The Sun.
London, England, 1826-02-01 00:00:00

CIVIC FESTIVITY.

Yesterday the LORD 31A*14)1.1ip;veas}ifentlid dinner to his
Royal Highness the Duke of York and a nittnerous company
of his Majesty's Minilters, and other distinguished personages.
There were present—the Earl of biverpool,'Earl of Ilarrowhy,
Earl of Westmorland, Earl of Shaftesbury, Earl Bathurst;
Viscount Melville, Viscount Sidmouth, the Bishops of Lon-
don, of Llandiff, of Chester, Lord Bexley, the Speaker of
the House of Commons, Mr. Secretary Peel, the Chancel-
lor of the Exchequer, Mr. Huskisson, Mr. Wallace, the Lord
Chief Jostle Best, the Lord Chief Baron, Aldermen Shaw,
Ansley, Flower, J. J. Smith, &holey, Wood, Atkins, Bridges,
Thorp, Heygate, Waithntan, Garratt, the Attorney-General,
the
,Solicitor-General, the Governor nod Dcputy-Governor of
the Bank of England, the Adjutant• General of the Forces, the
Recorder of London, the Common Sergeant, the Chamber.:
lain, Mr. !ferries, Mr. Villiturt Horton, 'Messrs. Aldermen
Brown, Lucas, Thompson, ace. At half-past twelve the doors
of the Egyptian flail were thrown open, and the company, to
the number, we conceive, of About 300 persons, partook of a
most elegant supper, after which dancing was kept up in the
Saloon to a very late hour.

Thin day the Earl of Liverpool and Mr. Secretary Canning
will give grand dinners—the formcv to 'Members of the House
of Lords, the latter to those of the /louse of Commons ; when
the substance of the Speech by which the Session of Parliament
is to be opened will be communicated.
•Yesterday the Princess Sophia visited the Duke of York at
his house, in South Autlley.street.
Mr. ,Secretary Peel arrived in town on Monday evening,
about seven o'clock, from attending the King'a Court at
Windsor.

,Eartaathtirst declined sleeping at the King's Royal Lodge
on Monday might, after attending the King's Co` tut, us arranged
for the Noble Earl, and returned to London after timing with
his Al itjesty.
Air. Secretary Canning arrived in town yesterday morning
front' the King's Royal Lodge in Windsor Pink.
The Doke of Sussex gave his second grand dinner, at Ken-
sington Palace, on Sunday last.
Str George Warreuder gave a grand dinner on Sunday last.
On Alonday evening Miss Berry had a fashionable party at
her house in Park
-lane.

Lady Davy had a lecond party, on Monday evening, in
Park-street.

Marchionesi of Londonderry's card party (the first
for the season), was held in St. Jantees.square, on Monday
evening; it was numerously attended.
The Earl of Clare will shortly lead to the hymeneal altar, the
Hon. Cieorgina Elizabeth Burrell, only daughter to the late
Lord Owydyr and the Baroness Willoughby de Ereaby, and
sister to the present Lord, Officiating Lord Great Chamberlain
of England.

T 11 E

(CIRCULAR.)
War Office, 601 January, 1826.
Str.—With reference to my Circular Letter of the 2d Sep-
tember last, No. 046, authorizing an addition of one pound to
the Bounty of Recruits for intently regiments until the 24th
ult., I have the honour to acquaint you, that his Majesty has
been pleased to approve of the said additional bounty being
continued until the 24th of June next. I have...kr-I
(Signed) PA LMXIISTON.
The Officer Commanding
the. Regimen t of Foot.
[A Rapti Warrant has been issued, revoking the Order given
in the Warrant dated 3a April, 1024, for a stoppage of two.
pence halfpenny a day from the Pay of Staff and Regimental
Officers, as far as regards those at Ceylon and the Mauritius.
The Royal Warrant is dated 19th December, 1826.1

(THOM LAST NIGT'S GAZETTE.)
Ordinance Qtfice,Jan. 30, 10;.)6.
Royal Regiment of Artillery—Second Captain George Wm.
Baker, from half.pay to be Stcond Captain, stce Patten, retired
on half-pay.
Cotntnissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of
,
Worcester anti County of the City of Worcester,
Thomas Marriott
Est . to be Deputy Lieutenant ; 'Thomasl
Chinual Porter, gag. win

The departure of the letter carriers from the.
General Post Office yesterday morning was de.
layed by,tbe arrival of a. very large number of
letters from the East Indies.
A Soldier who had served in the Protector's
usurper.
Bishop The
the
anny, after the Restoration, was a tenant of an Irish Bishop,
who knowing what the man had been, always severely reproached
hveimterawnitahpotaglzinega
onsupreru-pfl theicat* necessity,cause
f a
but
constantly resumed his reproaches when the man came to pay his
v
rent. On the last occasion the Bishop said to his tenant, your
old master is gone to h-1.! The soldier still keeping his
temper, calmly answered, lam sorrow for Sorry,' said
the Bellhop, $ for such a scoundrel I`. N
rejoined the
soldier, I ain sorry on Else devil's account,
for
wherever mutter
is, he'll be uppermost.'
Wednesday being the anniversary of the WWI
of BURNS, a number of gentlemen of Leith, ad.
miters of the genius of the poet,
dined together
in the Golf-house there, in celebration of. the
day, and spent the .evening in the greatest convi.
viality and harmony.—(Edinburgh Courant, Ja.
unary SO.)