The Sun.
London, England, 1823-02-19 00:00:00

FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS.

Lord and Lady Ravensworth, at their honse, in Portlarul-
place, froin Ravensworth-castle, for the 'season; Earl of Whit-
worth and the Duchess of Dorset, from their seat, Knowle,
Sent; Admiral Harvey, from his seat, Chigwell, Essex; Lord
Hawke, from his seat, Woomersley, Yorkshire ; Gen. Howorth,
from his seat in Surrey ; C. Calvert, Esq. ALP., from his seat,
Whitton; Lord Clifton, from a tour; P. Honeywood, Esq.
from his seat, Mark's-hall, Essex ; Lord Thomas Cecil, from
Ireland ; Sir J. E. Harrington, Bart. from his seat in Sussex;
Viscount Lake, from his seat in Harts ; Lord George Bentinck,
from the Duke of Portland's seat, Welbeck, Notts; Lady S.
Ileathcote, from Ham-house, Surrey.

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FASHIONABLE PARTIES. .
The Duke of Wellington commences his Dinner Parties, this
day, at Apsley House.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence continues to en-
liven the vicinity of Bushy Park, by little Parties.
'Mr. Blake gave an elegant Dinner on Monday last, at his
house in Portland-place.

Lady Hyde Parker had a small Party on Sunday evening in,
Cumberland-place.

POETRY.

NORA'S VOW.
Hear what Highland Nora said ;
" The Earlie's son 1 will not wed,
&ould all the race of Nature die,
And none be left but he and I,
For all the gold, for all the gear,
And all the lands both far and near,

That ever valour lost or won,

I would not wed the Earlie's son."

" A maiden's vows (old Callum spoke)
Are lightly made and lightly broke ;
The heather on the mountain's height
,Begins to bloom in purple light ;
The frost-wind soon shall sweep away
That lustre deep from glen and brae;
Yet Nora, ere its bloom be gone,
May blithely wed the Earlie's son."
The swan," she said, " the lake's clear breast
May barter for the eagle's nest ;
The Awe's fierce stream may backward turn,
Ben-Cruachan fall, and crush Kilchurn.
Our kilted clans; when blood is high,
Before their foes may turn and fly :
But I, were all these marvels done,
Would never wed the Earlie's son."

Still in the water-lily's shade
Her wonted nest the wild swan made.
Ben-Cruachan stands as fast as ever,
Still downward foams the Awe's fierce river;
To shun the clash of foetuan's steel,
No Highland brogue has tum'd the heel ;
But Nora's heart is lost and won,
She's wedded to the Earlie's sou.

iimmusimmemmal •
WEATHER IN THE N 911211 ScoTLAND.--State
of the thermometer at Coul, from 5 o'clock in the afternoon on
the sth, to 8 8,111. on die 6th February :—Five o'clock, 17 deg. ;
7, 8 deg. ; 8, 4 deg. ; 10, 0 deg. ; 11, 3 deg. ; 2, 3 deg. ; 3, 3 deg. ;
at day-light, 3 deg. The first winter birds that usually appear
are fieldfares. Some of them Were seen in Sept. and Oct. ; but
afterwards none have been observed. Hence it is probable that
these birds have gone farther to the southward than usual, their
instinct informing them of the approach of severe weather: Very
few birds of prey are seen, and consequently the partridges are
in great numbers. As there is little,snow to the westward, and
in some districts none, the grouse will probably wander towards
that quarter. The swans which appear to this country arc earlier
this season than usual; they commonly are observed about
the end of this month and the beginning of .March,, on wing
for Norway and Ireland, where they breed In great numbers.—..
Until they begin to disappear, we, may scarcely expect mild
weather. Suitt prognoitications, however, are uncertain. We
may expect to hear soon of great loss in the turnip fields, at
least where any thing but yellow. and Swedish turnips have
been sown ; all other sorts should be given up. The loss will
he the more severely felt, if, as is probable, the thaw comes
rapidly..-4 Inverness Journol.)

RARA. Avis IN TERRA.—We have this week
been favoured with a sight of the realization of the notation
miracle—a black swan ! which was actually bred on the stream
of the Cheit, and in the immediate vicinity of this town:
This extraordinary bird perished from the intense severity of
the weather,' on Friday last, and will speedily be exhibited by
Mr. Cossens, of the Post-ofliee, by vellum it is about to be
stuffed. He has also in his possession one of the finest birds
we ever beheld—a wild swan of most snowy whiteness, and
of wonderful size, measuring from the bill to the tip of the
tail, four feet nine inches. It weighs twenty-one pounds.
This immense bird was one of 'a
fl,lck of twenty, and was
shot with common duck shot, on Friday evening last, when
flying across iVinlode Hill, and passing between the moon and
the fowler's aim. Mr. Cossens has within a few days procured
most curious specimens of a very rare bird called,. the Cut-
throat, which likewise died in this neighbourhood.—( Chelten-
ham Paper.)
Boxixa:—The fight between Turner and Cyrus Davis took
place yesterday on Harpenden Heath, twenty-six miles from
London.—Cribb and Josh. Hudson seconded Turner, as 'brave
a man as ever pulled a shirt off; Richard and Harry Har-
mer seconded Davis. The fight lasted thirty.tive minutes
and four seconds, and a better one has nut been seen for many
years. Turner has lost much of his.force; but nothing of his
science. He had no chance against his mere powerful opponent,
but though vanquished, he is game to the last. Some other
fights followed, but the combatants were not of the regular ring,
and no interest was attached to their exertions.

SINGULAR OCCURRENCE.--In it county of
Pennsylvania, situate bctwen the Delaware and Schuylkill,'
in the early part of December, a muscular and athletic
young man, feeling. that inclination tar society which is na,
t.e same evening
h..
tare] and proper, visited at the
.house of a 'fanner, whose
daughter %possessed charms to excite the. inclination of
some other young men of the vicinity; and on
Several met at the same place. Amer a variety of converse.
tion, and some boasts of strength and agility, a , trifling wager
was laid that the young lady could throw him at a wrestling
match ! She reluctantly, no doubt, enraged in the contest;
and after a few trips succeeded in giving him a fair fall ! thi-
fortunately he was unable to, rise, or . make the least exertion
without the most excruciating iniiii. The spectators of hia
fall succeeded in putting him on it bed, sent for a neighbour.
ing surgeon, who found the patient in much distress, and
on examination, discovered that a dislocation of the thigh
at the hip joint,,upwarcu and backwards, had taken plate.
the assistance of four men, it was reduced, anti the young. many is in a fair way of recovery, undoubtedly Much chagrined and
mortified at his defeat by one of the weaker ses,....(,Dayknow,
Cur.)
.. .. . • ,
ROBBERY BY A SERvANT•e7--Yestertlay Samuel
Dutcher a man of colour9 was brought to Bow-
-
street Office for extunination,charged with steal-
ing 205/. in Bank of England notes, the property
of Messrs. Perkins and Heath, engravers . , In
Fleet-street. iie made no defence, end was fully committed for trial. ' i

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