The Sun. — 1846-10-16 (London, England)

CELEBRATION OF EARL GROSVENOR'S MAJORITY. Chester was on Tuesday wholly given to festivity to celebrate the coming of age of Earl Grosvenor, eldest son of the Marquis and Marchioness of Westminster. The bells of the cathedral and other churches rang forth merry peals, bands paraded the streets, and all was hilarity and mirth. Two thousand tickets, value seven shillings each, available either in silver coin or meat and drink, were distributed among the citizens as a gift from the Noble Marquis, to enable them to " make merry and be glad " on this auspicious occasion; and various social parties assembled at the different hotels and inns to enjoy a good dinner, and to drink long life and happiness to the respected heir of the Noble House of Eaton. About twelve o'clock the boys of the Blue Coat Hospital, preceded by their excellent juvenile band, marched with their elegant banner and new flags prepared for this festivity, to Eaton Park, where a scene of universal rejoicing presented itself. In front of the splendid mansion of Eaton Hall mall marquees were erected, in which an immense body of the tenants of the Noble Marquis, their labourers, and dependents, were feasted with a most substantial dinner of? good old English cheer, with potations o the choicest juice of the "barley bree;" and most heartily did the assembled throng do justice to the bounty of Lord Westminster, and most resolutely did they cheer the bumper toast to the health of the Earl Grosvenor. The festivities at Eaton Hall were continued on Wednesday and Thursday, when the females resident on the estates of the Marquis, and others to whom his kindness on this occasion has been extended, were regaled with tea and other entertainments; and the children of the various schools which are supported by the liberality of the Grosvenor family had also the happiness of partaking in the universal joy. The Marquis and Marchioness of Westminster, the Earl Grosvenor, Lady Elizabeth Grosvenor, the Honourable Mr. Lawley, and other members of the family circle, honoured the festivities with their presence; and a great number of the neighbouring gentry and of the most influential citizens of Chester were spectators of the joyous scene. At five o'clock in the afternoon about two hundred of the principal gentry and tradesmen of the city and neighbourhood sat down to a banquet at the Royal Hotel. In the unavoidable absence of the Mayor, Mr. Thomas Dixon discharged the duties of the chair. The greatest conviviality animated the party, and the toast of the evening, to the health and happiness of Earl Grosvenor, was drunk in wines of the choicest vintage, and with prolonged and hearty cheers. About nine o'clock there was a magnificent display of fireworks on the Roodee (for which a liberal subscriptionusciitlilzuemnsi)u;atethde, s theth towers presented a most singular and interesting appearance, andb wadallbseeonf the raised ancientam amongst city,t from the Chester Courant. and the exhibition excited general admiration.—Abridged  SUICIDE OF A BARRIST Elt —lAle on Wednesday evening Mr. Mills held an inquest on the body of William Walker Jordan, Esq., aged 43, barrister. The place at the deceased's residence, No. 15, inquiryGioilce took place Regent's-park. It appeared by the evidence of several witnesses that for some time past deceased had laboured under great depression of spirits, and entertainyd a fear, which it appears was unfounded, that his pecuniary affairs were becoming embarrassed. Oa Tuesday morning he rose at his usual hour, ar.d went to his dressing-room, where shortly afterwards the report of tire-arms was heard. Mrs. Jordan and the servants (vent to the room, and found deceased 13ing on his back, haring discharged a large horse pistol into his cheat. Dr. Jones, a neighbouring surgeon, was immediately called in, and pronounced life extinct. Verdict, " That deceased destroyed himself, being at the time of unsound mind."  DEA ni or A.