Yesterday morning, at 12 ...
The Times, 1824-05-26T00:00:00

Yesterdaymorning,at 12 o'clock,hisi ajesty heltd aCourt lathisPalace, inPall-Mall. The King afterwardsheld a Privy Ceuncil, at which Mir. Buller atteidtled as clerk, when the Lord] Chief Justice Best, of the Common Pleas, kissed hands upon his appointment, and was sworn in a Privy Councillor, and took his seat at the Boart accordingly. After the close-of the Privy Council, the Recorder of Lon- don wvas admitted into the presence of the Kinig in Coun- cil, and made his report. So great a scarcity of money prevailed yesterday in the city, owing to the extensive speculations for a risein Eng- ]ish stock, thbt the continuation on Consols for the next ac- count was at the rate of between 9 and 10 per ceiit. per an- num. Tltere has npt been known for a very ]ong period so heavy a continuation. Accounts were yesterday received through Trieste from Zante, datedl the 26th ult., announcing the arrival at that island of the first remittance arising from the Greek loan. Its amount wvas about S0,0001. sterling, which was con- signed in the first instance to some mercantile houses in Zante. The intelligence of this seasonable succour wvas immediately transmitted to the seat of the Greek Govern- ment, for the purpose of procuring the formal ratification of the contract wvhich being obtaited, the money would be placed in the hands of three commissioners, of vhom two were English and one Greek, to superintend its application. Lord Byron and ColonelStanhope had been selected as the ato English commissioners, and it would become necessary, therefore, to fill up the vacancy caused by his Lordship's dWmth. Further remittances are on their way to Zante. Accounts from Alexastdria, received lately by way of Leghorn, are unfavourabTe. The plague was raging vio- lently, anrd little or no business doing. Wle have received Rio Janeiro Gazettes to the 6th of MaTch. They contain no news of much iiiterest beyond Brazil. The preliminary proceedings for the election of Deputies appear to be going fbrward, and a list of paro- chial electors in several provinces is given-a fact which disproves a report formerly in circulation, that the Empe- ror did not intend to :allow the convocation of the Congress appointed to meet bv his published plan of a constitution. WVe understand that Mr. Owen has been engaged for some time past in preparing such a modlification of his plans for imnroving th6 condition of the.poor of Ireland, as shall mneet the opinion expressed by the committee for the relief -of the Irish pea'antry, on the proposals wvhich he submit- ted to them during the last session. This modification, it appears, has been examinerl by some of the most intelligent and experienced men in the kingdom, and has met their approbation. Lord Ersex wasmost unfortunately shut out of the House of Lords on 3tonday night, during the division on Lord Lansdown's nreion, for assinulating the condiidsn of the Enelish Catholics to that of the Catholics of Ireland, having also Liord Cornwallis's proxy: thus wvere two votes lost on the side ef the noble Mlarquis. A;TISTs' GENEr Al. BENEVOLENT ISSTITUTIoX.-This mnost interesdng Society celebrated its tenth anniversary festival yes- erday at the F reemasons' T avern. His Royal Highness the IDuke of York hatd promised to take the chair; but being unfortunately prevented by businless fromn autendingr, his Royal Highness ser.t sn zioology, and Sir William Elfordl was prevailed upon to presitde in his stead.Sir Thomas Lav;rence, MIr. Slhee, and about 120 othergen- tlemen connected with the Arts were present. A number of,ladies were in the gallery. In the course of the evening, when proposing "Prosperitgyto theArtiZtt'Gcneral Benevolent Institution,"ctlic Chair- mzan took occasion to point out the peculiar object and benefit of the f:harit,-. It has no limitation-requires no exclusive orivileges-its aimn being, by an appeal to public liberality, i extend relief to all distresset! Artist, whose works are known antd esteemed by the pub- lic, as well as to their widows and orhans; merit a-4 distress irnning the best and only clainm. A very liberal sum was subscribed in the room in aid of the fnrds of so estimable an instiEttion. A requisition is nowv in course of sigFnature in Liverpool, requcstirg t':c Mayor to convene a meeting of the merchants and other inhahitants, for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of preswfirne a mcmnorial to his iajesty's Government, calling upor. t'ieni to r.cognize such of the new States of America as have declared their indicpendccne. The requisition liPs received the narrmes of the tir-t merchatits, an(t will be presented te the Mayor in a day or two.