Star.
London, England, 1824-05-26 00:00:00

THE, KING'S COURT.

Yesterday morning, at twelve 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 ltlaster-General of the Ordnance, the Secre-
taries of State for the Home, Foreign, and Colonial D.-partments,
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the First Lord of the Admiralty,
the President of the Board of Cotni ul, the Treasurer of the Navy,
the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, the Lord Chamberlain,
the Lord Steward of the Household, the Groom of the Stole, the
Treasurer of the I louseholtl, the Comptroller of the liouehold, the
Lord Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench, and the Lord
Chief .Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, the Clerk of the
Closet, Earl Cathcart, the Earl of Errol, the Bishop of Gloucester,
Colonel NVlaatley, the IZez,n-Jet of Loudon.
The KING held a Pt ivy C,Juncil, at which Mr. BuLtErt
attended as Clerk, when Lord Chief Justice Bcsr,
of the Common Pleas, kissed hands upon his appoint.
meat, and was sworn in a Privy Counsellor, and took
his seat at the Board accordingly.
Alter the close of the Pi ivy Council, the Recorder of
LoltooN was admitted into the presence of the KING in
Council, and made his repo: t of the Convicts capitally
convicted at Justice Hall in the Old Bailey.
At the close of the RECORDER'S Repot t, the Rev. Dr.
BETH ELI, was introduced into the presence of the KING
in his closet, and did homage before his MAJESTY, upon
his election to the I3ishoptic of Gloucester.
The Bishop of LINCOLN attended the ceremony, as
Clerk of the Closet.

Earl CATHCART attended as Gold Stick in Wai:ing.
The Earl of Elmo', and Colonel ‘VIIATLEY were the
Lord ani Groom in Waiting.
The Court broke up at a quarter past four o'clock.

YesterdaT, a Board of the Lords of the Treasury was
field at the Treasury Chambers, Whitehall.
The Earl of HAJIROWRY, the Duke Of WELLINGTON,
the Right lion GEORGE CANNING, and the CIIaELLOR of the Ex-
enEnuEs, had, audiences of the KING yesterday.
Monday night Lord MARCUS HILL, attached to the
Embassy in France, arrived in town, with dispatches from Sir C.
STUART, our Ambassador at Paris.
Monday evening, her Grace the Duchess of WEL-
riscnnit entertained a select number of Fashionable.i, ler the second
time this seasc-n.
WINDSOR, MAY 2J.—Saturday being the birth-day
of her Royal Highness the Princess of Ilcssn Mimetic, the bells
were rang as usual. The fourth bell being overturned, an old
ringer, of the name of Gregory, w‘nt up among them to return
the rope to its proper place in the wheel. In passing t:te second
bell he accidentally sliPl•ed from the frame, when the bell followed,
and came in contact with his body with such force as completely to
stop its motion ; it was with same difficulty he was extricated from
his situation, and by the assistance of the ringers taken down to the
clock loft, and front thence r: moved to his own house, where he
expired on Sunday night. Ile was by trade a shoemaker. He has
left a wife and family of little children..
Lieutenant Jour Evcar-r-r; on the retired list of the late Second
Royr.l Veteran Battalirm, was lately installed with the usual cere-
mony in St. George's Chartl, as ore of his ajesty•s l'oor Knights
of Wind For.
Last night, at ten o'clock, a fire broke out in the ex-
tensive premises of Mr. Ms:IEN, bacon-drier, Half-morm-alley,
Sidtopsg.:te-street, which cmisumed the building ;' but the great
exeitions of the firemen I-cat:lrately stopped the flames from com-
municating with the stabling of Mr. Seristattn, who, to prevent ac-
cidents, caused upwards of WO horses to be removed to plates of
safety.