The Sun.
London, England, 1824-01-28 00:00:00

FASHIONABLE PARTIES.

Yesterday the Earl of Liverpool, the Duke of 'Wellington.
Baron Fagel, Sir Charles Long, and a number of other dis.
tinguished characters, dined with the Duke of York.

Yesterday the Lord Mayor gave an elegant dinner to a
party of about fifty, at the Mansion House, consisting of most
of the Aldermen, the Sheriffs, Common-Serjeant, Chamber-
lain, &c.

His Grace the Archbishop of Dublin entertained his Excel-
lency the Lord Lieutenant and a numerous party at dinner on
Friday last.

Mr. Secretary Goulburn entertained a distinguished party at
dinner, on Saturday, at Dublin Castle.

BIBLE ASSOCIATION.

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Last night a fleeting of the St. Clement
Danes, St. Mary-le-Strand, and the Savoy Bible Association,
and Ladies' St. Clement Danes, &c. Bible Association, took
place at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, the Rev. Mr. GUR-
NEY, the President of th• Society, in the Chair.
The CHAIR MAN having opened the business of the Meeting,
The SECRETARY read the Report, which was of great
length, and which stated that the receipts of the Society for
the last year were 121/. 19s. 4d.
The Rev. THOMAS WEBSTER and the Rev. Dr. WINTER
moved and seconded the first Resolution--" That the Report
now read be received and adopted."
The . second Resolution, which offered, on the part of the
Meeting, a renewed tribute of gratitude to the Rev. Mr. Gur-
ney and Mrs. Gurney, for their patronage and support of the
Institution, was moved and seconded by the Rev. THO3IAS
GILBERT and the Rev. THOMAS PINKERTON.
The third Resolution, declaratory of the pleasure the Meet-
ing felt at the progress of the Institution, was moved by the
Rev. J. HARGRAVE, and seconded by the Rev. S. BLACK-
BURN.

The fifth Resolution, expressive of gratitude to the Author
of Mercies for the growing prosperity of the British and Fo-
reign Bible Association, was moved and seconded by the Rev.
SPEDDING CIIIIIVAN, and Mr. LLOYD.
WILLIAX HUDSON, Esq. and Mr. W. JoNEs, moved
and seconded the Resolution of Thanks to the Chairman.
The Meeting, which WAS very numerously attended, broke
up about half-past nine.

Yesterday forenoon, at half-past ten o'clock,
the remains of the Bishop of LICHFIELD and COVENTRY
were removed, with great funeral pomp, from his house at
Richmond, Sum)", for interment in the Dea.,:ry of Lichfield.
The coffin was Covered with rich ilk purple velvet, and
elegantly studded with gilt furniture ; .on the lid of the
coffin was a handsome gilt plate, with the following in-
scription :—"
The
Right Hon. James Earl of Cornwallis,
Bishop of Lichfidd and Coventry, and Dean of Durham ;
• died 20th .1an..1824, in the 81st year of his age."—The body
was conveyed in a hearse with six horses, and followed by
three mourning coaches with six horses each, the whole richly
prinwith velvet covering and rich plumes of ostrich
caparisoned with
family escutcheons and armorial bearings, and
a velvet cushion, uncovered, and attended by two pages,
follurtneelannmen on horseback, with black cloaks and
on horseback, bearing the coronet on
Next the mourning coaches, were his Lordship's car-
riage waksix horses, which will proceed the whole of the way.
Several private carriages followed, among which were those of
the 3larquis of Stafford, the Dowager Duchess of Richmond,
Viscount Sidmouth,the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop
sfpocralelrCovewelee.d.d
by
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thebhae
Albans
hy Bishopoelsete
reached St. of Winchester, &c. The funeral
yesterday, and will arrive at Lichfield on
was conducted by Mr. Smith, of John-
street, Oxford-street.
ofTh
Thursday.
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THE KING'S THEATRE.—The new Opera of
Zelmira, the fine production of ROSSINI, ad-
mirable as it is in all parts, was so long in per-
formance, that it was, last night, necessari-
ly abridged. The house was crowded, and
the whole received with great applause. A
notice of apology for the hoarseness of Cuttiowi,
and stating that Madlle. LE Gaos had sprained
her ankle, was circulated through the house, and
of course well received.

BOW-STREET—(Txts DAY.)
YOUTHFUL DEPRAYITY.—Two boys, named
Hove: and Bull, the eldest of whom is not nine years of age,
were put to the bar, charged with stealing a pair of stockings,
the property of Mr. Poole, of St..Cleinent's Inn-passage, about
half-past nine o'clock this morning. Howes it appeared is the
associate of a most daring gang of young thieves, and had in-
duced the other boy to abscond from his home two days since.
The mother of Bull described him as a very bad boy, and the
Magistrate said, that under all the circumstances he felt it his
duty to commit them for trial. The young urchins treated the
result with the utmost indifference.

Mr LATE EARL OF lioecTonx.---,-We under-
stand that a subscription has been lately set on
foot by the late Lord HomouN's tenantry, on
his estates in East Lothian, for the purpose of
erecting a monument to his memory in that
county. The object of this is not to com-
memorate the great public services of that lament-
ed Nobleman, but merely to transmit to posterity
a pledge of the high sense they entertain of his
kindness and liberality as a landlord. Though
the subscription is confined exclusively to tenants,
and they are by no means numerous, they have
already, we understand, collected upwards of
200 guineas.—(Caledonian Mereary.)
MATHEWS is again at Manchester, exhibiting
his budget of eccentricity and fun in all its
variety. We understand this universal comedian
is nearly ready with his New Version Travels
amongst the Yankies, where the hits ae nation-
ality are said to be extremely piquant, but en-
tirely free from any thing that can possibly give
the sligiatestoffence.

Extract of a letter, dated Philadelphia, Dec. 30, 1823:
" Cobbett's petition to the State Legislature has been rejected.
It is an old proverb, " Give the d—l his due ;" and if Cobbett
had his due, he certainly ought to be refunded two thousand
dollars, out of which he was completely tricked. One of the
most intelligent Members of the Legislature just now told me
hat any other man would recover it ; " but Ins name," said he,
" its Cobbett !"

COURT OF CHANCERY.—(Tins DAT.)

GOURLAY V. THE DUKE OF SOMEWEr.
The Loan CHANCELLOR in this case concluded
his judgment, and after taking a review of the
whole of the proceedings from the trials of the
action to the removal of the inquiry before ills
Honour, the Master of the Rolls, to its subsequent
removal in the shape of appeal into that Court ;
and remarked, that although many averments
were made upon the record, and much had beer,.
stated in the issue, indeed, much which was alto-
gether unnecessary, and he thought might have
arisen in consequence of the appellant conduct-
ing his own case, and being ignorant of the
judicial proceeding; of the equitable Court into
which the matter had been introduced, yet 1I s
Lordship felt the decision of the Master of t
Rolls on various points of the case were Mot
certainly correct, and he could not fairly remove
them. His Lordship proceeded to remark on.
the evidence in the case given by Gale, and:
upon the petition stating the improvements to the
farm by Mr. Gourlay's proceedings, and also upon
the answer filed in that Court, describing them not
to be improvements, but calculated to decrease
the value, and observed, as he had to decide
upon a specific matter, between n suitor ant
suitor, and not between man and man, therefore,
taking the whole of the circumstances into
his Lordship's consideration,, he was of
opinion that. the only equitable means of
disposing of that case was to dismiss the pe-
tition of appeal. his Lordship also took the
opportunity of censuring the conduct pursued by
the party conducting his own case, observing,
such language would
.not be tolerated from the
Bar, and it was for the consideration of the COUTE
whether in future persons pursuing such conduct
were not liable to be dealt with for contempt of
Court.

Mr. Gouitr.Av made some observations, to
which his Lordship did not reply. The Cctrt
was crowded by gentlemen.

MERCANTILE SIIIPPING

DEAL, JAN. 27.--Wind S.W.—Came down from the Rivet
and remain, with the rest of the outward-bound, the Ke :wat,
Enamerson ; Montrose, Roxburgh ; Turner, Leader ; Stag;
and the Swift ; also the Margaret, Craig, from Shields tot.
Odessa.

PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 27.—Wind S.W.—The ship Indian
Trader spoke off the Scilly Islands, 48 leagues distance, the
' James of Lancaster, bound to Alexandria,
till well.—No ar-
rivals or sailings.
PLYMOUTH, Ja.i.r. 26.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrived the Din,
Boys, from Figueira. .
FALMOUTH, JAN. 26.—Wind S.S.W.—Off the Port the
Caledonia, Jansen, from St. Übes. Sailed the Lady Mary
Pelham Packet for the Leeward Islands.
COWES. JAN. 27.—Wind W.S.W. blowing a gale.--Ar-
rived the Honourable Company's ship Castle Huntley, Dnwt.
mond, from Bombay and China.
LIVERPOOL, JAN. 26.—Arrived the Alice, Johnson, fr-nt
Jaliaica ; Emeraldox, Friends; and Cybele, from Cbetle...
stnod ne ; Rey Harrison,H
e nolds, from Faro; Hope, Shun oft;
a Totns, Knowles, from Seville; and the Rose, ,
from Malaga.
GRAVESEND, JAN. 27.—Sailed the Cambrip„ cook, for
Jamaica ; Matilda, Collin, for Sears ; and the William I.4lh-
ington, Sughrue, for St. Kitts.
JEIISEY, J. 24.—Arrived the Exchange, Deeper, from,
Rio Janeiro ; Arabella ; Helen ; Messenger, Peton; and DO,
Vibert, from Bilboa.

The Aurora, Martin, from St. Andrews, N. B. to Hull, was
driven on shore near Kirkwall the lath inst.

We understand that -the - Right Hon. Lord
GwYDYx discounted from 30 to 40 per ceot.
upon the rents due by his tenants in Perthshire
at Martinmas last,--(Caledonian Mercury.)
The Lady of LINDERTIs, with her usual
liberality, has clothed all the poor in Alrly
parish.—(lbid.)
Yesterday morning it was discovered that 13.3
of the prisoners confined in our Colnty
named Jas. Ray, had put a period to his existence
by cutting his throat with a clasped knife. The
deceased, who was sentenced to 3 months' impri-
sonment for vagrancy, complained of indisposition
on Saturday, and on Sunday was admitted into
the hospital, where medical assistance was afford-
ed him. Early yesterday morning he complaiAed
of having a great pain in his side, and said be
wished he could die ; some tea was given to him by
the nurse, and he appeared more composed, and
quietly laid himself on the bed. In about half
an hour afterwardi he was found cold and life-
less, and on examing his. 'body, several deep in-
cisions were found in 'his neck, which had cum-
pllely severed the windpipe, and between his
legs was discovered the fatal instrument with
which he had accomplished the deed. Although
three sick men were in the Ward with the de.;•
ceased, and awake the whole time, yet they were".
unconscious of what was occurring. No cause is
assigned for the perpetration of the act.---(Maid.
stone Journal, Jan. 27.)