The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-05-04 00:00:00

KING'S COURT.

Yesterday, at two o'clock. his Majesty held a Court at
hb Palace in Pall-mall. The King gave an audience to
his Royal Highness the Duke of York.
There were also present the Lord Chancellor, Lord
Privy Seal, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Chancellor
of the Exchequer, the Secretaries of State for the Home,
foreign, and Colonial Departments, the Muter-General
of the Ordnance, the President of the Board of Trade,
the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, the President
of the Board of Control, the Lord Chamberlain, the
Lard Steward, the Master of the Horse, the Groom of the
:kale, the Comptroller of the Household, the Vice-
Chamberlain. the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of
Kinleg Bench, the Recorder of London, the Bishop of
Durham, the Judge Advocate, the Duke of Bucclench,
the Earl of Pembroke, the Earl of Abingdon, Lords Mon-
tante Raartock, &c.

The Rev. Doctor Van :Miltlert did homage before his
Majesty, upon his being translated from the see of Lan-
daff to that of Durham. Mr. Secretary Peel attended the
ceremony.
The Earl of Abingdon was presented to his Majesty,
upon his being appointed Lord Lieutenant of the county
of Bucks, in the room of the late Lord Braybrook.

The Duke of linceleuch was presented to his Majesty,
by his uncle Lord Montague, upon his going abroad. His
Grace took leave of the King.
The E irl of Pembroke was presented to his Majesty
upon his being appointed Governor of Alderney.
Lord Itadatock had an audience of the King, to deliver
the insignia of the Order of Knight Grand Cross of the
Bath, worn by his Lordship's father.
His Majesty held a Privy Council, at which Mr. Secretary
Peel officiated for the Lord President.

The several reports of the Committees of the Lords of
the Council were submitted to his Majesty for his approval
and sanction.
The old official seals of the Chancellor of the Exche-
quer, the High Court of Justiciary, the High Court of
Delegates, and five other official seals, were destroyed, and
others apnroved of.

At tlnr conclusion of the Privy Council, the Recorder of
London was admitted into the presence of the King in
Council, to make his report of the convicts capitally con-
victed at Justice Hall in the Old Batley, in the Sessions
held in the months of F. bruary and April.

The Judge Advocate had an-audiene:e of his Majesty, to
lay before him the proceedings of some Courts Martial,
and to take his Majesty's commands upon them.
His Majesty gave audiences to Mr. Secretary Canning,
Mr. Wynn, and Mr. Secretary Peel.
The Court broke up about six o'clock.

The Duke of Devonshire transacted business yesterday
afternoon at the Secretary of State's Office for Foreign
Affairs.

" How that Home murders the King's English !" said
Croker. " No, he only Scotches it," replied Twiss.—The
Au.

The wheels of the State Lottery were conveyed yester-
day morning to Guildhall, accompanied, as usual, by a
dozen soldiers on horseback. Some one inquiring where
they were going, was told they were going " to draw the
Lottery." "Oh," says he, " it is drawn, Ilk•e, with a twelve
horse paver."
ROWSOTHAM'S PRACIICAL FRENCH GRAMMAIL—The
central situation of France must ever render the study of
its language an object of the utmost importance in all those
countries which border upon it, atul receive all their intel-
ligence from more distant countries through its medium.
Most of the French Grammars now in use are lamentably
deficient in practical adaptation to the circumstances of
the learner. They give rules, but fail in showing the pro-
per method of putting them in practice. The general opi-
nion as to the inefficacy of study in acquiring French is
the best proof of this fact; for no language can be acquired
without study, whether it be employed on books, or in
making observations on the examples which occur in con-
versation. It has been the object of this author to com-
bine the two species of instruction, and to supply in his
work all those advantages of practice, of which the gene.
rarity of grammars content themselves with admitting the
necessity without furnishing the means of acquiring it.
Ge ERA r. cr.! os.—A r Hos NSIfIRE.-1n the beat-
informed circle., in London it is supposed that the business
of the scission will be over by the 15th or 16th of May, and
that a dissolution of Parliament will follow immediately
after. Our present representative, the lion. Captain Goa
din, will be re-elected without opposition. and Col. Ar-
buthnot, the 'wother of the Lord-Lieutenant of incardin-
shire, will come in for that county, also without opposi-
tion. We hear of no opposition in the Northern Burghs,
and if the election in Banffshire should not take place,
which is almost impossible until the end of May, Mr. Mor-
rison, of Auchintoul, will certainly come in by a small
majority.

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ATE-PAPLIt OFFICE.---lly the industry and research
of Mr. Lemon, very extraordinary and interesting dis-
coveries have recently been made in this office. Amongst
other valuable papers. an entire translation of &Wins, by
Queen Elizabeth; the prose in the hand-writing of her
Majesty's secretary, and the whole of the poetry in the
Queens own autograph. Parts of a poetical translation pf
Horace, written by the Queen, have likewise been found.
Whs.! is far more irrportant, as it relates to the history of
that period, nen-ly all the documents connected with the
events that occurred during the reign of Henry VIII., es-
pecially the King's various divorces, have likewise been
brought to light; particularly the whole case of Catharine
Howard. The style of these papers, however, is more in-
decent and obscene than the 3femoirsti Harriette Wilson
and they cannot, therefore, be published. It is intender;
to submit these literary and historical relics to his Majesty.

PA (ILIA MEN TA Rl' INTELLIGENCE.

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1101;SE OF I,OIIIIS, 'WenNesoAr, 31AT 3.

Mr. lirogden, and other Mernhera of the House of Commons,
brought up the Weatminster Improvement Transfer Bill, and
sevoral private Bills, which were read a first time.
The Duke of ATHOL presented a petition limn a psti:lt in
Perthshire against any alteration in the Banking System of Scotland.
Ertl (GROSVENOR wished to obtain some information re-
apecting persons conitnitted to prison by the Court of Chancery for
the non-pament of costs.
The 1.0111) CHANCELLOR said that persons hail been corn.
milted for nun-payment aeons, but he had introduced a clause into
the I:isolrent Debtors' nil', enabling such persona to take the
benefit of that .Ict, In the usual way, like other debtors.
Their Lordships then adjourned until Friday.

HOUSE OF C031310N8. WEDXEIMAY, MAT 3.

At four o'clock the Speaker proceeded to count the House. hot
there being but nineteen Members present, the Iluuse was adjautned
until to-morrow.

HAMBURGH MA!!.

BEHAN. APRIL :M.
Since the return of the Duke of Wellington. it is no longer
kept secret that decisive steps have been taken fix the deliverance
of Greece; trod it is alone the high•.minded Emperor Nichnks
of Russia, who, in the consciousness of his independence, will
Emil opposed to the Porte, which has rejected, with barbarous
annoyance, every amicable arrangement. 'We may glionly expect
a Nlanifesto which will justify those steps. Ac • sign how soon
this may probably happen, may be judged from the following

" I N V (TAT lON TO SUPPORT THE. SUFFERING otritis,"
which it printed in the newspapers (even in the Seek Gazak, of
A Mil.) :-
" The tate of the unhappy Greek nation meat 'Meet every
feeling hear,. The virtima of war and berhamos Milky %wane
ir, a dreolful manner, and thousands of woman lid innocent
children, a prey to famine e.nd all kinds of tumefy. alb owe their
hands for aid. Ti aasist thou., our unfortonsie frdiseallerbatians,

to alleviate their misery as musk M possible, is. t knew, the
ardent wish of all horaane persona, and I therefore y convinced
that I only meet tide general wish by making a beginning, and
offering to receive contributions fur thin purpose., which 1 will take
care shall he entrusted to secure hands, and employed five the ad.
vantage of the sufferers. I at the same time request the Clergy
and others. who are in a situation to do so, to join he the humane
work of collecting subscription*.
(Signed) " Dr. HITTIMAN 11, CatlnCilief of Suite,
and Physician to his M ajesty."
To this address is annexed a similar recommendation. signed by
three of the most distintruishel of the clergy. :—Dr. Niander,
Dr. Hi,sehl, and Dr. Straufa, his ‘taieitty's Chaplain.
Similar invitations have been made elsewhere. without being sup.
posed to indicate a turn in politics favourably in the Greek% • hut
herr, alien preceding invitations of the kind have been withdrawn
by express command. and all collections for the Greeks prohibited
—srhentwe are his Majevty's principal physician. and the mem se.
!peeled of the clergy, undertake thin charitable office, with his Ma.
permitinon, we ore entitled to consider thisevestas an im.
Important presage.

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