The Sun.
London, England, 1844-01-27 00:00:00

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE.

Lord Cantalupe, ARRIVALS.
in Upper Grosvenor street, from Earl
Delawares, Buckhurst, Sussex ; Sir J. and Lady Kirk-
land, in Pall-mall ; Mr. and the Hon. Mrs. Eden Spald-
ing, from Trafalgar House, Isle of Wight ; Charles
Home Drummond, Esq., at Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-
street, from the North ;
—Burn, Esq
ditto ; sir Alexander and Lady HOod ~ at ditto, from
and Hood, at
the Pulteney Hotel, Albemarle-street, from Compton
Castle, Somerset ; L. Gwyn, Esq., Mrs. Powell, and
Miss Butler, at ditto, from Paris ; Lieut.-Col. Mulkey,
Ist Dragoon Guards, in South Audley-street, from Roe-
hampton.
DEPARTURES.
The Right Hon. Yates Peel, from Fenton's Hotel, for
Bonehill cottage, near Tamworth ; Swift, Esq., from
the Burlington Hotel, for Liverpool ; Sir William H.
Joliffe, Bart., M.P., for his seat, near Petersfield, Hants ;
Col. and Mrs. Austin, from the Pulteney Hotel, for
sevenoaks.

The Haymarket Theatre continues to be crowded
nightly, to witness The Merry Wires of Windsor, Risley
and his sons, and The Fait One with the Golden Locks.
To-night, we perceive, is positively the last night of those
elegant and classical wonders, Risley and his sons, as they
appear at the Theatre Royal, Liverpool, on Monday. To fill up
the gap thus occasioned, Mr. Webster has secured the ser-
vices of the inimitable John Parry for the ensuing week, who
will singhis songs, famed for fun and laughter, between the first
and last pieces.
TILE LATE MR. JAMES WOOD'S WILL.---The liti-
gation arising out of the will of the late Mr. James Wood, of
Gloucester, is not yet brought to a termination; as a new suit
in Chancery has been instituted by Mr. Hitchins, one of the
parties named in the codicil, against the executors. The case
was mentioned in the Vice-Chancellor's Court the other day,
when it was static'. that the Solicitor-General was specially
engaged, and the arguments were likely to occupy a length of
time. Under these circumstances, the Vice-Chancellor said
he would appoint some day to hear the cause which would be
convenient to all parties.
His Grace the Duke of Devonshire arrived at
Chatsworth on Thursday forenoon, and shortly afterwards
visited the several improvements in progress, under the able
superintendence of 111 r. Paxton. The great fountain now in
progress at Chatsworth is expected to play to a height of upwards
of 200 feet. The water is conducted by a trench or drain from
the Chesterfield road along the brow of the hill to a field behind
the " Stand" to a reservoir of six acre surface—thence by pipes
to the south front of the mansion. The head of water, or fall
from the reservoir to the nozzle, is 380 feet. All the cuttings for
pipes are going on, and the pipes, valves,
the water, reservoir, and
nozzles, &c., are in progress at the foundries. The fountain
that plays the highest jet of any fountain in the world at pre-
sent is, I believe, in Germany, but the proposed fountain at
Chatsworth is expected to surpass it in height about twenty
feet. There are several fountains in France that play to a con-
siderable height, but that which rises the highest (at Ver-
sailles) is far inferior to what may be expected from the in-
tended fountain at Chatsworth, and those expectations are
founded upon the results of experiments made in every possible
way that science could suggest. The great fountain will be
complete about the latter end of summer. Material improve-
ments are in progress in respect to the other fountains, so that
the jets may form various devices.
KILLING THE DEVIL.—A young girl from the
country, lately on a visit to Mr. a Quaker, v: as pre-
Tailed on to accompany him to a meeting. It happened to be a
silent one, none of the brethren being moved by the Spirit to
utter a syllable. When Mr. 1-I— left the meeting-house with
his young friend, he asked her, " flow dust thee like the
meeting ?" To which she pettishly replied, "Like it? why
I can see no sense in it : to go and sit for whole hours to-
gether, without speaking a word, it is enough to kill the devil."
" Yes, my dear," rejoined the Quaker, " that is just what we
want."
The Leicester Mercury informs us that " a Pro-
Corn-law meeting was recently held at Atherstone, to receive
subscriptions towards opposing the " League." At the close
of the meeting the munificent sum of five shillings was sub-
,Reporter.
scribed It is all over with the League.—Derby

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