The Sun.
London, England, 1824-05-22 00:00:00

FASHIONABLE PARTIES.

The Marchioness of LANSDOWN gave one of the most splen-
did routs of the season on Thursday evening, at Lansdown
House, Berkeley-square. The grand suite of drawing-rooms,
with the addition of the statue-gallery, were thrown open, which
were most brilliantly illuminated. There were present nearly
700 persons of the first rank and fashion, among whom were—
His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, his Royal Highness
the Duke of Gloucester, Prince Leopald, the Duke of Grafton,
the Duke and Duchess of Athol, Prince Polignac, the Duke
and Duchess of Argyll and the Ladies Paget, Baron Worthen,
Countess St. Antonio, the 'Earl and Countess of Suffolk, the
Marchioness of Westmeath, the Earl of Essex and Miss Keppel,
the Earl and Countess Morley, the Earl and Countess Beau-
camp,
_die Countess of Lonsdale, the Marquis of Camden and
the Ladies Pratt, the Earl of Bracknock, Lord and Lady James
Stuart, Lord and Lady Mandeville, Lord and Lady Belhaven,
the Earl and Countess of Albemarle and the Lathes Keppel,
Lady Ann Coke, Lady Vernon, Lord and Lady Ken-
sington, Dowager Lady Cawdor, Countess and Lady Georgina
Bathurst, Lord Aucland, General and Mrs. Brand, Lady Ann
Wilbraham, Lord and Lady Arundel', Mr. and Lady C.
Cavendish, the Earl and Countess of Cork, Earl and Countess
Belmore, Sir Edward and Lady Baker, Sir Walter and Lady
Harriet Wynne, Lord and Lady Colchester Sir Robert 'and
Lady Macfarlane, Lady and Miss Forester, Sir G. Beaumont,
Lady Brownrigg, the Earl of Carnarvon, Lord Porchester,
Lady H. Herbert, Lady Mildmay, the Dowager Countess of
Warwick, and the Ladies Greville, Earl and Countess Lesto-
well, the Earl and Countess of Mansfield, Lord and Lady
Ebrington, the Ladies Murray, Lord Holland, Capt. C. Fox,
Mr. and Mrs. Hope, &c.

The route or assembly at the University Club, to meet the
Duke and Duchess of GLOCESTEIt, took place on Wednesday
evening and when we state that considerably more than two
thousand persons were brought together into a house not capa-
ble of accommodating with comfort more than six or seven
hundred, some faint idea may be formed of the crowd and con-
fusion which must have occurred. Soon after nine the com-
pany began to arrive, and by half-past ten all the rooms were
thronged to suffocation; yet the company had not all been put
down by three o'clock in the morning. In the hall was stationed
the band of the Duke's regiment of Guards, who continued to
entertain company as long as they could find space to move their
fingersin. At 11 the Duchess arrived,accompanied by the Princess
Sophia of Gloucester. They were received on the grand stair-
case by the Marquis of Lansdown, the Earl of Ilardwiekt.., and
other Members of the Committee, who had previously enter-
tained the Duke at dinner. By dint of great exertion a kind of
alley was made through the company, and the Duchess and her
party were twice conducted through the principal suit of rooms.
Refreshments, consisting of ice, &c., in abundance, were pro-
vided in the principal dining-room ; the access to which was a
service of no small danger. The company consisted of about
two-thirds ladies, and comprised most of the Nobility, many
of whom, suffering under extreme fatigue, and the utter hope-
lessness of escape (for to bring up the empty carriages while the
full ones were arriving was impossible), betook themselves to
the carpets, on which many of them were seen reposing them-
selves in groups till long after day-light.

No RTIIII3LBERLAND HousE.—The assemblage of last
night surpassed all those which preceded it at this magnificent
mansion ; and presented altogether an uncommonly splendid
and gratifying scene. The crowd of beauty and fashion was
immense, and the -whole of the neighbouring streets were
crowded with the carriages of the distinguished visitants before
twelve o'clock.

On Thursday the Earl and Countess of Coventry gave a
grand dinner, at their house in Piccadilly, in honour of his
Majesty's Birth-day.
The Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury had a dinner and
evening party yesterday, at her house in Arlington-street.
Lady Farquhar 's route in St. James's-street, last night, was
numerously and splendidly attended.
The Duke of Buckingham intends giving a grand fete, at
Stowe, the middle of June, to celebrate the christening of his
grandson, Earl Temple. The Yeomanry will assemble in
Stowe Park, and preparations have been for some time making
for an entertainment upon the grandest scale.

SONS OF TILE CLERGY.—The Anniversary of
this excellent Institution was yesterday celebrated at St. Paul's,
when an excellent Sermon was preached on the occasion, and
various pieces of Sacred Music were most impressively sung
There was afterwards a Dinner at the Merchant Tailors' Hall,
at which the LORD MAYOR presided. The Duke of Clarence,
the Archbishop of Canterbury, and several other persons of dis-
tinction,. were present. The state of the funds, we are hapPY
to find, is very prosperous.

COURT OF CHANCERY—(T ms DAY.)

COVENT GARDEN THEATRE.

CONST versus HARRIS AND OTHERS.

Mr. II EALD this day moved the Court to grant
an order empowering the receiver of the rents and
profits of the Theatre to pay out of the monies
in his hands the salaries and disbursements neces-
sary for carrying on the concern.—Messrs.lfortNE,
SHADWELL, IhaT, and SUGDEN bad each mo-
tions to make, but after some conversation,
the motion of Mr. Heald was disposed, by the
LORD CHANCELLO It directing an order to be
drawn up to the effect, that Mr. Robinson should
be at liberty to pay the " current expeuces" for
the time being, but as there might be much re-
quired to be done, the Court would not make
any order on that head, nor could his Lordship
now decide any thing with respect to the sur-
plus money that might arise. A meeting, he
observed, might be called, and a rule laid down
for the course Mr. Robinson should pursue, and
if found necessary the parties might again apply
to the Court, and his Lordship would act ac-
cordingly.