The Sun.
London, England, 1821-01-13 00:00:00

EPIGRAM.

Our Radical Reformers cry.
0;d England's basis stands awry ;
Mend this, they say, mend that, mend t'other ;
Spare, spare, good people, your concern,
Let this Old England serve your turn,
'Till you can shew us.such another.

REGISTER OF FASHION.

IMPROVEMENTS AT CHATSWORTH.

The Duke of DEVONSHIRE has not kept up Old
English Hospitality, at his princely chateau, this
season, in consequence of the vast alterations
now going on therein. In fact, the whole house is
coming down, except the state apartments. The
whole of the exterior architecture is undergoing
renovation, with all its colossal pediments of stone.
The house is to be built upon an enlarged scale.
A museum, excelling in beauty of structure, any
edifice of modern date, will be erected, to con-
tain the rarest works of ancient and modern
times. All the inestimable statues, vases, busts,
which his Grace collected on his travels, and are
now scattered through different mansions, are to
be placed therein. All the invaluable pictures
the Duke bought in Paris, and Italy, will grace
the walls. In addition to the vast assemblage,
we may enumerate the rare specimens of that
branch of the fine arts, preserved by the first
Countess of SHREWSBURY. A magnificent En-
trance-hall is in contemplation. New lodges of
stone ; and all the out offices are to be rebuilt. The
staircase is to excel any thing yet seen, except the
celebrated one at Chesterfield House. The Duke
of DEVONSHIRE is now at Ilardwicke with a
party ,enjitmille. His Grace's time is principally
occupied in superintending the improvements at
Chatsworth, it being distant only 16 miles. from
his present abode. An estimate has lately been
made of his Grace's moveable property, name-
ly ; furniture, books, plate, pictures, jewels,
and statuary. The estimated value is Twelve
Hundred Thousand Pounds! Ilardwicke is a
very fine mansion of stone. It was built by the
first Countess of Shrewsbury, some three hun-
dred years ago. It was celebrated as the resi-
dence of MARY- Queen of Scots for 16 years.

FAMIONABLE ARazvALs.—Prince Ciruitale, at Greillon's
Hotel, from the Earl of Essex's seat, Cashiohury Park,
Herta ; Lord Newborough and his brother, Hon. Mr. Wynne,
and the Rev. Mr. Philips, at the British Hotel, Jermyn-
street, from Brighton; Captain Gunning, at the Pultney
Hotel, from Shropshire; James Manic, Esq. at do., from
Brighton; Henry Clive, Esq. M.P. from his seat, Backham,
Becks; Miss de Ponthien, in Stratton-street, from her sent in
Surrey; Misses Metcalf, in Seamore Place, front their seat
in Suffolk; Counsellor Holt, at Shelley's Hotel, from Sid-
mouth, Devonshire.

DEPARTUREL—The Marchioness of Tavistock, to Oakley
House, Bedfordshire; Lord and Lady Cranky, from the Cla-
rendon Hotel, to their seat, in Kent ; Mr, Napen, from ditto,
to Lord Sherhorn's seat, in Esseic ; Lord Barnard, to his fa-
ther's, the Earl of Darlington's seat, Ruby Castle ; Sir Thos.
Farquhar, Bart. to Brighton ; Sutfield Brown, Esq. from the
.Britisis Hotel, so his-•gnat; in Leicestershire; Peter Labuit.
entre, Esq. to his seat; Chelmsford ; Lord Sydney, to his seat,
Frognell; Lord Francis Osborne, to his seat, in Cambridge-
shire; Mr. Geoffrey Nightingale, for Berkshire.
CHANGES.—EarI and Countess of Coventry and family, to
Streatham, Sur,ey, from Croorne; Viscount Deerburst, from
%Vitley Court, the seat of Lo•d Foley, to Se►•ern Bank, %Wor-
cestershire.

BATH ARNIVALS.—Lord Granville Somerset, Hon. C. and
Mrs. Boyle, Admiral S. F. Bertie, Sii F. Armstrong, Sir 1).
Maxwell, Sir G. Neville, Sir G. Prevost, Sir E. Synge, Sir
H. Strachey—Gen. and Mts. Cameron, Gen. Dickson, Lieut.-
Col. West, Major Cane, Major Elton, Col. and Mrs. Neynor,
Col. Bronibead, Capt. and Mrs. E. S. Clay—Captains Burke,
H. B. Collier, Fend, Gibbons, Grey, Hanilyn, Hawkins,
Mansfield, Monkland, Page, Lieut. Burlton, Lieut. Eyre,
Lieut. Gilmore—Dr. and Mrs. Taylor, Dr. Butler, Dr. Jones
—Rev. 1)r. Davis, Rev. Mr. Applebee, Rev. Mr. Lewis, Rev.
Mr. Payne, Rev. Mr. Raymond, Rev. Mr. Rogers, Rev. Mr.
Scubell.

The following has been recently given as an
anecdote of SWIFT, but the facetious trick was
really practised by a former Officer in the
Navy, well known by the name of MAD Mos-
-4
TAGuE:—

" No man was more fond of a practical joke than Dean
Swift. Once, when in London, the Doctor ordered a coach,
into which he entered with three of his friends, and ordered
the coachman to drive them to a certain spot ; just before
they arrived at the appointed place, the Dean (after concert-
ing his plan with his companions) unfastened one of the
doors, and when the coachman descended, he was ordered to
open the other; Swift stepped down, and the eight being
very da►k, passed u►rperceived round the back of the coach,
which he again entered by the door he had unfastened ; and
by the time the last of the passengers had descended at the
other door, -he was ready to descend again : his companions
d►d the same. John was astonished to find a firth passenger,
thinking that he had only taken up four; but his amazement
was doubled when a sixth descended! He was so completely
stupitied, that his powers of action were entirely suspended
until the, thirteenth passenger kit his vehicle; at this mo-
ment he plucked up courage enough to mount his box, and
drove off with the utmost celerity, thinking himself happy in
escaping from those who, he had no doubt, were inhabitants
of Pandemonium."

The real conclusion of the story was, that
when the man had! Waited- some time iu wonder
and affright, he ran away from his coach, and
told his master that " he had counted 18 Devils,
and that they were still coming out."

PROVitIiNTIAL ESCAPE.—A few days since as
the Hero, Bristol and Birmingham coach, • was
passing along. the causeway leading from Tewkes-
bury-bridge, on the Worcester-road, it was
met at the toll-gate •by another Bristol coach,
When the coach;ren, having some business to
transact. with each other, got down and left
their horses without any person at their heads, or
even in the charge of the reins, when, on a sud-
den, the horses of the Hero coach, which had just
been put to it at Tewkesbury, turned round
and pursued their way back to the town in
full speed. Some persons on the bridge seeing
the circumstance, .attempted to stop them ; but
their exertions only alarmed' the horses more,
and turning short round, the leaders jumped over
the battlement- •the bridge, where they remain-
ed suspended by 'the harnesS until assistance was
procured, and they -were extricated from their
perilous- situation. There were but two passen-
gers with the -'coach (one of whom was Captain
Willis of :this- town), and their feelings cannot
easily.be'destribed,.for they may be said to have
been miraculously preserved-'from destruction.—
( Cfiellenham Chronicle; Jan. 11.)