The Sun.
London, England, 1826-12-22 00:00:00

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE.

The Duke of York is at present so much en-
gaged in business immediately appertaining to his office as Com-
mander-inXhief, in consequence of the present Situation of ..
affairs in Portugal, that he has *l4 obliged to postpone. Ms visit
to the Duke of Rutland to the middle of January.' .1;
The Duke of Clarence came to town yesterday
afternoon, from his seat at Bushy Park. His Royal Highness
honoured Lord Holland with his company to dinner, at Holland
House, Kensington. There was a select party to meet his Royal
Highness.
The Bishop of London visited the Duke of York
yesterday.
Monsieur Falck (the Ambassador from the Nether-
lands), the Portuguese Minister, the Colombian Miniaterditin the
Hanoverian Minister, transacted business yeiterday at the office of
the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
The Earl of Liverpool was so much better yes.
terday us to be able to come to town from his seat at Coombe
Wood, to transact official business at his residence at White-
ball. The Noble Earl returned to Coombe Wood in the after-
noon.

Earl Bathurst left town yesterday morning, for
Brighton.
Mr. Wilmot Horton left town yesterday for the

Holidays.
Earl Harrowby transacted business yesterday at the
Foreign Office.
Dispatches were received at the Foreign Office yes.
rental from Lord Granville, our Arnim%dor at Paris.
'I he answer to the inquiries at the house of the
Lord Chancellor yesterday morning, was " his Lordship has
passed a restless night, and is not so well as he was yesterday."
Letters were received in London yesterday from

Hanover, dated the 13th instant, at which time the Duke and
Duchess of Cambridge, and the Prince and P: inters of Cambridge,
•
were in the enjoyment of good health.
A RRIVALS.—General and • Mrs. Knight, in Wel-'
heck-street ; Colonel and Mrs. Goodscre, in Park. street, from
Cheltenham ; Lord and Mark Ker, in Grosvenor-street ; Mr.
Robert Knight and the Misses Knight, in Grosvenor-square, from
Henley in Arden, in Warwickshire ; Mrs.' Graham, of Mossknow,
the Misses Graham, and Captain Graham, 13th Lancers, at Mar-
Mal Thompson's lintel, Cavendish-square; J. Tiron, _Esq. and.
Colonel 'Mon, at ditto, from France; James W. Smith, Esq. at

ditto ; G. R. Rickets, Esq. at ditto ; Captain Charles Hall, at
ditto ; T. Bramston, Esq. at ditto ; E. W. Blunt, Esq. at ditto ;
T. R. Buckworth, Esq. and the Masters Buckworth, et ditto;
the Earl aml Countess of Sefton, at their house in Arlington•
street, from their.seat, Stoke Farm, Berk"; Earl and Countess of
Clare, from the Marquis of Ezeter's seat, Burleigh,;Liaconshire ;
C. H. Tracy, Esq. at his house in Dover-street, from Brighton ;
Mr. and Mrs. Newton, at Jordan's Hotel, . St. James's-street,
from Eaton.

CHANGES.—Mr, and Mrs, Metcalfe, from Hill-
sOeef, Berkeley-square, for Clifton Hot WAS ; Sir Hew Dal-
ryinple Hamilton, from Edinburgh, on his way to town ; Colonel
Ingoldesby; for Bath ; Mr. Charles Bodenhatn, on a tour ; Colo-
nel Lewis, from Salop, for South Wales; Mr. Charles Moore,
from Stranraer, in North Britain, for Edinburgh; Mr. and Mrs.
Nugent, from Park-street, for Bath ; Mr. Humphrey Weld, from
I3ridport, in Devonshire, for Bath; Colonel and Mrs. (Melly,
from Harrowgate, for Bath ' Colonel Reynoldsou Maedonnell, of
Clatironald and Glengary, from Perth, for Edinburgh ; Sir R.
Frederick, Bart. from Burwood Park, on a tour ; his Highness
Priuce Felix Schwartzenburg and Compte F*'ies Fil, from Mar-
shal Thompson's Hotel, from ditto, for Brazil; Monsieur de
Thom, from ditto; Mrs. Howarth, front ditto, for Cheltenham ;
Rev. Wm. Domville, from ditto ; Rev. Cyril George Machin-

son, from ditto ; Robert Dymond, Esq. from ditto ; Lord Dozier,
from ditto ; Captain John Hall, from ditto ; William Gist, Esq.
from ditto; Colonel George Neltborpe, from ditto; Captaht
Courcy, from ditto; the Marquis of Queensbury, for Scotlaud ;
Earl Spencer, from the Duke of Bedford's, Woburn Abbey, for
his seat, Althorpe, Northamptonshire; Sir George
.Robmsen;
Bart. for Milton, Peterborough ; Sir George Nugent, Bat* foe
his seat in Bucks; Captain Manning, from the Pulteney }Web
Albemorle-Areet, for Brighton ; J. Parker, Eq. from:ditto, for
the Continent.
The Ambassador for South America embarked

,(uuder the usual salute) on Wednesday afternoon, on head the
Forte, accompanied by Prince Esterhazy, who was also saluted
on his Highness's leaving the ship again.
Lord MELVILLE visited the Portsmouth Dock-
yard on Tuesday morning, and the Naval College, it being the
Student's examination day, previous to going home for their
days. His Lordship did not go afloat, nor bold a Levee, but
foetoed t4•the experimental whips While in the. Dock,lard. A se-
leefOutober of 'Neill! Officers were invited to meet his Lordship,
at the Admiral's, at dinner each day, soil this morning his Lord-
ship took his departure for London.
The Hon. EDWARD COST was elected Member
firs Lestwithiel, on the 18th instant, in the room of Sir, Alex-
ander Crag Grant, who vacates his *eat fur that plate for Ald-
horongh, Yorkshire.
The election of a Verdtirer of the New Forest is
appointed An take place at Winchester, on Wednesday, the With
instant.
The Mail coach from London to Portsmotoh has
been for three nights loaded with specie for our troops, lice. iu
Portugal ;no passengers were taken. . .
We are happy to find Miss Patten stiflitientl) re-
covered from her late severe indisposition, as to be able to perform
this evening at Covent-garden-'Theatre in 0/tovon.
The report of Miss Paton being sbout•to leave her
profession is erroneous, as her engagement itt Covent Garden does
not terminate till next season ; and on her return from Dublin,
where she proceeds next week, she has accepted engagements at all
the Oratorios, Philharmonic Concerts, and the Leicester Music
Meeting which takes place next September.
TILEATRICAL cuANGEs.---ne late turn-out of
the Drury-lane chorus singers, for a'weekly salary, in lien of a
nightly one, appears to have been follovred by an entirely new or-
der of things before the curtain. It is confidently said -that the
farce of Raising the Wind has been played night after night.—
AU the cheque and money takers at the above theatre have been
dismissed at a moment's notice, and it is believed that other ar-
'rangementi are in contemplation by Mr. Price. This dismissal
is supposed to be in consequence of an investigation which had se-
cretly'oecupied the attention of the Magistrates at How-street for
several clays. . •