Yesterday afternoon, at h...
The Times, 1824-07-29T00:00:00

Yesterday afternoon, at half-past two o'clock, a Cabinet Council waas held at the Foreign-office, Downing- street, which was attended by the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Harrowby, the Earl of Westmorland, the Duke of Wel- lington, Mr. Peel, Mr. Canning Ezrl Bathurst, the Chan- cellor of the Exchequer, Lord Bexley, Mr. Wynn, and Mr. Huskisson. The Cabinet Council continued in close deliberation till a quarter past nve o'clock. The Duke of WAellington has been indisposed for about a week past. His Grace has been attended by Dr. Hume, who found it necessary to take blood from the Duke. His Grace was so much better yesterday as to be able to attend the Cabinet CounciL The Chancellor of the Exchequer came to town yesterday morning, from Charlton, Kent, to attend the Cabinet Council. Earl Bathurst came to town on Tuesday night, for the same pur:pose. The Earl ot Guilford has arrived in London from Corfu. Letters dated the sth of June were received yesterday from Alvarado, at wlhich time that part of Mexico was tran- quil, and the latest accounts from the capital favourable. A letter from the city of Mexico, dated May 6, states that a commurication from Iturbide had been received by the Congress. in which he "offers them his sword against the Holy Alliance, and declares that as soon as he shall receive their authority, he wrill hasten to defend his country, well supplied with arms, clothing, sad ammunition." The Con- gress had resolved to publish his letter, accompanied by the decree which declared him a traitor and placed him out of the protection of the law, if he should ever show himself on the Mexican territory. We have received a Greek paper published at Misso- logighi on the 10th of May. It contains the decrceof the Provisional Government, ordering the .th of May to be kept as a day of general mourning throughoat all Greece for the death of Lord Byron. It appears, however, that this order did not reach Missolonghi until after the appointed day. Maurocordato therefore issued a decree directing the lth of May to be kept as a day of rnourning with the same ceremonies as had been ordered for the 5ehL In the sales of wool, on the 23d instant, recently import- ed from New South 'Wales and Van Dieman's Land, con- siderably isproved prices were obtained, from the great improvements in the qudlities. The colonists are rnw sen- sible of the importance to them and to the mother ntry of this valuabWe article, and the ne breeds of sheep, oth from Spain and Saxony, continue to be sent out in every ship to Sydney and tO Hobart-town. A portion of the fleeces of the Surveyer-General exceeded in quality any im- portation from New South Wales, end were sold at higher prices. Letters have been received from Bombay, dated the 222d of March, by the ship Her.-crkv. The greatest activity ptevails a-t Calcattuand Madras; ani the whole of the shipping in t.e Country trade were employed to convey the K'ig's and Gmnpany's trOps on the expedition aga.inst t.he Burmese. Not one ship remained at ombay belenging t Elngland. The eexchange was at Is. 6L to le. 9d. the rupee at six months. sir .Edward Barnes arrived at:Cey,_ lon on the 18th ofjnuaqry and next da was ssworn in a8 GovCenor, Commaneder-in-Chief andi Vice-Adntrl of that asettlemellL PLYMSoUTH..-Tie Ocean,, SO, Captain Hardyman, was towed out of harbonr into the Sound onFriday,complet4raeadyfor sews She has on board nearly 1,l rnen, irding mali?nea,2 grcat part of whom werebrought to Plymoutb in the V8ti!ant,Lyra, Surl,, Brisk, Jyoodiark dt&o14 and Redseng The Atwlw, yigilnt, l and Bordisrk, have aga3n kaild to the east- ward. A DESERTED CQiLD.-We noticed some months ago a circumstance of a fiee male infant, abDat four Mnntls old) being placed with iperson to nurse, to whom ssoneyand a card of address were vven; but,itseems, onlyso deceive.andget rid of the chUld as no one has since cled, and} the card of addres provea to be fX._ From the very respectale appearance of both the lady ana gentle. mDn who placedl the chid with the nurse, there is no doubt itapa.. rents are of a respectabledeacrdption. Itis a fine promisippgboy, now aboat 18 months old, and a protected by air= Biabeo prin. cipal oftEces of New.este; int justice SO whose humanity we wre in. dncedto notice it aL second time: -in our papei,in thebo1pe.it may7 be thenens ofbuiagi5g this mysterious vcuCums1., ce Wolght .~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~xe i.