The Sun.
London, England, 1826-06-13 00:00:00

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE.

We are `concerned to say, the Duke of York was
confined yesterday by indisposition.
Yesterday the Duchess of Gloucester, the hincess
Sophia, the Duchess of Kent, with the Princess Vic-
toria, visited the Princess Augusta.
Yesterday afternoon, the Princess Augusta took an
ailing in an open carriage in the Parks.

The Lord Chamberlain has appointed the widow
Gilbert to succeed her late husband, as goldsmith and
silversmith to the King.
On Friday evening, M off
Mr. Akerbone was sent o
from the Colonial Office with despatches to the
lonian Islands.

Sir William Curtis, we hear, has been returned for
Hastings, by the especial wish of a high personage.
The fall of the funds at Vienna is attributed to the
Emperor of Austria having experienced a relapse of
his disorder. His journey to Luxemburg is deferred.
Mr. L. Fox left town on Sunday night for Chel-
tenham, in consequence of the sudden death of his
Sister, the Hon. Mrs. Stourton, at that place. This
Lady had just come into a very large property by the
will of the late Sir Thomas Vavasor, of Hazlewood,
in Yorkshire. She was only daughter of the Hon.
Mr. and Mrs. L. Fox, of Yorkshire.

Some years ago, the well-known lawyer, Mr. B—,
then a Reading school-boy, thus condoled with a
young friend, who had been somewhat harshly ejected,
vi et armis," from a neighbouring arden—(in
bortus: never mind the pain, lad, tis only an " ex-
hortation."

MEYERBEER, the celebrated author of the Cro-
ciato and Margaret of Anjou,isjust returned to Paris,
where be is engaged in the composition of a new
Opera, called La Nllmphe du Danube, which is said
to promise an encrease and consolidation of his fame.
KEAL—The New York Papers of the 10th ult.
state that Kean was to appear that evening in the part
of Richard 111.

That very excellent actor, Mr. Rayner, has his
benefit to-morrow night at Covent Garden Theatre,
when the Heir at Law will be performed, in which
Mr. Rayner will appear for the first time as Zekiel
Homespun, and Mrs. Rayner as Cicely Home-
spun, being her first appearance at this Theatre. In
the course of the evening, Madame Pasta will sin?
" God save the King," and "Di Tanti Palpiti ;
Miss Paton will also sing several favourite songs.
A LOUDER YET, AND YET A LOUDER STRAIN !
—During Mrs. Billington's bravura in the last act,
Mr. Billington, her husband, who was seated in the
orchestra, conceiving that the trumpeter did not ac-
company her with sufficient force, frequently called to
him, in a subdued tone, " Louder, louder !" The
leader of the band, being of a similar opinion to Mr.
Billington's, repeated the same command so often,
that at length the indignant German, in an agony of
passion and exhaustion, threw down his trumpet, and
turning towardi the audience, violently exclaimed,
It be very easy to cry Louder ! louder !—but, by
gar ! vere is tie vind ?"
RURAL SIMPLICITY.-4-A young cockney lady,
whose ideas of a country life were formed from reading
Thompson's Seasons, Teceivcd an invitation to spend
a few weeks with her aunt, about fifty miles from Lon-
don ; and was extremely disappointed at the total
absence of that Arcadian simplicity which she had
pictured to herself in a country life. One day, how-
ever, she considered herself fortunate, by encountering
a shepherd returning from the fields, with crook in
hand. " Youth," said she, " Why have you not
your pipe with you ?"---" Bekase, ma'am," answered
he, " 1 han't got no backee."

gentleinin expressing his wonder that so un,
weildy a man as Sir W. C.•shoidd he so attached to
barges, yachts, &c. a wag observed that he had a great
anxiety to be a lighter-mo.
AN AFFECTIONATE So:.--That a lather's is a
very bad part, may be proved, amongst other instances,
by the affidavit of the Irishman, who, swearing the
peace against his three sons, thus concluded :—" and
this deponent further saith, that the only one of his
children who showed him any real filial affection, was
his youngest son, Larry,,for he never struck him when
he was down."

In consequence of the intended change in the pub-
lication of the London Gazette from Saturday to Fri-
day evening, we perceive several of the provincial
journals, hitherto published on Sunday morning and
Monday, have given notice of their intention to change
the day of publication to Saturday. The intended
alteration in the day of publication of the Gazette is
very judicious, and we are surprised that it \has not
been long since adopted. It will be a more equal di-
vision of the week, in relation to the Tuesday's Gazette,
and it will be a great accommodation to legal and com-
mercial men, who are now often detained in town on
Saturday, waiting to see the Saturday night's Gazette,
when, but for that consideration, they would be en-
joying a little recreation in the country, after conclud-
ing the labours of the week.

On Saturday, as a carrier from Dalkeith, with two
loaded carts, was passing Summerfield, situated be-
tween Jock's Lodge and Leith, some boys threw
stones at the horses, the foremost of which became
restive, and turning suddenly round, most unfortu-
nately pressed the carrier between the wheels of the
two carts so terribly, that he lived only a few minutes,
in the greatest agony.-----. Edinburgh Star•.
On Thursday the 4th ult., a monster, who occupies
a small farm in the parish of St. Weonards, about I I
miles from Hereford, actually burnt one of his cart
horses alive. The poor animal was attached to a
waggon, which being unable to remove, its tyrant
procured a quantity of straw, which being placed under
the body of the horse, he set it on fire, and scorched
it in so shocking a manner, that death only released it
from its torture.

Of Curran we are told—', To repeat any of
this celebrated wit's stories is a hazardous task,
on account of the notoriety usually attached to
them ; however, I will venture one. A garrulous
gentleman having, during a whole evening, in-
terrupted Curran and the rest of the company with
dull incongruous stories, at length, unable to proceed
beyond the middle of one of t continued to re-
peat, ' and so—and so—no, and so it being dark,
Sir John said—no, the cook said-,--NO-•-•' ' Stop,
abririiireod theto
sir,' impatiently cried Curran, ' I will finish your story
for you. Bo—they wanted a rush-light 1 and—so,
the great she-bear was walking about the town-... 50,
he popped his head into the barber's shop, and said,
was addressed,
, What, noi soap .9
l'
i—rso—hThee died he married
receive
o r violently seemed
to
barber—the powder flew out of the counsellor's wig,
and all Mrs. AlacDab's puddings were spoiled—and
so—so !--that's' a unfortunate
resent it. grace
gnie
quietly
H, stiired, looked fierce, looked bewil-
dared, but never
fiwrhstomdotuhbistfuer wiLdteher
spoke more during that evening."----
Edinburgh Observer.