On Sunday the Duchess of ...
The Times, 1824-04-27T00:00:00

O)n Sunday the Duchess of GUloceater, the Princess Au- geista, and the Duke of Clarence, visited the Duke oF Sus- sex at the King's Palace, Kecnsington, where the Royal Duke is conAfined by indisp..sition, in consequenrce of an in- jury his Royal Highness rece ived when getting into his carriage. On Saturday night Mlr. Avis. the King's messetnger, left town with despatches for Sir William A'Court, our ambas- sador at 'Madrid. The same night an Austrian courier left town with despatches for Vienna. The Charcellor of the Exclhequer arrived in town yes- terday from hiis visit to Earl Speencer. A letter from Vienna of the 8th of April says-" IVe hear that a very active correspondence is carrying on be- tween Lord Strangford and Sir Henry WVellesley, gie Eng- lish Ambassador at our Court, an(d that the latter has re- ceived instructions to arrange with Prince Xetternich the diplom-natic measures to be taken uinanimously for the pur- pose ot'putting a speedy end to the negotiations now carry- ing on with the Porte." Trhle Royal Mlaternity Society for delivering poor mar- ried women at their own houses had their annual dinner yesterday at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street: the Chairman stated that the charity since its institution had brought to life no less than 261,000 souls, 5,602 of whomn were born last year. lAdvertisement.]-AUSTRr.&N LOAN NEGOTIATED BY Mlr. N. M. ROTHSCHILD IN LONDoN.-The half-yearly di- vidend on the said loan, falling due on Saturday, the Ist of May, will be paid on that and every succeeding day (Sun- days excepted), betucen the hours of 10 and 2. It is re- quested that the dividend warrants, with a list thereof in numerical order, may be left, if possible, On the 24thinst., for the purpose of beingexamnined.-New-court, April 1, 1824. Various rumnours are afloat as to the person likelv to be elevated to the Bench in consequence of the vacancy occasioned by the death of Dr. Beadon. It being what is generally called the * Oxford turn," Dr. Lloyd, Regius Professor of Divinity in that University, is generallv calculated on for the new Bishop. Dr. Law Bishop of Cheater, and brother to the late Lord Ellenborougil will, it is confidently stated, be translated to the valuable see of Bath aid Wiells. It is stated, that Stephen Gaselee, Es4., one of the King's Counsellors, is to fill the vacant situation of .Judge in the Court of King's Bench, in tbe room of Mlr. Justice Best, now Lord Chief Justice of the C.ourt of Common Pleas. The appointment will take nlace, it is expected, in a few days, before the Lord Chancellor. HEis Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex has at leng,th completed the new arrangements in his librarv, which, for bibilcal and controversial literature, is more curious than any other private collection in England. The Royal Duke has recently added to his literary storcs sonme very valuable manuscripts and illumiihated ,Missals, adorned with highly-finished miniatures, painted in the best style of the period to which tlhey belong. The commission for directin,g t,e. alterations and repairs to be made in Windsor Castle has been appointed, and consists of the oll6wing usembers :-The Earl of Liverpool, the Clhancellor of the Exchequer, Mir. Arbuthnot, Duke of lW"ellington, Earl of Aber- deen, Sir .1M. 1X'. Ridley, and Alexander Baring, Esq. On Wednesday last, as the 141oneirch steam-packet was on lher voyage from Boulogne to Dover, the machinerv of one of the engines got out of order. The engineer, alarmed by the impending danger, for an instant lost his presence of mind and ran on deck, but, recovering himself, rushed back to his post. In the interim the pistons had forced up the deck, and a similar action downwards being apprehended, the passengers gave theniselves ap for lost. Some were busied in lowering the boat in which tn escape ; but for- tunately the engineer reached the engine in time to onen- the valve. and use the other necessar oneans by which that destruction, which amoment befoe stared'ali in the face, was averted; During the whole scene, although quite aware of her situatioi, !Mrs. Henry Baring, who sat in her owvn carriage on the deck, preserved a calm- ness anid fortitude that hasbei the themue of admiration with ber fellow passengers ever since. The packet, by the aid of its remain- ing engine, reached Dover at seven o'dlock.-1frvenieg paper. The valet; *ho assisted in the elopement from Brussels bad 1001. a-year promised him by the adventurer if he succeeded, which has since been settletl upon him for life. The lady was so strictly watched that she could only cromunicate with her Adonis through the medium of her paper curls, pen and ink being denied her. Her appaerl vas ta'sen fromn her when she retired to set at night,-nnd the velet recelvived her in her only clotbing (her shift), and speedily transorted her to the arms ef her anxious lover, who imps- uenty wsied erarrival,_Car1islcJourlaoiX