The Duke of York left tow...
The Times, 1824-09-29T00:00:00

The Duke of York- left town on Miondlay afiernoon for thit Lo(lge, Windsor-park, where his Royal Highness. dine(d with the King, anil returnud to towVnl the same n)ight. illr. Canning was expected to arrive last night ai Gloces- ter-lodlge, fIomn Holyhead. The Broughl.on arrivel at Liverpool on MNIonday last, fromn Cartliagrna, whence she sailed on the 4th ult., but dor% not bring any political news. No later intelligence had been received at that port from Peru. It appears from the Gtihet rlte C',1nmbia of the I lth of July, thst the illustriotus Bolivar lhas relinrq nished into the hands ofr (CngreCs the salary of 30,0o0 dollars assigned to him by the law of the 23d of July, 1W23, and( expressed his wish to serve free of cihatrge to thle Rv'publie, nutil the war in Peili is terminated. A Bogota. paper ot the 15!h of Jelly states, that Air. M\1osquera, a memiiber of the Senate, hac orderedi a miule's load of iPitoya bark to be sent to Mr. Hendersoni, British Co.wsul-Gei,eral. at Bogota, in order that it imay be senit to E'nglarid, to undergo experiments for establishing its com. par.tive quality for medical purposes with the Peruvian bark ; to which the Colombians, with a laudable but sits- piciels partiality to a native prodluction, consider it equal if not superior. Lieutenant-Celonel Campbell, one of the Britislh Comr mrissioners to the Colombian Government, left Bogota on the 6th of July last, on his retturn to England. Letters of the 17th of August, received yesterday from Sr.nrnra, state that a great mertality existedl amonig tlhe I urkist troops collecting at Scala Nuova, which was likely to retard their embarkationi in the expeditioln against Samos. Thie Grcek privateers, in the mean time, were actively en- gaged in intercepting and capturing the small vessels which had been engaged for the transport of the troops. H4is MUajesty's ship Rose was in the port of Smyrna, and the city had enjoyed tranq,uillity for the preceding three weeks; the 1Turkish lreops wno passed through, from vwhose insubordi- ation great execsses teare apprehended, having submitted quietly to thle restraints of nmilitary discipline. The followving is an extract of a letter from the Agents to Lloyd's at Constantinople, dated Aug. 26 r-" By an express from the Dardanelles, of the 24th, just received, we learn the anival there of Hisg ajesty's shipMedirna, with Wi'illiam Turner, Esq., the Secretary of this Embassy, on board." Sir John Leach is entirely recovered from his severe indispositionm The worthy Knight gave evident prooFs of his cou- rage and self-possession ; ,br the day before the operation was per. formed upon him, Lord HolHand, Alr. Canning, and a select nurm- berof political men, without any distinction to party, dined at his house, and the feast was most luxurious and cpnvivial.-Bvenin,g pape'r A celebrated collector of autographs has in his possession a curious docun.ent, which we have seen-vie. a bill of exchange drawn durirg the war with France by Chateaubriand on Dulau, of Soho-square, three MontlsS afLer date, furtive p)ranldsa, which bill was discounted by Messrs. Hamarersley and Co., PSiti-mall.-Mor-ni,,g ppepr. AN EXPERIENCED SWINNDLER.-Iifornation was yesier day sent to Hatton-ardeis office, of a chestnut horse and a green den. net, the propertyof r. noith, livery-stable-keeper,Caroline..mews, Bedford_square, being stolen from him by aneldterly lady, calling herself lMrs. Edwards, and a servant boy. Prom the description given of the woman she was immediately recognized as the person who, but a few w eeLs ago, was discharged fronm this office charged bynumerous tradesmen with defrauding thiem, by going about in a gig with hier son dressed as a servant in livery, anid giving the names of Foss, Foster, Jones, Williams, &c. It appeared that a bout ten days-Ago, she went to Air. Smitlh, Accompanied by her rnock groom, and selected the horse and dennet for hire for the space of 3 monthb, for which she was to pay three guineas atlI a half weekly. As she was in very splen(lid lodgings in Percy-street, Ratihhone-place,A(Ir. Smith had ro suspicion of her until arter a few days, lvhen the dennet which sheregularly used, was sent home at night with broken pipes, tobacco ashes, tobacco-stoppers, &c. This appearing extremely strange in a lady's dennet, he sent. his ostler next rmorning to her- lodging,.to complain. She then expressed so much indignation at her servant's conduct, threatening to dismiss him, that Mr. Siith was appeared. When, however, the day of weekly payment came, the lady, with her groom (followed by her maid.servarit), after or_ doing a'very delicate dinner to be prepared for er on her return from takcingan airing to HXighgate, took French leave of both the: fthr ofThe ho use a n,d d tlilrt Salmith, andO has not sinGe bcoo bears: d