The Duchess of Kent and t...
The Times, 1824-07-06T00:00:00

The Duchess of Kent and the Princess Augusta visited PriiPce Leopold yesterday. The Earl of Harrowby. is gone to Tiverton a short time. Divine Service was performed on Sunday to the Kings Household at his Palace in Pall-mall, bythe Rev. Dr. Bloimberg. Our readers are aware that some sensation has been ex- cited during the last two or three days by the statement that the King of Portugal had made an application to his Majesty's Government for the aid of a military force, and that this application had been granted. It was said by pome, that we were even bound by treaty to afFord the re- quired assistance. The fact is, that not mnerely one, but several applications have beer. made by his Most Faithful Majesty: but, as yet, no decision upon the subject has been come to by our Goyernment. With respect to any treaty, there is none existing which imposes upon England any obligation of the kind referred to: we are only bound to assist our ancient ally in the case of actual invasion by a foreign Power. The question, however, is obviously one of great delicacy and difficulty, and hence it has been made the subject of much deliberation. Of course we need uot add, that the statement of Hanoverian troops having ac- tually sailed, or being about to sail from Embden, is a pure invenition.-Evenizng paFer. Lord Byron's remains, which are arrived at the Nore, are to be deposited in Poet's Corner Westminster Abbey. The vessel containing the body of the noble Poet is now performing quaranutine. The Esast India Company's ships Minerva and Rocking- ham arrived the 3d in stant, the formner oPo Portland, the latter off Portsmouth: both reached the Downs yesterday evening. The Minerva left Bengal the Ist of March in company with the Potton, parted from her in the night of the Sth of April, in lat. 20. South long. 72. East; arri,vd at St. Helena the 17th of elay, and sailed from thence the 22d of May, with the Rockintglaz. The Mrinerva spoke the Du2nira, outwsrd.bound, the 25th of Aptil, all well, in let 36. 2. South, long. 25;20. East.. She alo spoke the brig Mary, of Liverpool, the 11th of June, thich reported that she haZ spoken the Orwel, outwrard bound, rhe-5lst of Mtay, in lat. 4. North, long. 21. West, all well. The Losdohl, oatward bound, was- at St. He- lena when the Afineropa left. NAVAL APPOI:fTM NTs.-Captail)s-Williaiii Sandom,| to the XEtna bomb; Lord Byron, to the Blonde; Tlhomas Favell, (Lieutenant commanding) to the Bramble cutter; Philip Pipon, to the Britannia; Octavius V. Vernon, to the Britomart; John F. Studdert, to the Champion; lion. J. A. Maude, to the Dispatch; Lord Napier, to the Diamond; John Al. Laws (Lieutenant com- manding), to theFalmouth mortar vyssel; J.X'Causlanld (Lieutenant comianding), to the Hamoaze mortarvessel; Henry J. LIeeke, to the Herald; Robert H. Barclay, to the Infernal bonib; C. H. Free- mantle, to the Jasper sloop; James Scott, to thc Meteor bomb; Provo W. P. Wallis, to the Niemen; Henry Litchlfield, to the Orctes ; Thomas Pennington, to the Yike; Francis Fead, to the Pyladcs sloop; William Hotbiam, to the Sappho sloop; Charles Sotheby, to the Seringapatam; Gr. F. Hamond, C.B., to the Wel- lesley; Charles Churchl (Lieutenant commanding), to thc Zephyr. FtiELD-DAY.-Yesterday morning the whole of the first regiment of Foot Guards, consisting of three battalions, were re- viewed, or had a brigade field-day, in Hyde-Park, for which Pur- pose they were supplicd with 23, 24, and 25 rounds of cartridges .lhc regiment was mustered, and fell in at 9 o'clock, and afterwards were commanded, and the word of command given, by Lieutenant- Colonel Townshend. The wlhole of the regiment fonned a line two deep, reaching from nearly thc cast end of the Serpentine River to withia a short distance of Bayswater wall. At 10 o'clock the Duke of York, the Colonel of the regiment, arrived on the ground, dressed as a Grenadier Officer. His Royal Highness was received wiifi military honours by thc wholc linc. The Royal Duke proceeded to view the front and rear of the line, attended by the Adjutant-Gencral, the Quarter-Mastcr-Gcneral, thc whole of his Royal Highness's staff, the Earls of Catlcart and Rosslyn, and other officers of dis. tinction. The Duke of Wellington arrived in the ficld soon after the Duke of York, dressed in the uniform of thc Royal Hlotse Guards. After the Duke of York had viewved the line front and rear, his Royal Highucas took his station in thc front of (irosvenor-gatc, sur- rounded by thle above described military retinuc, besides a numer. Ou8 assemlblage of ladic8 anld gentlemen. A numiiber of ladies were riounsed on excellent horses, and joined in the cavalcade after the Royal Duke. The regiment marched past his Royal Highness by companies, in slow time, to thc Duke of York's marchi preceded b 12 pioners, sixa.brat. After which they marelica past the Duke i time, the band playing " The Brave British Grena- dicrs." Each battalion was afterwards formed into squares, and fired to receive cavalry. They then formed single and double co- lumnns and afterwards anotherline from Grosvenor-gate to'wards the barracks. After that, they proceeded to firo by coimupanies, and va- riousothier ways, performi.ng a variety of manreuvres, which did not conclude till about balf-past 12 o'clock. The poor ofBishopsgateand Spitalfields have experiencecd a great loss in the resignation of Dlr. J. B. Davis, senior Physician of the London Dispensary and 13 years an officer of. this charity. In proof of his humane fee4ling, it is worthy of notice, thlat out of 15,000 paticnts, he never dismissed a single object for misconduct. On Satuirday niglt, betwieer 10 and 11 o'clock, as Mr. FalrclouKh, -yesjrceratbl thiiUestif4f in thc13drough, W3aS returning to his residene,, hc was robbed of'1361. in thc followving manner:- Two men, of genteel appcaranrce ccos,ed him in Union-street. One of thiemaddressed hini in- tci most familiar temas, saying, "Well, Air. Fairelotugh, how do you (o ? I hope you arc better." Sir. Fatrclough, whmoas been for ,onc tim labouring under an at- tack of she gout, replied that lie v.as still very unw ell, and it wams withl difficulty lie could hobblecalopg. Upon which, the "gentleise.n" politely offered their services, and begged to be permitted the plea. sure of sceing him to his door. The assistance was accepted, and Mr. Fa1rclough leaned on the arms of tihe strangers until he reached thc corner of Red ljion.istreet. Hecre time two men wished huim a good night, assuring him at the same time that they wvere proud in assisting a respectable man home. Soon after their dleparture, lhe discovered that huis pocket-book had been talken out of lils insidec oat. pocketv containing thc above sum. Mlr. li'aircloulgi gave informna lion of the robbery at Union Hall yesterday m:orning. On Saturday afternooti last, as several boys were bathl- ing in the river Ravensbourn, near L,ewishlam chlurchl, one of them, about ninic years old, being observedl by sorne gentleman passing to sink in a deep part of the streamn, they immediately gave the alarm, whlen a number of persons hastened to the spot, but no one dared to venture in, supposing it to be a very deep anld dangerous part of the river, until the arrival of MIr. Robert Mwain, floor-cloth manu- facturcr, in the Strand, who has a cottage near the spot. He offiered a reward to several liay-nmakers that hlad assenibled near th e place, hut not onecof thtenr would sentureinto the water: he (Mr. Silain) immediately plunged in himself, althloughl in an ill stateofhcalth,witbm his clothes on. After diving to thce bottom, lhe succeeded in bring~ log up the body of the little sufferer, who had been under the water nearly a quarter of an hour, and seemed in a lifeless state, when it was removed to the Bull inn; ar,' by thec prompt and humane as- sistance affordeld by MIr. Green, surgeon, of LJewisham, after a considerable lapse of time, he suceceeded in restoring animation. MIrs. M;ain, perociving her husband coming out of the wvater with a lifeless body, wvent into hystcrics, and still remains ill. The boy was a fine lad, belonging to g public charity. An instance of depslorable credulity hlas takcen place at St. Paterne departmenI of the Ind're and Loire..- A very well-cost ducted young man, aged 20 years) servant to a farmner, was foolish enoughl to apply toone of those wiandering fortune-tellers -that, not- F vtstaning bvigilance of the police, infest the country. l laving [ lamel f tisTagedsybilX tolknow if as the next drawing for- the cncito he should.escape&,and if.heshould marry the girlIhe was lattached to, he ?celeved for answer that the lot would-fall upuon him toj3oin the army, and that his mnistress would mnarry another. The poor fool, on hearing this sinister prediction, went and hanged [Iimisif in ajittle wbed belhiud lila master's house....*Parisasper. tack..