The Sun.
London, England, 1829-05-29 00:00:00

DEPARTU ItES.

Lady I hbetson, from Regent-street, for her seat in Vorksiife;
Sir Robert Ricketts, Bart. and Vincent Ricketts, Esq. from
Jermyn-street, for Cheltenham ; Mrs. Ashwell, from Prince's-
street, Hanover-square, for her seat, Leighton House, Leighton
Buziard, Bedfordshire ; the Rev. John Davis, from Simmons's
Hotel (late Jordan's'', St. James's-street, for Richmond; Col.
and Mrs. Wyndham, for Hampton ; Captain Somers, from the.
British Hotel, for Brighton; G. Graham, Esq, from ditto, for
Cambridge ; Ralph Etwall, Esq: and 11. Etwall, jun. Esq. from
Long's Hotel, for Andover, liatits; Joseph Reynolds, Esq. from
ditto, for his seat, Wellington, Shropshire; Earl and Countess
Somers and family, from Thomas's Hotel, for the I'riory, Reigate;
Sir James Saumarez, Bart. Hughe Ballet, Esq. J. Winter, Esq.
Nerot's Hotel.

Yesterday his MAJESTY gave a grand dress
dinner-party, at hi: Palace in St. Jatnes'g. The dinner
was given in the banquetting-room, which was splendidly
fitted up for the occasion : the east end of the room was
entirely covered with draperies of crimson silk, fluted ho-
rizontally and divided into compartments, serving as a
back-ground to the sideboard, which extended the whole
width of the room. Oa a projection over the centre of
the sideboard was the gold fount taken from the vessel of
the Admiral of the famous Spanish Armada : • under this
fount was a vase, copied from one in the possession of the
Duke of littrwsn at Ilelvoir Castle, of great antiquity.
At one end was the celebrated Achilles shield, designed by
FLAXMAN, and at the other an Egyptian Temple, dedi-
cated to the god Apis, with the sacred Ox in the middle.

In the front was a most superb piece of gold plate (the
largest in this country,) ornamented with a large star en-
circled by the motto of the Order of the Garter, and the
stars of those orders of which his MAJESTY is the Sove-
reign. The stars of twenty foreign Orders with which
the KiNG has been invested, are emblazoned on the sides.
At each end of the sideboard was a large candelabra,
embellished by representations of Mercury delivering
Pacehus to the nymphs, and the dragon in the garden
of Hesperides. There were numerous other pieces of gold
plate, all of them exhibiting representations of mythologi-
cal subjects, beautifully execteed. Some golden ewers
for rosewater were remarkably tine; they were in the
form of a deep shell supported by sea-horses, and various
other marine subjects at the bottom, executed in a bold
and masterly style. Two ancient Scotch flagons, and se-
veral vases filled with artificial flowers, were tastefully ar-
ranged in different parts of the sideboard. The dinner
table was placed in the middle of the room, and was laid
oat with great splendour and taste : the centre-piece re-
presented Neptune in a sitting posture, holding his trident,
supported by sea-monsters, resting on a platform, the cor-
ners of which were upheld by marine horses. Several
large vases, from the designs of FLaxmaw, were placed on
the table; in the compartments the triumph of Britannia,
and a variety of allegorical subjects, are illustrated, the
vases themselves being surrounded by tritons. The mag-
nificent ice-pails were modelled from the celebrated vase in
'Warwick Castle, and were interspersed throughout the
whole length of the table.

The preparations for the party were the same
as .at a Court. The Yeomen Guard, the Gentlemen
Porters, the Marsha!men, and the Under Porters were

in attendance. The company arrived at the Palace by
the entrance opposite to the Royal German Chapel, and
were ushered up the grand stair-case through the pre-
sence chamber, which was lined with the Yeomen Guard

in their coronation dresses into the ball-room, where they
were received by Sir ANDREW 13ARNARD, the Equerry to
his AfAJXSTY in Waiting. Seven o'clock was the hour
named on the invitation cards as the time when his ALPL•••
JESTY would take his seat. A few minutes after seven
o'clock his MaJEKry entered the banquetting-room. The
Royal and distinguished guests were then ushered into the
apartment from the hall-room, and the whole party sat
down to dinner. Among the company were their Royal
Highnesses the Duke of CUMBERLAND and the Duke and
Duchess of GLOUCESTER, the Duke of ORLEANS, and the
Duke de CrrAftTaEs, the LORD CHANCELLOR and Lady
LYNDHURST, the Duke of WELLINGTON, the Duke of
RUTLAND, the Duke of DEVONSHIRE, the Duke of LEEDS,

the Marchioness CONYNGIIAM, Earl DUDLEY, Earl and
Countess BATHURST, Earl and Countess of ABERDEEN,
Earl and Countess of CARLISLE, Earl of Mon XTCHARLES,
Earl of CHESTERFIELD, Earl of FIFE, Viscount MEL-
VILLE, Viscount BERESIORD, Viscount and Viscountess
GRANVILLE, Lord and Lady MARYBOROUGH, Lord HILL,
Lord ST. HELENS, Lord F.XRNBOROUGH, Lord and Lady
STRATHAVEN, Sir GEORGE MURRAY, Mr. Secretary and
Mrs. FEEL, and Sir ANDREW BARNARD.

In the evening the KING gave a ball to the
juvenile branches of the nobility and gentry.
The Duke of NORFOLK has no intention at
present of pulling down Michelgrove-house; but as the
manors and park, including the grounds i:sline,liately at-
tached to the mansion, have been let, there appears little
doubt that such will eventually be its fate. The splendid
furniture will be brought to the hammer about the middle
of summer.—Brighton Gazette.

COMMITTEE TO INQUIRE INTO THE CON-
Duca. OF MR. NASII.—The Members of the Committee
are:-Colonel DAVIS, Lord Viscount LOWTHER, Mr.
CHANCE Lx.oß of the EXCHEQUER, Lord Viscount MILTON,
Sir JOSEPH YORKE, Mr. JOHN WOOD, Mr. JONES, Mr.
BARING, Mr. ARBUTHNOT, Mr. BAN &RS, Mr. WOLRYCII E
WHITMORE, Mr. MAIIERLY, Mr. PROTHEROE, Mr. Hum-
BOLD, Mr. WARBURTON, Sir MATTHEW RIDLEY, Mr.
HENRIES, Mr. CALCRAFT, Mr. FRANKLAND LEWIS,
Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET, Mr. EDWARD CUST, and
Mr. STURGES BOURNE.

MELODISTS' CLUB.—Yesterday the fifth din-
ner of this season took place at the Freemasons' Tavern,
and was numerously attended. Among the vocalists were
BRAHAM, COOK, DE BEGNIS, LENNOX (a pupil of DE
BEGNIS), TAYLOR, HAWES, TORRI, STANSBURY, PARRY,
sen. and jun., PHILLIPS, WATSON, MORGAN, &C. &c.
After a sumptuous repast, Non Nobis was sung by the
whole in grand style. Upon the health of his MAJESTY
being drunk, BRAIIA3I sung Here's a Health to the
King, God bless Aim ! which was rapturously encored.
He afterwards gave The Death qt. Nelson, when the
members of the Club lost him, his professional engage-
ments requiring his presence in the second piece at Drury-
lane Theatre. Some Italian glees, duets, and solos, were
given by DE BEGNIS, his pupil LENNOX, and TORRI,
with magical effect. We anticipate, when LENNOX sings
in public!, he will be a great favourite, having a fine-toned
powerful voice, and having been under an able master.
Many excellent glees and duets were sung by Messrs.
Coos, WATSON, TAYLOR, HAWES, PARRY, &c. In the
course of the evening a fine concerto on the piano-forte
was performed by Signor BERTINI, and Mr. SEDLATZEX
played a solo upon his newly-invented flute in beautiful
style; this instrument, we understand, will produce the
G under the second leger line.—We have witnessed many
entertainments of this kind, but none so ably conducted
as the Melodists, or in which such delight is given to
the visitors whom the members are privileged to introduce.

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It is said that the Postmaster of a town which
has frequent relations with England, has just been dismissed
from his post for a cause of a very serious nature.—
Courier Franqois.

NORTH-WEST PASSAGE PROVED BY
WriAr.vs.—Whales, which have been harpooned in the
Greenland seas, have been found in the Pacific Ocean ;
and whales, with some lances sticking, in their feet (a ki iul
of weapon used by no nation now known) have been caught
both in the sea of Spitzbergen and in Davis's Strait. The
1..11. • •

following is ono of the authorities for this fact, which, of
all other arguments yet offered in favour of the transpolar
passage, seems to be the most satisfactory :—A Dutch East
India CAptain, of the name of JACOB COOL, of Sardam,
who had been several times at Greenland, and was,
of course, well acquainted with the nature of the apparatus
used in the whale fishery, was informed by the FISCHAL
ZEEMAN, of India, that in the sea of Tartary there was a
whale taken, in the back of which was sticking a Dutch
harpoon, marked with the letters W. B. This curious cir-
cumstance was communicated to PETEB. JANAZ VISCHEB,
plikablc a :Greenland whaler, who discovered that the
harpoon in question had belonged to WILLIAM
Adnairal of the Dutch Greenland fleet, and had been
'struck into the tvhale in the Spitzttergen s•ea..-13e,Kliryving
der Walbisvalivt, vo). ii. p. 38.