The Sun. — 1841-12-21 (London, England)

BARON GUNDI.ING, THE COURT  FOOL.  The dignity of Chamberlain was destined to experience the satirical humour of the King, who, in 1726, conferred the token of it, on Baron Gundling. At a full meeting of the smoking club, the appointment was deli vered to him, and the gold key fastened by the riband to his coat. Gundling was vain enough to feel highly flattered, and never went abroad without his gold key. But, as his daily course led to the wine•shop, and he frequently slept off his debauch in filthy pl ice., some officers one day, for a frolic cut off his key, and carried it to the King. Next day, when Gundling appeared at Court without his key, the King took him severely to task, and intimated that he must eipect to be treated in the same manner as a saldier who part: with his musket fodrink. In vain did Gundlins implore pardon ; the King pretend©d to be very angry, and desired him to come to him the next day. Here, in solemn conclave, a wooden key, gilt,at least a yard long, was handed to him on a wooden platter of proportionate dimensions, and fastened by a huge blue riband to his bosom, that it might always be in his sight. He was ordered never to appear without this key upon pain of the royal displeasure. After he had dragged this ponderous distinction about for a week, the lost key was restored to him, and this time he had it fastened with strong wire to the skirt of his coat by a locksmith. By way of a new frolic, the King ordered an ape to be dressed exactly like Gundling, and decorated with a chamberlain's key. At dinner be then reproved the grand master of the ceremo nies for his dissolute life, and for his youthful transgressions, saying it was scandalous that he should turn his children adrift in the world without making any provision for them. Gundling would have vindicated himself, when the ape, his counterpart, was brought in and presented to him as his son, and Gundling was forced to acknowledge and embrace him, the little brute at the same time making some sharp attacks on his father's wig,"—Campbell's Frederick the Great and his Times.  MURDER AT ToTNEs—Great sensation has been created here by the death of a man named Kelly, a travelling pedlar, in consequence of severe blows given him with a poker by a woman with whom he was in the habit of travelling. At an inquest held on Friday last, at the North Star Inn, before Joseph Gribble, Esq , Coroner, the evidence elicited was to the following effect!—The deceased was at the Fairybridge Inn, in Totness, on the 20th November, in company with the woman with whom he travelled, and whose name was Sarah Baker. He was very tipsy, and after they had sat down for about half an hour, she, without any provocation at that time, seized the poker and struck him twice on the head and shoulders. The landlord interfered, and took away the poker, and she then took the fire-pan, inflicting a tremendous blow upon the middle of his back. After this she caught him by the hair of his head, and struck him twenty or thirty blows with her fist, and beat him with her shoe ; he stooped forward, leaning on his knees, and she then kicked him in the face ; the landlord then again interfered, and put the deceased to bed. The prisoner, who is said to be a fine-grown and rather handsome woman, but who has the expression of a perfect virago, has been committed for trial on the charge of wilful murder.—Sonzerset County Gazette.