The Sun.
London, England, 1852-04-26 00:00:00

THE DUCHESS OF NORTHUMBERLAND'S ASSEMBLY.

—On Saturday evening their Graces the Duke and Duchess
of Northumberland entertained a distinguished circle of the
aristocracy to dinner, at Northumberland House. The
guests upon this occasion comprised the Duke and Duchess
of Norfolk, the Duke and Duchess of Argyll, the Duchess
of Sutherland and Lady Constance Leveson Gower, the
Marquis and Marchioness of Kildare, the Marquis and Mar-
chioness of Staflbrd, the Earl of Grosvenor, the Earl and
Countess of Macclesfield, the Earl and Countess of Wilton,
the Earl and Countess of Ellesmere, the Earl of Arundel,
Lord and Lady Blantyre, Lord and Lady Foley, Lord and
Lady Leigh, Lord Edward Howard, Lord and Lady Robert
Grosvenor, and the Hon. Captain Pelham, R.N. •Later in
the evening the Duchess had an assembly, which was at-
tended by a select party of the aristocracy and beau monde.
Ilis Grace the Dake of Wellington was among the earliest
arrivals, and remained till near midnight.
THE POST OFFICE.—We have been at some pains
to compile a little return of our own that will interest our
readers. It is a return of the number of cities or towns in
Great Britain and Ireland in 1851 contributing more than
10,0001. to the revenue of the Post-office. Thirteen places,
it will be seen—of which ten are in England, two in Scot-
land, and one in Ireland—contribute more than 10,0091. We
place them in the order of importance in which they are
viewed by Mr. Rowland Hill :
London ......£953,663 l 7 16i Bristol
Liverpool ... 75,926 6 4 Leeds 16,932 910
Manchester.. 60,070 13 9,1lull
Dublin 47,466 18 4:Newcastle 14,441 0 11
Glasgow
Edinburgh... 42,623 2 7Sheffield
Birmingham 8,805 6 3
this return are, the
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old ladies and retired officers at Bath. .. . A
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Telescopes, important invention in extra-
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will show distinctly, Jupiter s Moons, Saturn's Ring, and the
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course glasses, with wonderful powers ; an object can be
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THE CRYSTAL PALACR.—OR Saturday a meeting
of the parishioners of Brompton was held in the Parochial
National Schoolrooms to consider t
retain-
ing the Crystal Palace i Il d he expediency of a ye, park, and of converting it
into a receptacle for a winter garden. After several gentle-
men had addressed those assembled,.
resolutions were passed
for taking measures to retain the building, for memorialising
Parliament, and for obtai •the •
lung signatures of the inhabi-
tants of Brompton to a petition for • • •
desired. forwarding the objects
TH
E Fox CLUB.—The third meeting of the Fox
Club this season was held at B
Brooks' on Saturday evening.
There were " present—the Right lion. Earl of Albemarle;
Right lion. Dr. Lushington, Right Hon. Lord Rutherford,
Right Hon. Earl of Strafford,
Right lion. Sir Robert Adair,
Sir Robert Thiockmorton, Right Hon. Earl of Gosford,
Right Hon. J. W. Eitz;atrick, Right Hon. Lord
Marcus Hill, M.P. Mr. li. F. Stephenson, Hon.
Hamilton Duncan, Mr. A. K. Stephenson, Mr. Rowland
Alston, Hon. E. L. Mostyn, AT
—.P., Sir George R. Philips.
Pli.P., Right Hon. Lord Saye and Sele, Right Hon. Lord
Cremorne, Sir W. Gibson Craig, M.P., Hou. Edward Coke,
M.P., Sir IL Ferguson Davie, ALP., Right lion. Lord De
Manley, Mr. Edward Ellice, jun. , M.P., Colonel the Hon.
Robert Boyle, M.P., Hon. Richard Watson, Sir J. Montague
Cholmeley, M.P., Mr. A. W. Roberts.
DROUGRT AT MANCHESTFR.—A drought of extra-
ordinary continuance is exposing the inhabitants of the
suburban Manchester townships to great inconveniences for
want of water. The corporation supply from the new works
having failed to some extent, the waterworks committee have
had to purchase 200,000,000 gallons from the Manchester,..
, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway Company, w.hosl3l?"hfist
from their Peak Forest canal reservoirs. The pricec foristerns have
large quantity is 1,5001. All the rain-water
long been exhausted, and there are familiess destitute that
meet household
they can with difficulty procure enough to
of rain has fallen
' requirements. Less than 3-10ths of an __...„
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