The Duke of York visited ...
The Times, 1824-11-26T00:00:00

The Duke of York visited His Majesty vesterday. The Duchess of Glecester received visits on Wednesday from the Duchess of Kent, the Princess Sophia, the Princess Sophia Matilda, the Princess Vittoria, and the Princess Feodore; and yesterday was visited by the Princesses Sophia and Feodore. Her Royal Highness was not quite so well yesterday. Mr. l;auntleroy, it is said, has expressed a desire that after to-day he may not be visited by any persons but his near relatives, and the gentlermen who have hithertoattend. ed him with the benevolent design of affording religious instruction and consolation. His spirits anpear to haye s-uffered little or no depression since the announcement to him of the decision of the Privy Council. He enjoyed good repose throughout the greater part of the night ; and was in so sound a sleep the next morning, that he was not awakened by the tolling of the great bell during the execu- tion of Harwood. When it was told him that this unfor. tunate youth had intimated an inelination to see him, he exclaimed, "'Ahl! poor fellow, I wish I had been with him this morning." A letter from Lima of the 3d of July states, that M r. Roweroft had arrived in that city, and was ftulfilling, to a certain extent, the funictions of Consul-General in behalf of the English merchants. He called a meeting of the British commercial residents on the 30th of June, to whom he exhibited his commission, and read extracts from the instructions given hirm by Mr. Canning. These, it ap- pears, did not permit him to carry on trade, nor to charge anycommission,but authorized him to certify any instrument as a notary, and to claim a remuneration for that service. He was particularly charged not to encourage any illicit traffic, either against the laws of England or those of the country in which his official residence was fixed. No men- tion is made of Mr. Rowcroft's having presented his cre- dentials to the Spanish authorities in Lima. Theblockade of Callao by the Peruvian squadron had, it seems, placet the English merchants in somae difficulty, as General Rodil, the Spanish officer who commandled in that fortress, on the approach of Admiral Guise, refused to allow any commu- nication between the shore and such English merchant- vessels as were lying at anchor in a distant part of the bay, with the view to prevent any information being con- reyed to the patriot blockading vessels. Through the exertions, however, of Captain Malling, of his Majesty's ship Cambridge, who was applied to by the merchants, such arrangemnents weremadeas satisfed General Rodil, and the communication with the shore was placed en its former footing. Letters from Pernambuco, to the 10th of October, have been received. The town continued tranquil, but in the interior a refractory spirit was still prevalent. It was the goneral opinion that the measurec adopted hy Gleneral Lima were not sufficiently rigorous for the existing crisis. The Committee of General Purposes for the city of Lon- doss lament with the public the accident whvich occurred at Blackfriars-bridgo on Saturday last, and had previously Siven orders to the contractor to use all possible despateh tor its completion. On the receipt of a letter from the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, the Chairman of the Com- mittee callea au especial ineeting, to cousult what mea- sures should be immuediately taken for the protection of the foot passengers, and orders are given whickl will, they trust, prevent the recurrence of such a disaster. Yesterday was performed the ceremony of the con- secration of the xew church in Langham-place, by the Right Reverend the Bishop of London, attended by the Rev. Dr. Heslop, Dr. Burgess, the Rev. Basil Wood, and a full attendance of the rectors and clergyrneni. The Blonde frioate with the bodies of the late King and 'uecn of the Sand,vich islands, arrived at hladeira on the 18th of October, and sailed on the 23d for Rio Janeiro and the Sandwich Islands. Hig Biajesty's ehip Darntmouth arrived the same day fromn Plymouth, and sailed on the 23d for the WVest Indies. His Diajes- tyen ship Valorous arrived on the 3d of November from Plyrouth- sailed the next day for the NVest Indies. His AMajesty's ship Bri- tomart sailed from Aladeira on the 14th ult. for the lreat Indies. GrBRALTAt, Nov. 4.-A frigate, said to be an Algerine, was cruising off' Cape St. Vincent's on the 30th ult., and it is report. ed that a Portuguese vessel had been captured by her. An Inde- pendent privateer was to the eastward a few days since, and captured several Spanish craft, some of which she destroyed, and others re. leased. She has since passed to the westward, and was ofT Cape Spartel on the 29th ult. A Calcutta paper of the 12th of June thus explains the origin of the charge insinuated against the late Governor-General of India :-i We are given to understand that the following is the ex- planation of the origin of the rumour respecting the deficiency of 300,GO,0., and which was made the subject of intinuation against Lord Hastings. A clerk at the India-House (Audit-offilce) having made an error in summation of 30d,0001. in last year's accounts, mentioned to some other clerk that there was this deficiency in the Treasury; he again repeated the story, making the deficency in the Indian Treasury; and when it was again mentioned, it otained the addition of ' Bengal Treasury,' and that the deficiency must have been occasioned by Lord Hastings; last came the charge in the prints, that Lord Hastings had abstracted to the above amount frorn is own treasury. WVhile the rumour was thus spreading, the error was observed and corrected, and consequently the miatter was a sur- prisce to the Direction, and appeared unworthy of an answer. The prints had to retrace their authority, and the foregoing was the result." Nearly all the journals of the new American Republics are printed partly in the Spanish, and partly in the English lan- guage. AwEcDoTe.-The husband of the celebrated Madame Geoffrin was as remarkable for his dulness as she was for her wit. A wag sent him several times the first volume of the Travehl of Fa- ther Lsbat. The worthy man alwavs read the book over again, without dliscovering the trick. "h ow do you like these Travels, Sir?"-" They are very interesting, but I think the author is some- what giyen to repetition." He -isead the Dictionary of Bayle with great attention, followving the line with hir finger acro.s the double cwlumns. " WYhat an excellent work," lie said, "if it were only rathier less abstruse." Notwithstanding his deplorable deficiency, he was permitted to sit at table, upon condition that lie never at- tempted to join in tite conversation. A foreigner, who was a con- stant visiter at Aladamtic Goffris's, ine day rot seeing the dumb Moansieur in his place at table ag usual, inquired after him. " What have you done withi the poor man whom I alwave used to see here, and who never spoke a word ?"-" Ob, thiat was my husband; be is dead !" DnultY-LANH THEATItE.-Tlhe comedly of As you like i; was last niight revived at this tbeatre, in a more ope- ratic shape than it lies usualy assumed. The original songs have been preserved, and several others, the werds fromi Shakspeare, have been very appropriately introduced. The gay, yet sensitive Rfosaliard-tliat kind spirit, who wishes to fling over deeply-womnd. ed feelIngs the light veii of mirth andl pleasantry-was person- ated by RIrs. Yates. It was a Ii ht pretty perforinace; a picture chitate and correct; but in tXe serious scenec with the nsurp- itg Duke, it wanted force; and in the comic scenes with Or- lntido, a little more richneas, a little more gaiety of colour- ing, woUld have been well. Her lover, Orlando, was credit- ably represcnted by Al r. IVallack. Al r. M1acready played Jaques. H;iR effirts in SMakspeare are, in general, considerably removed from excellence: oa this occasion, lie approached very nearly to it. He alisumied thc moody melancholy of tltis half.misanthropic charac- ter witb more effect than we have scen it assumned since D1r. Kemble, with his tretaulous tones was wont to pour forth the feelings of a diseased msind. Mr. Alacready gave the well.known "neven ages" in a beautiful style. His recitation was here richly harmonilous. 13{ deep, well-toned voice has rarely, if ever, been heard to such advantage. Alr. Terry's A arn, though it lacked much of the feeling which AMurray used to display, was a sensible per fSurniance. Amr. Harley, Ma Touchstonse, was perfectly mercurial. He got throtugh the part with much credit; and if he had not imitated Alir. Faweett so often, would have earned mucS rnore. The singing prtts of Celiazand P/tubc we,e respect&b1v filled (we carn say no more) by' Mrs: Bedford and bliss Povey. We observed no new scenery -no new dresses. The proprietor lavishes all his tore of finerD on suchl execrable pieces as: The Flying C&urstr: lie leaves uak. spqare, wit, and poetry, soshift for phemsslves-feeling, ve suppose, 't That loveliness" Wants- ndt the fdreign aid of ornament, 11 But is, when unadorn'4, adora'd the mozt.--