The Sun.
London, England, 1824-10-02 00:00:00

FASHIONABLE PARTIES.

His Excellency Count Lieven gave a grand dinner yesterday
to a distinguished party at Ashburnhain House, Dover street :
among whom were—His Royal Highness the Duke of York,
the Duke of Devonshire, Mr. Secretary Canning, Mrs. and
Miss Canning, Count and Countess OsgarolTky, Earl Cath-
cart, Sir Charles and Lady Bagot, Mr. Greville, &c. The
Countess entertained a select party, of fashionables in the even-
ing.
The Earl of Essex is entertaining a distinguished party of
friends at his seat, Cashiobury Park.

MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.
On Saturday, the 25th of September, at the house of the Bri-
tish Ambassador at Paris, Lieutemint•bolonel the Hon:James
Knox, son of Viscount Northland, to Mary Louisa, eldest
daughter of Edward Taylor, of Bifrons, in the County of Kent,
Esq., and niece to Major-General Sir Herbert Taylor.

PLACES OF FASHIONABLE RESORT.
BRIGHTON, SEPT. 30.—We learn from France that it has
been officially announced at Hanover, that our gracious Sove-
reign purposes visiting that part of his hereditary dominions
early in the summer of the ensuing year.—Apartments are or.
dered at the Royal York Hotel for the Duchess of Dorset and
Lord
llow Whiintw orth, who are eypected to be there by the close of
the tO g week. Lord A. Wyngliarn is arrived in Glou.
rester-place'; Colonel and Mr. Stapleton, in Rock Gardens;
and Mr. and Mrs. Callicourt, and Miss Gunner, on the
East Cliff. The Spanish General Alava, who, with the
Duke of Richmond, was much engaged in the service of
the late Spanish campaign is now on a visit to his Grace at
Goodwood.—The Countess of Bentinck, Lord and Lady
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and Lady Whitshed, at Holbrook, near Horsham, the day be-
fore yesterday.—Sir James and Lady Stuart are arrived at the
New Steyne Hotel.—Colonel Doyle is arrived at the Royal
York Hotel—Our Master of the Ceremonies, we regret to an-
nounce, is again very seriously indisposed.—The Dowager
Marchioness of Donegall is arrived..—The Countess Beauchamp
took a lunch at the Royal York lintel this morning ; her
Ladyship has since returned to Worthing.
CHELTENHAM, SEPT. 30.—Lord Charlemnnt and Family
left us on Monday, after a residence of several weeks.—The
Duchess of Beaufort has been residing some time in a house in
Mr. Thompson's Fields—This morning the Duchess of Beau.
fort took the Chair of a meeting ors Ladies' Hibernian Girl So-
ciety, at the Pump-room of the Old Royal Well, the use of which
was gratui tou sly given by M r. Chambers,the Manager o fth at esta-
blishment. The Secretary of the Society read the proceedings of
the past year, from which it appeared that the Society was only in
its infancy, having been formed at two meetings of Ladies, at the
house of the Duchess of Beaufort, while residing in this town,
last October. The receipts during the year had amounted to
upwards of 2301.—The communications and correspondence as
to the state of education in the different counties and parishes
in Ireland, were read, from which it appeared generally, tha t
there had not been the least disposition to instruct children
in any thing but spinning. The object of the Society was to
teach them sewing, knitting, and reading, to enable them to
read the Scriptures, particularly the New Testament. After
the Report had been read the Rev. Mr. Close addressed the
Meeting at considerable length on the merits of the institution,
and the whole concluded with universal expressions of appro-
bation.

The Duke and Duchess of Clarence, accompanied by the
Duke of illeiningen, arrived in town yesterday morning from
their residence at Bushey.
On Thursday evening, about seven o'clock, the Duchess of
Kent, accompanied by the Princesses Victoria and Feodore,
and attended by the Baroness de Spaedth and Capt. Conroy,
arrived at her apartments at the King's Palace, Kensington,
from Ramsgate where the Royal Duchess has been staying for
a considerable time. Her Royal Highness gave a grand dinner
yesterday to the Duke and Duchess of Clarence, and the Duke
of Meiningen.
We understand that his Royal Highness the Duke of Glou-
cester has intimated his intention of visiting Crootne, the seat
of the Earl of Coventry, op the 13th of November next.
His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Court of Stock-
holm, Sir Benjamin Bloomfield, Bart., has just returned to
the capital, from a tour to the Southern Provinces and Norway.
Stockholm Gazette, ,Sept. 10.)