On Saturday Mr. Secretary...
The Times, 1824-04-19T00:00:00

On Saturday Mr. Secretary Canning transacted business at the Foreign Office. Yesterday morning, at half past seven o'clock, the Duke of York left town for Newmarket. On Saturday evening Prince Leopold came to. tAwrn from Claremont. His Royal Highness dined with the Duchess of Kient, at the Kiing's Palace, Kiensington.' Yesterday being Easter Sunday, the Princess Feodor wat confirmed at the King's Gleman Chapel, agreeably to atie custom of her iighness's nitive cotntry. The religious ceremony was performed by the Rev. Dr. Ktuper. The Duchess of Kcnt, the ?rinoess's Royal Mlother, Pr_n'n Leopold, the Duchess of Clarence, and the Princess Au- gusta, wverepresent. 'I'he Duke of Glocester was a little better yesterdlay. The meeting of the three choirs of *Vorcester, HerefX and Glocester, is to be this year at 'Worcester, under thie direction of MNIr. Clarke, the organist of that cathedral. The letters in answer to applications for shares in the new Colombian Loan will be issued this day, and the scrip will be ready for delivery on Wednesday, when the deposit amounting to 15 per cent. wir be paid. 'Te instalments wvill be 10 per cent. monthly, as near as the subscription price of the loan will permit, and the first dividend will be timade payable on the 15th of July next. HAGuE, April 13.-The inscriptions for the new Com- mercial Society having so far exceeded the sum proposed by his Majesty, the books were closed yesterday. The shares were sold yesterday on 'Change, at Amsterdam, at 105 to 106,.to be dlelivered tY,o months after thev are issued, and at t09 to 110, to be delivered at the end ot' December. lDIPROVEBENT IN PUBLIc TASTE.-WVe have heard, through a correspondent at Edinburgh, that a magazine of that capital, notorious for its abuse of everv person knowvn for worth or talents beyond the party which it supports, has lately found its trade of calumny and defamation on the decline, and thatfrom the improYement ofpublic taste it bas fallen off more than a thousand in sale. To avoidl the confession of this mortifyinig fact, which it wae difficult to hide in so gossipping a place as Edinburgh, the ehief pro- prietor is said to have adopted the extraordinary e.pedient of continuing to print the same nuinber of copies as when the demand was more extensive, and to have disposed of the supernumeraries in the lowvest depth of his uihmber-rooms- the catacombs of extinct libels. " Murder," however, " will out," and this singular species of literary infanti- cide (where the " birth," contrary to the usual practice in such cases, was announced, but the brat concealed) could not remain unknown. An inquest was callcd for by some of the proprietors, on the fate of these unhappy innocents;. but as this particular species of crime is treated with more leniency in Scotland than on our side of the Tweed, a ver- dict of guilty was recorded, and the crimninal parent was patdoied on an undertaking that he should pay the whole expenses of the accouchment, and perform the funeral ope-. rations without noise or scandal. IMhr. Hill, the King's Messenger, who arrived at the Fo- reign Office, Dowvning-street, on Thiursday, with despatches from the Right Hon. Sir Henry Wellesley, eur Amnbasgador at Vienna, also brought despatches ftom LJord Viscount Strangford, our Am- bassador at Constanltinople, to which considerable importance was attached. The noble Viscount had not a Kting's messenger in attendance upon him at Constantinople, and in consequence sent his despatches to Vienna, with directions for them to be forwarded, with all convenient speed, to the British Government br. Hill, who was in attendance upon Sir Henry WellesIry, was sent of by his Excellency without loss oftime; and the messenger pursued his journey with all possible speed. The East India Company's ship Duchess of Athol, out- ward.bound. was all wel in la'- 1. 30. North, long. 22. 30. West, onit the 7th of Ml1arch. The British ship Stanmore was cut out of Coquimbo by a Spanish cruiser early in Decem;ber; and the buigs CGadaloupe and Roses-io, and tha schooner Jlfa,-isua, are reported to be taken out of Guasco by a Spanish schooner. Mr. Blaquiere embarked last week from Portsmouth, the bearerof 40,0001. to the Greeks..-.Southom tn Coanty Chron icle. The piece of grounl given by Earl &osvenor, at Pim- lico, for building a church, has been lately enclosed with boards, and the foundation has been digging for several days past. The spot of ground is situated at the commencement of the King's-road, on the rilht side of the entrar4ce from Grosvenor-place. it is the va- cant piece of ground between the houses and the encloaure for a new square. When the church is built, application is to be made to Parliament to constitute Pim,ico, which baa increased very much within these few years, a separate and distinct parish, to be called the parish of Belgrave. At present it is attached to the parish of SL George, Hanover-square. Lady Collier still remains seriously indisposed atKinowvle- cottage. on Sunday last, 20 aged and poor men, and as many poor and azed women, appeared at the parish church ofSr George's Ulist, in full mourning for their late benefactor, Sir George Collier, at the expense of his truly amiable relict. They are to aitend again next Sunday and receive the sacrament.-Exeter Flying Po.ti t The chief topic of conversation at present in this city (Kilkenny) is, that a Protestant beneficed clergvman, who once |aspired to a mitre, has abjured that church and embraced the , Roan Catholic faith- He was in a dangerous state of health at the time of his fecantation, bat is said to he now in a fair way of recovery..-Leinster JoUr nod. We find on inquiry there is no truth in the story of the natue of the town ot Devonport having rost its inhabitants many thousand pounds. His Mlajesty freely, and witb expressed satis- faction at baving it in his power to rant the prayer of so large a por- tion of his subJects, gave the town is new denomination; and the whole of the expense.s attendant en such a transaction didnot amount tO 51.-Dervonport Journal One of the French papers states that the Police has re- cently shut up the private theatres, which had been opened in difrer- ent parts of the capital, and which had become so numerous as to be ighlyv objectionable. hffe following are some of the new plans lately brought forward in the city for the investment ef capital, with the nominal amnount of each :- The Alliance Insurance Company . ,00000 The Palladium ditto - - - - 2,000,00 The Equitable Loan Bank . . . . 2,000,000 The lrih ditto - -- 1,000,000 The British Annuity Office . . . :,000,000 The Mletropolitan Investment Bank . . . 1,000,000 The Thames and ihis Navigation Company . . 120,000 Table-ale and Ale Brewery . . .200,000 ?14,320,000 The story of Mfr. Wagstaff, who received sentessee of, deatl for forgery, is melancholy. When only 15 years of age, : had l,0001. bequeathed to him by a distant relation, and, on com; of age, hemarried a young lady possessedof a, veryconsiderable_ tune. He embarked in business with every prospect of success; but, somehow or other, a sort of fatality seemed to attend him. Re not only lost all his owrn and his w if e's propersy5but also borrowred large sums of money fronm his owvn relations, which very speedily disap- neared. Is is said, that upon a moderate calculation, he must have dissipated at least 50,0001L within eight yeas He is nowr only 27 yeats of age- CIIASG5 OF FoavusxiaSosizmsav ASSIZSS.-DOE, DE-1. BoycE AND LAPCOatBE, v. LEE_-This was an action of ejectment, and excited considerable interest, it having been brought for recovery of property valued at 20,0001., lately belonging to S. Lee, Esq., of Ilmtnster, deceased. The question to be tried was, who were the owners of the property as heirs at lawof the de. ceased ? After the plaintiffs had established their claim on the clearest evidence, the counsel for the defendant expresed his con- viction of the satisfactory manner in which they had proved their title, and observed, it would be only wasting the time of the Cour to occupy its attention more on the subject. The plaitiffs are per- sons in advancedlife and very humble situations. ATTEM PT AT BURGLARY.-Perbaps on few occasions lias a more daring attempt to break into i&house been mnade than osn the present occasion. Notwithstanding the exevution of two, and the conviction of no less than seventeen personst from the neighbour. hood of Westminster, the marauders appear indaunted. On Friday evening they atteanpted to get into the house No. 30, Vinrent-squire, Westminster. Fa iling at the front, they had recoutse to the back, and at the early hour. of half past nino in the evening scaled the wall of a rope-ground, and got into the garden ; here they were ag~ain loiled. They hoevevr apaeared determninedaot to letve with. out something, andban tostrip the led work-, not even leaving the pipes that run up the house, through one of wlhich they cut, but. to their dismaythe inwason, and the water rushed out n. them in so strong a body that they were obliged to'treat. -1The noise attracted the attention of afaithful dog belongintto the wttch- -man on the beat, hut too late to secure the thieves. This is no less than the thicd attelapt at robbery within a foitnigbt in-tthat zt&- I bourbood.-Eveoii'g paper.