The Sun.
London, England, 1817-05-02 00:00:00

FASHIONABLE PARTIES.

On Wednesday the Earl of Liverpool gave a Cabinet dinner
•at his house in Whitehall. The Duke of Wellington was

present.
• Mrs. Boehm gave a Grand Concert on Wednesday evening,
at her house in St, James's-square, which was attended by
nearly no persons of the first distinction and fashion.—
Among the distinguishrd persons present were—the Dukes
of Wellington and Grafton, 11.,chess cif Leeds, Marquis and
Marchioness of Hantley, the Marchiunessi of Salisbury, the
Spanish and Dutch ,I.mbassadors, &c.
Lady Ellenbororigh's elegant quadrille party on Wednesday
evening, in St. James's-square, was attenthal by upwards of
460 persons of the first rank and fashion, including his Royal
Highness theirrince Regent, the Duke of Wellington; Du-
chesses Leeds, Montrose, St. tlbaus, and Richmond, &c. &c.
The Marquis and Marchiwiess of Abercorn gave a grand
entertainment yesterday to their• Royal Highnesses the Duke
.and Duchess of Cumberland, the Duke of tVellington, the
,Marquis of Anglesea, the Marquis and Marchioness of Staf-
ford, Ladies Gower, and a fi 11111431 M party of distinguished
fashionables, at their house in Stratford-place.
The CoUnt and Countess Lieven entortained a select party
of fashionables yesterday, at their house in Harley-street.

ARRIVALS.

Mr. and Mrs. Chamberlain, at him in's Hotel, Duke-street,
Manchester-square ; Mr. and Mrs. Barton, at ditto; Mr. and
Mrs. Sliakespear, at ditto; Mr. and Mrs. O'llyrne,,at ditto.

DEPARTURE:.
Admiral and Miss Nugent, on a two years tour through
France and Italy, flow their house 111 Bryanstone-square.

FIiEBAIASONS.

On Wednesday the Annual Festival of the
United Fraternity of Free Masons of England,
,vas held at the Society's Hall, in Great Queen•
street, His Itoyal Highness the Duke of Sussex,
the M. W. Grand Master, in the Chair. The
meeting was most numerous, and the conviviality
of the day was kept up with that festive harmony
which ever characterizes the traternity.—'l'he ap-
pointment and installation of Grand Officers for
the current year took place in an adjoining apart-
ment, and are as follows
His Royal Highness the Duke of SussEx, &c. &c. &e. Grand
Master.

Right Hon. Lord Dundas, Deputy Grand Master.
Wm. Walter Prescott, Esq. Senior Grand Warden.
Yates Brown, Esq. Junior Grand Warden.
' .

John Dent, Esc', -Grand Treas.irrr.
Rev. Samuel Hemming, D. D. and Rev. Johri D. Cock.
Inane, Grand Chaplains.
Wm, Meyrick,Esq. Grand Registrar.
Win. H. White and Eduard Harper, Grand Secretaries.

John Swine. Eq. R. A. Grand snperintendant of Works
Sir George Nayier, Grand Direci or of Ceremonies.

James Harmer, Esq. and Benjamin Rouse, Esq. Grsnd
Deacons.

George Reed, Esq. Grand Sword Dearer.
Samuel Wesley, Esq. Grand Organist. -

RUINS OF POMPEII.

111-agnificent Monuments of ancient splendour
still continue to be discovered in searching the
ruins of Pompeii. Behind the temple, which
was lately noticed, a public building has been
found, built at right angles, 260 Neapolitan palms
long, and 120 broad, and surrounded in the inte-
rior by a portico of 50 columns. It is ornament-
ed with bLautifill paintings, some of, which are
very valuable ; as, among others, one which repre-
sents a warrior precipitated trom a car drawn by
fiery horses, The pavement is a Mosaic, formed in
part of small white and coloured stones, and in
part of large slabs of marble of various colours.
Several inscriptions have been traced that ascer-
win the use of this monument. One of them

Indicates that the right luniinum
,obstruendorum
(a right established by the Roman laws, pre-
venting, in certain cases, neighbouring pro-
prietors from having lights or prospects over
the contiguous estates) had been purchased
at the price of several thousand sesterces. This
discovery has afforded new riches to sculpture—
several statues have been found. A Venus- five
palms high, and a Hermaphrodite may be placed
among the finest specimens of the Greek chisel that
have come doWn to us. Several distinguished Artists
think that in this Venus they have discovered one
worthy to dispute pre-eminence with the Venus de
Medieis. This opinion, inspired perhaps by the
pleasure of the disco Very, may be before long dis-
cusstd, as these precious monuments of sculpture
are to be transported to the Mtn& Bourbon. In
the saute place have been found two arms of
bronze, adorned with bracelets., The Chevalier
Ardite, who directs the search, hopes to be env,-
bled in a short time to expose the whole extent of
Pompeii, which will probably be a mine fruitful
in objects of the Fine Arts,--(French Paper.)

The Prince Regent gave a dinner to the Duke of Welling-
ton yesterday, at Carlton House. Among the distinguished
characters invited to meet his Grace welt., Prince Esterhasy,
the Austrian Ambassador, Baron Fagel, the Ambassador from
the Netherlands, and several other' of the-,Foreign Ambas-
sadors and, Ministers; the Earl of Liverpool, the Earl of
Westmoreland, Viscount Sidmouth, with others of the Ca-
binet, &e.