The Sun.
London, England, 1836-11-22 00:00:00

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE.

ARRIVALS.
The Earl of Shannon, in Hamilton-place, Piccadilly, from
East Cowes Castle, Isle of Wight; the Hon. Charles Comp.
ton Cavendish, and Lady Catherine, at Burlington House,
Piccadilly, from Latimers • the Hon. General Upton, at the
Albany; Lady and Miss Shelley, in Belgrave-squre, from the
seat of Sir William Middleton, Shrubland Hall, Suffolk ;
Mr. and Lady Jane Swinburne, at Farance's Hotel, from their
seat, Sunn.inghill, Berks ; the Hon. Mrs. Gardner, at ditto,
f,rote Hastings; Mr. and Lady Singleton, in Grosvenor-square;
d 44 Huston, in Grosvenor-place; Sir John and Lady Rams-
en, in Hamilton-place, from Yorkshire; Mrs. Petre, at the
Clarendon Hotel, from Brussels; Lady Chesterfield, in
Audley-street, from Newmarket ; Colonel and Mrs. Stewart
And Mrs. Henry Sargant, at Hatchett's Hotel, from Madras ;
Colonel Powell, M. P., and Major Lewis, in King-street, St.
James's, from Cardiganshire, South Wales ; Colonel and Mrs.
de Burgh, in Piccadilly, from Paris; Major and Mrs. Car-
rington, in Somerset-street, from Paris ; Colonel and Mrs.
Churchill, in Albermarle-street, from Paris ; Mr. and Mrs.
Backhusen, in Jermyn-street, from the Hague ; Colonel and
JoMrs. Lefroy,in Green-street, Park-lane' from Paris ; Captain
hn Sawyer, in Charles-street, from Minorca ; Major and
Mrs. Buller, in Sackville-street, from Paris ; Captain St.
Atoan, in Grosvenor-streeet, from Paris ; Major and Mrs.
litatile, in Clarges-street, from the Netherlands • the Earl of
Orkney and the Hon. Captain Fitzmaurice, at L'immer's Ho-
tel, from Taplow, Berks; Mr. Wodehouse, at ditto, from
Cambridge University.
bEPARTURES.
The Earl and Countess of Jersey, Viscount Villiers, Mr.
'Villiers, Lady Sarah Villiers, and the Lady Clementine, from
Berkeley-square, for Middleton Park, Oxfordshire ; Lady
Caroline Poulett, for Paris; Lady Caroline L. Fox, for Lord
Harewood's ; Lord Darlington, fir Lord Forester's, in Shrop-
shire ; Sir Robert Heron, Bart., M. P., for Mrs. Fane's, in
Lincolnshire ; Colonel and Lady Laura Meyrick, for Rabyi
Castle, Durham; Colonel Gerard, for Paris; Major and Mrs.
Ogle, for Bath ; Captain Greenwood, for Dublin • Major and
Mrs. Baillie, for Salisbury ; Captain Leigh, for Maidstone ;
Colonel and Mrs. Kindcrsley, for Southampton • Captain
Lovett, for Portsmouth ; Captain Warren, for th'e Nether-
lands ; Colonel Geoffry de Vinme, for Paris ; Major and
Mrs. Chester, for Bath ; John Smith Barry, Esq., Mrs. S.
Barry, and family, from the St. James's Hotel, for Marbury
Hall, Cheshire; Captain and Lady G. Fullerton, from ditto,
for Southampton; Mr. and Mrs. Morse, from ditto, for Dover;
William Congreve, Esq., from ditto, for Tunbridge Wells.
CHANGES.
Mr. Bulkeley and Mrs. Lane Fox, from Mr. Compton
M. P's, for Colonel and Lady Catherine Bulkeley's, in the
New Forest, Hants; Lord Radnor, for ditto; the Countess
of Radnor, for Ramsgate, from Berkshire ; the Hon. Mr. and
Mrs. E. Fan; for Lord Forester's in Shropshiro, from
Grantham.

Lord Brougham is residing in retirement at Peters-
ham,... where his brother, Mr. William Brougham, has taken
Lord Dudley Stuart's villa.
The Duke of Wellington left Apsley House on
Sunday afternoon, at three o'clock, for Strathfialdsaye, where
much company is expected.
b irritr‘.. Duke of Rutland arrived at Sir F. Trench's, in
reyit'on-street, yesterday, from a visit to the Earl and Coon-
' of Verulam, at Gorhambury, near St. Alban's.
RANOVER, Nov. 14.—His Royal Highness, our
Poured Viceroy, has been confined to his room for some
days by indisposition. He is now perfectly recovered.
The Duke and Duchess of Cleveland are dispensingdifeir hospitality to a circle of friends at Raby Castleoe
?ripe most tasteful residences in the North of England.
Poorer classes in that extensive district also participate
" the Noble Duke's bounty.
The Duke of Portland has arrived at Welb
bbe3' .t , from Fullerton House, Ayrshire, an estate inhe
6e(l, we believe, by the Duchess, from her father, the late
eoeral Scott.
The Duke of Roxburgh has been entertaining Sir
Ilharles Dalbiac, Colonel Childers, Mr. Malcolm, &c., at
leurs Castle. The party have had excellent sport.--
'40114311 fishing on the Tweed.
The Marquis of Douro has been this week on a visit
to Earl Grey, at Howick. The Noble Marquis is expected
oastl
Pay
.e visit to the Duke of Northumberland, at Alnwick
`'e
to The Marquis and Marchioness of Sligo are expected
Imake a short stay in the United States, on their way
00111 Jamaica. His Lordship will not have any retiring al-
twanee or pension as late Governor and Captain-General
131 the above colony.
Earl Spencer resides in comparative retirement at
tho p, where the establishment is much diminished. His
Lordship, it is said, is rapidly paying off the incumbrances
0
n the large estates of the deceased Earl his father.
The Earl and Countess of Jersey left Berkeley
House on Saturday, for Middleton Park, where they will
receive a succession of visitants during the next month.
Lady William Gordon has left Green Park Lodge
for Brighton.
NLord Claude Hamilton arrived at Argyll House on
turday, from Haddo House, N.B.
0 Lord and Lady Thurlow visited Richmond last week,
a their way from the North.
Lord Dundas and family left Aske on Saturday last
°r his Lordship's seat at Upleatham.
1..0rd and Lady Albert Conyngham have left Lord
to lield's seat, Gunton Hall, Norfolk, for Bifrons, Can-
kairy.
10_1\:lajor-General Sir Henry Bouverie has left Emi-
ts. °;.1.,,t0 assume the Governorship of Malta.
thttthe Duke d'Ossuna, after attending the steeple
‘,.o° on Saturday, at Hatfield, returned to Mivart's Hotel,
joio're he entertained a select party at dinner, and then
ed the circle at Lord Holland's.
int Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the
ert India House, when it was resolved to raise the rate of
e%itsst payable on East India Bonds from 3/. 10s. per
Crp annum to 4/. per cent. per annum.
)). ttvi: a singular fact that the Princess Victoria and
° Cousins, Princes George of Cumberland and Cam-
-414 eei were all barn within three days of each other, in
'lBl9.
t • he
Ain ountess Bjornstjerna gave an agreeable enter-
he ZeOtc
on Sunday evening in Belgrave-street. Most of
Lee bpo corps diplomatique, including Prince Esterhazy,
Preserate D'Ossuna, and the Marquis di Miralcazar, were
t.,e lion. F. Maule, Under Secretary of State for
yil,"le Department., has arrived in town from Scotland.
het, e Hon. Colonel and Mrs. Macadam Cathcart,
oL-Icm
P4nied by the Lady Augusta Cathcart, and Mrs.
4 4m, of Craigengillan, passed through Ayr on Wed-
tart for Caprington Castle, on their way to visit Cath-
() 4stle, the seat of the venerable Earl Cathcart.
Coutittlethe 20th of November, died, at Walton, Emma,
ss Dowager of Tankerville.
4011 hi L. Fox is making a very large outlay of money
It is extensive estates in Ireland.
141:416 s rumoured by the friends of Ministers that a
tw iztitary inquiry into the operation of the New Poor
Nsiooll will not be opposed hy Government in the next
IL. Of Parliament. —Kent Herald.
orwo and Baroness Maltitz have taken a villa at
tord°tl
,rsfor limited period.
rrudhoe's continental tour has been relin-
for the present., in conseaueno pf the delicate state

of the health of the Duke of Northumberland, his Lord-
thip's only brother.
The Duke of Sutherland's fine collection of paint-
ngs have been removed from Bridgewater House to Staf-
ford House, and hung in the various apartments by Mr.
Seguin. The interior of this magnificent edifice will be
completed under the immediate superintendence of the Duke
himself.

A Brighton paper complains that such is the varia-
ble state of the clocks in that town, that " a stranger is as
much puzzled to know the time of day there as if he were
at New Zealand."
Lord Forester is entertaining Lord and Lady Dar-
lington and Lord Charles Manners, at Willey Park,
Shropshire.
The Austrian Ambassador is still in town. His
Excellency is going in a few days on a visit to the Duke of
Wellington, at 'Weimer Castle.
The venerable Lord Carrington and his Lady left
Carrington House, Whitehall, yesterday, for his mansion in
Great Pulteney-street, Bath.
A marriage is talked of between the Hon. Colonel
Bridgeman, son of Lord Bradford, nephew of Lord Cork
and the Marquis of Exeter, and Miss Hooper Aston, niece
to the late Marchioness of Huntley, Lady William Gordon,
Hon. Lady Ramsden, and Hon. Mrs. Meynell.
Miss Burdett and Miss Clara Burdett came to town
with the Duchess of St. Alban's.
At the annual sale of newspapers, on Monday even-
ing, at the Exchange, Bolton, the John Bull was knocked
down for ss. 6d., and the Standard onlyreached 255., being
little more than half the price that was obtained for the
other papers.—Blackburn Gazette.
MARRIAGE OF THE KING OF GREECE.---. 1115
event is upon the eve of being celebrated at Oldenburg,
the seat of the royal bride's father, Prince Paul Augustus,
the Grand Duke of Oldenburg. The Queen of Greece
elect is named the Duchesa Marie Frederique Amelie, and
is eldest daughter by the first marriage of the Grand Duke
with*a Princess of Anhault. She was born on the 21st of
December, 1818, and will, consequently be eighteen about
Christmas. Otho was born in June, 1815, and is three
years older, The family of the Princess is of the Ducal
line of Holstein-Gottorp, a younger branch of the Royal
Family of Denmark, and is nearly related to our own
Royal Family. It is a family not remarkable for its
beauty. The Grand Duke has been three times married,
and by the second marriage has a son, who will succeed
him. By the first there is another daughter. The cere-
mony is to be performed with considerable pomp, and in
order to give the ceremony greater solemnity with the
Greeks, the Ambassadors and Ministers of Foreign States,
residing in the neighbourhood, have been invited to be pre-
sent at it. Already the Prussian Ambassador to Hanover
had set out for Oldenburg, as had his Excellency M. Von
Struve, the Russian Ambassador, and M. Von Bille, the
Danish Minister, from Hamburg. Mr. Canning, the
English Consul General at Hamburg, had likewise gone
to Oldenburg, by the express command of his Sovereign.
King Otho himself arrived at Hanover, on the 16th, at
half-past one in the afternoon, travelling under the name
of Count Missolonghi. He was expected to pass through
Bremen on the 17th, on his way to Oldenburg, but under
the strictest incognito. If the last accounts from Greece
are to be trusted, the home to which the new Queen is
going, the first that has ever gone to Greece, is any think
but comfortable.

Mr. Kean's engagement at Brighton has been at-
tended with extraordinary success ; the theatre on the
evening of his benefit was crowded in every part, and
showed a splendid array of beauty and fashion, immense
numbers being obliged to return disappointed of seats. The
Duke and Duchess of St. Alban's presented Mr. Kean with
fifty pounds for their box. Mr. Kean proceeds to Ireland,
having declined any London engagement.
Mr. Forrest, the American tragedian, has received
overtures for engagements from all the principal theatres in
the provinces throughout the United Kingdom, many of
which, we understand, he has accepted.
A respectable yeoman, farming a large farm in the
neighbourhood of this city, has successfully stopped the ra-
vages of the turnip-fly, in a field of 15 acres, by turning
into it all his own ducks, with as many more as he could
borrow of his neighbours, who in three days completely
cleared the ground.—Chester Chronicle.
The United Service Club have lately added to their
fine collection of naval and military pictures the splendid
one of the Battle of Talavera, painted from authentic
sources by Stanfield, and exhibited at Somerset House last
summer. It is placed on the north side of the grand stair-
case, immediately opposite the Battle of Waterloo ; while
the full-length portrait of Nelson, of which the Club have
long been in possession, appears as eyeing the scene of his
last splendid achievement.

The new floating bridge over the Itchen, at South-
ampton, is to be opened to the public to-morrow (Wed-
nesday). _

Yesterday was the anniversary of the death of Pur-
cell, which occurred in the year 1695 ; and although since
his time our Cathedral schools of music have been so neg-
lected by the authorities the choir of Westminster Abbey
on this occasion, as a mark of respect to the great English
master, sang two of his compositions, viz.—" Thou knowest
Lord," and " 0 God, thou art my God." The singers
were Messrs. Hobbs, Clarke, Lloyd and Francis, and ten
boys ; they were accompanied on the organ by Mr. Turle.
There were also present at the two services Lord W. Ben-
tinck, Prebendary ; the Rev. Messrs. Butterfield and
Beckwith.

ADELPHI THEATRE.—VISITERS TO " JIM
CROW" DURING THE LAST WEEK.—The Duke of Devon-
shire, third visit ; the Duke of St. Alban's, Prince Ester-
hazy, Count D'Orsay, the Earl of Sefton and family, Lady
Georgiana Fuller, Countess of Blessington, Lady Brougham,
Lords Paget, Allen, Beresford, &c.

We have authority for stating that the Glasgow
Banks will immediately raise the rate of interest on de-
posits to 3, and that on discounts to 5, per cent.—Glasgow
Courier.

The winter balls at the Assembly Rooms commence
on Monday, under apparently the most favourable auspices.
The subscription book at least evidences a determination
on the part of our fashionables to support them at the start-
ing to the utmost of their power.—Cheltenham Looker On.
THE BALLOON.—Letters of the Bth of November
reoeived from Weilburg, a small city at fourteen leagues
&stance from Mayence, state, " Our little town has be-
come a scene of bustle, in consequence of an event equally
interesting and extraordinary. In the morning a globe of
colossal dimensions was seen hovering above the city at the
height of nearly a hundred yards. The people, struck with
terror, thought at first that it was one of the heavenly bo-
dies that had fallen from its orbit. It would be difficult to
give an idea of the consternation spread amongst the people,
who were trembling for the safety of their houses likely to
be crushed under the enormous mass ; in a short time,
however, it was seen alighting gently on the earth, and
three men stepped out of it who appeared to have de-
scended from the skies. Soon fright and consternation gave
place to admiration and astonishment at the sight of the
balloon. The travellers had quitted London the preceding
evening, had travelled a distance of 200 leagues in nineteen
hours ; and they instantly dispatched couriers for London
and Frankfort, to acquaint their friends with their bold
and successful passage."—La Pair.
DREADFUL ACCIDENT.—Last week, as Thomas
Adams, shipwright in Sheerness Dock-yard, was adjusting
part of the wood work on board the Magera steam-vessel,
it fell on the unfortunate man and literally cut him in two !
Term ends on Friday next. Some interesting trials
are expected to take place in sittings after.
The Earl of Errors sudden departure from Brigh-
ton is stated to have been caused by the dissatisfaction ex-
pressed by the gentlemen in the habit of hunting with his
Majesty's stag hounds in the vicinity of Aylesbury, at the
absence of the Master of the Buck Hounds. It is also
matter of complaint that the meetings have been deferred
from October to the present, which was not the case under
his Lordship's predecessors.
The Editor of the Cumberland Herald has stated
in an article in that Journal that the Editor of the C 11711.•
Goland Pacquet is the ugliest man in the three kingdoms.
The Pacquet says that an action shall be brought for a
libel against the calumniator, and that it shall be proved in
Court that the assertion is false.

CORONER'S INQUESTS.—Yesterday an inquest was
held at the Caledonian Nursery, West Hackney, on the
remains of a newly-born male infant, alleged to have been
murdered on Saturday last, by a young woman named Jane
Hale, immediately after she had given it birth. About six
months ago the accused bad entered the service of Mr.
Jeffrey, a gentleman residing at West Hackney, but had
lately received warning to quit. On Saturday morning, the
day upon which she was to leave, she complained of illness
and retired to her bed, and ultimately appearing to be get-
ting worse, Mrs. Jeffrey called on Mr. Drayton, the family
doctor, to attend her. On Mr. Drayton's arrival he pro-
ceeded to her room, and having observed there appearances
of a very suspicious character he examined Jane Hale, and
at once discovered that she had given birth to an infant. She
at first denied the fact, but on bing threatened with send-
ing for the police, and asked what she had done with the
child, she acknowledged that it was underneath the bed.
Mr. Drayton, in consequence, removed the bed, and saw
beneath it the infant, quite dead, and its throat cut. A
dessert knife, stained with blood, was found ; and the ac-
cused accounted for taking it to her room by saying tint
she wanted to cut her corns with it. There being other
witnesses to be examined, and the inquiry having occupied
nearly
seven hours, the inquest was adjourned to this day.
The accused still remains at the house of Mr. Jeffrey, under
the care of the police, as she is not yet in a fit state for
removAl,

AEROSTATION.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SlR—The very great interest given to the above science
by the late extraordinary performance of Messrs. Green
and \Company, induces me to communicate, through your
widely-Oifettlated paper; rift idedCh Appears to me ca-
pable of application, and, if accomplished, will be of con-
siderable advantage in adventures of this kind, as affording
the means of descending and ascending.
My plan is to attach a series of ropes to the nett-work
e*circling the balloon—all these ropes to be brought to one
point at the bottom, where they are to be acted upon by a
windlass in the car. The effect of winding this windlass
will be to collapse the balloon by drawing in the ropes and
nett-work—the bulk being by these means reduced, and
buoyancy proportionably lessened, the machine descends
without any waste of gas. The Aeronaut having made his
observations, if he wishes to re-ascend, has only to loosen
the ropes, when the balloon expands, and its buoyancy is
restored.

There is no occasion to dwell on the advantages of such
a contrivance—its merits will appear when we consider that
descent is now only effected by the loss of gas, and, con-
sequently, of the means of re-ascending, should the situa-
tion approached unfortunately prove dangerous.
The application of a suitable windlass would be an easy
matter. I would suggest that the nett-work should be made
of flat cords, as being less likely to injure the material of
the balloon when tightly drawn ; and that all the ropes
should pass through a ring near the lower part, in order to
bring them in a proper situation for the action of the
windlass.

So far, Mr. Editor, I have no doubt but this contrivance
may be made available, and if the means of compression
could be carried so far as to reduce the balloon to a por-
table size, the advantages would be increased in affording
the means of using the same gas for repeated ascents, and
of conveying the machine to different places.
I am, Sir, your obedient Servant,
Bath, Nor. 21, 1836. THOS. FULLER.