The Sun.
London, England, 1824-07-20 00:00:00

WEYNIOUTII, JULY 19.

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Last Saturday Vice-Admiral Sir Tucis. BERTIE
gave an elegant dejeune to the Right Hon Lieut.-General Lord
tilayney, Colonel Courtency, Charles Buxton, Esq., Captain
and Mrs. Dull', Bev. Willoughby Hussey, Captain Andrews,
Mrs. Oliver, H. M. Wardle, Esq., Mrs. Lichibary Bettie,
anti other distinguished personages, at his residence in Coburg-
place
We understand that this fete was given in order to gratify
several of the Admiral's particular friends, who much wished
to see an elegant Silver Cup in his possession, on the cover of
which is a device, exquisitely executed, of a mare and foal, with
other emblems of aviculture, bearing the following inscription :
—" Presented to V ice-Admiral Sir Thomas, Bettie, K.U.S.,
on. the :24th June, 1824, by his Lincolnshire Tenantry, as a
token of the very high respect they entertain for him, and as
an acknowledgment of the great kindness they have at all times
received from him as a Landlord and a Gentlemau." The
whole forming a piece of plate as inestimable in its value as it
must be gratifying to the feelings of the worthy receiver.
The' entertainment was ser4d by Norton in excellent style.
—The fruits, dessert, and wines, were most choice ; and on the
healthy of the King, Royal Family, and that of the brave
Admiral, as also his respectable Tenantry, being given by Lord
Wayne'', they were alternatioly.drank from the Cup in copious
libations ofchampagne. T G hat Gentleman returned thanks in a
most polite and handsome manner for the honour the party had
conferred upon him, and in the afternoon they took leave, highly
pleased with the morning's enjoyment.
Owing to the change that has taken place in Salisbury and
Southampton Races, the latter being fixed for the 10th and
Ilth of August, it is the. intention of his Excellency Governor
on ,',lteor.
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Yesterday the Duchess of KENT and the Prin-
cess SOPHIA MATILDA visited Prince LEOPOLD.
Mr. Secretary CANNING gave a Grand Dinner
yesterday, to the Foreign Ambassadors, &c. at
Gloucester Lodge.
Dispatches of the 7th of June were received
yesterday-morning at the Colonial Office, from
Governor d'UenAix, at Demerara. At that period
the colony was perfectly tranquil.
Mr. SEW ELL arrived at the Colonial Office y es-
terday, with dispatches from Quebec.
THE LATE KING OF THE SANDWICH ISLES.—
On Sunday morning, between four and five
o'clock, the undertaker and his assistants arrived
at the Caledonian Hotel, to prepare for piecing
the Royal body in the temporary depository, in
the vault at St. Martin's church. About five, a
hearse, drawn by six horses, and a mourning
coach, drove up to the tavern, and the coffin was
brought out on the shoulders of eight men,
and placed in the carriage. The Governor,
Treasurer, Rives the Secretary, and Captain
Starbuck, then entered the mourning coach, and
the procession moved on at a funeral pace to.
wards St. Martin's church,
where, on its arrival,
the coffin was taken out and carried through the
aisles of the church, and deposited by the side
of Tarnehamalu, the late Queen. The mourning
vas
occasion, and the
coach then conveyed the suite back to the Cale-
donian no sort of ceremony
proceedings attracted very little notice. It is
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whatever
the intention of Mr. Rives to proceed to France
this week, upon some business relative to his
late royal master, and on
his return a ship
will instantly be got ready to embark with the
bodies of the King and Queen for the Sandwich
Isles. A few day's prior to the King's death, Mr.
Rives, at his request, prepared a testamentary
document, but
_it was not signed till a few
hours before his dissolution. The Governor,at the
King's request,attested the win, he being so feeble
he could not hold • his pen, but upon Rives ex-
plaining to him that the document would be in-
valid unless he attested it in his owe hand-writ-
ing, the King took up the pen, and with assist-
ance made his mark, which was witnessed by
Drs. Ley and Peregrine,besides the Governor and
the rest of the suite.—The Admiral still remains
very ill,