THE DUKE OF YORK'S LEVEE....
The Times, 1824-11-17T00:00:00

THF. DreJrE oP YoRsc's Lrev?e3.-Yesterdayafternoon, at four o'clock, the Duke of York held a levee, as Conmander- in-Chief, at his office in the Horse-guards, which was at- tended by about forty military officers. The Duchess of Kent, the Princess Sophia, the Princess Victoria, and the Princess Feodore, paid visits yesterday to the Duchess of Glocaster and Princess Augusta. Six {Ienry Halford attends the Duchess of Gloeester during her Royal Highness's stay in town. Yesterday the Princess Sophia visited the Duke of York. The report of' the stoppage of the highly respectable bankmg-house in the vicinity of Covent-garden, arose froni a circumstance of rather an extraordinary nature. An Irish labourer, who had just arrived from his native coun- try, was employed by one of the partners in the house, as porter, pro tempore, to direct the customers through the entrance to the office, the passage being in some measure obstructed by the repairs then in progress about the house. Paddy showed all that had business at the baniking-house before five o'clook the way, without making the least mis- take. At five o'clock, the house of course closed for the day, and the Irishman was aware of it; but in commani- cating that intelligence in an awkward tannier, he dIrew upon thle ho'use such rapid (demands as would have terrified other concerns. A few minutes after five o'clock, a gentle- man wlho had the bill of a merchant who banks at the house, to present for payment, walked up to the door. The Irishman, who possessed all the importance of a servant of the house, asked him what he wanted, and upon being told, said to him in a tone of surprise, "' Why, then, upoin my sowl you can't get it. Ion't you know the bank is stoppedl ?" (meaning the bank is closed). The lastword was qUlte enougha for the person wlho called witlh the bill. He ran off' to a particular friend who had moncy in tire bank- ing-house, and mentioned that it was all up with hitn. 'fhe Irish stoppage WaS thlen commuinicated like wildfire through the ;actropolis, and cosjecture was busy in de- screbrrg the causes and the amount. The consequence, as tie public already know, was that the doors of the banking- house were next moinriig, before nine o'clock, crowde(d with the customers, whose fears were, however, soon com- pletely changed into thc greatest confldence. MRt. FAUNTI.ARoy.-Previouily to the recent interview betweeni Mrs. Fauntleroy andl her husband, the lady who bath some time lived with him, and by whom he has two childreni, was in the constant habit of visiting him at New- gate. Some of his fricn(ds, however, havinD hintedi to him the propriety of such visitS being discontindied uider pre- sent circumstances, he imimediately concitrred with their suggestion, and she has not called SilCe to see hiim: his son has scarcely omitted for a single day to spend some hours with him. JlMr. Fauntleroy's health, whith had been par- ticularly good, has, it is said, within the last few days ra- tlher declined ; his spirits have, in consequence, sufrc(rl some slighlt degree of depression. By hiis own desire, hc sees fewer of his friends than heretofore, an(d is daily visited by onle or other of two very respectable clergymnen, whose be- nevolent attentioin appears to be highly acceptable to him. On Sunday last, when MIr. Cotten, thie Ordinary of New- gate, was performinig dlivine service in the chapel, whiChI was extremely crowvded witlh prisoners, a female convict wlho has been sentenced to die, was dreadfully affectcd. Shc fell into hysterics, and was taken from the chapel, but those who remaincdl behinid heard her shrieks for half atn hiour afterwvards. The circumstance was awful beyond de- scription. Mr. Fauntleroy, and other convicts whlose cascs are consitlered desperate, were listeniiig with solemn atten- tion to the Ordinary, wlho was delivcring a scrnon calcu- lated to fix the attention of common hearers. The cftect was such that the Ordinary could scarcely proceed. Mr. Faunitleroy covered his face with his hiands, and seeined quitcoverwhelmed with affliction. We stated soine davs back, that the Recorder would makc his report in the course of this week, or very early in the next. It is now understood tihat the Privy Council is to bc suminoned to meet at Carltoni-liouse on Saturday niext, when the Kinig will come to town for the psurpose of re- ceiving the report of both September and October sessions Extract of a letter from the agent to Lloyd's at Constantirrople, dated October II: - By .,viccs from tt.c Iar.- lanellcs, the Capiran Pachia has returned there in a two-decker, accompanied by a large frigate, six small anmed vessels somc gun-hoats, and ten transports. A frigate has also arrived here, with a number of vessels, but none or any force, said to be prizes to the flcet this ycar. The masters of vesscis arrived here state that a considerable iaval engagement took place between Scio and M iconc on the 7th and 8th instant, but of wh1ichl ithe result lhad not been de. tcrriniied when they left thioso parts. It is certain that tire Ptchia could not have been cnaged, as the vesscls abovc-merntionedl had previously arrived at the Dardanielles. PROrosED RlEruL.ATIOV OF THE POST^OFFICEt.-Il consequence of the eivirons ot' L-ndlon becomin1g so very extensive of latc years, equal indeed to thc metropolis itself, verv great irconi- vetrience, delay, and expense is daily tck by thousands, through the present miode of delivery of letters by post at those parts called " ofl the stones," where there is a continuation of neighbourlhood. It has, iherefire, been deeise( necessary to apply for a rTMovdl of the above grievance. The parishes surrounding the city of London have signed a petition to Parliament. arid also a petitiori toltie Post- master-Gencral, praying for an extetsioii of the hunits of the two. pcnny posts, and of tire delivery frorir the General Post-office. The latter, we understatid, is sent to Air. Freeling, to be laid before thie Postmaster-(cneral. The justice and reasonable cause of the at,. plication, and tile great number of sigrratures of nobilitv, newcrbe's of t,arliarnent, clergy, magistrates, antd persons of the first respect- ability in business, gives every reasoni to bope and expect that no objection or impedrr;entiwill he thr.own in the way of comiplying with tire prayerof the petition. Tire arrangeriient prayed tor mnist cause a great increase of revenue, bya reater number of letters being cir- culated daily tirougIr that oredrun,. anrd by a tree delivery of nocas- papers mo tire cnvirorns.-Egvc'ieng peper. TIIE MIAN OF lRoss-O)n Suniday, tile 7th inistaiit, beinig the 100th anniversary of tire death of thie celebrated Johin Kyrle, Esq., Pope's, rafou o Rose, the new society of ringer, in that town rung a '~ mnuffcd peal" on thc occasion..-.Alerrford palper. In tire rcignrs of lizabeth and Janmes, plays wvere repeat- edly performed beforc thetm at tIhc Court on Sunday evenings. Johln Wgilkes vwas once asked by a Roman ('atholic gems- ticman, in a warrii ttuttte upon religiorr, " Vitare w vo your religion before Luther ?" "Did you washi your tace this morning ?" in. quired the facetious al errnan. '- I did, Sir." " Then, pray wherc was your face before it was wasired ?" 'lee frost contiruedl so stronig throughiout Friday and the sacceeding night, that the confectioners were enabled on Saturday ntorning to obtain their lirst smupply of ice.-Scolsmxan. It has hecii stated that OIIC of the fireIneII of the Beacoit Insurance-office hIad becn lost in onie of the recent fires. Tlhis, ve are happy to say, turnis out to be a mistake the riian is alive and well. O}n Monday evening, ahottt 8 o'clock, as Major Crawford, of Piccadilly vas returning to town in his carriage, a dark leather trunk, containing a large quantity ot wearing apparel and valuable jewellery, wzs eiteer lost or cut from behmind, on tire roatl betwcen 'Tooting anrd Vauxhaall-bridige. A tradesmnan of tis townl hadl lately a letter returned to lhim fromn the dead-letter office, contaiting four 11. local bank-ntotes, v,hrich he had rcnitted bv post 22 years ago, addressel to a person at Ricelimod, but wicih hail never reached their intendedl destination, and had ofcourse long siice been given up as lost. Tire notes were of dilferent bauks, andr only one bank otat oF the four is nrow in exist- ence. No reason is assigned why the letter was t1ot delivercnl as directed, nor why it lias bectt detained so oIrg ; anti yet the Post. office demanded Is. 6:1. postage Uponr it wheln it was rcturniedl. Quere-Ought tilcy not, it justice, to nmake good the whole suto, with intcrest ?-Nrcwcastle (leronidle. Ott Thturslav afternioon, two little boys belonging to Cal- ton, went to the Clyde at Peat Bog, for tie purpose of rI rawing shiil ties out of (ti water. One of themr unfortunately overreached iim- self, anti suddenly disappeared in tili crtrmrret. Ilis little comr panion, whlo was sitting on the banic, observinrg ie dlid riot re-appear, cried withi great simplicitry, " Janrie, you'll better conic out, and no hiide yoursel' tlere, ' but lie never again rose above the water. Tire boy then began to wveep, and ran home and told the parents, thiat "Jamirie was Iridirig Iiiriself and wadna comtic liane." Thie distracted father dreatling what bad hiappened, hastened to tire spot, and learnel the dreadful truthr from S0oneC persons whio had witnessed the accidlent ; but as thic child never re.appearet after it fell into the river, rno as- sistance could be rendered. Search wag made fer the body, but no- thing but te bonnet lias as yet been foundl. Tire child's niotlier was an tire bank when the search was inaking, and was in a very dis- tresmed situation.-wlasgow Chroniicle. M ELANCIf OLY EvE N T.-Tltirsday morining, tie 28ti til- hino, two sisters, young women, and dlaughters of a poor-widow iii Strathibrora, in attempting to cross the river Brora, near Carrol, ott their way to Golspic niarket, were unfortunately drowned. 'When it was found that tihey neithier caine to the market, nor returned home by Friday, a search wvas made. and they were found on the follow ing Sunday in the water, lecked in chrli other's arms, near the place wherc they itteiapted to cross. One of the young wonlen wnas jtlst about to be mnarric(d and y/as on lier w.y to tbic market in conae. qurence of an appointment with the object of her affetions, to-make sonic pureltases previous to tsbewedding.-IbnvcruesS Courier. CORONErI'S INQUEsT--Yesterda' eveniing air ireucest was held at thie Belle Sauvage Inn, Lutigatc-hill, on tile body of Ir. W. T. Lloyd, tire particulars of whose deati were luen. iioned in our paper of yesterday. Tire waiter at tlre inn, and several zther persons, said they bad observed tie deceaserd was very rielan. zholy and lot spirited during tie tim blie reside(l there, and that lie appeared to them not in a right state of nind. The jury, after hear- g evide.nce to tire abore effctl, returned a verdict of-" Insanity. ie deceased was formerly a schoolrmaster at ReadIng,