The Sun.
London, England, 1821-10-16 00:00:00

REGISTER OF FA§IIIOk.

FA3I-tidNABIX filinlVALS.—Count and Countess Woron.
zow and family, at Miller's Hotel, Jermyn;Street, from Peters.
burgh ; Lord Hop; at the Saint James's Hotel, from Scot-
land ; W. E. Leesson,'Esq. at the Clarentlofi Hotel, frOiri iCrot-
tingham ; Mrs. Gore Latigton, on her way to Bath ; Mr. and
Mrs. Whitbread, at the York Hotel, Alberriarle-Street, frOm
Bedfordshire,. Mrs. Trotter and family from Brighton ; Mr.
and Mrs. Sutherland ; Lord Sftdn and family; frdm the Con-
tinent, at their town residence, Arlington-street, on Sunday
afternoon.
I) F. PARTURES.—Capt.Vanbarle, for Italy Laid Cecil, for
Brihton ; Capt. Watson, to Yorkshire ; Capt. -Fraser, on a
tour; Robert Bruce, Esq. M.P., to Windsor ; T. T. Guest
Esq. to GlamonYanshire ; Count Len:pert, to Paris ; the Earl'
and Countess of Coventry and family, from Crooine, in Winces-
tershire, to Weymouth.
EDINBURGH, 4tPT. 11.—Arrived at the Waterloo Hotel
(Oman's) Lorderia ; Colonel Hay, 16th Lancers, and
Mrs. Hay; John Benney, Esq.; •Mr. TroVers ; Captain Mae..
dougall of Macdougall, R.N.; William Jessop, Esq.; J. Mil-
ler, Esq.; the Rev. Dr. Bryce; J. S. Jones, Esq.
Set off from the same place:—Sir William and Lady Max-
well, and the MissesDirom ; William Harrison, Esq.; Mrs.
Harrison and family ; Dr. and Mrs. Shoolbred ; Mr. and Mrs.
Barnes ; John Hay Mackenzie, Esq.; M. Bruce, Esq. John
Lobo, Esq.; James Johnston, Esq.
Set out fromthe London Hotel :—Right Hon. Colon allarry;
• Lady Louisa Barry ; Right Hon. Countess of Lauderdale; the
Rev. Mr. Mackintosh; Mr. Maxwell; John Young, Esq. of
Cleish ; John Ranken, Esq. of London ; Captain Young, from
India ; Robert Young, Esq., from Harnburgh ; Mr. and Mrs
and Miss Stirling, liippenross ; Colonel Russell, Woodside ;
Captain Robinson; Mr. Herriot ; Mr. and Mrs. Anderson%
Miss Stewart; Mr. Matthews.
Arrived- at same place :--Colonel Bethune: Sirpohn Dou-
glas, of Springwood-park ; Mr. Taylor ; Mr. Long.

On Saturday week his Excellency Earl Talbot, Lord Lieu-.
tenant of Ireland, and Ole, arrived from Florence-court, (the
seat of the Earl of Enniskillen), at Hazlewood, the residence of
0. Wynne, Esq. M.P.
On Saturday afternoon Prince Esterhazv landed at Dover,
coming direct from Paris. Shortly after his debarkation, he
left Dover for Ramsgate, to join the Princess and children, who
'are at present resident there. This day he was expected to ar-
rive at Chandos House.
Yesterday Mr. De Onis, the Spanish Ambassador, gava a
grand dinner at his house in Portland-place, to all the k °reign
Ambassadors and Ministers in town, &c.
The Right Hon. Georar Cannirg has been passing a few days
with the Rev. Dr. Woodcock, at Mitehelmersh, near Romney,
and is now on a visit to the Right Hon. W. S. Bourne, at Test-
wood,. near Redbridge.
Lady Bloomfield and family are daily expected on a visit to
Ardsalla, County Tipperary, the seat of Lieutenant-Colonel
Gough.
A new Tragedy from the pen of Lord Byron, is in the press.
His Lordship has left Ravenna, crossed the Appenines, and
gone to reside at Pisa.—lt was, bowever, currently stated on
Saturday last that his Lordship had arrived in London.
The birth-day of Lord Charles Townshend was Celzbrated at
Tamworth on Friday week, in the ancient family castle. About
100 gentlemen sat down to dinner. The president, 0. C. Lof-
tus, Esq. was supported on his right by Lord C. Townshend,
and on his left by W. H. G Floyer, Esq. In the course of the
evening, the Rev. Mr. Buick addressed Mr. Floyer in-an elo-
quent speech, expressing the pleasure the company felt on see-
Irv, again united to them, the man whom they had ever admir-
edbfor the noble independence of his mind, the uniform disin-
terested tenor of his disposition, his manly disapprobation of
whatever was,. mean and self-interested, and for the honourable
and friendly motives which have marked his general conduct.
Tamworth, the Rev. Speaker said, wished to present to Mr.
Floyer a memorial of her gratitude, in that hail which had been
the scene of their struggle, and of their invaluable friendship,
A large silver Terrine and Tankard, with an appropriaie
in-
scription, were then presented to Mr. Floyer, who returned
thanks with great feeling and eloquence, concluding his speech
by observing, that he accepted their present as a, token of re-
spect from the friends of the Purity of Election, and it would
be cherished by his family long after he was numbered with the
dead ; and descend from father to son, as a memorial of the
pure and spotless conduct of the undaunted friends of the
Townshend cause. Among the speakers after dinner were
Lord C. Townshend, the Rev. Mr. Lally, and otlwrs.

CURIOUS PARTICULARS OF DR. JOHNSON'S MAlinIaGE.
Mrs. Joustsost had a very red face and very indifferent fea-
tures ; and her manners in advaneed-life, for her children were
all grown up when Jolts:sox firsts:lw her, hid an unbecoming
excess of girlish levity and disgusting affectation. The rustic
prettiness, and artless manners of her daughter Lucy, had won
Johnson's youthful heart when she was on a visit at the Rev.
John Hunter's, at-Lichfield, in Johnson's school days. Dis-
gusted by his unsightly form, she had a personal aversion to
him,t, nor could the beautiful verses he addressed to her on re_
ceiling from her a sprig of myrtle, teach her to endure him :
she at length returned to her parents in Birmingham, and was
soon forgotten. Business taking Johnson to Birmingham, on the
death of hisown father, and calling uponhis coy mistress there, he
found her father dying, He passed all his leisure hours at
Mr. Porter's attending his sick-bed, and in a few months after
his death asked Mrs. Johnson'sconsent to marry the old widow.
After expressing her surprise at a request so extraordinary,—
" No, Sam, my willing consent you will never have'to so pre-
posterous an union. You are not 25, and she is turned 50.
If she had any prudence this request had never been made to
me. Where are, your means of subsistence ? Porter has died
poor in consequence of his wife's expensive habits. You have
great talents, but as yet, have turned them into no profitable
channel."—" Mother, I have not deceived Mrs. Porter : I have
told her the worst of me.: that I am of mean extraction ; that
I have no money; and that I have had an uncle hanged. She
replied, that she valued no one more or less for his descent ;
that she had no more money than myself; and that though
she had not had a relation hanged, she had fifty who deserved
hanging."
The late Mr. CURRAN, the celebrated Irish Barrister, was re-
markable for the dexterity with which he could avail himself of
any picturesque circumstance at the moment that it occurred.
The following instance is worth relating, especially as it has
not made its way into any of the accounts yet published, and is,
we believe, very little known :—ln the early part of his career
he was addressing a Jury in the Court-house of Cork, on a
very cloudy day, and endeavouring to impress upon their
minds the clearness with which he would be able to establish
the defendant,s.innocenee, he stopped short for a moment as
if at a lass for Some comparison. The sun broke forth as he
paused, and enlivened the glooiny seat of justice ; this appear-
ance was in itself calculated to produce an effect on people of
quick sensibility like the Irish ; but the use which the orator
made of it completed the fine impression. " I will make his
innocence appear as plain;" said he, " Gentlemen, as plain
as the visit of that glorious luminary whose beam has just
darted across my view to supply me with its splendid illus-
tration."
Sea Was. JONES AND Tiros. DAY, IN-I.—One day, upon
removing some books at the chambers of the former, a large
spider dropped upon the floor, upon which Sir WILLIAM, with
somewarmth, said, " Kill that spider, DAY; kill that spider !"
" No," said Mr. DAY, with that coolness for which he was so
conspicuous " I will NOT kill that spider, JONES ; I do not
know that I have a right to kill that spider ; Suppose when you
are going in a coach to Westminster-;fall, a Superior Being,
who, perhaps, may have as much power over you as you have
over this insect, should say to his conpanion, Kill that lawyer !
kill that lawyer !' How should you like that, JONES ? and I
am sure, to most people, a lawyer is a more noxious animal than
a spider."
Dr. BUsAY.—The celebrated Dr. 13usnY, having chastised
some of the boys at 'Westminster School, they resolved to re-
venge it, which they effected in the following manner : they
daubed with dirt the ballustmdei of the stairs leading to the
school, which the Doctor; being infirm, always laid hold of.
He was much incensed at the'trick, and on reaching the school
offered a reward of half-a-crown to any bo.y that: woidd inform
him who had a hand in it.. The apprehension of those con-
cerned may be imagined, when a junior boy rose and said that
he would tell, provided the Doctor promised not to Ilog him ;
which being agreed to, the lad directly exclaimed---" You,
Sir, you had a HAND in it !" He rewarded the boy fOr his wit.
AsTltONoatic PHENOMENON.—According to observations
made by M. Lu Ts' siEn, at Hanover, a remakable pheno-
menon will take place in the course of the next autumn and
winter. This phenomenon will consist in the conjunction of
the two great planets, Jupiter and Saturn. These two planets
will appear the Ifith and 18th of October, at midnight, in the
meridian; and will be visible during all the night.
A farrier in the country Lately made out a bill to a farmer
who had employed him, and whose Christian name was Jacob,
which he contrived to spell without using one single letter con-
tained in the word Jacob. It would puzzle some people, per-
haps, more learned than the farrier, to endeavour to put five
letters together, none of which are in the word Jacob, and make
it sound so well as tinxtrP, which was the. way the DOCTOR
(as such persons are called sometimes in the country) suelt it.
A UNICORN PARTRIDGE.-011 the Ist inst. was killed, by
W. B. Jones, Esq. of Woodhall, a partridge which had a horn
growing from its head of the following dimensions : one inch
and a half in height, three quarters ditto in width, and one
qnarter in thickness, a.little curved backwards, and somewhat
resembling the thin end of a shsep's horn.