The Sun.
London, England, 1839-12-25 00:00:00

_,HRISTALAS DAY IN THE WORKHOUSES.--
In all the metropnlitan• and suburban parishes the par -
pers are supplied on this day with old English fare, roa st
beef and plem-pudding, and porter. In some of the
houses the supply is more liberal rhea in others. For
the 1,000 poor comprised in the K ensington
receive but half a pound of beef ar 4 the „,,tel,
iunsntiaonneer,
quanity of pudding, while their neigh!), Airs in the
Wandsworth and Clapham Union, are f arnished with
roast beef and
and juvenile plum-pudding ad Coitt 4„, ; the aged
indul paupers will have to a p.ed
gences in the evening. care several extra
Wadvocates for the
ad libitum plan, and wish it w`J re more general. Once
at least in a year the poor 81-
A DEFINITION •
OF 4ould have a good dinoer,
da
VituNKENNESS.—On Mon-
y we-A at the To'.en-aatill during the hearing of one
4, WrAs he dlrunk ?"
ofth .runkenness the accused person deniee,
!./ having sacrificed too freely to the jorly
haellecgbaatrigoens
Oof 0
god, on whied the following colloquy took pittet hetwr,ez
the Mayo:., and the constable, who was. 4 witness, ~....,
Mayor : i, Are you sure he was drunk ?" Constable :
Wr.is the. Than
"`
Constable:No t r egula
Gr
ra d edrunk."—Mayoriy.Aiayor: : „
drunk
?"---Con-
or sober r" Neither."—Mayor :‘.W.nat then stable : " Sharp fresh ; well, so frr.sla that he did not
know what he was doing, but not regular drunk." (en
this elaborate definition of inebri'ation the bench seemed
puzzled how to act, and the defendant, who ad
the allegation of"fresh," but indignantly repudiated the
mitted
accusation of " drunkenness," was reprimanded, and li.„
berated on payment of costs.---Prstoit Chronicle.
According, to ancient chronicles, Arthur kept the
east of Christmas with great solemnity. The I 4ords
kept it chiefly with the Sovereign, and it was the season
when the great gave clothes to their domest;.es. Barons
feasted the whole country, and a boar (not merely a
boar's head) was put upon the table, ri.ebly gilded, by
way of brawn. Ships sailed only with, the foremast, in
honour of the season.
the amusements in ePrly ;
Por the purr,Jose of conducting
t.mes—su,A as singing the was-
sail], se,ram
asneir.g round standards de-
corate(' with -
evergreens, the hobbyhorse, &c., a lord of
b ling f`
,Jr nuts,
misrule.,
or master of the revels, was appointed, who i
Iva° sometimes crowned and attended with all the pant- ,
phernalia of royalty during the 12 days. He was alr
,0
called the Christmas Prince; a mock play, as Nexatz' ler
and the King of .E.upt, was usually acted by ruurur rers,
The chief performers in the interlude; and plays Were
the gentlemen and children of choirs. Interlud• „ were
in the Inns of Cones, as were re.rels and
also usual
before and after suppe% So ea:ly as t 509 puri-
dances
anism began to object to these sporAs of war ancestors.
t SUICIDE OF AN iiouNO r_,NOLI.6II LADY AT
MOUNT VESUVIIT'—The Moniteur Pezeisien of Satur-
day night state:, that the da'aghter of au English banker, a
rich heire',s, named Wigs Anna Wilkins, had thrown
hersclF. 'into the crater of Mount Vesuvius, on the 12th 1
i'''",i.. in consequ.,nce of being crossed in love. The oh-
jest of her -
years of attachment was a handsome Lazzarone, 19 t
. age.