Yesterday afternoon about...
The Times, 1824-06-30T00:00:00

Vesterdav afternoon about fbur o'clock, the D:ike of York held a Levee as Commiiarnder-in-Chief, at his office iu the Horse Guards. The Neapolitan Ambassador transactetl bUsrnees With Mlr. Secretary Canning. at the Foreign-office,on Monday. Mr. Rush, the Atnerican Ambassador, transacted business on Monday at the Clonial-office. Alonlday night Prince Leopold gave his last grand enter- tainuient for the season at Marlboro grbh-heuse. Advices have been receivetl fromn Maranhain to the 16th of MTay. The local Government hadl, in the latter end nf Apriil, pioulgated an edict, banishing from the countrv all the European or unmarrittd Portuenese, and giving them merely eight days to prepare 'br the3r departure. This severe measuire, as may naturally be supposed, causet the greatest consternation aiong the personis against whom it was direct- ed,who remonstrated wvith the local Government on the sub- jtct. The result was, that theobnoxicus decree was w'thdrawn on the fourth (day at'ter its promulgation. T'he local Go- vernomnet had, it wvas believed, .aken alarm, in conse- quence of some hints having be-en thrown out bv the me- nacede Portuguese, of' their intention, should the Govern- ment attempt tO enforce th2 eclict against them. of sirrmul- taneously emanlcipatilng their slaves, of whom they hold a great tnimber, ant by their assistnsice resisting so harsh and vindictive a proceeding. Thle new Governor of Mlaran- ham liad arrivedi about the milddle of May in a vessel or wvar frots PRio tle Janeiro. He is the same whom the people 8as vell as the troops had, somne time IbLorc, ref'used tol reeeive, anid whom thev forced to return to Rio. 0n his arrival there, the Emppror ord&red hirr. in- stantly to repair again to Maranhairi, where ie met wvith a better reception than i,e experienced on his first visit. 'I'he soldiery, however, altlough they did not think proper to resist his authority, tlid not seem remarkably well pleased with him ; and they were, if they chosc to exert their power, the real governors of the place. The samne vessel which broue.ht the iiew Governor from R.io also brou<-ht a nev. Govertior for Para, to wlhich place he proceeded on the 15th of MIay. i Ve are requiested to state that tlhere is no trutb in thle assertion .vhich has appearet in a Paris paper, that an ac- count existed between MIr. Rothschild and Doloret, arid that the bills fraudulently obtain)ed by the latter were in adjustment of that account. D)oloret gave a check on his banker for the bills, the refusal to pay which wvas the I first *liscovery of the tiaud. Mr. Rothschild hadt no pre- Ivious transactionS with him, nor any knowledge of him, ex- I cept from the action respecting the Neapolitan Scrip, and I even that had eccaped his recollection at the time he drew bills on Paris for so large arn amount in his fayour. The Bank andl Stock Exchange vere both shut yester- daV. Trarnsactions were privately effected in Consols for the Ac- count at 96.f., and in Mfexican Scrip at a depression ot about ore. half per rent. on the prices of ilonday. in other securities no alteration took place. Kt,G'S 'TifATftE.-Zingarelihs opera of Romleo et Gitlieta was performed last night. The piece possesses little in- terest except in the concluding scene, which was performed by M a- dame Pasta, who represented Rnmeo with mucb pathos. The air of O,eibra adorata, addressed to Juliet in the tonb, is one of the finest compositions of'Zingareili. Tne scene of the toLub isme to terminate fatallv for both the lovers, neariv after the man' s I Shakspeare's plaryas altered by Garrick. To English spect , thern was much of the outre in the conduct of this celebrate_cbne. I Romiteo comes to break opea the tomb with a crowd of followers, w hvlio act as chorus; and Juliet is allowed to rise unassist d.. and very coollv walk up to her lover before he filily recognizes her. But the fine singing and acting of Mladame Pasta suspended attention to these absurdities. The house was crowded. IL is rumoured in Spain,that Baron d'Eroles will be ap- noilited Viceroy to Pern.-Eveoi,e pn,prr. - Al. OUVR.ARo.-The Madrid Diario of the 13th con- tains the following notice:-'To the Subdelegation of theRertes of this province and the Secretary's office attached.-Process has comr mienced against 211. Victor Ouvrard, ex-Commissariat of the French auxiliary army, amone other things. for excesses committed at his own house at the timne ,he notification was made to him of an or_ dinmnce of the said deputy Intendant, which he sent back vith vio. lence, without deigning to receive it. In consequence of his having been accused by a roval order of the 9:h of this month, and sentence having heen pas6ed on the 10th, by the Intendant and his assessor, notice has been given to the said Ouvrard that he should present himself before tie Judge to hcar the charges made against bim, and to enter a defence thereon." We havermuch pleasure in announcing the safe arrival- of Blrit Bowdich and her children, from Africa,after a voyageof nine wecks. From the perils which she has encountered, and the dread. ful loss she has sustained, her sufferings have been great, but we understand her health and strength are daily in?preving. As ehe has brought home with her very interesting materials, tbe literary world may ex pect a beok of travels from the pen of the fust *etmale traveller in Africa. By statute 6th George It., c. 37, it was felony without benetit of clergy to destroy an aish. Dr. Ash, a great wit, and friend ot'Swsift, w;as once wet trou-gh witb the rain, and Upon going inlto an inn, asked the waiter to strip off his coat for himr: upon which the waiter staTted, and said he would not, for it was felony to sirip an Ash. Dr. Ash used to sayhewouldh avegiven 50. tohave beets the author of that pun.