The Sun.
London, England, 1825-05-09 00:00:00

h'ing aware that the article in question was
One
of them. If his Lordship will accept our
humble apologies for having thus unwillingly
44:ven circulation to an impromptu that to some
en appears to compromise his character, we are
ready to offer them with all truth and sincerity.

We understand that accounts are in town of
very recent date, and very unfavourable to the
vuse of the Greeks ; a new landing had been
effected in the Morea by the Egyptians, and an
iPortant fortress, which was on the point of
falling into the hands of the Greeks, has been
relieved by the Turks.

THE KING'S DRAWING ROOM POSTPONED.
Lord Chamberlain's Office, May 6 1825.
Notice is hereby given, that the Drawing Room intended to
be held at St. James's Palace, on Thursday the 12th instant,
in celebration of his Majesty's Birth-day, is postponed to Mon-
day the 23e1 instant.

FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS.
Letters received from Calcutta, dated the end
The lion. Mr. and Mrs. West and Family, in Upper Grosve-
of December, state that the India Government nor-street, from Ruthin Castle, North Wales; Mrs. Drake
were busy taking up merchant vessels as trans- Tyrwhitt Drake and Fan.iily, in Dover-street,
Dfrom Herts ;.
Lord Church dl, at the St. Petersburgh Hotel, over-street ,
Parts for six months certain. Colonel and Mrs. Bisse, at ditto; Mrs. R. Jenner, at ditto,
On Saturday morning, at eleven o'clock, the from Bramshaw Hall, New Forest, Hants; Colonel and Mrs.
Lords of his Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council as- Owen, at ditto; the lion. W. T. Hunter, at ditto; y
rim_bled at the Council Office, Whitehall-place; the Earl of 111`Intosh, at ditto; the Hon. Mrs. J. Murray, at ditto; Al.
vi`_:ll_OSWDY presided. The following Lordsof of the Council Wyvill,Esq. M.P. and Mrs Wvvill, at ditto; Hon. Miss Mills,
Stowell, Sir
:—The Lord Chief Baron Scotland, Lord at ditto ; Earl O'Neill, at Batts' Hotel, Dover-street, from Chel.Rh;.swell, ir JohnlNicholls, and Sir Wm. Grant. Their Lord- tenham;. R. S. Keating,. Esq. at ditto, from Newmarket ; Mr.
Ts were occupied in hearing Jersey Appeals till half-past and Sir Ford, at ditto, from Essex ; Mr. and S. lrs. Owen, at
°lle o'clock. ditto, fis ' Hampshire; Sir. Mrs. and the Misses Hardy, at
Extract of a letter from Barhadoes, dated
ditto, fr. Yorkshire ; the Misses White, at ditto ; Miss
Culme, e J. White Esq. and family, at ditto Hon.
14Marchli29, 1325 :—" Major-General Sir John Keane, K.l' B:,
Mr. Douglas, tot; Gould's Hotel, Jermyn-street, from Scot-
inset. tenant-Governor of .Jamaica, arrived here on the `. land ; Mr. E. ngton, at ditto, from his seat, near Southamp_
1,, n attended by his two Aid-de-Camps, in the Rattlesnak
an ; Sir Them s and Lady Turton, at Miller's Hotel, Jer-
'eY leave this island on Monday, the 4th of April, on their
yn-street, Erni their seat in Sessex ;J. Shuell, Esq. at
turn to Jamaica, via Martinique." tug, from Scot.,.nd ; C. H. Ward, Esq. at ditto, from his
Accounts from Trieste of the 19th of April ' Lt, near Worcestc .
tar, that after four months excessive drought, and one month 1E PART IT RE S.—The Earl and Countess of Darnley, for
very hot weather, an extremely cold north wind had set in, ft: f• seat, Cobham Ilan; the Duke of Hamilton, from the
which caused the thermometer to fall below the freezing point, pe ,ney Hotel, Alb-marle-street, for his seat, in Scotland ;
a', did great damaee to the fruit trees which were in bloom, Sir ' iarcourt and Lady Lees, for their seat, Blackrock, near
and to the vines and mulberry trees. n; Mrs. Gurney Bakeley, and family, from ditto, for
,
Commissioners have met at Hamburgh, and n neat in Surrey; Capt. Denuett, from ditto, for Pads;
commenced their conferences, for the purpose o, f makin new L,....., _ thoun and the Miser Fraser, from the London Hotel,
Nulatioes with respect to the toll levied at Stade on vessels Albemarle-street, for Wino
• : Captain Collier, R.N. from
navigating the Elbe. Those Commissioners are—for Hanover, Long's l'ozel, Bond-street, r Portsmouth ; Mr. and Mrs.
PohtneZmr.us ; Dickinson, om ditto, for P.
for Denmark, M. Rise • for Hamburgh, 111.
that W. Ompteda, son of the Hanoverian Minister of
Zeit, name, is Secretary to the Commission.—(Allgenzeine
Ing, May 10
It is stlite (I to be the intention of his Excel-
le,,47 the Lord Lieutenant to go to England, and take his seat
lide House of Peers, on the second reading of the Catholic
he—Web/in Evening Post.)
ing. "'K ISSUES.—In the debate on Friday even-
from tit‘iwr RH stated by Mr. MANNING, in answer to a question
ciliation 1 GUENFELL, that the amount of Bank-notes in sir.
Preaen, last year did not exceed 20.000,000/. ; and that in the
beinw " Year the issues have never been more than 100,0001.
N that amount.
(Sicrat 's, APRIL 11.—On the 6th instant their Majesties
rest of it:), with his Royal Highness the Duke of Calabria, the
of 84,,,s august children, and his Royal Highness the Duke.
rainne-r`ho,, visited the Palace to" partake of the Diplomatic
bighest 4"11 by his Majesty in order to receive with the
hersh, distinction and favOur, his Excellency Lord Burg-
expre,sPlvoY of his Majesty the King of England, deputed
0111,6 Al to present his Britannic Majesty's congratulation
llit-arnie4tY's Accession to the Throne of the Two Sicilies.
which
ci_st,.-
--,s and Secretaries'' of State assisted at the dinner,
atidi•
(t. usisted of 63 covers. His Excellency Lord Burgliersh
ttpist.erk(l,Y,,,tolie Foreign Ambassadors, his Excellency Ba.-
G,,,ve tiga`lt; Commander-in-Chief of the Austrian troops in
onor oTland his Lady, the Prince
.of Hesse lionaberg,
Court, w
..' Naples, and many distinguished persons of the
regal
b„, euteer't:;4° present." To praise the magnificence of this
"Possible `hroent, is the least that can be said of it, and it is
1411)1).4,0o sufficiently to commend the. order, elegance, and
FL 6,1 %taste with which every thing was conducted.
Envoy Isfl'", Arum 16.—His Excellency Lord Burghersh,
lin• - Xtraordi , .
Jesty the ~.. naiy and Minister Plenipotentiary
"Court his
returned , lung of Great Britain to his Imperial, is
his Ala' "ere. Besides the distinguished reception given by
jesti: lies Francis I. to this illustrious personage, his Mal
of. , i Asr
eor-nferred on him. the decoration of the Grand Cross
bonoured'4'4ll,ar4h.iipanvinat,r.ius. The late King had already
Ferdi-
nand and of 51 it. the Grand Cross of Saint
LADY ANN Bettkikun.—We feel deep reg.ret
in announ i
taie -rig the
talents in draw''
(loath of this Lady. Her
conspi-
cuous, In earilyngi a.td in poetry were conspi-
.band, ti ' fife she accompanied her- hus-
1...).]
ir; j o niNe,solaNties ANDREW BEttxmtv, Esq. son of
friend the celebrated Bishop of
111:R1ex, to the Cape of Good Hope, where he
held high civil station. During her residence
at that place she made drawings of the original [ta-
ll essrepresenting theirdresscustorns,habitations,
and all the romantic scenes of the surrounding
Country. Sine wrote the simple, beautiful, and
affecting Ballad of " OLD ROBIN GRAY,'.' which
its poetical merit and affecting character, will
render as permanent as our language‘ Lady
ANY , BERNARD was pleasing
giant in her person, ele-
and polished in her manners, a zealous pa-
troness of merit, and a benevolent friend to mis-
fortune and distress. Her knowledge of the
World, general intelligence, pure taste, and ami-
able disposition, rendered her -the ornament of
the high society with which she was intimately
connected, and an honour to her sex. She died
"-the 6th instant, at her house in Berkele.y-
square, after a lingering Hines's which, we doubt
l'ot, her good sense and fortitude enabled her to
Sustain with exemplary patience and
pious resig-
'nation.
trim Excellency Baron VAN ZAYLEN DE NY•
,
. ELT, who is appointed Ambassador from the Netherlantls to,
the Ottoman Porte, set out on the 4th for Marseilles, where he
Will embark for ConstantinoPle:
' cOPENIIAGFN., APRIL 20.—MATTnEw BROE-
I'ARIK, a learned 'Danish mathematician, has invented a new
ate. carriage which can be easily guided, and travel, it is
iiia'•l4 league's in an hour. The first experiment was made
'agues from the Capital. The carriage, loaded with passen-
gers
b ..,, set out at half an hour past 11 from the place where it was
thuut, and arrived at the gates.of Copenhagen at a quarter befere
ye.. At. Baocmaa.,K intends to niakea journey to Paris.
A
Mayor of a small village in France, having
, aion to g-v pa port to a distinguished personage in his
„'ghbourhe-olde, who 'was blind of an eye, was in great einbar-
-saMent on coming to the description of his person. Fearful
°f offending the great man,- he adopted the following ingenious
expedient of avoiding the mention of his deformity. He wrote
"Black eyes, one qt.:AWL is absent. - ,_..
1... At Harrow School on Thursday, in the Puu
t'speeches, among the boys who distinguished themselves,
° were. remarked, by an intelligent observer wl.,ioonwsaws pre-
sent,4,,, as displaying great talent; namely, Master IA .1
_ort_h,
worth.
Our 'Martineau, in Lord Stafford's defence, from Hush-
, ... . : .
' Our Readers will perceive. in oar front page
the announcement of-Madame RoNZI DE BEGNIS'
benefit._ Report speaks Very favonrably. of the
Opera ( il.Cro.eciato) which she has selected. for
tine occasion. Although . engaged-, in the Science
of
.Music'•
merely wills a view to.amnsement, the
author,
Signor .MAYEBBEEII, has succeeded in
e
tahlishing his reputation in Italy as an operatic
rn
co • - .
Poser of the first order. The spirited Mana-
g*r deserves high -praise for, the aid which he has
give", bY producing this new Opera with unusual
• !Pletlour. The:Chorus has been augmented for
Lae occasion, • incidental
4, and an Ballet prepared
` a great expellee. Mr.e most cordially wish a
successful result tii.the .fair. Syren., to which-she
inn,3o
46, welt entitled front her acknowledged talent,
i_ w r her introducing to the public an Opera
" such
op high estimation, and which affords .an
_ portunity for Uniting the entire strength of the
°Peratic corps,

,7ASH lONAB PARTIES.
The Duke Duchess of Gloucester gave a grand dinner,
on Saturday, to select party, at their residence in Park.lane.
The Duke of Devonshire gave a grand entertainment on
Friday evening at vonshire-house, Piccadilly, to a numerous
assemblage of nob,. • and gentry. His Grace gratified his
guests with a concert, ,der the direct of .';r George Smart,
who presided at the Pi,..'o-forte.
The Marquis of Staff •-d entertained the Duke Norfolk and
a large party at dinner Aerday, at his house i Cleveland-
square.
The Dowager Alarchion s of Salisbury had a ,nner and
evening party yesterday, at house in Arlington-sLeet.
Sir John Copley, Baronet, a dinner party yesterday, at

his house in ffanOver-square.
James Scarlett, Esq., 31. P., entertained a large party at
dinner yesterday, at his house in New-street, Spring-gardens.
Lord G. Cavendish gave a grand dinner yesterday to 4 dis-
tinguished party, at Burlington House.
Earl whitworth and the Duchess of Dorset entertained E! ly
Marchioness of Londonderry and a large party at dinne? a
Saturday, at their house in Grosvenor-place.
The Earl and Countess of Kionoul entertained a large pa
I to dinner on Friday, at their house in Upper Brook-stree
among whom were Lord and Lady Melville, Lord and Lad,
Binning, the Bishop of Lincoln and Mr. Pelham, Lady Geo.-
Murray, Sir Charles and Lady Rowley, Sir Charles Morgan,
Mr. Vesey Fitzgerald, &c. &c.
The following Noblemen and Gentlemen had dinner parties
on Saturday. The Duke of Norfolk, Earl Grosvenor, -Earl
Shaftesbury, Lord Holland, Lord Milton; Hon: Colonel Low-
ther, 31. P., Sir Henry Hardinge, Wm. Peel, Esq. Win. Ord,
Esq. M.P.
The Earl Sefton gave a grand dinner on Saturday to the Earl
Glengail, Lord Foley, Mr. and Lady G. Gret cell, Mr. C.
Greville, Mr. de Kos, Mr. Drake, &c. at his hour .1 Arling-
ton-street. • '
W. Egerton, Esq. M.P.. gave an elegant enters, rat on
Friday, at his'house in St.-James's-square, to Lon. ,dy
Sidmouth, Lord Colchester, Lord Sheffield, Major anti -.
Cost, Mr. and Mrs. Gosling, Mr. and Mrs. Dugdale, .7,..
H. Addington; Mr. Blaekburne, &e. •
• Mrs. Coutts and Lord Burford were at the Concert at De-
vonshire House on Friday evening. The profusion of diamonds
With which the Lady was decorated, exceeded. in brilliancy all
that we remember to have seen.
The Glee Club held their last meeting for the season on Sa-
. turday last, at the Crown- and Arn:hor.Tavern..

FASHIONABLE. ARRANGEMENTS jbr the WEEK.
Tilts Eve: INTING.—The Marquis of Hertford's Rout, Picca-
dilly
; Countess of Jersey's Rout, Berkeley-square ; Lord and
Lady Grantham's Party, St. :James's-square; Mrs. Clifton's
Ball, Gloucester-place; Mrs. Young's Rout, AVelbeck-street.
To-srontiow.—The Marquis of Londonderry's Grand
Dinner ' • Prince Paul Esterhazy's Grand Ball at Chandos-
house ; Countess of Arran's Card Party. •
WEDNESDAY.—The Marchioness Dowager of Salisbury's
Rout.,.• !Mrs. Russell's Ball in Park-street ; Mrs. Sparke's Ball,
in Baker-street.
-TH unsnAr.-,-Lady George Cavendish's Concert at Burling., •
ton-house; Dowager Lady Astley's hall, Cavendish-square;
Lady Ravensworth's Concert in Portland-place ; Countess of
Cassillis's Rout in Privy Gardens; Mrs. Dawson's Ball in Man-
chester-square ;. Countess of Arran's Card Party; Lord and
Lady King's Party, Dover-street; the Honourable Mrs. Hope's
Party. •
EninAY--The Duke of Devonshire's Concert; Marchioness
of Lansdown's Rout, Berkeley-square; Lady Maryborough's
Party in Saville-row; Mrs. Pelham's Rout, Connaught-
place ; Mrs. Vaughan's Ball, Grosvenor-street; the Hon. Mr.
and Mrs. Agar Ellis's Party, Spring-gardens ; the Countess of
Moray's-Rout, Stafford-place.
SAT U ROA Y.—Lord and Lady Belgrave's Party, Grosvenor.
.square ; Lord Dudley and Ward's Party, Park-lane
SUNDAY.—The Marchioness Dowager of -Salisbury's Co??
•perpzione; Sir John and Lady Copeey's Party, Hanover-
squa
,
re. -

ROYAL ACADEMY or MUSIC.—A Monthly
Concert, by the Pupils of this Institution, was given at the
Hanover-square Rooms on Saturday morning. Several in-
strumental pieces of Mozart and Beethoven were performed
with spirit and ensembk, and in the vocal efforts there was a
marked improvement. Nor was the display confined to execu-
tion. A new overture, by one of the Pupils, gave fair promise
of future excellence in composition by its variety, animation,
and effect. The auditory comprised many personages of. high
fashion, and the expressions of approbation ware frequent and
general.
•

The KING will have a large dinner party to-morrow at Carl-
ton Palace. The Palace has recently undergone extensive sur-
veys, and it is said that it is very likely to be pulled down ; the
preparation of apartments in St. James's Palace, for the tem-
porary residence of his Majesty when in town, is talked of.
The Duke of York, the Princess Augusta, the • Princess
Sophia, and the Duchess of Gloucester visited his Majesty
yesterday.
Yesterday the Lord-Chancellor had an audience of the King.
The Duke of York arrived at Audley House on Saturday
evening from Newmarket.
Prince Leopold attended Divine Service yesterday at St.
Phillip's Chapel. •
Yesterday the Duchess of Kent, the Duchess of Gloucester,
the Princess Sophia, and the Princesi Feodore visited the Prin-
cess Augusta.
On Saturday night Prince Leopold arrived at Marlborough
Mouse from Claremont.
The Princess- Augusta honoured Drury-lane Theatre with
her presence on Saturday evening.
Divine Service was yesterday performed at the King's Pa-
lace; in Pall-mall. by the.Rev..Dr. Blomberg.
yesterday the• Princess Augusta, the Duchess of Kent, and
the Princess Feodore, attended Divine Service at the Chapel
n.h.iorrov, Saturday.evenhig. •
Royal.
Prince Leopold,' the Duke of Brunswick, and Prince Reuss
Griez, dined with the Duchess of .Kent yesterday.
Kingt
Madame Pasta arrive Theatre town on Saw-May, and is announced
• Lord Forester the
to' appear at the

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