The Sun.
London, England, 1827-01-11 00:00:00

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE.

WINDS9I2, JAN. 10.—Xesterday 'foremion 'his
Royal Highness the Did e of Clarence ' arrived at, the
Royal Lodge, on a visit of condolence-to his KA-.
JESTY. The visit of 'his Royal HighneSs Was, daily
expected ; but, no doubt, was protracted, from his
Royal Highness's feelings, as well as those of his MA..
JESTY, upon the late melancholy event. His Royal
Highness had a long interview with hiS:-MAJigstv•;
after which he took leave, and left the Royal Lodge;
for his.residence in Bushy Park.
His MAJESTY has not left the Royal Lodge since.
his last visit to his late lamented Royal-Brother,--the
Duke of York ; nor has lie received, since this me-
lancholy event; any visitors, except the tail of Liver-.
pool, and their Royal Highnesses the-Duke-of Clarence
and Duchess of Gloticester.

• DOVER, JAN. 10.—Sailed for Calais, the
reign steam packet, Captain Hayward, with his Excellency the
Prince Polignac. It has blown hard to-day froM the westward,
and the packets from Calais were obliged to' bear away for the
Downs.

With respect to the Duke of Sussex beingking of
England and Hanover, it is not improbable that his son, Colonel
D'Este, might succeed him at Hanover, in case of death; as
:the marriage of his Royal Highness is valid in Germany though
.not in Engiano.---7publin Morning Register.
-The sons of the late Benjamin West, President of
the Royal Academy, have petitioned the American House of Re-
presentatives, praying that Congress will purchase the works:of
their late father.

Demetrius Bozzaris,.the son of the celebrated.Alareo
Bonaris, a lad -11 years of age, has arrived at Corfu. The. Ba-
varian Colonel' Heidegger, who is now in Greece,• -tends him to
his MajestythP-Xing.of Bavaria; who will cause him to edu-.
cated with the greatest care.— German Paper.

We understand that Mr. Hood, the talented au-
thor of " Whims and Oddities," has now in the press a series of
Tales, which are said to be of such rare merit, that in variety of
incident, humour and pathos, the reader is reminded of the heal
things in Le Sage. They are to be accompanied with illus-
trations.

When, in 1791, the British lay before.the fort 'of
Gooty, in the East Indies, it was pronounced at the deliberation
of a military council, as it looks, impregnable. This report was
delivered to Major Gowdie, commanding. He bluntly replied,,
" I have got the order in my pocket to take it ;" and on the
morrow he assaulted and carried it..

The Jury Court is not a universal favourite in Edin-
burgh, and though the Lord Chief Commissioner Adam,
is highly respected by all who know him, the party op-
posed to him in politics say, that the Court was establish-
ed for his sake, and have the following standing jokes 'on
the subject :

Q.--Why is the Jury Court like the Garden of Eden ?
A. —Beranse it was made to put Adam into it.
Q.—Why is it not like the Garden of Eden ?

A.—.-Because you cannot get Adam out of it.

" If your husband bean ass," said Lord Halifax to
his daughter, " do you take care that he is nobody's ass but yours."
THEATRICALS.—MiSS Cawse's dress was set on
fire by the lamps last Friday, as she was performing in the White
Maid, but she was not hurt.—Pasta appears in April..BriOton
Paper.

LORD NORB IJRY'S LAST.--Lord Norbury was
asked, the other day, if he knew Mr. Hayes, one of the principals
in the late fatal duel. " Why ! yes!" said his Lordship, " but
I thought he was an attorney, and it appears he is only a Brie-
layer."

ETHERIAL CAKES.—At this season, when cakes
are so much in requisition, the public will doubtless be gratified
to learn of the likelihood of the appearance, in modern times, of
an entire new species, resembling the manner of old, and even, in
this reputable land of cakes, threatening to throw all. others at
once into an•oblivious-shade. A Fife Millie, in reading the.news-
papers the other day, gravely asked an acquaintance. if. the portable
gas is made up in cakes !—Fife Herald. • •

CALEDONIAN. THEATRE.--A squabble took place
at this theatre a few nights since, in consectnenee of some asper-
siOns cast upon Mr.
_Ryder the manager. -This- gentleman re-
plied to the attacks' made on him by a Critic, Who signs himself
" Acria," in the Edinburgh
.01iseruer, bye 'speneh (intended, we
suppose as an agreeable addition to the evening's entertainments)
delivered in fullcostume-On the stage. -The scene must have been
wondrously entertaining, not to say instructive. •••
BIRTH, PARENTAGE, AND EDUCATION OF A
)300K.,—1t may, perhaps, not ,be known to the..generaltty of
readers, that the following 22 occupations are engaged to pio lure
a single book :—The author, the designer, the 1-4
-merchant; the
paper-maker, the stationer, the type-founder, the press-maker, the
ink-maker, the roller-maker, the chase-maker, the reader, the
compositor, the pressman, the gatherer, the folder,.the stitcher,
the leather-seller, the binder, the coppersmith, the engraver, the
copper-plate printer, and the bookseller !

----I ANDEL, who was one of the greatest gluttons of
the age, frequently ordered a dinner at a tavern for_ five, when
only himself was to partake of it. Having once ate so immode-
rately as to be nearly deprived of all power of respiration, a Phy-
sician, a friend of his, was called in, who, hoping to alarm him out
of his beastly custom, directly told him he
.was a dead man.
" Are there no hopes ?" said Handel. " None,", replied the
friend. " Say you so ?" rejoined the other ; " then I'll make the
most of my time," and immediately devoured the remainder of
the dish with a voraciousness that must haye killed any other
man in the world but himself.

DISPATCH.—A pensioner from the neighbour-
hood of Monea came to our market on Thursday, having-Only
buried his wife eight days previous: he met a. young woman in
the street, to whom be never spoke before, and addressed-her as
follows:—" My dear, I have a neat little farm and two cows,
with well furnished house, and all I require to make me happy
is a wife. I have fell in love with you to-day—if you consent
to be my wife, you will live comfortably, and I will pay the rent
of the farm with my pension. Will you have me now or never 9"
The young woman hesitated a few moments, and .after reflecting
on the consequence of refusal, replied— Yes. The happy pair
drove off, were married, and went home the same day.—Ennis-
killen Reporter.
IRISH WIT.—A traveller on horseback,, meeting a
Spalpeen, asked him, " Am I half-Way to town ?"
" Plase yer wiirtchip !" said the boy, " do I-know where you
come from?" ----. Two gentlemen having,lyagered upon
the number of characteristic specimens of native brilliancy they
►hould encounter in a rural excursion, one of them dm* addressed
a stoneLbreaker on the road :—" My good fellow !-- were the-devil
to come now,- which of us two would he carry away ?" After a
little hesitation, that savoured of unexpected dulness, the man,
modestly lifting his eyes from-his work, answered, 4'111e,. Sir."
Annoyed hy the stolidity of this reply, the wrist pressed him for
a reason. Because, yer honour !he would be glad of the op-
portunity, to catch myself—he could have you at any timer

,
AL.CONRY.—This gay and elegant sport, in for-
mer days the favourite amusement of the kings and nobles of our
land, has long been known to us but by hearsay, or by such a
powerfully descriptive pen as that of the author of the Tales of_
the. Crusaders. We are happy to be enabled to state; that Air.
Baird of Newbyth means to bring his hawks to this country, at
the time when the Lothian fox-hounds return, and that he will fly
them on the. ntermediate days. We shall thus have the itieatis of.
enjoying personally a sport which must have raised bright visions
of pleasure in the minds of many. We would give a warning,
that as these hawks are sometimes lost, they are apt to be shot
unless attention Is paid to the belle at their feet, which easily dis-
tinguish them from wild birds. As Mr. Baird flies his hawks at
crows only, the game in the country is not disturbed by thein in
any way.—Kelso Mail.
QUICK COURTSIIIP.—A gentleman who resides in
Manchester, had paid his addresses to a young lady from Liver-
pool, and came to town on Saturday week, for the purpose of making'
preparations for the approaching nuptials._ In the course of the
day he entered a glover's shop, to purchase gloves for the wed-
ding. A young lady was behind the counter. She smiled, as
female shopkeepers generally do, when they observe the face of a
male customer. The gloves were soon displayed on the counter,
and the fair one proceeded to fit a pair on the hand of her new
customer. The gentleman first looked at the lady, then at the
gloves, and again at the lady. His eye brightened, his bosoui
heaved, a sigh escaped. In another moment the poor gentleman
was desperately, incurably in love. He forgot her whom he had
come hither to marry, and became a faithless lover. He instantly
offered his hand to the fair glover. She just hesitated -one mo-
ment, as ladies generally hesitate when placed in such singular
circumstances, and, blushingly, yielded to his soft seduction.--
On Monday last the parties were married, and drove out of town,
attended by a splendid cavalcade, to the residence of the
_hot and
fiery inamorata.—Liverpool Albion. - -

OLD BAILEY.—(Ttus
...OLD COURT.

. These "Sessions commenced this morning before the Right
'l4On: the Lord Mayor, the Rec. Order, Common Sergeant, Mr.
'Se'rgeant Arabin, the Sheriffs, and several Aldermen. In
(pence of the lamented death of hii Royal: Highness the Duke of
York, -they severally appeared in black cloth robes. and weepers.
The Learned. Judges in, attendance were,. the Lord Chief Baron
Alexander, Mr. Baron Bullock, and Mr. Justice Burrough ;
they also wore black robes and
.searfs. _ _ _

The offences with which the prisoners stand charged, are for--
Cutting and Maiming; I ; burglary, 14 ; highway robbery, 6 ;
sheep-stealing, 1 ; horse-stealing, 2 ; cattle-stealing, I ; em-
bezzling, 5 ; stealing from the person, 13 ; stealing in the dwel-
ling-house, 15 ; receiving stolen goods; 5 ; selling counterfeit
coin, 2 ; fraud, 1 ; laicenies,.lso.—Total, 216. -
Forty-four of this number are female's. The number of offences
charged to have been committed in the City are S 6, and the re-
maining 180 are charged to have been committed in the county of
Middlesex. . .

Before mr. rtanit,AuLLocic.
ROBBERY AT THE kARL OF BELFAST'S.

• Honor Baldwyn, an interesting female, respectably dressed in
black, and,having an infant'in her arms, was put to the bar,
charged with stealing in the dwelling-house of the Earl of Belfast
a writing desk, and other articles his property, veined at 10/.
The Earl of Belfast, on the 18th of Dec. last, missed from out of
'the library in his house in Pall-mall, a writing-desk ;he saw it
next day, it was then open, the lock bad beeri broken. The
contents of the desk were various ; there was-a watch among
them.

The house steward of. his Lordship was desired, by his master
to go to a Police-office for an .officer. He saw the desk on the
step of the door of • his Lordship's house, on the evening
of the robbery ; the door hell rang, and, on witness
going to the door, be saw a man whom he asked
'if he had seen any one at the door? Ile said, a wo-
.
' man; witness soon., after overtook the woman (she was
the prisoner), and charged her with leaving the desk at the
door, which she denied; witness took her to his Lordship's resi-
dence, and, in presence,of Lady Belfast, she stated that she went
down the area steps to ask one of the servants for the loan of Qs.,
seeing no person there, she took the desk, and was let out of the
-house by the hall porter ; she also confessed to the fact of having
pledged the watch for Ms. • ,

Ann Owen deposed, that on the evening of the robberptitt
prisoner requested to see her; witness went to her lodgings in
Orchard -street: • The prisoner produced the desk, and said that
she found it; witness afterwards went to her uncle's and had the
desk broken open, and by the prisoner's desire pledged the watch.
The pawnbroker's assistant deposed to having. taken the watch
in pledge on the 18th of 'December.
The prisoner, in defence, said, with tears in her eyes, that she
was in extreme distress ; her husband was out of employ ; her
children starving ; she went into the house with the intention of
borrowing two shillings, to buy her children some bread; the
doors being all open, the temptation was too great, and she WU in-
duced to commit the crime solely with a view to relieve her starr-
ing family.
The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty of stealing to the value
of 40s. in a dwelling-house; but strongly recommended the pri-
rnier to mercy.

Earl Bensi also begged to join in *this recommendation.

NEW COURT.--(Tms DAY.)

Richard Richards was indicted for stealing an umbrella. value
two shillings, the property of Mr. John Harvey, an attorney.
It appeared in evidence, that for some time past, an immense
number of umbrellas have been stolen from the different Courts of
Justice in the metropolis, by persons who are constantly on the
watch to carry them off as they are put down. On the ll th of
hist month, as Baker, a patrol, was on duty in the Vice Chancel-
lor's Court, he observed the prisoner, after leaving the Court, run
across Lincoln's-inn Fields, with an umbrella under his arm.
Witness suspecting all was not right, took him into custody, and
on searching his person, there were found -no leas than forty du-
plicates of parasols and umbrellas.—Verdict Guilty: seven years
transportation.