The Sun.
London, England, 1824-04-13 00:00:00

FASHIONABLE PARTIES.

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Yes•terday the Earl of Listowell gave a grand dinner to his
Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester, at ficingston-honse.
Phe,Barl of Cork gave a grand dinner, at his...new residence,
in Connaught-place.
:Lord Calthorpe, in Grosyenor-square, and. Sir Thomas Far-
muhar, entertained parties yesterday,
Sir Charles and Lady Hulke 'entertained a distinguished party
at dinner yesterday, at their house in Burlington-street. •
Mr. and Mrs. 14.1itchell had a dinner-party.yesterday, at their
house in Charles-street, Berkeley-square.
The Ilon. Mrs. George Philips entertained a fashionable
circle last night. •
CAPT. PARRY'S DEJEUNE.—The entertainment to be given
by Capt. Parry, on board the Hecla, is to be a bro.kfai:4, and
not a ball. It is announced as a Dejeune ala -Fourchilic, and
preparations will be made fora dance if the ladies should con-
descend to stop.

It is said that. Prince LEOPOLD 1.4 to be mar-
ried to the beautiful daughter of the Duke of Rutland.—( Cork
Southern. Reporter.)
Lord Francis Conyngham is shortly to lead to the hymeneal
altar, Lady .Jane Paget, daughter of the Marquis of Anglesea.
On Wednesday morning (7th inst.) a " Mr. T. Robinson, of
London," (according to his card) arrived in this city, on his
way to, Gretna Green, with a handsome young English lady,
of high connection and great fortune, with whom he eloped, it
is said, from Brussels, where she was residing ; but her name
was studiously concealed. They were married at Gretna, in
the usual summary form, returned to the Bush Inn here, and
remained till yesterday morning, (Friday, 9th inst.) .when they
set out for London having taken the whole of the inside of the
mail-coach to themselves !-(Carlile Patriot.)

EPIGRAM,
BY THOMAS SHERMAN, A. M.
Being the Answer of the Hon. Jonw SPENCER to his Grand-

mother, SARAH, Duchess of MA nLB ono au.
" With he • offspring around, as she sat at a feast,
Old Sarah delighted, thus said t > each guest :
Fill your glasses, my lads, and drink health to the root,
Whence so many fair branches thus thrivingly shoot." •
Ah Madam !' quoth Jack, with a bow most profound, •
The branches ne'er thrive while the root's above ground."'

Mr. RAE WILSON had the honour to present
his• volume of Travels through Turkey, Greece,
the lonian Isles, Spain, and France, to his M A.•
ESTY on the last Levee-day, and they were gra-
ciously received.
On Monday the sth instant, Mrs. TimaArts's
Tragedy, The Vespers ofPaiermo, was performed
at the Edinburgh Theatre, before a crowded
audience, with the most complete success. The
Prologue was, it is said, written by Sir WAr.'rEa.
'SCOTT, and spoken by Mrs. ll:StiiutiNs, who
played the part of Constance, and was up-
plaud-ed throughout for the chaste and correct
manner with which she went through her part.—
The Play was given out for the following even-
ing, without one dissentient voice, and we ven-
ture to breathe a hope that Mrs. II ENIA NS t: ill, in
Edinburgh, reap the reward she so justly merits
for one of the best written Plays of the present
day.

LORD NELSON.—The colossal statue of ails
distinguished Hero, which flanks the entrance of the choir in
St. Paul's Cathedral, is at present enveloped in scaffolding,
raised for the purpose of enabling two eminent Italian ar. tits
to complete a cast of the figure in plaster of Paris ; which,
when finished, is destined by Government to adorn the Painted
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DRAWING PARALLELS.-When HANDEL, 'he
celebrated musician, died in London, the public Journ is were
filled with the praises of the deceased. Capt. aishwood, who had
first gained great applause by the exhibition of fire-works at a
public festival, brought into company one of the Papers, and
read aloud a paragraph, which, after many enc'miums on the
genius and virtues of Handel, concluded that he had gone to
the only place where his harmony could be exceeded. `" Yes,"
said a lady present, "and when you die, Captain, they wit
have it in print that you have gone to the only place where your
works can be exceeded.

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CURIOUS- UOINCIDENCE:7-It appears from a
Work just published, in the cotton-works in the west of Scot.
land, that in two of the principal establishments, -New Lanark
and Catrine, the number of illegitimate children is as nearly
equal as possible. The amount in both, from a comparison of
three years, does not amount in the year to one.in a hundred of
the females liable to such a misfortune.

r; fora EXTRAORDINAIty CIRCUMSTANCE.—Att elderly
female,
land f
number of years been afflicted in a
manlier
the skill of some of the most eminent
of the faculty, expired a few days ago under her acute dis-
order, in the Alms-houses of Christchurch, Surrey; When on
which
opening her body a singular discovery was made, which
fistrexcited considerableinterest among the Students of Anatomy.
The unfortunate deceased had for a long time laboured under
the most excessive pain, and the size of her person had lately in-
creased to an immoderate bulk, which caused her great difficul-
ty in walk ing, and the symptoms generally were those peculiar to
a dropsical complaint : her face was of a ghastly and deathlike
hue. In this way she lingered until nature, quite exhausted,.
compelled her to resign herself to her bed, where she continued
until death put an end to her sufferings, although every remedy
was resorted to for her recovery that medical skill could devise.
Her body having been opened, a large substance of fie Shy matter
weighing 3Ulbs. was found in-ber inside, and the liver was so
considerably- altered in its colour and size, that it weighed up-
wards of 201b5.; so that the unfortunate deceased, during a
length of tune, had to endure this burthen, which caused the
protuberance of her person, in the greatest pain.. She was CO
years cf age.

Cunious 111AnKs.—Last week a woman of
the name of GARDNER, residing at Mudford. Somerset, was
delivered of a boy who is marked in a most curious manner,
viz.—the right hand has the resemblance of a magic lantern,
the left hand a conjuring-stick, and on the right cheek is a
most excellent likeness of what is termed a peep-show. We
have every reason to believe that this great curiosity originated
from the husband, who gets his livelihood by the art of con-
juring, having some time since absconded and taken with an-
other woman. It is said that -the child, at the death of some
Gentleman in Cornwall, will be heir to a very considerable
estate.—( Dorchester Journal.)
Yesterday morning, at the Old Bailey, Senor
Jost JOACHIM TERREIRRA de MOIRA, the late
President of the Portuguese Cortes, was intro-
duced on the Bench by Mr. Common Sergeant
DENMAN and remained during the day, giving
great attention to the trials of the prisoners, and
the mode in this country of administering cri-
minal law,