Yesterday afternoon, at f...
The Times, 1824-02-04T00:00:00

Yesterday afternooni, at foiir - clck, the Duke of York held a ]evee at his office in the Horse Guards. A Lisbon mail arrivedl yesterday, with papers to the 24th uIt.; but they contain no intelligence worth extracti;'g. We undtrstand that the attention of the pub'ic is likely shortly to be diiectedi to the application of the duty of thliee shillings per chaldron upon' coals consumed in anns n-ear Ltndon, to the purpose of wid,ning streets and effe^tng other (Itsirable iTmprovements in the ei ies of London, lVestmins,er, in Surrey, anti Southwak-- Thia. duty was originally irnposea soon after the fire of Laoavon for those exprcss purpo:ses, but it is bv no means genrrally knovwn, that for upwvardls of a century it has been paid into the Coonsolidated Fund, by vehich roeans the inhabit. ants of London, Surrey, and Middlesex, have contributea to a very large extent to that fund, rnore than any otber portion of thepubdic. This duty is whbily distinct from rn j coast dulty, against wh clh so-murh has beentalrea;dy said. In toe first number of the Westniinstfer. Retiew, just published, there is an article upon a late w rk or Mr. M7 oore's, in which the -writer sa)ys, " MIr. Moore bas resi,it d in America, and, we understand, Epeaks of the' Arn,ricairs with unbounfled (lslike and coniteT.npt." In. this assertion, we can confidently state the 'writer is emtirely nistaken. 'Vhatever opinioiis Mr. Mr,o^re may have has ily fortied vvbctn a very TDung man, with respect to the charscter an(d institulions of the Awtericaits, we know that he has lonz sinee learned t- c- rrect them, and to feel towards that peeo. ple all the admiration and respect which the noble ex- atiiple they set to tl-e other nations of the wvortd *I. rnends. WFe are glad to hear that Mr. S'ankie, late Alvocate- General in India, is now on his return to Enghtnd,'with his,ealth a little improved. -- Ve have st en a letter from an officer be!onging to his Alajesty's slcop Vappho, dated Clifden, January 10, by which it ap_ pears that she was in the same gale which caused the destruction of the Ai'ab sloop, and was struck bya tremendous seas, which drove out eight of her ports, carried away all her hamm;ock-nitings on the larboard side, and washed a-way one of her boats, besiees occa- sionin- other damtag of' a miior nature. Not"ing beinz me ntion. ed to the contrary, we conclude no lives have ben lost. The once betautiful and admired actr,ss Mrs. Hartley died on MJonday last, aged 73, at her house at Woolwich. She wis a contemporary with Garrick, aad. we believe, the onlt one that re- mained, excepting Mr. Quick aDd MIrs. Ml1attocks,who ire stil alive. Her extreme beauty ad toha truth and nature of her acting attracted un.verssl admiration, anti caused her to rank the highcst (as a fe- male her rfeesion previous to the appearanee of Alrsm biddons. Mr. lulWlAh:ti written his trazedy of hren'y the 'Srcond, orFair llomaeiottd, several yeat& lena r its pToduction, and despaired of obtaining a tiroper representative for the character of Rosamond until the above lady appeared. Mason, alto, the celebrated poet. wrote his trvcdy of BifHida. that she might personifyv the principal character. Elftiide has always been admired as a b;autiful poer,, but is not calculated for stage effect; It vwas. ilevertheless, akt that tine supporwd and even rendered highly a;tractiv'e, by the person and talents of 'e late Mrs. Hartley. She was the very favouite ssubject of Sir Joslua Reynolds, and appears as the beautiful feimale in a nunmber of his most celebrated pictures. Two, in pardcuia;, are profeNssed portraits of her. called " hrm Hartley as Jase Shor. " and " Mrs. Bartley as a Bacchonat" A fine study for the ff,mer was recently sold at the late celebrated sale of the Marchi-` 'esa of Tbomond'syictures at Chriatie's. She died in easycirgs'naStancn, her merits, uring ber public serrices, havingprcurs.ser aband some independence. AFFAIR OP HONOUR.-At an tearly t'tur on Suntlay last, a meeting took place on Blackbeath b tVeen -Vinct,t Esq., late of. Denierara, and Lieutenant )tL f grave, formerlv of the H onour'ble. Esst India Comnparny's Ie n ice, At the second fire Lieutenant Mudsgrave zeceive& his aragoniS's bhll in thc right knee, and fell apparently lifele, 'nis own pistol 'having-burned. priming. The wound was drer.,ed by a surgeon in att6ndance on the ground i but from tbe shraiered Attate,of the bone,'it is resumned that ampiutatior will be- hecessiryv. Te forner gentleran was attended by 2 AMr. Pereival, and the latter by a brother officer, whose ki'o:e we could not learn. The parties left thq ground without. even aU atteMpt at an aceommodation. A Gentlexuari now enjoying t*;e .iches and honours .o bhi5Vofess5on was, when a young man, accosted by one of his elder bretnren at the Bar, in the hest of debate, wv ith " Sir, I-think your father was a barber ?"-" He ,*as so," replied the other; and added archly, " hxdyourfatherbeen abarber, you wouldbave'beesaonao,7' SnOCKiieG AcCIDErT.-As 'uncommon sensation has been created in this town, and the best feelings of the inhabitaunts caled into actiin1 by the accidental death of atbsild on Thursday afternoonZnst. l he unfortunate subject of this melancho'rWevent. was a charmingittle girl,abouttdx years of age, namedElis*EHa13, daughfir of Bikr. Hall, 'of Evert6n, Liverpool, ocn-mehant, and grand-gaughtean by her mother's 5iad, to tfielate Captain Robinson, of Peniith. &Ste wiavgOingon a isit'to ber rendmother, lirs. Ro. binson of Penrith,vtxnder-'the cat oF her ifternal aUnt, liss tRo- binson. About 3 e'de'cxlon Thvi'af th'Dpsrties started frm th theoach-office, ir this town, by the North Briton cacli. By- k soaae'%cddent, the opposite door to thiit by which they entered. ba&- been shut, but not secured; anad just'as the coach started, the litde girl, on soure account, li*ned her weight against the coseb.door, which instantly flaw n7,3en. The aIdent was s6instantreons,ithat the attempts oE the passenges tO catch her by the rloehes "sthe fel- were fruitless, and lhe fell under the bind*wheelefthe coach, which) passed ovorher heeld,and lireza raushed ittopiecez. N9 a*ist. antee could be rendered. for the woewas but the act of a ntoraesig ,-WesimordtaNd Garete.