The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-09-10 00:00:00

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WITHOU

Sir George Murray
Sir George Cockburn
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NEPTEMBER IST. -- Partridge shooting commenced on
Wednesday lag ; but, owing to the quantity of grain uncut,
very little sport was enjoyed in this neighbourhood. Sep-
tember lst is always too soon for the commencement of this
sport in the northern counties ; and, by general consent al-
most, it is deferred till the 12th. The Earl of Lonsdale has
advertised that partridge shooting will not be allowed on his
grounds till the 13th. The envies are nothing
represented
as
about an average —Kendal Mtn,
ry.

FESNICTES"AT WYNNSTAY, THE SEAT OF

SIR N

V. W. WYNN, BART,

In return for the compliment paid to Sir W. W. Wynn,
throughout the principal parts of ,North Wales and Shrop-

shire, last May, on the occasion of his having then attained
his majority, the honourable baronet has set apart the entire
of the present week to the reception and entertainment of
his friends,. tenantry, and neighbours, at his family seat of
Wynnstay, near Ituabon.

The entertainments, which are upon the most extensive
and liberal scale, commenced on Monday, and will terminate
to-morrow evening. The following is a correct programme
of the business—pleasure being the business bu this occasion
—during the day :

MONDAY.

A dinner to between fifty and sixty of Sir `c'atkin's near
relatives, private friends, and distinguished guests.

TUESDAY

A dinner on the same scale to about GO. A ball, in the
evening, to about 500 of the nobility and gentry from all
parts of the country. This ball will take place in the magni-
ficent ball room at the south end of the mansion.
WEDNESDAY.
Private dinner party, as before.

THURSDAY

Dinner to about 500 persons. This entertainment will be
given in a temporary room which has been erected for the
purpose.

FRIDAY.
Private dinner party. Ball, in the evening, to about 600
of the resident tenantry, &c.

SATURDAY.
Grand dinner, in the Pavilion, to upwards of 600 of the
tenantry, &c. At ten o'clock, p.m. a magnificent display of
fire-works, by Mr. D'Ernst, from London. This display will
take place on the side of the lake opposite the Mansion
House, and will consist, we believe, of 23 pieces. This ex-
hibition will form the finale to the festivities of the week.
The ball on Tuesday evening was the first public or exten-
sive part of the festivities, but we cannot gratify our readers
with any account of it, Sir Watkin's wish being that the en-
tire festivities, although given in an unusually extensive and
liberal scale, should still be considered as entertainments
given by a private gentleman, at his family mansion, to those
who had previously united to pay him a compliment for which
he felt deeply obliged.
The village of Ruabon and the approaches to Winnstay
were crowded, early on Monday, with persons determined to
make or take a holiday. The Union Jack floated from the
summit of the cenotaph, erected in the park, near the
southern extremity of the woods, on the eminence overlook-
ing the ravine called Nant-y-Bele), to the memory of the
officers and men of the late Sir Watkin's regiment of An-
cient Britons, who fell during the Irish rebellion of 1798.
Passing forward to ltuabon, we reached the northern en-
trance to the park. Immediately before the gates a triple
triumphal arch had been erected, under the superintendence
of Mr. Madeley, the respected master of Ruabon National
School. The centre arch was surmounted with a shield,
bearing the arms of the house of Winnstay. A flag floated
proudly over each of the side arches. The inscription—
` PROSPERITY AND LONG LIFE TO SIR WATKIN WIL-
LIAMS WYNN AND THE HOUSE OF WYNNSTAY," stood
out in bold relief across the triple arch, which was further
decorated with laurels, flowers, and ribands. The flag of
Saint George was fixed upon the tower of Ruabon Church,
and the Union Jack ou the summit of the votive column in
the park.
The pavilion in which the dinners on Thursday and Saturday
will be given is considered one of the largest temporary
buildings ever erected without pillars in the interior to sup-
port the roof. It is 120 feet long by 50 wide. The greatest
height within is 23, and the lowest is 15 feet. It is entirely
supported from the exterior sides. The whole room has the
appearance of a mightyapartment, neatly fitted up, and hav-
ing light from a variety of windows. It will be lighted at
night by one 12-light chandelier, two 8-lights, four 4-lights,
and six 2-lights, with a variety of smaller lights for the sides.
The arrangements in the pavilion at the two dinners will
be in this manner :—Sir Watkin, on each occasion, will pre-
side, supported on his right by his Grace the Duke of Nor-
thumberland and the Earl of Powis, his near relatives. He
takes his seat at the centre of a table thirty feet long, which
stands on a dais one foot above the floor. This table will be
placed at the end of the pavilion, and immediately behind Sir
Watkin will extend a sideboard, on which will be displayed a
variety of gold and silver plate, including a great many racing
cups won by the late Sir Watkin, and the sumptuous silver
vase presented to him by the County of Denbigh, of which
he was Lord-Lieutenant in the year 1815.
Every delicacy of the season will, of course, be supplied in
abundance ; and, besides the unlimited supply of wines of the
choicest quality, there will be a liberal supply of the ale
brewed on the occasion of the birth of Sir Watkin. Much
of this ale was used at Wynnstay last May, by the different
parties assembled there to celebrate the majority of Sir
Watkin. On that occasion, besides four hogsheads of this
particular tap, as many as thirty hogsheads of fine ale, of
more modern age, was given from the Wynnstay cellars.
Four hogsheads of the birthday ale will be drunk this week ;
and it took two hundred measures of malt to fill the stupen-
dous vessel in which it has remained undisturbed so many
years.

A great deal of company are staying at Wynstay, among
those are the Duke and Duchess of Northumberland, the
Earl and Countess of Powis, the Ladies Herbert and two
Messrs Herbert, Lord Hill, Lord and Lady Delamere, Sir
Rowland and Colonel Hill, Right Hon. C. W. W. Wynn and
the Misses Williams Wynn, Ladies L. Churchill and C.
Stewart, Lady Rendlesham and the Hon. Misses Thelusson,
Hon. R. H. Clive and Lady FL Clive, Sir Philip and Lady
Egerton and Hon. Miss Forester, Sir Stephen Glynne, Mr.
H. Glynne, Sir John Williams. J. M. Gaskell, Esq. M. P.
and Lady, Hon. Capt. Macdonald, Hon. Mr. Curzon, Hon.
Mr. Cholmondely, T. Penson, Esq. Mayor of Oswestry, &c.
The Viscount and Viscountess Dungannon are entertaining
a large party of distinguished visitors at Brynkynallt, during
the present week. Among them are the Marquis mad
Marchioness of Londonderry, Lord Castlereagh, the Countess
Jersey and Viscountess Villiers, Mr. Gascoyne, Captain F.
Hamilton, Mr. St. John, &c. On Tuesday, in all probability,
we shall be able to give a report of the proceedings on the
three last days of the week.