The Sun.
London, England, 1825-05-25 00:00:00

WINDSOR, MAY. 24.

This day every preparation was made at the Royal Lodge for
his MAJESTY'S reception, as some expectation was held out of
his arrival. Several of his Royal Household have arrived, and
his Majesty is expected • 'to-morrow. On Thursday his Royal
Highness the Duke of York is also expected to arrive at the
Royal Lodge, and dine with his Majesty. Frogmore Lodge,
as usual, will, by permission of • her Royal Highness Princess
Augusta, be occupied by his Royal Highness the Duke of York
during Ascott Heath races; where his Royal Highness will
daily, after the races, entertain a number of his distinguished
friends.

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FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS.
Lady Dynevor, at her house, in Dover-street, from North
Cray, Kent ; Colonel Gore Langton, M. P., Mrs. Langton and
family, at their house, in' Grosvenor-square, from their seat,
Newton Park, near Bath ; Sir William %Vraxhall, Bart., at
ilateliett's Hotel, Dover-street, from Spring Cottage, Chelten-
ham ; Sir Charles and Lady Morgan and family, in Berner'a-
street, from Ireland ; Sir Charles Macdonald, Bart., at Gould'a
Hotel, Jerrnyn-street, from Scotland ; Captain Seymour, at
Longs Hotel, Bond-street, from a tour.
CHANGES.—The Marquis of Chandos, for Stowe, .Bucks;
Lord and Lady King, for Ockhatn, Surrey.

FASHIONABLE. PARTIES.
II o LDE IINESsE-H 0 sE, PARS-LANE.--A sumptuous ban-
quet was given on MOnday by the Marquis and Marchioness
of Londonderry,' to his Royal Highness the Duke of York.—
Amongst the distinguished guests, amounting to thirty-six,
were—the Lord Chancellor, the Chancellor of the Exchequer,
the Marquis of Hertford, Marquis Camden, the Earl and
Countess of BathurSt, Lord and Lady Melville, Lord and
Lady Gwydyr, Mr. and Mrs. Hope, Lord and Lady Mary-
Wrought, Mr. Croker, Mr. Watson Taylor, Sir 11. Cooke,
&c. The dinner consisted of every delicacy of the season,
and the wines in perfection could not be •surpassed. In the
evening the Marchioness had a splendid rout. The suite of
roams were additionally ornamented since the last assembly by
a magnificent portrait of •his 'Majesty, by Sir Thomas Law-
rence. This splendid picture was placed under .a throne, at
one end of the apartments; at the other extremity of he three
saloons, the full length portrait of the Duke of Wellington
formed a fine contrast-to The majestic appearance of the Sove-
reign. Nothing could surpass the splendour and excellent
taste exhibited in this entertainment, and which indeed reigns
through The whole of this noble mansion.
Lady G. Cavendish gave one of the grandest rents of the sea-
son, on Monday evening, at Burlington House, Piccadilly: The
whole suite of drawing-rooms, six in number, were thrown open,
which -were most brilliantly illuMinated ; there were present
upwards of 500 Fashionables, among whom were—the Duke of
Devonshire, the Duchess of Leeds, Dowager of Rutland, the
Marquis of Hertford, Marquis of Lichfield, Count Ludolf, and
3larchioness of Winchester.
Earls—:Gosfort, Scarborough, Westmoreland, Fortescue,
Aboyne, Stamford, Derby, Suffolk.
Countesses—Scarboiough, Cork, Derby, Dartmouth, Cherie-
mont, Suffolk. -
Lords—Clinton, Gray, J. Thynne, Belgrave, Colchester,
Rodney, Orford, Folkstone, Graves, Cawdor, and Stanley.
Ladies—Duncombe, Stewart, Bentinck, Combermere, M.
and J. Pere, Clinton, Forester, Norman, Smith, J. Thynne,
Belgrave, Colchester, Milton, Fielding, Alildmay, De Clifford,
Dundas, two Ashburnhanis, F. Bentinek, De Roos, 11. Wal-
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Generals Upton and Walpole, Colonel Howard, the Vice-
Chancellor, &c. &c.
The Countess of Jersey's rout, on Monday evening, was
faihionably attended.
The Earl of Suffolk entertained a distinguished party to
dinner yesterday, at his house in Great Cumberland-street.
Lord 'Wilton had a grand dinner party yesterday, at his house
-in Grosvenor-square.
The. Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury entertained a select
party to dinner yesterday, at her house in Arlington-street.
The Hon. Mr. Musgrave had a thinner party yesterday; at
his house in Harley-street.
Sir It. Preston, Bart. entertained a large party to dinner
yesterday, at his housein Downing-street. '
Sir Charles-and Lady Long entertained a numerous party to
dinner yesterday, at their seat, Bromley Hill.
The Duke of Devonshire,' Lord and Lady Lovaine, Lord
and Lady Cawdor, Lord AlorPeth, Mr. Agar Ellis, &c. dined
with the Earl and Countess of Harewood on Monday.

Yesterday afternoon, at 4 o'clock, the Duke of York held a
Levee as Commander-in-Chief, at his Office in the Horse-
Guards, which was attended by about 50 military officers.
Yesterday being the birthday of the infant Princess Vic-
toria, the Duchess of Kent, accompanied by her infant
daughter and the Princess Feodore, left her apartments at
the King's Palace, Kensington, about twelve o'clocke, and
visited Prince Leopold at Marlborough
,House. About half-
past one o'clock the Duke of York, the Duke of Sussex,' the
Duke of Gloucester, Princess Augusta, Princess Sophia, Prin-
cess Sophia Matilda, and the Duchess of Gloucester, arrived
at Marlborough House, and congratulated the young Princess
on her birth-day, the Princess completing her sixth year. The
Royal Party were-then entertained by Prince Leopold, with a
most elegant ddeune, of which the Royal Guests partook, and
shortly afterwards separated. The Duchess of Kent, the
Princess Victoria; and the Princess Feodore, returned to Ken-
sington.
The grand City Entertainment, which was postponed at Eas-
ter, in consequence of the repairs and embellishments neces-
sary to be made in the Egyptian Hall, is to take place on Wed-
nesday, the Bth of June. The preparations are upon the most
splendid and expensive scale. A great number of his Ma-
jesty's Ministers are to be at the dinner. It has been found
necessary to limit the cards of admission to the evening visi-
tors considerably, in order to obviate the inconveniences which
have invariably arisen from crowding the rooms to excess.—
the old practice of gathering together thousands of the citizens
!o the evening entertainment was first broken in upon by Alder-
man Magnay, who limited the cards of admission to 1,500, and
so much satisfaction was given by that arrangement, that the
present Lord 3layor is, we understand, determined to issue just
as many tickets as will not incommode the dinner company.
On the -Wednesday after the Entertainment at the Mansion
House, the Lord Mayor is to lay the first stone of London
Bridge. The preparations for the ceremony are daily making.
Accommodation is to be made for 801) persons, all of whom will
have a full view of what takes place 42 feet below the surface of
the water. The trowel, which his Lordship is to use in laying
the stone, is one of the most valuable kind. It is reported that
the Lord Mayor, when the King was applied to upon the occa-
sion, proposed, in the Committee, that he should have the ho-
I nour to bear the whole expence of entertaining his Majesty.

The late celebrated penurious JENNINGS,
EsO. of Acton-place, who was reported to be the richest corn-
moner in England, when at the age of ninety-two, was applied
to by one of hig tenants, then in the eightieth year of his age,
to renew his lease for a further term of fourteen years, when,
after some general observations, Mr. Jennings coolly said,
" Take a lease for twenty-one years, or you will be troubling
me again !" and this was accordingly granted.
THE POLICE MAGISTRATES' BILL—In some of
the Provincial Journals it has been represented, that by- a
clause in this Bill, no persons convicted of misdemeanors are to
be subjected to hard labour, unless the offence be of a frau-
dulent nature. The truth is that the import of the clause
, which are punishableis simply this—The Metropolis Police Act creates a variety
ofon a m
m issduemmeaay nv
misdemeanours peculiar
by imprisonment to itself
in the common
! gaol, or House of Correction ; but it is not added that the per-
son convicted may, in the House of Correction, be kept to
hard labour. By the new. Act, a discretionary power is given
to the convicting Magistrates, of superadding- hard labour,
where the misdemeanors are of a fraudulent nature. '
KELP.---The new article of commerce lately
sent to New York from Salina, in that State, under the name
of Kelp, has undergone a chemical analysis by Professor
Griscom. and is found to consist of muriate of soda (common
salt), sulphate of soda, sulphate of lime, carbonate of soda and
ltme
• , with a very small portion of sand, the whole slightly
coloured by 17
iron, and containing. per cent. of free alkali.—
From. this analysis, Dr. Griscom gives it as his opinion, that
the article maybe profitably employed in the manufacture of
soap, probably of glass, and other coarse purposes for which
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common potash is sometimes used. This article is understood
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to be abundant about the salt works of salina.....(4tnericay,
Paper.)

POETRY.

LINES
Addressed to Mrs. W—R, by J. J.

A PROBATIONARY PRELUDING
To a LADY who said that I should be her Poet Laureate.

And said'st, thou, Lady, 1 should be
Thy Laureate ? fair Philosophy I
Proud, of thy nomination, I
To do thy bidding best will try.
But think not Anna! I shall sing
Like him who flattereth a King ;
Think not that ever shall my lays
Insult thee with audacious praise,
No, Lady, no ;—to Truth allied,
To sing with hr shall be my pride.
And when empyreal flights I soar
To regions without sea or shore—
O'er mind and passion's wild domain
Where many oft have soared in vain,
Wilt thou, with FREE INQUIRY fraught,
Explore with me the realms of thought?
Fair advocate of happiness,
I know that thou wilt answer, yes.
Come then, at once thy pinions plume,
Prepare, expand, there's ample room.
But as we on. our voyage speed,
Suppose I tune my Laureate reed ;
Some short preluding, just to find
glow will its notes affect thy mind.
What first, 0 Fair ! shall be the theme ?
Proud MAN—his MOCKERIES ?—a dream—
. An airy phantom—shade of shade—
A brilliant short lived flower,
• Which to the sun expands an hour;—
That fades to flourish, flourishes to fade.
And is this all of man ? you cry ;
Oh no ! he lias Philosophy !
A love of wisdom ;—wisdom's self
He puts above him on the shelf.
To use upon some holiday
When he shall, pleased, with wisdom play.
Away with wisdom such as this !
She is indeed a useless miss.,
Where may your wisdom Sir be found ?
Amid the cloister's shades profound,
Where priests, and monks, their bead-rolls tell !
Or mutter language from the cell—
A little Hebrew, Latin, Greek,
While useful tongues they rarely speak ?
" Oh no," the modern Sophist cries,
" Not there will you now find the wise :
" To his, or to Cam repair,
" And wisdom may be heard of there."
And only heard of there I ween !
She has nor stately mien nor port,
In gaudy robes is never seen ;
Pride can with her but ill assort.
No maid demure and prim is she,
But sister to UTILITY.
Affectionate twin children, they
Together walk in open day—
Are seen in the most public places,
But give themselves nor airs nor ;Traces.
Their dwelling's to no place confin'd ;
Yes—wanton freely as the wind ;
But they prefer a cOttag'd dell
Where bubbles clear the chrystal well.
This LADY is my wisdom's picture :
Wilt thou decree thy Laureate victor ?
And man has Passion too—warm Love and Hope,
Revenge, and Irate, (sad misanthrope !)
And fear, Despair, and all the train
That stir with strife the sentient brain.
These, these, alas! to man belong,
And yield unceasing themes for song !
But think'st thou, LADY, I shall sing
Of LovE as boy with mimic wing,—
A blind boy too, with many a dart
To pierce the soft and sighing heart P
A puerile conceit,
. Not fitten even for nursery mate ! •-
No Lady, no,
I will not so
Degrade that power which all divine
1 see in those bright orbs of thine.
Love cannot be personified ;
Bear witness every blushing bride.
How shall I sing of WOMAN—she
Whose advocate is found in thee
Thy sex's heroine, fearless, bold,
With powers that may not now be told ?
WOMAN, to whom indeed we owe
Our highest happiness below ?
Must she be wilt-less, thought-leas, all,
Which men for their good pleasure call
Feminine :2—or shall she arise, "
And learn with us to scan the skies?—
O'er. meads and mountains with us roam
And bring progressive science home ?
Search with us knowledge, all to bless,
And make more sweet our happiness
The last, the best alternative,
And though fair LADY ! I must give
O'er these preludings ; not in vain
Has been, I trust, thy Laureate's strain ;
These samples of what he can sing,
To please a LADY, not the King.
May, 1825.

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