The Sun.
London, England, 1827-02-09 00:00:00

FASHIONABLE AND MISCELL'AIVrOrS.

COLDS CAUGHT AT THE DUKE OP YOIIK'S Ft:7-
NERAL.—The Bishop of Lincoln died on Wednesday morning, is
consequence of a cold which his Lordship took, while attending
the funeral of the Duke of York, in the Royal vault in St.
George's Chapel. The Duke of Sussex is at present suffering se-
verely from the same cause, and his medical attendants are in daily
waiting on his Royal Highness. Mr. Canning labours under a
similar indisposition. It has been asked how the Lord Chancellor,
whose years it might be supposed would have rendered him as sus-
ceptible of cold as any of these individuals, escaped? his Lordship
very wisely placed his hat under his feet during the funeral solem-
nities, and thus avoided the danger which was to be dreaded from
standing upwards of an hour and a half on the cold stones of the
Royal cemetery.

We understand that besides Mr. R. Searlett, Mr.
Jardine, Mr. Barstow, Mr. Barnaby, and Mr. Ryland, that also
Mr. Robson, Mr. Payne, and several other Gentlemen of the Bar,
have declared their intention of becoming Candidates for the
honourable distinction of Counsel to the City of London, when-
ever that important situation shall become vacant.

Since the decision was given in a late trial in the
Court of Chancery, Mr. Wellesley has been very much indisposed.
The knocker of the house (belonging to Mrs. Bligh) No. 35,
Baker-street, is naullled, and from the unremitted attention paid to
him by his physicians, it is supposed that his disorder is of a
serious nature. .

The Earl of Pembroke is much indisposed at Bath.

Lord Braybrooke, the Editor of the Memoirs and
Correspondence of Pepys, or his relation, the irn. Mr. Neville.
will, it is said, be elected a member of the Roxburghe Book
Club, in the room of the late Mr. Dent.

NEWPORT, ISLE, OF WIGHT, FEB. 1.-7-A ball
for the benefit of the National School oil Doctor Bell's plan, wag
held at the School Room, Newport, and the receipts amounted to
sixty pounds.

The Architect of Arthur's new Club-house, excuses
the alledged impiety of its resemblance to Whitehall Chapel, on
the ground that the latter was not originally built as a Chapel,
but, like its modern prototype, for a banqueting-house.
It is not true that a brazen statue of Mercury, the
God of thieves, gamesters, and swindlers, is to surrnount'either
of the edifices now erecting in St. James's-street. There is an
old and vulgar proverb about "stinking fish," which would, of
course, apply more particularly to Fishmonger's Hall.

[OttIGINAL.)
And was it then for thee, my love, X left my Wshland home,
And ventured from my early friends, and native land to roam ?
Without a soul to cheer me, now, the live long day I piriC—
Oh! wherefore didst thou plight thy troth, and ask me to be tii:se.
'Tie sad to count the weary hoots, and listen to the chime
Of yon unfeeling chronicler of never resting time ;
Yet why should I reproach that chime, 'tin thou unfeeling art,
E'en thou whom once I loved too thrills my aching heart.
I think upon my distant home, and all to me so dear,
And ever down my burning cheek tear swiftly chaces tear;
I think I see my friends at eve, around the blazing fire,
And hear the oft-repeated tale, and jests that never tire. _
And yet the lonely hours of day—how swiftly once they pass'd,
When lingering evening still would bring thee home to me at last.
With looks of fond delight, and rapture in thine eye,
Oh ! would that it had been my fate, ere thou wert changed, to die.

VENGEANCE.
Vengeance,
Respects not dignity, nor circumstance,
When mocked ambition strikes at hollow hearts,
With disappointment's anguish, 'till the stroke,
Glut it's deep phrenzy in attesting blood,
And cancel obligation.

Died lately, at Holme-upon-Spalding Moor, near
Market-Weighton, at the advanced age of 94, Mrs. Mary Ann
Falkington, widow. She left behind her upwards of 150 children,
grandchildren, great grandchildren, and great great grandchildren.
The house in which she died had been occupied '73 years, and
during that long period she never slept a week at one time out of
it.— Cheltenham Chronicle.

We are sorry to announce the death of Sir George
Beaumont, Bart., at his seat Cole Orton Hall, Leicestershire,
This event took place on Wednesday last, in consequence of e
severe attack of erysipelas in the head, which speedily extended to
the throat. Sir George was well known as one of the beet amateur
painters ha the kingdom, and was in his 73d year.

The Alinanack of Spectacles gives the following at-
coma of the state of the Paris theatres:—They support 15,000
families ; the number of actors, dancers, sec., is 2,994 ; 100 direc-
tors, 100 managers, 100 leaders of bands, and 1,500 musicians
Mr. GREFFULIIE, the rich Banker, who, since
the Peace, has constantly resided in Paris, and who, before he
left England, produced two very successful Farces, viz. Ie he
Prince? and The Port; ait of Cervantes, is said to have giros
(for both his former FErces were gratuitous to the Managers) to
the Proprietor of tf English Theatre in Paris, a new Comedy
in three acts, the principal character in which is to be acted by
Liston.

YATES could not be prevailed upon whilst in
Paris, notwithstanding the most earnest solicitations from many
quarters, to give his Reminiscences even for one night. Yates
returns to his professional avocations at the Adelphi, at the end
of the present week. By this " Trip to Paris," Yates has en-
riched his portfolio with some original anecdotes and sketches of
character, which he intends to introduce in his New Entertain-
ment after Easter.

--
Baron de Grim shrewdly observes, in a letter relat-
ing to the anxiety of D'Alembert to be buried within the walls of
the parish church, " It is very strange that these philosophers
think it so much better to be in the church after they are dead, nd
so much glory to be out of it when living."

An honest Jack, amusing himself with a book in
his watch below, happened to stumble upon the word repartee,
which to him was a complete stopper, or, in other words, brought
him up all standing ; nor could any of his messniates at'ail explain
the meaning of it; so away went Jack to the forecastle to ask the
boatswain (who is generally looked upon by tke sailors as a scho-
lar) to solve the difficulty. " What is it you wants to know?
(says Pipes) repartee? let me see—(giving his quid an extra turn
in his mouth)—repartee—why, if I calls you a rascal, and then
you calls me a rascal, that would be a repartee."
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE VICINITY OF THE
NEW PALACE.—THE ATLAS Of TO-MORROW will contain an EN-
GRAVED PLAN., and Description, of the splendid Squares and
Streets, now building on Lord Grosvenor's estate, contiguous to
Grosvenor-place. The buildings are constructed as residences for
the Nobility, aid will frsrm a neighbourhood of mansions in the
vicinity of his Majesty's Palace. 1- -ddition to the above, Tx?
ATLAS will, as usual, contain an ample detail or .at o„. News of
the week, up to the latest hour of Saturday night, a full tszt.s.,
of the Parliamentary Proceedings; together with a great variety
of Original Matter, including Critical Reviews of New Publica-
tions, both English and Foreign, and Notices of Science, particu-
larly Music, to which a department of the Paper is exclusively de-
voted. THE ATLAS being the largest sheet ever printed (nearly
double the size of THE TIMES), is enabled to embrace more sub-
jects than any other Newspaper, and give sufficient space to each.
Orders may be delivered to any of the Newsmen, or sent to the
Office of THE ATLAS, Beaufort House, Beaufort-buildings,
Strand. Advertisements are requested to be sent as early as con-
venient.
A JONATHAN.—The following extract from the
journal of a supercargo of a vessel recently returned from the East
2. East, we were surrounded for several hours
bynumber
Indies, is stated, in an American paper, to have been communi-
cated to the Editor by an acquaintance who would vouch for its
authenticity
of a description which neither the
captain (who bad been to sea for twenty years, and seven or eight
voyages to India) nor any one on board was acquainted with, or
longitude
about :
oof sea monsters,
" On our voyage out, in latitude 40. South,
had ever seen. They were a species of serpent, and carried their
heads three or four feet out of water ; their bodies appeared of an
irregular shape, resembling a sunken rock, and were covered with
barnacles; their tails were forked like a fish, and very large. We
had a very distinct view of two of thesn,which approached us from a
direction abeam of us, and, without apparently taking scarcely any
notice of us, passed close under our bowsprit ; and, to avoid run-
ning on them, we were obliged to keep
, until
of injuring her copper. They appeared to be thirty or forty feet
length, and at times moved through the water withgreatcethlee
cele-
rity. Some of them at a short distance off exactly resembled
to the
representation, and their appearance generally wa3 similared on our
description I have seen of the sea serpent, which 'Wear
coast some time since. There were eight or ten of them, and they
continued around us front noon, when they were first seen
dark." the vessel off, being fearful