The Sun.
London, England, 1826-09-02 00:00:00

THE KING'S COURT, &e:

Yesterday afternoon, about two o'clock, the KING,
attended by his suite, left the Royal Lodge, in Wind-
sor Park, in two carriages and four, with outriders,
escorted by a party of the Royal Horse Guards. His
MAJESTY proceeded up the Long Walk, through the
town of Windsor, to Windsor Castle, where the K ING
arrived about half-past two o'clock. The Master of
the Horse and the Lord Steward of the Household
rode in the same carriage with his MAJESTY. The
Earl of Mountcharles and Sir W. Keppel, Groom in
Waiting, were in the second carriage. The KING
immediately proceeded to hold his Court, which was
attended by the First Lord of the Treasury, the Se-
cretaries of State for the Home, Foreign, and Colo-
nial Departments, the Master-General of the Ord-
nance, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the President
of the Board of Controul, the President of the Board
of Trade, the Master of the Horse, the Lord
Steward of the Household, the Treasurer of the
Household, the new American Minister, Mr. Gre-
ville, &c.
The KING held a Privy Council, at which Mr.
Greville attended as clerk, when hiv MAJESTY signed
a proclamation for the meeting of the new Parliament
on the 14th of November next, for the despatch of
divers urgent and important affairs ; and an Order in
Council was agreed upon respecting the importation
of foreign corn. Mr. Peel officiated as President of
the Council, in the absence of the Earl of Harrowby,
the Lord President.

Mr. Gelatin, the new American Minister, was iir-
troduced to the K 1 NG in Council by the Right
Honourable George Canning, his M A J EST Y'S Principal
Secretary of State, for Foreign Affairs, to deliver his
credentials as Ambassador from the United States..

The Earl of Liverpool, Mr. Secretary Peel, Mr.
Secretary`• Canning, and Mr. Huskisson, had audience
of the KING.

The Council broke up about half-past three o'clock.
Shortly before four o'clock his MAJESTY and suite
left the Castle, escorted by the Royal Horse Guards,
on his return to the Royal Lodge, from whence it was.
expected the K►NG would proceed to Virginia Water.
The -Cabinet Ministers, with the exception of the
Duke of Wellington, who returned to London di-
rectly after the breaking-up of the Council, partook of
an elegant dijeioie which had been prepared fur them ;
after which, they left the Castle for Loudon.

The Earl of Liverpool arrived at Windsor Castle
about one o'clock, from Coombe Wood. Mr. Peel,
Mr. Huskisson, Mr. Wynn, and the Chancellor of
the Exchequer, arrived about half-past one o'clock,
from London, and immediately proceeded to inspect
the progress of the different works, &a. in the Castle,
accompanied by Mr. Greville, attended by Mr. Wyat-
ville, the architect, who conducted the illustriouS
visitors over the new towers, &c.

The concourse of spectators was very great at dif-
ferent places; to see the KING on his going and re-
turning from the Castle.

DOVER, SEPT. I.—Arrived from Boulogne the
steam-packet Medusa, with his Excellency the Prince
Polignite, Ambassador from France to this country,
who proceeded immediately for London.

lISISH CHANCELLORSHIP.—We have heard with
considerable surprise, that Mr. Saurin, the late At-
torney-General, will shortly replace Lord Manners, as
Irish Chancellor. This arrangement is said to have
been effected through the influence of Lord Manners,
and the other branches of the Rutland family. The
statement is made to us on what we are assured is good
authority, but we confess we can scarcely believe it.—
Freeman's Annul!.

Piccadilly is in the act of being repaved by the
parish, for fear it should be Macadamized.

We do not believe one word of the report that the
finishing of York House is to be thrown upon the pub-
lic : after the Chancellor of the Exchequer's avowal to
the contrary, it must be impossible.
The post-masters and stage-coach owners complain,
and apparently not without reason, that while they are
taxed so highly, the steam vessels contribute nothing
towards the revenue.

• One of the houses of which the Fish Monger's Shop
has hitherto been composed, is now in the act of being
pulled down, as well as the house adjoining, for the
purpose of being added to it ; so that literally, in the
words of Scripture, " —is enlarging its borders."
The Hector of a parish in Wiltshire, when he sent
his answer to the Bishop's Questions, lately circulated
through the Diocese, subjoined this testimony to his
parishioners It may give your LOrdship some idea
of the moral state of this parish, to know that not a
Single inhabitant has been convicted, or even accused,
in any Court of Justice, for any misdemeanour, or
other breach of the laws, during my residence within
it, which is now more than 15 years. "The parish is
Alton Barnes.
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The passage between Leith and London is now
made by the steam boats, in calm weather, in 47 hours.
This scarcely exceeds the time occupied in the land
journey of the ►mil, though the distance by sea is
about 100 miles greater than by land. The distance
by sea is 495 miles, and of course the rate of sailing
is about i o milesper hour, and amidst variable tides
and winds. This ►s two miles an hour more than the
mail's rate of travelling. When the first steam-boats
were creeping along at two miles an hour 15 yearsagot
who would have dreamed of such a velocity being $
tamed ?--Scotsman.