The Sun.
London, England, 1825-05-07 00:00:00

• FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. :••
The Duke and Duchess of Rutland, and Family, from their.
seat, Chevely Park, Cambridgeshire; Mr. and Mr5...V.144-ex—
ton, in Edward-street, Portman-square, from Devonshire ;
Lady Harvey, Mrs. Patterson, and Miss Keating, at Thomas's
Hotel, Berkeley-square, from Paris ; General Sir Charles and.
Lady Grant, at Nerot's Hotel, Clifford-street,from Scotland ; Sir
Edward and Lady Smythe, at ditto ; Sir Edward Lloyd and Fa-
mily,. at ditto; T. .1. Bosvile, Esq. at Marshal Thompson's
Hotel, Cavendish-square, from Yorkshire; Walter Strickland,
Esq. and John Strickland, Esq. at ditto; James Annesley,
Esq. and Master Annesley, at ditto; Edward St. John Mild-
may, Esq. at ditto ; John Blackburne, Esq. at ditto; •Mrs.
Shirley and Family, at the London Hotel,• Albemarle-street,
from their seat in Dorsetshire ; Lord Dunlow, at the Waterloo
Hotel, Jermyn-street, from a tour; Sir James and Lady Nu-
.gent, at ditto, from Essex; Francis Walker, Esq. at ditto,
from Scotland.
CHANG Es.—Lord Allen, from Nerot's Hotel; the Hon. John •
Coventry and Ladies, from ditto ; J. Dillon Hearne, Esq. and
Mrs. Hearne, from ditto, for the Continent; Lady M•lntosh,
from ditto ; Capt. and Mrs. Drummond, from Marshal Thomp• ,
son's Hotel; Lord Bolingbroke, from ditto; Ichabod Wright,
Esq. from ditto.

FASHIONABLE PARTIES. •
The Countess bieven gave the grandest ball of the season on
Thursday evening, at Ashhurnham-house. The'six drawing-
rooms were most brilliantly illuminated, and were decorated
with numerous pots of the choicest flowers. The two back
drawing-rooms were fitted up with unique taste for daneing,
which commenced about half-past eleven o'clock. The supper,
which consisted of every delicacy, with wines of the choicest•
description, was announced between two and three. It was
prepared in the dining--rooms, where covers were laid for up:,
wards of 200, which were replenished. The dessert, &c. were
of the first qualities. It was nearly six yesterday morning
when the company retired. There were present nearly 500 of
the pant ton.
The Duke of Devonshire gave his first Assembly for the
son, yesterday evening, at Devonshire House, which was very
numerously attended.
I. uly Elizabeth Belgrave entertained a large and-elegant cir-
cle of fashionables yesterday evening, at her house in Grosvenor.
square.
Lord Bexley entertained a distinguished party to dinner
yesterday, at his house in Great George-street, West.
Sir Robert Preston, Bart. had a large party to dinner yester-
day, at his house in Downing-street.

The Duchess of Gloucester and the Princess Sophia, visited
his Majesty yesterday.
Yesterday the Duchess of Gloucester visited the Princess
Augusta.
The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester entertained a Select
Party to dinner yesterday, et their residence in Park-lane.
Yesterday the Princess Augusta took an airing in the Parks.

MARRIAGE IN Hien LIFE.—On Thursday last was mar-
ried at Cheltenham, by the lion. and Rev, Miles John Staple-
ton, Charles Brodrick, Esq. nephew to Viscount Middleton,
and eldest son of the late Archbishop of Cashel, to the Hon.
Emma Stapleton, third daughter of Lord ,Le Despencer.—
The lovely and interesting Bride was accompanied to Church
by her mother Lady be Despencer; the' Earl and Countess of
Roden, Hon. Miss Stapleton, &c. &c., and the Bridegroom
received her fair hard from her eldest brother the Hon. T.
Stapleton. After the ceremony the happy pair left Chelten-
ham for the seat of Lord Riversdale, in Buckinghamshire,
there to pass the Honeymoon. ;

P 0E T It Y.

PROLOGUE
To the TRAGEDY of ORESTES IN ARGOS.
WRiTTEN, BY JOHN TAY LOR, ESQ.
- SPOKEN BY MIL. COOPER..

The modern stage, a mark for critic spleen,
•
Has oft been censur'd for its gaudy scene,
Where modest Nature, roughly cast aside,
Yields to vain grandeur and Equestrian pride.
But shall the Muse, whose efforts are design'd
To mould the passions, and enlarge the mind,
Fail to receive appropriate honours here !
No—with due splendour let her still appear,
Resistless Sov'reign o'er the Smile and Tear.
When, in the prime of Greece, the Stage began
To represent, and thence, enlighteaMan ;
To form a 111611 AL SCHOOL for after times,
To nurse his virtues, and restrain his crimes,
Low was its origin, obscure, and mean, .
And all its pregnant glories unforeseen ;
At length, THE STATE its high importance saw,
Its pow'r, by Fancy's aid, to strengthen Law ;
Then spacious Domes were rais'd, and Genius came
To spread by scenic Arts the patriot flame.
The tragic Poets then, by rules severe.
Aim'd less to soften than to thrill with fear,
The dread vicissitudes of life to spew, .
And scare the guilty mind with penal woe.
The play we bring to-night that plan pursues,
And takes the theme from their immortal Muse.
Critics, whate'er defects you now may find,
A mournful plea will tempt you to be kind—
Our Bard was snatch'd away by sudden fate,—
Such is the plea, nor need we more relate,
For sympathy will shed a gen'rous tear,
And grace with Bay the Cypress o'er his bier.

IMPROMPTU
On the supposed Death of the Bishop of DURHAM, whea,,a,
Reverend Prelate, in endeavouring to get a leg in, only Att.
his toot in it.
A Right Reverend Prelate, when first it was said
That the venerable Bishop of Durham was dead, .
Cried, " a palatine vacz.nt, and a mitre to boot,
Zounds, if in Durham I could place but one foot,
'Twould be strange if by bowing, and cringing, and begging,,'-
I did not contrive to get a whole Legge: in." ' •

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