The Sun.
London, England, 1839-04-23 00:00:00

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE.

ARRIVALS.
The Earl and Countess of Romney, in St. James's-
"are, from their scat, Moat's Park, near Maidstone,
Kent ; the Hon. G. Berkeley, in New-street, Spring-
gardens from Gloucestershire; the Countess of Euston
and Lady L. Fitzroy, in Grosvenor-place, from a visit to the
Duke of Grafton, at Wakefield Lodge, Stoney Stratford ;
Lord Saltoun, in Great Cumberland-street, from his scat,
j'll Scotland; the Earl and Countess of Jerniyn, in St.
Charles Lushington, in Mansfi
ineld-street;from Brighton
Lord and Lady Maynard, Grosvenor-square, for the
Continent ; Lady Anne Beresford, in Charles-street, from
the family seat in Ireland ; Lord William Bentiuck, at
Vernon House, from Paris ; Lord and Lady Fitzharris, at
Lord Malmesbury's, Whitehall-gardens, from Heron
Court. Hants; Mr. Henry Philip Hope, at his new resi-
dence in Connaught-place ; the Marquis of Granby, at
Lord Forester's, Charles-street, Berkeley-square, from
Leicestershire ; Lord Cantilupe, at Lord Delawares, in
Upper Grosvenor-street; Sir George and Lady Smyth,
at their new residence in Grosvenor-square, late Mr.
Hriusley Sheridan's, from their seat near Colchester;
Colonel and Lady Elizabeth Steele, at the Marquis of
Tvveeddale's, Belgrave-square, from Brighton; Sir David
Roche, Bart, in Duke-street, St. James's, from Limerick;
Sir J. Harnlyn and Lady Mary Williams, at their house in
Upper Grosvenor-street, from Clovelly Court, Devon;
Mr. and Mrs Gardiner, at the Sackville Hotel, Sackville-
street, from Dublin ; the Hon. Captain and Mrs. Black-
wood, at ditto ' • Mr. and Mrs. William Johnson, at ditto,
from Liverpool. __ _

DEPARTURES.
Count de Rchan Chabot, from Manchester House, for
Paris • Mr. and Mrs. H. Baskerville, from Mivart'a Hotel,
Brook-street, for Portland- place ; Prince Trauttsmandsdorff
and Prince Rodolph Leichtenstein, from the Clarendon
Hotel, Bond-street, for Paris en route to Vienna; Sir
Charles Lamb and the Dowager Lady Montgomerie, from
ditto, on a visit to the Earl of Eglintoun, at Eglintoun
Castle, N.B. ; Captain Ellice, M.P., from Arlington-
street, to assume the command of • the Britannia flag-ship,
at Portsmouth ; Mr. and Mrs. Wallace, from Cambridge-
terrace, Hyde Park. on a tour ; Sir Clayton East, Bart.,
from Hakes's Hotel, Manchester-street, for Hall-place,
Berks ; the Right Hon. F. Shaw, for Dublin ; Mr. and
Mrs. Maclean and family, from the Sackville Hotel,
Sackville-street, for Marazion ; Captain Edge, ditto.
CHANGE.

J. Horrocks, Esq., from Buckland, in Berks, to the
seat of E. Arbuthnot, Esq., Newton House, Newbury.

ISLE OF WIGHT.

RAILROAD REVOLUTION S.— E.' QCALISATION OF TAXA-
:JO:v.__ How many flourishing towns and thriving villages
:eye already had their trade steamed off, and what a num-
of noble inns and postina houses the pride of their
„,11githourhood, and formerly the boast of Englishmen, aro
age tenantless. The stage coachman, that noble person-
Th' With his four prime 'uns, by them is no more seen.
thee Postmaster alone remains! and yet he is not without
ilirooruseysiislitor,although seeing the ruin this monster has
g ton him and his family, he yesterday sold all his
must paayadficvaerriages, yet the tax-gatherer will be his con-
stant visitor for the next two years ! Till April 1841, he
guineas a-year for each of his carriages,
though his trade is destroyed, and be has sold off his
4teck This will be his assess tax curse ! And if he lived
on the coast, or near a river, this may have been brought
on him by an untaxed steam vessel, supported by our wise
Legislators to assist the a ricultural interests, and promote
the breeding of horses. g
fact
NEW TOWN.—In a former paper e mentioned the
of Morris Castle, in the Isle of Wight, having been
sold to Mr. Bell. It appears that that gentleman has
several other gentlemen concerned with him, whose inten-
tion, it is said, is to build a number of villas on the grounds,
.ximmanding the most extensive views of the Solent Sea,
iritto which a noble causeway is to be built out for the
swro are to occupy the castle and no less splendid buildings
ch are to be erected near it. In the large field, on the
,ight of the entrance to the park, and opposite the lodge, a
e
town is to be formed, to b
.called Belle Ville ; here we are
to have the Castle Tap, with coach-houses and stabling
for 100 horses; shops for all descriptions of goods, with a
church in the centre ; all is to be on the most magnificent
scale ; and a four horse coach is to be established between
Belle Ville and Ventnor, through Newport, Cowes, and
Ryde are expected to fall back into their original insignifi-
cance. This is the commencement of the grand effects
of the Southampton Railway. Mr. Brookes, of Bond-
street, has been down during the past week, with several
of her gentlemen, architects, engineers, &c., surveying the
;rounds, making plans, &c.
The Earl of Shannon is expected at East Cowes Castle
:arty next month.
The Earl of Yarborough, who is at the R. Y. S. House,
leaves for Arlington-street on Thursday morning.
Potatoes which were said to be such a " shocking bad
crop" in this island, have all at once cropt out in such vast
quantities (particularly the white sorts) as to exceed be-
lief, the producers would now gladly sell them in place at
3s. per sack of 2001bs.

The Earl of Listowel is to be the new Knight o
St. Patrick, in the room of the late Earl of Caledon.
Lord and Lady Lyndhurst and the Hon. Miss
Copley have arrived in town from Paris. We are happy to
be able to pronounce Lady Lyndhurst quite recovered.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne, a
party to meet her Majesty the Queen and the Duchess of
Kent at dinner at Lansdowne House is expected to con
sist of the Marquis and Marchioness of Normanby, Vis-
count Melbourne, Duke of Argyll, Duke of Norfolk, Lord
Palmerston, Earl of Albemarle, Lord and Lady Cotten-
ham, Marquis Conyngham, and Earl of Clarendon. The
talents of Grisi, Rubini, and Tamburini, have been en-
gaged for the concert, which will commence at ten o'clock
In the grand saloon. Three hundred eards have been is-
sued for the assembly in the evening.
ST. GEORGE'S DAY, APRIL 23.—The fol-
lowing ancient legend of the tutelar saint and patron of
England is from the Legende Aurea, preserved in the Bri-
tish Museum :—",SayntGe.orge was a knyghte born at Ca-
Pad°ae• On a time he came into the province of Libya,
t° a cyte whyche is sayd Sylene, and by this cyte was a
gayne or ponde lyke a sea, wherein was a dragon whyche
envenymed alle the contre, and the people of the cyte gave
him every day two sheep to fede bym, and when the
beep fayled, there was taken a man and a sheep. Thermo
vas an ordaniunce made in the tounc, that there should be
'lkon the chyldren and yung peple of them of the toune
7 lotte, and that it so happed the lotte fyle upon the
synge's daughter, whereof the Kyng was sory, and sayde,
r the love of Goddes, take gelde and silver, and elle that
have, arid let me have my daughter ; and the peple sayd,
syr, ye that have made and ordayned the law, and
our ehyldren be now dead, and now ye wolde do the eon-
In'Ye ; your daughter shall be gyven, or else we shall
renne you and you holdes. When the Kynge saw he
light no more doo, he began to weepe, and returned to the
eple, and demanded eight dayes respyte,and when the eight
'ayes were passed, thenne dydd the Kynge arraye his
`laughter lyke as she should be wedded, and ledde her to the
dace where the draagon was. When she was there Saynt
,
`-'ebrge passed by, and demanded of the ladye what she
1 ,:acle there ; and she sayde, "go ye your wayes, fay re
youstg man, that ye perish not also." The legend then
relates that the dragon appeared, "and Saynt George,
-ip,sn his horse, bore himself against the dragon, and smote
iim with his spere, and threw him to the ground, and
delivered the ladye to her fader, who was baptized, and all
his peple." It says further, " that Saynt George was af-
terwards beheaded by order of the Emperor Daclen, in the
year of our Lord 287," and concludes, " This blessed holy
martyr, Saint George, is patrone of this rolaume of Eng-
le:lde, and the cry of men of warre, in the worshyp of whom
is founded the noble order of the garter, and also a noble
college in the castle of Wyndsore, by Kyuges of Englonde
In which college is the hs.rte of Saynt George, whyche
oYgsmunde, the Emperor of Alrneyne, brought and gave
r a great and precious relique to Kynge Harry the
Fifthe and also the sayd Sygsmunde was abroder of the
sayd garter ; and also here is a heyre of
,hys bede ; whych
college is nobly endowed to the honour and worship of Al-
mighty God and his blessed martyr Saynt George."

THEATRES

CO VEX 7 GARDEN.

Agnes Bernaue;,theAlaid of Augsburg, or the Secret
Tribunal, a new romantic melo-drame, which was brought
out at this Theatre on Saturday night, was repeated last
night. The plot of the piece is to the following effect :
Prince Albert (Anderson) is secretly united to Agnes
Bernauer (Mrs. Warner), to the utter mortification of his
father, the Duke of Bavaria (Phelps) who designs him
to wed the Princess of Brunswick ( Miss E. Phillips.) The
Duke, in revenge, has false accusa.ions brought against
Agnes, and she is in consequence doomed to death, through
the machinations of the secret tribunal, but is saved by
Herman ( Elton) himself a partial victim to its infamous
decrees, Agnes having afforded him assistance in time of
need, and enabled him to escape in the guise of a-friar, in
which he returns to her timely rescue. The piece abounds
in situations, and some of them are striking ones, and is,
besides, aided by some good scenery. The overture and
incidental music by Macfarren was characteristic and ef.
fective, but the former, we thought, was somewhat too
noisy. The serenade in the first act struck us as pleasing
It is but justice to the performers to add, that all exerted
themselves to the utmost.