The Sun.
London, England, 1825-12-09 00:00:00

THE KING, &c.

WINDSOR, DEC. B.—HIS MAJESTY took an airing this
afternoon in the Great Park, accompanied by the Lord Steward,
in his pony phaeton, but returned to the Royal Lodge much
earlier than usual, on account of the uncertainty of the weather.
His Majesty did not leave the Royal Lodge during the whole of
yesterday. The King was occupied in his study. Yesterday
forenoon his Royal Highness the Duke of York visited his Ma-
jesty, at the Royal Lodge, with whom he had an interview for
a considerable time. His Royal Highness, after partaking re-
freshments with his Majesty, left the Lodge. Last evening his
Majesty again entertained his suite at dinner.

DEPARTURES FROM TOWN, &c.
The Duke of St..Alban's, for Lord F. Beauclerk's seat in
Herts ; the Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdown, for Bo-
wood Park; the Earl and Countess of Hardwicke, for Brighton;
Lady Elizabeth Stuart, for ditto ; the Dowager Marchioness
of Exeter, for Roehampton ; Colonel and Mrs. Hunter; from
Brighton, for Ipswich; Mrs. and Miss Macauley, for Bath;
Colonel and Mrs. Maxwell, from Ainwick, for ditto ;'Colonel
and Mrs. Macdonald, from Powis Castle, for ditto ; Mr. and
Mrs. Smith and Miss Hammond, for Burwood, Surrey. From
Fenton's New Hotel, St. James's-street—;Major Graeme, for
Ireland; J. R. West, Esq. for Alscot Park, Warwickshire.
From Batts' Hotel, Dover-street—G. Smith, Esq. Mrs. and
the Misses Smith, for Dublin ; G. Wilson, Esq. for Herts.
From the Bath Hotel, Arlington-street—Captain and Mrs.
Caldwell, for Ireland ; J. Farrer, Esq. for Oxford.
ARRIVALS IN TOWN.
The Countess St. Martin de Front, from Twickenham ; the
Duke of Norfolk, from Arundel Castle ; Earl Stanhope, from
the Continent; Lord and Lady Gwydyr, from Drummond
Castle. At Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square—Sir John and
Lady Clarges, from Oxfordshire ; the Rev., Mr. Hotham, Mrs.
Hotham, and family, from Kent. At Jordan's Hotel, St.
James's-street—The Itev. Mr. Atwick. At Batts' Hotel—Co.
lonel and Mrs. Edwards, from Bath.

Viscount Milton has arrived at his father's (Earl Fitzwilliarn)
seat, Northamptonshire, from a tour.

ANECDOTES, &c.

REMARKABLE DAY.—This day is the anniver-
sary of the birth of Milton, 1598. _ _

NAVAL DISCIPLINE.—His Royal Highness the
Duke of CLARENCE, when Captain of a frigate on the West
India station was a continual annoyance to the young and slo-
venly Midshipmen. Some days he would take it in his head
to have a muster, and inspect their births ; with a stick in his
hand he would bring to light many articles of wearing appa-
rel, &c. lying about in a filthy state. On asking to whom
it belonged, none of the officers would answer, when the un-
claimed property was immediately ordered to be thrown over-
board. The propriety of such severity has been since advo-
cated by the very officers who suffered most by it at the time,
many of whom are now the brightest ornaments to the naval
history of Great Britain.
FIRST APPEARANCES.—It is a curious fact,
that during the year 1766 no new performer appeared either at
Drury-lane or Covent-garden. This is a circumstance without
parallel in the history of the stage.
A BLIND ACTOR.—The following paragraph
appeared in the Wolverhampton Chroniclel792 :—Mr. Briscoe,
the Manager of, a small Theatrical Company now in Stafford-
shire, though stone blind, plays all the Heroes in his trage-
dies, and Lovers in genteel comedies.
WESTMINSTER ELECTION.—At the contest for
Westminster between Lord Trentham and Sir George Vande-
put, in 1749, a gentleman being beset on both sides his coach
by the opposite mobs, crying out for the opposite candidate,
called out, " G—d d—n them both!"

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

STATE or TUE ODDS.--'
DEI

11 to 2 agst Mnnarch
21 to 2 agst Treclille c.
13 to 1 agst Bolivar
15 to 1 agst The General
20 to 1 agst Br. to Twatty
20 to 1 agst Graniarie
20 to 1 agst Zuleika c.

o.t
13 to 1 agst Mignonette
17 to 2 agst Pawn
9 to 1 agst Rachel
10 to 1 ags. f. out of Master
Henry's dam
DONCASTEIi
8 to 1 agst Bedlamite
10 to 1 agst Crusader
18 to 1 agst Belzoni

lETTING-ROOlll, DEC. 8.
.Dn.
20 to 1 nget 60013 t
25 to 1 agst Advance e.
25 to 1 agst Canvass
25 to 1 agst Pranks colt
35 to 1 agst Br. to Cedric
40 to 1 agst Tippitywitchet.

KS.
16 to I agst Parasol
16 to 1 agst Elizabeth
16 to 1 agst 80-peep
I 17 to 1 agst Quadrille
I 25 to 1 agst Morel.
t ST. LEGER.
I 22 to 1 agst Br. to Barefoot
I 25 to 1 agst any other.

HUNTING INTELLIGENCE.
MEETINGS OF MOUNDS IN TILE ENSUING WEEK.
Lord Petre's Fox Hounds, on Monday, at Tilbury Mill ;
Thursday, at Dunbury Griffin ; Saturday, at Downham Cock.
Mr. Meynell's Hounds, on Monday, at Catton ; Thursday,
at Calke Abbey; Saturday, at Holly Bush.
Sir 0. Sitwell's Hounds, on Tuesday, at Stony Houghtoa
Bar ; Friday, at Norton.
The Brighton Harriers, on Monday, at Patcham ; Wednes-
day, at the Race-cOurse ; Friday, at the Dyke.
The Brookside Harriers, on Monday, at Newmarket Hill ;
Wednesday, at the Kennel, Ilford ; Friday, at Tellescombe
Tye.
The Gransden Hounds, on Monday, at Stetchworth ; Fri.
day, at Thurlow Kennel.

Letters were received yesterdry from Mexico,
of the 27th of September, by his Majesty's ship
Jasper, which state the retirement from office of
M. ALAMAN, Minister for Foreign Affairs. lie
has been ,succeeded by M. GAMACTIO, of Xalapa.
M. ALAMAN was President of the United Mexi-
can Mining Association ; to which undertaking,
in consequence of his quitting office, he was to
devote his exclusive attention. Indeed, those
functions would not appear to be perfectly com-
patible with those of a Minister of State. The
mining operations were said to be going on
favourably. By the letters from Vera Cruz,
which are dated the 6th of October, it seems
that the attempt is renewed by the Mexi-
cans, and with better prospects of success
than before, to obtain possession of the Castle
of St. Juan de Ulloa. The garrison hav►ng
received from General Barragon a letter re-
specting the situation of affairs in Europe, sent a
flag of truce, offering to capitulate if time could
be allowed them to send to llavannah to ascer-
tain the truth of its statements; but this was re-
fused. When the Jasper left Vera Cruz, the
Spanish and Mexican squadrons were inaction,
and it was fully expected the former would be
forced to surrender, and the consequence would
be the immediate capitulation of the Castle of St.
Juan de Ulloa.

The well-known Cacique of Poyais, Sir GRE•
Gott M4GREGOR, who had been endeavouring to
recruit for subjects for his pretended kingdom, in
France, was arrested last Sunday at Paris, in the
Rue Vautadour, and on Monday conducted to
the Prefecture of Police, when, after an interro-
gation by the Judge, he was transferred to the
prison of La Force.

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