Star.
London, England, 1823-11-22 00:00:00

THE KING'S CO WIT.

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Yesterday, at half:past twelve o'clock, his MASIST7
arrived in his travelling carriage, at his Palace in Pall•
from bis Palace at Windsor, and soon afterwards,
'the Kura held a Court, Alkh was atieuded
The Lord Chancellor, the Tint Lord of the Trea-vtri the Se-
cretaries of Slice for the Home and Colonial Departments, the
First Lard of the Admiralty, the'Master-General of the Ordnance;l
the President of the Board of Trade, the President of the Board
of Cuntroul, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, the Clams-
eellor of the &chequer, Viscount Sidmoutb, the Lord Chief Jos.
Icier of the Court of King's Bench, the Lord Steward.ol the House-'
hold, the Master of the Horse, Hail Cat beart (atdd Stick In
Wafting), Lord Sr. Helens (the Lord in Waiting), Colonel Watley
(the Groom in Wafting), the Vice-Chamberlain, the Recorder of
Loudon Sir Francis Bayley, Sc Charles Harcourt Chambers, Sir
Was. Flocked lhinnatyne.
The following had the honour to be presented to the
KING

Sir Foams Barstr, on his being appointed Recorder of Prince
of Wake's Island, by MT. WYNN.
Sir CURIALR3 HARCOURT CHAIIIIMAr„ on his being appointed owe of
time Judges of the Supreme Court at Bombay, by hir4 Wray
Sir WILLEM/ lisexarres, late a Judge of the Court of Soliou in
"--.4„ by Mr. Secretary Peat..

They were all most graciously received,V4His
MAJESTY was pleased to confer the honour or t-
hood on them. •
The Kora held a Council to receive the Itaaciaaas altLwisisses
trof the cenviits capitally convicted at Judo, gall. Lin the
Balky. at_ the September and October Beeelinn, anieandog
to 43 cases.

His MAJeavy gave audience to the LoaD CUAN-
CELLort, Mr. Secretary PEW" the Earl of LIVIRPOOL,
and the Duke of Wsuarsorow.

The Court broke up about-five o'clock.
Atter the Council, the Kiso left town for Windsor.

A Cabinet Council, being the third this week, met,
this day, at two o'clock; at the Foreign Once, in Hotta.
ing-street.
His -Excellency Baron FAGIEL entertained.' a distin-
guished party at dinner yesterday, at his house, Whimitalipbce.
Count Linves entertained i party of friends.at dinner
yesterday, at Ashburnham House.
The Earl of ST. Gansraies, whose death took place.
on the 17th instant, at his seat. Port Ent, in Ownwall, was
Is his 63d year. Ills Lordship succeeded his father, Amu., the
late Lord, in 1904, and was twice married, but dying without Moue
male, he is succeeded in his pities and estates by his brother, the
Hon. WILLIAM Rum, now R sib( Se. GIUMIAIIII. The present Earl
was Member for Liskeard, in the representation of which a sett is
consequently now vacant.
SURREY TH EA T E.—The performancesat this elegant
Theatre last night, were The Teo Fanners, a 'aegis-
able burletta, entitled, Asleep, or Awake, and the been
of Mary Qaeea of Scots. The actors eterted them-
selves successfully, and the-house was well filled. Miss
TUNSTALL received an universal encore la s pretty
ballad which' she introduced, and she also sang the dif-•
ficult air of." Came year nasals'," with' st,.. very gdod
share of musical science.
If a letter froth Brest, which has appeared in the
Gazette de Prance, is to be Credited, it svould-iippear
that the French Government is taking measures for St‘
(lacing the panther and complements of the ships of iyar
at present in Commission. 'The latter states,, hat the
Minister of Marine, In "ordering tho-diimissal of the
crews dainty of his MAnta*frahips which are to be
disarmitilissi decided the. first dismissals shall be hi
favour if Married- men who have families, Bco. Ste."'
The itillifietter aho states, that theisw levies of sea-
men will& hal* bele cirdeeed for the 11,11, Oritsencil ind
even for the aegatiataties of. the. mural staimitooti„ heree
46evs cawateratesidett

LOSE OF THE ROYAL CHARLOTTE.
• The loss bf a vessellTari between Southampton
and Jersey is, happily, an event of such Fare Icon-mace
tbatth- wreck of the Royal Charlotte on the French
coast, during the la* tremendous gale, has caused a
lively sensation in Jersey and the neighbouring islands.
The Royal Charlotte, Captain Godfrey, sailed from
Southampton, at eleven o'clock on Wednesday morning
the 29th ult. for Jersey, with a valuable cargo of bale
pods. She bad seventeen passengers on board, includ-
ing four women, and the' crew amounted to seven or
eight men and Wis.
On Thursday evening the Charlotte had scarcely got
through the Race of Alderney, when the wind freshen-
ing from the same point, she was obliged to put about,
and repass it, when the Captain determined to lie. to for
the night. About four o'clock on Friday morning,
when all on board, except the watch, were buried-in
profound repose, a tremendous hurt icane came on from
the N.E. with such violence and rapidity, that the Char-
lotte was nearly laid upon her beam ends, her bowsprit
and sprit-sail yard were carried away, and many of her
sails torn to pieces.
A scene of indescribable terror and confrision imme-
diately ensued. 'The waves, already agitated by the
violence of the tempest, rose mountains high, and broke
upon the vessel, threatening at every rude assault to
overwhelm her; the bulwarks were dashed to pieces,
the compass knocked out of the binnacle, the lights
extinguisr.ed, the sky-light of the cabin broken to
atoms, and the cabin halt filled with water.
With the utmost difficulty some of the sails were
taken in: the sailors worked with alacrity and vigour,
and the Captlin never once quitted the helm ; but every
effort was in vain, the vessel *as driving at the mercy
of the tempest upon a lee shore, and all hopes of saving
her were at once abandoned. In this dreadful situation,
when every moment was expected to be the last, day at
length dawned, and the despairing sufferers beheld
themselves driving furiously on a reef of. rocks which
extend some distance from Cape la Hogue on the coast
of Normandy. In this fearful situation, it was deter-
mined to run her on shore, the only chance they had of
saving their lives.
In a few minutes the Royal Charlotte grounded on
ledge of rocks, about 200 yards from the shore: half of
the keel was knocked off by the impetuosity of the first
shock, and she continued beating so violently thit it
was expected she would go to pieces every moment.
Happily, hots ever, the tide *as ebbing, and the shore'
was lined with crowds of people, anxious toairord every
assistance in their power.
The storm continning with unabated violence, and
the waves running mountain high, it was impossible for
a boat to approach the vessel. The end of a hawser,
'however,. was thrown from the vessel, which being car-
ried by the waves towards the shore, was eagerly
caught by several men, who, with the greatest intre-
pidity, ventured out a considerable distance for that
purpose. - It was then fastened on shore, and a cradle
was suspended to it by the crew of the Charlotte,
from which a rope was idso.thiOWn to the people on
14nd: One person at a time then entered the cradle,
which was drawn towards the shore, and when emptied
of its burden, was drawn back again for a fresh freight.
In this ingenious manner the passengers and crew were
individually taken out of the Charlotte and conveyed
safely to shore, without being eves wet by the waves
which raged beneath theni. Nothing could "exceed the
kindness and attention of the French towards the. un-
happy.suffer ers. While their lives were yet in jeopardy,
the activity, courage, and address of tl.e former, at-
tempting to save from destruhion their helpless fellow-
beings, exceed all praise; and when they at length suc-
ceeded in rescuing-them from a watery grave, they la-
visbed-upoo them many acts of kindneis.and attention.