On Saturday afternoon, at...
The Times, 1824-04-12T00:00:00

On Saturday afternoon, at two o'clock, a Cabinet Coun- cil w.s held, by summons, at the Earl oftLiverpool's house in Ilrhitehall, which was attende:l by al the Cabinet Minis- ters (with the exception of the Lord Chancellor and Vis- count Sidmouth),who sat int deliberation till about a q uarter past four o'clock. Yestcrday another Cabinet Council assembled at two n'clock, which was summoned to meet at the Foreign Of- fice, but aijourned to the Earl of Livcrpool's house. The Council continued in deliberation till about halfpast three o'clock. Yesterdav his lMIajesty received visits from the Duke of York, the Ditcheqs of Gloc-ster, and( the Priticess Augnsta. We undlerstand th?i Earl of Liverpool is about to leave Londlon for Bath. lVe last night received Brutsels papers to the 9th inst., and the I-Lambtsrgh Corre.vpondent to the 6th. lVre are toid [n the former, that on the 8th the Princess of Orange was safely delivered of a dauglhter. Neither of these sets oP pa- perc contain anv political news of the slightest interest. ' In the stock list of Saturdaiy two tlistinct prices appeared For old 4 ptr cnt. st-ek. That on which assent has been ,iven is quotedt at 1014, and the stock of the dissentients ~~~~~~~~~ t l00_ The tenders for the Colombian Loan were made on Sa- lurday, and late in the afternoon it was announced oni Change that the house of Messrs. B. A. Goldschmidt and Co. had obtained the contract. The parties who made of- 'ers for the loan arc, we understand, Messrs. Thomas %Vilson andl Co.; -Messr;. Fletcher, Alexander, and Co.: ind 'Messrg. Bruce, Bazette, and Co., in one lint; Melssrs. Railv a-:ld Goklsunai; Mevssrs. Herrinsr, Powles, and Co.; Mlessrs. Rougeinont and Behretnds; andI Messrs. Fry and Uhiapman. The termns are not positively knosvn, but it is reported that the price is 89 for a 6 per cent. stock, and that the anmount of the loan is 4,7so,0001. stock. B irgaius were elfected in the scrip by anticipatioln, at a premium )f from 3 to 4 per cent. The Lord Mayor has adlopted the plan of last year. of li- rniritig the number of tickets for the Easter Ball, whereby the coompany will be more select andl respectable. and the ineonvenience so generally complained of itl former years by the numerous and indiscriminate issue of tickets will bc avoided. An OrdEi 5.n Council bas beeir forwarded& t iiiefr, lectlavng the Act of the Governor and on6or o oliey'in. ini tlht colony, of' tlhe 3d of Februaty, I81. by- hi*h t change was made in the church. adiministration of the. Poor Fund; to be null and void. The instrutnitt further restores the Ministers of the BEglish, Dutch, andl Scotch churches to the exercise of the functions from which,on the alleged grounds " of the disposition shown to contend with himself and the Court, and the refusal to give in their ac- couints of expenditure for the l'st quarter," they were sus. pended by the late Lieut.-Governor's letter of March 4, 1823. Dr. Audouard, a Paris physician, read a memoir to the RoyalAcademy of Sciences, on the 5th inst., on the yellow fever. Tlle doctor hal observeI the symptoms and ex- ainined she causes of this maladly at Barcelona in 1821, andl at Passage last summer, and thinks himself justified. from tle facts wlhich he adduces, and the inductions he makes, to conclude that the yellow fever arises from " a special infection contained in certain ships which have been engaced in the slave-trade." If this theory be just, the barbarotus traffic in human beings brings along with it its own punishment, and retributive pestilence avenges on the WVhites their cruelties to the African race. The report that ['ar]iament is to be dissolved at the end Of the present session, has been contradicted upon authority. The period of adjournment for the Easter holydays will be from Thurs- day next, to Mionday, the3Sd of Ilar. Letters have been received from Constantinople by an eminent Turkey merchant, which confirm most unequivocallv the report of the declaration of independence issued by the Pacha of Egypt. The fall of Patras was rumoured at Constantinople, but no intelligence which could be relied on on this subject had been re- ceived. The Sultan is, it seems, disposed to treat with the Greeks, bht the policy of the Divan remains unalterel, and s6veral Greeks in the Turkish dominions have recently been persecuted. 'he following is an extract of a letter from the Agents to Iloyd's at Genoa, dated the 29th of Mlarch:-" A commercial house in this city has this day received a letter from Trieste, dated the 23d istant, wrhich states that letters frorn Corfu to the 11th inst. repsrt that the A1gerines have a squadron cruising in those seas, and that our (;overnment ther had laid an embargo on Q British and Ionian vessels." LIBERTY OF TIHE PiREsS.-Intelligence was on Satur- day received from Calcatta of mnuch importance to the libertv of the press. Nile long ago stated the circumstances nnder which 'Mr. Backihngam was peremptorily sent home to England blv the Government authorities of India, in consequence of some iarcastie writings in the falc'atla Journat, on a hungry Doctoe of Divinity, who hadl been appointed to a aivil employmant. Since his departure, the laper has been carried on with some spirit, and AIr. Arnot, a gentleman who succeeded Mllr. Buckingham as editor of it, was, in consequenceof some article, as innoocntas that for ishich Air. BucL- I ingham was:seot to Europe,ordcred toleave India also. Itappears by the last arrival, that l,ord Amherst. the present Governor43eneeal of India, has entirely suppressed the journal, in consequence of some articles which w ere considered ofl~ensive._Globe erna Troveller. The King is reported to have lately sent for Lortl En- combe, the Chancellor's grandson (whohavingpassed through Win. chester school with grreat credit, is now entered as a Gentleman Commoner at New College, Oiford), and presented him with a splen(iid edition of the Classics, in which was written in his la- jesty's own hand an inscription in the highest degree complimentary to thp young Lord's learnetd and venerable ancestor. WVEST HACKNEY CHURcH.-The ceremonv of the con- secration of this churchl was performed by the Bishop of Lontdon on Saturday, in the presence of a respectable, but, owing to the un- fisrourahle state of the weather, not a very numerous, congregation. The buil(ling- is capable of containing about 2,000 persons. It is well ligrhted, and decorated with tasteful simriicitv. Its principal e nrhellishment consists of a richlY ornamented ScsG ola marble altar, cmposed of pilasters, friei, blockinas,&e., in rorpbvrv, yellow antique, and statuary; and decorated wvith handsome eapitals, mould- ingss, &c.; wbich has the effect of imparting to (he general appear- ance of the church an air of great elegance and beauty. It was ex- cuted from a design of Nr. Smirke's. by MUe.ssrs. Croggon and Co., of Limbeth, who also executed the one recently erected in the new church, 'yndham-piacc. The whole arrangemcnt and fitting m) of thc bulding seemed to give universal sLtisfaction. As soon as the Bishon arrived. lie was received at the door hy the various ministers and officers of the church, the commit- tee, &ct.. and conducted into the vestry-room, where hie put on his c-iscopal robes. his Lordship then proceelcd to the communion- table, where the petition being presented and read, he cominenceA the ceremony of consecration, in compliance with its prayer; and walkedl down one of theaisles and back azain, repeatingalternately with the clergy the 24th Psalm : after which the other customary forms were gone through, and followed by divine service. The ser- mon was rreached by the Bishop hinself. After the ceremonv seas over hii Lordship proceeded to the consecration of some groun.l. POatTSMrOUTH, April 1O.-This morniing ar ived the Sue- crrs transport, Lieut. R. D. Pritchard, Agent, from Sierra Leone, 31st I)ecember; Cape Coast. 22d January, and Ascension. 14th February: brinzing Capt. Filmore, late of the Otrec Glerdo-rer, and ninie invalids. The Ashantee war was still going on. Sir Charles Mac Carthr had taken the field. and was what theAshan. tees call in ite Bush; that is, the Ashantees will not fi,rlit their enemies,-but will keep them in the bush until the sickl vseason conies on to destroy them. Every European had left Capet oast, to join the forces, carrying supplies, &c. WVhen the StlCcess sailed, the several stations and factor es on the coast were conside?Fd as be- ing healthy; but the climate had very recently been (lestructive to the European officers and soldiers which had arrived out a short time. The Boar.l of Longitulde have conferred the Parliamen- tary nrernium of 5001. on Mr. Peter Barlow, of the Rovyal AMilitary Academv, for his method of correcting the local attraction of ves- sels. The great quantitis of iron employed at this time in the con- struction and equipunentof ships of war, produce so much.deviation to the compass (varying according to the direction of'the ship's head), as to render it almost an useless instrument, particularly in high Northern and Southem latitudes. It appears by LAeutenant Foster's report of ckperiments made in his lMlajesty's ship Coun,ap, under the sttperintendence of Captain B.sil Hall, to lat. 6I degre'es S., atid under that of Captain Claverinig in the recent voyage of the Griper, to lat. 80 deg. North, that the diff'erence in the bearingF of an obiect with the ship's head at East anid \lrest, amounted to 28 deg. before the latter vessel left the Nore: this difference afterwards amounted to 50 dez. at the North Cape, and to 75 degrees at Spitz- bergen. Great, however, us this efect was, the method recommended by Mr.;Barlow was completely successful. This is extremely simsple: it consists in merely placinig a small plate of iron abaft the compass, in such a situation as to counteract thIe effects of the ship in any one place; af'ter whichi, without removing it, it continues to do the same in all parts of tde world, whatever chance may take place in the iip or intensity of the magnetic needle. Three important advantages will result t'roni this discoverv. It will add greatlv to the safety of vessels in our Channel, in dark and blowing weather ; it will tend to thi general correction of our Charts of Variation, and will dispel nine out of ten of the suppositions current, so liberally supnlieod bv navigators, to account for every remarkable disagreement between reckoning and observation, and of which there can be no doubt the greater number have arisen frnm this loig-neglected error in the compass. -Jllano.e hirr Teiegraph. OPEP^ AlT ST. Pa'EltSBURGll.-It is generally untder- stood at St. Petersburgit, that the Emperor is about to introduce a regular establishment for the perfoniiaiee of Operas in the Italian language. in the Russian capital during six months of the year; and in order to this, it is said, ie appropriates the sum of half a million ofroubles, about20,00ll. sterling..Madenme Fodor, from Par'is, alone is to be pensioned with a monthlv allowance of 12,O00 roubles. The Lord Lieutenant has interposed to save the lives of the ten nien convicted at aur assizes. for attacking the barracks of Glanashien. His Excellency has transmuted their puuishment from sentence of cleath to translortation for life. They were ac- cordingly transmitted from the county gaol, on iMondav mprninz, for Cork, under an cstort of the 12th Royal lfancers arnd the 2e battalion of the Ritle Brigade, preparatory to embariting for their final destination.-Limericl. Cliuosictec. ANECDOTE.-(Frorn a morning paper.)-It has been with great truth observed, that a man's fortune is often carved out by that inherent property of good breeding commonlv called an easy address. The following well authenticated fact ftilly sustains the assrrtion :-Somne few days back, as his Royal Highness the Dake of Yorlt, attended by some nalitarv officers, was enjoying a ridc through Hvde-park, his attention was suddenlv arrested bv the skill witl; whichl a one-armed gentleman was rcining in a young and uset- tlesomc horse. As the rider approached ahegroup, he sutIdenlv recognized the Coonmander-in.chief, and appareatly regardless of thc animal's curvetting. he dexterously threw the reins over his owen heatl, and taking off his hat, bowed repeatedlv and with infinite grace, to the no small admiration of the J)ake, wo rrcturned thec sa- lihte witlh even niarked respect. The stranger, however, had notrode many yards, when he was ovcrtaken bv one of the officers attendant on the Duke, who signified to bini his Royal Hilhness's wish to know if lie were in the service ? The a(dress of "C Captain D-, half pay, - regiroent," was imame iiatelv produced, and gave an. swer in thieaffirmative. The card was shown to his Royal Highness, and an intination was given to the Captain to attend the Horse-guards on thefollowins day, whielh was a levee day. Notat all awareof thereal object of his illustrious Commander, the young soldier felt too highly honoured by the command not to be found at his post, andl amongst athrona of veterans who " bore their blushing hconours thick upon them," the one-armed officerwas quickly recognizedl, and saluted wnith that urbanity and condescension of manner which has endeared IIS Royol flighness to the army of Britain. After the routine buai- ness of the levee was transacte, his floyal Hichness entered into a close and faniliartconversation with Captain D-, both as to the length and 'uture of the service in which he had been engaged. The repiies were such as excited the Duke's warniest approbation; and when in conclusion he com-plimented the young 'oldier on his well- won laurels, he tnvstedlthat hiis present situation waa azreeable. Enicou- raged by this kind interrogatory, the Captain took periission to say, tiat though his allowance was liberal in the extrem.e ( ..nsiderirg hiis poor deserts), yet lie panted for a life of activity ' onie arini (thie left) was certainly buried beneath the waUs of Badajos, but the other remained to wield a sword in the sernice of his sovercign. His Royal I Iighness smiled: and after a few minutes' consiltation with one of thc military secretaries, informed Captaid D- that his request should, if possible, be speedily complied with. The delighted Cap. tain bowed his thanks; and a subsequent GazettC proved the pro. mise was not forgotten. Mr. Ackermann hasjust published another numaber (the 3d) of his SpaWish 2lfagaziue, which vies in interesting articles and embellishments with thore that preceded it. Amonig the articles of Spanisih literature, is a critical account and analysis of that singular snecimen of early dramatic composition. known under the title of Celstfiua, Tms ico edliad (JC Talisto y Melibe.a Tie object of this t'agi-coindv IS !o warn youtht against yieding to the impulses ol' passion; and whle it bias obtained elebrity as a literary curiosity, it l:sa also been admired for its SuppOSed nmoral tendency, wihich, however, Borsterwek (in his Historgr of XSpeieli iterat,ire) justly qurstion on account of tIhe natural description and vivid colouringc of certaina scenes. The wvriter of the article seems to have settled the rong doubtful question as to the authorship'of the Celcstinia. ht is shown by a train of ji'dicious criticism, that there is no essential difterence in style and manlier between time first act, . which purports to be written bv one author, and theremaining acts (no less than 20 in number) said to be added by another hand; that the work must have becn written before thetaking of Grenada, anadprobably before the long siege of that city commenced; and that the originilauthior and tbecontinuator was one antlthe samc person-iiamely,Fernando de Rojas. The frontispieeeof theAMagzine is an engravitssrfrom a portrait of Sir Jameg Maeintosh, painted by Lawrence 20 years ago. The other plates serve to convey to the South Americans some idea of the dresses, the manners, and the buildings of England.