The Sun.
London, England, 1825-02-23 00:00:00

FASHIONABLE PARTIES.

The Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury entertained a large
party of the haut ton on Monday evening at her house in Ar-
lington-street.
Lord Saltoun entertained a distinguished party at dinner on
Monday at his house in Great Cumberland-street.
The Countess of Arran had a fashionable party yesterday
evening at her house in Dover-street.
Lord Bexley had a grand dinner party yesterday at his house
in Great George-street, Westminster.
Sir Charles Coote, Bart. had a dinner party yesterday at his
house in Connaught-place.
Dowager Lady Neave had a select party yesterday evening
at her house in Albemarle-street.

POETRY.

IMPROMPTU.
If we should POPERY restore,
And Bigotry oiewhelm the nation,
Our CONSTITUTION will be o'er,
And nullified THE REFORMATION.
HARRY TUE EIGHTS!.

ANOTHER.

If Portny again you own,
Entailing on the State confusion,
Why did I sit upon your Throne
To bring about THE REVOLUTION?
WILLIAM THE THIRD.

The KING iS expected to remove from Carlton
Palace to 'Windsor in a day or two.
Ills MAJESTY received visits yesterday from
the Duke of Yong and the Princess SOPHIA.

Earl BATnunsT and Count MUNSTER, the Ha-
noverian Minister, had audiences of the KING yesterday.
The Earl HAnitowni transacted business at
the Foreign Office yesterday.
Yesterday afternoon, soon after four o'clock,
the Duke of Volts, as Commander-in-Chief, held a Levee at
his Office in the Horse Guards, which was numerously at-
tended. Among those present were, the Marquis of Donne-
gall, Lord Spencer Chichester, Lord Hothani, Lord Charles
Fitzroy, General Sir George Nugent, Lieut.-General Farmer,
Lieut.-General Croker, Major- eneral Dalrymple, Major-
General Dana, &c. &c.

INSTITUTION.—We lately observed
that there are thirty candidates for the prize
offered by the patriotic and liberal Directors of
this excellent Institution, for the best Picture
on the subject of the glorious Battle of Trafalgar.
The point is not yet decided, but the delibera-
tion shews that the award will be allotted accord-
ing to the intrinsic merits of the work, without
the possibility of any partial bias. The Insti-
tution itself has much advanced the Arts of the
Country by its laudable patronage of rising Ge-
nius, in Sculpture as well as Painting.
Mr. GIFFORD, we understand, as soon as lie
has completed his new edition of SHERLEY, a
Work much wanted by every friend to the Bri-
tish Drama, means to turn his attention to SHAK-
SPEAILE. A new editiion of our Immortal Bard,
from such a profound and enlightened Critic, can-
not but be a valuable addition to the Literature
of the country. his illustrations of MASSING En
and BEN JONSON afford the best promise of ade-
quate justice to " Nature's Darling," as Gray has
desigated the chief of Dramatic Poets.

MI. KELLLT has been graciously permitted
to dedicate his Memoirs to His M,tJEsry. The
work is finished but is not yet delivered to the
Bookseller. It is said to abound in anecdotes,
foreign and domestic.
We are happy to learn that Miss M. TREE is
likely to resume her professional duties next week, after a most
severe indisposition.
The Managers of all the great Provincial The-
atres are .on the alert to secure the attractive powers of Miss
FOOTE—in many cases the terms proposed exceed 50 guineas a
night—The Lessee of the Dublin Theatre, it is said, has of-
fered Miss FOOTE one thousand guineas to perform 14 nights
in Dublin.

The state of the KING'S THEATRE, it is said,
now occupies very seriously the attention of those in whom the
property of that building is vested. Much difference of opi.
nion, it appears, has existed among the architects employed to
examine it; some reporting that the danger is extremely immi-
nent ; others that it might be perfectly safe for as long a period
as the season about to commence; and others that no dangers
whatever need be apprehended. The subject, we hear, has
even attracted the attention of the Secretary of State for the
Home Department, who, not satisfied with the reports
of the architects employed by the proprietors, himself
engaged Mr. SMIRKB to inspect the building, who is
understood to have represented the danger as imminent
and very alarming ; but that it is by no means impracti-
cable to devise means for preventing the further sinking of
the building. Workmen, we hear, are to be immediately
employed for this purpose, and it is now said that the open-
ing ,will not be deferred beyond next week. If we recollect
right, there existed apprehensions, at the time the present
King's Theatre was completed, respecting the security of
the building; to obviate which, the architect who built it as-
sembled within its walls the whole of the workmen who had
been employed in its erection. It is more probable, however,
that the present sinking of the external wall of the gallery has
arisen from some local cause affecting the foundation than
from any
Mondayanydefe
defect in the
ethevoerinngig,
original building._( Times. )
Onbetween
300 and 400
Gentlemen were locked up hi the Royal Ex-
change, owing to their non-complianCe with the
regulation of departing at the customary signal.