The Sun.
London, England, 1824-04-22 00:00:00

FASHIONABLE PARTIES.

Lady charlotte buncombe entertained a small circle, last
evening, in Arlington-street, Piccadilly.
Lady Say -and Sele entertained • a small party, in Lower
Berkeley-street, rortman;squa?e, last night. •
Sir Alexander .Johnstone, l3art., gave an elegant dinner, yes-
terday, at his residencein Great Cumberland-street. •
The Archbishop of York,gave a grand dinner,. yesterday, at
his- house in Grosvenor-square.
General Milner gave an elegant dinner, yesterday, at his house
in Upper Grosvenor-street.
The Archbishop of Canterbury gave a grand dinner on Tues-
day, at Lambeth palace.
The Earl of Arran. had a grand dinner-party on Tuesday, in
Dover-street.

The Earl of Cardigan gave an elegant dinner, 'at his house
in Portman-square, on Monday last.
lion. W. B. Grey entertained a distinguished party at dinner
yesterday, at his house in Lower Grosvenor-street.
Arthur Stanhope, Esq. had a dinner-party yesterday, at his
house in Tilney-street.

THE LATE ELOPEMENT.-The - lady is the
daughter of the late Sir GEORGE littarritwArr E llowToN,
of Poston-hall, Herefordshire, and had been residing for sonic
time with her mother at Bruasda, where the acquaintance be-
tween her and the gentleman commenced. His name is A f.Ex-
AvnEtt RontlisoN, the son of a gentleman who formerly re-
sided at Kensington. The plan of elopement was so well
formed, that not the slightest suspicion was entertained of any
intention_ of that kind until the absence of the parties.—
Pursuit was instantly commenced ; and. on the arrival of the
pursuers in London, they lost all tracc.of the fugitives. The
conjecture was, that they were gone to Gretna, and application
was made to a polic.e.ofircer. Two men were ordered toproceed to
the north. This was last- Friday se'imight. They proceeded
until they arrived at Huntingdon, where they gained certain
intelligence of the objects of their pursuit, but learnt that they
had so much adVantage in point of time, that it would be im-
possible to overtake them. The, „officers, however, went on to
Gretna. On their arrival, they drove up to a public-house in
the village, and all was bustle, is the expectation that another
snatch was about to take place. •The pastor was sent for, but on
his arrival he was disappointed lit learning the nature of their
errand. He, however, having given them a• certificate, they
departed. < On.reaching -Carlisle4. on their journey home, they
'learned that the fugitives had stopped a night at an inn there ;
they also found a wrap who had been left in the tare'of some
luggage by the bridegroom. He boasted to the officers of hav-
ing been the projector and manager of theplan, and taunted them
upon their failure. lie• stated that • he'and his wife accompa-
nied the couple from Brussels. The officers, when they reached
London, were employed to trace the parties, in, order that
the bridegroom might be served with a citation from the Lord
Chancellor. They succeeded in doing this, and one of them
served the young gentleman with. the legal process on %Vednes_
day last. lie was agitated at receiving it., but obeyed the man-
' date, and on Thursday the matter was heard before the Lord
Chancellor. The case
was not pressed with severity, and the
further hearing was postponed until the return of the lady's
mother, who is now on her journey to England. The bride is
eighteen yeais of age : her husband is twenty-four.--( Mornipg
Paper.) .

THE FINE AUTS.-'7-Ati it iS the duty of a Public
Journalist to notice whatever May contribute to
promote those arts which embellish society, we
yesterday attended with pleasure a private view
of a work from the Chevalier VAN BRIM, Histo-
rical and Portrait Painter to the King of HOL-
LAND. This picture measures 27 feet by It
was painted by desire of the late Empress Jose-
MU NE, and intended for the Grand Gallery in
the Palace at Fontainbleau, but being divorced,
she had not means to purchase it, and it was left
on the hands of the Artist. .11e generously lent
it. to the Magistrates of Antwerp to be pub-
licly exhibited for the benefit of the Poor,
air(' it is highly gratifying _to learn that
its produce was forty thousand florins, It
may generally be presumed that benevolence ac-
companies genius and the higher qualities of the
mind, and the present instance affords an inte-
resting proof. The subject of the picture is—
The Sacrifice of the Virgins, or the Athenian
Victims destined to be devoured by the Monster
MiszoTaun, and Titustus offering. himself as their
Deliverer. The catalogue dives 4 learned expo-
sition of the story. The Artist has produced a
noble wbrk,sand is'entitled to the attention of the
Public.
,It is treated in such:a manner as to pro-
duce- a strong impression, -and to excite a
powerful interest in. the , fate of tle.'- in-
tended victims. The figures are•well arranged,
and the expression is varied according to the re-
lative interest of the respective characters: We
shall not enter into any critical analysis• of a
work. so noble on the whole. The figure of
Theseus is interesti4,-..and his attitude indicates
a strong feeling of curiosity as.barthe event. We
shall only observe that he rather appears like a
youthful stripling than a hero of such an athletic
form as might be supposed to qualify him. for so
daring an enterprise; but the viork altogether is
a powerful appeal to sensibility and taste.

The following vocalists, we hear, are already
engaged for the approaching Grand MUSICAL
FESTIVAL, which is announced to take place at
Cambridge early in July :—Madame CATALANI,
Miss STEPHENS, Miss 'AM.:, Miss GEORGE, Signor
PLACCI, Mr.SAPIO,IIr. PHILLIPS, Mr. KI;LLNER,
&c. &c. Leader, Signor' SPAGNOLETTi. lnstru-
nientalists, DItAGONETTI, WILLMAN, NICHOL-
SON 7 MACKINTWII, &C!