The Sun.
London, England, 1826-05-04 00:00:00

THE KING'S COURT.

Yesterday, at two o'clock, his Majesty held a Court
at his Palace, in Pall Mall. The King gave an
audience to his Royal Highness the Duke of York.—
There were also present the Lord Chancellor, the
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 Master-General of the Ordnance, the President of
the Board of Trade, the Chancellor of the Duchy of
Lancaster' the President . of the Board of Controul,
the LOrd Chamberlain, the Lord Steward, the Master
of 'the Horse, the Groom of the Stole, the Comp-
troller of the Household, the Vice-Chamberlain, the
Lord Chief Justice of the Cciurt of King's Bench, the
Recorder of London, the, Bishop of Durham, the
Judge Advocate, the Duke of Buccleugh, the Earl
of Pembroke, the Earl of Abingdon, 'Lords Mon-
tague and haddock, &c.
The Rev. Dr. Van IVlildert did homage before his
Majesty,.upon his being translated from the See oi
f
Llandaff to that of Durham ; Mr. Secretary-Peel at-
tended the ceremony.
The Earl of Abingdon was presented to his Ma-
jesty, upon his being appointed Lord Lieutenant of
the County of 13erks, in the room of the late Lord
Brayl;roolc;.
The Duke of 13uccleugh was presented to his Ma-
jesty, by his uncle, Lord Montague, upon his going
abroad. His Grace took leave of the King.
The Earl of Pembroke was presented to his Ma-
jesty, upon his being appointed Governor of Al-
derney.
Lord Radstock had an audience of the King, to
deliver the insignia of the Order of Knight Grand
Cross of the Most Honourable Military Order of the
Bath.

His Majesty held a Privy Council, at which Mr.
Secretary Peel officiated for the Lord President, and
at which Mr. Buller attended as Clerk.
The several Reports of the Committee 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 Ex-
chequer, the High Court of Justiciary, the High
Court of Delegates, and five other Official Seals, were
destroyed, and others approved of,
The Er.rl of Abingdon was sworn in Lord Lieute-
nant of Berkshire.

'lie Earl of Pembroke was sworn in Governor of
Alderney.

At the conclusion of the Privy Council, the Re-
corder of London was admitted into the presence of
the King in Council, to make his Report of the con-
victs capitally convicted at Justice Hall in the Old
Bailey, in the Sessions held in the months of Fe-
bruary and April, amounting to fifty, when forty-three
of them were reported, and reprieved during his Ma-
jesty's pleasure. The other seven are to be reported
on a future day.
The Judge Advocate had an audience of his Ma-
jesty, to lay before him the proceedings of some
Courts Martial, and to take his Majesty's coutm Inds
upon them.

- His Majesty gave audiences to Mr. Secretary Can
ning, Mr. Wynn, and Mr. Secretary Peel.
'The Court broke up about six o'clock.

Tuesday afternoon, at half-past four o'clock, the
Duke of York, as Commander-in-Chief, held a Levee
at his Office in the Horse Guards, which was very nu-
merously attended, and occupied the attention of his
Royal Highness about two hours. The following
were among those present ;—Earl Dufferin, the Earl
of Hol)etoun, Lord Macdonald : Generals, Lord
Hill, Sir Paulis Irving, Grey, and Finch ; Lieutenant.'
Generals, Sir R. Fergusson and Bonham ; Major-
Generals, Sir Edward Paget, Sir Colquhoun Grant,
Sir Thornas Mac Mahon (from India), Sir Charles
Belson, Pine, and Adams; Sir Vincent Cotton, Com-
missary-General Pipon, Vice-Admiral Sir Charles
Rowley, and about fifty other Officers.
The Duchess of Kent, the Duke of Sussex, the
Princess Augusta, and the Princess Feodore, attended
by Baroness de Spaedth, paid a visit, on Tuesday morn-
ing, to the Princess Sophia Matilda, at her residence
at Blackheath. - The Princess entertained her Royal
Relatives with an elegant d pane.
Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the
East India House, when the following Commanders
took leave of the Court, previous to departing for their
respective destinations, viz.—Captain Henry Hosmer,
Prince Regent ; Captain Thomas Marquis, Rose;
and Captain Charles Edward Mangles, Marchioness
of Ely, for Madras and Bengal.
The Hon. Mr. Lister, son of Lord Ribblesdale,
after an interview with Mr. Peel, and the Earl of Hare-
wood, Lord Lieutenant of the 'West Riding of York-
shire, has left town to take the command of the Cra-
ven Legion, to be ready to act in the disturbed dis-
tricts, should occasion require it. The Earl of Stam-
ford, Lord Lieutenant of Cheshire, is also gone down
to his seat, near Knutsford, for Ow purpose of render-
ing his advice and assistance, if requisite, to the pre-
sent agitated state of part of Cheshire, and the ad-
joining county.