The Sun.
London, England, 1826-06-05 00:00:00

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE.

On Saturday Lord Forrester, Sir Charles Long,
and the Speaker of the late House of Commons, had
audiences of his Majesty.
After dinner his Majesty left town in his travelling
carriage and four for the Royal Lodge, Windsor Park.
Yesterday afternoon, at• half-past two o'clock, a
Cabinet Council was held at the Secretary of State's
Office for Foreign Afrairs, in Downing-street, which
was attended by the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of
Wellington, the Earls of Liverpool, Harrowby, West-
moreland, and Bathurst ; Mr. Secretary Peel, Mr.
Secretary Canning, the Chancellor of the Excheeper,
Viscount Melville ; Mr. Wynn, Mr. Huskisson, Lord
Bexley. The Cabinet Council sat in deliberation till
half-past four o'clock.
Mr. Crotch, the King's messenger, arrived at the
Foreign Office on Friday evening with despatches from
the Right Hon. Frederick, Lamb, our Ambassador at
Madrid, to Mr. Secretary Canning.

The demolition of Carlton Palace will, it is said,
com►nenci Soon after his Majesty's return to Windsor.
The King is said to have presented the portico. of the
staircase to the United ,tiervice: Club, to form part of
the new'house they are about to erect upon part of the
site of the Palace.

The reports in circulation that the Pavilion at
Brighton is to. be pulled dowit,;:iire -.entirely destitute Of
foundationOto such. intention being entertained.
It is Mr. Duncinnbe, sen., of Duncombe Park, who
is to be raised to the Peerage. His title will be Lord
Faversham, a• title to which the family had some pre
tensions. This Gentleman was in so little expectation
of the honour which has been conferred upon him, that
at three o'clock of the day when it was communicated
to him, he fully- anticipated that he should have to
stand a contest for the County of York. It_ is under-
stood that the promotion is an act entirely of Royal
favour, and does not proceed from Ministers.—Leeds
Mercury.
The title of Mr. Charles Ellis, it is said, will be
Lord Scaford.—Hampskire .Telegraph.
We observe an article in the Times of this morn-
ing, stating that Sir Francis and Lady Burdett em-
barked at Southend on Saturday for France. Now,
we are assured that Sir Francis was seen this morning
on horseback, in St. James's Park.—So much for the
correct information of the Morning Journals.
During the last Session 237 private bills were
brought into Parliament, and 206 received the Royal
assent.
It is the etiquette at Cambridge and Oxford that no
gentleman speaks to another unless he has been for-
mally introduced to him ; and a story is told of a stu-
dent refusing to assist another who had been upset in
a boat upon the Cam, and struggling to reach the
bank, because he had not the honour of being ac-
quainted with him.
A sporting gentleman, who had lately levanted at
Newmarket, passing at this time *-4•—( a good incog-
nito name, by the way) proclaimed hhri• aloud as a
cheat and a blackleg. " Cheat and blackleg!" cried
the indignant gamester. " Sir, dare you—" " Yes,
Sir, and under the same circumstances I would say
the same to any man in England." "Oh rejoined
his alarmed opponent, " if you would say the same to
any man in England, it is not personal, anti so, Sir,
.1 am satisfied.'
Ball Hughes was talking to a friend at Tattersall's
on 'Tuesday last, when the gentleman said to him,
" There goes Crockford, Ball, with his ledger in
hand." To which this distinguished wit replied, ". I
rather think it's his leger-de-mAIN."—The Age.
The Bury Paper contains an advertisement from
Corporal Martin, to the officers of the fleeciest troop,
for having contributed towards the loss °T his horse.'
A certain Game Law Baronet at a •late Election
meeting:, called on the electors., to stand pro errs et
ficis—for the hares and foxes. - • • -
We really shall he obliged to " drop in" on' the
bonnet shops, whiclt retail the present enormities called
umbrella bonnets, and curtail their proportions, if the
ladies persist in them much longer. Every iinfithfair
one wearing them ought to pay for two places at
theatres and public sights.
Rogers says, that when Irving, the theatrical
preacher, gave his watch in pawn to Lord Gambier, he
meant to go tick; himself; for the contribution.—
John Bull.
PRUSSIAN LOAN of 1822.,--;Negotiated by Mr.
N. M. Rothschild in London. The half yearly divi-
dend on the above Loan, which becomes due on Sa-
turday. the • Ist of July next, will be paid by Mr. N.
M. Rothschild, on that and every succeeding day
between the hours of ten and two. The'llividend
Warrants, with a list thereof in numerical order, must
be left one day previous for examination.
Cannon, the fighter, for whom Mr. Hayne made
good, on two occasions, stakes of 2001. and 5001.,
charged ahat poor fellow, -on Epsom race-ground, with
a debt of 1,1001., said to have been contracted at the
game of bowls. Mr. Hayne, shocked at the man's in,•
gratitude, and the state of his own pockets, was obliged
to leave the Course. This is a sad proof of Mr.
Hayne's folly ; he might to have been prepared for
such a recoil, and have kept at a distance from his
Cannon, particularly having no shot at hand. When
these great guns are improperly treated they sometimes
kick.—John Bull.•