Yesterday at two o'clock ...
The Times, 1824-01-28T00:00:00

Yesterday at two o'clock a Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign Office, by sumnlons, which wvas again attended by all the Cabinet Mfinisters, who continued in delibera- tion till about half-past five, with the exception of two of the Ministers, wlho left at hall-past four. Monday eveninlg MIr. Proudnnai, the King's messenger, 'C. Wt -1. A. b Wh J- "L otawste somce ior tne niome Department, wi th, despatebes, for Hlertford, respecting the fate of Hunt. Yesterday afternoon the Duike of York, as Commander- in-Chief, held a levee at his office in the Horse Guar(ds. Yesterday the Earl of Livernool, the Duke of Welling- ton, Baron Fagel, Sir Charles Long, and a number of other distinguishetl characters, dined with. the Duke of York. Yesterday letters were received in London from the Queen of IVurtemberg, addlressed to most of the Royal Family, &c. Yesterday the Lord .Mayor gave an eleganit dinner at the MIansion-house to a party of about so, consisting of inost of the Aldermen, the Sheriffs, Common Sergeant, Chamber- lain, &c. A letter from Paris of a recent date contains the follow- ing paragraph:-" The brother of iIladame Du Cayla is about to be raised to the peerage, and to marry into an ancient family of the high noblesse. This favourite of an illustrious personage has taken advantaae of the high favour with which she lias been honoured, both to raise her family and to amass a large fortunje. She had received in a pre- sent the chateau of St. Ouen, the fitting up ot' which cost the civil list two millions of francs. She re-sold it to LuUb bUUJt SIlO sharedl with her brother. After this, the illustrious donor. conferred upon his favourite possession for life of the pro- perty wvhich he first gave and afterwards re-purchased. Happy the age wvhick thus sees the restoration of legitimate monarchies, the puower of the Jesuits, and the gailantries of the Cbuwt of Loouis XV:' Extract of a letter dated Copenhagen, January 13 "'The private affhirs of the late minister Rosencranz have been lett in a state of great derangement, in consequence of which the King has granted a pension of 2,000 dollars to his widow. Public opinion does not rui very highly in favour of the three new Mlinisters of State, as there is no man of energy among them, with the exception of Count Afoltke, who is however subject to a temporary distraction, which sometimes incapacitates him for business for se- veral days together. Ml. Schestacit would be more fit for any other post than that of Minister; antl M. Malling is an old good-natured man, wlho willingly agrees to any thing that may be proposed, and wvho has probably only receivea this distinguislhed honour as a complimenit to him at the close of his political career." TRE KINsGo.--- 'rThe King has had a severe attack of the gout, but Llia Miajesty is better to-day than lie was yesterday. -.Brighton, Alonday, Jan. 26,1824." 'I'he Address will be moved in the House of Commons, next Tuesday, by Rowland Hill. Esq., one of the Members fbr the couny of Salop; and seconded by James Daly, Esq., one of the ntember for the county of Galway. It is not yet settled, we un- derstand, by whom it is to be moved and seconded in-the House of Peera.-h'senio>g Pepewr. C'S 'Tng.ArnE.-Z/,flMil was repeated last night, and, by id(licious curtailments, has been reduced within more rea. sonablelimits. Ouropinion of the composition is confirmed, in. deed increased, siace more than one hearing is requisite to attain a just perception of iLs numerous beauties. Rossini was at the piano. forte, and was again applauded by the audience at the close of the opera. The divertissement and ballet of Saturday were aLso repeated, but were deprived of the support of Mademoiselle Ic Gros, the de. blta nte from the theatre of San Carlos. in consequence of her having had the misfortune to sprain her ancle on Saturday evening. As this occurred early in the divertissement on that night,the audience were dep-ived of the opportunity of estimating her claims to nublic favour, and she has still, therefore, in fact, her debzut to make. The house was wvell filled, but not crbaded. INEW kXAI.LERIIS PROJECTED FOR THE J5AN'LARO8iMENT OF THE BRITISE 3UsEUm.-The ground plot behind the Alu. seum is to be built upon, to form a magnificent range of gaUeries, leaving an open quadrangle. On the east side, upon the ground& floor, the centre will form an apartment 300 fee, in length, intended to receive the library presented to the nation by our munificent Sove- reign. On the let't of this will be the apartment for manuscripts - and on the right another for the collections of the late Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. The whole range of this floor is 700 fe. t. Over tie King' library will be built the royal picture gallery, whicb wilU contain tie superb collection recently purchased of the executors of the late Alr. Angerstein; to which will be added the valuable speci- mens of the old masters, collected by Sir George Beaurnont Bart. which this distinguished amateHr painter has nobly presentea to this national gallery. On thie opposite or wvest side, partly beiut upon ae the statue allery, a continuation w}ll be made, as we learn, to the length of feet, for an extension of the collection of antique mar. bles. The north angle, to the same vast extent, wiLl be occupied on the gr.ound-floor for collections of natural history. lWlhen these three sides are completed, the prei ent building will be pulled down, and the site re-occupied by a magniticent building, to complete the square, in whsch will be deposited that extensive public library which occupies so large a poTtion of the old structure. The lofty wall, with the gate, vili be taken down, and the first quadrangle will be exposed, as it is intended to supply the place of the waU by an elgant iron rafilng. From a gate at each end will be a semici,cular drive up to the central entrance of the main building, accessible only to private carriae, which will be admTitted through an aTch beneath a grand Ught ot steps, to the inner quadrangle. On the side of this drive will br a colonnade for fooatpasseagers up to the grand entr ance. -S'ornerret-louee Milfscellany. HUT.--An -order wes'.ent oin *MIonday evening, from the Home Departmnent, to Hertfod Gaol, for the removal of Hunt forthwith to die Juatitifhulk, at SVoolwich, preparatory to his ran~spOrtation for life to New 9outh lVales, on board a convict ship. wich wvill saSI, about sixt weekrs hence, from the river for that destination. EDINBURGFH POLICE COUtRT.-TZlhe following case ex- cited considerable interest as well as amusement :-A man and his wife, apparently natives of the Highlands, charged a respectable' looking young man, with hsaving, on the preceding eve:i iSe, attempt- ed to carry off their child ta girl of thtte or four yests rlol lfton tie stair in which they livea, for the purposps (as they Wsad he looiPd like a young doctor) of dissection. Thie young man statea, that he was coming down the stair, and stumbliug upon a child in the dark, he lifted it up from fear of hiirting it. The girl, however into whoin g salutary fear of the doctors seemed to have been carefully instilled Scramed out it' ggcu, p,!anner, as to bringa cro-d instantly arond tihen, and the father and inathep jpsisted on fxing the present ab- surd charge upon bim, the defender, who 1tated moreover, (hat he was a painter, and nor a surgeon. The Magistrate, of course, dis- missed the case; but the poor people retired in the firm persuasion that the defender, if lie was inot a doctor himself, had certainly intended to deliver tlie child into their hands.-Caledoniosr Afertury. ,1 vnvJK5kUL hScAPz.--fn iNew x earb Cve, OU sLyiu, a man of the name of Sincair left the General's.hut for Foyers- house, and in tracing his steps on that narrow and perilous path, between the tJUper and Lower Falls, his foot slipped, and he fell to the -bed of the river, over tihe steep and almost perpendicular side of the mountain, a height of l50 feet! lle remained there alt night, and o being found ,n the morning by a shepberd, who was drawn to the ItpOt by hivcries, all the injury he seemed to have sustained was the disl?ction of one f luis thigh-bones.s Througb the prompt ttention of lr Fraser. of Foyrsl he wa=s immediately conveyed to he ThItfhary here, and he is now m a fair v.way of recovery.-Inwer. zcJ Co5urier. QUViIDE ANXD ATTEMP.T TO MURDEa, AT TAJUNTON, SoW YsFTSBMRXsOn Alonday forenoon, a young uan, named Nor=uan, who ha beeninth service of Mr. lead, an attorney of this to-4 for brnariyyears, itha fit ofjealousy attem-pted tomurder a iemaaes edlow.kcr ant; by shooting her in thie head with a pistol, which he had jdxst before purchased, and afterwards ve her severaW volent blow& tib. i hatnier. The unhap wretcha he hastily retired to his apFittent, and nearly sever dis head hom his body vnth a raZor, and tbe-roomn was alitiost dIluged with gore: he.died Soon after. S'irtIy . fter a fire broke aut infthe house, which added itit a litte to the terr oF the circumstance; indeea the 'whole toin t a COWPII ~tc-scene sf bustle and a1arm~ Tbeunfortunatefei ec S rnOt, 6up~ gedlke1y t' ;cseovm.