Festivities at the Castle of Caractacus - Sir Edward Pryce LLOYD, Bart, who boasts to be the lineal descendant from Caractacus, King of the Britons, has kept open house at Pengwern, near St. Asaph, in North Wales, since the eve of Christmas-day. Old English hospitality, in its primitive simplicity, has therein been observed. On the 13th inst. the heir apparent to the vast inheritance, comes of age; and great rejoicings will take place. A sumptuous banquet will be given, and covers for 100 persons of rank and consideration in the country. All the antique services of plate, and the ancient flaggons, will decorate the sideboards, filled with choice ale, brewed at the birth of Mr. LLOYD. On the 16th, a ball and supper will be given at which 300 visitors are expected. The banquets are to be given in the Gothic hall, whereto, we are told, Caractacus entertained the Roman General who defeated him in a grand battle, fought A.D. 41, i.e. during the reign of Claudius Caesar!! The Castle of Caractacus is esteemed as the most antique of edifices, and the finest castellated mansion, perhaps, in Europe. Lyn Nunn Brisbane Australia