The Sun.
London, England, 1827-01-29 00:00:00

FASHIONABLE AND MISCELLANEOUS.

BRIGHTON, JAN. 28.—This day his MAJESTY,
attended by her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gb-
cester, the Lord Steward, Lord St. Helens, Sir A.
Barnard, Sir Edmund Nagle, the Hon. Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur Stanhope, the Duke of Dorset, Sir William
Keppel, and others of the Household, heard Divine
Service in the Grand Hall, in the Pavilion. The
Bishop of Chichester and the Dean of Salisbury offi-
ciated.

His MAJESTY'S health daily improves.
Among the inquiries, the following personages left
their names this day at the Pavilion. Prince Lieven,
Lord George Seymour, Countess of Minto, Lady
Millicent Baker, Mr. Canning, Earl of Cardigan, Lotd
Colville, Earl of Egremont, &c.

We are happy to say, the KING was in the enjoy-
ment of good health yesterday morning,
It is understood that Lieut. General Sir Herbert
Taylor will continue to officiate as Military Secretary to the Corn-
mander-in-Chief, for two or three months, when the highly valued
services of this deservedly esteemed officer will cease, and he will
then be succeeded by Lord Fitzroy Somerset, the Commander-in-
Chief's present Private Secretary.

His MAJESTY, in testimony of attachment to the
memory of his revered Royal Parent, and to that of bis beloved
Brother, has recently evinced towards Sir Herbert Taylor, the
faithful servant of those two exalted Personages, his high con-
sideration of the able and faithful manner in which he has dis-
charged duties of the most delicate and responsible character. his
Majesty having in the roost gracious and condescending. manner,
presented to the Gallant General, the Collar of the Guelphie,
Order, which had been worn by the late Duke of York :--tt mark
of Royal favour alike honourable to the Gracious Monarch who
bestows, and to the faithful Subject who receives.
_ _ _

Earl Bathurst left town on Friday morning, for
Brighton.

The Duke of Wellington arrived in London yester-
day, from his seat at Strathfieldsaye. His Grace has transacted
military business as Commander-in-Chief since his appointment
to that office appearing in the Gazette. The official military
papers were forwarded from the Commander-in-Chief's Office, in
the Horse Guards, to his Grace in the country, for his approval
and signature.
_

RONISEY, JAN. 27.—Lord Palmerston arrived at
his seat, Broadlands, on Wednesday, with a large party of Gen-
tlemen, to enjoy the sport of shooting. _

The Duke of York has left behind him a very ex-
tensive cellar of choice old wines.

THE DUKE Or WELLINGTON.—Our illustrious
neighbour, we are sorry to say, has been rather indisposed during
the week. Dr. Hume has attended his Grace at Strathfieldsaye,
and the Noble patient is much better.—Berkshire Chronicle.

The Common Sergeant's lameness, we understand,
arises, not, as has been asserted, from an attack of gout, but from
an accident in which he ruptured the tendon Achilles.

Saturday, Mr. Serjeant Vaughan came into the
Court of Exchequer, to move for a new trial in a cause which
was tried at the Assizes ; his appearance excited some curiosity, as
it is generally believed that the Learned Gentleman will succeed
Mr. Graham, who retires. On taking his seat at the table, Mr.
Jervis said, " Come, come, brother Vaughan, take your seat at
the Bench, you are but one step from it.' Observer.

The vacant Bishoprick of Calcutta has been offered
to the Rev. Edward Burton, late Student of Christ Church, Ox
ford, who hat, however, deelined the distinguished preferment.
—John Bull.

An elopement has taken place from Paris within
these few days of a painful nature. The parties are a scion of
an English Ducal stock, and the young wife of en individnal,
bearing a foreign title, but who ia, we believe, possessed of con-
siderable property in Ireland. The lady is the daughter of an
Irish Nobleman, long prominent in the political history of the
country, and, in abandoning her husband's house, deserted, at
the same time, three children. The mother of the lady pursued
a similar course, and a verdict of 20,0001. was recovered against
her gay Lothario.— Observer.

The Cham of China, according to a St. Peters-
bukgh paper, is sending a numerous and brilliant embassy to the
Eraperor Nicholas. Amongst the presents are two noble ele-
phants, and seven beautiful horses of Arabian blood.—Weekly
Times.

A gallant Colonel, who represents a Northern
County, is said not to be very fond of condolence on occasion of
those falls, or grassers, to which owl man mist be liable, who
rides so straight as the Colonel doNt. A 'trailer to this peculia-
rity, lately rode up on seeing the Colonel's korse roll over him,
and with a sufficiently doleful eountenance, asked if he was hurt?
but received the laconic answer of "No—are yon?"
ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.—The new Marietta
of Country Actors, or the Manager's Son, continues to be re-
peated nightly with the greatest applause. A new Ballet is in
preparation, of which report speaks highly. _ _

Mr. Poole's Comedy, which is an alteration of Shir-
ley's Play of The Gamester, will shortly be prepared for repre-
sentation, at Covent garden.

A new Farce, read in the Green Room at Covent-
garden Theatre on Friday, created a peculiar sensation amongst
the actors. Madame Vestris performs the principal character in
the Farce, and introduces in it the popular Bavarian Song, " Buy
a Broom." We understand Peake is the author.

Mr. Yates, the eccentric mimic, and his lady, are
now in Paris, enjoying a short excursion during the successful
run of The Flying Dutchman, at the Adelphi Theatre. Yates
has been solicited by very high personages in Paris, to give his
Reminiscences for one or two nights, but he has hitherto modestly
refused to do so.

There have been a few discordant jars between the
Manager of Drury-lane and Miss Graddon, which have ended in
the young lady's quitting the theatre ; whether it he a prudent
movement on her part, time probably will resoire, Report in
the mean time says, that the refractory fair one assumed eke
which by no means came within her forte, and entirely forgot
her proper part.

Koslow, the celebrated Russian Poet (a blind. man
by the bye,) who translated Lord Byron's poem, the Bride of
Abydos, into Russian, has just bees presented with a diamond
ring, of eomiderable value, by the Empress Alexandria, to whom
the Russian version was dedicated.—Weekly Times.

BURNS.—Thursday was the anniversary of the
birth day of our great poet, which we have no doubt was tele-
ers was
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brated by a hundred different parties in this end of the island. We
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eloquence, and enthusiasm.— Scotsman.

A wit says, that at the late funeral the public were
well- mashed and splashed, and thrashed, and uneashed ; and
that the barriers at the Palate were crashed, and the adjacent
windows smashed.—Sunday Times.
conTgrheis ve,isl72t ha s ;
and a anniversary v
John
e rs of
Howard,
the 0 deaths of William .
Fifteen years ago the tobacco consumed in France
amounted in value to 4,800,000 francs; it now amounts to about
11,000,000. This shows that the number of smokers has in-
creased of late years.

A FEARFUL-MIEAM.
To my breast
I clasped a shape of death—ite mouldering arms
Enfolded me,—and (oh !) a freezing breath,
Such as the dead might breathe, though living breath
Were none—like the dank steam from yawning gravel
Chilled o'er my shrinking frame :—thrice--thrice it came—
Thrice did its cold and clammy lips meet mine,
And when at length the dreadful form was fading,
Like a grey mist into the sharpless air,
I heard a voice murmur in accents wild—
To night I shall wed thee for ever and ever
Plymouth Journal.
N.B. The above extract is taken from a tragedy entitled—
" Caswallon," which has lately been brought forward at the Ply-
mouth theatre. There is something like power about it : bat
what, in the name of all that is classical, does the author mean by
making his " Shape of Death" speak in the metre of one of Capt.
Morrie's drinking songs. A phantom speaking in
anapesties ! !
is
—how degrading to the dignity of a demon ! Itjust as ridi-
culous as if Shakspeare had dressed thelhost of Banque in top-
boots and a jockey-cap. We advise the author, to alter that trip-
ping line. "To night I shall wed thee for ever and ever."
Or else he'll be laugh'd at for ever and ever ! !