The Sun.
London, England, 1832-11-16 00:00:00

BRIGHTON, Nov.

This being the day fixed upon to return thanks to Al-
mighty God, in his great mercy, for protecting the inha-
bitants of this town from that dreadful visitation the
" cholera," divine service was performed in the several
churches and chapels, and appropriate discourses delivered
on the occasion. The shops were closed, and all business

suspended.
Yesterday Lord FITZ ROY SOMERSET and Lieutenant-
Colonel M'lNTosit had audiences of the KING ; after-
wards his MAJESTY, accompanied by his daughter, the
Countess of ERROL, left the Palace in a carriage and four,
proceeded along the West Cliff to Hove, from thence to
the vicinity of Shoreham, and returned to the Palace at a
quarter to five o'clock.
The QUEEN, accompanied by the Countess of BROWN -
LOW, took an airing, in an open carriage, through various
parts of the town. Her MAJESTY paid a congratulatory
visit to the Duchess of GLOUCESTER on her improved
health, with whom her MAJESTY remained for nearly an
hour. Her Royal Highness is so far recovered as to he
able to take a carriage exercise yesterday for a few miles.
The Duke of GLOUCESTER took his departure yester-
day morning for town, where his Royal Highness will re-
main until Saturday next, and then proceed to Wiltshire,
on a visit to Mr. PEA ACE, with whom his Royal High-
ness proposes sojourning for about three weeks.
Their MAJ ESTIES entertained the following distinguished
individuals at dinner last evening:—
The Princess Augusta, Earl and Countess Brownlow, Hon.
Captain Crofton, Earl and Countess of Errol, Rear-Admiral
Hall, Sir Herbert and Lady Taylor, Lieut.-Colonel M`Kintosh,
Lady Kennedy Erskine, Sir Robert Otway, Sir Frederick Wat-
son, Admiral Sir Henry and Lady Neale, Hon. Miss Eden,
Rev. Mr. Wood, Admiral Sir Robert and Lady Keates, Miss
Wynyard, Mr. Hudson and Mr. Shiner.
Miss D'EsTE arrived last evening at the Palace, on a
visit to their MAJESTIES.

In consequence of the death of the Marchioness of BUTE,
the arrival of Sir FRANCIS BURDETT and family is post-
poned for a few days. The same cause will operate, in a
similar manner, on the Duke and Duchess of ST. ALBANS,
who otherwise were expected on Saturday evening.
Mrs. GEORGE DAWSON has become quite a leader of

ton. A few evenings past her residence in Kemp Town
was a scene of splendid festivity, seldom equalled here.
Mr. DAWSON is at present in Ireland, canvassing the
electors of Londonderry.

Lord HOLLAND, who is much improved in
health within the last ten days, gave a splendid dinner
yesterday evening, at Holland House. In addition to
most of the Cabinet Ministers there were present Prince

TA LLEYRAND and the Duchess de DINo, Prince and
Princess LIEVEN, Prince PAUL LIEVEN, the Prussian and

Austrian Ministers, &c.

The Duke of WELLINGTON is entertaining
a select party of the nobility at Walmer Castle.
Prince TALLEYRAND entertained a large
party at dinner, on Wednesday evening, at his residence in
Hanover-square. There were present the Prince and
Princess LIEVEN, Lord PALMERSTON, Lord and Lady
COWLEY, Baron BULOW, Baron DE NEWMAN, &C.

The Earl and Cuuntess of DALHOUSIE have
just had the affliction to lose their eldest son, Lord RAM-

SAY, a young nobleman of high promise, holding the rank
of Captain in the 26th (or Cameronian) Foot. When
Lord DALHOUSIE departed for India, to assume the com-
mand of the forces there, Lord RAMSAY accompanied his

Lordship as Aide-de-Camp, and returned with the Earl

and Countess in the spring of the present year. The
Noble and Gallant Earl has an only surviving child, the
Hon. JAMES ANDREW RAMSAY, now (by the death of

his brother) Lord RAMSAY. His Lordship, whose death
took place at Dalhousie Castle, was in his 27th year.
The Hon. Colonel CRADOCK has been sent
to the head.quarters of Marshal GERARD, with instructions
to accompany, as British Commissioner, the French army
during its operations in Belgium.

His MAJESTY having the power of deciding
between the claimants to the Peerage in abeyance since the
death of Lord DE CLIFFORD, has determinel in favour of
Mrs. RUSSELL, the Lady of one of the sons of Lord WIL-
LIAM RUSSELL.

We have reason to believe that the SPEAKER
will, about Christmas, be called to the Muse of Peers, by
the title of Lord Serrlxosoußaix. It bas been generally
circulated that the Right lion. Gentleman would select
LEXINGTON—a title which, though not extinct, was,
above a century ago, borne by one of the Sorrow family.
We, however, understand that Mr. MANNERS SUTTON
declines to assume the title of Lord LEXINGTON, on the

ground that, as a junior branch of the SUTTON family, he
could not, with propriety, select that Peerage to the ex-
clusion of the sons of the late Rev. FREDERICK MANNERS
SUTTON, grandson of Lord GEORGE MANNERS SUTTON,
who was the third son of the Duke of RUTLAND, by mar-
rile with the Hon. BRIDGET SUTTON, Only (laughter and
heiress of ROBERT Lord LEXINGTON. The Rev. FRE-
-

DERICK SUTTON, by his marriage with Laly HENRIETTE
LUMLEY, daughter of the present Earl of SCARBOROUGH,
left two infant sons, who represent the claims of the
SUTTON family to the Barony of LEXINGTON. We un-
derstand that among the many complimentary letters ad-
dressed to the SPEAKER, on his retirement from the
Chair, was a highly flittering one from the LORD
CHANCELLOR.

A requisition to the LORD MAYOR has been
numerously signed by many of the Aldermen and Common
Council, to take into consideration the following motion
at the next Court :—" That this Court, impressed with
feelings of sincere gratification at the elevation of our late
Common Sergeant to the high office of Loid;Chief Justice
of England, arising at once from great personal esteem,
from a sense of the honour thereby reflected upon this
city, and from a regard to the interests of the public, do
express the same in an address of congratulation to the,
Right Hon. Sir THOMASDENMAN, upon his appointment. '
At the anniversary meeting of the Literary
and Antiquarian Society of Perth, very great interest was
excited by the presentation, at the same time, and from
different quarters, of the walking-stiek of Joins KNox,
and the candlestick which stood before him at the time
when an attempt was made against his life, and through
which the bullet passed which was aimed at him through
the window of his lodgings. The cane was a donation
from Mr. LAING, of London. The candlestick was a
presentation from Mr. MURRAY, of Ay toun, and both
were accompanied by memoranda, which left no hesita-
tion as to their being veritable memorials of the great re-
former.— Greenock Advertiser.
Yesterday evening the members of the City
of London Artists' Society held their first meeting for the
season at the London Coffee-house. The intention of this
society is merely to afford artists and amateurs an oppor-
tunity of assembling together for the purpose of conver-
sation, and of exhibiting their works before they are
brought more unequivocally under public notice. Many
specimens of the talents of the members were last night
observable in the room; but as any thing like detailed
criticism on such an occasion would be out of place, we
will merely announce that a proof of an engraved portrait
of Sir WALTER Scow, from a painting by LAWRENCE,
excited general attention and no less admiration. The
portrait, we understand, was executed about 13 years
since, though it was not generally known that our great
portrait painter bad ever bad the author of " Waverley"
for a sitter, and much regret has frequently been expressed
at the supposed omission. In comparing this portrait of
Sir WALTER with those with which the public are already
familiar, one is struck with the immense superiority of
LAWRENCE over all his competitors in the power which
he possessed of seizing upon and conveying to his canvass
the moot intellectual expression of his subjects. The ad-
mirers of the novelist will be pleased to find that the look
of slyness, nay, almost of low cunning, which his less
skilful limners have attributed to him, and which they
wondered how such a man could ever possess, was not die
real character of his head, but that its true expression
was that of calm reflection, but with an eye which would
evidently brighten up at the first perry thought that might
occur to his mind. The engraving, which when finished
will be one of the best that has been produced for a long
time, is executed by Mr. ROBINSON, the engraver of the
" Wolf and the Lamb."

WILLIAM AUSTIN.—The Brighton Gazette
in reference to a paragraph which appeared in a Morning
Paper a few days ago, stating that AUSTIN is now in a
madhouse at Milan, " his understanding having been af-
fected by the sufferings of his magnanimous mistress," and
thraittisThligEoolndo/t, Esay3,l—,o, We hope the public will not heo,ccial was " living in affluence on
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cajoled by this attempt to excite a epurious humanity.
The facts, as we have them from a gentleman who visited
Milan in 1827, are, that AUSTIN had then just succeeded
in a law-suit against BERGAMI, which placed him in pos-
!don of Queen CAROLINES Palace at Como ; that he was
living a life of profligacy and drunkenness, to which his
pre,ent state of destitution (if really such as descrioed)
must be owing; and that MAjocc El, instead of " living
in affluence on British gold,"was so reduced as to " apply
for the situation of waiter in a hotel where our informant
resided at Milan."

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