The Sun.
London, England, 1845-12-29 00:00:00

CHRISTMAS FESTIVITIES.

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The Earl and Countess of DEA° are entertaining
Lord and Lady John Russell, Lord and Lady Melgund,
and a large party, at Minto House, Hawick, North
Britain.

The Dowager Countess of Pembroke has assembled ut
Wilton House, near Salisbury, the Earl and Countess of
Clanwilliam, Earl and Countess Bruce, the Countess of
Dunmore, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, &c.
The Earl and Countess of Yowls have a party of
friends ut Powis Castle, Wel,hpool, enjoying the gaieties
of the season. In entertaining the rich, the poorer
classes of that neighbourhood have not been forgotten.
Lord and Lacy Delamere intend to enliven Vale
Royal, their charming seat in Cheshire, by a series of
masques the semnd week in the ensuing mouth.
Sir Clifford and Lady Constahle will entertain a dis-
tinguished circle at Burton Constable, Yorkshire, early
next month. Private theatricals and balls are to be t,',e
chief attraction.

The Earl and Countess Cowper have a fashionable
party at Pan anger, Hurts.

Viscount AleiboUrne had a select circle visiting at
Brockett. Hall, Herts. Lord and Lady Beauvale are
there ; and the Hon. Mrs. George Lamb has joined the
party from town. _

The Earl and Countess of Stair are entertaining the
Earl and Countess oF Carnperdown and Lady Etiz tbetli
Duncan and a large circle, at Oxenford Castle, North
Britain.

The Earl of Shaftesbury has a select party at St
Gil• s's, his Lordship's seat in Dorsetshire.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Anglesey are enter•
dining the Earl and Countess; of Sandwich, Viscount
tool Viscountess Sydney, and a numtrous family circle,
at .11-andcscrt, the Noble and Gallant Marquis's seat,
near Lichfield.

The Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne are enter-
taining Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston and a
small party at Bowood Park, Wilts. The Earl and
Countess of Shelburne are also there.

The Marquis of Northampton, at Castle Ashby,
Northamptonshire, has a select circle met to participate
in thr festivities of this period of the year. Viscount
and Lady Marianne Alford, Lord and Lady William
Compton, Mr. C. S. and Lady Elizabeth Dickens, Lord
A. Compton, &c., are there.
The Earl and Countess of Zetland are receiving a
numerous and distinguished circle at Aske Hall, near
Richmond, Yorkshire. Lord Glenelg was to have joined
the party on Friday.
The Earl and Countess of llarewood, who have a
large circle of friends at Harewood House, Yorkshire,
purpose to receive company there until the third week in
next month.

The Earl of Derby has Lord and Lady Stanley, the
Hon. Colon. 1 and Mrs. Stanley, and a select party, at
Knowsley Hall, Lancashire.
The Earl of Lonsdale, on Tuesday last, cAused a
nurnbcr of fat beeves to be slaughtered, and distributed
amongst the families of the poor in the parishes of Low-
ther, Askharn, Hackrhorpe, &c. His Lordship also
caused blankets, stockings, petticoats, jackets, and other
articles of wearing apparel, to be distributed amongst the
poor families.
Sir George Musgrave, of Eden Hall, Bart., and his
esteemed lady, sister to Sir James Graham, have given
to upwards of 250 poor families in the villages of Eden-
hall, Langwathby, Carleton, stud of the town of Penrith,
blankets and various articles of wearing-apparel, suit-
able for the season, coals, pieces of beef, and money.
The samP worthy Baronet also treated the inmates of
the Penrith union workhouse with an excellent dinner
on Wednesday last, consisting of roast beef and plum-
pudding, and the male inmates with a sufficient supply
of good home-brewed ale each, while amongst the
females, suitable quantities of tea, sugar, and cakes, were
distributed.

The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort are entertaining a
distinguished circle at Badminton. The Noble Duke,
on Wednesday last, dispensed his customary bounty to
the more necessitous among the labOurers and poor fa-
milies residing on his extensive estates in Gloucester.
shire a:.d Monmouth.
The Duke and Duchess of Norfolk are entertaining
a numerous party at Arund,-1 Castle. The Noble Duke
has caused his annual bounties to be distributed among
the necesiitous poor on his estates in Sussex.
The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland are sur-
rounded by a select circle at Aln s ick Castle: As usual,
at this season of the year, the Noble Duke has relieved
the poorer classes in the district by a bountiful supply of
beef, bread, &e., in proportion to the number of each
family. The Duchess also has ( xtensively distributed
blankets and clothing, suitable for the season, to those
p ,or persons whose limited means render such gifts most
acceptable.
The Duke and Duchess of Richmond have a family
circle assembled at Goodwood Park, where great hospi-
tality will prevail until the third week in next month.
The poor on the Noble Duke's estates were liberally
regaled on Wednesday last, and gifts of money and
clothes were presented to the mostnecessitousinhabitants
of the district.
The Duke of Devonshire and a distinguirhed circle are
enjoying the princely hospitality of Lord and Lady
Francis Egerton, at Worsley hall, Lancashire.
The Duke of Rutland is at Belvoir Castle, where the
Marquis of Granby, Lord Charles Manners, Lord
Forrester, and a family circle have met for the Christmas
holidays. The noble Duke's birthday will be celebrated
on the 4th of next month, with the customery rejoicings
at the castle.
His Grace the Arcbishop of York is receiving a
large family party at Bishopsthorpe, the Archiepiscopal
palace, near York. The venerable Archbishop caused
his annual bounties of beef and bread to be distributed
amongst the poorer families at York on St. Thomas's-