The Sun.
London, England, 1824-11-25 00:00:00

FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS.

Emily Marchioness of Londonderry, at her house in Saint
James's-square, from Norfolk; the Marquis and Marchioness
Cholmondcley, and family, at their house in Piccadilly, from
their seat in Cheshire ; Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter, at
their seat, Butleigh, Lincolnshire, from a tour ; Lord Colches-
ter, from his seat, Kidbrooke, Sussex ; Lord Dynevor, at his
house in Dover-street, from his seat, Barrington-park, Oxford.
shire ' • Countess of Normanton, from a tour ' • Right Hon. Wm.
and 31rs. Huskisson, from their seat, East Petworth, Sussex;
Lady Caroline Waldegrave, from Sandgate ; Sir Thos. Beevor,
Bart., in Piccadilly; Col. and Mrs. Ibbetsun, in Piccadilly,
from Pontefract, in Yorkshire; • Dr. Dreyer, in Lower Gros.
venor-street; Mrs. Dreyer, in Grosvenor-street; Captain
Venchman, in Soutk Autlley-street, from Paris ; Hon. Mrs.
Strange and family, at the Waterloo Hotel, Jernyn-street,
from the Continent ; Countess of ltothes and the Ladies Leslie,
at the Pulteney Hotel, from Dorking; Mrs. Teasdale, at do.,
from Brighton.
seIiANGEF.--The Duke and Duchess of Montrose, the
Marquis, and the Ladies Graham, from Newcastle, for New-
ark, in Nottinghamshire ; Lady and Miss Campbell, from
Ramsgate, for Bath ; Rev..l. Sayers, from London, to Yar-
mouth; Lady and Miss Stoughton, from Ramsgate, for Bath ;
Mr. and Mrs. Meynell, from Scarborough, for Bath; Hor.
Chas. Cavendish, fot Brighton; Sir Brooke and Miss Bridges,
from Warne's Hotel, Conduit-street, for Kent; Mr. and Mrs.
Childers, from ditto,. for Yorkshire ; Win. Parker Hammond,
Esq., and Mrs. HamMond, from ditto.

. • FASHIONABLE PARTY.
Emily Marchioness of Londonderry entertained at dinner
yesterday Lord George Seymour, Lord Charles Fitzroy, the
Misses Fitzroy, the Hon. George Rice, and a distinguished
Party, at her house in St. James's square.

On Saturday last Lord Viscount Sidmouth arrived at Can-
terbury, on a v►s►t to his son-in-law, the Hon. G. Pellew, one
of the Prebendaries of our Cathedral. The Right lion. Earl
Nelson has also arrived at his residence in the Precincts.

The Speaker left Palace Yard yesterday morning, on a visit
to the Archbishop of Canterbury, at Addington Park.
It is said among the pact tan, that the lion. George Rice
will very shortly lead to the hymenial altar the amiable and
accomplished bliss Fitzroy, the eldest daughter of Lord Charles
Fitzroy.

Letters were received yesterday from Marnn-
ham, dated the 15th of October, brought by the
James, arrived at Liverpool Lord COCHRANF. WAS
shortly expected at that place, but was to call at
Ceara on his way thither.
It is understood that the Judges were perfectly
unanimous in their opinions with reference to the
point argued before them in the case of Mr.
I4'AUNTLEILOY. It has been also said, that Mr.
GURNEY did not sign the certificate necessary to
obtain the fiat of the Attorney. General for the
purpose of a writ of error being granted.—
( Morning Paper.)
_ _

CONSECRATION Or ALL SOULS' CHURCH, 11.; LANG.
NAIIf.PLACE.—This morning the ceremony of Consecration of
the above Church was performed by the Right Rev. BISHOP
of LQNDON with eolemn grandeur. At ten o'clock the com-
pany began to arrive, and were admitted by. tickets, and by
eleven the body of the church and the galleries were crowded
almost to suffocation. Soon after ten the Bishop arrived, and
was met at the great west door by Sir Christopher Robinson, his
Chancellor, Archdeacons, and a number of the Clergy. The
ceremony of consecration having been performed, the children
sang an appropriate anthem. An excellent sermon was after-
wards delivered by the minister, the Rev. Joseph Hume Spey ;
after which the company separated. Amongst the Gentry pre-
sent we noticed—Archdeacon Cambridge, the Rev. Mr. Bons-
field, lecturer at Marylebone church; the Rev. Basil IVood, of
Bentinek chapel; Sir iVin. Pepys, and Sir Robert Pigott.—A
vast number of Ladies and Gentlesien were obliged to return,
the church being so crowded.
SCARCITY OP WATEII AT TUE LATE FIRES.—A Met-
ng of the Common Councilmen of the Ward of Farringdon
Without was held yesterday morning at the new Inquest
House in St. Andrew's Church-yard, Holborn, for the pur-
pose of instituting an Inquiry as to the alleged want of a prompt
and isufficient supply of water at the late conflagrations that
have occurred in that ward, viz. in Fleet-street, and at Messrs.
Wilkinson's on Ludgate-hill. Notice of the intended meet.
ing and its object had been given to the Directors of the dif-
ferent Fire Insurance Offices, and also to the New River Com-
pany, and several Gentlemen, together with some of the fire-
men, and the parochial and city officers, were in attendance.
A eporter who was in attendance was informed that he could
not be allowed to be present. Considering the sagacity by which
the present Common Councilmen of the Ward of Farringdim
Without are distinguished, and their great importance in so-
ciety, the public will doubtless be much distressed at being
kept in ignorance of their momentous proceedings. The meet-
ing, however, could not be fairly considered as necessarily of a
public nature.--(New Ti ate:.)
SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE.--During the after-
noon of Friday last several large birds, apparently of the wild-
goose species, were seen flying about in the neighbourhood
of Wye, one of which alighted about sunset on the sweeps
of the windmill adjoining the town, where it was shortly
afterwards shot by Mr. Nicholas Cook, of Wye; another
was seen to perch upon one of the vanes of the church
steeple, where in all probability it would have taken up its
abode for the night had it not been shot at by Mr. :mid-
ling, of the same Place :who imagined he must have severely
wounded it, and that it fell at no great distance from the church,
but owing to the darkness of the evening he was unable to find
it. Various were the conjectures of the inhabitants as to what
class this bird should belong, and the prevailh g opinion
seemed to be, that it was a species of wildgnose, not noticed
by naturalists, until it was shewn by the Oentlentan who shot it,
to the Clergyman of the parish, who immediately removed their
doubts by asserting that it was no other than the " Corvue
Aquaticus, or Cormorant." The dimensions of the bird are
as follow :—lts wings, when extended, 4 feet 9 inches ; extre-
mity of the beak to that of the tail, 3 feet l.inch; and its weight
611bs. It is now in the possession of Mr. Pavis, of Canterbury,
to be preserved as a memorial of so remarkable an occurrence.—
( Kentish Gazette.) _

There is a society established by the Students
of the University at. Cambridge, called the
Union, where•, during the present term, some
fine specimens of British eloquence have been
heard. PRAED, an Eton man, and one of the
principal contributors to the work, called the
Etonian, has distinguished himself as a youth of
very great promise. We believe he is a son of
the banker, in Fleet-street.
ANECDOTE.—The husband of the celebrated
Madame GEOFFRIN was as remarkable for his
dullness as she was for her wit. A wag sent him
several times the first volume of the Travels of
Father Labat. The worthy man always read the
book over again, without discovering the trick.—
" How do you like these Travels, Sir ?"---" They
are very interesting, but I think the Author is
somewhat given to repetition."-1-10 read the
Dictionary of Bay le with great attention, follow.
ing the line with his finger across the double
columns. 66 What an excellent work," he said,
" if it were only rather less abstruse."—Not-
withstanding his deplorable deficiency, he was
permitted to sit at table, upon condition that he
never attempted to join in the conversation. A
foreigner, who was a constant visitor at Madame
Geoirrin's, one day not seeing the dumb Mon-
sieur in his place at table as usual, inquired
after him.--" What have you done with the poor
man whom I always used to see here, and who
never spoke a word Oh, that was my hus-
band ; he is dead !"

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