News in Brief
On 'Wednesdav night, soon after 10 o'clock, his Majesty arrived at his Palace in Pall-mall from Windsor. The Duke of York and the Duchess of Glocester paid visits to the King yesterday. Yesterday afternoon, about four o'clock, his Majesty left town in his travelling carriage and four, on his return to 'Windsor. Yesterday afternoon, at 2 o'clock, a Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign-office, Downing-street. A letter from Frankfort yesterday brought inteUigence of the death of Count Stadion, the Austrian Minister of Finance, at Vienna. He had always maintained a high character for his prudence and integrity, and was greatly esteemed by all parties. There has also died at Frankfort, Counlt Anstetter, Russian Minister at that city. Accounts from Paris, received vesterdlay by express, state that on Monday evening the King of France was in a very alarming state, and was considered by his attendants to be in the most imminent danger. The prognostics respecting his Majesty's extraordinary case have, however, so often proved fallacious, that there is less cause than would exist in that of any other individual for believing they will ter- minate fatally in the present instanee. That the King has had a niew and sevore attack of illness, cannot be doubted. It is announced in letters from Paris received yesterday, that the Spanish Government has determined on placing at t ie head of theernbassv in London, which has bee; vacant since the de- parture of Admiral Jabat, an individual of subordinate rank, in quality of Charge des Affaires, the more expensive appointment of an Anibassador Plenipotentiary being at presentpeculiarly unsuited to the state of theSpanishTreasury. Theinidividualnamed as Charg6 des Affaires is a Al. Castillo, and this is said to be his first diplo- matic rank of any kind. The pretence, however, is merely a hollow one for a nobleman of the highest sank is appointed to the Paris Embassy. Probably Spain is weak enough to take this -node of showing its sense of the liberal tone of the English Government. Intelligence is said to have been received at Madrid froml Gibraltar, that lsapez Banos, formerly Minister of War under the Cortes, had made an attempt to commit suicide. lie was found half dead on his bed, and a written paper on his table with these words :-_" I have taken two ounces pf ltquid laudanum ; I leave 50 reals my watch, and my clothes to mny host" Antidotes were in- stantly administered; but if they should succeed iu saving his life, it was thought that his health and constitution would be seriously injured. Jrrince Felignac, the French Ambassador, left Portland- p}ace yesterday morning at 10 o'clock? for Paris. It is supposed that the ebject of His ExceUency's visit to the French capital is to give his vote in the Chamber of Peers, of which he is a member, on the project of law for the reduction of the interest on the French debt. Such a journey for such an object is rather extraordinary; and the Minister must be hard pushed who requires it. The following is an extract of a letter fronm the Agents to Lloyd's at Genoa, dated the 15th instant :-" fnformation has ar- rived ftom Malta, stating that the Admiral, previous to his sailing for Algiers, had received intelligence of the arrival ofa squadron of men of war at Alexan4ria, and htad sent off one of his craisers to re- connoitre them." GIB RALTr AR, May 6.-The vessel set fire to by the Inde- pendent privateer was reported at Cadia to have been a Spanish Rolacre, with a cargo oJ bullocks. A steam.packet from Cadiz to San Lucar was taken by an Insurgent brig scononer privateer. The passengers are stated to have been searched and plundered, after which the vessel was released. Three of the gentlemcn proposed to be restored to the Scotch Peerage, took on *Vednesday the oaths of allegiance, &c., at the bar-viz .John (Gordon,Esq. (to be Viscount Kenmnure), WVil- liam Nairn, Esq. (to be Viscount Nair), and James Drnmmond, Esq. Jl.P., (to be Viscount Strathallan). The foturth, AMr. Erskine, (to be Earl of Mar), was absent from extreme old age. There was an attempt formerly to restore the Stratisallan title, when the following evidence was given of the death of the last Lord StrathaUlan. An aged General, who was called to prove that LJord Strathalan had fallen at the battle of CuUloden, in the year 1746, gave his evidence to that effect. A noble Lord suggested to the Lord Chancellor (Thurlow) to ask the witness how he knew that Lord Strathallan fell at Cullodea. The Lord ChanceUor put the question, and the witness answered-" Because at the batte of Culloden I thrust my potoon through the bodyoF theViscount Strathallan." The rectory of St. Giles in thie Fields, which became vacant on the decease of the -late Bishop of Clicilester, is mot vet filled up.. The nomination of a fit incumbent for so populoas a pa. rish has been, it is said, referred to the Bishop of London. AN INTERESTING RELIc.-(From the Boston Evcning- Gazette.)-Ve have seen an ancient medal, or coin, ornamented with jewels, brought recently from St. Christopher's, bv Captain Coffin, of the schooner Fishha:vk. It was purchased by fiim of one of the descendantsof Penderell, to wbom itwas presented by Charles It. as a valuable tokent of his gratitude for certain protection afFord- ed by him to that Prince when endeavouring to effect his escape in (isguise from E;ngLand, in the year 1648. It consists ofa gold coin of Ferdinand IL dated 1638, surroundedl by a row of sixteen bril. 11ants, enchbased in sifver, enriched with blue enamel, and bearin the mnatte "Usne hd rars idelis." The xeveise is also enamei , we is intended to be worn as an ornament to tile per- so,n. fs estimated at 300 dolars..