The Sun.
London, England, 1851-01-30 00:00:00

FESTIVITIES AT BELVOIR CASTLE.

The Duke of Rutland has been entertaining a large
party of friends at Belvoir Castle during the past
month. The guests have included the Earl and Countess
of Jersey and Lady Clemeatina Villiers, the Earl and
Countess of Wilton and Lady Elizabeth Grey Eger-
ton, the Earl Jermyn and Lady Elizabeth Hervey,
Viscount and Viscountess Newport, Lord and Lady
Stanley, Lady Frederick Bentitick, Lord Ed ve. Fitzalan
Howard, the Marquis of Granby, Lord Forester, Ad-
minil Sir Thomas Cochrane and Miss Cochrane, Mr.
and Lady Elizabeth Drummond, Sir Henry Halford,
M.P., Mr. Augustus Stafford, M.P., Mr. Baillie
Cochrane, M.P., and Mrs. Baillie Cochrane, Sir R.
Inglis, M.P., Mrs. Lady Emnreliue Wortley and
Miss Wortley, the Right Hon. Henry Pierrepont,
Lord Charles Manners, M.P., Lord John Manners.,
M.P., Mr. and Lady Adeliza Norman, Mr. Victor
Drat-3:)3°nd, Mr. Schetky and Miss Schetky,
Mr. Cecil Turner, Mr. Gregory Gregory,
and the Rev. P. Mules, chaplain to the
"lake. We rejoice to learn that the noble host is
enjoying strong health, and that his Grace has fol-
lowed his famous pack of hounds three days a week
with all the vigour of his earlier years. On the off-
days the Noble Duke has enjoyed the diversion of
shooting on the Belvoir preserves, and a large number
of pheasants have fallen to his unerring aim. On the 20th
inst. a grand banquet took place, at which covers were
laid for nearly 40 guests. The entertainment was dis-
tinguished by all that splendid hospitality for which the
ducal seat is proverbial. Upon one of the sideboards
in the banquetting room was exhibited, on this occa-
sion, a very beautitul silver statuette of the Duke
of Wellington, which was universally admired. In
the evening, the first of a series of amateur dramatic
representations took place in the principal saloon of
the castle, where a temporary theatre had been fitted
up and arranged under the judicious direction of Mr.
Augustus Stafford. The laughable farce of Box and
Cox was exceedingly well performed by Mr. Baillie
Cochrane, Miss Cochrane, and the stage manager, Mr.
Stafford. Previously to the farce, the following pro-
logue, written by Mr. Baillie Cochrane, was delivered
by the author with good effect :
When energetic objects men pursue,
"Tis well to know what they propose to do;
Whether a play, or lecture, on Dissent,
Or the Colonial Church Establishment;
Whether at Belvoir Castle or Colchester
We give our bills before we ask a tester.
When the old world went forth to meet the new,
• Columbus' ship stowed tonnage thirty-two.
He thought the smallest ships were best to brave
The furious conflict of the Atlantic wave,
That fore and aft his little barks might tack
Where one of Cunard's ships would break its back.
And just so we—small dingy and small crew,
We leer no danger while we are steered by you !
Though light our barks, we gaily leave the strand,
Sure of success if you but lend a hand.
You only clap (on sail) whene'er we pause,
And be your murmurs murmurs of applause,
No longer doubtful, on our course we steer,
For our America is seated here.
You'll understand why I am so nautical
When you perceive our own Vice-Admiral !
America, appears in every line
Because she has given us back our Emmeline.
Oh, happy land 1 oh, country warmly blest
For soon her sympathies shall be hot-pressed,
When Bentley's impressions aptly shall convey
Her own impressions of Pennsylvania.
But other themes than these should fill my mind.
Beneath a cloudy sky and soft south wind—
How, in the chase, the foremost Granby press'd,
And Forester among the first, the best;
Or the kind qualities of Mr. Clarke,
The social Crichton of our Croxton-park;
Or choose your name, whoever you may hit on,
No one has finer qualities than Wilton;
Or now, since Popish names we have learnt to prize,
How great another Gregory doth arise—
So great—yet, unlike Pio Nono, he
Haiti built a convent styled a monastery.
I say a convent, for I've heard the presses
Contain fall space for ninety ladies' dresses.
But there are other nobler themes than these—
How Melton glows with various charms to please,
How every Lodge contains some mystic grace
That beams a rival influence to the chase,
Such she who sits before me, who can blend
All sweetest charms most valued in a friend.
Fit spot for her! Here generous qualities
May always claim the kindliest sympathies.
Fit spot!—ln noblest Stanley we can find
How proudest gifts combine with sweetest mind.
But tell me, can or rank or power explain,
How all hearts here are linked in one kind chain?
There is some secret cause, some generous spell,
That secret cause let princely Rutland tell.
Ale, do not blame me if perchance my mood
Involves a strain far deeper than it should;
But now, I pray, forgive me by the token
Of the illustrious name I last have spoken.
I have taken out a licence—no one knows
The value of a licence more than Shelley does.
So free from licence will our pans be played,
Even Sir Robert Harry might have stayed.
Now fur the scene, hard task is ours 'tia true,
But harder still the task that's given you—
'Tis yours to seize ideas when half expressed,
Explain the faltering wit and limping jest,
'Tis ours to awkward stalk or foolish stand,
'Tis yours to laugh, to clap, to understand.
A Day after the Wedding was included in the
programme, and in this piece Mrs. Baillie Cochrane
declighted the audience by her truthful and
spirituel performance of the heroine. Miss Emme-
line Wortley's performance of an elderly lady, in the
same piece, was also greatly admired, and Mr. Victor
Drummond, as Lord Rivers, gave promising proofs of
an imitative talent of high order. The performances were
to be repeated last night, in honour of the arrival
of the Duke and Duchess of Norfolk, and Lady
Adeliza Fitzslan Howard, and the Duke and Duchess
of Bedford, who were to join the party already as-
sembled.
The Noble Duke's private band, under the direc-
tion of Mr. Nicholson, is in attendance at the Castle,
and playa daily in the guard-chamber during dinner.
The hospitalities of Belvoir will be continued until
the meeting of Parliament, when the Noble Duke
comes to town for the season.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
ANALYSIS OF THE DERBY.
The Analysis of the Derby, by the " Spirit of the
Turf." announced to appear this evening, is unavoidably
postponed until to-morrow.
THE PROPRIETORS OF THE FLYING DIITCUMAN.—
We can state, from official authority, that the shares arA '
thus allotted in this superb animal, to the partritetsnip
proprietary:—The Lords Eglinton and fitrathme.:o,
1,000 sovs. each; Lord Airlie, 500 sera.; Sir r. ArmF-
tage, 500 sovs.; Sir H. Campbell, sor•
. ...Anima and Hamilton,
Archdall, 500 sovs.; Messrs. Th- -0 soya.;
500 soya. each; making the
votal 5,000 soya Ca.ptatn

Mr.
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Igra`...l and Mrs. Disraeli haVetrrived at their
house,
ark-lane, for the season, from Burghley.
-AIGHTIIOUSES IN FRANCE.—According to an
official report, there are on the sea-coast of France, at pre-
sent, 57 lighthouses of the first class. Besides those destined
to mark at a long distance the points of the coast, 107 lights
of less reach indicate the entrance of the ports and bays of
France. Of the 57 large lights, 17 are in the Channel, 25 on
the Atlantic, and 15 en the Mediterranean.—Builder.
IPSWICH —A steam-machine for discharging coals
from the colliers direct to the waggons upon the branch
from the Eastern Union Railway has been erected upon the
Griffin-wharf, and was brought into operation for the first
time on Monday. In addition to the celerity of the opera-
tions, the machine screens the coals during their transit, the
small being used at the coke ovens near by.
NUREMBURG.--ITARMONY BETWEEN MASTER AND
MAN.—On the 31st December, the workmen of the engine
manufactory of Messrs. Cranes and Klette honoured their
employers with a festival procession by torchlight. More
than 400 such flambeau-hearers ave to the assemblage a
very imposing aspect. Messrs. C. and K. bad, at much
personal sacrifice, retained all their men during the calamitous
year 848 ; and on this occasion they have promi,ed to estab-
lish, by their Own means, a pension fund for their workmen,
which is, however, to be managed by a committee of the
men themzelvez.—Builder.