The Sun.
London, England, 1826-06-17 00:00:00

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE.

WINDSOR, :LUNE 16.—Both yesterday and this
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day his Majesty has taken an airing of upwards of
three hours' duration in the great Park. His Majesty
leaves the Woyal Lodge in his pony phaeton at a little
before three o'clock, and continues driving about Until
after six, selecting the most shady parts Of the Park for
his favourite recreation. The beautiful lake ofVir-
nia Water, situate a short distance from the Royal
Lodge, is a favourite retreat of his Majesty, and
'all'ords him during the summer season considerable
amusement; The Royal boats are got in readiness,
and the King is soon expected to confluence his ex-
cursions on the water. Yesterday forenoon his Ma-
jesty's visitors, consisting of Prince and Princess
Esterhazy, Duke of Dorset, Earl and Countess and
Lady G.' Bathurst, Earl of Lauderdale, Earl of Egrc-
imont, Earl and Countess Carlisle, Lord Graves, and
the Hon. Mr. and Lady Agar Ellis, took their depar-
ture from the Royal Lodge.

We have great pleasure in stating that the Duke of
York is much recovered from his indisposition. His
Royal Highness transacted business, oh 'Thursday,
with Sir
,Herbert Taylor, his Military Secretary.—
Yesterday morning, after being engaged for a short
time with the Royal Duke, Sir Herbert proceeded to
his Office in the Horse Guards, to hold his Levee,

The Duchess of Gloucester and the Princess
Sophia visited the Princess Augusta yesterday.
ROYAL SPORT.----The King having lately
wounded a wild sow, alighted to pursue her on foot,
and returned very much fatigued atter a chace of nearly
two hours.—Pilote.

FINE WEATHER NOT ALWAYS BEST.---Ashoe.
black meeting a hackney coachman, the other day,
accosted him with, «all bad, all bad, Tom, for you
and me; here's another of these confounded fine
days r —Stockport Advertiser.

SINGULAR -TRIBE OF SAVAGES.----There are
several distinct tribes of savages in Brazil: one in
particular they call Botecudos, from the circumstance
of Abair boring their ears.—( Travels in Brazil.)—
N.B. England can also boast of her Botecudos, with
this slight dilference, that instead of bori4their own
ears, they bore those of others.
A PRIEST KILLER.—An „Irish Lieutenant Via-
fering very much-one day in consequence of having
been drinking too much entirely the night before; was
visited by a brother Officer, who, upon Seeing him in
bed, enquired what was the matter. " Och,, my
dear," said the invalid, " 1 and very sick, very bad
indeed, I was never so bad all my life before, except
one time at Tipperary, when Father O'F'linn and
myself were drinking for three days and three nights.
I was cruel bad that time, but I got over it, and Oise
God .I'll get over this too—but very bad." " But
what became of your friend the Priest e" enquired the
other, " Oh, by C----, he died," rejoined the Lieu-
tenaat.

ABSENCE OE MIND.—The late Sergeant Hill, of
eccentric memory, was once invited to spend some
days in the country with Lord Erskine. His wife,
who knew his characteristic negligence, advised him
(inter alia) to put on a clean shirt every morning.
" For this purpose," said she, " I have packed up
six, which will, I hare no doubt, last you during your
On the Sergeant's return, his wife remarked
how stout he had grown; adding, at the same time, a
hope that.he had complied with her request about the
shirts. Her husband assured her that he had ; but
what was her astonishment on finding that, with his
customary absence of mind, he had actually put on
one over the other ; and was, ,at that moment perspiring
under the influents of no less than six shirts.

HINTS TO A DINF,R our.---When the party
large, adopt the following directions, and you may be
far from unhappy, though onie of twenty-lbur
out fur a dish neither illustrious nor obscure; a dish
of modest merit, which the man of judgment can atone
descry. Select, I say, such a dish, and draw your
chair quietly opposite to it (however ugly the women
on either side) ; yea, even if the lady of the house
insists on your sitting higher up. Contrive, if you
please,: to dispatch your dish before the entrance of
the goose. Catch your host's eye at that critical mo-
ment, and you secure the first slice, Having thus
the 'start in goose, you. Come in early for tarts; and all
the family of the puddings ; and, as I suppose, you to
have a steady appetite, why, after cheese, which, like
hope, comes to all, I see no cause to doubt yourhav-
ing made a very respectable dinner.—Akin to the sub-
ject I have just mentioned, is the habit which men,
professing to he Christians, exhibit, of asking for par-
ticular bits. This 'is not merely bad manners, but
moat iniquitous morals. How dare men who have
been baptized expose thus the gluttony of their unge-
nerated bowels I--But enough for the present—ver-
bum sap ; as we say at Oxford.—Blackwoid.
CAMERARItJS'S DZSCRIPTION OF THE TioßsE.
—A perfect Haim is an assemblage of the excellen-
cies of many animals ;—He should- possess three parts
like a woman ; an, expanded chest, protuberant hips,
and a long mane s-7-In three things he should resem-
ble a lion ; in ferocity of countenance, in fortitude,
and irresistible impetuosity ;—He must have three
things aypertaining to a sheep ; the nose, gentleness,
and patience ; Three of a mule ; strength, persever-
ance, and sureness of foot ;—Three of a deer; head,
legs, and skin ;—Threr of a wolf; throat, neck, and
hearing ; Three of a fox ; ears, tail, and rate, or trot;

—Three of a serpent ; memory, sight, snd flexibility
—And three 01 a hare ; running, walking, and per.
inacitv.

NATURE AND Ater.--A story is recorded of
Cecco d'Aseoli and of Dante, on the subject of natu-
ral and acquired genius. Cecco maintained that
nature was more potent than art, while Dante asserted
the contrary. To prove his principle, the great Italian
bard referred to his cat, which by repeated practice he
had taught to hold a candle in his paw while he supped
or read. Cecco desired to witness the experiment, and
came not unprepared for his purpose ; when Dante's
cat was performing it's part, Cecco, lifting up the lid
of a.pot which he had tilled with mice, the creature of
art knstantly showed the weakness of a talent merely
acquired, and dropping the candle, flew on the mice
with all its instinctive propensity. Dante was himself
disconcerted, and it was judged that dip advocate for
the occult principle of native faculties had gained his
cause.—Dis raeli'4 Curiosities.