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At the dinner-party given by his Majesty at St. James's, on Friday night (last week), to a number of distinguished guests, an accident, At the dinner-party given by his Majesty at St. James's, on Friday night (last week), to a number of distinguished guests, an accident,
Which might have been attended with serious results, was prevented
by the promptitude of one of the pages Li attendance. His Majesty having risen to propose a toast, by some accident his chair was pushed
back further than he was aware of; when about to resume his seat, the page saw the danger which the King ran when going to sit down, and caught him at the moment, otherwise his Majesty must have fallen to the ground. The page's promptitude was the theme of congratulation for the remainder of the evening.—Globe.
The appointment of Earl Durham is so agreeable to the Emperor of Russia, that his Imperial Majesty has offered to send a ship of war, in which his Lordship and his suite may proceed up the Black Sea.— Courier.
Lord Elphinstone has returned from his special mission to the King of Wurtemberg, at the Hague. His Lordship was a passenger in the Batavier, from Rotterdam. He proceeded on his arrival direct to Windsor, and returned from the Castle on Thursday.
Mr. Edward Ellice left town on Saturday. He is to accompany Lord Durham to Constantinople.—Courier.
The Tories reported that Earl Grey had left town without leaving his proxy, but this is one of the lies which the Tory press is in the habit of hazarding without scruple. Lord Melbourne holds Earl Grey's proxy.
Sir Robert Adair has been appointed on a special mission to the Court of Prussia.
We are told that the repeated visits of Lord Glenelg to Windsor Castle have immediate reference to the Governor-Generalship of
India ; and that his Lordship's appointment to that high' office will appear in the Gazette as soon as the East India Directors have signi- fied their approval ; the appointment having been submitted to them, as a matter of courtesy.—Standard. [The Times says that Lord Auck- land is to go to India.]
Mr. John Ryan is to succeed the late Sir Charles Vernon in the Ushership of the Court of Exchequer. The Deputy-Registership of the State Papers has become vacant by the demise of Mr. Lemon. The office is worth 470/. per annum, together with a free residence in Great George Street. Mr. Lemon, since 1825, had received an additional salary of 2001. per annum, as secretary to Commissioners for State Papers.
Sir W. Gossett, the new Sergeant-at-Arms to the House of Com- mons, appears to be quite a man of business, being constantly occupied with writing or seeing that " all's right" about the House; and so dis- posed to do something for his salary, that when the short-band writer was at the bar taking notes of the Speaker's reprimand of Clipperton. it was with some difficulty that he could be prevented from taking the mace off the table, and standing with it at the bar at the side of the prisoner.—Herold.
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