Star.
London, England, 1824-07-13 00:00:00

PARISIAN FASHIONS.

The bonnets are all large, the sleeves are all full above, and the
corset-makers seem to be acquainted with only one form for star.
Flounces seem eternal. .F.very girdle must have a buckle of dead-
ened gold, or polished steel, curiously worked. Two ends of rib.
bun, of unequal length, flowing from the side of the buckle, fail
either on the right side or on the left. A femme ala mode plays
with one of these ends as she would play with a fan, or with one
of the ribbons of her bonnet. The modistes placed vertically round
botinets of Bros de Naples, or of crape, the upper part of white
feathers, which produce the effect of a diadem ala Inca. Amo::g
Gentlemen we see coats with wide skirts, as well as frock coat. a in
igiegfaise, of green cloth and metal buttons, without having false
pockets or the skirts, which are short, and lap over each other.

Dispatches were this morning received at the Colo-
nial Office from Cape Coast Castle.,
This afternoon a Cabinet Council was held at tie
Foreign Office, in Downing-street.
Sunday afternoon the Duke and Duchess of•Gtoti-
ooze, and the Princess Aunurra, honoured Mr. Gazzewooo
with their presence to dinner, at his villa at Brotnpton, where
a Waft petty of Nobility, sgv. were assembled to meet their Royal
Highnesses. ye, the evening the Royal and distinguished guests
were joined by Prince Lopata) and a number of distinguished
characters. The party were entertained in the evening by a con-
cert under the direction of Sir GEORG' SMART •' the principal voc.l
performers, in which were Miss GOODALL, Mr. VAUGHAN, &C.
Master Liszt astonished the company on the piano-forte, as did
Mr. Nscnozsox on tle flute.
Yesterday evening Prince LEOPOLD left Marlborough
House, for Claremont.
The Earl of WESTMORLAND entertained a distin-
phased party at dinner yesterday, in Grosvenor-square.
The immense estates which belonged to the late Duke
Of Tuscany, in Bohemia, have devolved to the young. Duke of
ROSOHSTADT, the son of NAPOLEON BONATAATIG
A. STANHOPE, Esq. gave a grand dinner yesterday
'to a large party, at his house in Tilnerotreet
Sir War. CURTIS has had an audience of the KING
since his arrival in London.
The Earl of EGREMONT has left Brighton for Ireland,
it is said for three months.
A telegraphic dispatch received in Paris,. announces
the arrival of the equipages and household of the King of WM-
TZWINSIIO at Marseilles, on the evening of the 7th inst. His ma-
JILITT wu expected the next day, and the inhabitants were prepar-
ing to skew him the honours due to his rank.
The Earl of DONOUGRMORE, while proceeding to
Knocklofty front Cionmel, on the evening of kfonday se'nnigbt,
accompanied by his servant, was thrown from his gig, in conse-
quence of the berm having stumbled, but his Lordship sustained no
injury whatever. The servant was less fortunate, having received
some partial bruises.
Lord YA azoROUGH arrived from Cowes on Tuesday,
in his fine ship yacht the Falcon, to receive the visits of his friends
at Portsmouth, and equip for a trip to Cork and the Tagus. Oa
Tuesday Sir GODPRRT Wasirrin sailed for Guernsey, Lisbon, and
Algiers, in his yacht, the Elizabeth. His Grace the Duke of NOR-
Your and Lord Score have visited Portsmouth. His Grace's
beautiful yacht, the Swallow, has been sailing a match with Mr.
Won's yacht.
It is nor, we believe, generally known that the Drama,
the Revolt of the Greets, neterperforming at Drury-lane Theatre, is
founded upon a Novel written by Lady Morgan, called Ida e.dthens.
Dum..—ln consequence of a trifling dispute on leav-
ing the Haymarket Theatre, on Saturday night, two gentlemen of
the names of BOASTHWAITH and SWAN. met yesterday with their
seconds, at Wormwood Scrublosfand exchanged two shots each ,with-
out mischief. The seconds then interfered, and the simple dispute,
which was about a coach, was adjusted.
We understand that the receipts at the Custom-house
of Leith, for the half.year ending the sth instant, exceeds that of
the corresponding period in 1Y43 by about 24,0001.
The elm trees in St. James's and Hyde Parks, are
rapidly destroying, by a species of beetle; a similar disease is non
devastating the arsenals of France.
There are no less than 598 newspapers published in
the United States of America.
Nearly 600 persons have embarked at Limerick since
the Ist of May, for the British American Colonies and Miransichi
Government has given £IO,OOO towards the erection
of a corn market in Cork.
The ATHOLL frigate arrived in Leith Roads on Toes•
day, with Lady Mumma and family.
Wednesday two Frenchmen, waiters at the Paris lia•
tels Dover, quarrelling, one of tkem being much exasperated,
the thumb of the other in his mouth, and nearly bit it off.
Ministers have resolved to augment the present ik
laxi*s of Sheriff Substitutes--a class of Gentlemen who we do og
hesitate to denominate the most useful Judges in the land. T?
Arm the Life, fortune, and fame of every individual in Scotian"!
is entrusted, for preservation or punishment ; and the extent of
their duties may be judged of by what the Lord advocate stated to
the House of Commons on the 30th March last—v To convince the
House," said his Lordship," of the importance of the Sheriff Court',
he would state that, during the last year, no less than 22,000 caw-4
had been tried in those Courts, which, as compared with the caoes
, tried during the same period in the Court of Session, w7O • '
117 to I.'

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