The Sun.
London, England, 1822-02-09 00:00:00

FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS.

The Duke of Grafton, from Euston Hall • the Marquis of
Bath, from Longleat ; Lord Churchill, from dxfordshite; Lord
George Lennox, from his regiment, at Deal ; the Earl and
Countess of Wicklow, from the Priory; Colonel .Johnson, from
Lincolnshire ; Hon. H. Gouldburn, from . Dublin Castle ; Sir
George Nugent, Bart. at Reddish's Hotel, from Bucks ; Si{
Thomas'Adand, Bart. from Killerton Park, Devon ; Sir Wm.
Duff Gordon, Bart., in Lower Brook-street ; the Baroness de
Rolle, in Upper Grosvenor-street.
BAT n' A L §.—Lady Shuckburgh, Lady F. Seymour,
Honourable Captain and Mrs. Noel, Honourable Mr. and Mrs.
Knox Hon. L. nix, Le' Comte de Sommery, Sir.G. Cool-
all, Sir F. Henniker, Sir D. Mackintosh, Sir R. Peel,—Dr.
Butler, Dr. Day—Rear-Admiral Bingham, Colonel Dickson,
Colonel Pepper, Colonel Cunningham, Colonel Haworth,
Major Bunbury, Major Weston, • Capt. A'COurt, Capt. Her-
vey, Capt. Hill, Capt. Noel, Capt. Phipps, Capt. Spicer, Capt.
Whalley,. Lieut. Jarvis, Lieut Sinyth—Rev. Dr. Davis, Rev.
Dr. Pettiward, Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Holmes, Rev. Mr. and Mrs.
Payne, Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Still, Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Wiggans,
Rev. Mr. Banker, Rev. Mr. Davis; Rev. Mr. Disney, Rev. Mr.
Griffies, Rev. Mr. Hume, Rev. Mr. Ord, Rev. Mr. Pyc, Rev.
Mr.,Parry, Rev. Mr. Rogers, Rev. Mr. Thirlwall, Rev. Mr.
Hill.

Mrs. Davenport had an Evening Party List night, at her
house in Lower Brook-street.

Mr. Fteemstotle gave an elegant Dinner yesterday, at his
house in Stanhope-street, Mayfair.
On. Wednesday night the Lady Mayoress gave a very splen.
dsd Quadrille Ball to a ifumerous and elegant party at the
Mansion 'louse.

• 31r. Lister Parker entertained yesterday, at his house in
George-street, Hanover-square, a small.party, Earl Brownlow,
the Hon. Mr..(;ust,. Sir A. Hume, . Long, Sir T.
Hammond, St.e.

Madame CATALAN', it is said, has been en-
gaged by Mr. ELLisTolg to perform at Drury-
lane Theatre, on Wednesdays and Fridays, dur-
ing Lent. _ _

OnATontos.—The celebrated HANDEL was the
first who introduced ORATORIOS or Sacred Per-
formances at our Theatres two nights in each
of the weeks ,during the Lenten Season, to the
exclusion of Historical or Prophane Representa-
tions ; and, originally, the Oratorio was accord-
ingly confined solely to sacred pieces, though
modern refinement has, in some degree, changed
the usage ; and to meet the prevalent innovation
of the times, other performances have, for some
years, Leen occasionally substituted ; and our
Popular Singers have now in Lent opportunities
afforded them of exerting their talents in praise
of warriors, ancient and modern, as well as at
any other season of the year, or, what is more to
be regretted, of interrupting divine and appro-
priate harmonies by some trifling ballad ill ac-
cording with the solemnity of the Oratorio, and
subversive of what has hitherto been deemed con-
sistent with propriety and public decency.
. _

. .
HOWARD AND GIBBS'S BA NKRUPTCY.—A Pub-
lic Meeting was yesterday held at the Court of
Commissioners, for the purpose of admitting the
proof of Mr. CARROLL'S debt, as determined by
the Commissimers, when Mr. CARROL, accom-
panied by Mr. LAKE, his Solicitor, attended,
and proved a debt of 5,500/. Upon the other
part of his debt Mr. CARROLL means to appeal
to the LORD CHANCELLOR.

PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, FRIDAY, FED. 8,

Mr.l)Awcs, from the Crown Office, presented
returns of the election of two Representative
Peers for Ireland, in the room of the late Lord
TTRAWLEY and the late Marquis of LONDON-.
on the Table.,
AGRICULTURAL DISTRESS.

Lord DACRE wished to know whether it was
the intention of the Noble Earl opposite to call
upon the House shortly to pay the attention due
to the Agricultural Distress tow existing in the
country. If the Noble Earl should not answer
in the affirmative, be (Lord Dacre) should give
notice that he intended to bring the question for-
ward in the course of the next week.

The Earl of tivEttroor, did not mean to pro-
pose any measure immediately upon that subject.
But a Noble Friend of his, iu another place, had
given notice of a very early motion, in which he
was,to biing the. views which his Majesty's Go-
vernment entertained upon that question under
the consideration of the House of Commons.—
Under these circumstances he (the Earl of Liver-
pool) thought that it would be right for the pre-
sent to suspend any proceeding upon the subject
before their Lordships. This appeared the more
convenient, as any measure for altering the laws
must originate in the other House.

Earl SOr+IERS presented a Petition from the Inhabitants of
the klundrcd of Withbridge, in the island of Ely, coniplamir4
of Agricultural Distress.—Laid on the Table. -

STATE OF IRELAND.

The Earl of LIVERPOOL felt uncertain whe-
ther the Bill under the consideration of the
other House would be passed in time to reach
their Lordship; this evening. He was unwilling
to put them to any inconvenience ; and as he
conceived that they would have no objection to
sit to-morrow, he should now move that the Or-
der of the Day for• suspending, the Standing
Orders, which stood for this day, be discharged,
and be renewed for to-morrow, when, at five
o'clock, titter the Bill had been read, he would
introduce the subject to their Lordships.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE thought it was
rather inconvenient for the House to sit on Sa-
turday, on. ii Bill of this importance, which
might have been more fully discussed on Mon-
day. Yet as he felt in common with the Noble
Earl that if the measures proposed were neces-
sary, no time ought to be lost in passing them,
he should not object to the motion, and should
only hope that their Lordships would attend to
give the subject all the consideration to which it
was entitled by its importance. The motion
was then agreed to, the notice fixed for to-
morrow, and on the motion of the Earl of Liver-
pool the Lords were ordered to be summoned.—
Adjourned.