Yesterday the Duke of Yor...
The Times, 1824-11-27T00:00:00

Yesterday the Duke of York traiisacted military busi- ness with te Kig. The Duke of Glocester came to town yesterday morning' fromn Worcestershire, in consequence of the continue(il in- disposition ofi his Dulchess, and visited her Royal Higlh- ness for some time. Trhe report of the state of her Royal Highncss yesterday was. "T''he Duichess has had rather a bettcr night thain the preceding nigllt. Her Royal Highnoss is a little better." The Duchcss of Keint, the Princess Fcodore, the Prin- cess Sophia, thle Duke of York, and the Duke of Sussex, visited the Royal Duclhess yesterday. Yesterday Sir Charles Cagot transacted business at the Foreign-6ffice, previouts to hlis departsire upon his Embassy at the Netherlan Is. Yesterday afternoon the Clhanicellor of the Exchequer left town for Beckenham. A Corrcspondenit assures us, that a Socicty is in contemn- plation, for purchasing all the lande(d property that comnes into thle market; anid that the solicitors are a respectable firrn residing in Clhancery-lane, who have alreatly taken the opinion of an cimineiit coinveyanicer as to the practica- bility of their schleme, whose opinion is in favour of it. A letter from Paris states, that Lord Liverpool has ex- pressed his intenition of being present at the Cooonatioiu of thl Kiniig of France, which will take place in the course of the approa?hing spring. lie understand that a decree has been obtained from the Eiiperor Of Brazil, in tavour of MIr. E. Oxenford, ft' Lon- don, granting to him the privilege of mining, for gold in tlhe district of linas Geraes, in Brazil. An association is about to be formed forthlwith, for cirryinlg this clecree into effiect. Extract of a letter froin Pernainbuco, dated the 8th of October, 1824;-" Brigadier Lima still contiiiaes at the head of the civil and military government in the towD of Pernambuco. The patriot General Ferreira made good his retreat from Olinda with 800 .troops of the line, takingwith him the artillory and amnmuniition which were there. He has arrived at Lernoeira, about 18 leagues fromn the town of Pernambuco, An Imperial force under the command of Lamenhla marched to attack hii,n but is stated to have been defeated." 'rHa GRaExs.-Tlhe following is an extract of a letter from Ancona, dated Nov. 10, addressed to a subscriberof theiJoor. t,al des Debats, at Paris, received November 23 :_" I heg you to send me a letter of recommendation tbr the Greek Government at Napoli di Romanin. Ibrahior Pacha, Eon oi' the Vicerov of Egypt, and Isniael Gibraltar, Admiral of our Viceroy of Egypi, being pri- soners to the Greeks, I would give the half of tmiy blood to be ngeful to those tv70 ilustriog:s prisoners. Y'ou, my lear friend will do me a imiost signal service by employing all your credit for the relief of these two persons, anti by wvritinig on the subject to vour powerti l friencts at Napoli, that thiey may be treated with attention and respect. You are not ignorant how mucch I am attached to the Viceroy of Egypt: do, then, all the good you can to his son without delay and without lihmtt The ransonm of tlhese prisoners will be better to the (Greeks than a loan. Act, speak-no sacrifice will ble t4o great. Ismael Gibialtar is at this moment at Hydra." COVENTX-GARDEN 'fsTEATR7.-A lengthy musical af- terpiece, of rpther slender merits was brotight out under the title of The Frozen Lake, last night at 6cveit-garden Theatre. WVith the subject of this drama our readers will already. be acquainted. as it was performcd during the sun-mer several times at ihe English Opera House. Its interest turns chiefly upon the circunmstance of a cer- tain lover being tracked by his footsteps in the snow from the cham. ber of his mistress.-a legend wrhich perlhaps may be aseful (in the wvay of general instruction), inasmuch as it marks the hazard of in. triguing bet-ween Novemtber and February. The prlnelpal Joke lies in a dolicate quiz, which a certain Prince, or Baron, .puts upon lhis datughter, by informing her that 8he is the sister (witty rogue!1) of a man wvhom he knows to be her husband. This whim of the Baron's, of course, madc a palpable"' hit" when the piece came out; but it i9 pretty nearly thte only w/him the author has afflarded ItS,anti one jest i s not mnuch to asattiate two acts of opera. Tlhe musical part oF the affair is welU executed at Covent.6atrien, and the scenery5ufflciently gooti for the purpose; bat we can .t say a grcat deal for the judgment which has been exercised as to such a rev'ivaL,