The Sun.
London, England, 1839-01-02 00:00:00

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE.

CHANGES.
The Duke de Dino, at Florence, from Milan ; General
Earl Cathcart, at his seat, from a visit to his son, Major-Ge-
neral Lord Greenock, Commander of the Forces at Edin-
burgh Castle; Lord and Lady Manners, of Foston, on a visit
to the Duke of Rutland, at Belvoir Castle, from The Grove,
Gosford, Suffolk; Major-General Sir Frederick Trench,
K. C. H., at ditto, from a visiting tour; Lord and Lady de
Saumarez, from Sir Charles Morgan's seat, Tredegar House,
Monmouth, for Cheltenham ; the Hon. Wm. Duncombe, at
Lord Feversham's seat, Duncombe Park, from Kirby Moor-
side ; the Dowager Lady Rendlesham, and the Hon. Misses
Thellusson, at Paris, from a tour in Italy.

His Grace the Archbishop of York is entertaining
Sir John and Lady Johnstone, Mr. Granville Vernon Har-
court, M.P., and a family party, at Bishopthorpe Palace,
Yorkshire.

The Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn, and
the infant Ladies Hamilton, are passing the holidays at
Woburn Abbey.
Lord Claude Hamilton is making the tour of Egypt
and Palestine.

The Princess of Capua is severely indisposed at Salt
Hill. Dr. Holland was sent for from town in great haste
yesterday morning.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Lucca and suite
arrived at Mivart's Hotel, last evening, from a visit to the
Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, at Badminton Park, Glou-
cestershire, where the amusements will be continued until
Twelfth Night.
Sir Frederick and Lady Bathurst arrived at Mivart's
Hotel yesterday morning from their seat, Clarendon Park,
Wilts, but shortly afterwards proceeded to Englefield-
green, near Egham.

Baron and Baroness Dimsdale left Mivart's Hotel
yesterday morning, for Camfield-place, Herts. We are
happy to say the Hon. Miss Dimsdale was nearly recovered,
but is still unable to be removed. The family will not visit
Paris this season.

MARRIAGE IN HIGH LlFE.—Yesterday, at
Marylebone Church, Mr. H. Richardson led to the altar
Lady Emily Kerr, sixth daughter of Lord Mark Kerr.
Lord Mark Kerr, Lord Clinton, Sir William and Lady
Gomm, Hon. Selina Kerr, Mr. Edmund M'Donnell, and a
select circle of friends, were present at the solemnisation.
An elegant dejeuner was given by Lord M. Kerr to the
wedding party, after which the happy couple started for
Bicks, Oxfordshire, to pass the honeymoon.
BELVOIR CASTLE.—His Grace the Duke of Rut-
land has been entertaining a distinguished family circle
since Christmas-day. The whole of his noble relatives,
with the exception of Earl and Countess Jermyn, who arc
travelling in the south of France, are assembled. On
Wednesday next the Duke of Wellington, and other dis-
tinguished individuals, will arrive.

It has been often remarked that those who keep the
greatest number of servants frequently have their work
worst done ; and, judging from the intrusions into it which
have come to light, such we imagine must be the case in
her Majesty's Palace at Pimlico.
We regret to learn that Mr. Spearman, the Secre-
tary to the Treasury, is labouring under severe indisposi-
tion at his house in Grosvenor-street, brought on by inces-
sant labour in his office, Mr. Spearman being, in the literal
sense of the words, " the working man" of the Treasury.

The grand Celtic fancy ball, under distinguished
patronage, is fixed to take place on the Ist of next month,
at the George-street Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh.
DESCENDANTS OF GEORGE THE THIRD.—
There are, at this time, only five grandchildren of
George 111. living, viz. :—Aged now, 19, Queen Victoria ;
19, Prince George of Cumberland ; 19, Prince George of
Cambridge ; 15, Princess Augusta Caroline of Cambridge ;
4, Mary Adelaide of Cambridge. The seven surviving
children of George 111., according to seniority of birth, are
—Aged, now, 69, Princess Augusta Sophia ; 68, Princess
Elizabeth (of Hesse Homburgh) ; 67, Duke of Cumber-
land (King of Hanover) ; 65, Duke of Sussex ; 64, Duke
of Cambridge; 61, Princess Mary (Duchess of Gloucester);
60, Princess Sophia. _ _

The Duke and Duchess of Cleveland are entertain-
ing a select circle of friends at Newton House, near
Doncaster.
FILTRATION OF WATER ON A GREAT SCALE.
—ln a recent number of the proceedings of the Institute
of France, we observe it is mentioned that a trial has been
made of Fouvielli's filtering apparatus, working under the
enormous pressure of seventy mitres, or nearly 230 feet of
water. Four sets of apparatus each about five feet high,
by three feet eight inches in diameter, have been set to
work at Belleville and at La Villette. The water, after
passing through them, possesses perfect limpidity, and it
does not appear that this great pressure occasions any de-
rangement of the filtering matters, whether the water be
passing through them in the direction it takes in the process
of filtration, or when the current is reversed during the time
of cleaning, which occupies only a few minutes. The daily
produce of the four filters is 177,408 gallons.
THE CORN-LAWS,POOR-LAWS, AND THE POOR.
—" For the sake of Christian charity oh, pity us ! Let
your fancies place you in like circumstances, and your
hearts, if not made from the solid rock, must melt towaid-s-'
us, The goods and luxuries of the earth you have, whilst
we have but its evils! This, surely, was not the decree of
Him who names us all alike his children."—" Go home, ye
foolish, silly people ! Christian charity is but a name to
argue with—to make a homily look pretty. To love one's
self and care not, our own good secured, though all man-
kind besides were sunk into perdition, is the great law of
nature."—Old Play.
COMMISSION OF LUNACY.—Yesterday the ad-
journed inquiry touching the sanity of Mr. Taylor was re-
sumed at the Crown and Anchor, when further evidence
was adduced as to the very strange behaviour of the alleged
lunatic, at various times and places. The investigation
was again adjourned.
DANGEROUS CURIOSITY.—On Monday last a
person, admitted to the Waterloo Model, having heard
that all the figures were made of silver, and with such ex-
traordinary minuteness of form and correctness of costume
that they would bear and improve under microscopic en-
largement, contrived to pick off and pocket a few speci-
mens. The theft was immediately discovered, the party
detected, and only relieved from the threat of exposure and
the certainty of the most rigorous legal proceedings, by
returning, with many apologies, the kidnapped warriors.
SKELETON KEYS.—A great number of robberies
have recently been committed in dwelling-houses, the par-
ties concerned in which have gained admission to the pre-
mises by means of skeleton keys. It is thought that rob-
beries of this description are frequently committed by per-
sons who have formerly lived as tenants or lodgers in the
houses plundered, and have thus had an opportunity of
procuring fan-similes of the keys. Persons entering upon
occupancy of pretcises, would do well to have the looks of
the street door altered, so As to render any key previously
obtained useless, Entrance is also oftgP pbtained by means
of latch keys, where doors are left unbolted during the flight.
FURIOUS DRIVING.-4n inquest was held yester.
day at Brentford, on the body of ait apd pauper named
Poole, whose clea4 resulted from injuries reeOve4 on
Thursday night last, by being km9eked down and run over
by a cliiiset illdict of " ManstaughterP caR
against Greensbieldp, flrivcr, a Bond-street taller, and
the Coronet issued his warra4t for co,mrpittneot to
1 New"gito, His companion was discharged.' returned