The Sun.
London, England, 1824-12-28 00:00:00

FASHIONAIME PARTIES.

The Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury are entertaining
a distinguished party of visitors at their seat, Hatfield.
The Dowager Countess of Stamford had a select party yes-
terday evening, at her house in Charles-street, Berkeley-square.
On Wednesday last Mrs. William !Josh gave an elegant
ball and supper at Point-Pleasant, near Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Dancing was kept up with great spirit till late the following
morning. The supper tables displayed equal taste and libera.
lity. It is superfluous to add that the .couipany, which ex-
ceeded 100 lathes and gentlemen, were highly gratified by the
liberal arrangements of the amiable hostess.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

SI4ATE OF THE ODDS.-

ETTING-ROO3l, Dag. 27

9 to 1 agst Rufus
9 to 1 agst !Muleteer
12 to 1 agst Phantotu e., darn
by Rubte►►y
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II Y.
18 to'l agst Lord Jersey's colt.
out of Web
18 to 1 Spit Bolero
20 to 1 lama Legacy.
S.
11 to 1 agst Attie,
11 to 1 agst
ST. LEG .
28 to 1 agst Crow-catcher
30 to I apt Ilk Grace
35 to 1 ugst Alderman
35 to 1 opt Conviction.

t to I B,ot Aline
8 to I apt Sorcery
DONCASTER
11 to 1 agst Cleveland
12 to I agst lemnon
14 to 1 agst Redgauntlet
22 to 1 agst Homer

MINTING INTELLIGENCE.
MZETINGS OF itouxns IN Tin: PII.E3I'NT WEEK.
The East Sussex Fox.hounds, on Thursday, at Ditchling
Common; Saturday, at Fink Hill.
Mr. Littleton's Stag Hounds, on Thursday, at Aldridge.
Mr. Hay's Fos-hounds, on Thursday, at Ely Castle ; Sa-
turday, at Ercall Heath.
The York and Ainsty Hounds, on Thursday, at Providence-
green; Saturday, at the 11th mile-stone, Easmwold.
The Hurworth Fox.hounds, on Friday, at Neasham.
The Cleveland Fox-hounds' on Friday, at Skelton.
'rite Holderness Fox-hounds, on Friday, at 13randsburton
Moor.
The York City Harriers, on Friday, at Rawcliff.
The Boroughbridge Harriers, on Friday, at Aldbrough.
Sir T. Sykes's Fox-hounds, on Wednesday, at Stamford
Bridge; Friday, at Dalby Bush.

Mr. Robinson has sold Homer to Mr. Peirce for 1000 gui-
neas, and 500 more if he wins the St. Leger.
His (;race the Duke of Leeds has purchased Bluebeard, by
Blacklock, three years old, for 1250 guineas.
Lord Kelburne has purchased Osmond, by Filho da Punt,
of sir W. Milner, for 1300 guineas.

WII ALE FOUND IN TII ELBE.-1 ne Hamburg
CorraTondenten of the 14th instant says, amongst the curiosi-
ties which have been found In the waters of the Elbe, in con-
sequence of the late stormy weather, is a Finn-fish, a species
of the whale tribe, which some Blankenese fishermen round
dead near the Vogel Sand at the month of the Elbe. It is a
fish of large dimensions, being from 70 to 80 feet long; its
thickUess is 15 feet, nine of which arc in the wster, and six
above it. It has been towed up by a fleet of twelve boats as
far as the village of Blankentse (six English miles below [lam-
burgh), and will be exhibited to the curious at Altona in a day
or two. From the manner in which the head of the animal
hangs downs down, it is conjectured that it, had been driven by
the late tremendous gales against the rocks of Heligoland, and
that its neck was broken.

NV Art's were originally musical watchmen, the
word implying oboes. They were minstrels at first annexed
to the King's Court, who sounded the watch every night, and
in towns paraded the streets during winter, to prevent theft,
&c. They were set up with &regular salary at Exeter in 1400,
and, though suppressed by the Puritans, were restored in 1000.
The musical world at Copenhagen (says a
Danish paper of the 7th inst.) have been highly
gratified by the talents of a Norwegian peasant
on the piano-forte. Ilia name is HANs HAAG,EN-
SON.

Box NOT.-A party of Agricultural gentlemen
were discussing the merits of a (Ain of Reef;
when an Irish gentleman praised, in high terms,
the superiority of
Irish beef. 14 True," said a
gentleman, " you have so many Bugs, you must.
,-,
°'
needs have fine Beef.” •
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1 Two sailors looking at a sun-dial, and onr
them observing on it the inscription it Tepus
fugit," which he recollected busing often ;before:
similarly seen, said to his companion,mtn all
oath, that _verily
he believed Thomat Edema"

nore sun-dials than any other man itiTuglaud•
The stupendous size of the Aritest of the
Egyptian pyramids, said to hay., been built by
Cheops or Chemnis, be m may. better conceived by
comparing it with objects with which we are
familiar. Its base farms a square of six hun-
dred feet, or an area the size of Lincoln's-
.
inn-fields, which is said to have been constructed
of this specific size by bilge Jones, for the pur-
pose of illustration ; and its apex nearly a third
higher than thit'sociunit Or the civil* of St. Paul's,