The Sun.
London, England, 1823-07-10 00:00:00

,V.‘;:3I4PS'AI3,I4E RRIVALS

The Mr. Mrs. and Miss Toßennie:to, at Fenton's
Hotel, Si. James's-street, from their sea:, near Uxbridge;
Capt. Arbuthnot, R.N. and two MisseS Dawson, at Read's
Hotel, Lower Grosve.r.tuAreet, from their seat, New Sunbury;
Col- O'Brien, at Long's Clarginont: Hotel, Bond-street, from
the East Indies ; Col.. Cope, at ditto, front Cheltenham ; the
Ileverend G. Wy: St.. Jolm,_ at the Blenheim lintel, front
Shropshire.
DI:vAitTuREA:-.—'llle- Duchess of Portladd and the Ladies
Bentinck, for their seat, Welbeck, Notts ; the Earl and Coun-
tess of Pembroke, for their seat, Welton House, Wilts; ~Sir
Thomas and lady I). Ackland, from Warren's Hotel, Regent-
street, for their seat in Devonshire ; Lady Jones, for her seat,
in Rants; the Earl, Countess, and the Ladies Ashburnhain,
for their seat in Sussex.

THE DrCUESR •or Ci.AnUNTZS'M Fr.Tr.—TO-ranrrow.
at Bushy Park, her Royal Highness will
give a splendid
Fete. It will be preceded by a grand dinner to be
given by the Duke himself. After the hamtet the lawn and
pleasure grounds will be illuminated. At night there will be a
Ihell : quadrilles in the saloon ; waltzes in the drawing-room.
The whole to conclude with a supper; and covers will be laid
for eighty in the first instance.
The preparations have been Making for several days; the
miscellanies are to be sent of day
.b,water.
As this melange is intended to follow the Grand Military
Spectacle in Hyde Park to-morrnw, it is presumed that the
fashionable world mean, as Davy in ion Ton expresses it, " to-
make a day of it !"
% Letter, dated Stuttgard, 17th ult., says, her ltoyal High.
ness the Princess Augusta of England has arrived On a visit
to her sister the Dowager Queen of Wirtemberg, nt Dttlivigs-
bourg. Her Royal Highness is expected to sojourn there some
time.

A Yorkshire Paper ( 7'/H7 Skffiehi independent) States that
Thomas Icentworth Beaumont, Esq. AI.P. for Northumber-
land, will shortly lead to the hyrnenial altar, Elizabeth
Swinburne, youngest daughter of Sir E. Swinburm., Bart.,
of Capheaton, in Northumberland. and second cousin to his
Grace the Duke of Northumberland.

• ,
CAMBRIDGE, Ji; ix 7, '••• ,
Courts C,a,emony of laying
tlic first stone of the new buildings at. this' Colkgu took place
cm 'Wednesday last. According. to •a. previous notification,
the Members of the University, In full Academical costume,
assembled in the Senate.hou,e at one o'clock, where. after par.
taking of refreshments, they formed themselves into the
order of procession. They then. moved on towards the site of
the new buildings, where they were received by the Master
and Fellows. ,The Rev. Thomas Shelford, 111. A. Toter of the
College, then delivered .n Latin Oration: The upper part of the
foundation stone being then raised, the Master (the Rev. John
Lamb, 8.D.); presented the gold, Silver, and copper coins
of the present reign; to the Steward, who placed
-them in a 'cavity prepared tti receive :theM ; the, two parts of
the, foundation-st One Were then 'dovetailed together, and 'the
'whole having been raised to a proPer.elevation, the architect
-handed a silver trowel to the High -Steward, whO accordingly
spread the mortar, after'' which the stone was • lowered to
ita place; when his Lordship concluded that part of the cere-
mony by striking it with' a mallet and • applying the level
lout square. - The anthem, ." Praisathe Lord,. 0 Jerusalem,"
was afterwards sung, by the University Choir. The. Vice-
Chancellor then prononneed a lienediction,'and 'the procession
removed from the grottnilAfter the ceremony,' the ladies
were received by Mrs.' Loeb, at the Master's lodge, where a
cold collation was prepared for them..--At five o'clock, the
Master and Fellows gave a dinner to the 'Heads of Houses,
Doctors, Professors, and University Officers, together With
many of the former -Members -of the Society. Among the
company present were, the Vice• Chancellor, the Earl of Hard-
, Wicke, Earl de lu NVart, the Bishop of Bristid, Lord John
Townshentl, and the Members • for 'the University. • A sub-
stamial and plentiful dinner was provided at the KagleTavern,
for the tradesmen and workmen employed by the College, to
the number of about 170, who spent the afternoon in Joyous
festivity.