The Sun.
London, England, 1826-06-12 00:00:00

FASITiOVABLE INTtLLIGENCE.

Wtrapson, JUNE 11.--This morning Divine Ser-
vice was performed in the Private Chapel in the Royal
Lodge, by the Rev. Dr. Blomberg.
Yesterday his Majesty, attended by the Duke of
Wellington and other visitors, drove in his policy
phaeton from the Royal Lodge to the Castle, where
the King was received by Mr. Wyattville, &c. who at-
tended his Majesty over the different extensive works,
which occupied the King about an hour, when his
Majesty drove to the Royal Lodge to dinner.
Great bustle is anticipated here to-morrow, when
the election ,commenees. The candidates are John
Ramsbottom, Esq. and Richard Hussey Vivian, Esq.
The town has been very full during the last week.
The Terrace is crowded this afternoon, where the ex-
cellent band of the 63d Regiment are playing.

The Duke of York' returned to town on Saturday
from Frogmore.

Saturday the Duchess of 'Glouceater and the Prin-
cess.. Sophia visited the Princess Augusta.
. Saturday the Earl and COUntess of Liverpool left
town for their seat Coombe Wood, near Kingston,
Surrey.
On Friday the.:Marquis of Clanricarde and Mr.
Canning, arrived at the Royal Lodge.
Mr. Secretary Canning returned to town last even
ing from a visit to the King at the Royal Lodge, Wind-
sor Park.
Yesterday the Duke of Leeds, the Marquis of Clan-
ricarde, and the Earl of Clanwilliani, took leave of his
Majesty, and left the Royal Lodge for their respective
residences in London.
His Excellency Baron Von de Capella'', late Go-
vernor-General of Netherlands India,. embarked on
Saturday morning; with him family and suite, on board
the King of the Netherlands steam vessel, Captain
John Slater, for Rotterdam.
The glove-makers at Macclesfield, in consequence
of the depression in their trade, are getting rid of au
the hands they can.
. Amor, the recent Parisian inventions is a curious
one of making clocks of paper, which are asserted to
be an improvement on metallic machinery.
Is is to he hoped that Mr. Irving 's example of
' pledging his
,watch will not be followed, as Charity on
tick is not. calculated to do much good.
SOMERSET.'—Upon its being said that Mr. Gore
Langton had put up for that county, " Poor Sir
Thomas," said an elector, " lioth Hunted and Gored."
Mr. John. Mills is shortly to lead to the hymeneal
altar the amiable and acconiplished Miss Orby Hunter.
Mr. Kean having been unsuccessful in his attempt
renovare dolores, to renew his acquaintance
with AMeriean dollars, is said to be on his waybome.
Some say that there will be.two hundred new Mem-
bers returned this. next Parliament; others count upon
one hundoed only.
The General bias again .changed his owner, having
been purchased by Mr. Paine of the Duke of Portland
fur 1,700 guineas.
Drury-lane Theatre will close not a .very success-
ful nation on the 20th ; Covent-garden, after deriv-
ing more profit from its exertions than the rival
establishment, about the 23d.

The singularly rare traet relating to Fox-hunting,
mitten by Sir X. Cockayne, sold on Saturday by
Sotheby for 17/.105., was originally purchased by Mr.
Hill for less than 3/.

There has recently been a coalition formed between
the rival publishers of The Annual Register, Messrs.
Tf ivingtons, and the London Associated Ilgoksellers.
If MrS, Opie bad gone to the last masquerade iii
her new dress, there would probably 'have been an
0. P. (Opie)
Cozens, the offieer, who was thrown into a tub of
melted fat, while lately searching a tallow-chandler's:
premises in the Strand, is the last Englishman who
has made himself conspicuous by the struggle in
Greece (Grease.)
Lord Alvanley was hunting some time since, and
by his Lordship's aide was Gunter, the pastry cook,
on a very restive horse, which induced him to observe
to the Peer, that his horse was so hot, lie did not
know what to do with him—to which Lord Alvanley,
who is one of the greatest wags on town, said, " The
Nat thing you can do with liim, Mr. Gunter, is to
take him home, and,ice him."
Talk of the Academic groves of the Athenians and
the metaphysics of.Platol—Why, we could
point out
an Academy, in Chancery-lane, where more philosophy
may he acquired in. three years, than the ancients could
have. taught in three generations. This is all owing
to the superior system adopted by the present Head,
Master ; for instead of deducing .Effeets from Causes,
like some blundering Metaphysicians, he has always
pursued the opposite.course—of deducing Causes as
long as there are any Effects. •
HENDERSON; THE COMEDIAN....-When Hender-
son, the celebrated Comedian, first made application to
Garlick, and gave him " a specimen of Ins quality,"
the lioscius assured him, that he could not ii ssibly.
convey art ieulate sounds to the audience of any theatre.
Foote said nearly the same thing. Colman at length
took Henderson by the hand,, and such was the sue
cpss of the man who could not possibly convey
articu-
lated sound, that during the first 84 nights of his per-
fOrmance at the Haymarket, the receipts were coin-
plaid .at no less a stun than 4,500/. !—Literary
Chronicle.

At a social party, some days ago, at Greenwich, a
discussion arose as to the nature of the White-bait.
One party supposed they were the young of other fish,
whilst another considered them as a species of itself.
To decide the point, a dozen were sent for from the
kitchen—when it was fully ascertained that three were
young sprats, two smelts, and many of the others were
young shad. If only the first and last were caught,
we should not have to quarrel with the use of them ;
hut when smelts are thus destroyed, it becomes a mat-
ter of serious consideration how far the subject should
not be more minutely.inquired into.
We arc quite,storieed to hear, that the new,Lun.
don Bridge is to have a parapet without a ballustrade.
Now, this design is absurd. Why should 'not the
view of the river be open, as in the case of the other
bridges ? True taste supposes and includes utility;
but, besides mere utility, there are other important
objects connected with public buildings. Salubrity is
sent
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is not to be neflected•
by the different conflicting interests of her Represen-
tatives in Parliament, a work defining the Lio,„ of
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down, with perspicuity and simplicity, the moron
Statutes upon the *object, and, we doubt not, will
meet all the attention which his talents entitle him to
receive.