THE KING's COURT.-On Satu...
The Times, 1824-11-22T00:00:00

TsIi KimNG's COUIeT.-On Saturday, soon after 12 o'cloek, His Majesty arrived in his travelling carriage at his palace in Pall-mall, from the Royal Lodge, Windsor-park. Soon after His Majesty's arrival, the Dukes of Yolk and Clarence visited the King. At one o'clock His Mlajesty proceededl to hold a Court, agreeably to summonses issued fromi the Secretaries of State's Offices. His Highness Prince Esterhazy, Ambassadlor Extraordinary anti Plenipotentiary from the Rmperor of Austria, and his Excellency Prince Polignae, Ambassador from his Most Christian Majesty Charles X., attezdle(d by the Riqht.Hon. George Canning, His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State ior Foreign Affairs, and Sir Robert Chester, His MIajesty's Master of the Ceremonies, had audiences of His Mfajesty. 'I'here were present, besides the above di5tin- guished personages, the Lord Chancellor, the Secretary of State for the Home DepartmTent, the Secretary of State for Foreign AffUiro, the Mlaster-General of the Ordnance, the Presi(lent of the Board of Control, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, the Master of the Horse, the Trea- sturer of the Householdl, the Lord C(hief Justice of the Court of King's Bench, the Master of the Ceremonies, Earl Cathbart (Gold Stick in waiting), Lortl St. Helen's (in vaiting), and Sir Edmuhd Nagle (Groom in waiting). Hflis MNfajesty held a Privy Coincil, at wvhich Lord Viscount| M11orpeth was introduced, and sworn in Lord-Lieuteniant ofl theEast Riding of Yorkshire. 'the Recorder of Lontlon I was introduced to the Kin-g in C'ouncil, andl made his re- portof the convicts capitally convieted at Justice HaU in the Old B tiley, at the last September Session, wlhiclh oc- cipied about two hours. Mr. Secretarv Pleel officiated as the Lord President of the Council, in the absence of the Earl of Harrowbv; who is abroad. The King Pave au- diences to the Lord Clhancellor, Mr. Secretary Peel, Mr. Secretary Canning, and the Dake of WYellington. The Cour t broke up soon after five o'clock. Mr. Secretary Canning asrived at Glocester-lodlge on Fri. (lay night, from the seat of the Earl of Bristol, at Ickwerth. 'T'he Duke of York, the Princess Augusta, and the Prin- cess Sophia, visitedl the King yesterdlay. Yesterday the Lord Clhancelior had an audienee of HIis Majesty The Duke of Sussex and3 the Princess Sophia visited the Duchess of Glocester. Her Royal Highness was much better yesterday. HAMS1URGH, N7oV. 11.-We have receivetd from Baden positive infbrmation that the marriage of his Mllajesty the King of PrLssia with the Countess Atigusta Von Harrach, was lately celebratedl in the chapol of the Palace at Char- lotfenblrg. The curemony was performed by the Evan- gelical Bishop Dr. Eglet. STOCKITOL-3, Nov. 2-Sir B. Bloomfield has to-day signed an agreement with our Government, by whieh his Majesty engages strictly to forbid Swedislh ownlers to freiglht their ships for the slave-trade. M. Gore is going to Lon- don with this convention. It is stated in the Algenzeine Zeitng, that Lordl Stranr.. ford arrivetd at Trieste on the 3,I instant, after a passage of 22 days: as the ship passedl the Dardanelles, a part of thle Turkish fleet lay there, in bad condition. The Committee of Inquiry at Mentz has called onl the ( overnment of Wurtemnberg to deliver up M1. Lusching, fornaerl editor of the (ter;nn Observer, and also a great number of voung i students, generally known for their talents, but accused of revolu. tionary initrigues.. The illinister has answered, that Wurtemberg having laws of its own, wouild take upon itself the trial arid punish- inent of the accused, if guilty. In consequence, the persons ac- cused have been arrested, and conveyetd to tire fortress of Asperg. where they aw.lit their fate. A commi.ssion has been appointed to prepare the proceedings against thern,in the presence of an Austrian and a Prussian Commissioner.-Bratwsel papers. ISLE OP FRANCE, Aug. it, 182i.-The mn/grave Castle arrived yesterday f'rom London ; the Gilmour sails in about a week for London: she has 850 chests of indigo on board. The Lai'g is laily lookeri for from New ifol)and ; and the Barrosa, from al- cutta. Freights at Calcutta twere 121. per ton, and believe the same at Bombav. MA.LTA, Oct. 20.-Arrived the Mlargaret froim Gibraltar. The Lord PJobart packet will sail for Eng)and on the 23d. PonrtsamourH, Nov. 20.-This afternoon arrived the P"rimsbsury transrport, Lieutentnt Kneeshaw, fro:n ('ape Coamt, which place she left on the 29th of August, Acra the 4tlr, and St. Thomas's the 19th of September. bringing the following invalided officers of the army and navy :-Captain Dowson, and LJieutenants Clen'rnts, Wthite, and .Jobin. of the African corps: Lieutenants Thrhnnpson an( Nash, ofthe Victor; Liettenant Atherton, of the iifaidstorre; and H r. Rosenbutgh. midsilipman, of the Switnger: also a fevi invalide(l soldiers; eiglit rnelr, women and children, having died on the passage. I,ieuteoiant Cartwright, and Enign i Uniacke, of the Africani corps; Mr. lleyriak, midshipman ef the Victor. and 51r. Roussell, midshipman of the Mfaidstoac (formenrl of theThetis), had died recently of the fever incident to that (leieteri- ous cliurste. AU has been quiet witlirin tire borders of the settle- ment of Cape Coast since the discomfiture and dispersion of' the Ashantee army in Julv last. A report prevailed at Acra, tlhat the insubordination and dlscontent excitel among the Ashantees, bv xhe signal defeat of' the plans of their ing (Addo Assia) to drive the l,nglish out of the cuntry, had cost the King his life and kingdom; the Dunquiras having taken advantage ofhis defenceles situation, to attaeeltand plunder his territory and capital. The remaining Rritish troops at Cape Coast were tolerably healthy, as were the oficersand crews of Commodore Bullen'ssquadron. The Afaid- stonte and Victor were Ikft a' St. Thosnags; thle Bea and Swinkier at Acra and Cape Coast. The Victor had just taken, in tie Bight of Benin, a Spanish schooner, with 270 slaves onm 1oard. The in- fa6uis slave-tradle was carrying on with the greatest vigoar._ fai"npshire 7'tegra phi. The new fore-mast, on Sir Robert Sepping's plan, sent out in piecesR in the Blanche frigate to South America, for tire S~par- turte, of 78 guns, w.ss put together, and ready to go into that ship when the last packet sailed. The excellency of this new moode of forrrminpgand combiningmuas!s, is not only in itBsimplicity and circap- ness, but in the ease with which it can be sent to the most distant parts. Mlr.-'Rice; one of tie students of naval architeeture, wvho-wsui sent out to superintend the putting the mast together, is to go on a cruise in the Spartiate, to observe how it Atands in blowing weather. The .Spartiate b~ad been detained fomur months at Rio by being fitted out at Clhatirain with a mainmast so rotten that she coald not 'hoisi her launch in by it.-Havmpshire Telegraph. flis Majesty's yacht the Ierald, Captain Henry J: Leeke, wAill go ont of tlie harbour tn-morrow, having been completely fittedl and suitably stored for the reception and conveyance ot' the Lords Bishops of .Jamaica and Barbaloes, their clerical establishments and suire, to tb6ir respective islands of destiiiatioua._tampsrare Telegraph. T'he shipiwrizlits will have finished the refittini of the Champion, ard tre alterations of the Orestes and Pylades, by ',lon. day night; and it is expectedi these sloops will sail again at the latter end of the week, to comppcte the experiheent, arid aseertain which is the best vessel, as a model from which' to buildI sloops oX -war in fiuture. The Pylades. is taken ont of dock, and the 'Pandora taken in, to be recoppered, and undergo the alteration from a brig to a ship. -RfamWsri,e Telegraph.' His lajesty's discovery-ship Griper, Captain . F. Lyon, is landing her 'stores, &c., preparatory to being paidI ofil, and sold out of the service.-Ugenpshire Telegraph. The }Iull Advertiser says-" A mnercan tile house in' Hull in the course of lhst year imported bones, for the purpose of manrure, to the amount of 400001. value! 'This asserti6n will'ippear strange to any persoa unacquainted with' the immen'e 'quantities brought from HollapTd and other palces; but we can a'ssure him it is-yOt more :trange than true.?' THe- New VAGRANT AcCT;-The .th Section7tof the, NewVa gant Ac!, which goes ot,. to describe who shall be.deeme(I incorrigible rogues'ih'd vagaboads, and 6pecifies the .quAttum of. ru. ushment whichoffc'dcfs of tbnt. class become liable toon conv}c.. todl,' keen'X to,Iae' 'ca1;ed a ieitich diversity of opinion aimnoig the MtagMratca ; and'' ar'tIle gseatei-nirnber are those whic l. haveb':en- previously -onvicteA of'vagrancy under the 3d of Geo.'IV.-'ap. 40, t,was by home.considered that the former conviotiongsiould-stanq, oiirforce, and o5t 7 srbseqseqt' repetition of' the ofFetnce, after tfie passing of. dlniut,,tbe person consyicted should. be'constdered an in-' corrigible rogure and vagsbondi and be treatedl as such; To removeall' doubts on' itliS important pdin,'s tle'asowassubmitted7 4o ih 'At'. tormey-GeRcral fer considleration, w;ho bsas gsven the fo6lowirig spi I ar of opinlon, that a persona convicted of any offenee under the neo vagrant Act, Which shall subje6t-hlm to be dealt with as a rogue and vagabond under' anry 'former Act Of Parliament, thereby becomes ah Ineorrigible rogue, within thedth of 3eo:LLe,83 "nA is switjeci to be pdagirshed as Rutc. ' "'f ' 't'" 'nd 5Isgned " J. S. COPLE:Y,Sleideintitmuy4'- From the above, it is evident thiat oftvnzes ag-inst foroger acts -a're provided for by tiliiq.