The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-12-21 00:00:00

THE KING'S COURT.

Yesterday, at ten minutes past one o'clock, his mair4,7
arrived at his Palace in Pall-mall, from his Royal Lo"
in Windsor-park, Hillis travelling carriage and four. with
out-riders. His Majesty was received at the grand entrarce
of the Palace by General Bayley, his Equery in
Soon after the arrival of the King his Royal brother
tia
Duke of York was admitted to an interview with his Ma-
jesty. . . .

Afterwards the King held a Court, which was atterda
by the Austrian Ambassador, the Lord Chancellor. the
Lord President of the Council, the First Lord of the
T e usury, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Secretary
of State for the Home Department, the Secretary of State
for the Foreign Department, the Presialentof the Bow cf
Trade, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, tLe
blaster-General of the Ordnance, the President of the
Board or Control, the First Lonl of the Admiralty, the
Master-General of the Horse, the Vice-Chamberlain, the
Lord Chief Justice of the the Court of King's Bench, the
Judge Advocate, the Muter of the Ceremonies, the
Re-
corder of London, &c.

The King held a Privy Counci at which Mr. Crerille
attended as Clerk. The Council proceeded to take ice
consideration the meeting of Parliament for the despatch of
business, for which the Council was specially summoned.
It was decided that the Parliament should be further pro-
rogued from the Srh day of January next to Thursday the
2d of February, then to meet for the.despstch of busmen,
At the conclusion of the Privy Council, the Recorder of
London was admitted to the presence of the King in Coun-
cil, when the Learned Judge made his report of the con-
victs capitally convicted at the Old Bailey in the October
Sessions. The report occupied the attention of the King
and Council upwarus of an hour and a half.
Prince Esterhazy, the Austrian Ambassador, was intro.
duced to his Majesty by the Right Honourable George
Canning, the King's Principal Secretary of State for Fo-
reign Affairs, and conducted by Sir Robert Chester, his
Majesty's Master of the Ceremonies, when hid Excellency
took leave of the King previous to his departure from Eng.
land for France, to which Court his Serene Highness hu
lately been appointed Ambassador.
The Judge Advocate was admitted to an audience of his
Mairsty to make his report of some Courts-martial, and
to t de his Majesty's commands on their decisionr.
The King gave audiences to the Earl of Liverpool, the
Earl of Harrowby, Mr. Peel, Mr. Canning, the Duke of
Wellington, and the Lord Chancellor.

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The Court broke up soon after six o'clock, when the
Kinglet town on his return to his Royal Lodge in Wind-
sor Perk.

The Earl of Delawar and Colonel King were the Lord
and Groom in waiting.

OLYMPIC THEATRE.

Reader, do you not like sitting round a cheerful fire,
chatting, •joking, laughing, sipping your glass, in short,
enjoying all the delights of home on a cold evening ? We
like it, or any thing that reminds us of it, for our pans,
and pity those that do not. If the expression may be al-
lowed, we like to be at home when we are out. It is, per.
haps, the complete gratification of this feeling that renders
us partial to small theatres. We enter them with an how
d'ye air ; we conic at once to the table without the formal
introduction of winding passages a mile long, we take our
seats and feel at home; it seems as if we could shake bards
with the performers, who rather appear ac part of a convivial
dinner party that men marched upon a stage to amuse us
for the money we have paid on our entrance. We hare
been led to make these reflections by the gratification we
experienced in a visit we last night paid the little theatre
whose name stands rubric to this article. The laughable
Lurletta of bulgings.to Let composed the first course; the
second consisted of a piece that has deservedly had a great
tun, called Hans of Iceland, which was crowned by
Mq Hoshands &met. We shall merely add, that there
are dishes to suit all palates; for those that like laughter,
there is .Mr. Wilkinson; for those lachrymal), inclined,
there is Miss Watioa ; and Mrs. Wa)letv, Mts. Lovedsr,i
Mr. Vining, and Mr .5. H. Chapman, will be sure to mike
friends with their auditors generally. We base only time
to add, that we have no space for a detail of the pieces, but
recommend the play-goera to judge for themselves.