The Sun.
London, England, 1844-12-24 00:00:00

COVUT rAmaxort

Her Majesty, it is understood, will honour the
Duke of Bucki►►ghatn with a visit at Stowe, about
the 7th of January, and afterwards pay a similar
compliment to the Duke of Wellington at Strath-
. fieldsaye.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Normanby, who
have returned to the Clarendon Hotel, from a visit to
Earl and Countess Cowper, at Pansanger, are ex-
pected to pass the holidays with Lord and Lady Pal-
merston, at Broadlands, near Romsey.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Douglas (Prin-
cess Mary of Baden) have returned to Hamilton
Palace, after paying a round of visits to their friends
in the north. The Noble Marquis and Marchioness
are expected to conic to London early in the ensuing
year.
The Duke of Cleveland has rejoined the Duchess
at Raby Castle. his Grace has recently given 1001.
to the fund for erecting a mechanics' institution at
Barnard Castle.
The Duke of Devonshire has left town for Brigh-
ton, on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Granville.
His Grace does not return to London until after the
Christmas recess.
The Duke of Manchester has returned to Kim-
bolton Castle, Huntingdonshire, from Lisbon, where
the Noble Duke accompanied the Duchess and Lady
Olivia Montagu, who are proceeding to Cadiz with
the view of benefiting the Duchess's health.
Lord Stanley, who is staying with Lady Stanley
and family on a visit to the venerable Earl of Derby,
at Knowsley Park, during the holidays, is expected
to return to St. James's-square at the close of next
week. The Noble Lord will, we believe, take his
seat in the House of Lords on the first day of the
session, the Parliamentary business of his department
being, it is understood, intrusted to Mr. George W.
Hope, the Joint Under-Secretary with Mr. Stephen.
The Marquis of Northampton has left town for
Castle Ashby, Northamptonshire, where a select
party will assemble this week for the Christmas
holidays.
The Countess of Portmore has gone to Bath with
the intention of residing in that city during the
winter.
The Earl and Countess Brownlow have arrived
Belton Hall, near Grantham, from visiting the Mar-
quisof Salisbury, at Hatfield House.
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The Earl and Countess of Lisburne and family are
paqsing the winter at Crosswood Park, near Aberyst-
with.

The Earl and Countess of Amherst have arrived ai
Knowle Park, the Countess's seat, from town.

SllSCanizazrisorra.
The contest for the representation of the borough
of Dartmouth is proceeding with vigour on both
sides. The precept was received by the mayor on
the 20th inst. ; and as three days' notice at least is
required previous to the election, the nomination will
not take place until Thursday, the 26th, in conse-
quence of Christmas-day being on Wednesday. The
polling will be on Friday, the 27th.
The wind figs now continued so long from the
eastward, that many homeward-bound vessels will be
collected at the entrance of the Channel ; and the
Admiralty last week gave directions to dispatch any
small vessels unemployed to proceed to their relief.
Mr. O'Connell left Dublin very unexpectedly on
Friday evening, to spend his Christmas at Derrynane
Abbey. The Monitor states that the Hon. Gentle-
man made his exit in a downright " huff" at the
signal failure of his parish agitation against the Be-
quests Bill.

The most pressing of the Irish " difficulties" at the
present moment would seem to be the agrarian out-
break, which is rapidly extending from one end of the
country to the other. The outbreak assumes the cha-
racter more of an insurrection than of isolated crime,
and is rapidly increasing in intensity, instead of seem-
ing to have met with any check.
The Hague was lighted by gas for the first time a
few days ago. The journals of that place state that
the gas works, although on a very extensive scale,
and combining all the most useful improvements which
have been introduced into the manufacture of gas,
were executed in the almost incredibly short space of
five months, including the laying down of twenty-
five miles of pipes.
The splendid baron of beef, which will form the
chief dish at the royal banquet-table at Windsor
Castle on Christmas-day, is a portion of an extra-
ordinary Scotch ox, fed by his Grace the Archbishop
of York, at Nuneham, Oxfordshire. It is of the
enormous weight of one hundred and seventy•nine
pounds, and measures three feet six inches in length
and two feet eleven inches in width.
The subscriptions towards the Manchester testi-
monial to the Right Hon. Major-General Sir Henry
Pottinger, K.C.13., now aniounts to about three thou-
sand pounds.

ST. JAMES'S CHURCH, DUICR'S-PLACE.--Sunday
morning this church, which has long been closed for re-
pairs, was re-opened, the Lord Mayor, Mr. Alderman
Musgrove, and Mr. Alderman Sidney (the Sheriffs)
attending. The sermon was preached by the rector,
the Rev. Dr. M'Caul, whose installation to a canonry
in Saint Paul's was recorded in The Sun of last
Tuesday. The church is situate in a locality inhabited
almost exclusively by Jews, several of whom have been
converted to the Christian faith since Dr. M'Caul's ap-
pointment to the incumbency. During the services the
sacred edifice was crowded in every part, a large number
of persons being attracted by the civic pageantry. A
collection was made, to which the Lord Mayor 40
Sheriffs liberally contributed.
The Duke of Norfolk, the Earl of Arundel and
Surrey, Lord Wharnelitre, Lord Morpeth, Lord Milton,
TORQUAT.—A very fine Dolphin, rather a novelty the lion. Stuart Wortley, M.P., G, Ward, Esq., M.P.,
in these seas, was caught at Torquay on Tuesciny ; and, and Colonel Fullerton, are the patrons of the grand ball
on Wednesday was exibited about the streets of Exeter, to take place in Sheffield on the 9th of the ensuing
to the great gratification of the curious.—Somerset County month, the whole of the proceeds of which are to be ap-
Herald, propriated to the Michanacs'-hp,ll 713049§. Fpit,