The Sun.
London, England, 1826-12-21 00:00:00

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FASHIONABLE INTEIAIGEiteX...
WINDSOR, DEC. 20.—0 n Monday MA-
JriiTV was engaged Throughout thi#hq'in tritisactlng
public, business at the Royal Lodge, and on the fol-
lowing day'lle took a short airing in the Great Park.
This afternoon the KING will pay a visit to the Castle
to decide finally upon the fitting-up of those apart-
ments which are in a sufficient state of forwardness.—

The Ladies' drawing-room in iii;soCith-West tower is
temporarily adapted as a visiting apartment ; the ceil-
ing is from au entirely new design, and is uncommon-
ly rich and effective. A great variety of patterns for
papering the principal chambers will be exhibited for
the sanction of his 111AntsTY, slier which the inter-
nal decoration will proceed with great rapidity. The
late damp weather has operated rather unfavourably
to out of door proceedings, but all those departments
of the business that are transacted in the temporary
workshops have proceeded with unabated activity.'

Sir Herbert Taylor transacted business yesterday
morning with the Duke of York, anti afterwards held a Levee at
his Office in the Horse Guard, as Military Secretary to the COM-
,
mander-in-Chief.

ivlr. hunter, sell. the King's Messenger, arrived at
he Foreign Office yesterday morning frotn.Paris, with despatches
irons Lnrd Granville, our Atnhaasador there, to Mr. Secretary

'Kuuiiug.

Baron Steerneld, the Swedish Minister, and Mr.
Gallatin, the American Minister, transacted business yesterday
with Mr. Secretary Canning, at his office in Downing-street.

ARRIVALS.---Baroness Willoughby de Eresby, at
her house, Whitehall, from Cheltenham ; Mr. and Lady Caroline
Capel, at the Duke of. St. Allan's residence, in St. James's
Square, from Admiral Capers seat, Pinkney Hall, Norfolk ; Dr.
Shell, from Vienna; Mr. and Mrs. Horneden, at Fenton's' Hotel,
St. James's-street, frow their seat in Shropshire; John Wadding-
ton, Esq. at ditto, from Hem; Thomas Page, .Esq. at Otto,
from Surrey ; General Sir H. Vivian, But. at the Royal Hotel,
Si. James's-street, from his seat, Beechwood; Col. Sir James
Hope, Batt. at ditto, from a tour; G. Champion, Esq. at ditto,
from Bleckwater ; .the Rev. C. Eyie, at ditto, from WorksoPs .
Nottinghamshire.

CHANGES.--The Duke of S. Albans, for,the Hon.
G. Berkeley's seat in Berke; the Hon. F. West and Mist Myd-
dleton, for Culham Court, Henley nn Thames ; George
Petre, from Grosvenor-square • for 'Dunkun Ball, near Blank-
hurne, in Lancashire ; Col. Morton, from- Brighton, to Bath ;
Rev. M. Champneys, from Doneaster, to Badeworth; Mr. and
Mrs. Francis Vernon, from the Parade, Brighton, for Bath;
capt: PeChell, for Caatle Coring, neat Arundel, in Sussex; Mr.
Mark Friuli', for Melton, in Yorkshire, from Ferrybridge ; Mr.
Lennox Conyngliarn, from Dublin, for spring Hill, in Ireland;
Mr. Charles Standish, for Standish Hall, near Lancaster ; Mr.
and F. Manning, from Brighton, to. Queen-square, Bath ;
Mr. and Mrs. Saxhy, for Bath ; Hon. C. 17. Clifford, fur Field-
gate, in Warwickshire, ,from Leamington ; Mr. J: Ihmlooke,
1.,r Birdholme, near Chesterfield; Colonel and Mrs. Leigh, for
Bath; Major Hervey, from Cheltenham, to Bath; Hon. 11.
King, M. Y. from Duhlita,.to Cork; Copt. Wingate, from Hat-
rowgate, for Great Pulteney-street, Bath ; Lord Lynedoek, from.
his seat, Cosgrove Priory, for General Trever'e seat, in Sussex ;
Sir John Shelley, Bart., for his seat, in Sussex ; Gen. and Mrs.
Mamma, and Miss Harcourt, from the Burlington Hutt), Old
Burlington and Cork Streets, for the Continent.
ARRIVALS AT WeLTtt.--Lord Deorhurst, Lord
St. Helens, Sir-NV. and Lady'Wynn, the Bithop of Salisbury,
Lady Castlestewart, Lady Nugent Colonel Morgan, Lieutenant-
COlonel Maclean, Major Richer:le, Major Thorne ; Captains
Craig;. Orrne, Pariah, Paget, Waldron ; Lieut. W. Becket, Lint.
11111, Lieut. Pitt, 11. N. ; Rev. Mr. Burrows, Re*. Mr. Collins,
'WV. Mr. Clay, Rev. Mr.. Gould, Rev. Me. King,
,Re*.
Knapp, Rev. ~Atr. ris, . Trelawnsy, Rey. Mr.
'Roakett. ,
ARRIVALSAT CIIELTENHA teattebarap,
Lady'Elehn; Major Robinson, Major .Crokeri Captain and Mrs.
Amsitiek, Captain Biliamore, Captain Osborne, Captain Porter,
.Captain Somerville, Dr. Antrarn, the Rev. Mr. Cummins, Mr.
Lee, Mtv Christmas, Mr. Leigh, Mr. E. Currie, Mr, Davis, Mr.
and Mr;. Bridges, Mr: clodtlard,, Mr. Ord, Mr. Bobley, Mr.
Jones, Mr. Carroll, Mr. S. Wynniatt, Mr. Brown, Mr: Aspinall,
Mr. Folkston, Mr. Trev,ellyan, Mr. Guest, Mr. Wilder, Mr.
Scotfield, Mac Lee, Mrs. Pritchard, Mrs. H. Thompson, Mrs.
Newbury, Mrs. Balfour; Mrs. Browne, Mrs. Wilton, Mrs. Miles,
Mrs. Jones, Miss \Verret', Miss M. A. Baily, 'Mist Toyama,
the,mpfees Yea, Miaa Humphreys, &c. tte. , - •
The Treasurer,of the Glasgow Royal lufirmary hay
received titan the out-wore of the late Jame* Murdock, Esq.
1,000/. in aid of that must uaeful Institution.
It is not generally known, that if the head of a
snail be pricked with a Pill, and the exuding matter applied to a
wart, a disappearance of the eallo.,ity will take platte in a few
clays.

Brighton is; expected to be exceedingly gay during.
the holidays ; most of the large houses that ,Were unoetupied hews
been recently engaged, and, as the Parliamentary eecess will enable
the fashionable world to keep moving. fur a short time, Brighton
will no doubt be the point of attraction.—.Reighton Gazette.
Yesterday a Court of Director& he'd at the
East India House; when the :following Commander* took leave of
the Court previous. to departing for their respective destinations ;
Captain John Hine, Anus, St. Ifileria, Bombay, and Cidna;
Captain 'John It. Manderson, Bridgewater; end Captain Thomas
Baker, Lowther Castle, Bombay end China; The undertow,
nailed Captains 'were sworn into the commend of their respective
ships, vit. :—Captain John Peter Wilson, Hythe, Bombay suet
China; end Captain. ,William Crnic.)cslisuk, .Pnrquhorson, St.
lichens, Penang, Singapore, and Chintai
CHANGE 1N 'TIVP. MiNISTRY.--A report readied
tie this day, on better authority than such, romoure can nut:lily
boast,that there is every likellhaod'of a change (lemming. in the
Ministry, that will he most favourable to Irelasub It is stated
that the change will tiring not only the Marquis. of Lansdowne,
but Mr. Burnet:Mt, into power Morning Register of
Tuesday.
JOHN TAYLOR, . who
was for many years
chief proprietor, and conductor of the Son Newspaper, we are
glad to find by:his Advertisement, is about to publish a volume of
his Poetical Effusions, many
,of *hidn in.ve already roeived the-
justly merited stamp of pnitlic, 'approbation, The volume; will
consist of selections front his fornier works,' and many of bile
latest productions, comprising Sonnets, Odes, Prologue*, rdli-
logues, occasional Miscellaneous Effusions, Tales, &e. and cii
tire new versional'. the Odin of Anacreon ; which must Menge..
thee', form a must agreeable eotopanion to •all admirers of genitine
poetis; taste. it may-not, perhaps. be generally recollected, end the
tfaoctt;ise.stsiati,,otet
awletdatitrel,snntreoft\ehntteyrite:irtiwnge tuo,etrieveopratiabilnitalbthaitmiltchz
for the exedlent Poem of Monsieur .Tonson,.froru which two or
three most amusing dramas have since been formed. Indeed, as
Lord Byron justly maid ofllr.- Taylor, his o is the good old style
of our elder* end our -betters ;', which our readers will, with
his Lordship, " he 'glad to see is not yet extinct."—/Iforning
%Poe& • •

'This is the. shortest day, and is seven hours forty-
.
four.„,inotea, had :seventeen seconds, allowing nine minutes stud
are senottils for refraction, and is the commencement of the byber.
nal or winter solstiee. The leitiVal of St. Thomas was drat in-
stituted in 1130. tit. 'Moms, surnamed nit'yams, or the twin,
is supposed to have been a fisherman, and a native of Galilee, but
the Scriptures afford no information as to his parentage or °corps-
,
tion._ , tie preached the (level to the Model, Persians, and neigh-
bouring nations, was attacked at his devotions, in the year 73, at
Melipour, assailed withstaties, and afterwards pierced through the
hotly with a Live, from which this weapon is introductd in most
pictures of St. Thomas,.
On this d o , .
t' die month evt...ral ancient customs
.
ay , , •
continue to beimoised M various parts tat tha. kingdom. At the
Village of ThorntontPier..6j4arhorite, Dorsetshire, the touttlts Are
i,, tilt. habit of otto,coyes shillings in a hole in it certain tomb-
which prevents the Lord of the Manor
This must he Meat i-
sfit,luiiiiiiet :ilit ti.:'''''til :jilt': 1 : 11:1; itYol4l-':a: ~:: 'silr .Irll.)!ltiehtenrYeetwar.elva ntioek ; the tenant
ato!, woi, .in, • • ,
of the At. 0,,,,, then takra the money. there-is also a custom still
kept iffi '
~, thi. day, p.o.ticularly in the 'vicinity of Maidstone. iu
. I
Beat, ~,,,,,,,..1 going,. 4. goodi og. Women In 'return for the Alms
manner at NVWCAttie.vou-
-1 they have received, present the benefactors , with sprigs of aver-
gotten to deck their houses at the ensuing Christmas. Little troop*
lo tii4l)ey,*a:nid logtlitrel; tbdtittstliuit4tTl'ile4nrt lit thh4of Erightud, an this day, awl
upon Clirktinas Eve, tend e.oneltrtle, a hegging-song, wltl. wishing
`these who he, toss their Inuitity 4 merry 0hri,,ta,,,,, told a happi
car
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