Star.
London, England, 1827-08-22 00:00:00

THE KINC'S COURT. •

His MAJtSTY Strived at hi• P.tl,ce in St. James's
about a quarter beforn'two o'clock ye.terday afterioon.•
in his travelling carriage and lour, escmted by a party
of Lancers, from his Royal Lndge in Windsor Park.
Soo; after his art isral his MAJESTY held a Court, *hie:
was attendenl by—
The Lord Chancellor, the Lord President of the Council, the
First Lord of the T Iy. the Lord Privy Seal, the Set teary of
State for the Home Department, the President of the Board of,
Contralti, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, the Secre-
tary at War, the Lord Chamberlain, the Treasurer of the House-
hold, the Duke of Manchester, the Earl ef Murton, Lord Man-
ners, Lord William Bentinck, Sir George Naykr, the Recorder
of London, she-
The Lose CHAPCPLLOS, the Karl of Caeusaz, and Viscount
GODULICII had audiences of the Yaw.

The Duke Of SIAIIMIZITZS MU presented to Ms MASIISTY by
Viscount Gooramit on his retort► from Jamaica, of which liaLnid
his Orace was Governer.

The Earl of MORTON was presented to the Knie by the Marquis
of LaNSDOWN u Secretary of State for the Home Department,
and returned to the Sevaassom the Insignia of the Most Noble
Order of the Thistle worn by the late. Earl.
Lord Manifests, the late Lord Chancellor of Ireland, was pre-
sented to his MAUSSIT by the Marquis of Lammers, on his return
to England.
Lord WILLIAM BRNTINI s had an audience of the Kato, to take
leave of his Massavy on his departure for India, to enter on the
office of Governor-General

Hia MAMMY hell a Privy Council, at which the Ricottas' of
Lotman was admitted into the presence of the Kum in Council,
and made his Report of the capital convicts in the Int Session!, at
justice Hall, in the Old Bailey. The Marquis of LANISOMII had
an audience of his 111•111077. Lord G was the Lord in
Waiting.—The Court broke up about half-past five o'clock.
A tew minutes before siz o'clock, the Rtno left the
Palace by the garden gate in St. James's Park, escorted
by a detachment of Lancers, an his return to the Royal
Lodge. •

FAE,HIONABLE INTELLIGENCE.

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ARRIVALS.

The Thkaof Welhires, at Apsky House ; the Earl of Rossiya
aod Lady St. Clair Erskia!, in Piccadilly ; Marquis of Lansdosim.
oa Monday last, from Bowood; Colonel Gabriel, in Piccadilly;
Capt. and Mrs. M'Gregor, in Rockville-street; Lord F. Somerset,
at his house In Pall-mail, from the Isle of Wight ; Lady Cokbester,
at her seat, Ridbrooke, Susses, from a vialt to the Earl and Countess
of Hardwicke, at their seat, Winspok, Cambridgeshire ; the Hon.
T. • Fiennes, at the Royal Hotel, St. James's.street, from the
Continent.

DEPARTURES.

Lord Redesdale and the Misses Milked, for Moreton in the
Marsh Gioncestenhire • Sir Francis Burdett, Bart. for Foremark,

in Derbyshire; Lord Middleton, for WordlOton House • Admiral
Harvey, for the Rolls Park, near Cltiewell. In Ewe: ; Major
Stevens, for Clifton Hot Wells ; Sir Gilbert Heatheore, Bert. for
Margate; Sir George Pocecke, Bart. for Twickenham • the Earl
and Countess Cowper, far their seat, Pansanger, Hem • Sir George
Warrender, Bart. for Ids seat is Berkshire • Colonel Gordon, from
Fiadoog's Hotel, for Scotland; J. ilehins'en, Esq. from ditto, for
Scotland; Courtrai Dillon and J. Mills, Esq. from ditto, on a tour.

MR. HERMES. •
The Right Hon. Join, CaAnuts 11111111111, whose
*tidy, upright conduct, and• great and distinguished talents, have,
more than any powerful influence, raised him to his pretest rank in
his Majesty's Coital:Us, is the lineal male representative of one of
the most ancient noble families in Scotland. Sir Herbert Henke,
of Terreagles, the bead of a powerful family in Dumfriesshire, was
descended from a gallant Knight, who bad accompanied the re-
nowned Rickard the First of England to the Holy Land, and who,
on the return of the Crusaders, fled hie residence in the south of
Scotland. This Sir Herbert was created by King James the Fourth,
In *493, Lord.Herries, of Terreagles, and the tide condoned in the
male line of his family till 1566, water William, the fourth Lord
Herries, left an on daughter, the heiress of his estates. She became
the wife. of Sir John Maxwell, snood son of Lord Maxwell,
the sidesteps of the Sari of Mundell". The Maxwells were at that
period Lords paramount in the south of Scotland, and the Earl of
Nithsdale had solidest influence to get the title of Lord Herrin
transferred to fib grandson, the said Sir John liaawell, to the pre.
judice of the Hon. Charles Herrin, the only brother of the last
Lord, and heir male of the family. The title, thus usurped, Mew
tinned in the family of else Maiwells„ and was forfeited with their 1
other titles in 1715. The Hon. Charles Herrin bad still a very con-
'eldership estate in Dumfriesshire; bat the sudden rise of Mlle newly
introduced families Into that part of the kingdom, and their power
and influence, soon trampled upon the ancient proprietors of
the soil, and drove theta from their possessions. The descendants
from the Noble House of Herries felt the weight of the lawless
power of the Johnston, the Scots. and the Douglasscs, and their
loyalty to the Stuart Dynasty completed their ruin, as It did that of
many others o(the more ancient free Barons of the South. Mr.
Herries ancestors emigrated to England, and in mercantile pursuits
maintained s respectable rank, endeavouring to forget their noble
descent. The respectable banking house of Messrs. Herrin, Far-
quhar, Halliday, and Co. was established by one of this family,
and there are few of our readers but must recollect Colonel
Retries, orthe City Light Horse. The Right -Honourable Gentle.
man is now the only male representative of the Lords Manes.—
W! believe it was the grandmother of the present Mr. Henin,
of whom the anecdote Is told, that • when the rebels, In the year
1745, were marching through Dumfrietshire, on their route to
Carlisle, an Officer and a party were sent to Halidykes, the seat of
the family, to Impress the horses for the use of the Prince's army.
Mrs. Herries was then big with child; sad when the Officer was
emptying her husb'and's stables, she begged hard that one horse
might be left, to enable her servant to bring the midwife. This
the oMcer good•naturedly assented to, upon condition that the
child, if a son, should be named amid% in honour of the Pretender.
Mrs. ferries gave her promise, which she kept most faithfully, for
her son was no sooner born than he was christened Charles Stuart."

Tzunxa Cooavante.—The young Ladies of New
Cakdenia, and the adjacent Wands, repair, with patriarchal sim-
plicity, to the wells and fountains of their neighbourhood for water.
When a youth has seen and conceived a passion fur one at than. ►e
repairs to the fountain, and lies in ambush in t►e Wicket or behind
a rock. As the Lady approaches with bee pitcher. and stoops to
draw tho water, ker lover, taking advantage of her wises die is in
the most defenceless posture, rushes upon her, and strikes her down
with a club. Then seising her by the hair of the head, be drags
her away, wounded and bleeding to his hut. and she thus becomes
his wite.—Landen Weekly Review.
A Meeting of the Shareholders in the Thames Tunnel
Company was held yesterday at the City of London
Tavern, to receive a communication from the Court of
Directors, and a Report from the Engineer, Mr. Bauttax.,
of the steps which had been taken, since the last General
Meeting of the Company, to clear the Tunnel from the
influx of mud and earthy matter brought into it by the,
late irruption of the Thames; and also to take into
consideration what steps should be adopted by the
Company, in the present state of the works, in order to 'I
continue and carry them into complete effect. The
Meeting was very numerously attended. Mr. WILLIAM
Satre, the Member for Norwich, took the Chair. The
Directors' Report stated that they had in hand only
25,0001. a sum quite inadequate to complete the Tun-
nel ; 40d the entire sum which could be raised under
the Act of Parliament would be inadequate to the same
purpose. The Directots.had intended to send a dept+•
cation to wait on the Lords of the Treasury, to get a
Government aid to complete the works, but the sadden
death of Mr. CANNING had prevented their application.
The Report of the Engineer detailed the steps taken to
cleanse the Tunnel, which had been laid before the
public from time to time. The borings made In the
bed of the river bilween the extremity of the Tunnel
aid the northern shore, left no douht of the entire prac-
voabliry of the undertaking. 'these Reports were both
harmed, and some conversation arose ai to what steps-
iheeld be taken, and a Committee was appointed, to
comer with the Directors on the subject.