new squares whic'l are laid out near the King's-road. CAPTURE OF A VALUBLE S.Uu;Gi.Ea.-DcVonport, Feb. '213.-The Dwarf cutter, Lieutenant Goltl, and Esser frigate,fitted as:a convict ship tolie oif Duiblin, under the orders of hir. Raven, assistantrma.ster-attendant of thedock-yardl of this port, sailed hen:ce for Ireland a shore tine since. On the toorling of tIre lst inst., abstut seven leagues from St. Tves, and blowing a strong ,ale, the E.'st.r observed a large smuggling lugger some distanrce to leeward, and comtratunicated if by signal to tie D-l,w,f whici, retiurnedi ordcrs to chase. Tbe Esscx mirade all sail immediately, and being light, ran itle cltter cotmplcelv ouit of sight. After a chase of cleven hours, the Essex got lip with the smuggler, ind ilMr. Raven tranagedi his ship in such a'manncr as to cross the bnws of the hlrreer, and carry away her bowsprit, which prevented hcr escape. ThIe IGse.r being fitteI for civil service, had: not on board a single niusket or sword to enforce tite urrerder of tie lugzer hut luckiy waR svell trranne4 by 70 rig2ers fronm the dock-yard, with the boatswain of the .S'raozrrtk, and sergealt lhite. of the Royal larilnc division at this port, whn were ot board as passengers. Mr. Raven inmme dieatel ordered Scrgeant White, wlho was aromed with the cook's hatchet, the boatswain and sonoe others, to board. which they dlid, art(l drove all the crew (38 in nuniber) below. The Dfwrfrar-ne tip in about an hour and a hall afterwardis. She proved to be a Duitch. man, from Flushinig, witih a cargo ol nearly 1,000 bales ol tobacco, 75 cases ol gin, and a large quantity of gunnpowler tea. TbIc prize has becn caried to Kingstnwn. LA DY NIonR.A Ns'" SAL.VA-ORROSA.`-Signor Ugo FOS- colo has addressed ris a letter, it w.hirls he contradicts the mainfact.s or Lady Miorgan'si salv lier Roar! HIc likewisc asserts, that lie is deired to disavow, ont tbe part of his ftiend Count Prccliio, ils hIa"- ing sory acquaintanee with her ladysihip; and borldly states, that the onls' nobletan sIre knrowq in the soutlr of Europe, is the Mar- clese Spincto, a Siciliar, who acted as ptiid interpreter on the late Queen'as trial. .M. Foscolo, for his own part, says that he rever nret Dame 3lerganbutoncein mIis life, and thatshethen sotorniented hiln by lier blarney about hiis work, Lc tsltimne let/re di Jaropo Orlis, that he could scarece abtde her. SNhc told him significantly, that tIe passage in his book which pleased her most, was that delicious line, " Dopo quelt'ibaoio zonfittadivizio." Tbe hint was not taken, and the acquaintance broke ofl ! 'The ItaLlian Signori are as eager to cut Lady Morgan, as herfamnilitr friends the French nioblesse, after her pubilCat-,Un of JMrtre..Dl,li, 'llornintg .Star. In tlhe manufacturing towvn of AVigatt, in Lancasihire, there ale twenty retail hrewc ies now in F'tll trade. It is notonly in the reduced price and improverd quality of the beer sold at these breweries that the public are benefitted, but since thleir establish. ment a vis,ible improvement ir manifest in the condition of the fami. lies of the worknrep. ott Tuesdav an hriqueet was helil bel'ore T. NV. Tnwir,i Esq., on the body of James Partridee* who, it appeared by tie evi- dence, canoe by fik deatlt in consequence of a severe fall he had while fighting with a trran of tlh tname of Graves, at a public-hlouse in Golden-larie. TtIe deceased was intoxicated at the time, and beltaved vrty instlitingiv to tire company. It wvas prored that he gave the first blow hut the surgeon wtlo examined the body being cloarly of opinions that his death was occalsioned by hiis being knockedi dowi), the iury rcturned a vertlict of " Man.slanghlter." The injury was ithflibted on Sunday week, and he diction Friday last. TIs UTILIItY o0 HoPS TO PRrrSEnv9 GarSE, &c.-A nobleman in tins neighbestrhood last week received sonegrou5e fro,n Scotlatid packedi in hops, and although they were 29 days in conming. yet when received were perfectly stveet anrd goodi.-Alaidstotre JoN rntla. Erruta.-In the report or the Cbancellor of the Exche- quer's specch in yesterday's paper, th,re is a gross typographical blunider: the duties on lraw proceedings in Ireland are stated to be 200,000L, insteadl of 20,0001. In the next sentence there is also a blunder: the Chaticellor of the Exchequer had estimated the wltole deficit of revenue arising fionm hIis intended reduction of law Ju.ies to be 200.0001.-via., 180,0001. on duties on English law pro- ccedings, and 20 0001. on the Irish. This deficit is isl Tle Timezs crroneously called 20,0001. 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