The Sun.
London, England, 1839-09-27 00:00:00

DEPARTURES.

The Hon. Mrs. Edward Stanley and family from Wil-
ton-crescent for Anglesey, Hants ; Miss Tate from Gros-
venor-place for Burleigh Hall, Northamptonshire ; Mr.
and the Hon. Mrs. Sanderson for Gunton Hall, Norfolk ;
Major-General Dickson, C. 8., for Warwick; Hon. Mr.
and Mrs. Fraser and family from Park-lane on a tour; the
Right Hon. Charles Tennyson D'Eyncourt for Usselby
House, Lincolnshire ; the Duchess di Cannizzaro for Has-
tings; Lord Seymour on a tour; Major-General Sir Thos.
Carmichael, Bart., for Dieppe; Mr. William and Lady
Sophia Wyndham, for Norfolk ; Lord Henry Russell, for
Sunning-hill; Lord Dec C 3, for Boulogne-sur-Mer ; Lord
Northland and the Hon. Miss Knox, for Elstree, Herts ;
Mr. and Lady Caroline Maxse, for Woolbeding, Sussex ;
Lord Crawley, for Clandon, Surrey ; the Hon. Captain
and Mrs. Fitzmaurice, for Windsor ; the Duke of Dorset,
for Drayton House ; Lord and Lady Kilmaine, for Brighton.
CHANGES.

The Bishop of Winchester and Mrs. Sumner, at Farn-
ham Palace, from Jersey; the Earl of Lindsey, at Uffin -
g
ton House, from a visit to Lord and Lady Barham. at
Exton Park ; Mr. John and Lady Stewart, on a visit to
the Marquis of Ely, at Ely Lodge, Fermanagh ; the Hon.
Robert Curzon, at the seat of the Baroness de la Touche,
Parham Park, near Fetworth, from a continental tour ;
the Hon. Stapleton Cotton, at the quarters of the 7th
Hussars, at York, from Combermere Abbey; Sir Robert
Mowbray, from the Views, Huntingdonshire, for the
North ; Lord and Lady \rata, of Harrowden, from \Vouch
stock, on a tour; Sir John Woodford, at his seat, Der-
wentwater Bay, from Carlisle ; the Earl of Lichfield, at
Buxton, from Doncaster; Lord Templemore, at Glenfid-
diet), the Duke of Richmond's shooting quarters, from
Gordon Castle ; Lord B'iyle, at Castle Martyr, nett.
Cork, from Barrymore ; Earl Dunraven, at Dunraven
Castle, Glamorgan, from Adare Castle, near Limerick ;
Edward H. Green, Esq., on a visit to Sir J. W. Smith, of
Down House, Blandford ; Lord Liverpool, at Buxted
Park, near East Grinstead; Lady Ralph Howard, at
Worthing ; the Duchess of Gordon, at Huntley Lodge ;
Lady Charles Somerset and family, at Bognor Rocks.

SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.

The summer evenings' amusements at these Gardens
closed last evening, after a most successful season. The
Gardens were crowded. During the course of the even-
ing the band performed several overtures, &c., in ad-
mirable style, and the eruption of Mount Hecla closed
the evening's amusements. The effect of this eruption
is really sublime ; it is impossible for those who have
not witnessed it to form any idea of its grandeur ; it is
indeed the triumph of the pyrotechnic art. This season
is remarkable for having introduced to public notice the
Koniaphostic, or lime light. One small light, in the
centre of the Gardens, was sufficient to illuminate the
whole extent of the grounds,so as to make the most minute
objects in the remotest parts of the Gardens distinctly
visible. This light must eventually become of im-
mense practical utility, and we would suggest to the
proper authorities the propriety of placing one on the
centre of each of the bridges ; if this were done persons
navigating the river at night would be enabled to dis-
cern their course as distinctly as at mid-day ; and thus
these collisions which have of late been so frequent and
so fatal would be avoided. The expense, we should
imagine, cannot be much, but, at all events, where the
safety of human life is concerned no considerations of
economy should for one moment be suffered to inter-
fere. Mr. Cross is entitled to the gratitude of the
public for having introduced this light to general
notice.

MARRIAGE OF HER MAJESTY -The France
of Wednesday asserts that the British Cabinet has officially
communicated to the French Cabinet the intended mar-
riage of Queen Victoria with a Prince of Coburg.
The Duke of Wellington is expected to remain
at Walmer Castle for two months.

The Duke and Duchess of Hamilton leave town
next week on a tour. They arrived in Portman-square a
few days since from their seat, Easton Park, in Sufi.ilk.
Letters were received from the Marquis of Hert-
ford on Thursday, dated from Lyons. His Lordship in-
tended to pass a few days there, and then proceed to Ge.
neva ar,d Turin; at d lastly to Milan for the winter,
The Earl of Sefton, the Hon. Colonel Molyneux,
and brother, arrived at Croxteth Hall, near Liverpool,
on Sa•urday last, from Meggineh Castle, in Perthshire.
The Countess and the Ladies Molyneux are passing the
season in strict see'usion at Stoke Farm, ne,r Windsor.

Earl and Countess Manvers and Lady Mary
Pierrepoint are expected to leave Thoresby Park, near
011erton, Northamptonshire, next week for Cheshire, &c.
They are going on a visit to their relatives, Lord Skcimcrs-
dale, at Lathom House, in Lancashire; and Mr. Wilbra-
ham Egerton, at Tatton Park, near Knutsford.
The Countess of Pembroke and the Ladies Her-
bert intend to leave Wilton House, Salisbury, early in the
next week for the South of France. Nice has been named
for the month of November and December.
Lord and Lady Henry Cholmondeley and fa-
mily arrived at Farranco's Hotel, Belgrave-street, on Thurs-
day, for their seat, Holly Hill House, Southampton.
A letter from Athens of the 28th ult. states that
Baron de Wetzbourgh, Colonel of Cavalry, and Aid-de.
Camp of King Otho, has set out for the capital to be united
to Miss Lyons, daughter of Sir Edward Lyons, the British
Envoy in Greece.
The Antwerp Company's steam-ship Antwerp,
arrived on Thursday after a favourable passage, and bring-
ing upwards of eighty passengers; amongst whom were the
Duke of Manchester, Sir Giffin Wilson, Sir Richard Ilene-
gan, Colonel Money, Captain Hotham, &c., with their
families ; Lady Poer Trench and family, Mrs. Admiral
Pamplin, &c.
THE WRECK OF TIIE ROYAL GEORGE.-
Immense quantities of the wreck of this vessel have been
picked up since the great explosion of the cylinder con-
tvining 1?„600lbs. of gunpowder on Monday, the force of
which is expected to have almost shattered the wreck to
pieces. On Tuesday the mainmast was picked up by the
pilot of the lookout vessel belonging to the Netherlands
Consul moored at Spithead, who conveyed it to the dock-
yards at Portsmouth. It bars a most extraordinary appear..
ance, and has excited very great curiosity. It is entirely
covered with barnacles, all alive, some measuring eight
inches in length.