The Sun.
London, England, 1806-08-25 00:00:00

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On the lawn, in front of the house, , there was a
Company of the Croydon Volunteers..drawn up ta
receive the. PRINCE of WALEs ,and his Royal. Br-
others ; and several of them appeared as centinels in
the different windings of ,thoie delightful gardens.
Messrs. Townseud, Sayers, and- Macinanus from
Bow-street, were actively employed in the entrance
to the house to keep oil the Inquimtive-crowd.

M.. CourtvoistEß, the Messenr, -arrived on Sa-
turday morning with dispatches from Cdr, ROERT
ADAIR, our Minister at Vienna. They were taken
into consideration, by a Cabinet Council, which cow-
sistad of the Lotto CHAN czi.Loa,.. Lord GRENVILLE,
Earl SPENCER, the Earl of MotRA, Lords .Howlcic
and H. PETTY, and Mr. Witvrin-Am. •
A Foreign Courier arrived yesterday afternoon at
Mr. Fox's Office, from the'Court Petershurgh
The KING of SWEI,:tN iOIieIRNI4II3 Diet of Poole-
•rania on the 7th instant with great soiein-nity.-and
with a masterly speech, which 'he Says--.;--
" I deem it My duty, solerbney',to dee:hire, that by
this. political change, my -German Tertitorit.s are by
no -separated from .their connexion with the
Holy Roman Empire...---No be it far from me to
set such an example at this period."
-On Saturday evening the infant son and "heir of
the Earl and Countess Cowi,Lit was cliri,itened by
the name of GEORGE ,!N.i.vousi-cs at their house, in
George-street,' Hanover-sgnare, by the Mr. ,
Lt.o.YD, of:Hereford, hi 3 Lord'ship's Chaplain. The
sponsors w,tere; the Prince of WALr.s, Mr. WIND-
HAM, and Lady MELIIOURNE: Sill:1i ?DAN IV:Is
proxy for -Mr. WiNnit Am. The Pat NCE arrived
about six o'clock; 'soon after" I,l4lireh 'the Ceremony
took place. The child is about two months -old..
He was dressed in a superb Brussels lace of great
value. The company afterv.q.irds partook Of ri very
sumptuous entertainment. -The
.Party consisted of,
the Pan:thr., Lord and Lady Mci.notfaxe, Lord and
Lady Ossui.s.roll, Countess of SEFTON, MessrS.
COWPER;`STIERIDAN, WARD,,LUTTEREL,
LANTE, and the ReV. ll.ir I,Lovn. In the evening
the whole of the company, including the.Prin,::e of
Ay-ALES,- supi)et at Lord Mc.t.Boutivt's bouSe, at
Whitehall. The party did not break Lip until a lath
hour.

On
Wednesdcy the 13th inst. 6)lon-eliKyNAsToisr,
Pown.r., and the Officers of the Shr-OPShire Vo
teer Infantry, met at the Talbot Inn,, in Shrews-
bury, when the Capta!ns severalty 'reported that
their men were unanimOus in accepting the new
terms offered by Government ; the Officers, having
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at: a forrnefineeting declared their readiness to serve
. • without pay; or any emolument whatevet, 'and to
remain at their station, whilst the Privates continued
to serve, and wi4heil their ProteCtion. • The neces,-
• nary orders were thercibre gien 'to expedite -the new
clothing. - Thus:this Corps, cobsisting.of 181 ii rank
and. tile .(exclusiveof Officers, Serjeants; and Drum-
' mers), are again ready fin' any duty that may 'be re-
, quired; and it is with much.piettsure we inform our.
• Readers, t..he. number of vacancies in that large Re.
giment, amounts• to no. more. than 3,-1-I),tiv:ites..
The nubr of Prisoners of War confined in Mill
Prison, up to Thursday,last, v.,as-as'follows :—Spa
niards, 133 91 O.—Total 27:20,
restuned liis moral, Immourous, and sa-
tirical LeCbtre or; Saturday, la 4 before a numerous'
auditory,. by whoriiit was vc:7 received. The
momentMoent the Portrait of Me. PITT was brought for-
cvard a general bust of applause took place, which.
lasted for'seVeral minutes.'
' It has been observed that the law says, when a
woman is married. that " she is ct6,4;ted :with. a:
hushand i" a husband may, indeed, hictakn. as a
cloak, and, though used .fort hat purpose, ii.tQo often
Considered es something quite out cyfashion.;
A farmer Of Sarena, near Montpelier, digging
.latelv'itione of his fields; fo(mti, twelve tombs, con-
strit6ted w
ith brick, each containing human bones in
high rtr
preseation.. The bones are ,of .-large size,
and those of the limbs of extraordinary length.' The
tombs are conjectured to be of great antiquity.
'inc following notice hai lately been painted in.
large letters on a barn-door at Earnborpugh, in Kent,
opposite the George and Dragon' Inn Take no-
tice, as fiVehorseS and three, hogS have been stole
frOm here,- ''svhosoever trespasses on these bere
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premes after dusk, will. be shot without fail.''

-..;..135ara1.—0n Thursday, pi Hatton, in Su-.ex, tl.e
lion. Mrs. THOMAS, Of u D..ugbter.

The Pritice, highly delightdd entertain,:
meats of the evening;-lea the,hOspitahle mansi(4
Harden on Satnrciay, morning. ab`isn (wo o'clock.
The Nobility and Gentry, in which Was compri,,ed
a great proportion of b,.autitui women, had not all
retired till 4 o'clock ip the tnorning, eVery where,
expressing their utmost approbation of the arrange—
ments that had been adopted for their gratification.
The decorations NI ele elegant, and the cotriti d' it
• Was piauresque and beautiful:' The day was as
charming as man could •wish, and 'had. the most,
delightful effeet on those who .witnessed grah,..:
tete.

The elegant Lawn in front of the Mansion was
richlybeautified by a number attic, most charming;
American Aloes ever seen, beside rows of rich Lemon
and Orange Trees, all.plentifally loaded with ripe
fruit in the highest perteaion. The charming river
which runs meandering through this Elysitun was
beautified as far as art could assist nature:. Oppo-
site.the Dra‘.«ing-room front, the Triangular 'Bridge
over the River was richly lighted up with. rows
of small lamps round the builustrade, and beau-;
tiful festoons of variegated lamps over the arches'.—
Farther down the River there were. two other
bridg'es of one arch each; equally decorated with
lamps. These bridges passed into a beautiful island;
richly planted with trees, and ornamented with
beautiful statues, standing on pedestals round this
island. The swans occupying the water gave va.
riety to;the:scene.- 'Mr. GOLDSMID'S Pleasure-boat
was also beautifully illuminated : the canopy over
which the company sat was festooned all round with
wreaths of different coloured laMps ; and the Prince's
Feathers displayed a very fine plume over the stern, ; •
formed ofLthe,most brilliant ;lamps, with the royal
standard flying over the ?whole. On the oppiisite
bank of the;River the initials of the Prince of, Wale:4
P. `y'...'.' with a. star_of great• magnitude in: the
centre, had a fine.eifeet, beside:the different Aviaries
;on the island,_emblazoned with-.a number of small
lamps, formed into different :wreaths all around. ••
The. curiosity of the Public was sb great that all
the neighbours for many miles round flocked to see
this splendid exhibition.