The King heard divine service in the Royal Lodge on

Sunday, along with his suite and household. The attack of gout with which his Majesty was afflicted is now said to be confined to his left hand only. The Globe of Wednesday gave the followimr° particulars as entitled to credit. " It is quite true that his Majesty has had an attack of the gout which commenced in his hand and arm. At one time the attack was rather alarming, as the inflammation was extending towards the upper part of the body. It is now said, and I believe truly, that his Majesty is getting rapidly better, and that his medical attendants expect him to be quite able to resume his drives in the course of the next week, if the weather should prove favourable. The attack is attributed to a cold, which was taken by his Majesty during the wet weather, at Virginia Water. Rumours have been ' circulated of his Majesty's seclusion having proceeded from religious melancholy, but I cannot find that they were well founded. The dismissal of his Majesty's private band of musicians for a fortnight, at a time when arrangements were making for the performance of some new music which had been received from the Continent, led some persons to attach credit to this rumour. The dismissal, however, of the band takes place sometimes when the King is in perfect health, and therefore the fact of their dismissal now for a fortnight proves nothing."—Leiler from Windsor.

It is well known that his Majesty has been for some time seriously indisposed, and that it was more than once contemplated to issue bulletins. His Majesty is now better, but by no means well. This statement will or course be contradicted, but our readers may rely upon its truth.—Ttmes, Friday. His Majesty is recovering, though less rapidly than we could wish, from his severe indisposition. He has endured the most acute pain for nearly three weeks and has otherwise been subject to attacks of fever,which caused much apprehension among his attendants. These attacks, however, have ceased ; and it is expected that in a week or ten days he will be completely restored to his accustomed health.—New Times, Friday. Laleham, helongin,, to Lord Lucan, has been taken for the residence of the Queen of Portugal, who is to sleep at Salt Hill to-morrow night, and be in town on Monday.—Courier, Saturday.

The Lord Chancellor of Ireland set off for Dublin immediately after the breaking up of the Council on Friday.—Courier. The Duke of Wellington has reconciled Lord Melville and John Wilson Croker, Esq.; and the Secretary to the Admiralty remains at his post.— Morning Chronicle.

The Hon. Sir George Grey, Bart. K.C.B., and Commissioner of his Majesty's Dock-yard at Portsmouth, died on Friday. Mr. Peel left London on Saturday for Manchester. He has accepted an invitation to a public dinner to be given by the gentlemen of that opulent town. He is also to partake of a public breakfast given by the Boroughreeve, and inhabitants of Salford.

The Corporation of Liverpool have voted the freedom of the town to Mr. Peel, to be presented in a gold box.

Sir Francis Burdett, accompanied by his eldest daughter, left town on Tuesday, on a visit to Lady Burdett in the South of France. He does not intend to return to England until the meeting of Parliament.

After all that has been said, the Hon. and Rev. Mr. Grey, brother to Earl Grey, succeeds to the valuable living of Bishopsgate. The quantity of Colonial coffee exported to Turkey, is immense. We believe the trade to Constantinople can be carried on with facility by the Gulf of Saras, from the extremity of which there is a land-carriage of about fourteen miles to the sea of Marmora.— Globe.

The English Opera closed last night, after a season of unexampled success.

The Lord Mayor, Aldermen, Recorder, and other city officers, went in state to Guildhall on Sunday for the purpose of swearing in the new Sheriffs.

Mr. Booth alone was sworn in, Mr. Copeland being unable to attend; but it is expected that he will soon be able to resume his official duties. A number of females were present at the ceremony. The equipages of the new Sheriffs are very splendid, The Livery met on Monday to elect an Alderman to serve as Lord Mayor for the year ensuing. The Lord Mayor and Court of Aldernieu; attended

by the city taw authorities and officers, opened the proceedings in due form. The Common Serjeaut read a list of the Aldermen who had not served as Lord Mayor ; and, on a show of hands, Alderman Thompson was declared elected. The Lord Mayor and Aldermen having again entered the Hall, the Recorder announced that the election had fallen on the senior Alderman, Thompson. A vote of thanks having been moved to the Sheriffs, for the manner in which they had discharged the duties of their office—their splendid hospitality, and their munificence to the public charities—Mr. Hunt rose, not to oppose the vote of thanks, but to tell, for the benefit of future Sheriffs, what they had left undone. The enormities and plunder of the Secondaries Office had been left unreformed. The Secondaries were the Sheriff's deputies, but the Livery had not been told that anything had been done by them to stay the rapacity of their officers—who, by their charges, swallowed up the property which might otherwise have satisfied the creditors of an unfortunate tradesman. All the abuses which had been proved before a committee remained unremedied. As to the " hospitality" which was talked about—the dinners, the feastings, and the wines that were given to the Judges, the counsel, and the little Recorder at the Old Bailey—he declared they were a disgrace to the city. The Judges, Mr. Hunt is reported to have said, feasted after they had done their work. The Recorder, he was informed, dined at these inciting dinners, at which there was a profusion of hock, champagne, and other stimulating wines, before he went upon the bench. No man before going upon the judgment-seat ought to trust himself to sit down to an entertainment where he must be

• tempted to partake of that by which the capacity to attention might be diminished, and the reasort be overclouded. If he (Mr. Hunt) were called upon to sit in judgment on a matter affecting the life of a fellow-creature, he would not trust himself with more than.pure water—no, not even if he had to sit in judgment on the Recorder himself. (Tumultuous applause with a few hisses.) The counsel, too, were invited to attend these carousals. A friend of his had described to hint a scene that took place at the Old Bailey one evening. There a sheriff was seen so much intoxicated, that he was obliged to lean upon a bench ; and there, in that court of justice, was seen a counsellor so drunk, that a person was compelled to lean against him to support him. Mr. Hunt brought his speech to a conclusion, by animadverting on the conduct of the Committee of the Common Council, in recommending that the office of Secondary should again be sold. The vote of thanks was put. Few hands were held up in its favour—none er it ; and it was declared to be unanimously carried. The Court then broke up. The ancient Court of Burgesses, by whom all constables and other officers for the city and liberty of Westminster are chosen, held, on Monday, the Annual Court Leet for swearine° in constables for the ensuing year. The usual lists were handed in, and those who answered were either sworn in, excused, or fined, as the respective eases might be. Mr. John Brooks, stationer, Oxford-street, who was indicted along with Mr. Taylor, the orator of the Areopaeus, set up a novel excuse. He did not object to serve as a constable, but lie objected to take the oath, on the ground that his oath had been refused at the Old Bailey, on a trial for robbery, on account of his belief on certain points of religion, and lie would not therefore submit to be sworn in one county while his evidence might be refused in another ; besides, he would on no account be sworn upon the New Testament. The Chairman observed that the same objection was last year made by Mr. H. L. Hunt, but the court decided against him, and lie paid the fine. Mr. Brooks persisted in his refusal, and was fined 8/.; but he declared that he would resist any attempt to enforce payment.

Sir Peter Laurie visited Whitecross-street prison, on Wednesday, to hear the complaints of prisoners, and to act in those cases which came within the cognizance of a magistrate. Several of the prisonets preferred complaints ; but these were mostly of a kind arising out Of the working of the regulations which the unfortunate prisoners had established moms' themselves, and which, however disagreeable to individuals, were beyond the control of the Magistrates. 'One disappointed candidate for the honour of being steward of one of the wards, complained that the person in office sold gin to the prisoners, and permitted gambling. The gambling, though with dice, it was alleged in defence, was only for farthings, amongst a "select party of gentlemen for their private amusement." It was determined, however, that they should be deprived of this " amusement ;" and that a more rigorous search should in future be made to prevent the introduction of gin. The prisoners thanked Sir Peter for his attention to their complaints.

A general meeting of the proprietors of the London University was held on Tuesday, in one of the lecture-rooms, and was attended by the Duke of Somerset, Lords Auckland and Sandon, Lord John Russell, Dr. Lushington, Mr. Denman, Mr. Hume, and many other proprietors of high respectability. A gratifying report of the arrangements which have been made for opening the classes, was read by Mr. Horner, the warden of the University. The Council have it in view to erect an hospital, but not till separate funds are subscribed for that purpose; and, supposing the hospital to contain one hundred beds, a capital of 15,0004 would be required. They have established a dispensary adjoining the University 7 • by which the improvement of the pupils will be materially assisted, at the same time that relief will be afforded to the sick poor. The building itself —which even those who are not friendly to the In stitution, allow to evince a better architectural taste than characterizes the generality of the modern buildings of the metropolis—is nearly in a finished state. The lecture-rooms and the apartments required for carrying on the system of the University, during the session just commenced, are finished. The suns expended by the council amounts to 87,7351.; and there yet re mains at their disposal 02,265/.—a sum which will enable the Council to meet all their engagements, and provide whatever is necessary for effective teaching in every department comprehended in their present plan. The Duke of Somerset, in eulogizing the labours of the Council, mentioned that he intended to send one of his own sons to participate in the advantages of the new seminary. The business of the University was opened on Wednesday, with an introductory lecture on surgery and physiology, delivered by Mr. Bell, professor of those sciences. Some minutes before three o'clock, the theatre of ana tomy, a spacious semicircular room, furnished with rows of seats rising successively one above another, was crowded with a respectable audience, con sisting of proprietors, professors, and medical students. Around the professor were Sir James Mackintosh, Dr. Lushington, Mr. Hume, Mr. Spring Rice, General Thornton, Dr. Birkbeck, Mr. Zachary Macauley, and others of the

council. The theatre was said to contain nearly one thousand hearers. Nine hundred cards of admission had been issued, and nearly five hundred applications were necessarily refused. Another lecture was delivered on Thursday, by Dr. Conolly, professor of pathology. The theatre was filled by a crowd of persons of all ranks, professions, and ages,—legal, clerical, medical, commercial, old and young.

Mr. Curtis on Thursday gave the first of a series of lectures on the anatomy, physiology, and pathology of the ear, at the Royal Dispensary in Dean-street, Soho-square. The lecture was interesting from the nature of the subject, and its abstruseness was lessened by the exhibition of a curious and expensive collection of preparations of the ear, by which he illustrated the causes of disease, and the mode of cure.

The Kentish Brunswick Club already musters six or seven hundred members, the greater part of whom are of the yeomanry and middle class of farmers.