The Sun.
London, England, 1825-12-08 00:00:00

THE KING.

Wilmsoa, DEC. 7.—During the last :Our days, the weather
being very unfavourable, his MAJESTY did not leave the
Royal Lodge. Yesterday the weather being favourable and
mild, his Majesty, with his usual attendants, left the Royal
Lodge, at two o'clock in the afternoon, and after taking several
pleasant drives on the rising grounds in the Great Park, his
Majesty returned to the Royal Lodge, at half-past four o'clock.
His Majesty continues to enjoy excellent health.—Messengers,
with dispatches from the Home and Foreign Departments,
arrive and depart alternately, to and from the Royal Lodge.

BRIGHTON, DF:C. 6.—The Duchess of GLOUCESTER
has this morning been a pedestrian about the Steyne and
Marine Parade, and enjoyed a carriage airing before
dinner. Mr. Secretary Causing was among our import-
ant arrivals of yesterday, who left his name at the Pa-
lace, and, subsequently, paid a visit to the Portuguese Ambas-
sador and the Earl of Arran, at the Royal York Hotel. Mr.
Canning appears somewhat shaken in constitution from his late
severe attacks of gout. sir William and Lady Jane Houston
have been here to-day from A visford, and left their names
at the Palace. The Portuguese Ambassador the Marquis'
Palmella, the Marchioness and Count Villa Real, joined their
retinue, which had conic in the preceding day, at the Royal York
Hotel, on Sunday—the Marquis and the Count departed, for
town, this morning, but the latter purposes returning on
Thursday. Lord Dudley and Ward was also among the
departures from the said distinguished Hotel, for London, this
morning. A house has been engaged, at the sea end of Regency-
square, for Earl and Countess ilardwicke, who arc expected to
be with us in a few days. Mr. and Mrs. Langhorn alighted at
the Royal York Hotel this afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Tappen, 1
to conclude the Honey-moon, have removed from the Marine
Hotel, to a private house on the Marine Parade. Mr. Evelyn,
M.P., Mr. 'l'. Franklin and son, Mr. and Mrs. Wells, and
Mrs. Cholmelq Deering and family, are arrived. Lord Lis-
burne is prolonging his stay at the New Steyne Hotel ; and
General Bligh, and Captain Matson, R.N. at the Marine Hotel.
Lady Calthorpe has engaged her Marine Library r,.sidence for
the whole of the winter season.

DEPARTURES FROM TOWN, Bze

The Duke of Norfolk, for Arundel Castle; the Earl of Be-
borough for Roehampton ; Lord and Lady Illontague, for
Ditton Park. From Hakes's Hotel—Lord and Lady Maynard,
for Easton Lodge, Essex ; George Loyd,-Esq. and Mrs. Loud,
for Yorkshire ; Colonel and Mrs. Ravenshaw, for Bath; Co-
lonel and Mrs. Twysden, for Kent ; Mr. and Mrs. Stanley,
for Hastings ; Countess Mesnard, for Dgrhyshire. From the
Hyde Park Hotel, Hyde Paik-place—hord Arthur Lennox,
on a tour; Sir John, Lady, and the Misses Aubyn, for Hert-
fordshire ; Mr. Mrs. and the Misses Chandos Leigh, for Stone-
leigh Abbey ; Mr. and Miss Jenkinson, for Madeira ; Mr.
and Mrs. Prideux and family for Devonshire. From Warne's
Hotel, Conduit-street—Sir Thomas Frankland, Bart. and R.
Frankland, Esq. tin. Brighton ; T. Broughton, Esq. and Mrs.
and Miss Broughton, for Lincolnshire ; the Rev. H. C. Ord,
for Berks. From the British Hotel, Jermyn-street—Major
O'Hara, for Ireland ; Win. Salway, Esq. for Oxford ; Capt.
Trower, R.N. for Chatham ; J. Wynne, Esq. for Bath.

ARRIVALS IN TOWN.
The Hon. Wm. Burrell, from Dover. At the Hyde Park
Hotel—The Earl of Ossory, Lords Charles, James, and Henry
Butler ; Lady and Miss Geary, from Southampton. At
Hakes's Hotel—Lieut,-General Sir George, Lady Murray and
family, from Sunning Hill ; W. 11. Mogan, Esq. from Dub-
lin ; Phillip Caddell, Esq. and Mrs. Caddell, from Paris ;
John Becher, Esq. from Tunbridge Wells ; Anthony Wil-
kinson, Esq. from Durham. At Warne's Hotel—S. B. Ren-
ney, Esq. from a tour; E. Gilchrist, Esq. and Mrs. Gilchrist,
from Scotland ; A. Blair, EMI. from ditto. At the Clarendon
Hotel, Bond-street—T. W. Beaumont, Esq. M.P. from Paris.
At the 'Waterloo Hotel, Jermyn-street—Sir Colin, Lady, and
Miss Campbell, from Cheltenham.

The Duke and Duchess of Clarence arrived at their residence
in Charles-street, Berkeley-square, yesterday morning, from
Bushy. Their Royal Highnesses dined with the Duchess of
Kent. in the afternoon at her apartments at the King's Palace,
Kensington. The Duke and Duchess of Clarence afterwards
returned to Bushy.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer left town on Tuesday even-
ins, for Beckenham.
The Right Hun. John and Lady Ann Beckett entertained
the Duke of York and a distinguished prl to dinner, yester-
day, at their house in' Downing-street.
Viscount Bernard has arrived at his ►eat, in Ireland, from a
tour.

.IJord Selsey has arrived at his seat, West Dean, Sussex, fron:

a tour.

The Right lion. John and Lady Ann Becket entertained the
Duke of York and a distinguished party to dinner, yesterday,
at their house in Downing-street.
Quintin Dick, Esq. had a dinner party yesterday, at his
house in Curzon-street.

UNIVERSAL EDUCATION.—In this period of
society, when plans are in operation to put an
end to the breed of " bowers of wood and
drawers of water," and all the lower employments
of life, it may not be amiss to quote the following
words of Dr. JOHNSON :—" The universal diffu.
sion of instruction is, perhaps, not wholly without
its inconvenience ; it certainly fills the nation
with superficial disputants ; enables those to talk
who were born to work ; and affords information
sufficient to elate vanity and stiffen obstinacy, but
too little to enlarge the mind into complete skill
for full comprehension."—The venerable Sage
might have added, that by drawing men out of
their proper occupations, and raising ambition
which, except in a very few instances, has no
chance of being gratified, the now system is
mainly calculated to nurse a breed of disappoint-
ed rufiians, to overwhelm the country with pau-
pers, and to illustrate the maxim of the Poet,
that—

" A little learning is a dang'rous thing."

We understand that accounts are received this
lay in town of the failure of another Country
Bank, in Yorkshire. •
The uniform of a Birman Officer, brought on

board the ship Calcutta, and presented to the
King of SWEDEN, is to be stuffed, so as to repre-
seat a soldier of that nation in complete armour.
The most complete part is the excellent battle-
axe of wootz (Indian cast steel), which is finished
in a manner that would do honour to the best
European manufactory.
A British Peer, who was present at all the pro-
ceedings in the trial of the Conslitutionnel, said,
after the sentence, " This judgment concerns
not only the Constitutionnel, but all France, and
all civilized societies, on account of the princi-
ples which it proclaims."—(Constitutionnel.)
The subscription for General .Foy amounts to
about eleven thousand pounds.
MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS.--Dr. Hum! CAMP..
DELL (Illustrator of Ossian's Poems), who has
lately published The Fruits of Fait/, an elegant,
little Christmas present, is now employed upon
an impartial Life of the above unfortunate
Queen, which will faithfully pourtray the lead-
ing features in her eventful life, from her cradle
to her grave.

POET' R Y.

THE WORLD IS ALI, A FLEETING SHOW.

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There is an hour of peaceful rest,
To mourning wand'rers given ;
There is a tear for souls distrest,
A halm for ev'ry wounded breast—
t is above—in Heaven !
There is a soft, a downy bed,
'Tis fair as breath of even ;
A couch for weary mortals spread,
Where they may rest the aching head,
And find repose in Heaven
There is a home for weeping souls,
By sin and sorrow driven ;1
When tost on life's tempestuous shoals,
Nirlien storms arise and ocean rolls,
And ail is drear—but Heaven !
There faith lifts up the tearful eye,
The heart with anguish riven ;
And views the tempest passing by,
The evening shadows quickly fly,
And all serene—in Heaven !
There fragrant flow'rs immortal bloom,.
And joys supreme are given
There rays divine disperse the gloom,
Beyond the confines of the tomb, •
Appears the dawn of Heaven !

ANECDOTES, &c.

REMARKABLE DAY.---This day is the Anni-
versary of the Conception of the Blessed Virgin
Mary. The festival was instituted by Anselnt,
Archbishop of Canterbury, in consequence of a
fleet of William the Conqueror, which had been
in a storm, arriving safe in port. The Council of
Oxford, however, in 1:222, permitted all to use
their discretion in keeping it. It is regarded
with great veneration in catholic. countries, and
Peter d'Alva has published forty-eight folios on
the Mysteries of the Conception. This day is
also remarkable as the anniversary of a severe
frost, which lasted to February, 1606 ; the
deaths of Christina, Queen of Sweden, 1686, and
Richard Baxter, the Nonconformist, 1641.

Lours XlV.—One day that Lours XIV. was
playing at trictrac he made a doubtful point. It was disput-
ed ; the courtiers remained silent. The Count de Grammout
came iu : " Decide for us." said the King. " Sir, you have
lost." said the Count. " How can you know that without ex-
amining the matter ?"—" Ah, Sire ! do you not see that had
there been the least doubt, all these gentlemen would have
given it in your favour ?"
DUKE DE BOURBON.--In 1527, the Duke de
Bout: oN, General of the army of Charles V., was mortally
wounded at the assault of Rome. Some of his soldiers, passing
by the place where he lay nearly expiring, were debating
among themselves whether the report of his death was true.—
He called out to them--" The Duke of Bourbon is at your
head."

LUIS DE ATAIDE teas a Portuguese Governor
in India in the time of King Sebastian ; and, if possible, his
honesty exceeded his bravery. He totally disregarded wealth,
and thought only of glory, and the means by which he could
advance the public service. " So clear was Ataide's heart from
the infection of avarice," says Faria, " that whilst others were
amassing and conveying over immense treasures from Asia to
Portugal, he only brought with him 4 jars of water, filled from
the great rivers Ti7is, Euphrates, Indus, and Ganges. These
jars, sealed up, were for many years preserved in the Castle
of Peniche.

Cuniusc PLAys.—The following account of
the Chinese flay is translated from the " Description of Siam,"
by M. de is Loubere :—" I was present at a Chinese comedy,
which I would willingly hate seen to an end, but they put a
stop to it, after a few scenes, in order to go to dinner. The
Chinese actors, whom the Siamese are very fond of, without
understanding a word they say, tear their throats most hor-
ribly. All their words are monosyllabic; and I never heard
them pronounce a single one, without a new exertion of the
chest ; one might fancy, by the noise they make, that they
were having their throats cut. Their dress was such as is de-.
scribed in the relations of China, very similar to that of the
Cliartreu>i, being fastened on the sides by means of three or
tour hooks, from the shoulder to the hip, with large square
placards before and behind, on which dragoons were painted,
and with a girdle of three fingers breadth, on which were
placed, from space to space, a number of little squares and
circles of tortoiseshell, horn, or some sort of wood; and
as these girdles were loose, they were attached on each
side by a buckle. One of the actors, who represented a
Magistrate, walked with the greatest gravity ; first, he
placed his heel upon the ground, then successively and
slowly the sole of his foot, and lastly his toes, and this
was done with such regularity, that when he supported
himself upon his toes his sole no longer touched the ground.
On the contrary, another actor, running about like a madman,
threw his feet and his arms about in all directions, out of all
measure, and in a threatening manner, like, but infinitely more
mare, than our Gascons and Matarores. lie was a General ;
and, if the relations of China deserve credit, this actor repre- '
tented with fidelity the affectations of the warriors of his coun-
try. While these things were passing on the stage, in another
part of the court in which these entertainments were given, the
jugglers were exhibiting their tricks, some of which were most
extraordinary. One of them, in particular, planted upon the
ground a very high ladder, the two sides of which were com-
posed of bamboos, and the steps of sabres with the edge direct-
ed upwards. He mounted to the top of this ladder, where he
balanced himself and the ladder together, and danced, with.
out any support, on the cutting edge of the uttermost sabre,
while the ladder shook more than a tree in a high wind ; he
then descended head foremost, passing quickly backwards and
forwards between the sabres. I saw him descend, but I was
too much occupied with the play to notice him when he was
upon the uppermost sabre."—( Palladium.)

DREADFUL ACCIDENT.—A fatal and melancho-
ly accident happened to a youth about 14 years of age, named
yamuel Parr, the son of the landlord of the sign of the Trout,
at Yewsley, in the parish of Hillingdon, on Saturday last. This
unfortunate youth left his father's house about 11 o'clock in the
forenoon of that day, with the intention of going on an errand
for some articles which were required in the house, and on his
way stopped to look at a large elm tree, which stood in a piece
of waste ground, about 300 yards from his father's house, and
which two labourers, named John Bond and John Moore,.
were grubbing up by the roots. The youth placed the
basket which he had with him immediately under the tree,
and stood to view the two men saw one of the large roots
asunder. He was cautioned by the men to keep farther off,
but he paid ro attention. Before the men had finished sawing
through the root, not having the least idea the tree was so near
falling, it suddenly came down with a tremendous crash, and
fell upon the youth standing under it, and crushed one side of
his head and one of his arms to atoms, and caused his instan-
taneous death. An alarm was given, and many persons
came to the spot to afford assistance. By means of a screw
jack, the tree was lifted off the body, which occupied about
twenty minutes. On the body being raised from the ground
it presented a dreadful and melancholy spectacle, and was im-
mediatelyremoved to the house of the deceased's father. It is
a singular and fortunate circumstance, that another youth, who
was standing close to the unfortunate deceased, escaped unhurt.
An Inquest was held on the body on Tuesday, when the above
particulars of the melancholy accident were fully proved, and a
verdict returned accordingly.

EXTENSIVE SEIZURE OF TOBACCO.-Another
very extensive seizure of tobacco was effected on
Friday at the Cove of Cork, by 111 r. N. Seymour,
Tide surveyor, assisted by the police of that dis-
trict. It was ingeniously concealed in a cave,con-
structed under the street, the entrance to which
was gained by raising a window stool of the ground
cellar of a house on the square, under which
was a space barely sufficient for one man to
enter at a time. In the cave was discovered a
considerable quantity of tobacco, in half and
quarter bales, with a press, and a part of the
tobacco in process of manufacture. The whole
was seized and safely deposited at the Cove watch.
house. Much credit is due to Mr. Seymour and his
assistants for, owing to the very great ingenuity
used in the construction of this place of conceal-
ment, it was after a very persevering search of
nearly two hours that the discovery WAS effected.

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