The Sun.
London, England, 1832-08-17 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

His MAJESTY went in state yesterday to the House of
Lords to prorogue the Parliament. The Royal procession
was formed at the Pabee at St. James's, at half-past 1
o'clock, and left directly after the KING entered the state
coach, escorted by a detachment of the Life Guards, in the
following order :—A carriage drawn by six hays, contain-
ing Messrs. MARTINS and LEWIS, and another Gentleman
Usher, and Mr. CHARLES HANCOCK, Exon of the Yoe/Lien
Guard ; the second carriage drawn by a set of bays, con-
taining tke Page of Honour, the Groom of the Robes, the
Silver Stick in waiting, and Sir HILLGROVE TURNER,
the Groom in waiting; the third carriage drawn by six
white horses, containing the Comptroller of the House-
hold, and the Clerk Marshal; the fourth carriage, drawn
by a set of black horses, containing Lord HILL, as Gold
Stick in waiting, and the Master of the Robes; the Mar-
shalmen, two and two; 12 of the King's footmen in state
liveries ; a party of the Yeomen Guard in their coronation
uniform, two and two; the state coach drawn by eight
cream-coloured horses. His MAJESTY was habited in an
Admiral's uniform, and wore the star and riband of the
Order of the Garter, and the star of the Order of the
Bath. Opposite to his MAJESTY sat the Earl of ALOE-
NIARLE, as Master of the Horse, and Viscount ASUBROOK,
as Lord in waiting. Some of the Yeomen Guard and of
the King's footmen walked by the sides of the carriage.—
The Earl of BELFAST, as Vice-Chamberlain, conducted his
MAJESTY to the carriage from the state-rooms, and re-
ceived the KING on his return. The whole of the sets of
horses were tastefully ornamented with ribands.
The Band of the Guards, stationed with the Guard of
Honour in the Flag. court-yard of the Palace, played
" God save the King" as his MAJESTY passed. 11Ir. ROE,
the Chief Magistrate of Police, was in attendance at the
entrance to the Palace.

The KING returned to the Palace at 5 minutes past 3
o'clock. His MAJESTY wore, on his return, a broad tippet
of ermine, over an ample cloak of purple velvet. On
passing through the Guard-chamber, which was lined by
the Yoemen Guard, the KING was rapturously recognized
by those assembled in the large Court-yard of the Palace
The Duchess of GLOUCESTER and the Princess SOPHIA
pent the day yesterday with the QUEEN, at the Palace at
St. James's.

The KING gave audiences yesterday to Earl GREY aLd
Sir JAMES KEMYT•

Their MAJESTIES left town in an open carriage and
four, with outriders, at half-past 5 o'clock, escorted by a
party of Light Dragoons, for the Palace at 'Windsor.—
The Duchess of GLOUCESTER, attended by Mademoiselle
D'ESTE, preceded their MAJESTIES in a carriage and four.
A meeting respecting the affairs of Ceylon was held
yesterday at the Colonial-office. There were present Vis-
count GODERICII, ViSCOUIIt ALTIIORP, Lord AUCKLAND,
Mr. Under-Secretary HAY, Messrs. STUART, BRANDE,
COLIBROOKE, CaatEnot,t, and Mr. PENN, agent for Ceylon.
The Earl of BEL}IORE and Lord NUGENT had interviews
with Viscount GODERICII yesterday at the Colonial-office.

CREDITORS OF THE DUKE OF YORK.

The Committee appointed to act on behalf of the cre-
ditors of his late Royal Highness the Duke of York, and
by whom an advertisement has been inserted in all the
papers, requiring the creditors to send in an account of
their respective demands, assembled yesterday in St.
James's-place, when, we understand, a list of upwards of
a hundred creditors, all tradesmen, was produced, the ag-
gregate amount of whose debts exceeds fifty thousand
pounds. Some of the persons have become bankrupts
since the death of his Royal Highness, and others are re-
presented by their widows, who, with their families, have
been plunged in the deepest distress. It does not appear
that the Committee have received any confirmation of the
statement put forth in the Court Journal of Saturday
last, announcing that arrangements were in progress for
liquidating the debts of his Royal Highness. The judgment
creditors—that is to say, those who took legal proceedings
against the Duke, and would grant him no indulgence—
have all been paid in full; but those who trusted to his
Royal Highness's honour, and were satisfied with his re-
peated promises to pay, have been left to the mercy of his
successors. It has been stated on the most unquestionable
authority, that in the last afflicting interview which took
place between his late Majesty George IV. and the Duke
of York, on the death-bed of the latter, that the Duke, in
a voice scarcely audible, expressed the greatest anxiety for
the liquidation of his debts to his tradesmen, when the
King pledged himself in the most solemn manner that they
should all be satisfied ; this assurance seemed to give the
Royal sufferer the highest satisfaction, and, as he said, re-
lieved him from a heavy weight of affliction. There is
every reason to believe, had his late Majesty lived, this
pledge would have been redeemed, and indeed, rumour
states that, under this impression, a considerable portion of
the personal property of the Duke was at his death con-
veyed to Windsor Castle. The Committee, there is reason
to believe, have been put in possession of a good deal of
information o❑ this subject, whether well or ill founded
remains to be proved. Of the power of his late Majesty
to relieve the memory of his brother, for who n, it is
known, he entertained feelings of the deepest affection,
from the stigma of dying insolvent, there can be no
doubt, for independent of his personal property in Windsor
Castle, Brighton, and other Royal Palaces, he is stated
to have accumulated in hard money upwards of 600,0001.,
,ind to have died richer than any Sovereign in Europe.
By his will made some years before his death, he left
this property to his next heir, in which situation the
Duke of York then stood, and had his Royal Highness
lived, no doubt every claim against him, whether arising
from his unfortunate predilection for play or otherwise,
wou'd have been fully satisfied. The Committee, which
is composed of tradesmen of the highest respectability, and
to whose exertions their fellow-sufferers are looking with
deep interest, have determined to leave no means untried
for bringing their trust to a satisfactory issue ; and, upon
arranging the materials with which they hare been fur-
nished, intend calling a public meeting to submit such
plans as shall be most likely to attain the end in view.
Another meeting of the Committee is appointed for
Wednesday next. I❑ the interim it is expected the ca-
talogue of claimants will be greatly enlarged. A great
proportion of the creditors have already proved their debts
before a Master in Chancery ; and loud complaints are
made of the cruelty of putting them to this expense if no
intention exists of their meeting their demands. All the
bonds, tainted with usury, or arising from gambling tran-
sactions, have already been set aside, anti those who now
seek the performance of the promises by which they were
deluded are all bona fide claimants, some holding bonds,
and others appearing as simple contract creditors.

The Royal cavalcade to the House of Lords
yesterday was exceedingly brilliant; but, notwithstanding
that attraction and the extreme fineness of the day, not
one.tenth part of the number of individuals who usually
assemble on such occasions was present. His MAJESTY,
in his progress to the House, was well, but by no means
enthusiastically, received.

The novel to which allusion was lately made,
as coming from a very high and distinguished quarter,
will, we understand, certainly appear in the course of a
week. It is to be entitled " Self-Guidance ;" and, from
the peculiar nature of the story, the character of the hero-
ine, and the rank of the authoress, it cannot fail to excite
much attention.

KILLING TWO BIRDS, &C.—The Cabinet
de Lecture says, that a tailor was recently placed in the
witness-box, on a trial at the Court of Assize, and that it
being remarked he held some papers in his hand, the Pre-
sident said, as the trial required oral testimony, he must
put aside " his notes." Holding them forth to the bench,
the tailor replied, they were only handbills, with his ad-
dress, &c. Avhich be meant for the jury.

Yesterday morning, between 9 and 10 o'clock,
a person residing in Adelphi-street, Hutcheson-town, and
who at one time was connected with a respectable firm in
the city, in a fit of insanity threw himself from the win-
dow of his own house, three stories from the pavement,
in consequence of which he was so seriously hurt that he
died in the course of the forenoon. He alighted upon his
head, which was dreadfully shattered. He has left a wi-
dow, who was yesterday confined to bed from the effect of
some serious injuries inflicted by her infuriated husband on
Friday, when, it is said, he attempted to throw her out of
the same window whence he himself took the fatal leap.
A neighbour, who interfered, and succeeded in saving the
life of the unhappy female, had a portion of one of his
fingers bitten off by the madman, whose aberration of in-
tellect was caused, it is affirmed, by intemperate habits.—
Glasgow Courier.
INTEGRITY OF JURORS.—II is said that one
of the jurors to try the traversers charged with trespass,
in connexion with the prostration of the cholera hospital
at the Black Rock, declared himself in these terms :
" I am sworn to stick to my party, and I will die sooner
than find for Saurin." If the fact he so, his name should
be published by his fellow-jurors. There is no obligation
on them to keep it a secret. It is Grand Jurors alone
who are sworn to keep their own secrets and those of
their fellow-jurors. The oath of a Petit Juror does not
bind him to secrecy. He is only sworn to try the issue,
and give a true verdict according to the evidence.--Dub-
lin .Pueliet,