The Sun.
London, England, 1812-08-01 00:00:00

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esterday, at half past t7O o'cloCk, his Rdyal
ttightess the PaiNei, REGENT held a Privy Conn-
cil,-at Carlton House, -which MIS attended by the
Lord Chancellor, the Lord President of.the-t2oun-
eil, the'Lord Privy-Seal, -the First Lord of the
'Treasury, the Ohancellor of. the Exchequer) the
First Lord of the Admiralty, and the three Sc-.
cretaries of State. ViSCOLIOCCHETWYND•atterid-
cd ns the Clerk of the Council. Earl PAULET and
and General .KEerEL attended as the Lord and
GrOcitri
The PRINCE gave audiences to the Earl of
Hmtnowßy, the LORD CHANCELLOR, ViSCOUIIt
SIDNIQUTII, Mr. VANSITTART, I.iSCOUIIt CASTLE-
REAGH, the Earl of LIVERPOOL, and Early BA
THURST.

The Council did not bicak up till near five
o'clock.

- CotITACar/fOLMONDELEY, onWednesday even-
ing, had a select music party, at.her houSe in Pic-
cadilly. Their Royal Ilighnesses the PRINCE
REGENT and Duke of CumsEni.AND were present,
and partook of an elegant supper,
The Earl and Countess CifotAroNnELEYand fa-
mily will leave town this dily for Brighton.
The entertainment' given by the Dult and Du.
chess Of Yonx, on Thursday, at Oatlands, was
one of the grandest their Royal Ilighnesse have'
ever given. The Dukes of CLARENCE, KENT,
SUSSEX, and.CAMBUII/GE arrived there, attended
by their full suites, in the course of the morning..
The PRINCE RE'GEN'T and the Duke of CUMBER-
LAND, with their full suites, arrived soon after
two o'clock. At half pasl two the, French Royal
Family arrived, consisting of •Conite (12. LILLE,-
MoizsitTa, his brother, the Duke and'Duchess
D'ANGOULEME, the Duke de BERRI, the Prince
and Princess de CONDE, tile Duke de BOURBON,
the Duchess de SERVENT, and the Duke de
_GaimmoNT. They were reeeiv'ed'in form -lry time
Duke and Duchess of 'YORK, and their attendants,
and were conducted to the Grand Room opposite •
the Thames.

The QUEEN, Princesses AUGUSTA, ELIZABETH,
MARY, SOPH lA, and CHARLOTTE of ar-
rived about three 'o'clock hom- ,Windsor, escorted
by a party of Life Guards. • They were received
by the PRINCE REGENT, the Duke and Duchess
of YORK, and the other Royal Dukes, and con-
ducted to the Grand Drawing-mom, and were
formally introduced to the French Royal "Family
and Noblesse. The Duke of YORK.'S Band (the
fytst regiment,) were stationed in a Marquee on
the lawn adjoining the DravVing-room, in their
full uniform, and on the entrance-of the
.QUEE,
they, struck up " God save-the Ring." Soon after.
four o'clock, a*nlbst sumptuous dinner was served
up in. the grand dining-room, consisting of every
delicacy that could be procured. The Duchess
D'ANGOULEME sat between the QUEEN and
Princess CHARLOTTE Of WALES ; -her MAJESTY
particularly directed her discourse to this interest-.
Stranger.

:At six o'clock the carriages were ordered to be
in readiness at the house, when the Comte DE
LILLE, the' Duchess D'ANGOULEME, and the
Princess DE CONDE, went with the QUEEN In her
carriage to. view• the Duchess of YORK'S inimitable
grotto, also the curious bath, and the ram beasts
and birds. The' Duchess of YoRK drove the
Princess CHARLOTTE there in her curricle.

The Princess ELIZABETH, the Prince DE COiME,
and the Duchess DE SERVANT, went in a carriage,
The PRINCE REGENT walked, the Princess MARY
taking hold of his ann.
The Royal Party remained oat about two
hours, and then returned to the house to tea and
Coffee.

At nine o'clock the QUEEN and Princesses set
off on their return to Virindsor'; and the PRINCE
REGENT and the Duke of YORK for London.

Yesterday the Earl of LIVERPOOL gave a grand
dinner -to several of the Peers, aud Members of
the House of Commons, at Fife House, Privy
Gardens.

Yesterday Lord CASTLEREAGII entertained a
large party of the Members of the House of Corn-:
mons - with a grand dinner, at -his house in St..
James's -square.
Yesterday Lord GWYDIR and the Countess of
WmtotloHßY gave a grand dinner to the. Duke of
DEvoNsuißE, the Lail and Countess of CHOL-
MONDELEY, Lady CHARLOTTE CFIOLMONDELEY,
Lord JA,mEs- and Lady EMILY MURRAY, Lord
SACKVILLE, Lord Akrnura HiLL; Mr. and Mrs.
LONG WELLESLEY, Mr. NEyII..LE,,' and Mr.
BLACKET, at their house, at White-hall.
The Countess of Cnol,moNDELEY's-Fete, on
Wednesday night, when she closed the season tyith-
a concert and supper, at Egremont House, in
was numerously attended. Madame
CATALAN' was present, 'awl amused the company
with her wonderful compass-of voice and scientific.
execution.

A private letter brought by the last packet from
Lisbon says-, it was expected that MARMONT would
be obliged to retire from- want of provisions, even
although not pressed by 'the Allied Army.
A letter from Cadiz, dated July 4, says—" The
French have opened about 16 guns on Cadiz ;
thfiy fire about fifty shells every night, And do
kon.ie damage to the houses ; they. have ,killed
also .oine of the inhabitants, and One Captain of
the British.. They are guns that were invented
at Seville, and sent down for that purpoSe ; they
throw a shell '4OOO yards; and have seen se-
veral of the shells which did not burst ; ttey are
10 and.lB-inch shells, with a great deal of lead
run into them to nnik.e. them .heavy. They are
also actively building gun-boats; and on the
2d instant they brought down 20 hOats to the
poilit and last night we expected that they would
make an attack on Pontales, when we were well
provided for them, with all our guns double'
loaded ; but they have not, as yet made -their ap-
pea'vance."

The 102 d Regiment commenced embarking:on
the 24th ult. at Guernsey, for Bermuda ; a detach-
ment, to form a regimental depot, is ordered to
Winchester.
The 10th (or Prince Regent's own)_Regimerit,
is to -have the King's duty for the
_ensuing
year. This regiment will be reviewed this
day' at Hounslow by the PRINCE REGENT, its
Colonel ; and in the course of the next week, by .
the Commander in Chief. The Royal Colonel is
expected to be absent on a tour.