Yesterday the Duke of Yor...
The Times, 1824-04-07T00:00:00

Yesterdav the Duke of York transacted railitary buttiness vith the K iN!g. The Duchess of Glocester visited His IMlajesty yesterday. Monday night a messenger arrivcd in towvn ith des- patcbes from Mladrid. Yesterday morning MIr. Smith, a King's messenger, left town witih despatches for Mladrid, supposed to be in reply to those brought to London by the messenger frorm ifadrid on Monday night. Extract of a leter, dated Rio de Janeiro, Jan. 18 Since the dissolution of the Chamber of Depaties at Rio, the Emnperor having presented to thle salnction of the people (bv the in- tervention of the Senate) a project of constitution, the disipositton& of whicli are wvise, and tlhe great majority lhaving declared in favour of its immediate adoption, this constitution will be roclaimed as soon as the assent of the provincesslall be obtained. Iv this means, the new Chamber will be freed from the necessity of discussinn its articles, whichl would occupy at least its attention for two or tbree vears, and will be able to enter upon its legislativo functions without fonning itself into a constituernt assemtbly. All sensible nmen ap- plaud this proceeding, antl see in it a pledge of durable tranquillity to Brazil, and particularly of the capital. On the ether hand, the Brazilian gquadron, composed of a ship of the line and three fri- gates, is abaut to set sail for Bahia, to secure the peaee of that im-. portant district." The East India Coompany's ship Clharles Grant arrived oif the Start on the 4th instamt. She sailed from China on thc 14th of December; fronk the Cape on the 8th of February, and from tit- 1lelena on the 22d of February. The Hercfordshire and JIzgiis left Cbina in company with thc Ca&ars Grant. The BRckiniVamshirs arrived in China on the 6th of December. A4t Umiicn;-hall, on Monday, a Seotchinan, namned Hen- derson, was committed for re-examination, on a charge of having attempted to extort 5001. from Messrs. Barclay and Co., brewers, by a threat of accusing themi publicly of using opium in the fennen- tation of their porter. ' NaODE oF ALTERING THE VALUE OF A BANK-NOTE. -Taylor alias Ifunley, who was convicted at York, for metamo._ phosing a Sheffield and Rotherhaun note, from the sumn of one to five guineas, was requested, after conviction, to divulge the secret. On assenting, he retired into a room, and taking a note, with a fine piece of sand-paper he erased the vword " a"^ and after rubbing the part where ithe erasure had beer, made, tiril some cream of tar. tar, lie suthtituted the word "five" with a finely pointed pen, in such a manner as to deceive the keenest eye. '1 he alteration was accomplished in a few minutes.-S.4ef d Indep.mdent Thne following particulars, concerning a man who was reported to have lately acknowledged on his death-bed thathe bad been guilty of murder, are given on thc testimony of persons from the village in wlhich he lived. le confessed thst he had murdered a wotnan in England, whom, after robbing of her harvest fee, he tbrew into a pit; an(d that he had kiled a man in the neighbQurhood of allarkinch, for the sake of a few pounds thatt he had, and threwis his bodv into the water that supplies the machinery of Balgaief-r- nace. l'hat the body of the mnc said to have been murdered was actnally found, a number of years sinceP in the water alluded to, is a fact, of which, as it can be attested y i many living witnesses, there can exist no doubt. When his end hrew near hie was so hor^ rilied by the consciousness of his guilt, thst he told the neighbours who came in, that the apparitions of the two persons whose fives be had talcen were waiting fbr him at the foot of the bed.-Dutdce Ad- ucrtiser. CHARGE OF MURDER.-A femnale of the name of Half- penny was on Friday night last brought to our county gaol, charged by a coroner's inquest, held before T. Hallen, Esq., with the wilful nmurder of Mary Valton. The prisoner is the wife of a farmer of Tespectability residing at Bockleton, a short distance from Tenbury, in this county, and the deceased lived with her in the capacity of servant. It appears that a few days Previous to the commritta of .MIrs. Halfpenny, she calledupor the Rtev. Mtr. Millar, the l espected clergryman ot thcparish, stated to him the death of her servant, and reqtuested him to bury the corpse at a timne umuch earlier than is cus- tomoary after decease. For some tim e past there bad been rutnours in the neghbourhood that the conduct of the accused towards ber un- fortunate menial was not correct-in fact, that it was cruel and op- pressive; and which, coupled with beranxiety' to have the body so nast,iy*nterred, exciting suspicions in the 50uid of the Rev. Gen- tiemanthat all was not right, he refused toconsigit it to the earth' until satisfied those suspicions ivere groundless.- He theref'ie di. Uired to see the carpse, whlichl the prisoner objeeted to, Urging we be_ lieve, that the girl havingdhidofan inf:ctiousdises'sezitwoisd lWe at.- tended withi-danger to hinm, and wherherhe did see iifoi t acquainted; however, from other circumstances,theofficetsef phe' vish consilering it a tase whAich Uied for the intcrpoeition oftb' Coroner, MIr. HMitt dl Xas sunimonEd, and the result of the itnvesti- gationwae as sve have -mntioned -above, the dommMittaroF" 11s1. Halfpenn uipon the scrioa' ihlargc. 'VWemnderstand tbiMhie bod_ was found by the jury to be donsideiably: bruised-in many-jlce' and uipon ihe liead wics l deep Cut (supposed to have been Infirtte by-a wvasliing beptld) lstifflcieot to cause deltb. h-The deesid'"as 'thirty years of ac, inaidobvery wseac in telect Thepris nheri K*b 4 t;he'%same a-ge ;''sEli is tii&iiil'ther of,scs;eighildren, utriI t au infant atbher breasit.' - siitc wabappyiair - t-ivery ddte?atsi iitf iepotlini' ivf guilt lpsted th andh sllegt4 that the fatal wvound on the beatIweas occasiXied-Wbts poor girl's falling dow.n wvith a pail of milk.. WYe can oab! 38 thdt in the day of need she uvtil be able to sub'stantitas the th-f ifthjic aseto1 ntboth in the eyes of God:-ans lt j oent ~ o'esc. ofcete t'_ i _