The Sun.
London, England, 1826-04-17 00:00:00

(COURT CIRCULAR.)

On Saturday morning,' at half-past ten o'clock, the
Lords of his Majesty's most Honourable Privy Coun-
cil, assembled at the Council Office, Whitehall-place,
to hear and determine French Appeals. The Lords
present were the Lord President of the Council, the
Judge of the Admiralty Court, the Judge of the
Arches Court, the Muster of the Rolls, and Lord Col=
chester. The appeal which principally occupied their
Lordship's attention, was that of George Theith and
Co. who were residents in Ostend in the year 1794,
when the French army took possession of that place,
and continued there' till the year 1796, when
Ostend became part of the dominions of France. The
value of the property which is the subject of appeal,
amounts to 773,000 livres. The King's Advocate,
Mr. Fonblanque, and two other Banisters, were heard
by their Lordships upon the appeal.
On Saturday afternoon Sir Charles Long had an
interview with the Edrl of Liverpool, at his house in
Whitehall.

Saturday, at twelve o'clock, the Earl of Liverpool,
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Mr. Huskisson
had a long interview with Mr. Secretary Canning, at
his house in Downing-street:
On Saturday evening, about seven o'clock, Mr.
Krausohe King's Messenger, arrived at the Foreign
Office, Downing-street, with dispatches from the Right
Hon, Stratford; Canning, our. Ambassador at Constan-
tinc;ple; to Mr:'Secretarv'taiining. Mr. Kraus also
brought dispatches &Din the Right Hon. Henry 'Wel-
lesley, the British Ambassador at Vienna, dated up to
the 6th instant, having passed through Vienna on his
journey._

The Cabinet Council, which was held yesterday
afternoon, did not assemble, as was reported, in con-
sec-pence of the dispatches, which Mr. Kraus, the
King's Messenger, arrived with on Saturday from
Constantinople, which place he left at a short notice,
but we understand orders were given on Friday even-
ing for summoning a Cabinet Council yesterdays' Two
o'clock was the hour appointed for the Members to as-
semble, but it was half-past two before they had allarrived
at the Foreign Office,, and they commenced their de-
liberations, which continued. till half-past four. The
Lord Chancellor and all the Members of the Cabinet
Council were present.
Mr. Kraus, the King's Messenger, attended Mr.
Stratford. Canning, from England to Constantinople,
in the Revenge,' 74 gun ship. They had only ar-
rived three days in Constantinople, when his Ex-
cellency Mr. Stratford Canning sent off' Mr. Kraus
with dispatches fur Enaoland.

KING'S THEATRE.

A brilliant and crowded audience witnessed on Sa-
turday evening, at this Theatre, the repetition of
Teakaldo e Edina. Sonie of the melodies are as
original as striking, and, in many instance's, the accent.
given to the recitation is at once true and forcible.
VELUTI and Madame CARADORI were 'as admirable
as ever, and as highly deserved the 'applause with which
their. .several excellences were received. MoßLAcul's
music was succeeded by that of BOCIISA, in: the new
ballet of La Naissance de Venus, with the various
movements, in which we are much delighted.
.The
scores of this Composer are alWays clear and compre-
hensive, and no less evince his theoretical knowledge
than his just conception of whatever subject he treats.

Yesterday: being. the first Sunday in .Easter Term;
the. Judges, in
.their scarlet robes, &e., wont in pro.
cession to St. Paul's Cathedral, according to annual
enstein. They were escorted to the churchyard by
the City Marshals, and entered the cathedral by the
southern entrance. The Lord Mayor, Aldermen,
Sheriff, &c. entered, iu grand costume, at the oppo-
site side.

FEMALE HEROISM.—We have. to record an in-
stance of female heroism, in a servant of Mr. Ridding, the
Town Clerk, that is rarely equalled. About two o'clock this
morning Elizabeth Oakley, the female in question, wait aWa.
kened by a noise below stairs ; having alarmed Miss Ridding,
and informed her of the circumstance, the courageous girl
descended to reconnoiter, and arniing' herself with two pokers,
discovered, when she reached the second landing place, two
men with a lighted 'candle in the passage, and the office and
cellar doors open. On observing the men, she called aloud
the names of Mr. Ridding',~ clerks, at though summon.
tug assistance, but this wax of no avail, as one of the vii.
lams, telling her, with an oath, that he knew there was no
man in the house, immediately began to ascend the stairs.—
The girl instantly made several blows at him with one of the
pokers. which be, however, parried with his arms: anti,
at length, wrenched it from her hold, and in so doing,
staggered thwri the stairs. She then threw the other poker
at him, hut missed hint. The other ruffian, who had re.
mained in the passage, now betrayed- his fears of detec.
Lion, and endeavoured to persuade his companion to go
away : this he refused, and again endeavoured to ascend,
but was repulsed by the g:rl, who had armed herself with
some large pieces of coal from a coal, skuttle, which luckily
stood on the landing place, and by throwin r aome,large lumps
of coals at him, as he attempted to ascend, she kept him at. bay,
until the villain observing that her niimiles Were expended,
again endeavoured to rush up the stairs, When, at
,the impulse
of the moment, the girl threw the coal scuttle (a heavy
copper one), coals and all, with her whole strength, at
the hand of her assailant ; this blow took effect on his
forehead; he fell backwards down the stairs, and was carried
off by the other villain down the cellar stairs ; by, this
time a watchman, who had been alarmed by the criesof
the other females from the
window, arrived, and on being
' informed of the circumstance,after springing his rattle, walked
deliberately vp to the cage to procure assi,tance ; on the arrival
of which it was discovered that the thieves had gained an en-
trance by scaling the garden wall, forcing open the shutters of
the back cellar, and thus ascending into the house: In the
passage were three Coats, ready placed for removal ; and in the
back yard wax found a tray, containing the plate of the family,
and some tonsil boxes, taken from thekitchen and laundry, and
a considerable quantity of meat taken from the larder. A great
quantity of blood was found on the spot where the fellow tell,
and a large piece of flesh, which bad. been cut by the scuttle
from his face. We are happi to find that the girl is likely to
be rewarded for her extraordinary courage by several gentle.
men, amongst whom are It. Trollope, Esq., N. Ogle, Esq.,
Maul, Esq., and several others of equal respectability,
they having commenced a subscription (to which no person is
allowed to contribute more than ten shillings), with which they
purpose purchasing for her, an annuity in the Hants Friendley
Somety.—(Southatnpion Herald.)

An Inquisition was held on the Ist instant, at Flackwell-heath,
Woburn, on view of the body of an infant aged about 15 months,
named Caroline Rubland. The child had only a few minutes
strayed from its mother into the garden, where it fell into a deep
pool of water. Verdict--" Accidentally drowned."
On Tuesday morning between six and seven o'clock, a male
child, about five years old, in the absence of his mother, who
occupies a garret at the head of the College Wynd, and had
gone out for water, took the opportunity of scrambling
out of a window on the roof, in a state of nudity, and
continued its dangerous excursion till it arrived at the
very edge of the slates, which overlook a height of three stories,
when it became first sensible of its danger, and began to cry. 'The
sound attracted the notice of a woman from the nearest window,
but who, in a situation so critical, could render no effec-
tual assistance; she ventured, however, to reach a cross piece of
wood she had for drying clothes, which she contrived so to fasten
between her window and the roof, as to guard the child from the
immediate danger of falling. At this crisis he attracted the im-
tice of the men belonging to Mr. Burns, the upholsterer, in the
neighbourhood, who, with the assistance of a ladder, succeeded
in releasing the juvenile adventurer from his perilous sittuttion.—
(Edinburph Courant, April 15.)