The Sun. — 1822-12-26 (London, England)

ADVERTISEMENT EXTRAORDINARY ! INTERESTING TO COUNTRY GENTLEMEN.  A Gentleman having witnessed, with regret, Country Gentlemen of the 'utmost respectability reduced in their country houses to 'the dulness of a domestic circle, and thereby frequently induced to attempt suicide in the fall of the year—or what is still more melancholy, driven to invite\ to their tables those ancient and well-known families of the Tags, the Rags, and the Bobtails ; and having observed the facility with which the public is supplied with job horses from London, and books from circulating libraries, has opened an Office in London, for the purpose of furnishing Country Houses with a regular succession of Guests, on the most moderate terms. An annual Subscriber of 30 guineas will be supplied with four Guests a week, to be changed at the will of the,Country Gentleman. An annual Subscriber of 15 guineas will be supplied with two Guests, to be changed once a fortnight. Non-Subscribers within 25 miles of London may be furnished with Guests by the day or week, on being answerable for breakages on the road. The Advertiser's Catalogue, contains an elegant assortment of 617 Guests, among whom may be found three Irish Peers„ seven Scotch ditto, thirteen Poor Baronets six Yellow Admirals, nineteen Major-Generals on half-pay, who narrate the entire Spanish war : seventeen Dowagers, 31-1 Old Maids on annuities, Deaf and Dumb People, Sportsmen, anti Gentlemen who describe Paris and Fonthill, may be had at half-price. They can all play at cards, and generally with success if partnerS ; and they have no objection to play in a morning, if dur' ing rain. The Guests to be fed by the Country Gentlemen, as lin the case of jobs ; and claret to be produced if Scotch or Irish Peers are required. If joy Guest is disapproved of, the Advertiser desires the Country Gentleman Subscriber will mark " Bore" against his name in the Catalogue, or chalk it on his back when he leaves the house, and his place shall be supplied by the retutn of the stage coach.  . Rural. BON MoT.—A man in a public office in Sparta was guilty of many peculations and frauds, and being called openly a rogue and scoundrel, he complained to..Anecilaus, his master, of these indignities. ." Sir," says the King, "my subjects are plain men in their speech, and call all things by their names." - Louis the Fourteenth gave thiS advice to an Ambassador : " Sir, pursue a conduct totally the reverse of your predecessor." Sire," replied the Gentleman, " I will so demean myself that you shall not give the same advice to my successor." A Pun.; c E.—When the Prince of-- had gon'e through his course of education, a favourite servant of his Highness was asked in what part of education the Prince most excelled ? " In horsemanship (replied the domestic), for his horses never flattered him." '  It was said of a man who married a very great beauty, but whose character was much blown upon, that in this match, when he opened his eyes, he had shut his ears. Count TRACEY, complaining to FOOTE that a man had ruined his character, " So much the better (replied the wit), for it was a d—d bad one, and the sooner destroyed,. the more to your advantage." A person entering the House of Commons, when the Rump Parliament was sitting, exclaimed, " These are goodly gentlemen ; I could work for them all my life for nothing." What trade are you, my good friend ? said one of the Members. "lam a rope-maker" replied the other. A tall Minister said, scoffingly, to a short one, " When in the pulpit, you look like a collar of brawn in a dish."—" And you (replied the other) like a pestle in a mortar." A regular physician having been sent for by a maker of universal specifics, grand salutariums, &c. expressed his surprise at being called in on an occasion apparently so trifling. Not so trifling neither," replied the quack, " for, to tell . you the truth, I have by mistake taken some of my own pills."