The Sun.
London, England, 1825-12-06 00:00:00

ARRIVALS IN TOWN,

The Marquis of Camden, from the Wilderness, Kent; the
Earl and CounteSs of Jersey, from Middleton Park, Oxford-
shire; the Earl and Countess of Hardwicke, from Wimpole,
Canibriageshire ; Lord and Lady Carrington, and the Coun-
tess Stanhope, from Brighton. At the Royal hotel, St. James's-
street—Sir C. Buirel, from Sussex. At Fenton's Hotel, St.
James's-place—James I)ashw•ood, Esq. from the Continent.
At Jordan's Hotel, St. James's-street—J. Howler, Esq. from
a tour; G. Roebuck, Esq. from Brighton. At Miller's Hotel,
Jertnyn-street—J. Belfour; Esq. from a tour. At the Wat,-r-
-100 Hotel—Thomas Mason, Esq. and Miss Mason, from Berks.

Biunerrox, DEC. 4.—The return of the KING continues
to be ardently wished for here, but nothing is known relating
to the subject. Two or three of his Alajesty's private Band,
up3n leave of absence, came in from Windsor yesterday,
but they bring no news. Again we have weather unsettled,
turbulent, and damp. Yesterday, in the midst of showers, the
Dachess of Gloucester, accompanied by Lady C. Legge, took
a carriage airing; but the increased inclemency has prevented
1-Kir Royal Highness from taking similar exercise to-day. The
Han. Mr. and Mrs. Jervis have taken possession of a house in
Bedford-square; they left their names at the Palace this
morning. _ .

marriage of Lord flowth and Lady Emily de Burgh,
sister to the Marquis of Clauricarde is expected to be cele-
brated on Saturday next. Lady Emily's fortune is stated to
be_2o,oool._ _ , _ . _ •

, .
The Lally Mayoress. with her family, arrived at the Man-
sion Rouse yesterday.

ANECDOTES, Bcc.

• REMARKABLE DAY.—This day is remarkable
for being the anniversary of what has been
termed " Colonel Pride's Purge," who seized
and prevented certain Presbyterian Members
from entering the House of Commons, and ad-
mitted the most furious and determined of what
were called the Independents, in 1648 ; of Col.
Blood (who attempted to steal the crown) seizing
the Duke of Ormond, with intent to hang him
at Tyburn, but was frustrated, 1670 ; of the
death of Nichlas Rowe, poet and dramatist,
1718 ; of Guatemala, in New Spain, being swal-
lowed by an earthquake in 1773; of a great
storm in London, which continued three-days,
when much damage to the shipping; in the Thames
was done, 1774 ; and of the death of Mrs. Clive,
the celebrated actress, in 1785.
ST. NICIIOLAS.—This day is the anniversary
of St. Nicholos, who was conspicuous fur his piety, meekness,
and charity, and was made Bishop of Myra, in Lycia, by
Constantine the Great. On this day formerly, in our Ca.
thedrals, a Boy Bishop was elected. The Episcopus Pue.
rorum, or Boy Bishop, was. chosen from among .the choristers,
was invested with great authority, and had the state of a
Diocesan Bishop from the time of his election till Irina.
cents'-Dsy, on the Nth of this mouth. He was to bear the
name and maintain the state of a Bishop habited with a
crosier or pastoral staff in his hand, and a mitre on his
head. His fellows, the rest of the chili'ven of the choir, were
to take upon them the staff and office of Prebendaries,
and - yield to 'the Ilitaiop canonical obedience, and also
the-sail-0s service as the very Bishop himself, with his Dean
and Prebendaries, had they been to officiate, were to have
performed, mass excepted, as done by the chorister and
Canons upon the eve and holiday, and it was required that
upon. .the eve of Innocents' Day, the Chorister Bishop, with
his fellows, should go in solemn procession to the altar of the
Holy Trinity, in copes, and with burning tapers in their hands,
and that during the procession three of the boys should sing
certain hymns mentioned in the Rubric. The-procession was
made through the great door at the West end of Church in
such order that the Dean and Canons went foremost, the
Chaplain next, and the Bishop with his little Prebendaries
last ; agreeable to that rule in the ordering of processions
whic assigns the reward station to the most honourable.
In the choir was a seat or throne for the Bishop, and the rest
of the. children were placed upon the uppermost ascent. If the
Boy-Bishop died within a month, his exequies were solemnized
with great pomp. Near the west end of Sarum Cathedral there
is a figure of a youth clad in the episcopal habit, standing on a
monster having a lion's head, and the tongue and tail of a dra-
gon. The Boy-Bishop was chosen on St. Nicholas's day, be-
caw that Saint was the patron of Infants—he having himself,
when extremely young, as the legend states, shown such singu-
lar piety, that when he was at his mother's breast he would
not suck on Wednesdays and Fridays, that he might observe
the fasts of the Church. In the Statutes of St. Paul's School,
framed by its founder, Dean Colet, it is expressly ordered that
the scholars " shall every ChildermaS (Innocent's) Day come
to Pahli's Churche, and hear the Chylde Bishop's sermon,
and after be at High Masse, and each of them offer a penny
to the Chylde Bishop, and with them the masters and survey-
ors of the Scole." This custom was abrogated by Heory Vlll.
in 1542, but was restored by Mary in all its ancient splendour
in 1554, and an edict issued by the Bishop of London to all
the Clergy in his diocese to have a Boy-Bishop and procession.
On the accession of Elizabeth it was again set aside. St. Ni-
cholas was venerated as the protector of Virgins, and peculiar
patron of mariners.
IlomEit.—Such was the veneration of the poet
BOILEAU for HomEn, that he was heard to say, " I main-
tain that were a man to devote several years of his life to the
study of-Greek, merely that he might be able to understand
Homer, the reading of the poems of this author would amply
repay him both for his time and for his trouble."
Tms: COMPANY in the PA RTER RE of the
reE FRANCAIS, perceiving one night a young Abbe in the
Stage-box, began to cry out, " Down with M. I:Abbe." The
latter, with Out being disconcerted, rose, and politely addressing
the Pit, said, " Gentlemen, since I happened to lose my watch
among you, I prefer paying more for a seat than to run the
chance of losing my snuff:box also." This sally was loudly
applauded. •
TEE PRINCE OF CONDE.—ValiarifintritiC
generally induce the Athiest to profess his incredulity. This
was proved by. the following words addressed, by the great
Prince of Conde to his domestics, whom he had summoned to
his death-bed, • -44 You have too often heard me indulge in im-
pious discourses, but in my own heart I believed reverse of
what I uttered. I pretended to be a libertine and an Athiest,
merely for the purpose of appearing more daring than the ge-
nerality of men." • _ . _ _

AN OPERA written for the purpose of being
represented at a a to given by the city of Limoges to a new Go-
vernor, opened with the following remarkable line ---0 Sun • .
!last thou ever beheld so magnificent a night !
EPITAPII.—IIere lies Juan de Cabecn, choris-
ter to our Lord the King. When he was received into the
choir of angels, in augmentation to that happy company, his
voice was so distinguishable from the rest, that even God him-
self harkened to him with attention, and at last said rather
severely to.the angels, " Hold your tongues, he elves, and let
Juan de Cabeca, chorister to the King of Spain,. sing my
praise." Resurgam.
Sir JOHN AlooßE, after he was made Knight
of the Bath, preferred to be Galled General, rather than Sir
John, Moore.—" Sir," said he, one day to an officer who
called him Sir John, Sir John, at the beginning of every sen-
tence, 6' I atn your General ; I am General Moore."