The Sun.
London, England, 1824-12-20 00:00:00

THE KING'S COURT

A Court and Privy Council was summoned
to meet at two o'clock on Saturday, at Windsor
Castle. .
His MAJESTY and suite necessary to hold a Court arrived
at the Castle from the Royal Lodge, at a quarter past two
o'clock, in two carriages. Every arrangenient being made for
commencing a Court, Mr. Secretary Peel had an audience of
the Ting to officiate for the Lord President of the Council, in
the absence of the Earl of Harrowby, who. is abroad, to lay
before his Majesty the business to be submitted to his Ma-
jesty for his commands. There were present—
. The First Lord of the Treasury, the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer, the Secretaries of State for the Home, Foreign, and
Colonial Departments, the Lord Privy Seal, the President of
the Board of Trade, the Lord Steward of the Household, Mr.
Freemantle, Sir Hillgrove Turner (Groom in Waiting), &c.
Lord Erskine was introduced to his Majesty by Mr. Secre-
tary Canning, and kissed hands, upon his being appointed
Minister to the Court of Wurteniburg. Lord Viscount Strang-
ford was also introduced to his Majesty by Mr. Secretary Can-
ning, on his return from his Embassy to the Grand Signor, at
Constantinople.
The King held a Privy Council, at which Parliament was
further prorogued from the 6th of January to the 3d day of
February, then to meet for the dispatch of business. •
His Majesty gave audiences to Mr. Secretary Canning and
Earl Bathurst.
The Court broke up at five o'clock, when his Majesty .and
Suite returned to the Royal Lodge to dinner.
The Noblemen and Gentlemen composing the Court left
Windsor for. London, except Earl Bathurst, who proceeded
to
Dropmore, to dine with Lord Grenville, and the Earl of Liver-
pool, who left for Coombe Wood.

Ongit the various rumours of the last, week
it was confidently stateo, that I ELI) MARSHAL
BIMESFORD is .to have the Chief Command in
India whilit- others, equally confident, state it
- to be the intention of Ills Majesty's Government
to appoint' Lord COMBERMERE. The latter ap-
pointtnent is most probable, if. we take into con-
aideration the new arrangements which are con-
templated with respect to Lreland.
It is confidently stated, that, in consequence
of applications -from the East India Company, .Government
have agreed to, increase the British force in India, either by the
addition of six regiments from this country, or y an addition
to the number of companies in the regiments now serving in
India. The latter plan, it is thought, is most likely to be
adopted, which will be a source of much promotion for the
Officers of the regiments now in India.—(t ornin., Post.)
The Duke of YORK left town ;bout nine
o'clock, for Sussex, yesterday morning.
The Duchess of KENT and the Princess F EO.
DORE attended Divine Service at the Royal Ger-
- Man Chapel, and heard a sermon by the Rev.
Dr. KUPER.
Mr. DLiFFEst, a King's Messenger, was sent
Off on Thursday froni the Colonial Office, with
dispatches for Corfu.
Saturday morning a ,King's Messenger left the
Secretary of State's Office for the Colonial De-
partment, with a letter for Lord GRENVILLE, at
Dropmore.
A Paris Paper says, that Lord GORDON (pro-
bably Colonel GORDON) had arrived at Napoli
di Romania. He has given the Greeks. an hun•
dred embroidered standards, the presents of the
most-distinguished Scottish ladies. Forty young
English volunteers have also arrived at Napoli.
The bustle and anxiety evident among the
Ministerialists still continues. Within the last few days the
Duke of WELLINGTON hashad two conferences with the Earls
WESTMORLANu and Wall U RST, both of which lasted for a
considerable time : the result of the last interview was imme-
diately transmitted tti the LORI) CHAN.CELLOR, on the night
previous to the Earl of latvEruponr. leavino for Windsor.—
With those who are most likely to be well informed on such
subjects, the report is, that there exists considerable dissen.
tions among the Cabinet Dlinisters on two, points; first, on the
subject of assisting the Greeks ; and, secondly, on the more
important question of internal policy—Cad:die Emancipation ;
questions upon whictethey are said to be AS. widely opposed as
possible.:—( Observer.)
Cabinet Councils continue to • meet 'with
usual frequency : there have been no less, than twelve in the
last 'seventeen days—the last was on *Wait: Summonses for
six of them were issued on one (lay by .Mr. Secretary CA*
N ING, which shews they lutist have been on different subjegts.
Nothing has transpired from which an opinion cap be formed
what these subjects were.—(../bm.)
The following changes have taken place in the
Colonial Governments :
Lord Cornhermere succeeds Sir Edward Paget as Corn.
mander.in.Chief Be
. ga
l
.
The
Cape Marquis
Good Huntley fine.
seeds lord Charles Somerset at the ofElope, where
Sir William Plaskett is appointed Colonial Secretary, in the
room of Colonel Bird. Lord Howard of Effingham relieves
' Sir Henry Warde as Governor of Barbadoes ; 'and Major..
General Darling proceeds to New South Wales to succeed Sir
Thomas Brisbane.'-..(John Bull.) • ,
Accounts from Demerara to the i§th Oetober
mention that the colony was qtiiet. The trans-
port, Royal Sovereign, had arrived at bemerara
from Lierbice, and was to sail on the 25thwith a
detachment of the Ist West,lndia Regiment for
• Barbadoes.
The Quarter's Account of The Revenue will
not be made up until the .evening of -the sth of
January, but we feel much pleasure. in .0..104,
that it still, increases in, a flia,ppeis one n 1
the -strongest proofs of the continued and growing
prosperity of .this country. , to the Excise the
increase has been immense, anti we understand
that the produce of the Customs, during the p/47
sent quarter,, that of time correspond*
quarter of last year by nearly 200,0001. thus
covering the whole deficiency occasioned by the
repeal of duties, which are estimated at 20,0001.
a week, and leaving an actual surplus of nearly
12,000/. The princilial increase in the Customs
is in sugar and timber.—( Morning Post.)
Messrs. BELL, CARPUE, and BROOKS, are said
to be candidates for the Professorship of Ana-
tomy to the Royal Academy, Vacant by the resig-
nation of Sir. ANTHONY CA R LISLE.
MAnAstu MmtA.—lt haS been reported
this once-celebrated Singer bad died abroad. The
report is without foundation ; she is alive, and re-
sides at Revel. She lately, indeed, was thrown
down in the street, and a carriage passed over
her ; but, strange to say, she' only received some
Severe bruises, from which, she has .recovered.
Her property was entirely lost by the French in..
vaeton at Moscow.
The following paragraph appeared in the
JOHN BULL of yestcrday.:--" M ATHEWS WUS
acting (in Ireland) the French: part in the piece
taken from honest JACK TAYLOR'S admirable
little farce of '6 Monsieur Tonson." It is pro-
Per 'therefore to .observe' that .Mr. merely
wrote the original Tale, and that the credit of
having-expanded it into a diverting Farce is due
to Mr. MoDf.cßiagi.