The Duke of York and the ...
The Times, 1824-05-22T00:00:00

The Duke of York anid the 1Duchcss of Glocester visited His AMajesty yesterday. TIle Princess Augusta clinetl with the Duke antd Duchess of Clarence on Thursday. It was stated yesterday afternoon on 'Change, that in. telligence had reached towni from Lisbon of the 9th inst., but we were unable to trace it to any authority on which reliance can be placed. The purport of the news was said to be, that the King of Portugal had beeni testored to the ftull possession of all his authority, and that the Prince hal been compePed, not only to resignl the comnmand of the troops, but to withdlraw himself from Court. The East India Company's ship Atlas arrived off Port- land the 19th instant. She sailed from Chinla the 5th of January, and from St. Helena the 23d of March. The General Harri', out- ward bound, was at St. Hc-lena when the Atlas left that island. The Windsor, homeward bound, was also left at St. Helena by the Atlas; but on the 3d instant she was in lat. 34. G. North ; 1ng. 36. 53. West. Yesterday the despatches for Madras and Bengal, by the ship A,rz, Captain Thomas Francis Balderston, was closed at the East India House, and delivered to the Purser of that ship. KING s DRAWINoG-roor.-ln the accoaunt of the dIraw- iag-room which wegave yesterday, we oimittetl the names of Lady V'.har10tte Oshorne, Sir Wralter Stirling, Bart., and Major Trevor, of the Bcdfordshire Yeomanry Cavalry. In the list of presentationk the following were also emitted:-Lady Charlotte Osborne, by her mother, the Duchess of Leeds; and Lady Hanipson, oR her mar- riage, by the Viscountess dlelville. ACCIDENTT AT TISS DRAwING-JtOor.-Tbe cornplainits respecting the bad arrangerents tor the carriages of those ladies and gentlemen who attendco his Mlajesty's drawing-room on Thutsday are loud and general. It is acknowledged by all, that at no former period on a similar occasion was there witnessei such universal irre- gularitv and confusion. The ruin and wreck of carriages were l.e- yond all precedent; indeed, there were very few escapetd witlhout some injury. It was no uncommon thing to see a carriage moving upon three wheels, and hundreds had their panels smashed to pieces. Servants and horses tared very little better. A beautiful animal be- longing to the Mlarquis of Anglesea had the pole of a carriage dri- ven through his body and a footman belonging to another no'jle- man had his leg crushed in a shocking manner between two car- riages. It is to be hoped that in future sonie better regulation will be adopted to prevent sO meany piinful accidents. (reat nitnibers, both of ladies and gentlemen, gould not get to their carriages at all, and were obliged to walk home through the streets in their court dres,ses. Extract of a letter frorn the Agents to Lloydt's at Leg- horn, dated Mlay 6:-" We beg to transmit the annexed cxtrarts of letters from Alexandria, transrnitted to us bv one ofoour neighbours. ' ALEXAMDRIA, March 27.-Four Algerine frigates arid two brigs of' war have just anchored in this port, from Constantinople. They were ofr'the port yesterday afternoon, but could not get in for a contrary wind. Yestt-rday morninig we despatched two English vessels for Liverpool, annt about two o'cltek p. m. thle were seen within a mile of the squadron; buLt as there was a liUNle fog, they had passed unnoticed, to ottr great satisfaction.' "'M arch 29.-The above-mentioned Algerine frigates,when they entered the harbour, carried the flag of Tunis, and this morning oue of them has hoisted that of Algiers, and has taken a list of all the English vessels in port; and it is generally believed there is still an Algerine frigate out, as they have been commr.unicating to one ano- the, with signals; and a litle ago, two other frigates and a schooner, under the rTnisian flag, entered this harbour, and two or three iore still Ikeep out. The English captains are tither frightened to see these operations going on, especially as there is no English ship o war to convoy them, and not lesa than 15 of them loading at pre- sent for England. However, our consul h.-s given a report or' this to the Admiral, and we hope now to have s8oon ships of war to pro- tect lie trdde In thisi quarter.' " V,Xtract ot- a letter fromn the Agent to Lloyd's at Zante, dated April 7 :-' The Greek vessels that were cruising off Mlisso- lolghi have retired some timesinceto their tespective places of outfit, nor is there any report ot' their returnirg for the oresent. The Turkish vesselsieftby the Capitan Pachain the Gulf of Lepanto occa- sionallv cruise oft0llissolonyhi, but to no purpose. A Alaltese ves- sel, in leaving Calatnata, was boarded a few miles at sea by pirates, from a port of llaina and afier plundering her, and, it is said, nur- hering all the crew, vessel was sunk. Some of the pirates, with their ves5el, have been taken into custoay by the Government three." a BArTTIRt AN.D SIl lIENRy HARDINGE.-We are authorized by one of the partieis to state, thlat Mr. Battier sent a message to Sir Hi. Hardlinge onj $unday, requiring bini to state that he dia not in his lately published statement attributte to MLr. Battier falsehood, butL merely itlsinfonnation. Sir fHenry refused any exx- planation on this poinit. Mlir. Battier's friend tlhen demanded amneet- ing for XMr. Battier. This was also refused, and refused with iti. suiting language, Sir If. Hardinge desiring Mir. Battier's friend to take down in writing, that ' he (Sir Henry) considered Alr. Battier guilty of an infamious calumny thathe looked upon hinm asacalum- niator, and unworthy of his notice." He added verbally, that he Could meet any gentleman who would come forwiardlbr,1lr.Battier; but that he wvould not meet Mr. Battier. On Tuesday, at about half.pasi four o'hock, Ml1r. Battier met Sir H. ilardinge in the neighbourhood of WVestmrister, and goillg up to him, asked if he had really sent the iRsulting answer to his message as above de- scribed, anti if he persisted in it as his final reply ? To both these questions Sir H. Hardinge replied, " Yes." Mr. Battierthen -told him, that he had sent n gentlemanlike niessage, and that Sir H. Hardinge's answer had been most ungentlemanlike* that iMr. Bat- tier would not commit actual violence upon him, but that Sir H. Hardinge might consider himself horsewhipped (sat the same time shaking Iiis whip over Sir H. Hardinge's s4zuldegs), and that Sir 11 Hfardinge knew where to find him. Sir fl: Vqringe did not, as stated in one of the morning papers, offer h;ijcaril'i..Moringm payer. Aire understand that Sir H. Ilardinge and' Mr. Battier have been viaited on by the police, and will be required to enter into recogni- zances to keep the ye;ace. WVe are sorry to see Mr. Battier so con- ducting himself, asif hiis intention was to justify the conduct of the regiment of whlose behaviour he had publisibed such seriousi (and, as we have hitherto thought, reasonable) complaints. SP,N5sR REFuGEEs.-YWithin these few days great numbers of Spanish officers have passed through this city from France, on their wav to London. These unhappy gentlemen were all engaged in the service of the late Constitutional Government of Spain,an4, in the attempt to ureserve their unfortunate country from the wanton oppression of France, fell into the hands of the enemy; some by 'he infamous treachery of their chiefs, and other.d by the fortune of war. After being some-time conrined in France, it was iutiinlated to them that they must either return to Spain, or leave that country forth-.vith. G;reat numbers chose the latter oAternative^E and have now come to seek an asy1111m upon the shores of briutai. - We have conversed with some :of these unfor- tunates, ant find they invariably attribute the tmiseries that have befallen their couttry to the baneful and withering in- fluence of thc priestheod upon an ignorant-and bigotted population. Uany osf-themst ill wear their uniforms-.some are in tatters, and others are only partly dressed in thie costunse of war.Weregretto state that their condition is very pitiable; they are nearly all destitute, not-only of the comforts, butof the itecessaries of life; indeed, had it not been for the generous assistance of some philanthropic individu- als of Dover and Canterbury they could net have pursued their eurneyto the metropolis, We believe we do pot overrate the numn- ber of these exiles. when we state that upwards of 290 have been thrown upon our Kentish shores, atid mjore are daily arriving. The object of these gentlemen is to employ-their swords in assisting to liberate Soutli America, and most heartily we wish them success.- Kent Be7ald. The last printed report of.a committee of !he HousC of Commons, relatinig to gas, contains the following gratifying state- ment :-" The committee cannot close their report without express- ing their satisfaction that the -public have obtained so great, and- so rapidlt increasing a means, of adding to the convenicnce and com- forto society, as the useaf gas, under due manasement, must affbrd; and they.areofopinisn, thatasa means of police, much be- nefit would be derived frt;m its general introduction to light the streets of this!metropolis."