THE KING.—His Majesty held a court at Windsor on Monday,

at which Lord Ellenborough delivered the seal of office as Lord Privy Seal. Some of the Ministers dined with his Majesty in the evening.

Preparations are making at St. James's Palace for the reception of his Majesty, who is expected to arrive early next week. It is understood that the principal motive of his Majesty for visiting town so soon is, to be near his Ministers during the important discussions which will take place in Parliament in the early part of the session; as the frequent journeys to Windsor which these discussions would cause, if his Majesty were to continue there, might interfere materially with their public and Parliamentary duties. During his Majesty's residence in town he will probably receive the Recorder's Report. It is not expected that his stay will on this occasion be long ; but in the course of the next month his Majesty intends to make a second journey to London, for the purpose of taking up a two or three months' residence in St. James's Palace. We are happy to state that he is now in excellent health.— Globe, Thursday. His Majesty's attendants at the Castle consist only of the Lord Steward, Sir F. Watson, and Sir W. Keppel!, who have the honour of dining and passing the evening with the King.—allorning Post.

We regret to hear that a severe calamity has befallen her Royal Highuess the Princess Sophia. A few days ago her Royal Highness complained of imperfect vision in one of her eyes ; and in less than three days the sight of it was completely gone, a cataract having formed.—Morning Chronicle.

The Marquis of Anglesea, visited the King on Sunday, and had a long audience.

The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland arrived in town yesterday. The Gazette of Tuesday announced the appointment of the Duke of Northumberland to the Government of Ireland.

It is worth remarking, as one of the signs of the altered complexion of the times with reference to the Catholic question, that as the Duke of Norfolk was getting into his carriage on Thursday afternoon, after introducing, in his capacity of Earl Marshal, Lord Amherst to his seat in the House of Lords, his Grace was loudly cheered by a great number of persons who had been assembled at the outer door of the House from motives of coriosity.—Thnes. On Monday, about one hundred gentlemen of the Ward of Cheap, of which the Lord Mayor is Alderman, gave a dinner to his Lordship, in honour of his accession to the civic chair.

Mr. Sheriff Copeland has been elected Alderman of the Ward of Bishops. gate, by a majority of 50 over Mr. Dove, by whom he was opposed. At the close of the poll the votes were—for Mr. Copeland, 230; for Mr. Dove, 230.

Mr. Edward Goulburn, of the Midland Circuit, brother to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, was on Wednesday called to the degree of Sergeant-atLaw.

Mr. Curwood, of the Oxford Circuit, has been appointed Chief Justice o Bombay, vacant by the death of Sir Edward NVest. Mr. O'Connell and his family are said to have engaged lodgings at Batt's hotel, Dover-street.

LONDON UNIVERSITY.--Mr. Macculloch delivered his introductory lecture am political economy on Monday ; and was favourably listened to by an audience which filled the large theatre of the College.

THE BANK.—II is stated that the Bank Directors intend to abolish the holydays.at the Bank. Their doing so will be the removal of a most serious inconvenience, particularly to country gentlemen.

REMINGTON AND CO.'S BANKRUPTCY.—An extraordinary meeting of the creditors was held yesterday. The amount of debts proved was comparatively small ; the largest sum only 12001. A good many small debts were proved against Mr. Stephenson's private estate, chiefly tradesmen's accounts. MEETING AT LLOIDS.—AI a meeting of the Subscribers yesterday, MT. Joseph Spencer was appointed Master of the Subscribers' Room. Mr. Grey has retired on a pension of 2001. per annum.

RETRENCHMENT.—The Portsmouth paper observes, that " great reductions" are contemplated in the civil department of the Navy. Three Commissioners are to retire, and fifteen clerks to be reduced. There are also to be reductions in the Victualling Office, and great . alterations at Chatham and Sheerness.

The Morning Chronicle mentions that a vacancy has occurred in one of the Boards of the Commissioners of the Revenue ; but that the Duke of Wellington has resisted every application to fill it up. The Premier means to try how the business will get on with a smaller establishment of Counnissioners; and it is not meant to fill the office, if it can at all be dispensed with. Four heads of Ducal houses are mentioned as having made application on behalf of retainers—hitherto unsuccessfully.

THE CORPORATION OF LONDON AND THE LIEUTENANT OF THE TOWER,—

The Corporation has raised an action against the Duke of Wellington, as Lieutenant of the Tower, for the infringement of one of the privileges which the Court of Aldermen are in the habit of considering as inestimable. At the time of the American war, the free passage to the Thames at Tower stairs was blocked up for the greater security of the Tower ; and since the peace, in place of opening the passage, the authorities of the Tower have clahned the ground as an appendage of that building, and built a gate there, en the supposition that the city has no jurisdiction over it. By this, the public are impeded in their progress to and from the steam.boats ; and there is a general exclamation against the obstruction. It is understood that the City solicitor is able to demonstrate beyond all doubt, that the city has the real title, as London wall can be proved to have divided the eastern from the western part of the Tower. The case was appointed for trial in the Court of King's Bench; but by the consent of parties, it has been referred to the Attorney and Solicitor-general. The obstruction at Tower-stairs was first made when the Duke of Richmond was Lieutenant of the Tower,—an attack from the enemy upon that fortress being apprehended.

SPITALFIELDS SILK %Amis.—The appointed meeting of the silk weavers in Spitalfields and its vicinity, took place on Tuesday, in front of the Royal Standard, Waterloo-town, Mile End-road. Soon after nine o'clock in the morning, the crowd gathered from all quarters, until at length no fewer than ten thousand persons had collected, bearing banners and emblems of their trade hung with crape and other tokens of mourning. The banners contained the following inscriptions—" We only wish to live by our labour." " We pray for the restoration of our trade." " British artisans reduced to starvation." " Victims of free trade." "British silk trade ruined by foreign competition," &c. A respectful memorial to the Duke of Wellington was read, and adopted by the weavers. The assembled multitude was then addressed by some individuals on the state of misery to which they were reduced—one of whom again denounced the Times newspaper as their enemy. Many thousands he said, who had taken that paper had determined to do so no more ; and the speaker advised all who were in the habit of reading it, to prefer the Morning Journal, many of whose articles against free trade in silk " deserve to be written in letters of gold." Tile immense body then moved forward to the Treasury. The Duke of Wellington was in the house ; but the deputation appointed to present the memorial did not see him. The Morning Journal says that lie was closeted with Mr. Peel ; and the " memorial of ten thousand staring men was consequently presented to certain gentlemen in livery." It was however intimated, that the Duke would send an answer in course of the night.

A deputation of the weavers, had an interview on Wednesday with the President and Vice-President of the Board of Trade, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the Master of the Mint. The conference lasted nearly two hours and a half; but the result has not transpired. ,

AurranoNs.—At a very full convocation of the' University of Oxford, held on Thursday, a petition against further concessions to the Catholics was adopted by 164 against 48. "This, too," says the Standard, " in spite of every exertion nrade by the pro-popery faction, who were summoned far and near. '

After the petition had been carried, a letter from Mr. Peel was read, stating that, in conjunction with every member of his Majesty's Government, he had brought his mind to contemplate the possibility of adopting some plan to set the Catholic claims at rest ; but as he had probably been indebted to his former opposition to the Catholics for much of the support he had received, be was prepared to tender his resignation, at such time as best suited the convenience of the University.

Archdeacon Wrangham has refused to comply with a requisition of the clergy of the East Riding of Yorkshire. for a meeting of their body to petition against the Cathelic claims.—Carlisle-Journal.

DISSENT E RS.—The Dissenters of Aylesbury are about to apply to Parliament to establish a legal mode of registering their children, in order that they may be able to produce admissible evidence of their lineal descent. They are in correspendence with Lord Nugent on the subject; and his Lordship has expressed himself favourable to their views. BANK FAILURE.—The Bank of Laslitaar and Co. at Brighton, stopped payment on Friday morning, last week_ They were in " trouble" during the " panic," and they are said never to have recovered the shock the'r credit then sustained.

POPULATION AND MILITARY FORCE.—In Great Britain there is f vesoldier for every two hundred and twenty nine inhabitants ; France one hundred and thirty eight ; United States one thousand nine hundred and seventy seven ; Russia seventy seven ; Prussiaeighty ; Austria orre hundred and eighteen ; Netherlands one hundred and forty two. The relation of the fleet to the population is—Great Britain, one ship of the line or frigate to every eighty two thousand nine hundred and seventy nine inhabitants ; France two hundred and ninety thousand nine hundred and nine ; United States three hundred arid sixteen thousand; Russia six hundred and eighty six thousand two hundred and fifty ; Austria two million nine hundred and nine thousand and ninety one ; Netherlands one hundred and seventy thousand five hundred and fifty six.