WINDSOR, Feb. 20.-His Maj...
The Times, 1824-02-23T00:00:00

Wr yosolit, Fell. Z0.-His Majesty hasg beeu closelv o -^ gsged this daIy on State business, reading andt ansaeritig l st)atehes froin his Ministers; stlao in receiving antl givitng aditle?ccs to Foreigin Atakbassad ors, vhieil ocem,lied a Cn11- srler-ab1e time. Their Fxc-llenci-s wern Baron Fagel, 1triuec Poliina'n, andtl Count Lieve'. '1 heir Excellencies hadl the Itorrour of being i;vited to dive with the King. Saturdlay thte Duke of York transacted busineis at the (C!,mulalder.i-Chief's office, in the liore- Guardls. Ott S aturday afternoon, at three o'clock, a Cahlinet Coiuncili as heldat the Foreign-office,D. wvninig-streetwirticI %va sunnnton-ild oln Thursdlay. The sittintg ot' tIe (abinet continlued till a quarter past tive o'clock. 'Ihe AMinisters present wvere, the Loit Chaieellor, the Earl of Liverpool, the Earl of' WVestmorland, the DIuke of Wellington, tile C(harcellor otf the Exchequer, Mr. Peel, Mr. Cqnnllilng, Earl Bathurst, Mr. Wynn, &lc. On Satutday the Lord Mayor gave agtacu (dIinner to Itis Royal Highiness the Dulke of Sussex, amd a distingushled partv, aistoirgat wirom were Genleral Mina, with his Aide- it-camp, General .Quiroga, ttie Canon Riego, the two Greek DeLputies, Lord Nugent; MIr. Humne, M.P., Mr. S ar- lett, MI. P., Mr. Denisant, .N. P.. Mr. Creevev, M. P., Mr. Halliriand, M. P., Colonrel Plalmiier, NL. P., MAr. Ellice, NI. P., Alderman Woodl, Mi. P., &c. 'fhe contract for the oan conelutded vitlr tltc Greek dleputies was sigped ri t thr Aransion-house prrevious to the dinner. On Saturdiy thie de&patches wereclo -ed at the East Indiia I tou'.e and tieli vered to thre pursers of tire fotlow ing sh ips.viZ. . tCan- ~inr, daavin .famnes Head, &RaBlcarras, Captait Peter CaNntron, for BenSgl asnd China; and Dnira, Captain Montgonierie Hatmil- ton, for iombav and C(hitia. The petition presente;l on the 17th to the liouse of Co:u;tors i,y Sir 's'iliiani Guise, from thme woollrin manufacturers Or Otocestertshire, was for " a repeal of' the tax on foreigtn woolo." Oin the 14th tilt., at Qttebee, Government bills of' ex- chringe were declared to be at eight per cent, premium. PILAD.AnE.r.P91A, Ja1n. 19.-Arr;ved, the Mlexi.z'tn, Dav- son, front Aharado, in 22 days. TIre E,i'gstt frig;ate T7iefi had arrived at Sacriniein, diirect irom England, with comnniissioners ott board, who were setting offfor the interior when tlie Mirlrican left. TIne Sp:nish Sleet left Vera Cr(z about six lays before the ilricant sailia1, being short of provisions. The castle was in tnuCi tlte sarne Sthte. DOUtE Oa KE--r' s R-rA ur.-On Saturday, at 11 o'clock, the statue of his Poyal Highneas, erecte(d at the top of Portland- place, was openeit to the public. On this occasion tire Comptroller of the Hiousehold of' the Duchess, stinl several friends of this Royal aligltness, were pIresent. 'I'Tiis statue formsis a noble object, and the situation is wvell chosen. It is ot' bronze, renresenting the Dtuke in his parliamentary robes, and supportel on a pedcstal of granite. Y'oung As;dtil, thenrtisical phenomelton, hanl the honor of heing introduced to the King, fbr the first time, on Friday last, at. WVi:dsor Palace. He had been itt attendance for some dAys pre. vinoun, in \Windsor, at the express desireof biis M;ijeaty, under the care of Sir &1dmund Nagle, and ott Frrdl a select party was invited to dine with the King for the purpose of witnessing his perfornaince. Amnong the company present, were tie Princess Augusta, Lady Mary Taylor, the Marchioness of Conyogharn, Lady E. Conyng- ham, the Dutke of Dorset, Lord St. HIelens, Count Lieven, Prince l'olignac, Baron Fagel, the iMarquis of Conyrghans, Lords Frrancis and Artitar Conynogharn, &c. &c. Young Aspull took hts stadon at tbre piano-forte at .bomut halttpast titire o'clock ; and for tile remainder of the evening, during miore titan three hours, had the Cc/nt ot' absorbing nearly the whole a;tention of the Roval party. The spcrtmens given of his proficiency ,rere selected ,'ronm composers of every style and of every varietv of diffi- culty, over wlitih he exhibited a perfret miisters. 'Cite more elaborate. pieces .of Beethoven, .Mozart, Humtnel;, Kalkbrenner, .loscheles, Kreutzer, and Cleniente were played in sIIcCes; sian, with a force and precision that drew repeated exclatna- tions of surprise, from Iris hearers. The King, who ehe greater part (if ttle ime sat at his side, f'requently inter- rtupted his performance by cries of bravo ! and encouraginglv patting thevoung perfbrm:r on the back. The Princess Augusta, whlo ifi hetself said to have studied music wvith great success, ho- noutred the juvenile pianist bv turmnig ovcr the leavcs of the book front which he plaved, in vihich she was occasioually relieved by La :y lary Taylor; Between the instrmnental pieces; for the sake of varriety, young Aspull. from time to time, sanig sinple airs, him.. self accempanying his Toice on the pianoforte. The impression matte on Iits Majesty and the whole companyv was that of unquali- hed admiration, atil the King, to afford another opportunity of estimnating his cxtraordinary powers, gave orders when the party separattel, that y Aun<Aspull snould iremain at Wilindsor, and be in arttendance at eighit a cock ott tIre following et*ening. Lo:sDo,z MaECTIANICS' I,STITtIT ION.-A very iinmer- ous assemblage of the members took lnlace on Friday tight, at Dr. Lindsay's ciaisel, itt lonk-vell-street, Falcort-square, to hear tthQ inaugural address, of their President, Dr. Birkbeck, andl the first of a series of lLetutes by Professor Millington, on the elementary prittciples of mectranical science. Fromn a statetnent made in the course of the evening, it appears that the numnber of persons who have enrolled themselves as members is little short of 1,300. 'I'he Ifampshire Teleg'sreph ot' Saturday says, Sir Hum- phrey Dtvy, ttrc President of the Roval Yociety, and Sir Robert Sep. ings, Surveyor of the Nav., retur ed to town this morning, after having been engaged t,hre2darLs at this Dock-yard, in tlirectirrg ex- pernients madeatthe bottoinsoftlic Sdieamrattg, 22, and Mlfianly gun- brig, wvhich were taken into dlock for the purpose; likewise on forr boats, coppered tinder their direction, witli a view to ascertain, upon a large scae, the eff.et of thre galvanic principle, witlch Sir flum- phrey proposes to apply ir a particular maniter, far protectingc tic cop- per sheathiing on srips' bottoms, from corrosion. The principle, we understand, is to render the whole copper on aship's botwm electro- rmcgative, by the application of a certain quantity of zinc or iron in close contact with the ship's copper, or any part of her bottom tinder w ater, which zinc or iron oaly will suffer all the oxidation or corro- sion, preservingethe copper entire." On Saturday last a creditable househo!der, of the parishl if Nuthlialing, near Southampton, of the name of Clarke, was sum- moned before the magintrates of Romsey, and fined 51. for the crime )f setting a gin in hisown garden, to protect his vegetables from the letredations of rabbits, bares, or other vermin. It appears, then, Lhat a man may ret a spring gun or traps in ihis grounds to catch a htief who shal vioLate the laws of property, bat, by the Game Laws, o set a gin to cta:.h aninals which daily destroy his property, is an sffence.-_Hampshire 2'elegraeh. In our last papel ve stated, that on the Wednesdlay af- ernoon preceding, the Shefield Union coach, on its way from hence :o that place, Was upsetatwllorsborough-bridge, and thatillir. GCrdon, i dancing and music-master at Sheffield, wats killed on tire spot. It eppearts that this unfortunate gentleman pitched w ith his head against stone, and that the contusior. was so severeas to produce lmost nstant deatlh. HLs family consists of his widow and two daughters, o whom die loss is irreparable. On the day afterdthe accidetit an nques; wvas held overtbe body before Air. Hardy, the coroner, ,heri it appeared at at the time when the coach was upiet, the iorses were in a catlter,' and travellinz aLtthe rate ot' about ten miles to iour; that in going down tliehill ihecoachmanm bad neglected to ocks the w'teel; and tbat the speed with wbich he was going5 and a lud4ep tum oadere od uc4le9 cf -pbe,4 Afe Mrc ry.