The Sun.
London, England, 1849-07-16 00:00:00

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FESTIVITIES AT KNO WSLEY

PARK.
Lord and Lady Stanley have, during the week, given
a series of splendid entertainments at Knowsley Park,
the Earl of Derby's seat in Lancashire, on the oocasion
of the great race meeting at Liverpool, the Noble Eari
;laving placed his princely seat at the disposal of the
Noble Lord and Lady for their distinguished friends.
Lord and Lady Stanley, and the Hon. E. H. Stanley,
M.P., arrived trom town on Monday evening, accompa-
nied by the Earl of Jersey, the Earl and Countess ot
Eglintoun, and a party ot about eighteen friends. The dinner
party that evening was confined to a circle of about 20.
but the following day brought a large accession to the
party. On Tuesday morning there was a large shooting
party in the Park, and from that evening up to Satur-
day there were grand dinners for upwards of thirty per-
sonages each day, the party partaking of the hospitality.
ot the Noble Lord and Lady, including the Duke 01
Richmond and Lady Caroline Gordon Lennox, the Earl
of Jersey, the Earl and Countess of Eglintoun, Viscount
and Viscountess Newport, Viscount Clifden, Viscount
Canterbury, Lord Bateman, Lord Dunkellin, Lord Geo.
Hanners, the Hon. Col. and Hon. Mrs. Anson, the Hon.
Francis Villiers, Sir Josh. Hawley, Colonel Hornby,
Captain llornby, Mr. and Mrs. J. Stanley, Mr. George
Fitzroy, Mr. G. Sturt, &c. The party separated on
Saturday, the Duke of Richmond and Lady Caroline
Gordon Lennox, the Earl ot Jersey, the Hon. F. Villiers,
he Lion. Col. and Mrs. Anson, &c., leaving for town, the
Earl and Countess of Eglintoun left for their seat in Scot •
laed. Lord George Manners was compelled from indis-
position to absent himself from the dinner circle after
Tuesday. Lord Stanley left Rnowsley Park in the after•
noon for London, and Lady Stanley and the Hon. E. H.
Stanley, M.P., were to repair to town this morning.

ATTEMPT AT MURDER AND EXTENSIVE INCEN-
DIARIS3I.—STONY STRATFORD, SATURDAY.—This town
nas, during the present week, been the scene of much
excitement, in consequence of the following very serious
occurrences:—On the night of Monday the premises of
.Ir. Nixon, a printer in the town, were discovered to be
flames. The assistance of the neighbours was imme-
diately obtained, and by great exertions the fire was got
out, but not until upwards of 1001. damage was done.
Before the fire was extinguished two other fires were
found to be raging in the immediate vicinity of the
town, and for want of the necessary assistance in time
the premises were destroyed. The fact of three fires
occurring almost simultaneously, naturally caused much
alarm and anxiety as to the cause, but no other conclu •
sion could be come to than that they were the act of a
vile incendiary or of a maniac. On the following day, as
Mr. Nixon was standing at his shop, at midday, he was
tired at deliberately by a miscreant armed with a fow-
ling-piece, the contents of which consisted of large-Bused
,hot, which entered Mr. Nixon's neck. Strange to say,
that whilst the wounded man was being attended to, the
attempted murderer entered the shop and strove to set
fire to the contents; but was seised in the act, and after
considerable resistance was secured. On Wednesday
tie was removed by Mr. Henderson, superintendent of
the local police, for examination before the bench of
magistrates of Newport Pagnell, where he gave the
ame of James Arnold. A certificate that Mr. Nixon
was in too dangerous a state to attend to give evidence
being produced, the prisoner was remanded until Friday
last, when he was taken before the magistrates in this
'own, and again remanded on account of the continued
iangerous illness of Mr. Nixon. It has been ascer-
tained that the prisoner is related to that individual by
marriage, and for some time past has exhibited much
animosity against him without any known motive.
(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)—A convention has
just been concluded with Minister Bruck, Baron Ward,
and Count Volo, for the regulation of the free naviga-
tion of the Po. Obstacles which could never be removed
iefore, by the Parmesan and ,Modenese states having
an interest in the transit of goods which passed their
lominions, so that vessels were detained, from the con-
aline' visits they had to submit themselves to, several
lays in each voyage. Minister Bruck, being a coin.
mtrcial man, no one better than he could appreciate the
necessity of such commercial reforms. We are informed
no intends to introduce the stamp system for letter,
'.hroughout Austria, comprising the minor Italian states
in his project. Much may be expected from the en-
lightened intelligence of this gentleman should he, as we
hope he will, remain long in office.—Morning Herald.
LSOUTUAMPTON, JULY 14.—The Peninsular and
Oriental Company's steam-ship Iberia, Captain C. T.
3urney, arrived at Southampton this morning, at three.
o'clock, and landed mails from the following places and
tastes, in charge of Lieutenant Peter Rainier, Admiralty
agent. Her dates of sailing were—Gibraltar, July 4;
Lasbon, July 9; Oporto, July 10; Vigo, July 10; and
Cadiz, July 5. The freight of the Iberia consists of 10
i.it 'ks2t,s of specie, 50 boxes almonds, and 15 packages
of sundries. The Iberia has 37 passei?gers,anogs
.shorn are—The Hun. W. Wrottesley,S Gordon Cochrane,
Messrs. Lightfort, Bland. Fellowe
King, Rule, Punt, Bell, WestropP,
' Romati,
'
Flan, Murat, Woodhouse, and twoofamily, daughters, Taylor,
'la.etevo, Murrais, Malcusson and and Miss
82-om Thorn,
srtor
Noble.
ArroINTMENT.—His Royal Highness Prince Al-
bert has been pleased to appoint James Robinson, EAT,
his surgeon-dentist in ordinary.