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TIlE Counr.—H is Majesty left the Royal Lodge in Windsor

Park shortly before two o'clock on Monday afternorm, attended by the Lord Steward of the Household and the Lord and Groom in Waiting, and proceeded up the Long Walk to the Castle, which the King entered by the private entrance. Soon after his arrival, his Majety held a court; which was attended by the Lord Chancellor, the Lord President of the Council, the Lord Privy Seal, the First Lord of the 'Freasery. the Secretaries of State for the Home, Foreign, and Colonial Depart- ments, the Lord Steward, the Lord Chief Justice of England, the Treasurer of the Household, the Recorder of Loudon, Sir B. Taylor, Mr. MILean, &c. Mr. 'Anew' was presented by the Earl of Aberdeen, and delivered his credentials as Minister Plenipotentiary from the United States to this Court. Sir B. Taylor was presented by the Earl of Aberdeen, to take leave on proceeding to his mis- sion at Berlin. His Majesty held a Privy Council, at which Parliament was fur- ther prorogued to Thursday the 10th of December. The Privy Council broke up at fair o'clock. The Recorder of London was then introduced, and made his report, Nvhich occupied about two hours. His Majesty gave audience to the Lord. Chancellor, the Duke of Wellington, Earl Bathurt and Mr. Secretary Peel. The Court broke up soon after six o'clock, The King returned to the Royal Lodge, and the Cal,inet Ministers to town.

The Duke and Duchess of Clarence arrived at Brighton on Saturday evening, and at Bushy Park on Sunday evening. Their Royal Highnesses, on landing at Brighton front the steamer, were welcomed by a salute from the gulls, and by all pleasant demonstrations from the inhabitants of every class.

The Duke de 1 rival Montmorency, Ambassador from France, to this Court, ar- rived in town on Monday night from Paris. Mr. Washington Irving, Secretary of Legation to the Embassy of the United States, has arrived in town from America.

We can state with confidence that Mr. Justice Burrough's resignation has been tendered to the Lord Chancelloe—Merning Herald.. The valuable living of Paddington hai been given, we hear, by the Bishop of London, to the Roe. A. M. Campbell, one of the joint secretaries to the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledgeo—Standard. By the death of Mr. Brownlow North, the son of the late Bishop of Winchester, the lucrative patent office of Survey-or of the Woods of that wealthy see devolves to the present Bishop. The emoluments of the office arc, however, expected to be materially reduced, a question having arisen botween the Bishop and Mr. North as to the right of the woodward to certaia perquisites heretofore calimed and allowed, and to determine which a Chancery suit was pending at the time of Mr. North's decease.—Hampshire Advertiser.

Lord Colchester (late the Honourable Captain Abbot), eldest son of the late Speaker of the House of Commons, is appointed to the command of the Volage frigate, fitting out for foreign service at Portsmouth.

A general court-martial has been assembled during the last week at Chatham, Major-General Hastings, president, to investigate the conduct of Lieutenant feter Macfarlane,16th Regiment, respecting a disputed account with his agents, Messrs. Campbell and Co., and which has attracted very great attention amongst military men.—Maidstone Gazette.

Sir Edward Codrington has been, for the last ten days, on a visit to Sir H. Bun. bury, at.Barton.

Persons connected with our Eastern empire are in a state of extreme anxiety, on account of the known disasatisfaction of all ranks of officers in the Company's service, with a recent measure determined on by the Court of Directors, and pro- mulgated and about to be enforced by Lord William Bentinek, for reducing a. large portion of the military allowances throughout the three presidencies of India According to letters which we have seen, all former troubles were mere flea-bites compared with those now likely to burst forth, if the present obnoxious ordinance of the Court of Directors be insisted on by the Governor-General in Council. It is affirmed that both Lord Hastings and Lord Amherst refused to execute the decree ; and now it is plain that Lord Combennere deprecates the possibility of his signature being employed as an ostensible sanction to a proceeding, which his reason and inclinations have equally and decidedly comidemned.—Times Oct. 17 THE New Pomo:es—At an early hour on Sunday morning, numbers of per- sons assembled, as usual, about the Seven Dials. The appearance of a small

body of policemen, in addition to the regular patrols, was the signal for the com- mencement of a "row," the men being assailed with all manner of abusive epithets, hootings, and groans. The men bore this treatment with admirable patience for some time, contenting themselves with requesting the disurderlies to disperse and go home quietly ; but their cautions were scoffed at, and, at length about thirty of them were secured, and shortly after the whole neighbourhood was quiet. The attention of another portion of the police force was at the same time directed to the state of Covent-garden-market and James-street, in which there are several coffee-shops and other flash houses, and where men and women of the worst character assemble : after considerable resistance, a few of the worst were seized and taken to the watehhouse ; and when the time of divine service approached. the streets were clear, and the respectable inhabitants going to their devotion were no longer in danger of witnessing some disgusting exhibition, or having their ears offended with blasphemous and filthy expressions, at the corner . of every street. There was no fewer than fifty-six prisoners locked up at four o'clock on Sunday afternoon. it is said that the Olympic theatre is to be converted into barracks for the New Police, the Commissioners having been for some days past in treaty for its purchase. Shneld the nemsotiation for the purchase of the theatre. prove success- ful, it will form the head quarters of the New Police force.

Daniel Hobbs; a man !nisi ng the appearance of a mechanic, was found on Sunday morning, by one of the New Police-omen, near the water's edge at the Arundel- stairs : the police-man removed him to the watchhouse : on his person were found three one hundred Bank of England notes, three sovereigns, and some silver. The money was returned to the man as soon as it was ascertained that he came honestly by it. Sir R. Birnie observed, that the man was very much in- debted to the police for the care taken of himself and his property. Not less than nine hundred pounds had been preserved to their owners by the new police, within the few weeks since the system commenced. Cases of this kind were never heard of under the old system. On Wednesday, the street-keeper of Cheapside applied to the Lord Mayor for an order to compel the hacknev-eoachmen to leave the stand in that street. The . Lord Mayor said, it would 110 'doubt be a great convenience to the shopkeepers in Cheapside, to get rid of the coach-stand ; but he advised the deputies to con- sult with the city solicitor. The hackney-coachmen ask where they are to have a stand, if not in a wide street ; and whether the accommodation of the public is not of more importance than that of a few shopkeepers who took up their abode in Cheapside with the knowledge of the established hackney-coach stand opposite to them ? In the other parts of the City, it is said, similar attempts will be made to drive away the hackney-coaches. On Monday morning some anonymous placards were stuck up, calling upon the journeyman weavers to assemble at the Crown and Anchor, Bethnal-green. Officers were sent to the spot, but every weaver that was asked, said he knew not by whom they were called. As it was understood that the officers had no instructions to interfere, but merely to prevent disturbance, a person took the chair, for the memo purpose of appointing a time for taking into consideration the alarming- state of trade; and a deputation was appointed to wait on the magis- trates to solicit their sanction to a general meeting for that purpose.

A considerable number of persons of the working class of different trades, held a meeting on Wednesday at the Duke of Clarence public-house, London-road, for the purpose of forming a "Co-operating Society," or "Working Union." A person present stated, that a Co-operating Society had been formed at Lambeth three months since, and was proceeding most prosperously. Several persons delivered opinions in favour of the formation of such a society, and resolutions and a subscription for that purpose were entered into.

THE QUARTER'S REVENUE.—The information derived from the Treasury last Saturday evening was incorrect ; the increase on the quarter being not 200,000/., but only 63,942/. On the year there is a decrease of 146,442/. The following are the items.

Qrs. ended Oct. In.

1328. . 1529. Quarter.

De„crgsellYear8 o Quarte'r.11 X

ended Oct. 10.

1828. I 1829.

=reame on the Year. Decrease on the Year.

X I I

ustoms.... 4,06-1,932 5,028,050 :103,724 —

16,358,1701 15,901,200

396,964 :acme...... 5,714,399, 5;8,237j — 446062

17,905,978; 17,904,027

— 1,951

tamps .....

1,705,0711: 1,747,n93 49,022 — 6,575,318' 6,704,792 129,374

oat-office 300,ttlitl; 35;4,000 • — 8,000 1,357,000 1,396,000 9,000

'axes 41;6,I178 — 4,536,404 4,905,886 69,422

misceleincons 10 1,9:10. 171080 78,030

550,171 600,845 44,677

13,019,1015, 13,053,677;518,104 45-1,102 47,019,101 47,472,659 252,473 393,915 Orders have been given from the Excise, permitting maltsters to dry any kind of grain upon their kilns, on giving pre s Muf notice to the officers of their intention.

DANGEROUS ACCIDENT TO M. O'CONNELL.—Mr. O'Connell, his brother Mr. James O'Connell, and the servant of t me former gentleman, left Killarney at two o'clock on Saturday, in a kind of caravan called a gingle, on their way to town of Caherciveen, near Derrinane-abbey, the residence of Mesce:tChaantnlielli. When passing a very high mountain called Dring-hill, about tvvelve miles from Caherciveen, one of the horses fell and broke the pole in the fall; plunged and kicked in a most violent manner. The situation of thielet,;a:,hteyle'liiitit°trihe:;. car was now most alarming, as they were upon the brink of a precipice four hump.

;- dred feet deep, only protected by a wall less than three feet high, overturning of the vehicle on that side would have caused their inevitable destrus lion. The driver of the vehicle called to Mr. O'Connell to leap

James O'Connell opened the door, and, in his attempt to get out, fell and brut his arm a little above the elbow. Mr. O'Connell also jumped out at the sae: thne, and, falling on his back, received so violent a shock that he remained ia a state of insensibility for more than an hour after. He was conveyed to 11111.. grove, the residence of Mr. Primrose, about eleven miles distant, where he and Mr. O'Connell at present remain. Doctor Hickson, of Killarney, arrived at grove on Sunday, and remains in attendance on Mr. James O'Connell, who see considered to be in a very dangerous state—Letter from Dublin, October 14. The moorings of the Dolphin convict-hulk at Chatham, gave way about she o'clock on Friday morning : the hulk fell on its side, and immediately filled with sistance given from the dock-yard of the town, only three persons were dromied, who could not be got at ; and one convict, while endeavouring to get out, w:s water. Alarming reports that not fewer than two hundred lives were 1ot, were It circulation the whole of Friday ; but it turns out that owing to the prompt ae

• Of elegant appearance, with a female attendant, went on board the on the spot. The four bodies are lying at the new hospital. unfortunately struck by an axe, which completely divided his bead,

On the afternoon of Saturday week, a lady and a gentleman, both young, and eaollao steamer, which was about to proceed on the pasiage to Leith. The gentleman !mid the most anxious attention to the lady, but there was a mystery in the manner of both, which excited great curiosity. In a short time the gentleman went ashore, It soon became known that the lady was near her accouchement, and in the course of the night she gave birth to a boy. An intimation of the fact an made to her friends through seine unknown channel ; and her situation became so dangerous, that the voyage of the Soho was delayed, and Dr. Baillie and other physicians were called in. Her illness continued to increase rapidly, and in a few hours she expired. Just before her dissolution, two ladies mid a gentleman, muffled up, evidently for the purpose of avoiding recognition, arrived, and were deeply affected. They removed the infant, and „place7I it under the care of a respectable womnan, living at Poplar, where it remained until the funeral, which took place on Wednesday. The body was placed in a handsome coffin, and tile name engraved on the plate was " Alice Hope, aged twenty-three years." The body was removed in a hearse and pair, followed by one mourning coach, to the new church at Poplar, where it was interred. The strong north-east wind which prevailed on Wednesday, had the effect ie. causing the waters of the river Thanies to rise several feet above the usual Intl at high water, and several streets in Wapping, Rotherhithe, and also in the lower parts of Westminster, were completely inundated, and the cellars of a greet many houses were filled with water in consequence.

The fall of snow on Wednesday week appears to have extended pretty widely in England, and even in France.

The late storm has committed serious ravages in different parts of Kent. Pour sheep, belonging to Mr. Hughes, of Castle Farm, in the parish of Westwell, were killed by th:lightning.

On Thursday afternoon, as the groom of Mr. Clarke, banker, was driving that

gentleman's wife and a female attendant, the horse took fright near the Ship public-house, Lambeth-stairs, and ran down Brenan's drawing-dock into the Thaines. The groom was thrown into the water, but was saved ; the female at- tendant caught hold of a boat-house, and was rescued by a young man who had a few seconds before been knocked down in attempting to stop the horse. Mrs. Clarke was by this time in deep water, and her head only could be seen: Mr. Smith jumped into the dock and caught her round the waist, and with further assistance got her on shore.

On Tuesday morning a fire broke outat Axminster, on the premises belonging to Mr. Dommett, fellmonger. Seven houses were entirely consumed, but must of the property was insured, and no lives were lost. A fire broke out on Monday. in the extensive warehouses belonging to the

company of merchants at Manchester, trading to and from Liverpool, Leeds, York, and Halifax. The warehouses being full of cotton, burned with mashie rapidity : four barrels of gunpowder, which were on the premises of Messrs. Holland and Curtis, druggists, exploded, and caused them instantaneously to fall. The warehouses of Messrs. Barnaby were also destroyed ; and one of the fire- men lost his life. It is not known how the fire originated, but it was reported that one of the workmen of the company, fell asleep upon a quantiy of flax with

a lighted candle by his side. If that is the case, the poor fellow has most likely perished. Cotton to the value of 1300/. was consumed, and beans, flour, and flax, to the amount of 10001., besides the loss of time building, calculated at 60001.

On Friday night last week, a hum belonging to Sir H. Parnell, M. P. was attacked by a party of Rockites, who demandhefire-arms. A party of the police cumin,' up, the Rockites assailed them. The Sergeant of Police received a shut through the throat. One of the Rockites was taken prisoner, the rest escaped. On Tuesday morning, Mary Cavenaugh, a widow' who resided in a detached house at Penman Gower, was aiscovered murdered in her garden, and the premises robbed. It is thought that the murderers had not obtained any thing of great value, as there remained untouched in a chest in one of the rooms, seven sove- reigns, a bank-note of twenty pounds, and securities for several sums amounting to 126/. and some plate.

Philip John, whose trial for the murder oT his father we gave a short time since, was executed on Saturday week at Jersey—the first execution there theme.. nineteen years.

A sister of Mr. Mills, of Aldborough, in making dumplings last Sunday, .e a useml what she supposed was some flour in a tea-cup, but which proved todh the mixture with arsenic which had been put there to destroy mice. She died same night, and a Mr. Hearn, who also partook of the dumplings, died time fl-

lowing t - lowing morning.

W. R. Squires, errand-boy to Mr. Manneeng, linen-draper in the Borough,llie,..! his life by eating cheese on which arsenic had been put by one of the in. le:. could be passed through his mouth, and after continuing in a state 0 s 1.11 kit ii servants, to destroy rats. About ten months since, the father of the was drowned in the West India Docks. The poor widow is now t greatest distress. the following morning, he died. of the street, in no medicine f stupor till the Old Bailey, insensible : he was conveyed to the infirmdalrey

On Saturday morning, a man was found sleeping in the mid , Close Stein, a German, who had been committed to the House of Correction to Auenst to three months' hard labour, in default of paying a tine of 30/. which e had been iniposed upon him for having a private still in his possession, died

Addelily 011 Sunday.

1r. John Mitchell, of Churchhill-place, Hoxton, was found dead in his bed at Saturday morning.

Captain J. W. Hilton, of the East India Company's service, was walking up Gene-street, Brighton, last Saturday, he was suddenly attacked with spasms in his stomach, and died the following morning.

Oil Wednesday morning, as a Miss English was driving a friend on the road to Dulwich, the horse suddenly took fright, the carriage was overturned, and Miss English is so much hurt that but slight hopes are entertained of her recovery. The other lady escaped unhurt. A thatched out-building to a cottage at Stevenage was set fire to on Monday, by an incendiary. Happily it was soots discovered, and extinguished without doing any material injury. The fright, however, of a poor old woman named Hall, who was the first to discover it, was so great, that after calling loudly for eater, she dropped down and expired.

Last week, some female hop-pickers, at Torii, in Kent, in a frolic put the Hunan into the bin ' • when, defending himself, lie unfortunately struck one of eu women and killed her.

A seaman in the blockade service, a few days since, at Littlehampton, cut MT the greater portion of his tongue because the use of it with unlicensed freedom lel brought him under the displeasure of his superior officer. He was at the rune under confinement. His life is in considerable danger, from extreme loss of bland.

On Monday morning, Rebecca Collins, a lunatic who had been in St. Luke's Huopital since January, accomplished her own deetraction with an extraordinary decree of cunning. It was found that she had not been in her bed the preceding eiglit, and the bedclothes were so made up as to represent the exact appearance of aperson in bed; and a cap was placed above the clothes on the pillow so ingeni-

ously, as to have all the appearance of being worn by a person lying in the bed. The whole house having been searched for her, at length the door of the bath was faxed open, and the deceased was found lying dead on the floor of the bath, in shich there was scarcely sufficient water to cover her. The key of the bath was fond in her pocket, which she must have taken from a cupboard in which it was kept.

A man of the name,of Price, employed in a hop-plantation in Kent, was known I., beat his wife: several women threatened to expose him, and one shook a bunch .1 nettles in his face, intimating that he ought to be flogged with them. In a eausport of rage, he either cut at the woman with a sickle he had in his hand, eaccidentally struck her with it ; but the result was, that the weapon entered iorbeart, and the poor creature fell dead upon the spot.

Mackenzie and Houston, fellow-labourers at a farm at Ochiltree, having re- :nod to bed after an evening spent in diversion at the end of the harvest, the latter, ohn was frequently the object of practical jokes from his fellow-labourers, was a Mat night teased by having his bedclothes pulled off him, and in various der ways : he got up after his comrade fell asleep, and, reaching a pitchfork, (tabbed Mackenzie repeatedly. Houston has been committed to gaol. Mackenzie, who received not fewer than eighteen wounds, is a young man of good constitu- tion, and seems recovering.

feet week a Mr. Breach, who had been out shooting at Dauntsey, remained behind his party to have another shot: he had loaded his gun, and was in the act of putting the shot in his pocket, when, by some accident, both barrels went off, mike received most of the contents in his head, and died about six o'clock on the following morning. The ramrod entered his face under the nose, and came eitt partly (having been broken) in his forehead. A piece of it was afterwards extracted, nearly six inches long.

On Tuesday night, the body of a female was found in the basin in the Green- park. An inquest sat on the body on Wednesday the Jury returned a verdict of " found drowned," but with this addition—" It is the opinion of the Jury, that thebasin is left in an unguarded state, to the danger of his Majesty's subjects, and that the Coroner be requested to represent the same to the Commissioners of his Majesty's Woods and Forests." The Coroner promised to make the representa- fen recommended.

Emma Curtain, a girl only seventeen years of age, drowned herself in the Thames at Millhank on Monday, in consequence of having received some slight rasa young man to whom she was attached.

A person known by the name of the " mad barber" at Margate, attempted on unday evening to cut his throat.

Some people, to whom Smith, a glazier in Edinburgh, was indebted, having requested payment, Smith asked for delay ; which being denied, he went home and hanged himself, lie was cut down, however, before the completion of his determination.

Ayoung lady, whose connexions are highly respectable, on Tuesday morning raw herself into the Thames, near the Red House. Two young gentlemen tile were passing in a boat succeeded in getting her out. The young lady had hear " disappointed in love."

%-.11.1archatid, of Gerard-street, had a few friends to dine with him on Mi- chaelmas-day. Giblet soup was one of the dishes; it was prepared in a copper sre‘tpan, from which the tinning had nearly come off; and the consequence was, ftat of eight persons who partook of it, only one escaped severe illness; a lady aids gentleman of the number were for some days not expected to survive, and are not yet able to leave their rooms. The cook, footboy, cat, and dog, also

:dead.

Mr. Kean, the Quaker, whose suicide at Hammersmith we mentioned last week, had entirely secluded himself from society, and had not been out of the 'louse for some years, as he entertained an idea that he was an object of derision and ridicule to those who saw him. He was remarkably shy, and had a dread of eacountering the sight of females ; so much so, that when any ladies visited the ease, he would hide himself.