The Sun.
London, England, 1839-09-06 00:00:00

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE.

ARRIVALS.
The Solicitor-General of Scotland and family, at the'
Lansdowne Hotel, Dover.street, from Edinburgh; the
Duke and Duchess of Cleveland and suite, in St. James's-•
square, from the Continent ; Lord George Paulet,
Cavendish-square, from Southampton ; the Hon. and Rey'
William Law, at the Hon. Charles Law's, Hereford-street,.
flora Wells, Somerset.
DEPARTURES.

Sir Henry and Lady Pvnn, from the Brunswick Hotel •
Hanover-square, fur Cheltenham ; Viscount Acheson,.
M.P., from the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, for Bee- •
des; G. S. Harcourt, Esq., M.P., and Mrs. Harcourt;
from ditto, for Ankerwycke House; M. le Comte Louisa
Portalis, from ditto, for Antwerp ; G. W. Lurman,
and family, and J. Urquhart, Esq , from ditto. by tl
itish Queen, fur America; Ambrose Isted, Esq., an
Mrs. Isted, from ditto, for the North ; John Gibbon*e
Esq., and family, from ditto, for Dover; Lady Withal°
Bentinck, from Vernon House, Park-place, on a visit to
the Earl of Gosford, at Worlingham Hall, Suffolk; Mr.'
Milner Gibson, from Wilton-street, for Cambridge; 6'l
Right Hon. Sir Charles Grey, from the Clarendon Hotel .1
for the Oaks, Epsom, Surrey ; Lord and Lady Clarinde
and family, on a Continental tour ; Lord De Freyne. fo f
his seat, French Park, county Roscommon ; Lord Sandy'
from Curzon-street, May fair, on a tour; Lord and Lad
;Methuen, from Park-street, for Corsham House, Wilts
Lord Barham, for Exton Kark, Rutlandahire; Lor
Calthorpe, from Grosvenor square, for his seat in Suffolk ;
Lord Sudely and family, from Dover-street, for Todding •
ton, Gloucestershire ; the Marquis of Ormond, fiord,
Weymouth-street, for Kilkenny Castle; Lord Redesdejd
and the Hon: Miss Mitford, from Harley-street, fur Bats,
ford Park, Moreton in the Marsh; Lord Prudhoe, from
Warren's •Hotel, Regent-street, for his seat, Stanwie '-
Park, Yorkshire; Vice-Admiral Sir Robert Waller Otwa) b
for Windsor Castle; Lady Sykes, from St. James's plat-
for Sussex ; Lord and Lady Kilmaine, from Herefori
street, on a tour.

Lord Kilmaine, who led the accomplished Mi.
Law to the hymeneal altar, on Tuesday, is a widower u'~
one of the daughters of D. Lyon, Esq. His Lordship be 4'
a surviving family of eight children by his first lady.
Lord and Lady Ravensworth, and the iloil.
Miss Liddell, arrived at Ravensworth Castle on Wedues'
day sc'nnight, for the season.

The Duke and Duchess of Richmond are enter-
taining the following party at Gordon Castle:—Dowager
Duchess of Richmond ; Lords March, William Lennox,
A. St. Maur, Adolphus Fitzclarence ; Honourables 11-
Pitt and C. Gore ; General Hill, Colonel Udney, Mr'
Gratwick. The grouse are abundant.
His Grace the Archbishop of York is receiving
a select party at Bishopsthorpe Palace, near York.
Sir Robert and Lady Peel gave a grand ball on
Monday last, at Drayton Manor, to the whole of their te•
nantry, and a large party of the nobility and gentry of the
county.

Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence is passing the shoot-
ing season at Castle Leod. The Earl of Cardigan left
Castle Leod on Wednesday, Aug. 22, to be present at the
Cinque Ports banquet to the Duke of Wellington.
The departure of Mr. Aston, the newly ap--
pointed Minister to the Court of Madrid, in the room Cr
Lord Clarendon, has been postponed in consequence
demise of his brother, Lieut. Harvey Aston, of. the Ia
Life Guards, at Aston Hall, Cheshire.
THE WRELTON OAK.—This r:sajestie oak.'
whose age is supposed to number unw:srds of 300 yeare ;
was cut down, on the 17th of AnV.st. The length it
the trunk was 20 feet, and the Ptrth 12 feet. It stoat I
Est who has soli
it to Mr. George Graysont of Pickering. The cutti .0 I
upon the estate of
sicr
hJeynaaof
alueol
numerous
bueaDm\
.rnvoMrdpur. aes
of
Cfst
,'
odpobnai
Cole,
ce, party le fwaadoEl
weighing
_et
hw.
down of this venerable tree was celebrated as a festi
f
osulb'
tyineavidnegetnhtirhab thethe inhabitants
yu rsi roihvrora.eedbds'i daiin Anretmntosguopna
ttohg6nnr eett
ehhwees surroundet
tsoirg:
given by Mr. Grayson. After the cloth was drawn, t! health of the Queen, and many other loyal and secid
toasts were drank, and heartily responded to by the COra' r
pany. The scene was further enlivened by a band d
music which was in attendance; and the day being filT
dancing, and races among the villagers, with other rultH sports, occupied the time until the evening, when tin
company adjourned to the village inn, and the socia
glass, the song, the glee, and .other convivialities do f
tained the guests for some time longer. The roots 0
this noble tree arc of a beautifully variegated ki°4
adapted for snuffs-boxes and other trifles, for which,
doubt, they will be in great requisition, as many will h j
desirous to possess a relic of a tree so well-known 1
so much celebrated.—York Courant.
•
LORD WESTERN.—HiS Lordship has writ f
a letter to Lord Rayleigh, showing the result of his syster po
drilling, in which he says :—" lam of opinion that my Li,
creased produce the last three) ears is in some degree attri
table to the system I have pursued, and I strongly recomm !od
!!
pretty extensive trials of it, if not its immediate adopti .
But the main causes of increased, and, I flatter myself,
increasing produce, have been the seasons and high fat
ing ; the first we cannot command, the second we can.
you ask me to say what is high farming, in two words
animal manure."

PUBLIC MEETING—ABOLITION OF Mita
STEKS' MONEY.--A numerous and highly respec+ able a teal'
ing of the citizens of Cork assembled last Mor,day „e talig
at the People's Hall, for the purpose of ta'Aiag
by petitioning Parliament, and otherwiF A to obtain ' a
abolition of the law under which that wery onerous to %1
" Ministers' Money," is imposed ill tiAs country.--t 74:11.
Southern Reporter.
mean VI
BRUSSELS, SEPT. 4—The average prices , °
perand 1 ,tohoeos
am
e(2x
wheat in the last week being 23f. 51c. and that of tLY,,,6
12f. 87c. the former is free from import duty, r,c,cl I illui;
ptoaye.sxp2olrft:dsuotcy. o fi
import
centimesort d uty,
wheat. kilogrammes.portd Sty 14-g