The Sun.
London, England, 1822-07-19 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

CAMBRIDGE, JULY 18.—The assize sermon at St. Mary's
church, on Tuesday next, will be preached by the Rev. 11.
Pearce, 31. A. Conduct of King's College.—The Rev. George
Ludford Harvey, 8.A., of Sidney College, one of the domes-
tic chaplains to the Duke of York, has been presented, by the
Company of Haberdashers, to the vicarage of Disworth, Lei-
cestershire.

WANSTEAD HOUSE.—The deplorable fate of
this superb mansion and its rare contents forms a
fit topic for an Elegy on Extravagance, or an
Ode to Prudence, which might properly be ad-
dressed to its late Proprietor, and afford a good
lesson to those who are unexpectedly elevated
by FORTUNE.
MONUMENT TO SHAKSPEARE.—The erection of
a Monument to this wonderful Bard, in his na-
tive place, has excited some objection ; but surely
that scite is the most appropriate, and would be
highly beneficial to the town, as poetical enthusi-
asts might be tempted to visit it with as much zeal
as Mahometans resort to the tomb of their Prophet
at Mecca, and with a more rational idolatry, if
we may so express it. But as the honour of the
nation is concerned, the best model should be,
adopted, and consequently the work be sub-
mitted to competition.

WIIIMSICA LTYPOGRAPIIICAL ERROR.--By an
accidental transposition of paragraphs in the Re-
port of the Proceedings iu,the House of Lords on
Monday evening last., contained in a Morning
Paper of Tuesday, it was made to appear that
several Petitions presented to the House were
" ordered to be summoned," instead of being
c: ordered to lie on the table ;" and that, prepa-
ratory to an interesting debate fixed for Thurs-
day, the Lords were" ordered to lie on the table,"
instead of being " ordered to be summoned !! !"
ANECDOTE OF GEORGE lll.—Shortly after a
change in the Ministry in the late reign, the King .having
remarked that his shirt was not made up in the usual way,
and finding, upon inquiry, that the old laundress, with whom
he was very well satisfied, had been dismissed from her si-
tuation, complained of the latter circumstance , to the Lord
Chamberlain ; upon which his Lordship replied, that when
he came into offte, he had, as was usual, exercised his pa-
tronage, by appointing a new laundress. The King con-
,tinued dissatisfied with the manner in which his linen was
got up, complained again, and was again told by the Lord
Chamberlain that the change of laundress was only in the
due exercise of his patronage. " Then" replied, GEotto-E
the Third, somewhat ruffled, " I am to understand that I
cannot change my laundress." His Lordship respectfully
bowed assent. " But," his Majesty resuming, "if I cannot
change my laundress, may I not be allowed to change my Lord
Chamberlain,?" "Oh ! certainly,"-answered the latter ; and
here the conversation ended. On the next day, however, the
old laundress was reinstated in office.

IRELAND AND ROME.—A gentleman of the
.sister kingdom, speaking of his countrymen the
other day, said they were like the Romans, the
most peaceable people in the world, " so they
had but pancm et cireenses—rows and potatoes."
AN EXTRAORDINARY HOUSE TO LET.—AD ad-
vertisement lately stated, that there was " To let, in a thorough
state of repair, a mosrcapital house, with the exception of tlie
ground-floor, which is distinct from the other part," &c. This
house must surely have been built upon the long-supposed pre-
posterous principles adopted by a set of Architects called Aerial
Castle-builders, and must doubtless possess delightful bird's-eye
views of the surrounding country, though situated in the heart
of the town.

The harvest commenced in the South of Ger-
many three weeks ago. Owing to the long want
of rain the corn was by no means gifty ; there
was, on the other hand, a great growth of straw.
By the last accounts from Denmark and the
North of Germany, they had been visited with
the same refreshing rains as we have had in this
country. Appearances wer' altogether very
promising for the harvest. _ _

On Sabbath night, an alarm of fire was
given in the Gallowgate, whither the engines were dis-
patched with the greatest speed ; but the fire, which had
originated in a bake-house, was extinguished before their
arrival. The London mail had just arrived, and the
passengers alighted, when the horses took fright at the
noise attending the alarm, and wheeling round galloped
with the coach down the Gallowgate, running occasionally
on the pavement, to the imminent danger of all the people
who were on the street at the time, one of whom, a young-
man, in attempting to stop the horses, was thrown down with
such violence, that one of his legs is broken, and it is sup-
posed must be amputated. When opposite St. Andrew's-
lane the two leaders fell upon the pavement, when one of
them was killed, and the other is supposed to be render-
ed useless. At the moment when the horses fell they were
in the act of passing one of the fire-engines, the conductors of
which would most probably have suffered severely had not the
coach been stopped by the fall of the horses.—( Glasgow Cou-
rier, Jilt' 16.)