The Sun.
London, England, 1830-04-20 00:00:00

MS MAJESTY'S HEALTH.

(I,rotti the Court Circular. )
His MAJESTY'S health has not, we regret to
state, improved to that degree as was anticipated
from the favourable state in which the KING
appeared on Saturday. Sir HENRY HA LFORD
and Sir MATTHEW TIERNEY remained in
attendance on his MAJESTY during Sunday
night. The two medical gentlemen held a con-
sultation yesterday morning at the Palace, pre-
vicus to their leaving for London, and agreed
upon the following Bulletin for the information
of the public

" WINDSOR CASTLE, APRIL 19, 1830.
" His MAJESTY continues to suffer occasionally,
from attacks of embarrassment in his breathing.

" HENRY HALFORD.
" MATTHEW JOHN TIERNEY."

HIS MAJESTY may be considered to be
rather better than when. the first Bulletin of the
state of his health was issued ; certainly not
worse : neither of the physicians were in attend-
ance on the KING during yesterday.
Sir HENRY HALFORD left the Palace sh ortly
before eight o'clock, and returned to town. Sir
MATTHEW TIERNEY remained at the Palace
about an hour and a half after the departure of
Sir HENRY, when Sir MATTHEW also took his
leave, on his return to town.

Sir HENRY HALFORD returned to the
Palace soon after seven o'clock yesterday even-
ing. Sir MATTHEW TITZRNEY was not ex-
pected to return to the Palace last night.
Copies of the Bulletin were sent to th• Duke
of CLARENCE at Bushy Park, and the other
branches of the Royal Family, in the course of
the morning.

SPORTING INTELLIGEN CE.

TATTERSALL'S.

The crowded state of the room induced as to expect a
heavy (lay's business. This, however, was not the case,
although *omit tolerably heavy engagements were made.
The alterations in the odds are not to be treated slightly
at this period, when the near approach of the Epsom
Races gives an importance to every fluctuation. Cressida
is not in any demand ; the last odds offered were 500 to
105 ; but these would have increased if there had been
any disposition evinced to back him. Brunswieker was
backed by the north country people, and left off at 7 to 1
(offers), which a Manchester gentleman had previously
taken to 3001. Mouse was not in favour, nor was Cetus;
Augustus was backed at 11 to 1, and Malunoud had many
friends, who confidently assert that he is the best horse
for the Derby (this we have strong reason to think has
been ascertained to be the c::•se). Lord Exeter's other
horse, Red Rover, is reported to have gone amiss in his
legs, 40 to 1 being offered with impunity. At six o'clock
the following were the average prices :

TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES.
Even between Augustus and Mouse.
DERBY.
500 to 105 aget Mr. Chifney's Priam (Cressida)
7 to 1 agst Mr. Petre's Brunswieker
8 to 1 aget Lord Cavendish's Mouse colt
10 to 1 aget Sir M. Wood's The Mummer (taken)
11 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Augustus (taken)
12 to 1 eget Sir M. Wood's Cetus
14 to 1 aget Mr. Ridsdale's Little Red Rover (taken)
15 t• 1 agst Lord Exeter's Mabmeud
18 to 1 agst Lord Cleveland's Witt Tyler (taken)
22 to 1 agst Lord Sligo's Brine
25 to 1 agst Mr. Ramsbottom's Zucharelli
25 to 1 agst Lord Sefton's Captain Arthur
40 to 1 apt Lord Exeter's Red Rover
50 to 1 aget Lord Verulem's Varennes colt
OAKS.
5 to 1 agst Lord Sefton's Mouehe
to 1 agst Duke of Grafton's BrOusbilla
11 to 1 agst Lord Queensberry's Maria
14 to 1 agst Mr. Stonehewer's Leeway filly
No alteration in the St. Leger.

The Duke of WELLINGTON came to town
on Sunday evening, from his residence at Stratlitieldsaye.

Summonses were issued yesterday morning to
the Cabinet Ministers to attend a Cabinet Council. Mes-
sengers were also despatched to those of the Ministers who
were obit of town.

The Spanish Minister had a long conference
with the Dike of WELLINGTON yesterday, at the Treasury.

On Saturday her Royal Highness the Duchess
of KENT, accompanied by the Princess VICTORIA, visited
the British Diora►ua and Royal Bazaar, Oxford-street.
Lord ST. MAuR, the eldest son of the Duke
of SOMERSET, 18 to accompany Prince LxoroLD to Greece.
The ILn. Colonel and Mrs. CUST are also to form part of
the Royal household.—Court Journal.

SOUTHERN, the author of the tragedy of
Isabella, which was originally called The Fatal Mar-
riage, or the Innocent Adultery, was the first dramatic
writer who received large sums from the booksellers; he
got 1501. for the copyright of a play, The Spartan
Dame, in 1719, and the profits *sing from only three
nights' representation amounted to 7001. ; whilst JOHN
DRYDEN never received more than 1001. for his most suc-
cessful play. Sounixitw was the first who extended the
privileges of dramatic authors to a second and third night.

Isabella, in SOUTHERN'S tragedy of that
rmne (at the first representation of which the celebrated
Mrs. BRACEGIRDLE spoke the prologue), has been se-
lected by Miss FANNY KESIBLE, for her next personation,
on her lather's benefit night. In this play Mrs. SIDDONS
took look leave of the Bath audience, previously to her
appearance at Drury-lane, where she again agitated the
town in this heart-rending character. CHARLES KEMBLE
will represent Biron.

A young lady, of great beauty and accom-
plishments, will mate her debut at the Haymarket Theatre
early in the approaching season. Her ta!ents are purely
musical. She has been educated in a good school, and her
vocal powers are spoken of with enthusiasm by the worthy
Knight, who has for several years managed the Orchestra
of one of our national theatres.

The author of " Pelham" has in the press
a new Novel, to be called " Paul Cie:Yard," wherein,
we understand, a perfectly original mode of satire is to be
developed. The Jaading Members of the Cabinet, and
the Lords paramount of the drawing-rooms, headed by
no less a personage than the m w himself, will be asto-
nished to see the garb in which, with but link disguise,
the author has arranged them.

We are happy to communicate the fullov►ing
trait of munificence in the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
It will be recollected that a few weeks ago the elegant
cottage of Mr. CRAMPTON, the Surgeon-General,. of the
Forces, which is situated at Loughbrea, was burnt to the
ground. The Duke of NORTHUMBERLAND, who had not
long previously paid a visit to Mr. CRAMPTON at this resi-
dence, no sooner heard of the loss, than he delicately re-
quested, in a way which could not be refused, to be al-
lowed to rebuild the cottage at his own expense, on the
ground, he said, of its having been a national ornament
which it became the head of the Government to restore.
The expense is estimated, we understand, at about 3,0001.

The new road leading from Buckingham-gate
through St. James's-park, to Great George-street, for
carriages , is now gravelling, and will be open, we under-
stand, on Friday next to the public. It will be a great ac-
commodation to the inhabitants of Grosvenor-place, and
to those who will occupy the splendid mansions now erect-
ing by Mr. CIJBITT in Belgrave-square, and its neighbour-
hood.

The first open ballot of the Literary Union
'Club took place on Wednesday last, when out of ten can-
didates for admission only one was elected. Either sonic
of the members must have been very good-natured to pro-
pose so many unfit persons, or the ballot was not conducted
with due regard to justice and feeling. We are disposed
to think that this general blackballing proceeded from a
paltry affectation of respectability, and an aping of the
other clubs, rather than from the unworthiness of all the
candidates. The members of the club will do well to
reflect, that although a reasonable difficulty in obtaining
admission will increase its character', indiscriminate rejec-
tion will do harm, and prevent applications from respect-
able persons who would otherwise become candidates. It
would be much more creditable to endeavour to recruit
their funds by getting 200 more respectable members,
and improving their dinner establishment. At present it
is common chop-house fare with high tavern prices.—
Intclligence.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE.

A very ludicrous scene took place at the Mansion-
house on the occasion of a ehar::e against an Almoner
of the Tower, who is in the habit of acting as armed
knight to the Lord Mayor on that most remarkable
of days in the city calendar, the 9th of November.
Mr. Clements, a gentleman who resides in Trinity-
square, stated, that the Almoner, who lodged at his
house, was in the habit of throwing up the windows
in the dead of the night, and calling the watch, to
the disgrace of the house, and the alarm of the
whole neighbourhood. For this sort of conduct there
was no excuse whatever, but it was in vain to ex-
postulate with the Almoner, who, on the preceding
night, upon returning home tipsy, frightened all the
ladies i❑ the house by roaring out for the assistance
of the guardians of the night. The witness thought
the best way to dispose of him was to clacge him to
the safe custody of those whose aid he invoked, and
at half-past eleven o'clock he was consigned to the
Giltspur-street Compter.

The LORD MAYOR said, the practice complained
of was a very extraordinary' one indeed, and asked
whether the Almoner was not rather touched in the
pericranium ?—Mr. Clements fancied that some-
thing of the kind must be the ct-.le ; but he attri-
buted this perverted flight of the imagination to the
excessive use of strong cordials.

The Almoner, who is a man of gigantic propor-
tions, with a large quantity of whitish hair thickly
set in his head, shook his head at this intimation,
and held up a finger at each side of it, as if to say
that if he was mad, he was horn mad.

His LORDSHIP asked his Knight why he took such
a fancy to the society of the watchmen at a time
when all reasonable men were going to bed ?
The Almoner said, the fact was, he did not fancy
the society of the landlord, who was rather too parti-
cular in his attentions to his wife to give unmixed
satisfaction. He (the Almoner) had returned to his
lodging on the preceding night, and was not long in
his bed-room with his wife when he heard a footstep
close to the door, and on opening it, he perceived
his landlord watching for a wicked opportunity, like
Tarquin.
The LORD MAYOR said the step of the landlord
on the stairs was one of those " trifles light as air"
which jealousy fixed upon as " confirmations," and
that a man was not to be suspected of intriguing
with the wives of his lodgers because he took it into
his head to walk about his own house. "But,"
said his Lordship, " has your wife complained of his
conduct ?"—" Complained !" said the Almoner
with a laugh, " Not she indeed. She, I have every
reason to suppose, encourages him."
Mr. Clements declared most solemnly that such
an imputation was the grossest libel that could be
uttered. The defendant's wife was an extremely re-
spectable, well-conducted woman, and had suffered
most severely from her husband's unmanageable and
mischievous vagaries.
The LORD MAYOR told the complainant, that it
was a very great annoyance, no doubt, to be subject
to the visits of the watch at such hours, and asked
him whether he could swear that he was in fear of
the Almoner.—Mr. Clements certainly was not, as
he considered himself able to manage that gen-
tleman. Every woman, however, in the house was
greatly frightened at him.
The Almoner—Well, I'll tell you what it is—
I'll leave my wife and furniture, and all with you,
and never again enter your doors, if you let the
matter drop here.
Mr. Clements said that the Almoner must cer-
tainly quit his house, but he must pay up his arrears
of rent, which the value of the furniture did not
amount to, before he could be considered at liberty
to depart.
His LORDSHIP ordered that the Almoner should
find bail if he failed to satisfy his landlord that he
would no more appeal to the judgment of the watch-
men on the subject of his jealous suspicions.
Several of the Paddington coachmen having lately
become drivers as well as owners of omnibuses, the
streets in the neighbourhood of the Bank are often
favoured with racing and blackguard contests of all
descriptions from those gentry, and human life is
constantly in the most imminent danger in conse-
quence of the violence of the competition.
A number of gentlemen attended yesterday to
prefer complaints against the drivers of many of those
vehicles.

The LORD MAYOR told the defendants, that if
they did not mind what they were about, they
would destroy human life, and stand at the bar of
the Old Bailey. His Lordship then lined each of
the defendants 205., and Mr. Gill requested that the
moiety allot! ed to him should be given to the Li-
censed Victuallers' Asylum.
Two other drivers were next charged by some
gentlemen who reside in Coleman-street, the scene
of many a contest. One of the defendants contrived
to drive his horses in such a manner as to prevent a
competitor who was behind him from getting Mr-
ward, and a corresponding effort was made by the
hindmost to get into the place of his adversary. At
last the affair came to a gallop, and it really looked
as if the rivals were quite regardless of any thing
but victory. The street was in a complete uproar
with abus,-, hallooing, shouting, and slashing. A
lady in one of the vehicles screamed aloud with fright,
and begged to be let out, but two or three Jew cads
held the door fast, and a gentleman was obliged to
force it open. The lady was taken out : the omni-
buses then set off at full gallop.

The defendants declared that there was not the
slightest danger to any body, and they solemnly
vowed that they walked their horses all the way—
(Laughter)—one might have wished to get before
the other, that was all.
The LORD MAYOR fined the defendant who acted
worst upon this occasion (for the gentlemen who
complained drew a distinction between them) the
sum of 405., and the lesser offendei ss.

Other drivers were also find, some for rapid
driving, and others for stoppages.
His Lordship said, he understood there was a
common purse from which those fines were paid,
but he thought he should soon empty it. He should
begin to fine the omnibus gentry 5/. each.