Yesterday at three o'cloc...
Yesterday at three o'clock, a Cabinet Council wasl held at the Foreign Office, Downing-street, which only sat till a quarter past four. There were present the Lord Clhancellor, the Earl of Liverpool, the Earl of Westmor. land, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Lord Bexley, Mr. Canning, &c. On Saturday the Chancellor of the Exchequer had a numerous dinner party. 1 i Gazettes from Sidney, New South Wales>-to the 2gth of January, and from Hobart'es-town, Van Dieman's Larud, to, the 9th of January, have been received, Both colonics ap. pear to be in a rapid state of improvement, of which, per- hlaps, there can be no better proof than the diversified con-' tents ot' the journals thlemnselves, which are nearly equal in size and importance to the English newspapers of 20 years since, and present nearly the Salne variety of subjects. One of the deficiencies under which both colonies seemi to suffier, is that of a good system of banking-a defect, however, lvhich is common to all rising countries. , Ihe French fri. gate Coquilke had arrivoe* at Sidney, having been out frozg home IS months, and expecting an equally long period tQ elapsebefore her return to France. The ob4ects of the voyage are the improvement of natural history' and geography. Lieutentnt Cutbbertson, of the 4Sth Regiment, Commnan. dant of the new settlement of Macquarrie-harbour, in Van Dieman's Land, was unfortunately drowpved"o the 29th of December, together with six men, in attemptingto.skye a new schooner which had driven.-from its moorinrl - 'Mr. Field, Judge of the Supreme Court, had embarked on board the Competitor for England. WVe have received papers from Antigua to the 4th ultimo. On the departure of Sir BI. d'TUrban for Demerara, the G,.. vernmnent had devolved on General Athill, the Commata.. dant of the troops. The Session of the Legislature of An. tigua had commenced on the 2.2d. of April.. By accounts from Dominica, it was stated that the: Earl of Hunting- don had issued writsfor the election of mnembers for a new House of Assembly in that island. In Antigua, as well ast in the other islands, the proceedings here relative to the state of the WVest Indies generally, excited the most intense interest. Charles Lebrunj Dake of Placentia, Peer of France, and Graud Corloni of the Legion of Honour, better knowvn as 'Third Consul during the time of the Consular Government, diedaTfew daysagoin France, at his countlry seat near Dourdan, at the advanced age of 86. He was successively member of the States-General, of the Constituent Assem- bly, and of the Council of Ancients. After being Buona- parte's colleague in the Consular'Govermment, lie e'ame one of his favoured servants during the empires occupying the place of. Prince Arch-Treasurer, Governor-General of Liguria, of Holand, and other high offices.