The Sun.
London, England, 1823-01-02 00:00:00

BRIGHTON, DEC. 31.

There was no company at the Palace to-day, besides his MA-
JESTY and Royal suite, including the Marquis Graham, and
the Earl and Countess of Warwick. No invitations have been
issued for an increase of company in the evening.— Lord and.
Lady F. L. Gower left their names to-day, as a preliminary to
their departure for London to-morrow.

FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS.
The Duke of Wellington, from Brighton ; Earl of Pomfret
in North Audley-street ; Earl Clanwilliam, from Brighton ;
Lord Cu. Bentinck, in Park-lane ; Lord Dirdley„ from Belvi-
dere, Kent; Lady Say and Sele, from ditto; Mr. and Mrs.
Fred. Webb, in Langham-place, from Brighton ; Hon. Gen.
Fermor, in Piccadilly ; Mrs.' Baldwin, in Baker-street ; Col.
and Mrs. Peterson, in Clarges-street, Piccadilly; Col. and Mrs.
Pococke, in Gloucester-place.
CHANGES.—The Duke of Beaufort, from Euston-lodge, in
Oxfordshire' for Badmington, in Gloucestershire ; Dowager
Duchess of Rutland, from Leicestershire, for Belvoir-castle;
the Earl of Besborough, at Roehampton, from a tour ; Lord
Berwick, for Hattingham-hall, Suffolk ; Sir Chas. Long, Bart.
for Bromley-hill; Str Abraham Hume, Bart. at Wormleybury,
Herts ; Major and Mrs. Upton, from Brighton, for Bath ' • Sir
Rich. Vyvyan, Bart. from a tour, to Tredowarren, near Kel-
stone, in Cornwall.

CHRISTMAS FESTIVITIES.
The Ball 'which is to take place at Pansanger on the 10th
inst. will be quite magaifique. It will be the first Fete given
for many years at that superb Seat of the Cowper Family.
Great improvements, in architectural decoration, have occupied
the Noble Lord's attention during the last two years. The
New Library, a noble apartment, is to be the Ball-room on the
above night. The whole interior is to be lighted up on a con.
struction entirely new : and the Supper will be a banquet upon
such a elegant scale as is rarely seen.
The Earl and Countess of Albemarle are keeping up Old
English hospitality in the most finished stile, at Quidenham
Hall, in Norfolk.
The Viscountess Cremorne, having devoted ten days to acts
of charity at Chelsea Farm, has now returned to town, to dis-
pense her beneficence in Stanhope street. Her Ladyship en-
tertained a few fashionable friends yesterday.
Briton Hall, in Yorkshire, the seat of the Beaumonts, dis-
plays itself, as usual, in acts of spirited benevolence.
The Countess of Dysart entertained a distinguished party at
dinner yesterday, at her seat, Ham House, Surrey.
The Countess of Essex had a select party of fashionable%
yesterday evening, at her house in Hill.street, Berkeley-
square.
The Earl of Harrowby is entertaining a distinguished party
of friends at his seat, Sandon Hall, Staffordshire.

PORTSMOUTH CASE.
The LORD CHANCELLOR having directed a Commission
to be issued, for an inquiry, before a Jury of the state of Lord
PORTSMOUTH'S mind, this matter is expected shortly to be
brought before that tribunal. We have authority to state, that
so tar from the Hon. NEWTON FELLOWES having any in-
terested views in the proceedings beyond the protection of his
brother and the security of the title and estates, he has ex.
pressed his determination, and which must defy the prejudices
which have so long and so unjustly existed against him, that
in the event of Lord Portsmouth being found to be of unsound
mind, he will neither accept the appointment of Committee of
the person nor estates, but will merely retain his present dia.
racter of one of the trustees, with the desire that every shilling
of the income arising from the estates should be applied, dur-
ing Lord Portsmouth's life, for promoting the comfort and
happiness of the Noble Earl, and in the necessary repairs of
the property.—(Morning Paper.)

THE SERPENTINE RIVER.
The ice exhibited the same picture as on the preceding day.
The best akaiters had changed their former. position to the
vicinity of the lodge built by the Humane Society ; the ice at
the East-end of the river being greatly cut up. There were
a few carriages about two o'clock, but none of note. The day
was not so cold as the preceding ones, but the fog had en-
creased.

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