The Sun.
London, England, 1825-12-30 00:00:00

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE.

THE KING.

WINDSOR, DEC:- 29.—Yesterday afternoon, at the usual
hour, his MaJEsTY", accompanied by the Lord Steward, left
the Royal Lodge, in his pony phaeton, followed by, part of
his attendants, in two single phaetons, with the regular re-
tinue of out-riders, and took his accustomed exercise in the
Great Park, and returned to the Royal Lodge at half-past
four o'clock, and at seven o'clock honoured his distinguished
attendants with his company to dinner. • His Majesty looks
extremely well, and enjoys excellent health. There has not
been for some time back any extra company at the Royal
Lodge, but it is salo that some arc shortly expected. Lord
Mary/borough, we are sorry to state, has been confined to his
room for the last fortnight back, owing to an accident which
his Lordship met with while hunting with his Majesty's stag
hounds; in passing. through a large heavy swing gate, opened
by a boy, who let it go before his Lordship had cleared it,
when it came with great violence against his Lordship's leg,
and severely injured him : hnt we are happy to state his Lord-
ship is doing well, and nearly recovered from the serious in-
jury he received.

DEPARTURES FROM TOWN, &c.

, .
- The Earl and Countess of Carysfort, and the Ladies Proby,
from the North. for Elton Ball, Huntingdonshire; and
Miss Beverley, from Cheltenham, for Bath ; Mr. Ker Douglas,
for Bath ; Sir Felix Agar, Bart. for Lavenham Hall, Suffolk ;
r. F. Newdigate, from Cheltenham, for Warwickshire ; Mrs.
and Miss Villiers, from Cheltenham, for Bath ; Sir C. Knight.
ley, from Northampton, for Fowsley Park ; Lord Henry Beau.
clerk, for Brighton ; Lord Muncaster, for Melton Mowbray.
From Miller's Hot:.l, Jermyn-street—Count Chabot, on a tour;
Captain Buxton, for Chatham ; William Cuthbert, Esq. for
Brighton. - From the Pulteney Hotel, Albemarle-street—Capt.
Harmer, for Brighton; G. Lloyd, Esq. the Norfolk.

ARRIVALS IN TOWN.
Lora Frervzy, from ',Acworth Park. Suffolk ; J. Dupre, Esq.
from Wilton Park, Bucks; G. Heathcote, Esq. M.P. from
a tour; T. 1). Gordon, Esq. from Letton Shipham, Norfolk.
At Gordon's lintel, Albemarle-street—General Ora, from
Hants. At the Royal Hotel, St. James's-street—Sir H. Vi-
vian, from Beechwood ; G. Mostyn, Esq. from Bicester.

MASQUERADE AT THE ARGYLE. ROOMS.—The
spirit of masquerade at one time very much prevailed in Lon-
don, and people of fashion freouently treated their friends to
entertainments of this kind ; winla now—whether it be owing
to the trouble which attended their getting up, and the flatness
with which, nevertheless, many of them " went off," or the lati-
tude they affOrded to young persons of both sexes, betwixt whom
they permitted greater freedom of address than formal propriety
in general sanctioned, or to both these and other causes combined
—we rarely hear of such a thing as a private masquerade taking
place. Those of a more public description, although not less fre-
quent in their occurrence lately than formerly, ate not the resort
exclusively, nor indeed principally, of the higher classes of
life. There is, therefore, neither the easy and polished address,
the refinement of wit, nor the equality of rank, so essentially
necessary as ingredients to constitute a spirited, well-sustained,
and humorous masquerade. The indiscriminate facility of ac-
cess which they afford to all who can pay their guinea, and the
custom which has prevailed for some years past of admitting the
sweepings of the stage without paying at all, in consideration
of their being supposed to be more au fait at supporting cha-
racters, and therefore likely to aid in promoting amusement
amongst the masks,bhad the effect of mixing up so much of
vulgarity with whatever of mirth or humour prevailed, that
persons accustomed to the, cultivated manners and delicate
taste of good society were scared away by the outrages which
were here offered to both. The masquerade, however, which
took place at these rooms last night was more free from the
above objections (these are others which can never be got
rid of) than those which have preceded it for the last two
or three seasons; owing to some regulations adopted by
the proprietors for the exclusion of low persons, and the
prevention of disorderly conduct, which latter object was
in a great measure effected by scattering peace-officers
throughout the different apartments. The consequence was,
a considerable increase of pleasure and respectability ; and al.
though the gaiety was occasionally. excessive, it was less so
than usual, and might, at the same time, be more excusable at
the present season of mirth and frolic. As soon as supper
was announced, however, it slackened very much, and
nearly subsided alogether whip the hot fowls and
pies were discused ; but it soon burst forth again
with increased animation, aided by the champagne of
Mr. Charles 'Wright, which circulated amongst the guests in
its usual sparkling abundance. The revelry which then en-
sued continued to an advanced hour in the morning. The rooms
were crowded to excess, .and displayed several tolerably well-
supported characters; in one or two of which we recognized
some celebrated men of ton. There was one gentleman, how-
ever, whose royal descent, notwithstanding tie bend in his
shield, ought to have induced him to have recourse to the de-
cency of a mask.

Prince Leopold left town yesterday morning on a visit to the
Marquis of Salisbury, at Hatfield.
The Hon. George Weld Forrester visited the Duke of
York, for near two hours on Sunday, previous to his leaving
town for Belvoir Castle.

CiiELTVNIIAM.—Mr. WooDW A itn's first Sub-
scription Concert took place on Friday evening
last, and was honoured by a full and fashionable
attendance. The vocal performers were few but
well chosen, and Mr. Woodward deserves the
highest commendation for the satisfactory manner
in which he contrived to present his patrons with
a rich intellectual banquet without, at the same
time, sacrificing his own interests, by useless ex-
pellee. - lie judged rightly, that with all persons
of taste, the names of Miss Paton and Mr. Sin-
clair, must, in themselves, prove a host of attrac-
tion, and by abstaining from the usual attempt
at drawing by force of numbers, be paid the
most direct compliment in his poWer to the pub-
lic of Cheltenham. That this compliment was
felt and duly appreciated, we have much plea-
sure in stating, was fully evinced by the appear-
ance of the Concert-room at an early hour, and
from the universal satisfaction with which the
audience departed, we are satisfied in saying that
the adoption of a similar plan on future occasions,
will ensure to Mr. Woodward a continuation of
that patronage to which his public talents and
private worth so justly entitle him. Miss Paton
and Mr. Sinclair were both in good voice, and
sang the music allotted them in a style which
left us nothing to desire, but that we might soon
experience the same pleasure again—nothing to
regret, but their visit was so short. To enter
into a particular critique upon their performance
is, we conceive, unnecessary—their perfections
are too well known to require the aid of our
praise, and were we inclined to do so, candour
forbids our finding fault. They were warrrtly re-
ceived throughout. Mr. H. Phillips was a va-
luable accession to the strength already mention-
ed, and the admirable arrangement of the instru-
mental department rendered the whole effective
and complete.

CURIOUS PAIR OF SCISSORS.—The smallest
pair of scissors probably ever made, are now in
the possession of Mr. Thomas Imber, cutler,
Iligh-street, in this city. They are 'only three-
twentieths of an inch in length, each part abdut
the thickness of a horse-hair, firmly riveted, and
they open and shut freely. They are contained
in a common-sized stocking-needle, drilled hollow,
of which the head screws off: the whole is ea-
closed in a neat ivory case, with a silver top.—
, The scissors and cases were manufactured by
Mr. Imber's father, who has attained his 70th
year, and lost one eye by an accident, the sight
of the other being also much impaired.—(Here-
ford Journal.) •