The Sun.
London, England, 1804-12-18 00:00:00

THE 'KING') IMPROVEMENTS AT WEYMOUTH.
•

EVERY season the attachment of the ROYAL FA-
MILY to that favourite watering place increases;
His MAJESTY' in particular always quits it with
great term.' Since the return of these august Per.
sonages to Windsor, the Kt NO has been daily con;
versing with his Architett upon the subject of im.
proving the scite, &c. ; but it was not until the last
week that the plans of operatkon were determined
on. In :consequence of these arrangements, Mr.
BROWNE, the principal Clerk in the Board of Works
at kew, was dispatched to Weymouth to survey the
land, and commence • the intended alterations in
Gtoncester Lodge,• the 'name of the Royal Resi-
dence.. During the several seasons the ROYAL FA.
MI LY have been in the habit of visiting Weymouth,
they have experienced great inconvenience frOin the
want of sufficient room in the Lodge for their ac.
conimodation ; but since the return of the DUKES
14. KENT, Substx, and CAMBRIDGE, from the Con.

tinenr, that elegant building has been fOund (lithe
incompetent to contain even the Illustrious Family
theinselve.., indeperiilently of their attendants, who
were lodged in different parts of the town last sum.
mer, t 0 their very great hiconvenience.

MAJESTY- foreseeing the impossibility of yL
siting Ntlyinouth next year, iri the present state of
his house at that place, as there will he an addi.
tional branch of the faMily present, namely, the
PRINC ESq CRARLUTTE of WALE 2, and her attend.
ants, has judged it proper to lose no time in giving
()idyls to render the Royal Residence more capaei_
ous, not by pulling down any part of the Lodge,
but by bui:ding suitable apartments to the left of
ir;" to faciliGite which Tits NIAja,iTY has pur.
ohasrd the tour houses adjoining.

The alterations will be as follow :—The Lodge
is to undergo a complete renovation with respell to
,the
hangings 4nti.furniture; it is 10 be fttted up for
the state residence of the QvuN, ~the PRINCESSES
'and attendants. The principal house, that
which is contiguous to the Lodge, the KING ikp.
'ptOpriates to himself and his attendants. The next
is fir the accninm,d4tion 'of the R 6 rAt. DUICKS ;
anti the two others are intended for the eqUerries
and servants. firs.VIAJesTT has desimt, that the,
archites'Aute 'of the whole pile of buildings may be
ex;iftly uniform, bath in height and in exterior'
ornaments.

The fair 'at Truro on Saturday seinnight was but
siightlyattended, 'and great part of the cattle re-
mained unsold. • _ .

Liskeard fair yeti' erday-sennight was very well.
attended—but the sale of cattle was also very slack.

The three Lincolnshite .sheep belonging to R.
Kos t:ssoN, Esq.. of Witham,- in Essex, exhibited
at the Smithfield Show,., were:killed yesterday, when
two of them weighed ti 3 stone. _ '

. Yesterday morning five waggons laden with:dol.
tars came to the Bank, escorted by a, party of the
9th Regiment of Dragoons, from Portiinciuthe,
' On Saturday niglit„ about nine o'clock, a woman,
deCe.ntly dressed, 'passing through Spring Gardens,
was suddenly taken in, and in a short time after
was delivered of a. fine female child, at the door of
a Gentleman's house. A Lady in the neighbour.
hand'ordered'her to be taken, in a sedan rchair, to
St. ,Martinis Workhouse, the infant.weapt in flan.
net, and taken by her servant, and every care taken.
of the woman, at her own capcnce.