THE KING'S COURT-On Satur...
The Times, 1824-08-16T00:00:00

I'l' E K1XG'S COURT.-On Saturday His Majesty arrived in his travelling-carriage and four at his Palace in Pall- Mall, a few minutes before one o'clock, from WVindeor. His Majesty then heldI a Court, which was attended by the Lord Chancellor, the Secretaries of Statte for the Home and Foreign Departments, the Master--General of the Ordnance, the PVresident of the Board of Conttol, the Chlancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, the Master of the Horse,theTrea- surer of tbe Househo!d, and the Recorder of London. The King afterwards held a Privy Council, at which the Par- liament was agreed to he furtner prorogued, fromn the 24th instant, to the 4th day of November next. Mr. Secretary Peel officiated as Lord President of the Council, in the absence of the Earl of Harrowby, who is abroad. The Re- corder of'London made his report of the convicts capitally convicted at the last sessions in Justice-hall, in the Old Bailey, wheni His Majesty was graciously pleased to res'ite the whlole of them. His Alajestv gave audiences to fr. Peel, the Lord Cihancellor, the Duke of WVellington, Air. Canning, and Mlr. Wynn. Soon after the breaking up of the Court, which was about half past tour o'clock, Huis MIajesty left town, escortetI by a party of the 7tlh Hussars, on his return to his lotdge in NVindsor-park to dininer. Two Clerks in the I'aris War Office, and four otlier per- sons, were lately arrested for having forged a greaL number of' brevets of Knights of St. Louis, and of the documnents necessary to obtain them. Three of these persons have bcen set at liberty, and the others a-ce to be tried at the Assizes. The details of this affair, which is expected to come on in Septernber, will be extremely curious. A great niumber of persons, bezlonging to the most honourable classes of society, wshose confidlence anid credulity have been most scandalous- ly abused by these criminals,will be examined as witnesses. -French paper. PARIs AcciDENT.-Cou11t Linich, Peer of France, was, onWednesday,while walking in the Itue Neuve-des-Petits- Champs, thrown dlown by an English carriage, and left weltering in his bloofl. The carriage was at last stopped, and Lady Carrinigtoni got out, an(i made room for the wounded Count. Two persons paid great attention to Count Lincb. He was conveyed to one of their houses, aind is now much better.-French paper. The Lords of the 'Treasury have given S00l. towards the erection of a Welch Churctt in Liverpool. There are in the district immedsiately surrounding iMan- chester, not fewer tllan 30,000 power-looms; the product of which, at a moderate compiutation, gives employment and subsistence to 200,000 individuals. and this in a branch of our manufactures which ten years ago was almost unknown._.Stockport Advertiser. The (disease itLh whicil the Vjge-Chancellor was aicted vwas,ttc stone in tns bladder. 81r Astley C'ooper extracted it, and the period occupied was tventy-five rinutes. During this vcry try- ing operationi, Sir Johr Leach, who is in his 62d year, bore the pain without making a single exclamation. Every tbing is goilng oni as favourably as could be expected. A respite for a week, fort Harris and Davis. under sen- tence of death for the robbery of Earl Coa'per's stewvard, was for. warded on Friday evening to Hertford Gaol, from the Home De- par nen t. On Saturday night, about ten o'clock, considerable alarm was excited throughout the neighbourhood, in consequence of a general cry that the (laledonian Chapel, in Hatton-garden, was on tre. Some gentlemen of the committee had beetc transacting busi- ness in the chapel in the course of the evening, and on leaving it between nine and ten o'clock, Mr. Eades, a locksmith, who resides behind the chapel, looked in on the premises, wheri he saw flames issuing from the vaults under the chapeL The rafters were on fire, and the devouring element had reached the chapel, where trnte of the seats were nearly consumed, and the steps leading to the pulpit. Alarm was instantly given to Mr. Brznt, an extensive coachmaker, whose premises are sdjoining, and immediately his men, witlh the assistance of the watchmen, conveyed buckets of water to the spot from a large cisterni on Mr. Brant's premises. In a few minutes the fire-engines arrived, but, abameful to state, the exertions of the firemen vere almost useless by nearly the dame scarcity of water as occurred in G*reville-street,'insomuch that the engines could not work. The firemen, however, assisted in pulling uptheflooring of the chapel, to prevent the extension of the fire, whicb, afterraging for nearly half an hour, wasgdt completely under by the supply of water from Ar. Brant's premiseS. But for this lucly circumstance, the chapel,as also Mir. Drant's premises,must have been consumed. The cause of the fire is altogethir involved in mystery. In the vaults under the chapel there ss.a stove. Intended fbr the circulation of heat through the chapel by means of a flue, but which haa not been used for years. On part of this- 'ue, between it and the rafeers; were placedl a number ol' planks, wvhicle were used as tempo:ary tables on Sacrament-dayi. Among thoseplanks the fire commenced. During the time of Divine service, or wheet the committee are sitting, the back entrance to the chapel is generally left open, through which there is a ready access to the vaults ; antd it is supposed soine person conveyed on one of' those occasiohs the materials for coribustion but trom what m6tive is as yet unknown. Every exertion will, low- ever, be made to-discover the sacrilegious offender. We are desired to state, that the Alr. Pownall alludled to In the cause of "' Smiith. v. Starkie and others,?' in the Vice. Chancellor's Court, Is hot Mr. Charles E, PownAll5of the Old,JWry.