The Sun.
London, England, 1826-01-11 00:00:00

ARRIVALS IN TOWN.

Ti e Duke of Argyle, from a tour ; the Earl and Countess
of Itiistol, from Putney Huth ; Lord Sydney, from Frognall,
Kent; Countess de Grey, from Putney fle.ith ; the Hon. C.
and Lady Catherine Cavendish, from a tour.

Yesterday the Princess Sophia visited the Duke of York, at
his house in South A udley.s..reet.
This lklarquis of Lansdown entertained a large party of
friends during the holydays at his seat, 13owood l'ark, Wilts.
The Lord Chancellor still suffers under his indisposition.
His I..6rdshiP will, however, if possible, resume his sittings in
the Court of Chancery on Monday next.

1' 0 E 'l' It Y.

TUE NEW YEAR.

A Year—another yc:ar—has fled !
11cre let me rrst
.%i they who stand around the dead,
And watch the funeral pile.
This year, whose breath has past away,
Once thrilled with life—with hope wits gay !
But, close as wave is urged on wave,
Age after age sweeps by ;
And this is all the gift we_have,

To look around Lund die !
'Twere vain to dream we shall not bend,
Where all are hosting to an end.
What this now waking year may rise,
As yet, is hid from me :--
",Cis well a veil which mocks our eyes,
Spreads o'er the days to be ;
Such foresight who, on earth, would crave,
Where knowledge is not power to save !
It may be dark,—it rising storm,
To blast with lightning wing,
The bliss which cheers—the joys that warm !
It may be dOomed to bring
The wish which I have reared as mine,
A victim to an early shrine!
But--be it fair, or dark—my breast
Its hope will not forego;—
Ilope's rainbow never shines so blest

As on the clouds of wo;
And, seen with her phosphoric light,
Even affliction's waves look bright
But I must steer Inv hark of life

Towards a deathless land ;
Nor need it fear the seas of strife, ' •
May it but reach the strand
IVhere all is peace—and angels comr.,.
To take the outworn wanderer liOrno,

The Marquis of IhsTixos transacted business
at the Colonial Office yesterday.
Yesterday Prince PoLIGVAC, the Frunelt
Arn-
bsssnlor, transacted business at the Foreign
Office.

Yesterday morning, about eleven, &clock, the
CIIANCLLI.O it of the ExcitEQUl:tt arrived in town
from Beckenham, in Kent, to transact business
at his Office in the Treasury. At five o'clock the
Right lion. Gentleman left toms on his return to
Ileckentiam.

On Monday, nt half-past twelve o'clock, an•
other meeting of the Lords of the Treasury was
held to proceed with n further hearing respecting
the Deccan prize money. The Earl of Liven.
row., Lord BEXLEY, the CIIANCELLOIL of the
KxctlEcauxn, &c. were present ; the Duke of
1% ELLINGTON and 111 r. A It utmiNirr, the COlllllll4.
sinners upon this important question, were also
present.
Monday night Mr. NYAntt4o, the King's Mes-
senger, was sent off wills dispatches to Vienna.

Last night Mr. IltrwrEit, senior, the King's
Messenger, left town with dispatches for Paris.
Yesterday Mr. WYNN and Mr. Under Spero-
tary lionnousE transacted business at the I'o.
reign Office.

Yesterday a meeting of his Majesty's Commis-
sioners, appointed for building additional elm relies
in populous parishes, held a meeting at their of.
lice, in Purliament-street, which was attended by
the Bishop of LONDON and several others.
Yesterday, the dispatches for Bombay and
China, by the ship Abercrombie Robinson, Capt.
JOHN I NNEq, were clw•ed at the East India
House, and delivered to the Purser of that ship.
In reference to reports lately circulated here,
respecting the appointment, by France, of Con-
suls to the new American States, a letter from
Paris, dated Saturday last, states that it is not
the intention of the French Government in
any case to nominate natives of France to
such appointments, but that an order has
been transmitted to Admiral Do Pry n ET, who
commands' on the Leeward Islands station, to
select, in the principal ports of South America
and of Mexico, from among the respectable mer-
chants residing there, such individuals as he may
think qualified to fulfil the duty of Consols, and
to confide to (bent the protection of the French
commercial interests.

Turn A wrs.—Mr. LONSDA LE, one of our most
eminent Portrait-Paintrr4 of the day, has just
finished an admirable whole-length of the 'Rey.
Mr. HAY, Vicar of Rochdale, by desire of the
Manchester Magistrates, which is to be placed in
the Public hall of that town. He has also
painted a :spirited Portrait of Mr. YATF,g, the
Actor, and is very forward with one of Mr. 'l' .
CAMPBELL, the Poet, another also of Sir HUM.
PUR EY DA VY. .4 Portrait of Mr.- WnEwEr.t.,
the Mathematical Professor at canibridge;is an,
other proof of Mr. LowsnALE's skill and fidelity.
A series of Portraits of the Members of 'lnk
BEEF-STEAK CLUB, by this Artist, adorn the
convivial room of that society, all of which are
faithful and spirited siMititudes,. and excellent
specimens of professional skill and taste.