The Sun.
London, England, 1825-06-18 00:00:00

ROYAL FETE AT PARIS.

PAnts, JUNE 15--:Yesterday evening there was a Grand
Family Dinner in his Majesty's apartments. The Duke and
Duchess of Orleans, and the Duke of Bourbon were present.
The King and the Roval Family went to the Ball in the The-
atre of the Palace. Their. Majesties the King and Queen of
Vurteruburgh, the Ministers of State, Marshals of France,
many General Officers, the Diplomatic Body, and it great num-
ber of Ladies, dressed with great splendour, .were among the
Company assembled, the appearance of which was magnificent.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Berry, danced with his
Grace the Duke of Northumberland.

PRINCE LEOPOLD'S ENTERTAINMENT.
Prince Leopold gave his second grand party for the season
on Thursday night, at his residence in Pall-Mall, which was
splendidly attended. The company began to arrive at ten
o'clock, and continued setting down till near one. The dresses of
the Ladies were superb, and- displayed a profusion of dia-
monds. Pink and blue, and white. satin with lace over, were
generally worn ; a few of the hadies wore dresses richly em-
broidered in gold and silver. The Duchess of Gloucester wore
a dress of rich pink Bros de Naples, with a black velvet hat with
pink feathers, looped up in front with diamonds. The Marchioness
of Winchester wore a superb turban, ornamented with diamonds.
The Princess Augusta wore a white fancy hat, with a splendid
plume of white feathers. The Prince gratified his illustrious
guests with a concert of vocal and instrumental music,
which was' performed in the principal drawing-room.—
At eleven o'clock the refreshment rooms were thrown open,
when a princely banquet was displayed, of which the company
partook till about two o'clock. There were present their Royal
Highnesses the Duke of York, the Duke of Sussex, the Duke
and Duchess of Cambridge, the Duke and Duchess of Glou-
cester, the Duchess of Kent, the Princess Feodore, the Princess
Sophia Matilda, the Lord Chancellor, the Vice-Chancellor, the
Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress, the Foreign Ambassadors,
the Duke and Duchess.of Wellington, the Marquis and Mar-
chioness of Lansdown, the Marquis and Marchioness of Down-
shire, the Marquis of Hastings, Marquis 'of Hertford, Emily
Marchioness of Londonderry, with a long list of other distin-
guished Nobility and Commoners.

Mr. PETTIGREW'd CONVERSAZIONE, at his house in Sa-
ville-street, Burlington-gardens, was very numerously attended
yesterday evening. The most distinguished literary and scien7
title men of the metropolis were present, as well as many emi.
rent artists and individuals of rank and consequence. His
Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex entered Warmly into the
objects of the meeting, ad seemed particularly interested by the
display of curious works of art, specimens of natural history, &c.
Two very curious skulls were exhibited, brought front one of the
islands at the head of the Colombian River. They were the heads
of Members of the Royal Family of the natives. One, an adult
male, was remarkable for its weight and solidity, and the strong
processes for the attachment of the muscles sufficiently demon-
strated that it had belonged to a very powerful man. This head
was much flattened on the forehead. The other was the skull of
a female between 7 and 8 years of age. This skull is flattened
on the top to an enormous extent, and we learnt that it was
eTeeted by means of a spring of whalebone, tightened every
day. The manner in which these infants arc treated was detail-
'etl, and is very curious. When a month old, the infant is placed
in a kind of canoe, the spring before mentioned applied, and in
this state of confinement the child is kept until four years of
age, being occasionally carried to the Mother for nourishment.
Every day a bucket of. water is thrown over it, to wash away
any
dirt that he been coected. comany remained
to a late hour,highlyhighlygratified. with these The scientifipc elucidations.