The Sun.
London, England, 1827-03-17 00:00:00

FASHIONABLE AND MISCELLANEOUS.

WINDSOR, MARCH 16.—His MAJESTY arrived
at the Royal Lodge on Wednesday evening at eight
o'clock, in his travelling carriage, unattended by any
military escort. The KING has .not since left the
Royal Lodge for any out-of-door exercise ; but con-
tinues to enjoy good health and spirits.
There are no arrivals at the Royal Lodge.
Her Royal Highness the Princess Augusta took an
airing yesterday, and in the evening entertained the
Hon. Miss Townshend at dinner.

THE EARL OF LIVERPOOL.—" Lord Liverpool
has passed a middling night, but is going on very well."
MR. CANNING.—Doctors Holland and Warren
held a consultation this morning on the state of the Right Hon.
Secretary, which lasted about an hour, when they reported, "Mr.
Canning is going on well."
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We are authorized to say that the Marchioness
Dowager of Salisbury is no longer at home on Thursday',
The Duchess of Kent eptertained the Duke and
Duchess of Clarence, the Duchess of Gloucester, and the Princess
Carlotti, to Dinner, on Thursday, at her apartments, in the
King's Palace, Kensington.
Viscount Palmerston transacted business yesterday
with Earl Bathurst, at the Office of the Secretary of State for
Colonial Affairs.

Prince Esterhazy, the Austrian Ambassador, trawl-
acted business yesterday, at the Foreign Office.
The Countess of Charleville entertained an elegant
Circle of Fashionables yesterday evening, at her house in Caven-
dish-square.
LANCASTER ASSIZES.—THE KING v. WAKE-
FIELD.-This case is fixed for a day the middle of next week,
and among the many extraordinary rumours circulated respecting
it, is one, that the defendants have arranged matters, and that
no trial will take place at all. But this story is very far from the
truth. None of the witnesses have yet arrived.
At the races at Malden, in Essex, in 1748, only
three horses started for the plate, and the whole three were dis-
tanced the first heat, according to the common rules of horse
racing, without any quibble or equivocation—the first ran on the
wrong side of the post, the second was deficient in weight, and
the third fell and broke a foreleg.
The Statue of our late most gracious Sovereign,
when first erected in the square at Somerset-house, supported iu
its right hand an Olive Branch, which, during the period rhea
the late French war raged with doubtful prospect, most singularly
dropped from the Monarch's hands, as it were denoting the incor-
rectness of the symbol thus originally placed as an emblem of a
reign of peace ; but, however, as the position of the hand requires
that it should hold some emblem or other, it is hoped that the
proper department will, by the introduction of one, cause the
figure to be restored to its original perfect design.
Whether in good times or bad, Hymen seems busy.
It is a fact, that for the last several Sundays, upon an average,
eleven couple have been "ask'd " in Mansfield Church ;—and last
week a pair having concluded upon being united in wedlock's
bands, the happy groom (sooner than lose the chance) actually
borrowed a ring to place on his " fair one's" finger.
A wealthy lawyer lately left a legacy to the house
of Bedlam, and, being asked the reason, said, he had got his mo-
ney by fools and madmen, and thought it but fair to leave them a
portion of it at his death.
The first Astronomer of the age, the Marquis de
la Place, died on Monday morning; and the Count Stanislaw'
Girardin, Member of the Chamber of Deputies, and the Emilius
of Rousseau, died a few days since.—Literary Gazette.
A glorious bull is related in the sketch of Dr. Sims,
"of a countryman of his, for whom he had prescribed an eme-
tic, who said with great naivete, My dear doctor, it is of no
use your giving me an emetic ; I tried it twice in Dublin, and it
would not stay on my stomach either time.' "—Nage! Canons,
At the Ennis Assizes, an Interpreter who was ex-
amining a witness in Irish, was desired to ask some question in
which it was necessary to • introduce the word " party." In
shaping the question he used no translation for that word. Jus-
tice Torrens.—ls there no Irish word for " party ?"—A laugh.)
Mr. O'Gorman—No, my Lord, neither is there any word for the
English word " ingratitude."—(A laugh.)
When the Earl of Bradford was brought before the
Chancellor, to be examined upon application for a statute of
lunacy against him, the Chancellor asked him, " How many legs
has a sheep ?" " Does your lordship mean," answered Lord Brad-
ford, " a live sheep, or a dead sheep ?" "Is it not the same
thing ?" said the Chancellor. " No, my lord," said Lori B.
" there is much difference a tieep may have four legs; a dead
sheep has only two ; the two fore legs are shoulders ; but there
are but two legs of mutton."—Doncaster Gazette.
ANECDOTE OF SIR RICHARD JBB.—Sir Richard
being called to see a patient who fancied himself very ill, told him
ingenuously what he thought, and declined prescribing, thinking
it unnecessary. " Now you are here," said the patient, " I shalt
be obliged to you, Sir Richard, if you will tell me how I must
live, what I may eat, and what not." "My directions as to that
point," replied Sir Richard, " will be few and simple. You
must not eat the poker, shovel, or tongs, for they are hard of
digestion ; nor the bellows, because they are windy ; but any
thing else you please !"—Literary Gazette.
DRUNKENNESS.—TraveIIers on the great North
road are puzzled with the meaning of the " Ram Jam House,"
near Greetham Inn. The vulgar opinion has been that it arose
from an untelligible exclamation of a plan made drunk with the
ale lie found there—" Ram jam, by G—!" The true origin of
the word may, however, be found in the language of Indostan,
where Ramjam signifies a drunkard. Ramjam house must' there-
fore mean the house of drunkards, which probably was not the in-
tention of the Magistrates who renewed the licence, nor of the re-
spectable persons who keep the house.—Rees' Cyclo art.
DR. FORDYCE.—The author does not tell this
story—perhaps it is one we have heard of the worthy Doctor, who,
afeer getting home highly primed from a dinner party, was called
out to see a lady taken dangerously ill. "So (said the Doctor
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out, "Drunk, by Jove drunk !" " Ah, madam !" cried the
Abigail, as soon as the physician had staggered out, " what a
wonderful man ! How soon he discovered what was the matter
with you !"—Literary Gazette.
ANECDOTE OF DR. JOHNSON AND JACOB
rR.VANT. —My friend, the late Lord Grosvenor, had a house at
Salt-hill, where I usually spent a part of the summer, and thus
became a neighbour of that great and good man Jacob Bryant,
who kindly encouraged me to visit him. Here the conversa-
tion turned one morning on a Greek criticism by Dr. Johnson, in
some volume lying on the table, which I ventured (for I was
then young) to deem incorrect; and pointed it out to him. I
could not help thinking that he was somewhat of my opinion;
but he was cautious and reserved. " But, Sir," said I.—willing
to overcome his scruples—" Dr. Johnson himself (a fact which,
Mr. Bryant well knew) admitted that he was not a good Greek
scholar." " Sir," lie replied with a serious and impressive air,
" it is not easy for us to say what such a man as Johnson would
call a good Greek scholar." I hope that I profited by the lee.
son--certainly, I never forgot it ; and if but one of my readers
do the, same, I shall not repent placing it upon record.-- Gifford's
Preface to Ford's Dramatic Works.
The late Mr. Rundell, when a young man, was
rather partial to theatrical amusements, having a niece then upon
the Drury-lane boards (Miss Harpur), now the wife of John
Bannister, comedian, whose family he has so liberally provided
for in his will. When King, the celebrated representative of Sir
Peter Teazle, &c. &c., retired from the stage, his brother per-
formers subscribed, and presented him with a silver cup and cover,
having their names engraved upon it. Some years afterwards his
widow, from adverse circumstances, was compelled to part with
it, and sent it to Ludgate-hill by the late Mr. Wroughton. Mr,
Rundell, after purchasing it for the concern in the usual way of
trade, repurchased it on his private account, and sent it back to
the widow, begging her, if ever compelled again to part with it,
to let him know. The following took place between the late
Duke of York and Mr. Rundell :—His Royal Highness calling
at Ludgate-hill to make choice of a gold snuff-box, Mr. Bridge,
who was in the habit of attending upon him, not being at home,
he was waited upon by Mr. Rundell, when the following dialogue
took place :—The Duke—Mr. Rundell, you must be very rich ?
Mr. Rundell—Bless your Highness, quite the contrary; nobody
thinks of paying us what they owe, which keeps us poor (his
Royal Highness owing a considerable sum at the time) : but if
we could get in our just debts, we might be rich. The Duke
made no reply, but put down the box he was looking at, desiring
Mr. Bridge to call. The next day he sent a cheque for 5001. to
be placed to his account, which pleased Mr. Rundell as if it was
a gift, exclaiming to his partners, he knew Mr. Bridge o'l4
make them pay would he only ask.