The Sun.
London, England, 1814-04-08 00:00:00

nASTINGS.

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'The:Winter Season here-has been unusually gay,
in point of company, has far exceeded in
numbers and.fashion Any we have hitherto had
The weather which has prevailed for
sevenal months', though less propitious than it has
been known in this place for many years, has, ne-
s.erthelesS, compared with the severity experienced
el,eivhere, been mild in the extreme. Many of
'our days literally presented us- with the full glow
of Summer ; the thermometer was in no instance
belove'3o,nor did our greatest visitation of snow
at any time lie deeper than the shoe-top. During
the *inter we have frequently ..beheld an assem-
blage of beauty and fashion grace our Parade.
- while the gay promenade was usually enlivened
by thtiadmirable performances of the band of the
3(1 Regiment or BA'S, in front of the Marine Li-
brary.' Thus, while London-, and almost the whole
kinidom,. was enveloped hi foggy,-or visited by the
most intense succession" of frost and snokyl,4last-
ings presented the rare appearance of the mildest
Autuntn,.or the most temperate Spring. This de-
cided pre-eminence; and additional proof, if any
.were wanting, of the excellence of Hastings as a
winter residence, has obtained for it an increased
degree of popularity.
Among the numerous anddistinguished visitors
'who have honoured Hastings with their-residence
during.the Winter, we notice the following
The 'Dowager Cotintss of Emil, the Dowager Countess of
Leitrim, the. Ladies Elizabeth, Ann, -and Louisa Choments,
the'Eail and Countess of Ormond, Hon. C. and .Lady &But-
ler, Mrs. Douglas, Mr. and Mrs. Justinia. Casamajor, Mr.
and Mrs.Anderton, the Misses Cassamajor, Rev. Mr. and
Mrs.' Raikes,,Mr. and Mi's. Croban, . Mrs. H. Kemp, the '
Misses Bigge, Mrs. and Miss Kirby, Mr. and Mrs. Gibbr, the '1
Misses Gihbs, Mr. John Hoolthato Frere, Mrs. Griggs, Mr.
and Mrs. W. Olney, Mit. and Mrs. F. F. North, Mr. and
Mrs. Oliver, Mr. E. and Mr. J. Hussy, Mrs. and Miss Schro-
der, Mrs. Marriott, Mr. W. and 'the Misses Finch, Colonel
and Mrs. Buckley, Mrs. and Miss Rose, Mrs. Bruce, Majors •
-Morris and Campbell, Captains Same, Latham,.• DaVenport,
Halefoot, &c. . -
The Hon-: Mrs. BENNBTT and family, Mr. and
Nrs. KsilT, Mrs. BENYON, &c. are among :our
Jatest arrivals. Some buildings have already.been
.added, and considerable improvements continue to
be made for the reception of coinp,arry, which, •
hom the numerous applications,' the approach-
ing.season promises to be, if possible, more crowd-
e: 'and fashionable than the last. ,

LE*ES, APRIL s.—Last Tuesday and Wednes-
..
flay lbe 2d Regiment-of Dragoons, or Queen's
)ays,. marched into this town, in two divisions,
from Ranisgate, which place they left under or-
(lets to proceed on to nirtsmonth, to embark for
the SoUth of France, to join Lord WELLINGTON'S
Nrmy ; but by a strbsetinent route, we bear, they
were directed to halt at Armidel, and there re-
main, until the arrival of ftirther orders, it is sup-
posed, on account of the transports -which are to
cobvey them pqt being ready for their reception.
S‘nay afteraimu a Small detachment of the '37th
infantry into this town (With the heavy
of.:that regiment, occupvilby, about eio-b't
,„:00, its route,frorn Gihraltar:to tbj tic
at at Save( Hill. The destiqation :)f time ace_
tiv part of the- regiment is. Bouvdeau*.
Correspondent- desires us,to state On.,' order
I.t .to set rig I. time conflictruAwcountsun tire
papers respecting the_fare_ of Mr. Hoiroyd, Erf
surgson.„whowascinicp.MitO•tifleareithutclrestcr),
'fl,irMr. haWnot;csltti 4rit tetrfeidifiese:4l4t is
offering himself at Middlestown, in hi's profes-
sional capacity.—(Leeds Intelligencer.)