WINDSOR, Feb. 26.-His Maj...
The Times, 1824-02-27T00:00:00

Wiwtisoit, Feb. 26.-His Majesty has not ridden out yesterday or to-day, as hie has been accustomned to din since his residence at thte Royal Cast.l,' rlhe time of the King has been taken usp in s-igning official dlocumients, andc givinig lirections for the alterationis, improvements, and repairs which ar-e aboutt to talke place in th-e Castle. Yesterday Viscount MNelville was a little better. Yestertlay morning at 11 o'clock a meeting of' the Privy' Council was held at Whitehall, which was attesniledt by, thie Lord President, the Judge of the Arches Court, Sir Hdnrv Russell, Lord Colchester, MVr. Stuirges Boumie, and Lord 3towell. The further consideration of the appeal of MNfessrs. Boyd, Kerr, and Co., a.gain,;t the decision of the Commsis- sioners for French claimns, was resumed, in which property to the atnount of hialfa million sterling is dtepedincirg, arising From a confiscation of property in France under the Revoc- !utionary Government in the year 1793, when Mlr. Boyd was t'reated as an emigrant, which had since been ack-now- leged bythe agents of the French Government to be an error. Extract of a letter dated Mil2n, Jan. 21: --IAfter the losest inquisitorial imprisonmecnt during the last 26 mionths? that ,heir nearest relations were ignorant if Gonfaleniere, Pullartctne, Viscomti, and others, amongst the most dis4tinguished personages of :his citv, were still in existtence, (so dark and impenetrable ha's been 'he veil which concealedI the fate of these unhappy me) at last a sentence has sppeared ini thia, day's Gaznette, whic't infor ms us that :hey are still living. Thlis sentenice, which is for high treason, with- nut naming the ]aw bv wvhich they have been tried, condemned to leath the Count Gonl'aleniere, andl seven others, most distinguished persons, as, present, andl others as contumacious. The miserable men have not been allowed a defender, the Austrian code not ac- knowledging that most sacred right of all other jurisprudenice so 'hat their only resource bas been in the consciences of their judges, til of whom were Austrians; composing a sipecial commission ap- pointed ad h5oe. An imperial decree' accomnpanies the sentence, hichel comamutes it in favour of those prtesent to imprisonment of the teverest c-haracter (career- dure) in the fortress of' Speilberg, in IMo. ravia. There thesermis.erable mneniare clemently doomedtoDpa.ssthe remainder of their wretched lives; there they Pre to be clothed in marments of' coarsest cloth, mnadk in the shape of pris%on dresstes .hey are to sleep upon the ground, their sole daily food is to be the blackest bread and watvr, having no intercourse intemnally with each 3thier, or externally with any friend or relation. At eiach anni- ver.asry of readinig their sentence, they are to be severely beaten wiith sticks; and there the climnate is so rude, that ,ithough the sentinels, are relieved every quarter of an hour, yet are Lhey frequensly found deed upon their pots. From whet has hitherto ~ranspired beyond the gloomy wall's of this asylum of the clemency sf the Emperor of A ustria, it is conjectured, and indeed almost ertairly known, that the strongest person does not survive two years. Anid thi,s is the clemency which the Austrian Emnperor affords o the noblest rnamex-~.thie most distinguished talents of his Italianl tubjects. TIhis whol e city now displays the dleepest grief, into whichi It has been plunged by the unmerciful spectacle of the ex~ecution in afligies of its absent citizens, and hy- thle exposure of th~ose present ipon the public sesifold. The Count' Gonfaleniere, bound hand and foot in chains, was there exposed, having at his side thie Dublic executioner, and then was read the. decree cof mercY of his f'perial Mlajesty But, the erening previous to this awfuilantidiz- tooral exposure, all the noble families, all the proprietors, all shove the lowest rank, had abandoned the citv, and left none bout Lhe lowest order to witness this unnecessary act of the most manlig- niant cruelty. This was beheld with such miute and expressive asto~ rmshment by the people. that the Government called together the ntearest garrisons, and dlid not consider itself safe without having un- ler arnns an army of MM)0 mten." RaFuGE FOx Tt1 E DEs,rITrpT.-The anniversary of ihis naiitution was, celebrated ye.sterday at she City of Lordon Tavemn. His Royal Highness the Duke of York presided. Tlhe Earl of Li- verpool, the Hon. Grey Bennet, Mlr. Jttsitice Best, and several other reritemnen of rank were present. After the cloth w's removed, anti "NAon nobie, floni,ne," sung hr thie professional gentlemen who at. ~ended, "1The King," and the&hber standing toasts, were drank, and hinlowod by appropriate songs, The Dtuke of York, in returning bhanks, exinressed the warm interest he took in the welfare of the ssctetlr, and jiromised it' his constant support. .'ir. Justie Beat, in hie cijursa of hi.4 speech, pronounced it, from the practical pe%prience ie had had of its benefilts, to be the best charity in this most chari. able unetropolis. The treasurer, Edlward For;ter, Esq., sg whiom a arice balance iS, due by the instfitution, read a list of dlonationsi imouinting to 3541., besides a legacy of 1001.; anod the Rev. Mr. Crosby, the stecretary, statedl, that since .June, 1818. 1 600 persona iad, been admnitted to the institution, 1.289 of wvhomn baA beeni astir kactorily provided for, 5 hand diedl, and 140 remained at present. Ile 'ecomniended it, ini the strongest inanner, to the patronage of the pub. !ic, as st most useful and deservin 'g chiarity. SKAMENt'S IOsPs'TAL Socit'ry.-L--Tii; iTnstitution a,so telebrated its anniversary yesterdsy, at the London Tavern. Major.. acneral and Vicm-Admiral Sir George Cockbum fihletl the chair, In the roomn ot Vijscouint Melville, whbo was prevented by indisposi- ion from attendling. Vice-Admuirsl thle Honourable Sir Robcrt Stop.- hoda, and several other naval offilcers and gentlemen oif disLinction, were present. After ditiner the usual toa,sts were drank, and anum- ber of iropropriate songs sung by gentlemen enzaged for tile occa. sion. Various raddresse wvere pronounced in the course of the even- ing enoringth climsoftheintittin ; andI it appeared from thereprt,tha thSeaan' Hopitl sip. Grepujte. was openedi for therecptin o paiets n te 2th f ctober, 1821, and in less han 2yearsand monts, 1,49 p tiet, had been admitted. We udersand hat t wa Mr.Sa-4.uel Whitbreadl wlii voted in the mninority of 8, on Monday night, on Mr. llunme'smotion. WVe can state uipon unquestionable authority, and, wve are the first to rnak'e the communication, that it is the intention forth. with, to repeal the whole of the Union duties.-Dublin Evening Afeil. A petition praying for thie abolition of slavery, with 200 iignatures, has been transtmitted fromn this town to Patliament.... Bury Gazctt'. FOLK STONi E HiARaaoss.-A Petition is niow in the course )f signature, for obtaining the sanction of Parliamcnt to constitute the harbour oF P'olkstone a regular port between Bnglanld andi the C,ontiment. A mail-coachi will probably be established from Folk- stone and the Continent, if the ob.iect of the petition be granted.-~ ilaidWietoe Joutrnal. IStf'ORTA sew INTEI.LIGSN cE.-The Officer of Histsstrs, who was lately sent to Coventry by his brother-officers, for drinking iglass of porter after his cheese, has, we are happy to state. been re- stored to the harmony of bis miess. A genitleman waiting in the atnte-chamber at the Exeter Concert-roomn, on Thursday la-st, inquiired of the attendant whiat was the natore of the performnances, adding, that hie SuPPosed they were aisiee1lanoueoe; to whiichi the other imimediately replied, " Nr ~s,Idon't think .rte is lhtre; but there's Ifivss Holdlawayv. and Alliass ~Lr rIge, and several other excellent singers. "_T'aunton Courier. Thbe venerable highlander Patrick Grai.t, to whlom his Majesty. two years ago, granted a pension of' one gtuinea per week-, i'aat Brat-Man on the 11Ith inistant, in the 11I1th Year of his ace. He expired while sitting in his elbow-chair, having felt scarcely any previoux illness. His pension now devolves on his dlaughter An'n luring her life. A cottaee is to be built for her on tsle farm of Drunmcain, in the parish of Sethnot. near Brec-hin. It is thoueht her Late father was the only survivor of those whto fought aLt the battls )f Culloden and Falkirk. IlIe was also engaged in the English Raid ander the Pretender, and wes present whien the l'retcnder emnbarked For France. A ScitAr ross TugE CaEDoLLOUS.-An American nrtser mentions the following as ani easy method of talinsr owis:-~" When yotr discover onle on a tree, and 'find that it is louking at y'ou, all you hav-e to do is, to move qstlickly round the tree several tini4', whien Llhe owl's attenition will be so firmly fixed, that, forgettting. the neces.. sitY of rurtiiing its body with its heatl, it will follow your motion till 5t wrings its head offy!" [AdveTtisernent.1-We are requested to state, than an advertise- menit whch apered in our paper of yesterday-, under the hieadt of olombian Debts," was not authorized by aypryhvn n :hin todo iththebusnes towhili hat adverEisemiett relaites. .1 Averiseient~Weundestad tat in Ler,t, ers.1A5F wil prsen thir ouvlleentrtanmt's, dm'orsinated " Le Petit Lazry e Pri," t te lymic hetre. This amusement has reqire a istngushe ceebrty n te iinvento,rs in the prii cipal tites f te ontnen, silittth~UniedStates of Auverica. TIhev nave just arrived from Paris, whiere thiey ohtained the mlost. h-lt. iant success ; a sitrilarelicoulragemenit, we ventuire to prognosticate, kmais thlemi in this. captital ; their entertainmenirt con%t.its iof chanige. ible and pictUresque: scener);, sea views, meaionorphioses,titangeable decis's ballets., pantomimes, Lc. Thie buis of the opening, thec 7th if Marchl, will announce the particulars. [.AdvertLsement.]..On the 24Lt1 inst. hiis Royal Hlighness the Duake 'ofYoAtx, and a long list of distinguished f~ahionables, visit. rd the-exhjibition at No. 26, St. Jatmnes's-streect, to see the ingenious-ly ,ons5trpeted C.ARRLIAGE, whichi, by mechanical appsaratus, is able t*o )ptruu evenr the swtftest horses:, of whiclh inatty trials hare been ately succe&sfuily madte, and whiich lins excited so much, public ,uriosity. Flis Royal Hicrhnes3 was highly delighted 'with the iwiftnesi of its course, and conidescended to excpress' his aamirjation mttthe extraordinary ease withi which ir is governed, and at the in. ,enuitv of thiti wonderft,l piece of meclhanisin, whichi binls fair to he ,f great pubLic utility, while it supersedes the necessity of keeping iorsesan the exercise wihich is prodluced by propelling it will bec himrhl- iseful and conducive to hiealth and we have Ste doubt this exhiibi- ioni; iviii.,h combines various interesting objects itn addlition to the 'arriag'e, the 'Wild Venus, ana learned J ava Sparrows. &c., wvill he. mine a . reat feyourite amomig the fashionable avumusensents of the dav- lJA6eti!etnent.1...The Romnance jnst published, under the title tf '~'Xlehplll, or die,.Temptcr." bears-considerable resemblance to hOselegeds of' iablism, which in the iniiiidle age.s used to baillit, mnd-elpres'sehvitof the lonely travelt[f ta till the soldier with urs~tsir1 de~,.olpeople the dark corridors of old* convents ~'niosj~istil~jspronpIi~asyis inder he sp ll eir:rhe: Iir~tjt o t. Dyi) :L'athee rcustace ofdee iterss4slth &rtl6t sasaddd s4'of4estioi-~sios inhia~hean- tren sae~w ean &d&ent Tl~iqtkseligeteeise f . -1---------l--- -, -- .- -.1