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The Times, 1824-03-15T00:00:00

\-cs-Pedav, at firce ocitock. a Cabinlet CAuncil wvas he1ld at !':e ,'ForLizn-off3:e, Downirg-s-recr. On Satielvy altertuon, ida.ut fiuer ou'ock, Mr. Adutn- bPrgev. foreign tnossctt*-r, arrive I in a vot ch:ais" at the Foreign-oific.,Dowri-'-streer.with!despathltes froIoV enna. I'lle letters from LfionD COit4in a cottfirinati' i of tle for- nmer ace-unt from B,,encs Avxret', ula!ive to the dtefot of the Patrioi Gtineral Santa Crtse bitt it is evident that a considertble force ex s!s uni(lr l,ulvar and iSucre, wlich wil; prob4biv v. rv soum repa;r til enirchi f. Extract ofl a leter ..otin M. uil%a, d;ited Fel. IS :-" The Pictun, from Malta in *2i-t hours. atr:vee i tre *n IhI inorti- ir, of the IS th. The mast. r ieio t:, that the Ale: runes hadl taken 'IO sail o! cSSlS ofit nli about Sardinia. O)rdIrTs hail been isusdl bv the Adhniral at alt. S:r 11 B, Xe.ie tihat no British vessels should qtit the lport N.itoililt CottV!'. He ha(l fixetl the first for tihe cetwvarl fl i.r thle 1th itstan t, anl for the wVt sivar(i for the SJui. It is said that there is a strong Algerine squadrmo in rtle Atlch.pelago sowllwhtlre cff Candia." The shares in tlR niew Insurance Company are alheidy at a pi-tsmiumn of toi., a,-,l nuiner-nus ortitrs itave bcetn re- ceiveti fr tn dlle contlllel, pav:iculativ irleti) G. rtlianv. A Governint :t tM ,seon-er, havig d,smittcites l! c!!arge, arri-Md iat Portrmoutth on Tuesdis'nt't in-. and tnediatclv nit. bathe'] in the C-n inon. I(i eLns, 'S. a r:n .aibeit. and sailed, it is sa J. fior South Apnrictt.--'oct nc :si fitter. ()t Saturldar afte noon ar7ivtl. alt Por:smnostth his MAa- jeste's Ship C/iccest"e. of 74 guns. (o'numdnre Sir E:iward Oen, K. ('. B.. Captan I rilllers-. t. 3B.. from .Jataica. I ,st froimt the HAavannah. ;ehinh iater port sue i -s on thc 8th of Febr.ary. and britrs home a freight of 2hohi tRi.Oft ,. llar. anid a s1.a ll qv-ntity ofcochineal. Sihehits hai a tempeott 5l0 pasqaZe. Nno Isle intiili gence hal reactled (Cuba .ro i thie Spanish Main . TPC Castle of Ulloa (near V era Cruz) stili lield outr. at the latest pelio'l. Tne iands cf thi'e M est Indlies were universallyv bicaldtyvandqtuiet. The Pygramu,' friazte. (antain F. Ne-comnbe C. B.. wvas left at the I7a- vannalt. T!,e fIs',rilnn *friga e, Captain Rich,, a;- recently brought silver from X'era Crruz co tilat 'p1a. and atcra'ard!s proceed!Cel to Jamaica. The [carus and Xpc'cdwcil werc cruisiig ii the Gulf of Mexico. against the pirates ; as was a opanisli frigate, and at-na A 1eric-nL,j.tadrt(lt)n. CO?V Vy sverre voltiranilv appointed for the pro. tection of neirceha st ships tEhrooth the Gulf: but it w-as belever] the ncessitv thre it would nn- intvfl looser cxtst. the pirates having been nea,i v ext-irnBate?l_- Pu:-l n?1oUth, 7;M r. T'ite oliio%inc- let'Lr has been altidrssetd sv tlhe S^crctary for the Horne DCpartmnent to the _a:-or of li verpool:- * MWhit^iall, .1 arch :, 18h24. S Cir.-Tie meomorial delei erced to me in Mlae h:st.atidrrsset te tite Lordi Hich Chanrcellor. thle Chancellor of the Ditchy of Lancaster, i:nd mnyslf. from the late Mlavor and other inhabitarts of the boreuih of Liverpool. relative to an adjonrnrnent otf the at-size for the countY of Lancaster to the towns or Liverpool and )lAani'cster, or iithe ari-thbourlhood thereol. having been fillv con-idered. v e have weighed tite argmients ih support ot' that mem;orial with thosc w*ir i have been stated to LIs front several othier quarters, agairst the pro. posed adinournments: and 1 ant to acquaint you. that we have ctie to the opinion. t'hat it is not expedtient for the GovernmITent to take measures foradjoarning tihe a-size, from the town of Lancaster, at which thev have been holden for a lonug series ef vears. ' I anti. Sir, s-our nos,t obedient hutir bie servatit. The Mavor, Liverpool. (Sin;led) ROBERT PEEL.'- I}'y I:a;I. orF 1inIE Iit Ii s O F T1cHtrLr. Oiu Sa- turday mnrt,iag the remains of this touclh respected vout;g nobir- man were removed from St. Jates's-siluate, for internient at Malry- lebone church. in the samne vault as that ot his lar'nrtet grandfathier. T ie nrocession consisted ota heatse and sia horses, hearing the arino. rial escutcheons if tlte deceased Marquis, followed bv three niouTr- in, coaches and six. conraining hi nearest relatiors, ainong whom tere four of the deceased's uncles. including the Right Hon. George Cannin. andl twit of his confidential servants. The cavalcade, on leaving St. James s-sqaare, was joined bv a nmiierous train of no- ttarnJn ^-,1 .n-,tprnsi's n-r-i-veg tehich troceeded with the utmost solemnity taroh 'Charles-street. the Quadrant, into Regent-street. Portland-place, andt along the New-road, to Alarylebone churcli, where the ceremony and interment took pllace in the presence of an immense crow d of spectators. Tie dcatlh of the noble MIlnTquiS was. it is said, occasioned by his having ventvred out on horseback to soon aiter he ha.l recov ered froom the effects ot' a typhus fever. He eatigltt cold. whichtermninated in a braia fever. tic vas 27 Years ot age. and in per-on was tall and atitletic. a1'e are informed that Dosn G'ioeurni is abaut to be re- proluced at the King's theatre, wvith ne.rly the whiole strength o- the ilpera companv. 'I'he principal fe:nale charsctrrs are allot:ed tiS Madame Ronzi de' Begtis and Aladame (;ara-lori; Messrs. Garcia. Iturioni, De Beg:ni,, and Porro, are also to Tender their services. The first performance is to he for the benefit of .Madame Caradorin GENEItAL MEETtOiD OF 1rtil SIL TKTRAtE.-A grentera1 mneeting of tlhe genitleinen iaterested in the silk trade waslicdat the Old( Lotndon Tavern. on Sat3rdav; W. 14ale. E-q.. in tihe chair. The Chairman obsetved,a palper had been put into his hands. which rould tiot bitt be extremneiv interestinY to tlie meeting it was a copy of the retnotistranoes presented lbe the cotnetlittee to his lMajesty's Minister, on the irpolicy of ti:e proposetd repeal of the prolibitory iaws, and a SLat. mcent ef the resuklt of the interviews that had ttkeit Pla:ce On the subject, the last of k!:i.ch took place on F'ridlay. Thie interview lasted for one It or atid a half, andl the depttintion itstd everv aryument in their pow er to inilucethu t0lanrelloro f the Exche- qler to extend the pertodl tor thie repeal ol' the pr11hibitoTy laWs on the importation of foeiven wrought silks beyond that novi' viz. the ',th tf o Jult. 121; and stated that not les, than five5&s, in,stad of the tine proposetl, could, in the opinion of the derutation, Aftlhrd the trade an oipportunity to try hiuw ftr they might be able to compete with the introdluction ot toreian rv-nuuht silks, bat the dc- rmntation tiiled to niakeanv impevsion on thc ( hancellor of the Ex- chiequier. Thie pre,ent meeting wats called in cotsequence, and stit- dry r(tsolution- psmseil to the effect, that the security front foreign competition whi:h has been granted by the legislature to the silk trade, and subscq..entiv continued br repeated enactrnents, anti at length tuade perpetital in the vear lS08. has essentialy contributed to tha: state of prosperity at ivisich it has now arrived, nd has led to the ittvestieient oi large calpitals upon the faith of Parliament. That the proposed repeal ot' tbe prohibitory lawrs in retarti to tht iitrodtit- tion of foreign wrought silks, at tlhc fixed period of two years from it- ;ti- nt' , neL A - i hoo-h ennmhined wtith sn immediate redtiuc- lion oi' dutvy and a li,3eral compet,sation or existit'g stocks. is vieweea bv the mceting as threatening the evetual deetrurion of the silk trade -f this countrv - and that it would require a lperiodl of ntot less than five years to afford t he silk-marladactuer the means of ascer- taining how tar h9 may hope, with anty dewree of success, to comi- pete with thc introcluction of fireign wrroughit tilks. 'ilie nuceting was attended by all the principal per ons in London connected with the silk trade. On Friday ight Ist, the silk-factory of Messrs. Henry Banlow and Co., at Macclesfield, took fire, aind was entirely butnt dowin. This untorlunate event will cause frotn three to five hundred hanl(N to be throwvn out (f enplovtoent.-Derby life,cvry. ANoTtIEIt CoAcit AtctCDEr.--On TWrS(aRV last, as the True Britou coach was entering New-street, Hutldersfeld, on its return from Mancilester, it was overturned with a treinentlous crash, and several of the passengers seriodsly injured. A female p;lssenjet now lies at the Woolpack lnt in an alarmning stat,, having had her hip-bone fractured, and slie is otherwise mucit britised, and not un- likelv to fall a victim to the abominable practice of fuirious drivitr. The whole of this alarming scene was witnessed by Joseph Haigbi Esq,; and on the tbIlowing morning the eoachman was summoied to appear before that magistrate and Mir. Horsfall, to answer for his eonduct No defence-was-made, and-the penalty of ten pounds waS imposed for " furious driying."-Leeds ilfercury.