The Sun.
London, England, 1820-12-25 00:00:00

MISCELLANEOUS.

SMALL-rox.L—During the last three weeks the
casual small-pox ha§ Leen fluctuating in the Hiet ropul,s;
which has greatly increased in the last week. Fourteen died
in the week eliding 28th November, 10 in the Week following,
and GS in the week eliding on 1:2tl1 Decemlierinaking 87 in
those three weeks! We have obtained A'sight of the register
at the Small-pox Hospital, whelethere are eight very serious
cases, and it appears that 13U•patieuts in the casual small-
pox have In-en admitted. there during the present )car, cif
whom 31 died ;
,and 2,100 were vaccinated, which is a strong'
emitirin:ttion, 'in addition to the return published last year,
that- the people are now well satisfied in their preference of
vaccilMtion, _ _

A General Bill of all the Christenings and
Burials, from bee:1,10819, to Dec. 12, 1 S'2o :
Christened in the 97 parishes within:tlie wails, 981 ; buried,
1,08'2.

Christened in the 17 parishes without the walls, 5,342 ;
buried, 4,076. ,
Christened in the'-:, out-parishes in Middlesex and Surrey,
1'2449 ; buried, 9,065. . .
Christened in the to 'wishes in the,city and liberties of
Westminster, 4,356; burieAl, 4,505. -
Christened, males 11,993, females 11,165 ; in all 23,158 :
buried, males 9,794, feniales, 9,354; in all 19,348.
IVhereof have died,
Under two years of age 4,758 Sixty and seventy . .1,633
Between two and five 1,975 Seventy and eighty . 1,208
Five and tell . . 887 Eighty and ninety . 6ti2
Ten and twenty . 607 Ninety and a hundred 119
Twenty and thirty . 1,484 A hundred .
Thirty and forty . 2,006 A hundred and one
Forty and fifty . . 2,069 A hundred-and two . 1
Fifty and sixty . . 1,878 A hundred and three •
Increased in the burials this year 120. Tnere have heen
executed in London and the county of Surrey, .38; of which
number 10 only have been •reported to be hurled within the
bills of mortality. .
PLAys:—ln an old account-book of Bernard
Lintot, the bookseller, the following information iespecting
the prices usually paid for the copyrights of Plays is gleaned.
Tragedies were then the fashionable dramas, and obtained
the best price. Dr. Young received for his Busiris
Smith, fur his Plizedra and' Hippolytus, 501.; Rowe, for his
Jane Shore, 501. 155., and for Lady Jane Gray 751. 55.; and
Cibber, for his Nonjuror, obtained 1051.
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PAnTitioocs.-.—The following singular circum-
stance occurred a tew days ago at 134,Tleswade :—A covey of
partridges, -seven in number, were very -closely Immo-v.4 -by a-
hawk into the hiewhonse-yard of S. Wells, Esq., and flew
with such violence against one•ot the maltings, that four of
them fill dead upon the spot, and were picket.% up by the men
at 'work in the yarn; the other flu ce were so stunned as to
he unable to escape, and were taken - by another person at a
few yards distance.. Thi it voracious pursuer Made his escape
uninjured. •
U N ICO itNs.—The Quarlci ij Review asserts,

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on the authority ut a letter from Latter, that the Uni-
corn ut the Scriptures exists in herds in the hilly country east
of Nepaul. It is.called tso'po in the Thibet language, and is
desciihed at thirteen or fourteen hands high, fierce,. and ex 7
tretucly wild. It is Seldom caught alive, but frequtut ly shot,
and the titsh is used fur food. The hoofs are cloven, the tail
boar-shaped, and the horn long and curved, growing out of
the forehead. - .
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A NAUTICAL•PuN.—At the .close of the trial
for a breach of promise of marriage, " Harriet Culla. v.
Itichard ,Nl•Nawara," Mr. Nor►h, for the defendant, sub-
mitted two poiots of law contained in the bill of exceptions.
Mr. Wallace, for the plaintiff, contended that the übjectiou,
in that stage, was wholly irregular, and was proceeding with
►nuch earnestness in his argument, when Lord Norbury in-
terfered, and said, " Mr. Wallace, Mr. Wallace, I think you
will find it a difficult matter to steer your course so as to get
'Sank about." The Court was convulsed with laughter.
DANDY .—Some one has endeavoured to de-
duce the etymology of this Word from dandi prat, a coin, as
Rapin informs its, struck in the reign of Henry VII. It has
been frequently applie'd as a term of contempt by the early
dramatists. Thus Middleton, iu his comedy " Mwe Dissem-
blers 'besides Women," makes Dandolo say of Lactantio's
page," tht;re's ao fellowship in this dandi.prat, thiS dire-
dapper." In the same play Linquepace says, " Who w►iuld
be plagued with a (falai prat usher?" &e. In Massiager'S
" Virgin Mar►yr," Hircias, spsiaking of the attendant.of Do-
rothea, thus soliloquizes him: •` The stung dandi-prat smelts
us out whatever we are doing." Ile has just before entitled
Litt a " jackanapes," a " white-fac'd iumikey," and a
chitty-fac'd page." Old Marston, In his " Scourge for
Villanies," not►ces the dandi-prats, and so does honest Mas-
tel• Dekker, in one of his ciimedies. The term seems to have
been in continua request in the age" of Queen Elizabeth; as
an epithet of reproach.

SPORTING oINTEI,LIGENCE,

FOR THE-PRESENT WEEK.

The Quorndon Hounds inert on Wednesday at •Widtuer-
pool ; Thursday, at W.imeswold ; Saturday-, at Clifton.
The Pyteliley Hounds,ion Wedusday, at IVuelily 'roll Bar;
Friday, at Cransley ; Saturday, at Stowe.
The Duke of Grafton's Hounds, on Wednesday, at Stoke.
(Bittern) Park; Friday, at IVhistley Wood.
The Oakley Hounds, on Thursday, atiKetupston Wood;
Sat uldav,`at Rushdeu.
The WOreestershire Fox •Houtids, on Thursday, at. Red-
marley, ;
,Sateirday, at Bretton Hill.

His Majesty's Stair Mounts; to•uwrrow, at Ascot Heath ;
(NMI on Friday, at Stoke Common.' .
. The Hamtledon Hounds, to morrow at Horndean ; Thurs-
day; at Runisden Bottum; Saturday, at Milburrow's.

The Quorndon Hounds on Wednesday last threw off at
Owthorpe;Nottingliatushire, and had an esedleat day's di.
version: they lost tire Fox in Oingham town, who escaped
Isis pursuers Jby etstt ring some out-kuildings, after a run of
one hour and ‘2Binintoes.

Yesterday divine service was performed at the
King's Palace, in Pall-mall, by the Rev. Dr.
STANIER CLARKE.

Yesterday afternoon the Duke of YORK arriv-
ed at his residence in the King's Palace, Saint
James's, soon after three o'clock, from Woburn
Abbey.
The Duke of GLOUCESTER arrived at his house
in Park-lane, oft Wednesday night, from the seat
of Mr: GREENWOOD, near Sudbury, in Suffolk,
after a tour of abour a month. Last evening his
Royal Highness left town for his seat, at Bag-
shot Park. '