The Sun.
London, England, 1827-02-06 00:00:00

NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, FEB. 3.

FROM OUP. CORRESPONDENT.)
Oh Wednesday last the Mansion-house was the scene of as cor-
dial a festivity as we almost ever recollect witnessing within its
venerable walls. On that day a dinner party of between 50 and
60 of the most diatiegUished ladies and gentlemen of the town
and neighbourhood, were congregated, in compliment to the Hon.
Member for Stafford, Thomas Wentworth Beaumont, Esq. who
is at present en a visit in this quarter, and who, we are happy to
say, looked remarkably well on the occasion. The worthy Chief
Magistrate presided over the good things of the table with his
wonted gay humour and affability, and every one seemed to par-
take of that pure spirit of enjoyment which flows from the heart
when under pleasing excitement.
On Thursday last, F'enham Hall, near Newcastle-upon-Tyne,
the seat of James Graham Clarke, Esq., was a scene of great
gaiety and enjoyment, Mr. Clarke having on that night given a
grand Ball and Supper to about 160 ladies and gentlemen of the
first distinction in the immediate neighbourhood. Amongst the
company present, were—Lady Ravensworth and the two Honour-
able Misses Liddell, Mr. Beaumont, M.P., Mr. Ellison, M.P.,
Sir Charles Monck, Sir William Clarke, the Sheriff of Newcastle;
Mrs. Mayoress, Mrs. Ellison, Mrs. Vernon, Mrs. William Lamb-
ton, &c. &c. The supper tables were a sample of the good
" olden times," and literally groaned under the superincumbent
weight of so many good things. Of the donor's polite attention
to his guests it is impossible to speak in terms of . too high
panegyric.

Ma. Beaumozcr, M. P.—The town of Hexham, in North-
umberland, was a scene of great rejoicing and gaiety, on
Friday last, on account of its being the day appointed for present-
ing a superb piece of plate to the Honourable Member for Staf-
ford, Thomas Wentworth Beaumont, Esq.- At an early hour in
the morning the bells commenced ringing, flags were copiously
displayed, and the people congregated in masses in the street, to
partake of the hilarities of the scene. About three o'clock in the
afternoon, Mr. Beaumont was met by an immense body of people
at some distance from the town. To say that he was received
most enthusiastically, by no means conveys an adequate idea of the
tumult of joy on which all classes indulged in greeting with
" welcome" their excellent friend and benefactor. The four
horses were speedily taken from the Honourable Gentleman's car-
riage ; and, amid the din of music and hurrahs, was he thus tri-
umphantly drawn into Hexham, where he addressed the immense
assemblage collected to receive him, in a strain of eloquence and
kindness that made every one happy that heard him. These pre-
liminaries over, the Honourable Gentleman, accompanied by a
most numerous and respectable body of friends, repaired to the
Black Bull Inn, where a noble entertainment was provided, and
where the elegant piece of plate alluded to was presented to Mr.
Beaumont by Colonel Mark Carr, of Beacon Hill, in a speech that
was justly admired for its truth, delicacy, and point. Mr. Beau-
mont was not a little affected on the occasion, although, in return-
ing thanks, he delivered his sentiments with eloquence and feel-
ing. The day following (viz. Saturday) the Honourable Member
attended another publie dinner, at Allendale town, where similar
rejoicings took place, and where the homage of the inhabitants
was presented to him in the shape of a costly gold vase.

A LISBON HOTEL.--Reeve's hotel, in the Rua do
Prior, at Buenos Ayres, is unquestionably the best. It is Eng-
lish in every respect—in the style of dinner, in its perfect cleanli-
ness, and—oh my gold moidore !—in its charges. It is, however,
the only house to which 1 can safely recommend a passenger to go,
directly 'on his landing. If he have sense, he will look about
him, and, in the course of a few days, be able to arrange with
Reeves for apartments on cheaper terms, or elsewhere for private
lodgings. At present, he has no chance of bringing Reeves to
lower prices ; for since the English officers have arrived, had he
ten houses as large as his hotel, he could fill them all. There are
now—long life to the Army !—no less than seven officers of rank
sleeping on the floor, for want of beds and bedsteads. A single
person will find the charge at Reeves's to be—for a sitting-room
and bed-room, 4s. 6d. per day ; breakfast, Is. 6d. ; dinner, 4s.
His wines are also dearer than in other places ; for instance—the
Colares, a light wine like claret, which you get elsewhere at six-
pence per bottle, he puts you down at fifteen-pence; and your
Port, which you imbibe,
where I will tell you presently,—the re-
gular bee's wing, and no mistake !—at fifteen-pence, he will de-
cant at three shillings.

A LISBON RESTAURATEUR.—If you have private
lodgings, you breakfast at home, and go out to dinner at the
Cazo da Pasta, or eating house which answers to our tavern, or
the Paris restaurateur.—The beet is over the cafe Nicolo, in the
square of the Roscio, a place not far from the Exchange. It
contains several small rooms, each having a long table, at which
the guests sit down indifferently, stranger near stranger. The
waiter brings you a list of dishes with the prices marked to each
_you select, suppose, a soup with Iklacearoni, a boilli, roast pork
(the best description of meat in Portugal), boiled tongue, and end
with apple fritters and cheese, taking a pint of Lisbon red wine
at dinner, and a bottle of the real supernaculum of as fine old
Port as the Clarendon or Albion contain in London. I mean
you and a friend do all this, for temperance is a necessity as well
as a virtue in a warm climate. Dinner for two, with the wine,
will amount to 2s. 6d. each ; the wine to a Londoner is worth
the money. You then descend to the cafe, and procure a cup of
coffee with a glass of liqueur, for which you' pay sixpence, and you
go away as happy as if the streets between you and your lodgings
were strewed with roses and violets.