The Sun.
London, England, 1824-01-21 00:00:00

FOR THE SUN.

PETWORTH.
This is a market town, situated about 50 miles
from London, and 14 from Chichester. It has
many good and substantial houses, and a hand-
some market-house, built by the Earl of Egre-
mont ; but the streets are narrow, and very irre-
gular. Within the church, which is a large and
a neat structure, are interred many of the cele--
brated Percies, Earls of Northumberland ; but
the chapel, which contains these remains and
those of the Egremont family, presents no monu-
ments deserving of notice, with the exception of
two ancient tombs, both of which are, however,
mutilated. The weekly market is on Saturday :
it is well supplied : and there are two annual
fairs; one on Holy Thursday, for horned cattle
and the other November2Otli, for sheep and hogs,
The Manor of Petworth - being an appendage
to the Honour of Arundel, was given, along with
the latter, to William (le Albini, who subse-
quently married Adeliza, widow of Henry I.
Albini was induced by his Lady to settle this
Lordship upon her nephew, Josceline of Lou-
vaine, who, marrying the heiress of William de
Percy, assumed the sirname of her family, and.
was the progenitor of the celebrated Percies„
Earls of Northumberland. Upon the extinction
of this noble family, the estate devolved by mar-
riage to Charles Seymour, Duke of Somerset, by
second daughter it was carried into the
family of Wyndham, subsequently created Earls,
of Egremont, and regularly descended to the-
present noble proprietor.
PETWORTH is chiefly remarkable .for the mag-
nificent zeal of the Earl of Egremont. It stands
close to the town,- the back-front opening into
the church-yard, and the. access to .it is little
promising. It was erected by the Duke of
Somerset upon the site of the ancient mansion,
and was considered at the time as one of the best-
modelled houses in England. The suite of apart-
ments on the ground floor is very noble, and all
the rooms are filled with paintings be some of
the best masters ; among which, several portraits
by Vandyke, and some paintings by Sir Joshua
Reynolds, are particularly deserving of notice.—
The rooms are richly furnished, and are orna-
mented.with many beautiful inlaid tables, of va-
rious sorts of marbles. Adjoining the house is a
gallery, filled with antique statues, the greater
part of which are valuable in themselves, though
somewhat disfigured by the modern repairs,.
which the mutilated condition in which they were
chabut which
indispensable,rthy of the
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originals. In the gallery. is a beautiful marble
group,. representing the well-known and-affecting
story of Celadon and Amelia. The hall and.
staircase are spacious, and finely painted.
The front of the house towards the park, being
of free-stone, and ornamented with statues and
vases, on the top, forms one long unbroken and
magnificent range, having twenty-one windows in
each story. But much of the general and strik-
ing effect this noble front might have otherwise
produced, is destroyed by the too sudden ap-
proach to it, which makes it appear too long and.
too uniform. This defect might have been
avoided, had an avenue led to the house; hot-
this the nature of the ground, rendered almost
impossible.

The park is very extensive, the wall being.
about twelve miles in circumference-. In front
of this mansion is a sheet of water, sprinkled
with small woody 4.!ets,formed at-an expence of
not less than 30,0001. Thk park, which is well •
stocked 'with deer, and contains much noble tim- •
ber, is finely broken into hills and dales, and.
commands delightful views of the downs of
Surrey and of Sussex, and of the surrounding
country. In this park, much cattlnis fattkled
and the present noble proprietor deserves the
thanks
dlteossimfoprrotvheetahteteburteieodit
and ..
othf'iciaiel:xtslFe'oe,fncttitiaehn for the liberality with which he
has excited the emulation and industry of his
tenants.

• COURSE OF EXCHANGE, January 20:
Arnsteidem
Ditto, at Sight
Rotterdam ) 2 4
Antwerp l2 5
Hamburgb
Altona
Paris, 3 Day's sight 25 65' 0 Us.
Ditto
,
Ilourdeaux, ditto ' 25 85 0t ..
Berlin
Frank fort on the Main
Petersburgh . 9
Vienna I() 14
Trieste • 10 14 •
Madrid
Cadiz ' 15i 'Effective
Bilboa.
Barcelona 35
Seville
Gibraltar
Leght."q"
i, Venie' Ira' I. 4* 27 0
Malta
Palermo
Lisbon
Oporto
ttio.,!weiro
8ahia........
Dublin ~.. 9a ........ Coi-1,..

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BULLION.

l'ortuFAl Gold ,i n Coin 1.0 0 0 ptr o*.
Foreiin in Bars 3 17 6

New Dotaialootis
New DolLir3
s;t:indard :

••••O 0 0
-.0 4 9f
0 0

MARRIED.

On Thursday last, in Cornwall, John Henry Walker, Esq.,
surgeon, Strand, to Mary, only daughter of the late Philip•
Lyne, Esq.., of Torfrey, and grand-daughter to the Rev. Dr..
Lyne, of Mevagissey. After partaking of an elegant dejeune
at the seat of Thomas Graham, Esq., of Penguite, the happy
pair set out for Lath.