The Sun.
London, England, 1825-12-31 00:00:00

DEPARTURES FROM TOWN. &,-".

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Lord and Lady Say and Sale, from Itamsgate, for Belvi-
dere ; the Marquis of Lothian, for Scotland ; Emily Marchio-
ness of Londonderry, for North Cray, Kent; Lord Selford, from
Selford House Northain tonshire, for Bracey Hall, Warrington ;
Lady Elizabeth Stuar, for Brighton ; Colonel and Mrs. Steele,
from Cheltenham, for Bath ; Mr. Du Pre and Mist Du Pre,
from a tour, from Wilton Park, Beaconsfield ; Mrs. and Miss
Dugdale, for Bath. From Ncrot's Hotel, ClitTord-g net—Mrs.
and the Miss Croft ; Mrs. Biddulph and family.

ARRIVALS IN TOWN.
The Marquis of Camden, from the Wilderness, Kent ;
Countess de Grey, from Putney Heath ; Baroness d'Ersby,
the Hon. Miss Burrell, and Miss Elliot, from .t;heltenharn.
At Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square—Lady Keith, from
Kent. At head's Hotel, Lower Grosvenor-street—Henry
Oakes, Esq. from Suffolk. At the Pulteney Hotel, Albemarle-
street—Mr. Rice and Edward Rice, Esq. from Dover. At
Long's Hotel, Bond-street--Charles Hyndham, Esq. from
Brighton. At Nerot's Hotel—Dr. and Mrs. Lamb ; Mrs. and
the Misses Latouche; the Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Smith.

Ha mit TON, DF:c. 29.—At the Pavilion every thing remains
n quo. There is yet a talk of the return of the KING,
but, unfortunately, it emanates from no authority to be relied
on.—Sir Robert and Lady Kennedy are again with us, and for
a lengthened sojourn They arc residing on the Marine
Parade. Lord Bingham, and the Honourable Mr. Twis-
leton, are remaining at the Royal York Hotel—and Lord
Archibald Hamilton is yet a guest at the Marine. Hotel. Mr.
Smith, the Secretary of the Bishop of Lincoln, with his accom-
plished bride, to enjoy the pleasures of the honey-moon, is also
at the latter Hotel. Lady Elizabeth Stuart has left us for St.
James's-square. The Earl and Countess of Hardwicke are
remaining at Preston House
Yesterday the Duke and Duchess of Clarence gave an enter-
tainment to their Royal Highness's domestics, their friends, and
their tradespeople, at the Duke and Duchess's residence, at
Bushy Park.
Yesterday Prince Polignac, the French Ambassador, trans-
acted business at the Foreign Office.
The Earl of Liverpool came to town yesterday morning, at
eleven o'clock, at his house in Whitehall, to meet some official
and other Gentlemen upon public business. .
Lady Carrington, we are sorry to state, is seriously indisposed
at her house, Whitehall.
The Dowager Marchioness of Exeter arrived yesterday at
her seat, at Roehampton, from Burleigh, Lincolnaltire.
The Bishop of Chichester has left the Palace, Chichester,
for Lancing House, Shorebam.

MEMOIRS OF SHERIDAN.—Mr. MoottE's Life
of our late eminent Statesman and dramatist has
already been pirated in Paris, and a great num-
her of copies have been transmitted to London
in a cheap octavo size. This is a hard tax upon
English Booksellers, who have given liberal
prices to authors, and are thus forestalled
of their rightful profits. It is also a lament-
able check upon the genius and learning of
this country, as who can hope for an ode-
(pate, and less for a liberal, reward for their
labours, as the chief patrons of literature and
talents, the booksellers must be cautious in
risquing even the expence of printing and pub-
lishing, while exposed to the piratical villainy of
foreign competitors.
IiTTEMATURE.—Mr. H. HUNTINGrOItn, Fellow
of Winchester College, has, we understand, in
the press, an English translation of some dialogues
between a Romanist and a Protestant, published
in French, at Geneva, in 1713. This little work
is valuable, from its containing an accurate state-
ment of the difference between Romanist and
Protestant doctrines, while at the same time it
does not injure its sacred cause by any expres-
sions of violence or asperity. It seems pecu-
liarly useful, as a manual for Protestants, from
its containing in such abundance those texts of
Scripture on which the Church of Rome builds
its religious system, with the interpretation of the
same texts which Protestants think to be more
correct.

All lovers of pleasing acting will be glad to
learn that Mr. ELLISTON is recovering his health
very fast, and bids fair, contrary to medical
opinion, to resume his professional avocations.
His intellectual faculties are at this moment per-
fectly sound and vigorous; and he is employed
in studying Falstaff, a character which, with the
capacity he ooze possessed, he would have been
perhaps more likely to play well than any man
on the stage. His pecuniary deficiences, he says,
do not exceed 24,0001.; hich is not so large a
sum as he laid out in the alteration, a few years
since, of Drury-lane Theatre ; and, for this, he
proposes to make over to his creditors four-
fifths of the annual profits of the house, until the
whole is paid. How the money affair may turn
out, we are not prepared to say ; but, as an
actor, Mr. Elliston has been quite without a
rival, and every admirer of the Drama will be
rejoiced to see him again upon his legs.—.-(Times.)
The following anecdote of an intrigue of
SITARSPEARE is related in Wit.ttEs's History of the Stage.__
One evening, when Richard the Third was to be performed,
Shakspeare observed a young woman delivering a message to
Burbage the player, in so cautious a manner as to excite his cu-
riosity. It imported that her master was gone out of town that
morning, and her mistress would be glad of his company
after the play, and to know what. signal he would appoint for
admittance. Burbage replied, "Three taps at the door, and
it is 1, Richard the Third." She immediately withdrew, and
Shakspeare followed till he observed her to go into a house in
the city ; and inquiring in the neighbourhood, he was informed
that a young lady lived there, the favourite of a rich old mer-
chant. Near the appointed time of meeting, Sheakspeare
thought proper to anticipate Burbage, and got introduced by
the concerted signal. The lady was very much surprised at
Shakspeare's presumption, but as he did not want wit or elo-
quence to apologize for the intrusion, she was soon pacified.
Burbage came soon after to the house, and repeated the signal,
but Shakspeare, popping his head out of window, bid him be-
gone, for that William the Conqueror reigned before Richd. 111.

,11'1PROVEIVIENTS.-The customary preparations
are now in progress at the Parliament Houses, preparatory to
the re-assembling of the Lords and Commons ; the re-cover.
ing of the seats, the laying down new matting, &c. There
have been about both Houses considerable alterations for the
accomodation of Committees, who last Sessions were sometimes
obliged to assemble even in Westminster Hall. Several addi-
tional rooms have been provided, or are in progress of building.
At the Commons, the rooms heretofore used as Mr. Bellamy's
dinner and coffee-rooms, for the convenience of Members, and
afterwards occupied as store-rooms for Parliamentary Papers,
have been emptied of such documents, and converted into Com-
mittee-rooms. At the Lords, the Bishops' entrance and lobby,
the housekeeper's rooms, &c. have been pulled down, and new
Committee-rooms are building ; but when they are likely to be
finished is not mentioned. At present both Ilouses, especially
the Lords' entrances, are unapproachable for carriages, owing
to the fencings, piles of broken stones, mountains of rubbish,
dirt, &c. collected for the purpose of Macadamising the vast
area in front of the Houses, Henry Vll.'s Chapel, &c.
M. DAYID, the celebrated painter, continues
in the same state : the love of that art in which
he has acquired so great a name is the thought
which most intensely occupies him.—(Paris
Paper of Wednesday.)