The Russian, Portuguese, ...
The Times, 1824-09-09T00:00:00

Thle RusshIa, Portugucse, and Dutch Ambassadlors were closely cngaged yesterday, transacting official business at the Foreign-office, Downing-street, vwith Mr. Secretary Canning. The Dutch Ambassa(lor was occupied two or three hours at the Foreign-office. 'The Chancellor of the Exchequer came to town yester- dlay morning from Sudbrooke, the seat of Mr. *Vilmot Horton, ad Areturnetd there in the afternoon. O(n Sunday Mr. Canning had an audience of the King at the Royal Cottage in WVindsor Park, and took leave of Hlis Majesty previously to quitting Londton for a few weeks. Ile is going to Irelandl. MIrcantile letters have been receiv.d from Buenos Ayres to so late a date as the 2(d of Jnly, seven days later than those received by the TWalsinghamz packet. Thev do not, however, contain any news of interest. Not any insclli- gence, we understanid, had been received up to the above dlate, as to the state of affairs in Peru. By letters fromn Alvarado to the 26th of June, we l.mrn that the robber chief, Gomer, ha(l seized a convoy of 250 mul(s, on its way to Mexico, laficid withi quicksilver and( merchanidise, the property of Euglish and American r merchants, andl that he had demanded 25,000 dollars for [the release of the goods. The Govcrnment, how(ever, re- fused to allow thoimnerchanits to negotiate with Gomier, and sent dowvn 500 men against him, but whio, on meeting his banditti, refiused to fight. Letters of the 10th of July, from Alvarado, state, that the matter still continu.ted uti- settletl. These sta'emenits diff'er from the accounts conl- tained in the American papers of the fate of this robber chief ; but their authenticity may, we are assuredl, be re- lied on. Advices have beetn received from Trinidad to the end of July. All remiained quiet: the colonists did not scene tc view the amelioratioii process withi the saine hostile feelings with whicil tlhey regard(le it at its first promulgation. WVe have heard t.hat the Rev. WV. S. Austin, 'whose ar- rival wve announced vesterday, experiencedl very great diffi- cult)y in obtaining a conveyance fromr, Demerara ; several captains having refused to take hiin on board their ships. So exasperated, indeed, were the rabble against the Rev. Gentlemani, that he was, for several days, indebte(d to the police for protectinn from personal violenee. WVe trust, for the h1onour of huivnan naturc, that these statements are ex- aggerate(l. Mr. N. M. Rothschild has contracte(d for a loan to the Neapolitan Government to the amount of '2,500,0oo1., aitdi which. it is expected/, will in the course of a few d avs be brenIght into the money inarket. It will be in stock, hearing S per cenit. interest, representini, either ducats or sterlinlg mnonlev, with dividends pavabre cither in l,ondon at a fixe(d rate of exchainge, or in Naples at thte chioice of the hoMler. [Advcrtisement.]-PIn1SStAN LOAN N'EGO(1TAIEI) flY MR. N. \]. n ROTHISCHI ILD LON iNti IN#f.-The lialf yearly diiidend ott the above loan, wlhichi becomes (itic )n Friday, the 1st of(October next, will be paid by Mr. N. .MI. Rothschild, on that an(i every succeeding day (Sundays excepted) between the hours of teni and two, at his count- ug-houise, No. 2, Ncw-court, St. Swithini's-lane, The di- videtd( warrants, with a liLt thereof il numierical order, Ulust be left one day for examination. The East nridia Company's outward-boun(l ship .d4jell put into Santa Cruz the 231d of July, and was expected to resume her voyage on the following day. r'l;In T.AT 1E SAIND WICII MAJEiSTIEs.-On Tueslay night at ten o'lock. the remains of' time l.te unfoTtulinate King and Queen of the tisndwich slands were removed from the vault in st. Maetisun>-church, in whiCh they had been deposited since tiseir dce- cease, and conveyed in two hearses to the London Docks, where they were yesecrdsy embarked on~ board the vessel whichl is to carry thc eoenses back to the royal residence at WVoasoo. The hiearseii werc followed by two mourning coac les. in which) were Poki. the treasurer, and Iis wife; Rives, the itimt?rpreter, and the otlber inemn- berA ef the tleceased King's *uitc. It is whispered ils the Isigiest circles that a National Metiument is nose heinz erected to etmnmemotate t(he victories of Nelson and thie ilories ot the t,,vy. Teic army has its fanle already recorded in the insperishable bridge of WVaterloo. The navy wi!l also have their strurture to perpetuate their glories and their coun. try's gratitu(de-tbr it is interded to change the unmeaning appella. tion of 1" orsdon" to thiat ot Tratflgar" bridge. And as it faces those forests of masts which are England's main-stay we cannot conceive P. hetter nanmc or a inore appropriate place. \e are glad to hear that tIiig has originated with the hiighest personage of thc realm.-EveniAg paper.-This paragrapli was sent to us tivo lays ago, but not being authenticated, we did not insert it. We menition this fact, merely to show that the rumour resLs on no acknowledged auttiority. lVe are very sorry to learn that Sir Astley (ooper, dur- ing "is absence from town on Sunday, met with aim accident to his knec, which at prcsent confines him to the sofa, altloughi we under, slaisi that the nature otftic injury is such as is not likely to detain Iiim very long froni towvn. The Vice-Chancellor is so far recovered trom his operation as not to require Sir Astley's attendance.-Evct- itug praper. T1he )iscoery, in which, accompanied by the Resolti- tiont, Cap:ain Cook made Isis last voyag;e, aand wvhicrl, after his death, Februilry 14, 17753, at Owysee, arrived at Sheerness, Septensber I, 1780), is now the convict ship at De tloId. The interior has under- gone considerable alterations to adapt it for the purpose, bitt the Itl] and exterior remain, in a state of perfect soundness, in thcir origlsal statc.-Kenflsh (e1elle. A serious accidlent nearly happened last week to the Earl and Countess of Warwick and another lady, who were sailing at uiludiford. Tbe boat stnick on a pile auderneath the water, and rapi(dly filled, but from the praise-ivorthy exertions of the smaineis was prevented from sinlkinig, till repeated calls of distress procured assistance froisi the shore, and a boat came ofl and received tiheni. MA RG4T P, Sept. 6.-A serious accident ihasjust occurred here, which has damnpted the spirits of the most volatile. A visitor who had for sonie time been enjoying the pleasures of thie place, anti whio v/as particularly fonti of fishing, weuld not consent to deprive himself of lhis favourite diversion tbr obe day, thiotigls the weathler was very unpropimiot:s. Accomnp.nietd by his favourite waterman, po:ir Ifarmer, thev proccedetI to sea, and hatd reached Alarsh-bay, an tinlet abiut liat-wxy between Margate ant Birchtington. liere the boat w:;s observed bv the boatmsen at the head of the jetty to hc making some extraordinary tacks, and soon after bitC upset, and dis- appeared. A boat was instantlymisanned, ar,d put off, but there was a lick of hands on board her, which greatly impeded her progress, and teitderecd all tlicir hutmane cforts unavailinig. On arriving near the spot where the accidert happened, the boat had disappeared, and no doubt mink, carrying tIme two utisfrtutiate men withi it its its de- scent. The boaltmne pickedl tip their hats, which were floating on thc surface, but the bodies ltad disappeared, never to be seen agal alive. sharer, tfss boatman, was a. young man, marrietl, and leaves three infant titildren and a widow, on rise eve of being put to becl with a tourth, to moum his loss. Trise stranger's name is said to be bOurtrtans,a respectabia sadldler, residiig in Bond-street or its neigh-