The Sun.
London, England, 1826-07-19 00:00:00

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE.

Yesterday Sir Herbert Taylor transacted military
business with the Duke of York, at Mr. Greenwood's
villa at Brompton. The Royal Duke continues im-
proving towards recovery. On Monday afternoon his
Royal Highness rode out in his close carriage, passed
through St. James's Park, viewed the building fig his
future residence, &c.
Saturday Sir Henry HaFord, after attending the
Duke of York and the Princess Augusta, left town
for Oxford, in consequence of the decease of his bro-
ther, Dr. Vaughan, the Master of Merton College.
The Duchess of Kent, the Duchess of Gloucester,
and the Princess Feodore visited the Princess Augusta
yesterday. Her Royal Highness was better yesterday.
The Princess Victoria paid a visit to her Royal Aunt
on Monday.. •
Last evening the Duchess of Kent and the Princess
Feodore honoured the Italian Opera with their pre-
sence.

Yesterday afternoon, at two o'clock, a Cabinet
Council was held at the Foreign Office, in Downing-
street, which had been summoned to meet since
Thursday last, by order of Mr. Secretary Canning.
The Cabinet was fully attended, there being present
the Lord Chancellor, the Earls of Harrowby, Liver-
pool, Westmoreland, and Bathurst, the Duke of Wel-
lington, Mr. Secretary. Peel, Mr. Secretary Canning,
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Lord Melville, Mr.
Wynn, Mr. Huskisson, and Lord Bexley.
The Council continued in close deliberation up-
wards of three hours. The subject under discussion
was supposed to be relative to foreign politics, in con-
sequence of the Cabinet having been summoned by
Mr. Canning, and other circumstances. Some im-
portance was also attached to it from the numerous at-
tendance of the members, and the distance some of
them travelled to be present. The Earl of Harrowby
came out of Staffordshire, the Earl of Liverpool from
Combe Wood, Surrey ; Mr. Peel from Broadatairs,
near Ramsgate : Earl Bathurst from Stanmore, the
seat of the Earl of Aberdeen ; the Chancellor of the
Exchequer from Charlton, Kent ; Lord Bexley from
Foot's Cray, Kent ; Lord Melville from Scotland, &c.
Yesterday Lord Charles Somerset transacted busi-
ness with Earl Bathurst at the Colonial Office.

Yesterday the Earl of Westmorland had a nume-
rous party to dinner at his house in Grosvenor-square.
We have great pleasure in stating, that the reports
which have been in circulation for some days, of the
death of the Earl of Besborough, are untrue. His
Lordship is at this time remarkably well, at his villa
at Roehampton, and franks the answers to the letters
of condolence which his family receive from their nu-
merous connections.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, with that
ardent zeal for the promotion of useful science, which
forms so prominent a trait in his character, has pre-
sented to the University of Gottingen, for their new
Observatory, a transit clock, completed on the most
improved principle by W. Hardy, who made a similar
one for the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, and for
other public institutions at home and abroad. The
illustrious Duke also is endeavouring to bring forward
into public notice those artisans of merit in the chro-
nometer line, who are working in penury and obscu-
rity, while others are reaping the profit and fame of
their ingenuity. Were these laudable pursuitsfollowed
up by a few more of our distinguished patrons of the
arts, it would greatly advance the talent and genius of
the country. We understand that his Royal Highness
has in his possession the first wood clock made by the
celebrated Harrison.

An entertainment will be given on Thursday next,
at Goldsmiths' Hall, to His Majesty's Ministers.—
Lord Maryborough, Lord Bexley, the Lord Chief
Baron of Scotland, and other honorary members of
the. company, are invited ; also several of the most
distinguished members of both Houses of Parliament. '
The King of England is Master of the Goldsmith's
Company, and a bust of his present Majesty, by Chan-
trey, ornaments their hall.

Mr. Price, the American manager, has become the
lessee of Drury-lane Theatre, having taken the con-
tract off the hands of Mr. Bish, in consideration of
receiving from the latter his deposit of 2,0001. The
Committee signified, through Mr. Calcraft, their
assent to this arrangement on Saturday evening. Mr.
Price leaves London in a few days, for the United
States, and will be back by the middle of October, to
superintend the opening of Drury-lane. We wish
him success ; but he must remember, he has to ad-
minister to a public taste somewhat more refined than
that of the United States. .
THE FRENCH GENDER STAUGHT IN SIX FABLES.
—This is a simple and well digested Grammar, or
rather accidence ; in which the puzzling peculiarities
of the French Genders are reduced to comparative
clearness. They are not, however, as the author's
title page asserts, to be mastered in a few hours ; but,
with diligence and attention may be thoroughly under-
stood in a week. The preface, which, by the way is
not ill written, explains more fully the nature of the
work ; to which we refer our readers, adding at the same
time, a recommendation of our own, that whosoever
procures this little treatise for the purposes of in-
formation, will find that it fully answers his most san-
guine expectations.

The fair equestrian lady, J. P., in the ride on Sun-
day called Col. T- to shorten her rein. a How-
ever short J may make it," replied the witty and gallant
Colonel, " your ladyship's reign will always be long."

PHYSICIANS' FEES.--A very singular custom of
the Burmese physicians is mentioned in the Modern
Traveller—" If a young woman is dangerously ill,
the doctor and her parentsfrequently enter in an agree-
ment, the doctor undertaking to cure her. If she
lives, the doctor takes her as his property ; but if she
dies, he pays her value to the parents ; for, in the
Burman llominions, no parent parts with his daughter,
whether to be wife, or a concubine, without a valuable
consideration. Ido not know," adds Dr. Buchanan,
" if the doctor may sell the girl again, or must retain
her in his family ; but the number of fine young
women which I saw in the house of a doctor at Mea-
day, makes me think the practice to be very common."

BURMESE IGNORANCE OF EUROPEAN CUS-
TOMS.—The following anecdote is curious, as
showing how utterly ignorant the Burmese are of
tile customs of European warfare. In one of ,the
recent actions with the enemy, a wounded Burmali
was taken prisoner. His leg was so dreadfully shat-
tered, that amputation was absolutely necessary to save
the man's life. The operation was accordingly per-
formed by our surgeons; but, instead of being thankful
leg (perfectly y sound) and h would be resumed, and when his
for the humanity thus shown him, he asked when the
is arms were to be
cut off'? thinking, no doubt, that thus the English
in war
were accustomed to treat their prisoners taken !
othe workr o
lgf mutilationoe

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF CHANCERY—(Tars DAT.)
IN THE HATTER OF SOLARTE, A BANKRUPT.

His Lordship stated, that he would now return Mr.
Hunt's brief in this matter, which he had read. The ques-
tion was, whether there was any debt; and the solution
of that question depended upon whether the transactions
were tainted with usury, or not. If both sides were
agreed as to the facts, the Court thought it would be
putting the parties to unnecessary expence to go to trial
upon an issue.
Mr. Hart appeared for the Bankrupt, and his Client
bad no beneficial interest in litigating the validity of the
debt.

His Lordship was aware of this; but a division on the
question of usury might turn the certificate. It was a case
something in its nature akin to ex-parte Grimstead, in the
matter of Howard and Gibbs,k requiring the decision of
this Court. Had this Court not undertaken the labo-
rious task of deciding the question m ex-parte Grinstead,
in the matter of Howard and Gibbs, the parties might,
and would have gone on for five or ten years longer, in
a state of litigation at law. The question here lay in a
narrow compass, because the facts seemed to be in a very
narrow compass. The parties are to take this suggestion
into consideration, and then mention the matter again to
the Court.

EX-PARTE GRIBISTEAD, IN Tat INATTXR. OR 110 WARD AND GIBBS,