The Sun.
London, England, 1828-05-06 00:00:00

PIGEON SHOOTING.

Messrs. Ross and Osbaldeston shut out some sweepstakes
yesterday, at the Red-house Inclosure, without either gain-
ing any material advantage. The Red-house Club meets
this flay and Friday ; and on Wednesday week the grand
match between the above Gentlemen commences.

A Cabinet Council was held yesterday after-
noon at the FOreign Office, Downing-street, which was
attended by the Duke of WELLINGTON, Earls BATHURST,
Dt7nLEv, and ABERDEEN, Viscounts MEEviLx.r. and PA L-
-31 ER STON, Lord ELLE NBOROU GII, Mr. Secretary PEEL,
Mr. Secretary HUSKISSON, Mr. CHARLES GRANT, the
CUA NCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, and Mr. lI>•Rr.IEs.--
The Ministers assembled at three o'clock, avid sat in deli-
beration for two hours and a half.

The Right Hon. STRATFORD CANNING
transacted business with the Earl of DUDLIY yesterday, at
the office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.—
Baron RELAMB, the Swedish Charge d'Affaires, also trans-
acted business with his Lordship yesterday.

Mr. CROKER transacted business yesterday
with the CHANCELLOR of the EXCLIEQUER.

Sir GEORGE COCKBURN transacted business
yesterday at the Colonial Office, Downing-street.
The Earl of HAREWOON transacted business
yesterday at the Treasury.

FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS..-Lady Belling-
! ham, in Dover. street; Mr. and Lady Mary Hatnlyn Wil-
hams, in Bryanston-square, front their seat, Edwinsford,
Carmarthenshire ; Duke and Duchess of It ichmond, in
Upper Brook-street; Sir Roger and Lady S. Gresley, in
Hertford-street, Mayfair, from Paris ; Sir George Pocock,
Bart. and family i❑ Charles-street, ilerkeley-square, from
Twickenham ; Baron de Lima, in Piccadilly ; Sir John
Lambert, Batt. in Portman square ; Mr. Charles Gardiner,
in Portman-square ; Mrs. and Miss Bouverie, in Grosvenor-
place ; Colonel Green, in Wyndham-place; Colonel
Colville, in Piccadilly ; Major Lake, in Saville-row;
Colonel Charlewood, i❑ York-terrace ; Mrs. and Miss
Wilbraham, in Park-street; Major Bowyer, in Pall-mall ;
Captain Bowen, in George-street, Hanover-square ; the
Marquis of Clanricarde, at Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-
street, from Essex ; J. Wilson, Esq., at ditto, from
Sussex ; James Taylor, Esq., at Seymour's lintel (late
Jordan's), St. James's-street, from his seat in Warwick-
shire ; Henry Walker, Esq., at the Royal Hotel, St.
James's-street, from his seat in Nottinghamshire ; Sir John
Trollop, Bart. at ditto, from his seat in Lincolnshire;
Captain Starner, at ditto, from Ireland ; Sir Edward Stop-
ford, Batt. at ditto, from Paris ; Mr. and Mrs. Sanders,
and family, at ditto, from their seat in Kent ; Hon. J.
Gray, at ditto, fruit: Scotland ; Lady Chalmers and
faintly, at Gould's Hotel, Jermyn-street, from Paris ;
General Dunlop, at ditto, from a tour Lord and Lady
Belhaven, at the Brunswick Ilotel, Jermyn-street, from
Scotland. _ _

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DEPARTURES.—The Marquis and Mar-
chioness of Cleveland, from their house in St. James's'
square, for Newmaiket ; the Earl and Countess of Sefton
and the Ladies Molyneux, for Newmarket ; the Countess
of Falmouth, from her house in St. James's-square, for the
Hon. and Rev. Mr. Boscawen's seat, near Dorking; Lord
and Lady Anson, from Fenton's Hotel, for Newmarket ;
Colonel Watt, from Bond-street, for Richmond Hill.
GREENOCK ANECDOTE.--A poor person
residing in Greenock, lately applied to the Magistrate to
have two of his children admitted on the poor's roll.
" How many have you ?" said the worthy Baillie. " Five-
and-twenty, Sir," replied the petitioner. " Five-and-
twenty !" re-echoed the Baillie; " and all by one wife ?"
0 no, Sir," replied the poor man, " I am wearing the
fourthr...Glasgow Free Preys.