The Duke and Duchess of G...
The Duke and Duchess ot Glocester had a grand even- ing party on Wednes(lay evening to meet their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Clarence, Prihce Leopold, the Duchess of Kent, &c. The company were gratified with the performance on the grand piano-forte by young AMpull, the musical child only 8 years of age, who lately had the lhonour of performing before the King at WlTindsor, when his Majesty was so much astonished and delighted with his performance, that he commanded him to play before him a second time. The rumour of the detention of the Company's ships at Canton had, it was tlhought, some effect on the East In- dia Stock yesterday, though the depressed price at wlich that commodity was quoted may rather be ascribed to the general state of the money-market. The rumour turned out to be unworthy of any credit. It was a recoction of theold story. Not one respectable house had the least intima- tion of such an event, and it was totally disbelieved at the India House. The attention of the English capitalists has at length been drawn to Wfeland. A company has been for some time forming under the auspices of the leading Irish houses, for working collieries and mines in that country, which has- been ascertained to abound in coal* and mine- rals. The undertaking is wvarmly seconded by. the most distinguished of the nobility and gentry connected. with, Ireland, as also by the prihicpal Londop companies hold- ing large landed properly in the islan. From the progress. already made, there is every prospect of a favourable ro- sult. The bill for incorporating the company is to be read a second tlmc in the house this evening,