The Sun.
London, England, 1826-08-25 00:00:00

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE.

BRIGHTON, AUG. 23.—The health of the Duke
of York continues to improve. The gratifying report
at the Palace. to-day is, that " his Royal Highness
has gassed a good night, and is much better."
Ihe Duke, it seems, is so considerably recovered,
that he purposes returning to London 64 Sunday ; and
then being again with us in a day or two.
Lady Deering and Colonel,Whatley were here this
morning, to leave their names at the Palace, which
done, they set off' to return to Arran Lodge, at Bognor.
The Russian Ambassador and Lady arrived at the
Royal York Hotel last night. The Count and Coun-
tess not, only left their names at the Palace, but had an
audience of the Royal Duke this morning.
His Royal Highness continues his salutary airings.

The Old Ship Tavern -challenged more than ordi-
nary notice yesterday ; and the cause was the marriage
of Ezekiel Emanuel, Esq. of the Jewish persuasion,
of. Portsea, to Rebecca, only daughter of Mr. Hyam
Lewis, df this town. The ceremony was performed
by the Rev. S. Herschel), Chief Rabbi of all the
German congregation of Jews in his Britannic Ma-
jesty's dominions. Mrs. Fitzherbert, Colonel and Mrs.
Dawson, and numerous others of haat ton, honoured
and graced the nuptials with their presence. Subse-
quently a very large party sat down to a sumptuous
banquet; and the festivities are to be repeated every day
'throughout the week.

The new building now erecting for the residence of
his Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence, in the
King's Palace, St. James's, is in a forward state. The
front is to be covered with cement.: it has already been'
commenced. There, are three tiers of nine windows
etch extending along the front sid:. A balcony will
be erected along the windows of die first floor. The
entrance will be exactly in the centre of the ',building
under a portico, sustained by six columns of the Doric
order, to the height of the first floor, and six lonic co-
lumns above. It will be surmounted by a balustrade,
and that' part of the 'attic story which will' be above
the portico will be ornamented by , pilasters. The
portico will extend over the pavement, but will leave
a free passage to the public under it. The lower part
of the building will be rusticated in the French style.
Mr. Dawson, Under Secretary State for the Home
Department, and Mr. Wilmot Horton, Under Secre-
tary of State for Colonial Affairs, arrived in town
yesterday from the seat of the Earl of Cassius, at St..
Margaret's.
Mr. Hunter, jun., the King's messenger, was sent
off' on Wednesday evening from the Foreign-office
with despatches to the Continent. Despatches were
received , yesterday at the Foreign-office from Lord
Granville, our Ambassador at Paris. .

Mr. Hunter, jun., whilst on his late journey to
Constantinople, with despatches for the Right Hon.
Stratford Canning, was detained by illness for several
days at Bucharest.

The Duke of Grammont, we are told in the Moni-
teur and other Paris papers, visited the Duke De
Cases at Libourne, in his way from Bordeaux to
Paris. In the general mention of this trifling occur-
rence there is evidently an affectation of display on
the part. of one of the Noble Peers. IS the latter in-
clined to atone for his liberal principles, or the former
to adopt them ?

A night coach called the Moon started from Norwich
last week,
i which proved an anomaly—it was the new
Moon, . and yet. it
.wass
Oliver Cromwell being afraid of cabals from the ex
pelled family, thought it dangereua to permit persons,
particularly Noblemen, to quit the kingdom without
leave. A young Nobleman in the interest of Cliarle3
11., came to pay his respects to the Protector, and
solicit leave of absence from the.. country., Cromwell
immediately granted the request, but said, " Well, let
me see you soon again, but don't see Charles Stuart."
" I will not, upon my honour," replied the peer.—
The 'Nobleman soon returned, and coming to pay his
duty to the Protector, Cromwell snatched his hat out
of his hands, and with a penkife quickly cut open the
lining, and from the inside took out several letters and
papers directed to the friends of. Charles. " O,shaine,"
cried Oliver, " is this the way the English nobles keep
their honour Did you not promise not to see
Charles Stuart ?" " I did not see him," answered' the
Nobleman. " Then," said Cromwell, " who put out
the candle, you or Charles?" Oliver had cunningly
Contrived to put a spy of his 'own into the Peer's ser-
vice, who discovered that at the interview the King
first put out the lights.

In consequence of information received that a
private distillery was carrying on in Crown-street,
Holton, Thomas Gater, accompanied by John El-
len) and Francis Gibbs, Excise-officers—the same who
made the seizure a few days back in the private distil-
lery, Primrose-street, Bishopsgate—repaired 'to the
premises, and found in an underground kitchen, a'
still charged with 150 gallons of molasses wash, and
the several utensils made use of in the process of dis-
tilling—the whole of which they seized and conveyed
to the Excise-office ; and on the same day (yesterddy)
and through the same medium, they discovered, in a
private house in Three-colt-lane, Bethnal-green-road,
occupied by a Mr. Buckard Holland, SOO gallons of
,the same material, with' which a still was charged and
and in full work in the back parlour—Holland him-
self, and his wife and children being present; their ad-
mission here was resisted ; Mrs. Holland, on the offi-
cer knocking at the door, calling out upon perceiving
them to her husband, " Fly, John, fly ! the scorpions
are upon you." Thus situated, the officers got through
an adjoining wood-yard, and scaled the garden-wall of
and before the party could separate,
H securedolland'tsh
the
house,s till
a number of, spirit-casks and wash-
bags, which have been all since lodged at the head
office of Excise.

LAUGHTER.---A witty writer says, in praise of
laughter—', Laughter has even dissipated disease and
preserved life, by a sudden effort of nature. We are
told that the great Erasmus laughed so heartily at the
satire by Iteuelilier and. Von Hutten, that he broke
an imposthume, and recovered his health." In a
singular treatise ' on laughter,' Joubert gives two simi.
heAggaoibulept'uttaiiiligd
Jar instances. A patient being very low, the physician,
had ordered a dose of rhubarb, countermanded the
he perceived some sweetness of the-
medicine, which was left on the table. A monkey in
while the rhubarb hadsunk
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the
whole,
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liemboldened,
nauseous
portion, swallowed
that, after many
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n it,
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to the
strange and fantastic grimaces, he grinded his teeth in
rany, and in a violent fury threw the goblet on the
bboutttofomu.na
oor. The whole affair was ludicrous,that so the
sick man burst into repeated
peals of laughter, and the
recovery of cheerfulness led to health.

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The following is an extract tof a lisftet, dated Ho-
bart-town, April 8:----
" On the 21st of January last I was made free of
this colony, or, in other 46rdsrfelatittobbed by that
desperate and lawless banditti called Bush Rangers, of
whom, probably, you may have read some accounts at
home. They consist of prisoners who have effected
their escape from the public works here, or the penal
settlement of Macquarie Harbour, whither they are
sent on being convicted of crimes after their arrival,
and proceed into the bush, or woods, of this country,
where they subsist by sheep-stealing, and robberies on
the settlers. For some time past, this system has been
carried to a very alarming extent, both as regards rob-
bery and murder, and has frightened many from the
colony entirely. They have, in fact, had their own
way, and no exertions of the military Or police could
put a stop OA from the circumstance of their being
harboured and assisted by many from fear, and by
others froth the gain of the plundered property.
Though some have been taken and executed, one
party has continued to elude pursuit for a length of
time, headed by one Brady, who is captain or chief
over them.

I cannot give you a better account of their pro-
ceedings, as regards myself, than by copying a state-
ment of the robbery from the Ilebart-town Gazette
of the 28th of January :

We have again the melancholy task to add one more to the
painful recitals of enormities committed by the Bush Rangers.
About half-past eight o'elock on Saturday evening last, six men,
armed with muskets and bayonets, appeared at Mr. Hance's,
River Plenty. Illr. Hance Was from home, but Mr. J. W.
Sampson (his partner), a master-salter, and a servant named
damsel Young, were in the house. 'When the robbers hid col-
lected their booty, they proceeded to force Mr, Sampson and
Young to drink two tutnblers of raw spirits each, to enforce
which they presented a cocked pistol. Mr. Sampson swallowed
one tumbler of rum, but soon after vomited it up, and they did
not persist in his drinking the second ; hut poor Young was not
so fortunate—he succeeded in drinking off both the tumblers full,
and his stomach unhappily retained the liquor. They then com-
pelled him to assist in carrying off the plunder. He wag not
heard of until Monday morning, when Mr. Jantieion's shepherd,
while tending his flock, observed his dogs go into an uninhabited
hut, and not returning to his call, he entered, and found theat
licking the unfortunate man's face, as he lay on his back on the
floor. On his having his head raised, he complained of thirst,
and water being supplied him, he was carried under a cherry'-trey
by the door, where he revived a little, and was put into a cart,
and conveyed to his master's house. He was perfectly sensible,
and every thing possible was thine to save, his life, but the spirits
had inflamed his stomach and intestines to such a degree that
mortification took place; and he lived but one hour. An inqui-
sition was held on the body next day, and a verdict returned of
wilful murder by some persons unknown. The robbers com-
pletely stripped the habitation of every valuable worth carrying
off-801b. of tea, 2 cwt. of anger, a quantity of rum and flour,
two fowling-pieces, and a pistol, a large quantity of wearing ap-
parel, plate, trinkets, and cash.'
" We were taken completely by surprise ; I had no
idea of their approach till three men suddenly entered
my room, and demanded my keys, &c. I had sent
my watch to town by Mr. Hance, to be repaired, and
had only about '2ss. cash about me. I was not
alarmed at the time, but continued' to smoke my
pipe during the time they remained. One man
stood over me with a horse pistol, and held a light,
which he very civilly offered to me when my pipe
required it.

They have since been taken, with the exception of
two ; I was the principal evidence against them, two
days since, when they were found guilty, and will be
executed in a few days. Eight other Bush Rangers
have since been taken, and will certainly sham the
same fate,"

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TATTERSALL'S, Aue. t 4.

The near approach of Doncaster Races has given a alight fillip
to the betting's. We recently stated, that the great *porting wen
were at a loss to compost their books, hut now symptoms of a
re-action begin to 'bow. themselves.

ST. LSO KR.
t to 4 apt Belzoni 13 to 1 apt Crusader
15 to 2 apt Btdiamit• 30 to 1 apt `Parrett
17 to 2 agst Nfttlatto Sh to I apt The (ioarral
15 to 1 apt Paul Pry (taken) 40 to 1 agat Shortwaist
14 to I opt The Dragon 100 to 1 apt Fanny Davies
Even between the Dragon and Paul Pry (taken)
1000 to 700 Mulatto apt the Dragon.
•

• EXETER RACES.—Witnnitstsay, AIM IS.
The Devonshire Stakes of 26 go. each. Once round. (13 sub-
• scribers.
Lord Palmerston's Grey Leg ..
Mr. Percy's Prosody
Mr. Farquharson's Presentiment
A Silver Tureen and Cover, value 100 p., by subset,
10 p. each. Once round and a distance. (11 subst
Lord Palmerston's Conquest 2 1 1
Mr. Portman's Forrester • 1 2 2
Mr. Fellowes's bl. 1. by Colossus 2 S dr
The County Member's Plate of 501.
Mr. Corning's ch. f. Aura 1 1
Mr. Farquharson's Black-and-all-Black— 2 dr
Mr. King's ch. f. by Anticipation S *

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