WINDSOR, Feb. 25.-The Kin...
The Times, 1824-02-26T00:00:00

| VxINMSo, Feb. 23.-The King, in general, rides out d(aily in an oprn carriage. His Majesty's rides are principally to the Royal Lodlge andl the surroundling grourtids, in which he is preceded by a park-keeper on horseback. The King did not ride out yesterday, being much cngaged in signing official documents attenditig to despatches fromn his Minis- ters, &C. Yesterday the Cabinet Mlinisters dinied with Earl Ba- ttiurst. Viscount Melville continiued confined yesterday by in- Oso tion, we regret to say. 'fhestate of the noble Viscount's healtd was mnuch the same as it was on Tuesday. Captain Burton, of the Cameleon sloop of wvar, who so gallantly captured the Algerine corvette, is pronmoted to the rank of Post Captain; and Captain Lanbert is appointed to eoimaiid the ('ame(con. The Parliamnentary vote-paper contains a long list of re- solutions, on the subject of the Four per Cent. Acts; but the Chan- cellor of the Exchequer's speech on Monday contained so full an explanation of the mode of carrying into execution his intended preject for converting the 4 per cent. into 3A stock, that it is not nte- cessarv to publish these resolutions. A new Bill reiative to the management of Gaols has been brought forward by Mr. Pecl. The following is the clause respecting cotmpulsory labour before trial :-" And whereas doubts have zirisen, whetlher by the s-id recited act, prisoners before trial can be compelled against their will to labour on the tread-mill and it is expedient to remove such doubts; be it ftirther enacted and declared, that it is not and shall not be lawful to conmpel any untried prisoner to such labour against his will." HARWtcHr, Feb. 23.--Within the last week, four fine roebucks havearrived by various packets, for his Majesty's table they are presents froim Hanover, and were simply addTessed * T. his Mlajesty the King, London." They were beautiful animals, and in 'ood prcscrvation.--Bury Gazette. At Bergen, in Norway, on the Gth l'lt., about half past five in the tnorning, a pretty stuart shock of an earthquake was ex- I,erenced, accompanied by a rumbling subterrancean nois,c byrwhich the houses were shaken, and all sorts of furniture tunibled about. The direction was front S. W. to N. E. Tbe noise lasted iiearly violent. A meeting of tbe Catholic Association was held-in Dublir on Saturday last, at which that wiseacre Ilr. O'Connell is repre. sented in one Of the Dublin papers to have made use of the follow. ing larnuaze:-" He (;lr. O'Connell) would ask, had not th, Duke of 16rk publicly avowed himself their enemy ? Ilad he no voted against them, and made speeches against them ? W'as he not a short time ago, at the head of the Orangeinen of England ? Tt be sure, some fri- nd abotit him hiad lately advised him to show little miore policy, and he was to preside at a meeting of thi society of 6aint Patrick ; but the pcople of Ireland wert not to be deluded by such sballow artifices. The D)uke o. York was heir to the greatest empire in the world; he bad before him all the enjoyments whichi man could desire; but he ounht tc remember that ore Dutke of York lost Ireland by cudeavouring tc force the consciences of the English nation, and anothier Duke oa York migist lose it by attempting to force their consciences. I t be. came them to speak as freemen, and to tell the heir apparent, thai one Duke of York, by his bigotry, lost the throne of England ; antd that another Duke of' York might experienCe the slme fate." The parishi officers of St. Mary-le-Stranad have changed the name of Swan-yard to New Church-court, tha,'all recollectior of the bad state of that notorious place, and the characters who in. babited it, may be obliterated from the public iidnd: the principal art of the old hoases have been pulled down, and respectable nouscs erected in their room, and thle general appearance of the place is comipletely changed. On the 4th iiist., Mr. Samuel Milligan, cnpervisor of Excise in Paisley, accompanied by Messrs. Grubb, Ferguson, Ross, and Mi'Donald, excise-officers, detected in Eaglesham-nioor an illicit distillery at work, consisting of one still, contents 100 gal. Ions, oie head, one worm, one worm tub, one mash tun, one cooler. four wash tans, 810 gallons of fermented wash, all of which were burnt and destroyed; 13 gallons of aqua were seized, and two of the smugglers apprehended, who were conducted to and lodged in Paisley gaol. On the 11th inst., this officer, accompanied by Messrs. Cogan, (Urant, Grubb, Ferguson, Ross, and al'Donald, detected, at a place called Bridge of Elliston, an illicit dlistillery at work, which, althouglh not of such Wagnitude as the former, was of con- siderable exteiit, and had been carried on for a considerable period. Here, as in the ether case, the materials and utensils were com- pletely destroyed, and three of the smugglers, who were carried pri- soners to Paisley, being unable to pay a fine of 301. which was awarded against them individually and collectively, were committed to gaol in terms of the statute. And on the. 14th inst., this officer, assisted by Messrs. Forrester and Grant, detected at Hagmill, near Johnston, another illicit distillery in full operationi, consistinz of I still head, 1 worm, 1 worm tub, 1 mash tun, 10 wash tuns, 200 gal lons of fermented sugar wash, and ten gaUons of barm, which were all completely destroyed. No person but an old woman was found in tnus istillery, and the smuggler's name is as yet unknown. These detections, compared with some that were formerly made by this officer, are obly of secondary imuostance ; but they too evidently prove that this detestable trafic does continue to prevail in this quarter2 in spite of every effort that can be rnade by men of the most unwearied activity and perseverance for its suppres.ion.-Glawsion, Clerotickc.