The Sun.
London, England, 1826-06-02 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Stn--Having been present at the dinner given by the Society
for Propagating Christian Knowledge in the Highlands of Scot-
land, on Wednesday, it was with considerable surprise that I read,
in the' Courier of last evening, not only a false report of certain
expressions made use of by Sir Peter Laurie, in proposing the
health of Mr. Hume, but a long paragraph redacting on the
same. The following words are attributed to the worthy Presi-
dent Hume, the most active, industrious, and honest man
that ever entered the House of Commons." Now, Sir, the follow-
ing were the expressions actually made use of : —" Mr. Hume, than
whom a snore active, industrious, and honest man never entered
the House of Commons." The transposition is material, and I
shall be obliged by your noticing it in the Sun.

I am, &c. P.

THE KING'S COURT.

YeAterday, at two
.o'clock, his Majesty held a
Court at his Palace, in Pall-Mall, Which was, at-
tended, by--
The Lord Chancellor, the Lord President ,of the Council, •the
Lord Privy Seal, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Secretary of
State for the Home Department, the Secretary of State for the
Foreign Department, the Secretary of State for the Colonial De-
pertinent, the President of the Board of Controul, the First Lord
of the Admiralty, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, She
President of the Board of Trade, the Master-General of the Board
of Ordnance, the Lord Steward, the Master of the Horse, the
Groom of the Stole, the Swedish Minister, the Danish Minister,
the Treasurer of the Household, the Captain-General of the
Yeomen Guard, the Vice-Chamberlain, Lord in Waiting (Lord
Lovaine), Groom in Waiting (Sir Andrew Barnard), the Lord
Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench, the Recorder of
Loudon, the Master of the Ceremonies, the Marquis of Selisbury,
Lord Strathaven, Sir Caphoun Griint General Bayley.
The following had the honour of being presented
to his Majesty:—

The Harm Srairneldt (the Swedish Minister), and the Count
de Moltke„(the Danish Minister), had audiences, and were respec-
tively attended by the Right lion. George Canning and Sir Robert
Chester, in the usual way.
_ _ _ .

Lieut.-General Bailey, on his appointment to the Coloneicy of
the Bth, or King's Regiment of Foot. .

l'ifajor-General Sir Colquhoun Grant, on his appointment to
the Colonelcy of the 12th Lancere.
Lord Strathaven was presented by the Marquis of Winchester,
(as Groom of the Stole), on his being appointed a Lord of the
King's Bedchamber.
Hie Majesty held a Privy Council, at which Mr. Greville at-
tended as Clerk. At the Council, it was determined that the
Parliameat should be dissolved; a Proclamation to that effect was
agreed upon to he published forthwith ; and also for the assembling
of a new Parliament, the writs for which to be return-
able on•the 25th of July next ; and also another Proclamation for
the election of Scotch Peers, to take place, we understood, on the
ISth of July, at HOlyrood House, Edinburgh. A third Pro-
clamation was also agreed upon respectiAg the elections in Ireland.
The Marquess of Salisbury was introduced into the Council,
sworn in a Member, and took his seat at the Board accordingly.
After the Privy Council bad concluded, the Recorder of London
was admitted into the presence of the King in Council, and made
his Report of the Convicts capitally couvicted at the last Sessions
hold in Justice Hall, in the Old Bailey ; when J. Binfield, It. Sa-
vage, J. Johnson, and Joseph Taylor, were left for the law to take
its course in five days.
His Majesty gave audiences to the Earl of Harrowby, the Earl
of Liverpool, Me. Canniog,, and Mr. Peel.
The COUrt broke up at aix o'clock.

Dovsn, .10Nt Serene }Bennis the Prince. Leopold
arrived here &OM London last evening, and embarked this morn-
ing early in his Majesty's packet Fury, for Calais, under a salute
from the western huights.—The Spitfire packet carne from C;a►•
lais this morning, with Lord and Lady ilolbuid.
Earl Talbot and family are in a state of the deep..
est distress, in consequence of .the melancholy intelli-
gence received yesterday from Vienna, of the loss of
the Earl's eldest Son, Lord Ingestrie, on Tuesday
the 23d ult. It appears that his Lordship was
taking his usual ride in the pzirk at Vienna, when the
horse ran away with and threw him, he was taken up
dead. The hand of Providence has within a few years
passed heavily on Lord Talbot. His Lady, to
whom he was devotedly attached, died during his
Vice-Royalty. Lady Dartmouth, and his brother,
the Hon. and Rev. Mr. Talbot, have died subse-
quently, and now, within a short period from the last
melancholy event,'he has to lament the loss of his son.
The Earl and Lim'ly mean to leave town immediately
for Ingestrie.
we learn that the Arabic Professor at Cambridge
intends opening an Oriental Lecture in that Univer-
sity, for the advantage of the civil anti other servants
of the East India Company proceedink, to India ; in
order to meet the exigencies provided tor- in the Bill
now before the House of Lords, which dispenses with
the residence hitherto required at Haylebury College.

LAW INULLIGENCE.

COURT OP CHANCERY—(Tuts DAY.)
EX-PARTE ROBERTS, IN THE MATTER OF ROBERT):
A BANKRUPT.
_ _

Mr. HORNE stated, that he had a case to bring
before the Court, requiring, most imperatively, its
speedy attention, of the following nature :—The peti-
tioner had been made a bankrupt by a species of
legerdemain, and deprived of all his property in a
manner that hail never occurred to the Learned Coun-
sel before. The poor bankrupt (as he had now been
triade) had been for a long time the coachman of the
late Earl of Craven, and having by care saved a little
money, he, with his wife, as persona in his situation
often do, got into a public-house at Nettleby, Oxford-
shire, in the beginning of January last, and before the
expiration of the same month of January, he was told
that he was a bankrupt ! How, or why, he could not
ascertain ; he swore there was no petitioning creditor's
debt, nor any thing like it, and the
present application
was, fig an early day to be named to hear his petition
to supersede the Commission.
His LORDSHIP said be would hear it whenever
Mr. Horne pleased.
Mr. HART submitted, that it ought to be ordered to
be heard before the 'Vice-Chancellor.

Mr. HORNE resisted this, as he considered it a
matter demanding the Lord Chancellor's own attention.
His LORDSHIP told Mr. Horne to name his own
day.
Mr. HORNE then mentioned, to-morrow week for
its being peremptorily heard.

ARRANGEMENT OF BUSINESS.
His LORDSHIP stated he intended, on coming into
Court on Monday morning, to make arrangement for
the disposal both of the business now before the
Court, and of what is to come. On this point he had
something particular to mention.