The Sun.
London, England, 1826-06-03 00:00:00

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE.

Yesterday the Duke of York gave a grand dinner
to a numerous party, to meet the Duke and Duchess
of Gloucester. _

The Duke of York inspected the !wilding erecting,
for his future residence in the King's Palace, St.
James's, on Thursday afternoon.
The Princess Augusta has accommodated her Royal
Brother, the Duke of York, with the loan of her Royal
Highness's Mansion-house at Frogmore, during the
ensuing Ascot Races.
The Duchess of Gloucester visited the King yes-

terday.
Yesterday the Duke of Gloucester visited Mr.
Secretary Canniiig.
The Duke of Northumberland gave a grand dinner
yesterday, at Northumberland House.
Yesterday Mr. Secretary Canning had an audience
of his Majesty.
The Lad of Liverpool transacted business yesterday
with Mr. Secretary Peel.
Lord Massey is to be married in a few days to Miss
White, daughter of the late Luke White, Esq.—
Dublin Freeman.

The Marchioness of Hertford had a splenditl rout
at Hertford House, Manchester-square, on Thursday
evening, which was attended by all the leading and
distinguished fashionables in town.
Mrs. Angerstein gave her first rout for the season on
Thursday evening, at her house in St. James's-square.
The
.grand suite of drawing-rooms were brilliantly
illuminated. There were present nearly 300 of the
haul ion.

Mr. Stuart Wortley has been called to the House
of Peers, by the title of Baron Warnclifre.—Warncliffe
is vernacularly called Wantley, and is familiarized to
the public, under this latter name, by the celebrated
fable of the Dragon of Wantley.
Lord Northland and Mr. Duncombe arc to be in-
cluded in the present creation of British Peers.

A correspondent suggests, that the reason of Sir
Henry Halford not being made a Peer is, that the
worthy Baronet does not wish to relinquish his pro-
fession, and it would be ii!fra dignitatem for a Peer
to feel pulses.
The state of the interior of Leicester-sqnare is quite'
a disarace to the inhabitants, the walks and shrubbe-
ries being entirely neglected, and the grass nearly
foot high. What must the numerous foreigners who
first view the state of the British metropolis think of
it, from this specimen of indolence, bad taste, 811(1 par-

simony.
The wiseacres begin already to augur a wet summer.
There are no less than nine Steam Packets em-
ployed by the Post Office Department alone, running
constantly between England and Ireland ; namely,
three from Holyhead to Dublin—three from Milford
to Waterford—three from Poi tpatrick to Donaghadee.
Independently of these, the Post Office is about to esta-
blish sonic very fine steam packets between Liverpool
and Dublin ; and there are War Office steam,vessels
constantly running between Bristol and Cork. This
surprising facility and certainty of communication be-
tween the two kingdoms, which has been so lately
established, cannot fail to prove extremely beneficial in
its results, to the Sister Country.
The mackerel fisbery.has been followed up along
the Dorchester coast with almost unprecedented suc-
cess. The fishermen at Abbotsbury, and otherplaces
in the bay, are stated to have taken 100,000 in one
night.
The wheats in this neighbourhood wear (with ry
little exception) the most promising appearance. The
late rains have been most beneficial to barley and
other Lent crops, as well as to
,the grass.--Worcester
Journal.

• The crop Of apples iu most of the cider counties is
said to be the largest which has been known for many
years.

The Marshal Duke of Dahnatia (Souk) is said to
have become a convert to the Jesuits.

A French mechanic has conceived the idea of pro.
clueing has reliefs in soft metal by means of the chisel.
He is said to have been pre-eminently successful.
Very active exertions are at present making in
France in favour of the Greeks. The French ladies
are said to have risen en masse ; they are to be seen
wandering in search of contributions from house to
house in all quarters of the town, and among all classes
of society. Numerous volunteers have enlisted in the
cause, and large purchases of arms and military stores
are said to have been made by the Committee of Phil—
helenists, not a whit discouraged by the taking of
Missolonghi.
A file of Antigua papers to the 7th of April has
been received. The greatest sensation has been pro-
duced by the Collector of the Customs of that island
having seized all. slaves who have been in England
since the year 1807% according to report, at the ex-
press desire of the English Government, on the ground
that they were entitled to their freedom. The magi-
stracy of Antigua issued a warrant against the collector.
He refused to give bail, and was imprisoned.—Morn.
ing Paper.
We have been favoured with a perusal of a small
collection of Sacred Music, that is shortly to make its
.appearance under the ,siiperintendance of Mr. Goss,
which we , have little doubt will meet with very gene-
ral approbation. It consists of the best ancient and'
modern psalm tunes and hymns, (adapted to the new
version, the most favourite responses to the com-
mandments, with a variety of single and double chaunts,
all arranged in two lines. The accompaniment being
given in
,small notes, and will form an elegant pocket
volume for the use of parochial congregations.
DA 1.1 INO BURG L A ItY.— Late last night, or early
this morning, saute daring villains contrived to enter the premises
of Messrs. llibottsun and Pultmr, the Printers, in Savoy...street,
menus of pick luck keys
and having effected their
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in their work of plunder, they had made the street-door secure in-
side, by a large &blot. No trace of the robbers have as pi
been discovered.

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