The Sun.
London, England, 1827-01-13 00:00:00

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE.

WINDSOR, JAN. 12.—The KING still remains at
the Royal Lodge. On Wednesday the Duke of
Clarence paid a visit of condolence to his MAJESTY
his Royal Highness remained a considerable time with
his MAJESTY.

Yesterday her Royal Highness the Duchess of
Gloucester arrived from Bagshot at Frogmore Lodge,
to pay a visit of condolence to her Royal Sister the
Princess Augusta, and in the evening returned to
Bagshot Park.

Prince Esterhazy, the Austrian Ambassador, trans-
acted business yesterday at the office of the Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs.

Viscount Melville transacted business at the Foreign-
office yesterday. _ _

The Mourning for the justly lamented Duke of
York is quite as general and sincere as it was for the interesting
Princess Charlotte, whose early death caused such universal grief
throughout the land.
MR. GIFFORD'S LIBRA Mr.—We are informed
that Mr. Gifford has bequeathed his curious library to Dr. Ire-
land and Mr. Heber.—Literary Gazette.
A VISION OF MATRIMONIAL BLISS.—" What
a blow it maun be to marry a snoring woman. Think o' her,
during the hail hinny-moon, resting her head, wi'a long gurgling
snorting snore, on her husband's bosom."—Blachwood's Mag.

The report of Velluti's death in Le Furet is un-
founded. " A letter in his own handwriting, dated from Venice,
Dec. 20, announcing his perfect recovery, is now in London.
An illustrious person told Lord Chesterfield that he
had drank six bottles of wine. " That," said his Lordship, "is
more than I can swallow."

The surveyors from the Bank of England were in
Leeds last week, in search of a suitable building, in which to open
the projected branch establishment.
It is rumoured that preliminaries are entered into
for the commencement of a branch Bank of England in Lincoln,
a measure which is considered of importance to the expenditure
and receipts of this agricultural and commercial county.—Stam-
ford News.
However appropriatehis name, it would seem that
Colonel Le Blanc would have been much better engaged at
White's than in whitening linen.
The Magistrates of Queen-square have, it appears,
issued a circular, hating for its object the better observance of the
Sabbath within their district. This may be very proper ; but, to
be consistent with themselves, their Worships ought to begin with
the Speaker's dinners.

A WORTHLESS ARTICLE.—A Fellow of atrocious
ugliness chanced to pick up a looking-glass on his road. But
when he looked at himself, he flung it away in a rage, crying,
" Curse you, if you were good for any thing you would not have
been thrown away by your owner."—Mirror.
AN IMPUDENT PICKPOCKET.—At the Chester
Assizes, August, 1825, William Leighton, for picking pockets at
Congleton, was sentenced to be transported for life. On sentence
being passed, the prisoner, in the most audacious manner, called
out to the Judge and snapping his fingers, said " I'll toss you,
hang or quits."—Bath Herald.
AN ANTICIPATORY WISH.—A Lady made a
Christmas present to an old servant a few days before it might
have been expected. It was gratefully received, with the follow-
ing Hibernian expression of thanks : " I am very much obliged to
you, indeed, ma'am ; and wish you many returns of the season
before it comes !"—Literary Gazette.
The work has commenced of lowering the ground
along the line of street from Park-lane to Hyde Park•corner, and
of heightening the road from thence to Knightsbridge, with a view
of forming one perfect level with the new beautiful drive in the
Park. It is hoped that the unsightly Obelisk, at Hyde Park-
corner, from its forming the constant receptacle of the many
coloured printed bills, will now be removed, and a simple iron
column, or a suitable inscription on a stone, placed on the ad-
joining wall, to denote the spot where the admeasurement of dis-
tance from London is calculated, may be placed in its stead.
FROM THE MONTHLY REVIEW.—The author of
the Novel of " Almack's " has contrived to exhibit the most ample,
the most animated, and, we suspect, the most accurate picture of
what is called " High Lifer in this country which has ever yet
met the public eye. There is no ambition to produce effect, no
artificial mixture of the tragic with the comic—it seems to hare
been the sole object of the writer to give a natural representation
of the manners, the conversation, and in short, the every-day em-
ployments of the aristocratic circles ; and she has succeeded to the
fullest extent. She has laid open the whole interior of fashion-
able and exclusive society, from the rank of the Duke down to the
cadet ; and though her characters are all masqued under heteroge-
neous names, yet we feel that they have all of them figured,
and perhaps, still figure in the very scenes where she employs them.
The value of a work of this kind is inestimable.

The deplorable condition to which the Countess
de Lavalette was reduced, in consequence of that sublime act of
conjugal love which has bestowed immortality on her name, is
well known. We are most happy in being able to announce to our
readers, and to the whole of France, the complete re-establishment
of the health of this victim of the most noble devotedness. She
has just been restored to her family, after a long and painful
malady. The praise of this remarkable cure, which was, for
a long time despaired of, is due to Dr. Blanche, proprietor of the
magnificent Maison de Sant, at Montmartre, where the cares
bestowed upon Madame Lavalette, during five long years and a
half, have, at last, been crowned with the happiest success.
Constitutionnel of Wednesday.
TWO THICK SKULLS.—" Two cavaliers had a
gallant combat. On my side was Samad, one of Ibrahim Saru's
younger brothers, and on the other side was Shah-sawar, one of
the Moghuls of Hissar. They met hand to hand, and Shah-
sawer urged his blow with such force, that he drove his sabre
right through Samahad's helmet, and fixed it pretty deep in his
skull. In spite of this wound, Samad returned the blow with
such fury, that his sword shorn clean off a piece of Shah-sawar's
skull as big as the,palm of the band. As Shah-sawar had no
helmet on, the wound in his head was properly bound up, and he
recovered."—Memoirs of the Emperor Beber.
ANOTHER THICK SKULL.—AbdaI Kadus Koh-
Inn, the elder brother of Kitteh Beg, having climbed up to the
foot of the castle-wall, was hit by a large stone discharged from
above, which sent him spinning down, heels over head, from that
prodigious height, right forward, without touching anywhere till
he lighted on his head at the bottom of the glacis. Yet he re-
ceived no injury, and immediately mounted his horse and returned
back to the camp."—Memoirs of the Emperor Beber.
N.B. These two anecdotes go far to prove the truth of our
favourite opinion, that a gentleman now a days may do very well
without a head. It is to be sure the fashion to wear one ; but
all we contend for is, that there is no absolute necessity for it.

A PRACTICAL ILLUSTRATION.—Mr. P--,
the celebrated barrister, is a remarkably ugly man. Some months
back an action was brought by an old lady, resident near his villa,
against several persons, who, having obtained possession of a house
belonging to her, had refused to deliver it into her hands. In

this case Mr. P— was retained for the defendants, and cross-
examined the plaintiff with his usual dexterity :—" What motive
do you suppose induced my clients to refuse giving you posses-
sion ?"—" Why the' wanted to humbug ine." "To humbug
you ! what do you mean? I don't understand you—pray ex-
plain ?"—The plaintiff felt confused, and Mr. P— repeated
his question triumphantly. After a pause, during which she had
racked her brains to find out a suitable explanation of the word,
the old lady said—" Suppose, Sir, I was to say that you were
extremely handsome?"—" Well, and what then ?" replied the
lawyer.—. Why then, Sir, I should humbug you most com-
pletely."
As Mr. R. Havilland, the King's Messenger (son
of Mr. Havilland, of Cheltenham), was on his return from Ma-
drid, with despatches from our Ambassador at that Court, lie was
met within a few miles of that capital by a banditti, ten in num-
ber, who fired three shots through the windows, cut the traces
of his four horses, and then dragged him out of his carriage, and
robbed him of all the money he had about his person. They also
took away his coat and travelling cap, and severely ill-treated
him. Their object is supposed to have been not so much to plun-
der him as to intercept the despatches of which he was the bearer,
and which were of great moment, as they were conjectured to be
the last that would he sent by our Minister previous to his de-
parture from Madrid. Mr. Havilland, aware of the importance
of the official documents intrusted to him, had taken the precau-
tion to conceal them in the lining of his carriage, by which means
the object of his assailants was defeated. He was left destitute of
a single shilling, and without clothes, at midnight, in an enemy's
country. Much praise has been conferred on Mr. Havilland, for
his conduct in this emergency, and for the zeal and caution with
which he preserved the despatches. Mr. Havilland was, soon
after his arrival at the Foreign Office, despatched to Naples, with
an official communication to the Prince Leopold.—Cheltenham
Chronicle.

HAY MARKETS.—(Tnis DAT.)
(At per Load of 36 Truism.)
ST. JAMES'S.
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EDINBURGPI CORN MARKET.—an. 10.
We had a short supply of all sorts of Grain, to-day except
Wheat. Oats very deficient. Top price le. higher. Barley
Is., Pease and Beans 6d. on the top of last market day.
Wheat. Barley
oi
. I Oats. I Pease. luang
First
Second 2B, 6,1 285 6cl 278 6d Vs
Third less Od 26s Od 25s Od 2s, Od N.., Od
There were 850 bolls of Wheat In market, 783 of which sold as under :
12 at... 325. Od. 101 at... 295. Od. 223
223 at... 28s. Od. I 18 at... 275. Ad.
54
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36
23
Average, 28s. sd. 2-12tbe. *

EDINBURGH CATTLE MARKET.-also. 10.
The supply of Sheep was greater than last week ; 21120
White-faced weddera, 225. to 265. 6d. ; Blank-faced, Ns. to
265. ; Ewes, 15s. to 19s. ; a dull sale, the qttantity being folly
equal to the demand. In the Graesmarket Cattle were plentiful
(250); best, Is. Od. to 7s. 6d.; inferior, from 6s. Od. to 71. ;
a dull sale.

PRICES OF PROVISIONS, &e. -
Beef, per lb. Os. 3d. to Os, 7d. Fresh Butter, per lb. Od. to Is. Od,
Mutton 0 4 0 7 Salt 10 0 0
Veal 0 6 0 9 Ditto, per cwt. —.Ms. 0 0 0
Pork 0 4 0 6 Eggs, per dozen —1 0 0 0
Lamb, per quarter 0 0 0 0 Oat Straw (kemp.)— 0 19 0
Tallow, per lb. 041 0 5 Wheat Ditto.--. 32 6 IS
Quartern Loaf —0 9 010 Barley Ditto ---13 S 0
Potatoes, per 141 b. 0 6 0 0 Good Hay, per st. 1

On Monday evening the lovers of intellectual amuse-
ment received a great treat in witnessing the performance of Mr,
Elliston, who made his first appearance in the character of
-Rover,
in O'Keefe's comedy of Wild Oats. Notwithstanding the im-
pression made on him by the hind of time, Pie is still
a great, and
in many of his characters an inimitable actor.— 'Wolverhampton

Chronicle.