The Sun.
London, England, 1817-01-10 00:00:00

THE GRAND DUKE NICHOLAS AND SUITE.

On Thorstlay evening' these distingnisheti tra-
vellers reAchefl the Albion Hotel, in Manchester,
1411,1 ►Fritlayvisited the principal public Institn-
tions and Manufactnring Establishritents in that
rhe course of the following tiny, the
Tourists took their departure for the ancient city
of Chester.

iIimBERY OF L‘ViiNORR, OvriCEß.—Wed•
ttc,,lay evening Lavender and liis wife titer., from
t uir re‘idcnve, in Long-acre, leaving- a servant
a, tl their children ; soon aftersix o'clock a man,
resiicetithly dre4sed, with his great coat closely
hlofonol op and his head powdered, called and
lopore'd for Lavender, appearing' in great haste,
rllltl exprested great disappointment at the (Aker
beiiig from home, saying, he wanted him, very
partictilat ly to go to Chelsea to take it Mit ; he
must therefore leave a note, and .he desired the
servant ti, give Writ a sheet of paper ; she replied
;i►e hail not got 'tiny. He desired her to go and
purchase of borrow some of the other lodgers.,
,botiy of whr h the girl very: prudently decimell
ng. He then toidi a riere' of itttp-er and pre•
tended to write a note : part'of the contents was,
3,,linson would meet Lavender on the fol.-
mt,rning.; the rest was 1.1 liCtibilk;
,anfi'llnin!vnigihle.- The impostiw then :saill• Ire
'l5 it COM' h ile•biul (silly o„,Bafth-
note, asked her to let him have a'leuribillingi,
and he, reotdd ilmy her alma in the owning; this
she Telus, d ; she, how ver, very itmintions)y let
,Ito ho ye g;,,)(1 nnihrelitt, saying lie thought it
rain before he got home, after he had die.
cbarged the coach, and he wonl4l' bring it with
itifn in the •After he wtt,t gone it was
ascertained that, although the girl mitt the chit-
Arco bad never left the loom, ,he had`contri Ted to
carry -Off too silver tea'oapoons and two p.ilver salt-
woo is, On the officer:s return.hotme,•ftll(l' beink
infOrtned,of what had happened, he hail no dont);
of eta having been tote of .his old acquaintances,
who had taken advantage olknowing he was`front
,liome.

Bow Mo.r.—A emmtry'Gentleman, of the name
ut Pepper, Intvitig informed a Noble and Lcarord
Ain:trear in the sports,of the tiold, that-10 had w
eery hot anti lively horse, which - had 'hog him
.the cottrse of a chaseri on thepreeeding day, a
conversation ensued on the tpto)ities of the, ani-
mal. In reply to a question froltt. thayenerahle
Judge as to the name of the, horse, the. Gentle,
Maw ,stated, that he had not,, yet given it any
flame, anti yes at a loss so. select.cae..forhim.
"A. name, a name 1" said Lord " why, Sir,
you should call " Pepper-,CasAer !!!.
curious dnectiote.—A gentleman rather indig-
nantly complained to CALITKR, of what he called
his insidious ttod imposing Paragraphs in time
Newspapers, He, however, h9ng,lit a Ticket,
which Coming up a Capital, induced, him to alter
tone ; and to own that, but :for the: ingenious
etforts Wirral' employs to Crltol the Public at*
eutiun, many would, neglect the opportunity
of •obtaioing, fora trifle, the important advert-
, tages Lotteries (and particillarly the present one)
present. •
Some.dogs from Nen:fount-Omni and the Cape
of Good Hope are now exhibiting in the North
of E.,glantl, whose performances, according to
the statement of their master, 001134 t in their
reading either writing or print, boxing the
eompa,s, working sums in titititltletic, flaylag
.at cards, and' Anmetiqg all,acent-questions put
to oe,w.