The Sun.
London, England, 1827-03-05 00:00:00

FASHIONABLE AND MISCELLANEOUS.

BRIGHTON, MARCH 4.—The Krwo will leave
Brighton on Thursday next.* His MAJESTY goes to
Windsor, and the band hare orders to take their de-
parture on Tuesday.
This event will be a very severe blow to the 'people
of Brighton, who had flattered themselves that the
KING would make a long stay among them. It is
the more unexpected, as an idea prevailed very gene-
rally, even among some of the persons attached to the
household, that His MAJESTY would remain here
some time longer, and that there would very shortly be
several important arrivals at the Pavilion. Even within
these few days, the report had been revived of an in-
tended visit from the Duke of Clarence and the Prin-
cess Augusta.
The King's private band resumed on Thursday last
' their attendance upon his MAJESTY.
This morning divine service was again performed at
the Pavilion by the Dean of Salisbury.

Yesterday her Royal Highness the Duchess of
Kent and the Princess Victoria and Feodore attended divine ser-

vice in Kensington Palace, which was performed by her Royal

Highness's Chaplain.
Most of the Foreign Ambassadors and Ministers
paid congratulatory visits to Mr. Secretary Canning yesterday,
upon his recovery from his late illness.
Mr. Huskisson was not so well on Saturday, but we
are happy to say was better yesterday. The Right Hon. Gentle-
man is ordered to be kept very quiet, and not to see any person
on business.

Yesterday Dr. Lloyd was consecrated Bishop of
Oxford by the Archbishop of Canterbury, at Lambeth Palace.

Yesterday the Committee of Taste waited upon the
Chancellor of the Exchequer.

THE EARL OF LIVERPOOL.—WC are very happy
to state that the Noble Earl's health is progressively improving,

his Lordship having so far recovered the use his right side and
limbs as to be able to get in and out of bed without any assistance.
Sir Astley Cooper found the Noble Earl so much better on Satur-
day that he did not think his presence would be necessary at the
consultation held yesterday, but retired to his country seat,
Gadesbridge, in Hertfordshire. On Sunday the following bul-
letin was issued : _ _

" Fife House, Sunday, March 4, half-past 12 o'clock.
" Lord Liverpool, though he has not had a good night, is still
a little better than yesterday."
Up to a late hour last night his Lordship was
precisely in the same state.

DOVER, MARCH 3.—Arrived His Majesty's packet
Fury, from Boulogne, with their Excellencies the Earl and Coun-
tess Gra2ville, from Paris. They were saluted from the western
heights, and having taken some refreshment at the Ship Inn, pro-
ceeded for Sittingbourne, on their way to London. A large ship
under Swedish colours, laden with salt and fruit, from the Medi-
terranean, is totally lost near Boulogne, crew saved.
Mr. Mathew's new Entertainment is to be named—
" The Home Circuit, or Cockney Adventures ;" the third act is
to be called " Mr. Mathews's Picture Gallery."

Mr. Yates will produce his New Entertainment, at
the Adelphi, next Wednesday evening. It will consist of Portraits
and Sketches of well-known Characters, both in Town and
Country, the result of his very accurate observation (as was ap-
parent from his performance last year) on Men and Manners. The
literary gentleman who assisted Mr. Yates in preparing his
Reminiscences last year is, we understand, the author of a consider-
able portion of the dialogue interspersed in the Portraits and
Sketches.

A copy of Malcolm Laing's History of Scotland,
in four octavo volumes, was sold by Evans on Saturday, in the Rev.
Henry Drury's Library, for the enormous sum of four guineas.
The Novel called Flirtation, announced to be pub-

lished shortly, is said, in the fashionable world, to be written by
Lady Charlotte Campbell, the highly accomplished sister of the
Duke of Argyll ; and report states, that in interest it is even supe-
rior to the former production of this distinguished lady. ,
The last accounts from St. Helena inform us that
the house which was erected for Buonaparte's residence was un-
occupied ; strangers going there, upon application to the Governor,
are allowed to reside on it during their stay. At the old residence
of Buonaparte, the room where he breathed his last, is now con-
verted into a thrashing barn, and the other part of the house into
stables, &c.

The facetious wag Talbot, meeting his friend
Capt. Garth soon after a recent verdict in the Crim. Con. case
in the Common Pleas, exclaimed, "What a lucky fellow vou are,
Garth, to obtain a life interest in the best box ofArtley's:ebnphi-
Theatre on payment of one shilling only."—Plymouth Journal.
A celebrated wit made one his happiest jokes
when he heard that Bishop, who had been sent to Portsmouth,
preparatory to transportati,a for life, had escaped, " Gad, Sir,"
said he, " he must have been an Arch Bishop to do that, and yet
his dislike to the See is quite unaccountable."—Plymouth Paper.
ANECDOTE OF DOCTOR KITCIIMs.ZER.—For the
regulation of his evening converzatione he had a placard over his:
parlour chimney-piece, inscribed, " Come at seven, go at eleven.'
It is said that the witty author of "My Night Gown and Slip-
pers," being introduced to the Doctor, on one of Lis evenings,
and reading this admonition, found an opportunity to insert the
pronoun it, which materially altered the reading—" Come 'at
seven, go it at eleven."—Literary Gazette.
Chambers, in his " Walks in Edinburgh," when
speaking of the site of the New Town having been, not many
years ago, grass parks and corn fields, mentions the following
practical paradox :—" Here (in George-street) the flan of Feel-
ing used frequently to shoot hares." We can add to this another

paradox equally good. Here, in the High Church, Edinburgh,
was preached, last Sunday, a sermon against cruelty to animals,
by a Rev. Gentle Man, who, some eighteen months back, invented
, a patent lock for the sportsman's fowling-piece! This looks odd,
185 and it is not rendered less so by the fact, that the Reverend Gen-
tleman is himself one of the keenest sportsmen of the day...-.
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--yo it to Sheridan with a note, requesting an early opinion, and offer-
?.ls ing it for performance at Drury-lane. The manager looked over
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it on the table before the noble author, who called two days after,
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PUN.—Two gentlemen riding together, and en-
gaged in conversation, came to a spot where the road branched off
• in two directions :—" Let us turn to the right," cried one.—
" Our way lies to the left," replied the other. " I know it," re-
sumed the first; "but don't you see that tiresome old Doctor
Prolix, on his b.mbling pony, within thirty yards of us. For
Heaven's sake, let's keep out of his way ; he'll keep us half an
hour, with this bitter wind blowing full in our faces,while he tells us
one of his never-ending stories." " I know he has the character
of a proser, but I suppose he's reformed." " Why should you
think so?" " Nay, 'tis very evident, that now, at least, he is
coming directly to the point."—Literary Gazette.
THE WAKEFIELDS' CASE.--A very curious
question of law, 'we understand, is likely to arise at the trial of
this case. It is, whether or not the evidence of Mrs. E. G.
Wakefield (or Miss Turner) be admissible. Mr. Wakefield must
object to her testimony, unless he wishes to admit that she is not
his wife ; which, as a marriage did take place, he cannot do with-
out also admitting the whole charge against him, viz., that the
marriage was obtained by violence, or a degree of fraud equally
fatal to the marriage contract. If the marriage is good in form
and is not rendered null by the manner in which it was procured,
the commonest rule of law decides that the lady cannot be a wit-
ness. In the decision of this question the onus probandi rests
with Mr. Wakefield. A collateral issue will, in fact, be tried, in
which Mr. Wakefield will be the plaintiff, and Mr. Turner the
defendant ; and all the real merits of the case will probably come
to light in the trial of that collateral issue. If Mr. Wakefield
should establish that the marriage is good de jure as well as de
facto, his wife will not be placed in the witness box; for in such
case she could appear only to admit all that had just been proved
in favour of the marriage. We have heard, that in this case Mr.
Turner intends to apply to the Legislature for an act to set aside
the marriage of his daughter..-. Leeds Intelligowcr.