The Sun.
London, England, 1827-07-05 00:00:00

FETE AT BOYLE FARM.

The fete at Boyle Farm, on Saturday last, went
off with extraordinary eclat. Four hundred and
fifty persons sat down to an excellent dinner with-
out any confusion ; nay, so attentive were the hosts
to the physical wants of their guests, that there was
hot supper ready during the whole of the night for
those in whom the pleasures of the eye and ear
gould not subdue the more simple appetites of hun-
ger and thirst. The gardens were beautifully illu-
minated, and the fire-works on an island in the
Thames had a fine effect. The phantasmagoria was
conducted with great skill and success. But the
principal charm was the brilliant appearance of a
temporary room, where twenty-four of the loveliest
young ladies in London enchanted every eye by the
elegant fancy of their dress, and the harmonious
grace of their motion in a quadrille costumee. Two
gondolas, containing the principal singers, embarked
on the Thames, whence their strains fell on the ear
with delicious effect, softened by distance. But no
pleasure is without some alloy : a group of male
singers, who were instructed to wander about the
grounds as itinerant minstrels, neglected this ele-
gant portion of their duties for the grosser amuse-
ments of gormandizing and drinking. They did
worse : they disgusted every body by excessive in-
solence and vulgarity, which, no doubt, were partly
attributable to their too great devotion to the sub-
stantial delights of the table, but still more to that
absurd system of indulgence in this country, which
admits to the privilege of intimacy a set of persons
who are, neither by situation, education, nor man-
ners, fitted to pass beyond the barrier of the ante-
chamber. We Must not forget that some Venetian
enchanting effect. This elegant Barcarolles, conducted by Vaud, before dinner,
had an
entertain-
ment, which will long be remembered by all who
witnessed it, was given by Lords Chesterfield, Al-
vanley,and Castlereagh, and by Messrs. De Roos
and Grosvenor; it reflects great credit on their mu-
nificence
residence of the Baroness de Roos, the mother
of one of the hosts.
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A horrible attempt at murder was committed
se'nnight at Ramsgate, by a man of
Cherrill. He had but a few days
previous Yeotturned to this place from St. Luke's
apparently cured of an aberration of
he took
it into his head to suspect his wife of infidelity,
But on the night in question
he seized a
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the
e madness of jealousy,
hatchet, and inflicted several violent blows on
her head, and also stabbed her in various places
with a knife. He then ran out of the house al-
most in a state of nudity, and concealed himself
in the garden of East-cliff Lodge, where he was
found, and then securely conducted to our House
of Industry, where he now remains. The poor
woman is in a dangerous state, and very little
hopes are entertained of her recovery.—Kentish
Chronicle,
DESTRUCTION OF A FLOCK OF SHEEP.—
in The frequent
of sheep,entocicirrence of damage done by dogs
furnishes an additional proof
that some legislative measures are necessary tO I
enforce their owners, to take greater precautions
lambs,
for the public safety. On Wednesday
pointer, two
and
c oemnltneor entered
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fionreTshoulristhd:‘ivnnorsnhieuegp,
one
of the bull breed, the other - dogs,
be-
longing iriayhew, of Mole-hilla
'arfr:tretting, Essex, and bit and worried nearly
twenty of theta, some of which were found dead,
and others so mutilated as to render them of little
value. Fortunately Mr. Mayhew went to look
at his sheep that morning rather earlier than
usual, and detected the dogs in their work of
destruction ; one of them was found reposing
upon a lamb, whilst the other lay by its side,
both so completely glutted with their repast as
Nv
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eve
dt o
their attemptosoonerllotquit the field : but no
make their appearance,
than they set off in different directions, as if
conscious of their misdeeds,Suffolk Herald.