The Sun.
London, England, 1823-12-16 00:00:00

FASHIONABLE CHANGES.

The Dowager Countess of Pembroke, at her house, in Ca-
vendish-square, front her seat, Richmond Park, Surrey ; Sir
G. Wombwell, Bart. at his house in Holles-street, from his
seat Suffolk; Sir John Newport. Bart. M.P. in Bond-street,
from his seat in Ireland ; Colonel Acland, from Chelten-
ham, to Bath : Sir Thomas Barrett Lennsrd, Bart. for
Hill House, Romford ; Mr. and Mrs. Broderick, from Chel-
tenham, for Bath ; Sir George Shee, Bart. for Christchurch,
in Hampshire; Mr. G. Allen, for Swell' ham, in Norfolk ; Sit
George Denys, Bart. for Sudbury, in Suffolk; Mrs. G. Rams-
den, from Hastings, to Brighton; Colonel and Mrs. Harford,
from Ramate for Bath • Mr. Henry Seymour, on a visit to
Mr. Paul Methuen, M.P. at Corsham House, in Wiltshire;
lion. Edward Walpole, from a tour to town; Mrs. and Miss
Cowper, from Ramsgate, to Bath; the Dean of Chichester,
from Warne's Hotel, Conduit-street, for Chichester; Colonel
Douglas, from ditto, for Paris; Mr. and Mrs. Armitage, for
Brighton; Sir J. Williams, Dart. fir Brighton ; Mr. J. B.
Story, for Marlborough Hall, in Nottinghamshire ; Mr. C. Fan.
court, from Worthing, for Brighton; Miss Illetcalfe,for Coldliam
Hall, near Bury St. Edmunds; Mr. C. Courtency, for Oxford ;
Count Munster, for Brighton, on a visit to his Majesty ; Lord
and Lady. Anson, for their seat, Atherston Hall,Statfordshire ;
Lord Ellenborough, at his sem at Roehanipton; Lord Colchester,
for his seat, Ridbrooke, Sussex ; Captain Talbot, for Melton
owbray, Leicestershire; the Marquis of Winchester and son,
Earl Wiltshire, from Kirkham's Hotel, Lower Brook-street, for
their seat„. Amport House, near Andover; Lord Aslitown, from
the Brunswick. House Hotel, Hanover-square, for his seat,
Chepell House, near Southampton; the Earl of Galloway, at
hotel, Lower Brook-street, front Coolhurst, Sussex ;
Liuly Molesworth, at ditto, from a 'tour; the Rev. Mr. and
Mrs. Bailey, at the Bath Hotel, Arlington-street, from Kent;
Mr-and Airs. Farquhar, in Duke-street, Westminster, from
their residence In Scotland,

FASHIONABLE PARTIES.
The Vice-Chancellor entertained the Dowager Duchess of
Richmond and a distinguished party at dinner yesterday, at
his house in South Audley street, • Grosvenor-square. In the
evening leis Honour had a select party of fashionable&
Mrs. Mitchell has issued cards of invitation for a fashionable
party this evening, at her house in Charles-street, Berkeley-
square.

WINCHESTER. DECEMBER 13TH, Saturday Night.
In my last letter I told you that. we should present our piece
of plate to Dr. °ABELL at a supper which he intended to give
us in Commoners' Hall, on Saturday night. The feast is just
over, and went off most gloriously.
The quotidian appearance of our Hall was relieved by
studded stars of lamps, and laurel. wreathed and twined into all
the appropriate devices that fancy could suggest. A superb
crimson cloth adorned the floor and table, on which the plate
was supported. Above this a circlet of variegated lamps blazed
in splendour, of the most bright and diversified hues, and shed
its mingled lustre on the silver candelabra and tureens below.
The supper was most sumptuous—every thing we could desire
or imagine. Palatable, however, as its attractions were, a sen-
sation of regret seemed to have excited an universal disrelish of
them. After the removal of the cloth, the College Grace was
sung • and after Bayley (the senior scholar) had proposed his
healtil in a very good speech, Dr. GABE a a, who, during Supper.
time, had been walking up and down the Hall, began in his
usual strain of simplicity, evidently. very much affected t—
" Dear and Generous Bova—This expression of your feelings
pierces me very deeply. Par. 30 years I have undergone the
tolls and anxieties which are Incidental to my office in this
College : but, for all my long-continued labours and cares, this
one moment brings me an ample recompense. Your magnifi-
cent present will constitute the chief ornament of my retire-
ment ; and the recollections associated with it will be my chief
solace in the decline of life. Among the armorial ensigns
graven on these liberal tokens of your respect, there is a vacant
space designed by you (and much slo I feel the delicacy of those
intentions) to receive the arms of her who has so long been the
partner of all my hopes and all my fears. Accept our united
thanks,—and be assured that, in out retirement, nothing will
cheer us more than the sight of any of the sons of Wykehain.
With perplexed emotions of exquisite pleasure and exquisite
pain, I now drink all your health'. I shall always pray to
God that you may grow in goodness and wisdom, in favour
both with Him and man. I have now to take my leave of you ;
but first allow me to promote two toasts, the favourites of my
old Mister Dr. Vitarton,--" Stet fortune Donuts ;" and--
•' health of my Friends and Successors, the new Masters."
Simple as this speech is, you cannot think what we all feel.
—We are all ready to die for him. I suppose lie breathed
his valediction over us in the vernacular tongue, because he
was not bidding us an official farewell in College, but a
private one in Commoners' Hall. The striking venerable.
ness of his figure—the dignified elegance of his manner—
and the tremulous solemnity of his voice, for a time quite
electrified us. Even those young culprits, whose eyes have,
perhaps, scarcely recovered from their Inclination to weep—
under the chastisement of his hand, this morning, weep now
for another cause. He retired amid applause and shouts, which
lasted more than a minute after his departure.
Ile intends to close the evening of his days, where Port:
sang, at Binfield ; a for which lie is indebted to the
judicious liberality of the 1011 D CHANCELLOR. DO was
generally, but especially as a Grecian, an elegant scholar.
Though his information was not so extensive as that of his pre.
-
decesior, Dr. WARTON, lie, perhaps, surpassed that great
Critic in the art of communicating it to his pupils. The
gratitude and esteem of all those, who have had the benefit of
his instruction, justly follow him—Good night.

ENGLISH FASHIOWABLE, IN ITAL r.-( Private Letterfrom
INaples, dated November 11.)—Naples is likely to be very gay
this winter, for most of the persons who intended to winter
at Rome, with a view of assisting in the ceremonies at St. Pe.
ter's and the Vatican, are expected here. This Is the season for
changes, and the following are a few :—The Duchess Dowager
of Devonshire has been here the last three weeks, but leaves in a
few days for Rome, where she has taken the Piombitio Palace.
—The Burying, Capt. Clifford, came iu last week, bringing
the Duke of Devonshire from Genoa, who landed under a
salute of 15 guns; Lord Grey came with him. His Orate went
yesterday to Pompeu, to be present at the excavation ordered
by the King to be made on purpose for his Grace anti the
Duchess. The Duke leaves shortly for Milan, where he has
taken a house for three months. Lord and Lady Dundas and
family leave us in a fewdays for Florence, there to pass the
winter. Mr. and Mrs. Long Wellesley, who were the charm
of every party here last year, have left for Paris. 'The Prince
Esterhazy is just arrival; and orders are given to have a
Palace of the King's prepared to receive the Archduchess
Marla Louisa of Parma, who is coming here to pais the win.
ter. The Marchioness of Downshire and family are coming
for the winter. The Marquis of Hastings, with Lady Char.
lotte and Mr. Fitzgerald, are now at Florence, and will not
come farther South than Rome before the next spring. Lady
Drummond is arrived from England, and resumed her station
as leader of the Fashionable World here. Mrs. Hamilton, the
English Minister's Lady, opened her mansion last evening with
the first ball this season. Besides all the Foreign nobility,
there were present—The Duke and Duchess of Devonshire,
Sir Wm. and Lady Drummond, Lord and Lady Dundas and
daughters, Captain and Mrs. Clifford, Lord Grey, Lord Ash-
ley, Mr. anti Mrs. Colleton Morel and daughters, Lord Augus- j
tus Hill, Countess of Errol, Mr. J. Hookham Frere, &e.'&e.

ST. PAUL'S SCIfOOI..--011 Saturday, the 1 3th
instant, this distinguished school 'celebrated the approaching
retirement of one its Masters by an embodied token of respect
and gratitude. The Rev. Mr. EDWARDS, after holding his
chair forty-one years, is now about to retire ; and if the express
shins of youth may generally be allowed the merit of sincerity,
never was master more venerated and regretted. An elegant
Silver Vase was presented to this Gentleman by the senior
scholars, as representatives of the school, with an appropriate
address from IVlr. LEE, the senior scholar, declaring those
sen-
timents of gratitude which had then brought them together, to
own those favours which they could not repay. In the same
tone of grateful remembrance was the inscription engraved on
:he vase. On one side of the foot were the words—
RICARDO EDWARDS, A.M.
Scholia Coletinte,
A.S. 1823.