The Sun.
London, England, 1824-04-17 00:00:00

FASHIONABLE DEPARTURES.

Sir Charles Abney Hastings, Bart. from Welbeck-street,
Cavendish-square, for Ashikid House, Bury St. Edmunds, for
the holidays ; Mrs. Colquiion and family, for Penshurst.

Tar DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND'S BIRTH-DAY.—
We understand that great preparations are making to celebrate
the anniversary of the Birth-day of his Grace the Duke of
Northumberland, by a splendid dinner at the Assembly Rooms,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, on Tuesday next, the 20th instant. The
chair will be filled by Mr. Alderman CoolsoN. A great
number of the leading gentry of the county, as well as of the
town of Newcastle, are expected to be assembled on the inte-
resting occasion.

On the evening of the 30th ult. his Excellency Mr. FosTErt,
his Britannic Majesty's Ambassador at the Court of Copen-
hagen, gave, at his hotel in that city, a most splendid ball,
accompanied with the usual et ceteras. Besides the principal
of the Nobility, and several Members of the Royal House of
Denmark, his Majesty himielf most graciously condescended
to honour with his august presence the representative of (it may
be said without flattery) the greatest Monarch in Europe.

INTENDED MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—CHAS. JOHN
BRANDLING, Esq., at present an officer in the army, the pre-
sumptive heir to Col. BRANDLING, M.P., of Gosforth-house,
Northumberland, will shortly lead to the altar of hymen Miss
An MYTAGE, the blooming and accomplished daughter of Sir
GEORGE A ADITTAGE, Bart. of Kirklees, Yorkshire. Colonel
BRANDLING, it is rumoured, with a liberality that is so pe-
culiarly his characteri►tic, presents his nephew with the man-
sion of Middleton-lodge, near Leeds, as a temporary residence.

CHICLTENITA3i, APRIL 15.—The Duke of 'Wellington ar-
rived here last night at half:past nine o'clock, from London,
very much to the regret of the inhabitants that his Grace's un-
expected visit is not for pleasure but from indisposition. The
Duke was at the early hour of eight o'clock this morning, at
the Royal, or Old Well, to drink the water. His Grace has
taken the house called Suffolk Lodge, where Dr. Cowley at-
tended the Duke this morning. The Earl and Countess of
Darlington, accompanied by Lady Arabella Vane, arrived here
on, Monday ; they also drink the water at the Royal, or Old
\y ell. The person of the Duke of Wellington is very attrac-
tive ; all eyes are upon him wherever he goes.
."14.:IVPORT (ISLE OF WIGHT), APRIT. 3.—The Isle of
'Wight Philosophical Society held their last Meeting for the
Winter, on Tuesday the 6th instant ; present, sir Leonard
Worsley Holmes, Bart., M.P., President, and a numerous
assemblage of members. William Lamprieve, Esq., M.D.,
and Joseph Kirkpatrick, Esq. of St. Cross, were unanimous-
ly elected Vice-Presidents of the Society. Numerous do-
nations of minerals, birds, &c. were presented for the Mu-
seum ; also a beautiful lachrymatory, from the ruins of
Agrigentum, by A. Dangerfield, _Esq. of Wootton Bridge.
A paper was read by Mi. Abraham Clarke, the Curator of 'tne ,
Museum, on the barrows or tumula of the Isle of Wight ; and
he exhibited the urns, warlike instruments, ornaments,
trinkets, and other Romanised British remains, found in the
barrows that have been opened in the island. Dr. Lempriere
afterwards closed, for the season, his interesting Fourse of
lectures. Vegetable poisons formed the subject of discussion.
The nature, effects, and remedies for these he described in his
accustomed able and scientific manner, impressing his re-
marks by the exhibition of most appropriate drawings and
specimens.

GOOD FRlDAY.—Yesterday, being Good Fti-
day, the Commemoration of the Crucifixion was celebrated at
the various Catholic Chapels with religious splendour. The most
conspicuous in their devotion were the Bavarian, Portuguese, St.
Patrick's, Moorfields, and St. George's in the Fields Chapels,
which were so excessively crowded during the service, that hund-
reds of persons were obliged to attend to their duties in theavenu es
of the chapels. This partly originated from the numerous attend-
ance ofthe idle and curious of other persuasions, who were attract-
ed thither in the expectation of witnessing peculiar ceremonies.
The High Mass commenced at eleven o'clock, after the usual
Low Masses had been gone through. At the right hand side
of the chapels, a temporary altar was erected, covered with
white, and bestrewed over with odoriferous flowers, which, to-
gether with the many wax-lights which surrounded the neat
little erection, had a most interesting appearance. The regular
altar was hung in black, and furnished with its usual decora-
tions, which, together with the almost general mourning of the
auditory, threw a characteristic melancholy over the scene. The
ceremony of the Host having been gone through, appropriate
sermons were delivered, at the conclusion of which, according
to Catholic custom on Good Friday, a grand procession took
place of the Priests and Acolytes, each bearing some emblem
in remembrance of the Passion of the Redeemer, round the
body of the chapel, while the congregation remained in fervent
devotion. This being gone through, the host was deposited
in its usual sanctuary, and the sublime service concluded. The
chapels at the west end of the town were attended by the Ca-
tholic Nobility and Gentry.

Yesterday being Good Friday, the Duchess
of KENT attended Divine Service at the Royal
German Chapel, and heard a Sermon by the Rev.
Dr. KUPER.

.The Princess AUGUSTA attended Divine Ser-
vice at the Chapel Royal yesterday.
Princess AUGUSTA visited the Princess SOPHIA
MATILDA yesterday, at her house in Curzon-
street, Mayfair.
The Earl of LIVERPOOL, according to a letter
received yesterday, we are happy to state, was
somewhat improved in health.
Thursday morning Mr. Secretary PEEL left
London, on a visit to Sir R. PEEL, iu Stafford-
shire.

The receipt of the melancholy tidings of the
decease of the Duchess of DEvoNsturts, at Rome,
who was sister-in-law to the Earl of LIVERPOOL,
by his late Countess, has caused the Noble Earl
to issue cards, putting off' his numerous party,
invited for the 29th instant, to celebrate his MA-
JESTY'S birth-day.

Thursday, between the adjourning and resum-
ing of the House of Lords, Mr. Justice BEST was
sworn in as Lord Chief Justice of the Common
Pleas, in the LORD CHANCELLOR'S private room.
It is understood that the public entry of Lord
GINFORD, our Recorder, on the 17th instant, is
to be graced with the attendance of all the mem-
bers of our Corporation ; and that many of our
fellow-citizens mean to join the procession. A
similar mark of respect was paid to a former Re-
corder, the late Lord ASHBURTON, on his enter-
ing Bristol to hold the Gaol Delivery for the first
time after his elevation to the Peerage,
(Bristol Journal.)
It is said that Lord Nennunz, after a long
and severe fit of illness, has sent in his resigna-
tion. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL iS spoken of AS
his successor in the Chief Justiceship of the Com-
mon Pleas, and Mr. Serjeant LEFROY, as the new
Solicitor-General. It is expected that Mr.
BLACKBURNE will have the vacant Serjeantcy.—
(Dublin Freeman's Journal.)