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KING'S COURT.

His Majesty 'held a Cc m t at two o'clock yesterday af-
ternoon, at hi, pa;ae... in St. James's.
A Guard of Honour, emoi,(,sed of Grenadicis, marched
into the Court-yard of the Palace a short time pieri.,u, to
the commencement of the Coot t ; the Band of the Regi-
ment afterwards arrived in their state dresses, and played
at intervals during the holding of the Court.
The business of the Court commenced with the King
holding a Chapter of die Most Noble Order of the Garter,
f.r the purpose or electing a Knight Companion, vacant
by the decease of the lute Earl of Pembroke, who was a
Knight Companion of the Order.
The 31embers of the Order who attended were—his
Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland, the Earl of West-
morland, Marquis of Camden, Earl of Hardwicke, the
Duke of Beaufort, Earl of Lonsdale, the Marquis of Wel-
lesley, the Duke of Wellington, Earl Bathurst, Marquis of
Anglesea, Marquis of Bath, the Duke of Dorset, the Duke
of Leeds, the:Duke of Devonshire, the Marquis of Exeter;
these having assembled in a robing room, were severally
robed by Mr. Webb, the robe-maker, in their purple velvet
robes.

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The Officers of the Order present were—the Prelate of
the Order (the Bi-hop of Winchester, Dr. Sumner), the
Chancellor of the Order (the Bishop of Salisbury, Dr.
Burgess), the Registrar of the Order (the Dean of Wind-
sor), Garter Principal King at Arms (Sir George Naylor),
Usher of the Black Rod (Sir Thomas Tyrwhitt).
The Knights and Officers proceeded from the Robing-
room to the Presence Chamber, where the names of the
Knights were called over by the King-at-Arms. A pro-
cession was then formed, the Junior Knights leading the
way to the Throne-room, where his Majesty held a Chap-
ter of his Order.

The Knights took their Feats at the table, according to
their seniority in the Order. The Chancellor signified his
Majesty's commands for filling one of the vacant stalls.
The King-at-Arms, and the Usher of the Black Rod,
withdrew from the Chapter into the Presence Chamber,
where Charles Lenox, Duke of Richmond, was in attend-
ance. They returned with his Grace into the apartment,
introduced his Grace, and approached his Majesty, making
their obeisances. The King was graciously pleased to
confer the honour of Knighthood on the Duke with the
sword of state, which was handed to his Majesty by Mr.
Mash, one of the Gentlemen Ushers in Waiting, and his
Grace then withdrew.

The suffrages were then collected from the Knights
assembled, when the Duke of Richmond was declared duly
elected.

The Duke of Devonshire and the Marquis of Exeter,
the two junior Knights present, then withdrew, attended
by the King at Arms, and the Usher of the Black Rod,
and introduced th• Duke of Richmond, attended by Mr.
Martin, the Gentleman Usher in Waiting (who officiated
for the first time since his appointment), carrying the in-
signia of the Order of the Garter on a crimson velvet
cushion, which he delivered to the King at Arms. The
party approached his Mjesty, making their obeisances;
the King then placed the blue riband on his Grace's
shoulder and the garter round his knee, in doing which
his Majesty was assisted by his Royal Brother the Duke
of Cumberland.
The Duke of Richmond then received the congratula-
tions of all the Knights present on his election. His
Grace, as is customary, shook hands with all the members
of the Order.

The Chancellor pronounced to his Grace the usual ad-
monitions ; the chapter ended by the Garter King at
Arms calling over the Knights Companions. The proces-
sion then returned in the same order in which it had ar-
rived.

The Bishops of Winchester and Salisbury officiated for
the first time since their respective appointments, as Pre-
late and Chancellor of the Order.

The King was attended by the Groom of the Stole, the
Treasurer of the Household, the Master of the Robes ;
Lord St. Helens, as Lord in Waiting ; the Hon. John
Townehend, as Groom in Waiting ; Sir Andrew Bar-
nard, as Equerry in Waiting ; Master Somerset, the Page
of Honour.

11is Nlajesty received from the Field Officer in Waiting
the Report of the effective btate of the three Regiments of
Foot Guards. _ _ _

The King held a Privy Council, which Was attended by
the First Lord of the Treasury, the Lord Chancellor, the
Lord President of the Council, the Lord Privy Seal, the
three Secretaries of State, the First Lord of the Admiralty,
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the President of the
Board of Trade, the Master of the Mint, the Groom of the
Stole, the Master of the Horse, the Treasurer of the House-
hold, the Lord Chief Justice of England. Mr. Buller at-
tended as Clerk of the Council.

After the Privy Council, the Recorder of London was
admitted into the presence of the King in Council, and
made his Report of the twenty convicts capitally convicted
at Justice Hall, in the Old Bailey, at the April Sessions,
when his Majesty was graciously pleased to reprieve 17 of
them during his pleasure. The law was ordered to take
its course on Thomas George Hawkins, for a robbery ;_
William Henry Carr, for a forgery; and John Shaw, for
a burglary--on Tuesday morning next.
The Court broke up about six o'clock.
His Majesty gave an audience to the Duke of Wel-
lington.

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE.

THE, ARMY...

General Lord Bill, Commanding-in• Chief, inspected,
on Tuesday morning, the Riding Establishment at St.
John's Wood.

The ht Regiment of Dragoons has arrived at Liverpool,
and marched for Manchester.

The 10th Hussars arrived at Hampton Court from
Brighton, for th• ourp,se of being b,igaled with the 15th
Hussars. Tite will be frequently practised in the
new movements on lluunslow Heath.

NEW ROMANCE.—We understand that the
forthcoming histbrical romance, entitled " Geraldine of
Desmond," is founded on the Ditsmorrn rebellion in the
reign of ELIZABETH, and delineates the customs, manners,
and the leading public characters of England at that in-
teresting epoch. The work is said to have received the
decided approbation of some of the most enlightened minds
in the kingdom.

The forthcoming Historical Romance, entitled
" Richelieu," is attributed to a young English gentleman,
who was on terms of close intimacy with the late Duke
DE RICHELIEU, when Prime Minister of France, and who,
consequently, may he supposed to know more of the court
traditions relating to the domination of the celebrated Cir-
dinal than has reached the ears of any other Englishman.

CANA DA.—A work under the title of " Three
Years in Canada," is announced for immediate publica-
tion, written by Mr. MACTAGGAItT, an eminent engineer,
who, it appears, was sent out by Government to superin-
tend the works at the Rideau Canal. It will exhibit, we
understand, a more complete and accurate account of the
productions, resources, capabilities, present state, and hn-
portance of that interesting country than has hitherto
been given to the public.-- Court Journal.
. Mr. BUCKINGHAM'S Oriental Herald, which
has been established upwards of five years, and has now
attained that popularity which is the result of high cha-
racter and utility, will be found to be the only Periodical
in England that embodies uniformly the latest and most
accurate intelligence on all subjects connected with the East
India Company's Monopoly, and the best means of secur-
ing a Free Trade with every part of the Eastern World.—
The Work contains, also, a regular Monthly Series of Ori-
ginal Papers, taken from the unpublished manuscripts of
Mr. BUCKINGHAM'S Travels, from which the Lectures
he has been recently delivering, with so much success, in
various parts of the country, have been drawn. The im-
portance of these Lectures, and the effect produced by them
throughout the country, may be inferred from the fact that
immediately following their delivery in each of the great
towns, public meetings were held, petitions prepared, and
numerous deputations were farmed, for repairing to Lon-
don, to confer with Ministers on the subject, preparatory to
Mr. WHITMORE'S Motion for a Parliamentary Committee.
All this has been undeniably the effect of Mr. BUCKING..
SIAM'S personal exertions in the country ; and as a faith-
ful record of the public proceedings arising out of these
individual labours is preserved in the Oriental Herald, it
may be said that, at the present moment especially, when
the East India Monopoly engrosses so much of public at-
tention, no Statesman, Merchant, Manufacturer, Ship-
owner, or Min of Business, should be witheut th's work :
nor ought there, indeed, to be a Public Reading Room,
Library, or Institution, throughout the Kingdom, in which
it should not be found. It is published on the Ist of every
month, with the Magazines, and may be obtained through
any Bookseller in town or country.
SILK TRADE—MEETING OF WOMEN.—
On Tuesday evening a general meeting of women, who
perform that branch of the silk trade called " warping,"
was held at the Loggerheads public-house, Virginia-row,
Bethnal-green. Mrs. C., the Chairwoman, said that it
broke her heart to see foreigners take possession of their
home market, and take the bread from their children's
mouths; she would therefore recommend that their affairs
be speedily adjusted with the masters. Mrs. S. perfectly
coincided with the opinions of the Chairwoman ; and
although she had five children, and dearly as she loved
them, she would sacrifice three of them, before the fo-
reigner should get possession of their home market.—
Mrs. P., on account of the differences between the mas-
ters and men, proposed an adjournment, and recommended
that a committee of seven females should be appointed for
the purpose of preparing a schedule of prices, to be laid
before the masters preparatory to the next general meet-
ing on Monday. The committee was appointed, and the
meeting adjourned.

WA rER MONOPOLY.—Yesterday evening a
meeting of the parishioners of Hackney, and the adjoining
parishes, was held at the Mermaid tavern, Hackney, to
petition Parliament against a Bill before the Committee of
the House of Commons, to whom the Bill of the East
London Water-works stands referred. Mr. SCALES took
the Chair.—He was deputed by the promoters of this
meeting to state, that, in consequence of the advertise-
ment calling the meeting, the Directors had that day in-
troduced into the Bill the Pembroke scale of rates, but
that the day before no limit was admitted. The Pem-
broke rates were unreasonably high, and should be resisted
by the inhabitants. Upon the resolutions a de-
sultory discussion ensued, during which Mr. Boum oh-
served, that he had had an interview with Lord SHAFTES-
BURY that evening on the subject then undordiscussion,and
that his Lordship said that the Pembroke scale of rates would
not be sanctioned by Government. Mr. Scouts's propo-
sitions were finally acceded to. The petition was then
signed by several persons. Thanks were voted to tlie
Chairman, and the meeting adjourned.

ENGLISH SOLDIERS.-It requires (says an
old campaigner) a very Argus to prevent English soldiers
from becoming incapacitated from their duty by intem-
perance, which is the very bane of our service. You will
searcel) believe, so systematic and deliberate are our men
in procuring spirits or wine, that a soldier kept an itinerary
of the different shops where these were sold, between
Lisbon and the army, for the benefit of one of his comrades
who was to come after him. This curious document
caine by some accident into the hands of the military
authorities at Lisbon, and was considered so unique as to
be forwarded for Lord WELLINGTON'S inspection. Its de-
tails were like to those of our road books.
" Two leagues from Lisbon
on It., at the Caso de Pasto good vino.
" Half a league beyond, on
the L strong akedent (aqua ardiente.)

" At Rio Mayor, at the end
of the town, on the L. a small
house right strong vino.
" At Lerida, a shop going up
to the Bishop's Palace on the R. good akedent.
" Two leagues beyond Pom-
bal on L horrid rot-gut stun

" Half a league further, white
house (without a bush) right good stuff.
" On entering Coimbra
(which, by,the-by,. our soldiers

pronounced Quiraborough) on
the R good cheap vino.

And this precious morceau,-so justly to be denominated
a toper-graphical account of the route, was thus continued
to head-quarters.—Liverpool Albion.

GASTRONONIY.—The Emperor CLAUDIUS
had a strong predilection for mushrooms ; he was poisoned
with them by Acarprirri, his niece and fourth wife; but,
as the poison only made him sick, he sent for Xaslorerox,
his physician, who, pretending to give him one of the eme-
tics he commonly used after debauches, caused a poisoned
pen to be passed into his throat. NERO used to call mush-
rooms the relish of the gods, because CLAUDIUS, his pre-
decessor, having been, as was supposed, poisoned by them,
was, after his death, ranked among the gods. Dommus
one day convoked the senate to know in what fish-kettle
they should cook a monstrous turbot which had been pre-
sented to him. The senators gravely weighed the matter,
but, as there was no utensil of this kind big enough, it was
p -ro p osed to cut the fish in pieces : this advice was re-
jected. After much argument and deliberation, it was re-
solved that a proper utensil should be made for the pur-
pose ; and it was decided that, whenever the Emperor
went to war, a great number of potters should accoinpany
him. The most pleasing part of the story is, that a blind
senator appeared to be in ecstacy at the sight of the turbot,
by continu,.lly praising it, at the same time looking in the
very opposite direction. JULIUS CESAR sometimes eat at
a meal the revenue of several provinces. VITELLIUS made
four meals a day ; and at all those he took with his friends
they never cost less than ten thousand crowns. That which
was given to him by his brother was most magnificent. Two
thousand select dishes were served up, seven thousand
fit birds, and every delicacy which the ocean and Medi-
terranean sea could furnish. NERO sat at the table from
midday till midnight, amidst the most monstrous profusion.
GETA had all sorts of meat served up to him in alphabeti-
cal order. HELIOGABALUS regaled twelve of his friends
in the most incredible manner. lle gave to each guest
animals of the same species with those he served them to
eat. He insisted upon their carrying away all the vases
or cups of gold, silver, and precious stones, out of which
they had drank ; and it is remarkable, that he supplied
each with new ones every time they asked to drink. He
placed on the head of each a crown' interwoven with gold
foliage, and gave them each a superbly ornamented and
well-yoked car to return home with. . He never eat fish
but when he was near the sea ; and when he was at a dis-
tance from it he had them served up to him in sea water.
—4lpielan Morsels.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE.

An assault was sworn against a tradesman's agent
by a female of respectable appearance, named Henry,
who keeps the house, No. 7, Little Winchester-
street, in Broad-street Ward. The lady gave her
evidence with a great deal of apparent propriety,
and recommended herself, by the mildness of her
address, to those who heard the case.
.The defendant had, she said, called at her house,
and demanded, without saving who he was, the
amount of a debt which she had contracted with a
Mr. Howard, anti which she had agreed to pay by
instalments. Of course there was a hesitation about
settling with a stranger, and that stranger a drunken
one. He then swore, in the most disgusting man-
ner, that he would not stir without the money ; and
after having used language calculated to shock any
respectable person, actually struck her (witness),
and she was obliged to call two constables to her
aid. Her husband was clerk to a respectable mer-
chant, and happened to be from home at the time,
or it would not have been necessary to apply to the
disagreeable alternative of calling in officers.
A parish constable, named Dixon, described the
conduct of ate defendant as obstopulous in the ex-
treme, and praised that of the complainant, whom
he knew, and who acted with the greatest for-
bearance.

Mr. Howard stated that he had directed the de-
fendant to apply for the money. An order had been
given from the house in Little Winche..ter-street, to
the amount of between 91. and 101., and the goods,
which were to have been paid for on delivery, were,
by some misfortune, left at the house without that
ceremony. Finding what sort of a house it was,
however, he sent to demand his mosey perempto-
rily, but he was convinced that his agent had used
no violence.

ALDERMAN—What do you mean by " what sort
of house it was ?" Mr. Howard—Why, I find that
it lin common brothel.

The complainant, who appeared greatly shocked
at the imputation, declared that her house was a
most proper, a most unexceptionable house. It was
no brothel ; no such a place, upon her honour.
The constable declared, that he considered the
house a most quiet respectable house.
Mr. Cope (the City Marshal)--It is a most in-
famous brothel. If a man happens to enter it wi►h
money about him, his pockets are sure to be turned
inside out.

Other officers confirmed Mr. Cope's account of
:he character of the house, but _ _

Dixon, the constable, said he had never heard a
word against it. He still believed it to be a proper
virtuous house.—(Laughter.)
Alderman VENABLES said it was evident that the
constable was in the pay of the house, and he be-
lieved that the practice of parish constables in ren-
dering assistance to the keepers of common brothels,
and thus countenancing robberies, was not at all
unusual. But, in a case of this kind, he was de-
termined that the constable, who pretended igno-
rance of the character of a house in which robberies
had been frequently committed, should be confronted
with the parish authorities. The Alderman then
sent for the churchwarden, and mentioned to him
what had occurred.

The Churchwarden assured the Alderman, that
since he had been in office, the house in question
had been constantly before him as a common and
most infamous brothel. The whole neighbourhood
were most anxious to get rid of so abominable a
nuisance, and it was impossible that the constable
could have been ignorant of the fact.
The owner of the brothel, who had been silent
for some time, requested that the Alderman would
protect her against the defendant, who had no right
to strike her.

The ALDERMAN said, that as the assault had been
sworn to, he should hold the defendant responsible.
He should, however, be satisfied with the defen-
dant's own security for his appearance at the ses-
sessions, where the complainant might indict, if she
pleased.
THE SPITALFIELDS WEAVElts.—Yesterday Mr.
Field waited upon the LORD MAYOR, and handed
to him from the committee appointed to manage
the benefit at the Surrey Theatre, at which the
Lord Mayor attended, the sum of 441. as., the pro-
ceeds of the night.
His LORDSHIP observed upon the occasion, that
he had every reason to believe, from the inquiries he
had made, that if the weavers had conducted them-
selves with any degree of propriety and decency,—
if they had not acted in the most flagrant manner,
and adopted a vindictive line of conduct, which had
been very justly exposed and reprobated by the
press, there would be now no want of work amongst
them, and the subscriptions would have been so
much increased as to have rendered the most exten-
sive benefit.

ployed by the other two, to present the cheques for
payment and to obtain the amount. Coombs, it is
said, has been a clerk to a solicitor. Neither of the
nrisoners exceed 20 years of age. They did not
Appear in the least concerned, and Coombs was
laughing when he got into the coach to go to prison.
A stout hale young fellow presented himself be-
t'ore Mr. NIINSIIULL, stating that he was half starved,
and had no means of obtaining food or shelter.
" From whence have you come," asked Mr.
MINSHULL, " and where is your parish ?"
" I belong to Manchester," replied the applicant,
" and came to town to seek for work. lam a wea-
ver by trade, but business is so bad in Manchester
that I was forced to leave it. I have not broken my
fast these two days."
" Your appearance does not indicate such an ab-
stinence from food," observed Mr. MiNstium, :
you look fat and hearty."
" Let me look as I will, I have not broken my
fast since Monday," replied the applicant in a surly
disrespectful manner. "If you will not relieve me,"
he added, " I must go into the streets and beg;
and if I cannot get money by begging, I must go
rob for it, that's all ; so mind, I tell you."
" You shall certainly have no money from me,"
replied the Magistrate, " but I tell you what I can
do for you. I have no power to order you into a
workhouse, but as you say you have been wandering
about the country, without any settled home, I can
send you to the House of Correction as a vagabond.
There you will be sure of food and shelter."
" If that is all you mean to do for me," said the
weaver, looking surly and disappointed, " I might
as well have not come to you at all. But mind, if
I do go to prison, I will come again to you when I
get out, and repeat my applications until at last
either you or the parish shall relieve me, in spite of
you."
" Upon my word, you are a most insolent fellow,"
observed the Magistrate, " and I believe a fair
specimen of your class. As you seem to know
something of parish law, I shall send you to Mr.
Roche, clerk to the committee for managing the poor
of this parish, and argue your case with him. Officer,
show this fellow to Mr. Roche's house."

The sturdy weaver then withdrew in the officer's
company, muttering his determination to compel the
parish to provide him with money or food.

DIARYLEBONE.

A bold attempt was made here yesterday to
esape from justice.
A few minutes before one o'clock, an elderly man,
genteelly dressed in nearly new clothes, was brought
in as a prisoner, and the constable who had the care
of him, instead of causing him to be locked up by
the gaoler, permitted him to sit down in the en-
trance-room from Grotto-passage, until the witnesses
in the case arrived.

The prisoner has occasionally attended the exa-
minations in this place as a spectator, and being ac-
quainted with the above passage, he endeavoured to
take advantage of it; for at a moment when the
constable's back wai turned, he abruptly entered
the room where Mr. Rawlinson was sitting, bolted
the door after him, and would have passed through
amid regained his liberty, if Stowell, the officer, had
not observed him, and taken measures to intercept
him.

The charge against him was felony, as extraor-
dinary as his endeavour to elude it, and the fallow-
ing evidence was taken :
Francis Sheridan, footboy with Dr. Scudamore,
at No. 6, Wimpole-street, stated, that the prisoner
knocked at his master's door about half-past twelve
o'clock, and asked at what time the doctor saw pa-
tients ? The witness told him it was then his time,
and requested him to take a seat in the hall, while
he went down stairs to inquire of the butler if the
doctor was disengaged. In less than two minutes
after he left the hall, he heard a scuffling noise, and
the street•door opened, and when he ran up, he
found that the prisoner was gone, and had taken
with him a bracket-clock. The witness and the
butler pursued him and caught him with it, tied up
in a handkerchief; they brought him back to their
master, and he tried to beg himself off, but their
master had lost things before, and would not
excuse him.

John Russell, of 22, Wigmore-street, constable,
received charge of the prisoner at Dr. Scudamore's
house. Ile said he had appeared very much agi-
tated, and declared himself to be a ruined man.
The prisoner's appearance is extremely respectable
and he gave his name and address Henry Thompson,
No. 7, Clapham-common, a house kept by Mr.
Peters, in which he (the prisoner) had resided for
years as a lodger, and he said he was formerly a
tobacconist ; but there is reason to believe the name
he has given is assumed.
When the Doctor came he valued the clock at
upwards of 5/., and Mr. RAWLINSON, after telling
the prisoner that the charge was of a nature to put
his life in jeopardy, committed him to Newgate for
trial.

The prisoner asked for his money, and one of his
snuff boxes.

Mr. RAwuNsoN desired Stowell to let him have
the snuff-box unda half sovereign,and placed the six
sovereigns in Mr. Wontner's hands, for the pri-
soner's use, if he thought prtper.

Dr. YOUNG, late Secretary of the Royal So-
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