The Sun.
London, England, 1827-01-17 00:00:00

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE.

THE LATE DUKE OF YORK.—Although it is not
customary for the livery servants of the KING to wear mourning,
except on the demise of the KING or QUEEN, his MAJESTY being
desirous that every mark of respect should be paid to the memory
of his much-lamented Brother, has commanded his livery ser-
vants to appear in mourning at the funeral of his late Royal High-
ness. This was also done on the decease of his beloved daughter
the Princess Charlotte. All the members of the Royal Family,
at present in England, will send one of their carriages, drawn by
six horses, to follow the funeral procession of the late Duke.
There will he three footmen behind each carriage, dressed in deep
mourning, with black swords, &c. Grooms, also dressed in
mourning, will walk by the side of the middle horses of each
Royal carriage. The only requisite for persons to be admitted to
the lying in state of the Duke of York is, that they should be
dressed in decent mourning.

So great is the anxiety manifested by the public to
witness the funeral procession of the last remains of our much
lamented Commander-in-Chief, that the sum of fifteen guineas
has been offered to Mr. Fortesque, baker, opposite the Cavalry
Barracks, Knightsbridge, for the use of his balcony, to view the
procession, and from five to ten guineas have actually been offer-
ed to several of the inhabitants of Knightsbridge (and accepted)
for the use of their first and second floors.

Lord Dundas has generously contributed the sum
of 501. towards the profits of the Assembly for the Relief of the
Unemployed Operatives of Renfrewshire.

The Earl of Carlisle, with his wonted munificence,
on New Year's Day, caused upwards of an hundred cart loads of
good coals to be distributed among the poor housekeepers in
Brampton—a donation peculiarly welcome at this season.

H. Vansittart, Esq., at his audit on the 3d inst.
has, with his usual liberality and spirit, returned 20 per cent. to
his Kirk Leatharn tenants.

BEDFORD.—VVithin these few days the Russell and
Whitbread families have distributed one peck of bread and two
bushels of coals to upwards of 1000 poor families, and a present
of game to each of the principal inhabitants of this town.

Mr. Hayter, the artist, who painted the celebrated
picture of the trial of Lord RUssell, and that of the late Queen in
the House of Lords, has lately been at Parma, where he was en-
gaged to furnish a portrait of Buonaparte's widow, Maria Louisa,
the Imperial Archduchess of Parma: He was eminently suc-
cessful, and his picture received the highest praise, both as a
painting and as a portrait. His picture and miniatures were ex-
hibited in the whole Academy at Parma, of which he was elected
a Member and a Foreign Correspondent. He was moreover pre-
sented with a most magnificent snuff-box, mounted richly with
dianonds, with her Majesty's initials and crown, by her Majesty,
with the most complimentary encomiums on the picture.

BUONAPARTE.—TWO pieces of oak from the Cap-
tivity hulk (late Bellerophon, 74), the ship which brought the
Emperor Napoleon a prisoner to England, have recently been sent
off to Sir Robert Seppings, for the purpose, we understand, of
being converted into snuff boxes ; which are to be presented to
several of the crowned heads of Europe.—Devonport Telegraph.

Dignum, after a violent fit of the gout, is so far re-
covered, as to be able to sing some of his beautiful melodies, as
usual. He has just returned from Temple House, the seat of
Owen Williams, Esq., M.P. Last week he dined at Sir Gilbert
East's, Hale-place, Berks, where there was a party consisting of
several Noblemen and Gentlemen, among whom were Lord .Ame-
lius and Lord Charles Beauclerk, &c.

The celebrated horse, Figaro, belonging to Mr.
Farquharson, was on Monday sold at Tattersall's, to Mr. Payne,
for thirteen hundred guineas.

It is said that Laporte has accepted an engagement
at the Dublin Theatre, and is very soon to proceed thither.

No less than eleven new dramatic pieces were
brought out at the different Parisian Theatres in the month of
December. During the covree of the year there have been in
all sixty produced.

At a representation of Leonidas, at the Theatre of
Nantz, a number of Spartans were taken notice of who were
clothed in the garb of Jews, " Luckily," says Breton, who gives
the anecdote, " to prevent all false interpretations the Austrian
Sag was hoisted upon the rocks of Thermopyhe."

Itis said that Kean received eight thousand pounds
on his last trip to America. Price, the lessee of Drury-lane
Theatre, paid him upwards of five thousand pounds, as a reward
for the exercise of his talents in that hemisphere.

Kean has produced larger receipts at Drury-lane
Theatre, during the few evenings that he has acted since his return
from America, than on any former occasion. One hundred and
fifty-three pounds were received on Thursday evening, at the pit
door alone; and on Monday evening, to his Richard the Third,
an increased sum.

The thirty-three miles between Liverpool and Man-
chester, are performed by coaches in two hours and three quarters.
Half a minute is allowed for changing horses, at which eight per-
sons are employed—four to remove the horses, and four to place
fresh ones to the coach.—Alfred.

A Cameleopard, at present at Marseilles, is visited
every day, by so great a crowd of gazers, that business suffers
grievously in consequence. To put the affairs of all departments
in the city, whether natural or political, on an equal footing, the
Prefect and Mayor have ordered that, in future, the great beast,
like themselves, shall see company only thrice a week.—Friret.

It was not Mr. Marryat, the King's Counsel, but
Mr. G. Marriott, the Police Magistrate in Queen-square, who was
consulted by the Clergyman officiating in the Church of St.
George the Martyr on the late occasion, which lots attracted so
much of the public attention.

DEGREES OF HAPPINESS.—If you wish to be
happy for a day, get well shaved ; if for a week, get invited to a
wedding ; if for a month, buy a good nag ; if for half a year, buy
a handsome house; if for a year, marry a handsome wife ; if for
two years take Holy Orders ; but if you would be always gay and
cheerful, practise temperance.—Alfred.

THE CARPENTER.—A carpenter being at work
at a gentleman's house, fell through the rafters from top to bot-
tom. When the gentleman was told of the accident, " Oh,"
said he, " I love to see a man go cleverly through his work."—
Liverpool Albion.
PREACHER IN ARABIA.—A preacher in Arabia
taking for bis text a portion of the Koran, " I have called Noah,"
after twice repeating his text, made a long pause : when an Arab
present, thinking he was waiting for an answer, exclaimed,—
" If Noah will not come, call somebody else."—Liacrpeol Albion.
AN AMERICAN BULL.--Irish bulls are common
enough ; but we do not often meet with any of the American
breed. We have, however, been so lucky as to discover one in a
Savannah paper, and which will match any of the most cele-
brated Hibernian breed. It is as follows :—" Wanted, a small
active boy, as a waiting man. Apply at this office,"—Liverpool
Albion.

A countryman going into the office of Doctor's Com-
mons where the wills are kept, and gazing on the huge volumes
on the shelves, asked if they were all bibles ? " No, Sir," an-
swered one of the clerks, " they are tcstaments."—Liverpoo
Albion.

Two OF A TRADE.—WheiI Sir Elijah Imp eyi
the India Judge, was on his passage home, as be was one day
walking the deck, it having blowed pretty hard the preceding day,
a shark was playing by the side of the ship. Having never seen
such au object before, he called to one of the sailors to tell him
what it was. " Why," replied the tar, " I don't know what
name they know them by ashore, but here we call them sea-
/a fryers. "—Liverpool Albion.
. .
One day last week a party of choice spirits assem-
bled
on board the packet ship Britannia, in the Prince's Dock,
for the purpose of partaking of the good things which are generally
placed before the guests on such occasions. The bottle, it is said,
circulated freely, and the party did ample justice to the wine.—
" I suppose," said a gentleman named Wood, to a person who was
of the company, " I suppose we shall have a wood cut of this
scene ?" " I think not," replied the wit, " for we have a Wood
cut already."—Liverpool Albion.
SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIANS.—At the last meet-
ing of the Learned Society of Antiquarians, Mr. Markland, one
of the members, presented an account of a MS., containing the
expenses of the Privy Purse of King Henry VIII., fronl 1529 to
1533, in the possession of Mr. Pickering, in Chancery-lane, and
containing some very curious and interesting particulars illustra-
tive of the manners, customs, and amusements of the times, and
a diary of the expenses to which the amusements of his Majesty
and the household amounted. It appears that the King lived in
the greatest magnificence and splendour, having not less, at the
same time, than twelve palaces. He lost much at games, and
was very charitable. Some singular items occur, such as send-
ing an express to Calais for a bottle of sallad oil for the King's
table--a reward to the servant that made the King's puddings,
and several similar charges. In this work every monthly account
is signed, as examined by the King.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF CHANCERY—(Txra DAY.)
WELLESLEY V. DUKE OF BEATJFORT.

Mr. Pxrrs appeared at the sitting of the Court, on the saint
side with the Attorney-General and Mr. Shadwell. The recent
affidavits bad been so fully detailed by Mr. Shadwell, and so ac-
curately in the recollection of the Court, that he would not enter
into them again, but should comment on the case as it stood upon
the whole of the evidence, and draw such conclusions as should
seem right to bins. When the gentlemen who had preceded him,
had used the word perjury, and which had been so much
of by the other side, the point of deciding
perjury was the very point to be decided by the Court.
Statements had been made, imputing the most girs
and outrageous conduct to Mr. Wellesley ; he had denied
these statements; they had subsequently been sworn to by
a great many witnesses, and again been distinctly contradicted.—
The result was that if the Counsel against Mr. Wellesley with-
drew the accusation of perjury, they would hare to acknowledge
that the perjury rested with their own witnesses; it was conse-
quently most important to those who had made the case against
Mr. Welleeley,_to insist that perjury had been committed by the
other side, that they had sworn to the contradiction of facts,
which they must have known existed. With respect to the affi-
davit stating that Mrs. Bligh had come to this country unknown
to Mr. W. (referring to what had transpired at the beginning of lass
year) that affidavit could only have been to deceive the Court ;
Mr. Wellesley's agents had taken the house in York-street for
Mrs. Bligh, his agents had been employed to bring from France
a child common to them both, his carriage had been need by her,
and every possible intercourse had been kept up, though diligence
had been used to conceal it. Before Mrs. Wellesley's death, she
had begun a narrative of the circumstances of this case, the be-
ginning of which had been written by her oivn hand, and another
part of it written by some other person from her dictation ; to
part of this narrative the Learned Counsel begged to draw the
Court's attention.

Mr. HART objected to the evidence of this new matter.

Mr. Pzrirs said it was no introduction of new matter.

His Loansnir had thought very anxiously about the role of
admitting evidence in this case ; and he had not the slightest
doubt that Mr. Wellesley's Counsel had made Mrs. Wellesley's
letters evidence.

Mr. HART observed that what was now proposed to be reed,
was not from letters of that lady, but from something said to be in
her hand-writing.
His LORDSHIP had looked back into all cases of this nature that
his memory or research could possibly have supplied, and the great
misfortune of the present cue was, that it did not afford the evi-
dence which all those cases had furnished, namely, that of those
the most reluctant to give it. His Lordship did not presume to
make any observation on the propriety or impropriety of title,
what he called, family evidence, having been withheld, which to
have been given, would have been a matter of great delicacy; but
to show the extreme importance of this point, he would
only state, that Mrs. Wellesley, in a letter dated only
a short time before her death, stated, Lord Maryborough
had said, Colonel Shaw had intimated that Mr. Welles-
ley had told him (Col. Shaw) that if he could not get the child-
ren by law, he would have them by stratagem. Of this no evi-
dence was before the Court but that lady's letter; if further evi-
denoa of it were given, the Court knew what effect it would have.
Mr. Parrs then proceeded. The part of the narrative he had
to read was, that Mr. Wellesley had made an affidavit before the
proper authorities on the Continent, which he had shown to
Mrs. W. before he sent to his relations in England; that she
had placed_ implicit confidence in his word, and believing
that both he and Mrs. Bligh had been improperly accused,
she thought she could not vindicate his honour more
than by offering her protection to Mrs. Bligh. Mr. Wel-
lesley had subsequently flatly contradicted this statement. He
had sworn that Mrs. Wellesley did not see the affidavit till after
Mrs. Bligh had been received into the house ; but Mrs. Welles-
ley's statement was verified by the affidavit of Dr. Bnlkley ; and
which stated that it was made for the purpose of convincing
Mrs. Wellesley of the innocence of the then guilty parties. In
this, therefore, it was obvious that Mr. W. had sworn to that which
he must have known to have been untrue. The Learned Counsel
concluded a long, energetic, and feeling speech, by ealling upon
his Lordship, as the representative of the Sovereign, to fulfil the
last earnest prayer of the most amiable and ignominiously treated
deceased mother of these children, to prohibit Mr. Wellesley from
having the custody of them, that they might not, as Mr. Wel-
lesley had wished, be brought up to be the lowest and moot per-
fect blackguards.
Mr. TRESLOVE followed. He felt it his duty to advert to cer-
tain facts of the evidence. He considered the question here to be,
not whether Mr. W. was to be prohibited from ever seeing his
children, but whether his fixed habits, and the state of life to which
he had reduced himself, did not call for the interference of the
Crown to deprive him of his common law rights? Mr. T. was
sure, that every one who heard the evidence would feel satisfied
that Mr. W. was as regardless of his oath as be bad been of the
unbounded affection his late wife bad had for him ; and that no
one could credit what he might choose to swear on even the most
trifling subject that could pass between man and man.

SHERIFF'S COURT, RID LioN-SQuAam—(Tzto DAT.)
IMPORTANT TO TRADESMEN.
CUTLIR V. RITNOLDS.

This was en action for goods sold and delivered, jpdgisegt
was allowed to go by default, and the damages were &sewed. to•
day before one of the Under-Sheriffs of the county of Middlesex.
Andrew Andrews, shopman to the plaintiff, proved that in
October last he called on the defendant for the amount of his bill,
which had been previously delivered ; on that occasion the de-
fendant promised to pay the amount, and fixed the day upon
which the witness was to call for it ; the witness accordingly
called, but was told that the defendant was out of town.
The UNDER-SHERIFF enquired whether any specific stun was
mentioned by either the witness or the defendant.

The witness replied in the negative.
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the bill.

The witness said that the defendant had certainly seen it—at
least an his wife said.

The UN nrg. SHERIFF' thought the evidence still objectionable,the
declaration of the wife was all the witness would swear to—he
must confess that he disliked the evidence altogether ; however,
it was fin• the jury to decide to say whether they were satisfied
with it.

The plaintiff's solicitor observed, that the defendant, by suffer-
ing judgment to go by default, had admitted himself to be in-
debted to the plaintiff, and the only question for the jttry so decide
was the amount.

The JURY, after much hesitation, aseessed the damages so the
amount claimed, 11/. 19s. 6d.
The UNDER SISTRIFF advised the witness to be more particu-
lar for the future in hie applications for the amount of bills, as
the Courts had great disinclination to admit eridenee so indistinot
as that now adduced.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, GUILDHALL—(TuIe DAY.)
(Before the LORD CHIRP JIiXTICE and a Special Jury.)

TAYLOR p. BRIGGS AND ANOTHER.
This was an action brought by the proprietor of the ship Essex,
to recover from the defendants, the amount of freight and other
charges, for conveying a cargo of cotton from Alexandria to Liver-
pool.
arbTithreatiJotitiry returned a verdict for the plaintiff, subject to an

INSOLVENT DEBTOR'S COURT.—(TaiI DAT.)
The Commissioners were occupied all the morning in heating
adjourned cases, none of which Were of any public interest.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

BOW-STREET.-(TRIG DAY.)

A deaf lad was committed for stealing a silk handkerchief,
while reposing quietly in a gentleman's pocket, and which, in all
probability, he mistook for his own. He was well known in his
professional capacity, but was now too cunning to understand a
word of the evidence.

CORN-EXCHANGE.—(Tuts DAT.)
The arrivals of all sorts of corn this week are limited, and the
attendance at the market to-day being rather thin, there is not
much business doing ; but the factors arc asking more money for
most articles, especially Oats. These is some demand for fresh
flour, but other sorts still continue to meet a heavy trade.

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