The Sun.
London, England, 1839-12-26 00:00:00

CHRISTMAS EESTIVITIES.

Lord and Lady Ravensworth have the Hon. H. T•
Liddell, M.P., and Mrs. Liddell, Viscount and Vis-
countess Barrington, and a family party, at Ravensworth
Castle, Northumberland.
Lord and Lady Southampton are entertaining Mr.
C. W. Codrington, M.P., and
.Lady Georginia Cod-
rington, and a party, at Whittiebu;•y Park, Towcestrer.
Viscount and Viscountess Adarts, Mr. W. and Lady
Anna Maria Monsell, &c., are passing the festive season
with the Earl and Countess Duuraven, at Duuraven
Castle, .Glamorganshire.
CLUMBER PARK, NOTTS.-111S Grace the Duke of
Newcastle, with the whole of his family, including the
Earl and Countess of Lincoln, is staying here for the
Christmas.

SHERBORNE CASTLE, DORSET.—The Earl of Digby
has a select circle of friends lisiting at the castle this
Christmas.
The Earl and Countess of Effingham are staying at
the Grange, their seat near Rotherham, where Lord
and Lady Howard are also residing.
Howlex HALL.—The Earl and Countess Grey have
a numerous family passing the Christmas with them at
the above seat. The Earl and Countess of Durham,
the Ladies Lambton, Viscount and Viscountess Howick,
&c., are of the party.
Lard and Lady Rolle have a select party at Bicton
Lodge, Devon, which splendid seat is the scene of great
festivity.
The Earl Ducio, Lord and Lady Moreton, &c., are
passing the season at Ampney douse, Gloucestershire.
L

ord and Lady Wharncliffe had the honour of
dining with her Majesty the Queen Dowager, on Two:.
day evening, at Marlborough House.
The Lady Elizabeth Fielding has arrived a t
Bath, on a visa to the Earl and Counte-ss of Mount
Edgeeumbe. The Noble Earl, accord:nag to the last
letters, is much better in health.
Lady Dover, with her Sons the Viscount Clii-
_
den and the Hon. Mr, tills, has arrived at Castle
Howard, on a visit io the Earl and Countess of Carlisle,
from Trentham hall, the seat of the Duke and Duchess
of Sutherland.
The Duchess of Sutherland left Stafford House
on Ttteaday, on her return to Trentham Hall, to join
the puke and family.
The Duke of Leeds, Lord Zetlatid, and the
members of the Sedgficld Hunt, gave a grand dinner at
the Hardwicke Arms Inn, in that town, on Thilrs-
day ; Mr. Williamson (master of the Wynyard Pack)
in the chair.
The Right Hon. William Yates Peel and Lady
Jane are at Bonehid, in Staffordshire, entertaining a
circle of friends. The Right Hon. Gentleman has
taken kave of public life, in consequence of his delicate
health.

His Excellency Baron Brunow returned to Mi-
vart's Hotel, on Tuesday nient, from Broadlands,
Hants, where his Excellency had been staying a few
days on a visit to Viscount Palmerston and the Dowa-
ger Countess Cowper.
Park, on a
The Dowager Duchess of Richmond has ar-
rivedvisit to the Duke and
Duchess ,It Richmond, from Scone Palace, Perth.
SUICIDE IN KENSINGTON-GARDENs.—Be-
at Goodwood
tween twelve and one o'clock on Tuesday afternoon,
some gentlemen, while walking, on the south bank of the
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Serpentine, observed a young female of respectable aP.
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TutticiSti FRONTIER,
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. 7The insur.. noaranee suddenly rush into the water. Nuinerous
rection at Prisrend was terminated at the end of
No- persons instantly ran to the bank, and one gentleman,
vember. Passim Effendi, the newly appointed Governor wading up to his middle, endeavoured, with his urn-
of Prisrend, arrived as Envoy fel, the Rumely west brella, to arrest the progress of the unfortunate woman,
with a firman of the Sultan's announcing unlimited who, however, rushed recklessly on, and finally sank.
amnesty for all that has passed. After a short n rngho cb. A cry of " Boat l' was then raised, which, being heard
a 1- at tl
tion Passim Effendi entered the town, and the I ie receiving house, Mr. Williams, the Superin-
tants returned to their obedience to the Porte.
AN. I tendent of the Royal Humane Society, instantly rowed
WHIMS AND ODDITIES OF JosAT
whatn w to the spot, and, after thrice dragging, raised the body,
~ The bey at the head of the class will state
Ne
.tere r. d conveyed it to tho receiving house. It was imme-
the dark ages of the world." Boy helit"tetsh.e dark 1 ----
diately placed in a, hot bath, and all the usual means for
Master Smith, can't you tell us what. ages ri:storivg animation were used, but without avail. The I
ng lust bef
were P(i " I guess they were the -o,esr-th nre the . unfortunate woman is in appearance about twenty YeP/1
invention of spectacles." "ComeeHnoellancl,e m.oonlight lof aye, under five feet high, and stout, with brown bail',
II
sea," as the smuggler said
to the
seho I' ' That's i dark. blue eyes, and fresh complexion. She was res Pee.
smart !" as the urchin said Oren . o Master vas a table dressed in a light fawn-coloured figured gown, a
e• somethmg iii that," the; gal fi -
with 3
flogging, him. " There as
she put I said to her stocking "hen
taste ?" }per foot in it. iv:lire:l bordor, laced boots, and had round her neck a
What do you think of
myth ; _as the fly said van plaid silk scarf, with a black handkerchief underneath.
he got into the man's mouth. A hungry Jew paying , Iler linen, which was very fine, v.-as marked with the
. ~ iar attention to a ham, when asked what he was `, ini:ials "M. 8.," 'and in a black silk reticule, which
par.ieti. .
as sayin th
laying. to it replied, :' I,w, „
r.,. g, - oe almost persuaclest was found with her, was a white handkerchief marked
me to be a Christian. . i
oco goad to be true,"as the " Mary Bolton." The body has been removed to the
to ills wife
husband said ~_.
she was
who got drunk every day, Hallway•house, on the Kensington-road, where if. •
- awaits
kv;e she told nun
.4." was dying. " Thou'rt false to a coroner's inquest.
me r, as the fellow said to the steam-boat plank yen it i lIA DY VA UX.--1110 r • •
4,04, under him. Out with it," as the man said tI - - .4
' • .otorious James Hardy
0 \ aux, the swmdler Lug) '
the child who had swallowed a farthine
. cilia, the publication of whose
.
memoirs created -
FRENCH' POLIT
... considerable stir England eight or
ENEss,,The gendarme who 1 nine year, -
had the custody Qf
... ago, was on Thur I I
sGay .est sentenced to tWO
.the Marquis of Crotty Chanel whe.:, i e--
com-
he cscaPeci NO the politenesi to coed hl) - - '
conch toat i, ars' imprisonment, having been convicted of .
, who omitting an indecent assault on a child eight years of age
svas with the prisoner to to' I?okhc-' bai"... '
e._-
Beast .
surrendered hillis 1, e • -ne wen
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His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex and Lady
Cecilia Underwood, and a distinguished circle, are par-
taking of the hospitalities of Kin En-:, Park, St. Asaph,
the seat of Lord Dinorben,
The Duke and Due/'.ess of Somerset have a party of
friends at Stow.;House, Devon, where the greatest fes-
tivity wil! prevail until the close of the ensuing week.
The Duke
and Duchess of Beaufort are entertaining
a selvc party at Badminton, where open house was to
be kept yesterday to all comers.
His; Grace the Archbishop of York is at Bishopthorpe,
surrounded by the members of his famiiy.
BOWOOD PARK, WILTS.—The Marquis and Mar-
chioness of Lansdowne have a numerous circle passing
the Christmas with them at this elegant seat, The Earl
of Camperdows has arrived, as also Lr.,rCt John Russell.
The Earl of Shelburne, after a t
returned. r_mporary absence, has

The Marquis and Marchioness of Anglesey are at
Beaudesert, the;.:. scat in Staffordshire, where a family
party is assembled, including the Earl and Countess of
Uxbridge and the Ladies Paget.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn were to
have a select party yesterday at Baron's Court, their
seat in Ireland, where the Dowager Duchess of Bed•
ford, the Ladies Georgiana and Rachel Russell, Lord
Claude Hamilton, M.P,, Lords Alexander and Cosmo
Russell. &c., are staying.
The Earl and Countess of Car
party at Castle Howard, their sat
in Yorkshire.
Lord and Lady Hathe-'„,n continue to entertain com-
pany at Park,TechleslP-
Penkridge, their seat in
Staffordshiro "Y )',sle are receiving a
at
otrathfieldsaye, in company with an intimate circle of
ll' Ts.ouke of Wellington is passing the Christmas
friends.