The Sun.
London, England, 1831-08-20 00:00:00

COWES, AUG. 18.

This place was never known to exhibit greater rejoic_
ings than were displayed yesterday on the commemoration
of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent's l.irth-day.
At twelve the Castle, Royal Yacht Club-house, and Se
cretary's Battery, fired Royal salutes. At one the Com-
modore's ship Falcon, Vice-Commodore's Louisa, and
several other yachts, Badger revenue cutter, and Arneri.
can corvette Kensington, ail followed the same example,
which was again repeated on her Royal Highness and the
Princess Victoria pass;ng in the Emerald round the dif.
ferent vessels in the roadstead ; there were not less than
seventeen Royal salutes firing IA the same time. Her Royal
Highness entertained a distinguished party at Norris Castle
to dinner; and upon her health being drunk Royal salutes
were again fired, and a grand display of fire-works from
the Royal Yacht Club-house, as well as at East Cowes,
and on board of different vessels, was exhibited with the
greatest effect. Oa Monday, Gnnmodore Lord Yarbo-
rough entertained a large and distinguished party on board
the Falcon to dinner, and in the evening a ball took place
in the Royal Yacht Club-house here, which was intended
as a celebration of her Majesty's birth-day. There were
about two hundred persons of the filet rank, amongst
whom we noticed—The Dukes of Norfolk and Northum-
berland ; Earls Errol, Ilehester, Listowell, and Cavan ;
Lords Yarborough, Fitzallan, Hawarden, and Adolphus
Fitzelarence ; the Hon. Co!onel S. H. Lumley ; the
Duchess of Northumberland ; Countesses Errol, Listowell,
and Cavan ; Vi,countesses Ashbrook and Hawarden ;
Ladies Kensington, H. Frampton, Codrington, E. Coate,
Cole, Pechell, Ormsby, Kilderbee, Jolliffe, Delafield, and
Doyle; Hon. Mrs. Pechell, Lumley, Berkeley, Paget;
Mrs. Heneage, Congreve, &e. &c. Much praise and cre-
dit was due to Commodore Lord Yarborough, the Earl of
Errol, Lord Adolphus Fitzelarence, James Lyon, Esq.,
and Captain A. L. Corry, R.N., who acted as Stewards.
On Monday next a handsome gold cup, given by his
Maj,sty to the Royal Yacht Club, will be sailed for here
by the under-mentioned yachts, viz.:—Vice-Commodore
the Earl of Belfast's Louisa; Joseph Weld, Esq.'s Alarm;
J. Meiklam, Esq.'s Fanny; and C. Brett, Esq.'s Gem;
after which the members of tl,e Club and their friends
will dine together at the Club-house. His M ijesty has
been pleased to order a buck to be sent upon the occasion ;
and in the evening a grand display of fire works in front
of the Club• house, as well as from the different yachts,
will be displayed in honour of our good Monarch's birth-
day. On Wednesday the Commodore will proceed to
Cherbourg with a number of the Royal Yacht squadron
under his orders, to witness a regatta on the 27th and
28th instant, and sail for two cups given by the first
people in Cherbourg and Paris; after which the Commo-
dore will take the squadron to Guernsey, Jersey, and Wey-
mouth, to witness a regatta at the latter place on the Ist
and 2d of September.

The Duke of RICHMOND remained at Good-
wood until after the races, and proceeds this morning to
Windsor, to attend the installation of the Duke of SAXE
MEININ CEN as a Knight of the noble Order of the Garter,
on which occasion his MAJESTY will give a splendid en-
tertainment.

The Duke of RICHMOND entertained a nu-
merous and distinguished party of fashionables at Good-
wood during the races, which terminated yesterday.
Among the company were : The Duke and Duchess Of
ARGYLL and Lady GEORGIANA PAGET ; the Marquis and
Marchioness of TAVISTOCK ; 'Earls of VEauwt, MooNT-
CHARLES, JERSEY, MULGRAVE, UXYRInGti, and STRA D-
BROKE Viscounts SYDNEY and ANSON ; Lords Low-
THER, JAMES FITZROY, GEORGE, WILLIAM and AR-
THUR LENNOX, and GEORGE BENTINCK ; Earl and
Countess &taw. ; Lord ADOLPHUS FITZCLA 'LENGE,
Lady SOPHIA LENNOX, Sir MARK WOOD, Captain
BYNG,

The Rev. Lord CHARLES PAULET, second
son of the Marquis of WINCHESTER, was married on
Thursday at All Souls church, Marylebone, to Miss
ARA MINTA:RA 3ISIA N., third daughter of Sir JOHN RAMS-
DEN, 8.. rt., Pister to Mr. RAMSDEN, the Member for
Yorkshire, ani mice to the Dowager Marchioness of
IlEarrFuttu. This is the second matrimonial alliance that
has been formed between the families of the Noble Groont
of the Stole and the lion. Baronet, Lidy ANNABELLA
PAULET, his Lordship's eldest daughter, having been
united, in 1827, to Captain RAMSDEN, R.N., second son
of Sir JOHN.
ROXBURGHSHIRE.—A correspondent in this
county says that the harvest is quite general, and there are
plenty of sturdy Irishmen to cut it down—the crop is
good and very abundant.— Cakdoniata Mercury.

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