The Sun.
London, England, 1822-12-24 00:00:00

MISCELLANEOUS.

The Morning Chronicle has this day a long and
foolish article, in what is technically called,
leaded characters, to attribute a political motive
to the. Duke of Yonx's recent visit to the Mar-
quis of HERTFORD-4c It must be connected,"
says the sagacious chronicler, " with matters of
deeper interest than the mere pleasure of shoot-
ing."—The Chronicle evidently has got into new
hands, and the left hands have " forgotten the
right hands' cunning," for we have read in the
Chronicle itself every season for ten or a dozen
years past, of an annual shooting visit paid by
his Royal Highness to Sudborne Hall ; and we
believe that no one but the new hands of
the Chronicle ever thought of assigning any
political motive to such parties, any more than
to the annual visits with which, at this season,
his Royal Highness is in the habit of honouring
the Duke of BEDFORD, or Lord JERSEY, or Lord
IlitiooEwATEß, or any other Nobleman.. The
Morning Chronicle is loud against the invasions of
private life made by some of the less respectable
of our contemporaries ; but what can be a more
odious invasion of domestic comfort than thus
gratuitously, and without pretence, misrepresent-
ing and discolouring the amusements and inter-
course of private life ?—(Courier, Dec. 23.)
DoYEII, DEC.22.—liis Majesty's steam packet,
the Arrow, Captain Rurrca, arrived iu the
Roads this morning, from Calais, bringing his
Grace the Duke of WELLINGTON, Earl CLAN-
WILLIAM, and Lord SOMERSET, but the packet
being too late to save tide into the harbour, they
were landed by a hint at eight o'cloCk, under a
salute from the guns at the- heights. His Grace
went to Wright's Hotel, and has remained there
the whole day, waiting for his carriages and
suite ; and as the packet did not get into the
harbour 'until nearly five o'clock this evening,
it is probable his Grace will not leave hence until
tamorrow morning. Arrived the French packet,
with the mail due yesterday ; and these are time
first arrivals we have had from France for these
three days, owing to the boisterous weather.
Sunday the uke of GLOUCESTER attended
divine service at St. George's church, Hanover-
square.

It is rumoured in Holland thAt the Govern.
mont has submitted an important proposition to
the States General, not only with revrrd to
trade in general, but more especially as affectin.;
the commerce of the Colonies in India. Thc
measure, it is confidently expected, when it comes
to be acted upon, will have a direct tendency to
induce other Governments to sanction a more
liberal policy than what at present exists in
Indian affairs.

Not only are the complaints great in Hanover
respecting the very low price of corn, but it is
said, such is Ole depressed‘value of butcher meat,
that, remote from large towns, cattle are slaugh-
tered for very little more than the cost of the
hides.

According to Parisian gossip, the eldest son
of MURAT (AcuILLEs) will shortly espouse one
of the daughters of Jos EPII BUONAPAttTE.

M. DEmrnow, a rich Russian, at present living
in Rome, las engaged a French Company of
Comedians to perform in that Capital. M. D.
is preparing a costly and very splendid Theatre
for them.

Lieut-Colonel Barry is appointed to the Portsmouth Division
of Royal Marines, vice Lieut.-Colonel Dunsrnuire, removed to
the Plymouth Division. Lieut. Prior, R.N. is appointed to
the Preventive station at West Lulworth.—Commissioner
Woolley is to succeed Sir Robert Barlow, at Chathani Dock-
Yard.

Mr. CHARLES GODEFFROY, of Ilimburgh, has
been recently appointed Envoy to the Court of
St. Petersburgh, on the part of the 'LuiseI 1 owns.
CANOVA, the celebrated Sculptor at Rome, has
left behind him a fortune of seven millions of
francs—a sum not far short of three hundred'
thousand pounds sterling !
DIXON BROWN, Esq. of Newcastle-upon-Tyne,
has subscribed 10 guineas to the new building for the Literary
and Philosophical Society, now in progress in that town.
On. Thursday last NATHANIEL CLAYTON, Esq.
of Newcastle.upon-Tyne, signified his intention of resigning
the important situation of Town Clerk to the ancient Corpora-
tion of that town, a trust which he has most honourably and
faithfully discharged during the long period of nearly 40 years.
The matriculation list at the University of
Edinburgh, at this early period (Dec. 17), amounts to the un-
precedented number of 1973.
Robert Ormston, jun. Esq., has presented 42 volumes of ex-
cellent books to the Library of the Royal Jubilee School of
Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
The Rev. John Sinclair, son of Robert Sinclair, Esq. Re-
corder of York, has been presented by Earl Fitzwilliam to
the living of Hutton Bushel, vacant by the death of the Rev.
G. Woolley.

The very complete Mineral Collection of the
celebrated M. Haul-, of Paris, will shortly be sold by public
auction in that City. The Professor, in his life-time; refused
for it an offer of 600,000 francs (24,000/. sterling.)
l'he central prison at Ghent, which the illus-
trious HOWARD in his work on prisons speaks of
as a model, and of which only five-eighths were
finished, is to be completed by order of the Go-
♦ernment in the course of next year.—( Brussels
Paper.)

NEWSPAPERS.-It is said that the CHANCELLOR
of the ExrnEQUER, has contemplated the repeal
of the Newspaper Stamp. It is supposed that
a ten-fold increase of Newspapers would be con-
sequent on the repeal of the Newspaper stamp,
whereby the CHANCELLOR would quadruple the
receipts on advertisement duties, and increase the
consumption of paper almost beyond calculation.
The state of the Newspaper Press in Paris fur-
nishes an argument in favour of the correctness of
this idea. The French Government impost is
hardly one-fourth of what it is here, and the con-
sequence is a far more extended circulation of
Newspapers than we in England can boast of.—
The sale of the Constitutionnid, Parisian Paper,
is said to exceed 9-0,000 copies daily.
ANECDOTE.-Upon its being remarked in a
sarcastic manner to a Lady to friend of Mr.
PELHAM), recently elected Member for Salop,
that Mr. P. wore a shabby coat, the Lady
promptly quoted the Rev. C. C. COLTON'S re-
mark as follows :—" It is not every man that
can afford to wear a shabby coat. Worldly
wisdom dictates to her disciples the propriety of
dressing somewhat beyond their means, but of
living somewhat within them, for every one sees
how we dress, but none sees how we live, except
we choose to let them. But the truly great are
by universal suffrage exempted from these tram-
mels, and may live and dress as they please."