The Sun.
London, England, 1823-09-15 00:00:00

RUSSIAN IMPERIAL FETE.

[From the Hampshire Telegraph.]
We are happy to learn that the visit of his
Majesty's ship Jasper, Captain A.RIIUTIINOT, to
Croustadt, has been attended with the happiest
results. We are informed that the marked at-
tention of the Emperor of Russia, and all the.
Court, was very flattering to the British nation.
The Russian Government has abandoned its
pretensions to the national right of whatever
extent of coast in the Pacific their ships may
happen to visit. It may be remembered that
the Jasper sailed from the Nore on the 18th
of July, taking the Persian Ambassador, Lieut.-
CoI. D'Arcy, K.S.L., Royal Artillery, Mr.
Percy, and Mr. Armstrong, on their return to
Persia. The following extract from a let►er, de-
scribing the reception given to Captain Arbuth-
not and his officers, wilt prove gratifying to our
readers :

" At anchor off Peterboif Palace, Aug. 9,,1823.

" The Jasper arrived at. Cronstadt on. the 2d of August, after
having been detained five days at Copenhagen by contrary
winds. -We reached Elsineur in 70 hours from the Little Nore.
On our arrival, we found an order front his Imperial Majesty,
that the Jasper should proceed up to the palace of Peterhoff, to
join the. Imperial Regatta of yachts, collected there. to assist in
celebrating the birth-day of the Mother Empress,which is donean-
nu ally by a most magnificent fete given by the Emperor. Every
thingconnected with the fete interests his Imperial Majesty very
much as he is strongly attached. to his mother. At two on the
following morning, twa Imperial pilots came on board, to pilot
the Jasper, up ; the wind was against us, and a very strong
current also : However, Captain Arbuthnot determined to be
there, and he undertook to warp .up with our kedges, which,
after great difficulty, watt accomplished, and we arrived in time
to jiAn the Imperial yachts in saluting. with 21 guns, at four
o'clock in the afternoon, when the health of the Mother
Empress was drank at the palace. In the evening, the:3lisper
illuminated, with the Imperial yachts, and. set off the same
fire-works. Siace, we have weighed, manceuvred, &c., with
them, and have had the honour of beingattached to the little
Imperial Regatta. Immediately the Jasper anchored, an in-
vitation-came off from his Imperial Majesty for Captain Ar-
buthnot to attend the masqued ball at the Palace, which he of
course accepted ; it was a very magnificent entertainment—in
short, the gardens illuminated, fountains playbig, tire-worksall ,
Pctersburgb assembled, appeared more like Fairy Land
than any thing else. On the following ening, Cap_
tain Arbuthnot received- a letter from the Palace, in-
forming him that one of the Imperial carriages was at
his disposal ; and that it was expected he would dine every day
at the Palace, at the Grand Marshal's table. Every day dur-
ing the week, Captain Arbuthnot had a (Wane a la fingrehette
on board the Jasper, which has been attended by every member
of the Imperial Family, except the Emperor himself. To-day
the Jasper is commanded to be ready to receive all the Court
and maids of honour, It has been quite the fashionable rage to
breakfast on board the English ship (for you most know Jasper
is now a ship). They have all gone away delighted and sur-
prised with the elegant accommodations afforded in so small a
sbi. When these festivities cease, the Grand Duehess Nicholas,
with the Grand Duke and suite, are to sail up as far as the
Bar at Petersburgh in the Jasper, attended by the Imperial
yachts, when they will. embark, and the Jasper will return .to
Cronitadt. The Jasper will probably sail for England in ten
days."

The New Museum, one side of which is now
erecting for the reception of the Library pre-
sented by the KING to the Nation, is to be one
of the largest quadrangular buildings yet erected
in the Metropolis. The interior area will be us
large 'as llanover-square. The buildings are to
be ornamented with granite columns of extraor-
dinary magnitude.
DrtuAnruL Film—About half an hour before
one o'clock yesterday morning, a most alarming
fire broke out, in the premises of Mr. Swatield,
a cheesemonger, in the London-road, near
the Elephant and Castle, and from the nature
of the property, burnt with great fury.—
fu a short time the house and premises of Mr.
Swafield were reduced to a mass of ruins ;
and notwithstanding the exertions of the fire-
men, the two adjoining heuses sulievd severely
before the fire was got under. Mr. Walmsley
the pawn-broker's house caught fire, and although
by the quantity of water thrown upon •it, the
tire ‘sas extinguished,' a great •deal of the pro-
perty therein was much damaged. The house
on the other side of Mr. Swafield's, occupied
by Mr. Harridge, who keeps an eating-house,
had the whole of the back part of it demolish-
,ed ; and the house adjoining• the last-mentioned,
occupied Mr. Smith, a watchmaker, appeared
at one time to be in such danger as induced him
to commence moving his property ; in doing
which, it is 'a melancholy instance of depravity to
state, a case containing 30 new watches was
stolen, notwithstanding that a number of the
Union-hall officers were actively on the spot.
The property destroyed is very considerable;
but 110 lives were lost, nor any serious personal
injury received.

lIIRTHB. '
On the 11th hat., 'at Sidniouth, the wife of C. J. F. Conlin,
Esq., of a daughter.
On the 12th Inst., at his house on Stockwell-comnuni, Dirs.
*TAMP, Field, of a son.
On Thur3tl6Y, the 4th inst.,
at Chandos-street,- Cavendish-
square, the Lady of jamas. Miller, 1..:5q., of Jamaica, of,a
daugTer,,whielt expired a short time after 713, birth.

•
MARRIED.
On Saturday the 13th inst., at St. Mary's, Islington, Na
thaniel Gould,, Esq.,.
to Mary, second daughter of the late
Woodhouse Crotnpton, Esq., of Warwick.
iOn Saturday, the 13th inst., at NValthanistow, George 11114-
yard, Esq., of Guildford-street, to Jane, youngest daughter of
Robert Itoxhant, Esq., of Bale-end, Essex. . •
On Saturday last, J. W. May, Esq., Sectelnq of hia Excel-
lency the Atribastoulor of the Netherlands, to , Ann, daughter
of the late Nicholas Gillbee, EN-) formerly of Denton-court,
in the county of Kent.

On the sth inst., Mrs. Miar)lYrrie;4°n, of the Grove, Hack-
.
TlSO°Y;tnial:'eratrk7"sagnadaY-Bli titchkehelaltthl inst.,
,
At Edinburgh, on flit: sth P. W. Broadley, Esq., at
On
Matthew Miller;
Kin gl3 ownJ.,ight Infantry, ‘son of Sir William Miller of Glen,
etiln/is2t..,
lee, -Bart. one of the Senators of the College of Justice.
At Gri:nula, in his 43d year; A. "I 'y Webster, Esq. - Hewes
uncommonly large and stout in his person, as may be imagined,
when his corpse weighed 50 pounds, or within .5 pounds of 41)
stone, It was itopossible, from its bulk, to get• the coffin into
the door of the house wherehe lay ; his body was therefore put
into it in the street, and carried to the grave by 20 persons-,
although the place of interment was not many yards distant.