The Sun.
London, England, 1826-11-18 00:00:00

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FASHIONABLE INTEL LIGENCE,

WINDSOR, Nov. 17.--His MAJESTY has not,
during the present week, taken his usual exercise, but
has confined himself chiefly to public business, as Mes-
angers continue to arrive and depart almost daily to
and from the Royal Lodge.
It is said that his MAJESTY intends leaving the
Royal Lodge, early in the ensuing week, for St.
James's Palace.
On Thursday Lord Graves, the Lord in Waiting,
left the Royal Lodge for his residence in town.
This day Miss Garth, who has for some days hack
been on a visit to her Royal Highness Princess Au-
gusta, took leave of her Royal Highness, and left
Froginore Lodge for her residence in town.
His Majesty's stag hounds will meet on Monday at
Maidenhead Held, and on Friday at the Toll-gate,
Bedfont-lane.

This forenoon the remains of Major Fairtiough, of
the 63d regiment, were interred with great military
honour in the Castle burying-ground.

The Duchess of Clarence, accompanied by the,
Princess Carolina of Meinengen, left the apartments
of the Duchess of- Kent,' in the King's Palace, at
Kensington, on Wednesday, for her seat in Bushy
Park. The Duke-of Clarence arrived at Bushy the
same day from a visit to the Duke and Duchess of
Gloucester, at Bagahot Park.
The Address in the House of Lords will be second-
ed by Lord Colville. -
The Earl of Liverpool transacted business yesterday
with Mr. Secretary Peel, at the Home Office.
Mr. Huskisson transacted business yesterday with
Mr. Secretary Canning, at his Office in Downing-street.
Earl Bathurst was rather better 'yesterday.
,The Earl of Westmorland gave a Grand Dinner
Mysterday, in Grosvenor-square. • In the circle wa,; the
archioness Dowager of Salisbury.
The preparations for opening the Opera are going
forward rapidly. The first general rehearsal of the
Vestale took place •at the King's Theatre yesterday,
with full Orchestra and Chorus, under the manage-
ment of Mr. Bochsa, the Director of the Musical De-
partment.

Yesterday a Deputation from the Society for Pro-
pagating the Gospel in Foreign Parts met at London
House, where the Lord Bishop took the Chair.
Amongst the communications were several of import-
ance, relative to the Eastern World, from the late
Bishop Heber, which reflected upon him the highest
credit.

We are happy to state that the Bishop of Oxford's
health has within the last few days very considerably
improved.
the Royal Society, and the Royal Society of An-
tiquaries, had their first Meeting for the season, at
Somerset House, on 'Thursday night. The Right
Hon. Robert Peel, Secretary of State for the Home
Department, was admitted a Member, by ballot of the
Society of Antiquaries.

It is said that the Duke of' Montrose has, or in-
tends, resigning his situation as Lord Chamberlain,
,and that Lord Farnborough is spoken of as his stic.
eessor.—Morning Herat .
COLCHESTER PITT CLUB DINNER.—On
Tuec-
day, the Colchester True Blue, or Pitt Club, 'cele-
brated their 20th Anniversary, at the Three Cups Inn,
in that town. The attendance of members, and of
friends from Chelmsford, Harwich, Maldon, Menses,
&c. vests; numerous and highly respectable—upwards of
100 sitting down to dinner. .Sir G..H. Smyth, Bart.,
one of the Members of Parliament for Colchester,
presided, supported on his right by Sir J. Tyrell, Bart.,
and Col. Bramston, and on his left by the }tom G.
Winn, M.P. for Maldon, and the Venerable Arch-
' deacon Lyall.
A Mr. T. a depositary of the Devon and
Exeter Bible Society, has brushed off with 1291, of the Society's
cosh.--News.
SCHINTIPICBULL.---At a meetingof Philosophers in this
town, a gentleman stoutly maintained that the empty spackof the
universe was filled with light.— Greenock dveliser.
An old gentleman, somewhat addicted to the free use
~f the crystal, teas admonished by a friend, that he was likely to
fall in a very bad custom. " Na, na," replied he, "1 canna find
sac muck!. taut wi' the custom as wi' the excise.— Grecuock
Advertiser.

VIENNA.---An operatic piece, the music of which is by
Mawr, has been brought out at the Leopaldstadt Theatre, called
" The Jewel of the King of Spirits." The German papers praise.
the music highly, • but abuse the drama. In comparing the firmer
to the latter, they say it is as if the Iliad of Homer were printed on
very bad paper.—Literary Gazette.

BMW EATERS.---A club in this town, consisting of 61
persons, dined together on Monday, agreeably to annual custom.
They had for dinner 17511 g. of beef and mutton, 160Ibs. of po-
tatoes, MINI. of carrots, 501bs. of turnips, 12 loaves of bread,
weighing 01lbs. The meat was gormandized to the Wines,
scarcely a vegetable left.--.Donet chronicle. and

Saturday morning the funeral of Miss Robinson, the
oily daughter of the Chancellor of the Exchequer took place
at Norton, in Lincolnshire. The Right lion. Gentleman and
Lady Sarah Robinson followed the remains of their beloved
daughter to the silent tomb. They were so extremely afflicted that
they required supporting, partieularlythe Right lion. Gentlemen.
On Wednesday the fence was completed in front of
the screen of Carlton Palace, preparatory to ita demolition ; end, the
workmen have begun to uproot the trees in the gardens, for the
purpose of beginning the new square alma to be erected in that
quarter,
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Since our last, the Committee of the Bradford Opera-
fives have transmitted further petitions, to which upwards of
1000 names were attached, against the existing Corn Laws.
Petitions of a like sort, from the parish of Kildwick, containing
upwards of 1900 names, have also been forwarded from Adding-
ham and Ilkley against the Corn Laws. —Leeds Irdellioeneer.
We are happy to find that the manufacturers of sail-
cloth,
twine, &c., at liridport, East Coker, and its neighboar.
hood, find the demand much reviving; several large shipments
having lately been made for the islands of Guernsey and Jersey,
thatM L.epihkixti:nttse, NEWEsg. , COATm.i). po.
consigned to the merchants there, to the ears of Mr. Sinetham,
ship-Agent of this port.—.Doran Chronicle.
Member of Parliament, Patriot of the First Class, and Friend to
Greece), is about to receive a very appropriate augmentation to
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visit to Macclesfield, has attrtwtetl pretty much of the curiosity of
the inhabitants from his repo
R. F. G. WAKEFIEI,II.--Mliii gentleman' who is on a
tali appearance in public. Upon
one occasion, a very droll scene exhibited itself. A person cause
running
lion that Mr. W. was in the next street walking with his son and
daughter and her governess, anti so great was the wish of a gentle-
man, who was under the hands of the yeerequie, to 1...._
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into Mr. Swears, a hair dresser's shop, with the worms.
at the wonderful man, that 4e eetutigy left th... shop. 4,t71.,h7.
chin
covered with soap and A cloth over his shoulder, followed, as fast.
as they could run, by all the other inmates.—Stockport Advertiser
on Thursday 2d instant, the elegabt new bridge over
the River Annan, at that burgh, was opened for the service of the
pi Mho• magistrates, the arrival of the mail coach, the sgiatretes, in
chaises, accompanied by the contractor, auperintentlent; surveyor,
Sic., with the horses decorated with ribands, and preceded by the
burgh officers, went with the mail over it, in the midst of
*evertsl hundred spectators, who cheered them as they went along
with•loinl huuaa. It is one of the best built end roost suhatantial
as well as beautiful structures of the kind betwixt Portpatrick and
London, and dues great
_credit to may, person concerned in its
erection,— Glasgow Harald.

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