Star.
London, England, 1823-08-08 00:00:00

FASIIIONABLt IVIOVEME

The Dowager Dushess of flu Lawn left tows yester.l4:
the Hon. Ms. and Mrs. 11. Sutra's aert, Newport, Bucks,
p few days, on her way to Leominster, Wtrwicknre.
The Marquis or Customs hes left the Downer Mar..iliowss.:
Lommatozawe's seat, in Flares, on a vi at to the Earl :,illl ('Ur I*
tees of PETMOIMS, at newel iroomsgrovel Woree.tk.n.hirt.,
kis way to Brecknoct Briory,..f.auth W. 51.4.
The Bart snd Counters of DRELLNIRTOS and the Ladies VAN;
left town yesterday for Scotland.
Moe Earl apd Countess of Pon:sec:note left-town ma I tont-.
Lord end Lady Rottman left town yesterday for Sco:Lod.
Colonel and Mrs. yesterday at their huube, its
Berkeley-square, from their seat ittsex.
,P..arl Warreroarn and the Duchest4of DORSET have left town
for their seat, Knole, Kent. . . .
The Mon. Colonel I.vetterrn has I-ft town Mr the !tf.u-gais of
TATITTOCIer seat, Oakley 'loose, Bedfordshire. •
AU. and Lady AUGESTA 3111.3111:7, left town yesterday f,,r
Scmtlind.
Sir JOHN and Lady G. Entryron and fantity left town yr..
testily he Paris.
• PARTIES'.
_ _

Sir ranutca Tiaras, lizrt. craertained Celone! and Mrs.
Coozira and a distinguisbet: rarty at dinner yesterday,
bona in Jennyn-streer.
The Countess of Haartivorrn had a 'eject circle of fasLim_
abks yesterday evening at her hawse, Stable-yard, 9 . Jaro.•tlit.
Lord iletaiaraei`hall a dinner party yesterday at Ifoilta.ll Nide.

Yesterday most of •the Cabinet Mrinister.s aztenifei
-a Cabinet Council at-the Foreign (Mice, Dowiiiiiz.
street; they all travelled from a distaace, with titers.
•ception of Mr.'Secrefar7'PeEt., the CU/MELLOR
the EICHE4WER,.and Mr. ‘V ti The Lbttl)
=Awl attendeJ the Council. The Calsioet.;oL.:.;.
nue4 in deliberation till a qua: ter past' five o'clock.
Soon after theCabiact hid assembled in delihera-
Mr.•llLAno, attanheti. to the Einba?isi of Sr IV.
A'CoCir. aziiye.l in a Chai.se and four.. With Ire.
patches from • Sir W. AVourtr at Eft, lf:lticat'oo%
which place he travelled in ten During ki-skair-
nerlse was attacked,-robbed: and shut at near
We untiersian.st that, in consequence of the *err
unfaitierable- state of die weather; his MAsesxi%
Physicians liale• recciMmended that the 1,:( :mkt
(loyal aquatic excursion should beabaUdoi.ed.
Great preparations are making In.Witnhor
for the acconsmodation of his MAJESTY, who 71.
'petted *to take up his residence dive in a
Some alterations in the fitting up of the Royal .:*part-
ments, and a# addition Of fornitute, have been made,
ander the directions of Mr. NASH.

The pleasant Comedy of Sweethearts and Wive%
performing at the Haymarket Theatre, contrite:ls its
attraction, and the entertainments are so diver;fied,
that the season, so far as it has ad.aaneed, h:ts 'area.
very successful.

The Earl and Countess of WILTON ore no* on a
visit to the Earl and Countess of BRILDGEWATER, at
their seat, Ashricte Castle, in He: tfordshire. Front
thence they will tepair to Knowsley, the seat of the
Earl and Countess of Denim where they will re itk
during her Ladyship's accouchemear, which is es-
petted to take place in the course of this month.
The Bishop of OSSORY and suite are arrived in tomb
from Dublin . • .

Madame VESTRIS closes her present engagement
at the Haymarket tip-morrow, and will appear fur die
last time this Season in the Beggar's o,9cea, 'inch
Roland for an Oliver.
ESWAILIN QUIN, En. —.This Gentkman, we are werrtto ieur,
died last week at Sheerness. HU literary acquisitions and tales!:
wars elms oedicry deserts, and a few years ago powerfser
emusibmed to. Public rest of the hinropoils. lk wu dn-
anguished for social 'qualities, good humour, manly e.isy
manners, and instructive as well as amusing conversation.
Accroeur.—Yesterday morning, a girl three years
of age, 'daughter of Mr. Strickland, a carpenter, in
Red-lion-cotrrt, Minories, being left alone with a
lighted candle, set fire to her clothes, and was burnt
in so dreadful manner that her life is despaired of. She
was Immediately conveyed to the London Hospital.
-A Meeting took place at the Guildhall of Plymouth
-Tuesday last, pursuant to public 'notice, for the
purpose of taking iato consideration the propriety at
entering into a subscription in aid of the Spaniards.
The worshipful the MAYOR, at whose request the
Meeting was called, .was invited to take the Chair,
but declined. Dr. BUTTER was then called upon to
preside, which he readily consented to do, and forth-
with opened the Meeting by a short appropriate ad-
dress: Many eloquent speeches were delivered, and
the Resolutions were carried by acclamation.—
. Ore the Meeting broke up, a subscription paper
was laid on the table, and several sums were handed
'to the Treasurer.
Monday, an election took place at Draper's Hall,
Throckmorton-street, for a Master of the Company
for the ensuing year, after which the Court were ele-
gantly entertained at dinner. Yesterday, being the
installation-day of the Master elect, ;-- MxitDlTa,
Esq. the Company, preceded by a band of music.
beadles, ate. left the Hall, at two o'clock, for the pur-
pose of attending Divine Service at St. Michael',
Cornhill, where an excellent sermon was preached by
the Rev. Mr. WRENCH. On the return of the Coe-
pany to the Hall, they partook of a sumptuous dinar,
at which were present a numerous party. A numbtr
of Ladies were in the Music Gallery.
It appears from a Parliamentary document lately
laid before Parliament, that the total expense of the
Prevemiitand Blockade Service, charged for Eng-
land gl'doVfor the half-tear ending on the sth April
last, amounts to £192,996; and that the amount of
seikatesforthe like peticsd-is rated at 1:65,429, that
tic t' say, 'about one-third. • It is, presumed that the
latter sutra rePtesesits the nett available sr. plus, aka,
the shares have been paidlto thecaptots. It is a DG•
torions fact, that although the sea-coast of Bent tad
Sissies is lined.with armed teeniest, stationed at everl
two or three hundredlards,•who keep a vigilant loot
out against contraband traders, yet smuggled god*
of all kinds may be had in abtuulance, particular,/
foreign spirits, all 41eng the coast.
DANTZIC, LINOOLI4. A/1D InliSH FgATllltals 13010•
Mammas., Ste. at No. 41, Regent areas, two doors kW •
Piccadilly; and 40, Drory.isins, corner of Long Acre,wa:S.
e to Great Queen street.—J. K. Waxes Is now
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with a fine Assortment of well.seasoned Ficalresam ..,MI lt
will sell at the following unprecedentedly low prices:
Best White Goose Feathers, warranted
sweet and well manufactured, fit for Per lb.
immediate use . - Ss. 6d. to 3s.
Common ditto • • • . ia ed• tote.
Beat Grey Goose, iffneratited ••- • • Inaled, to ga. M&.
Common ditto Is. Sch to Is. /d. '
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•.!Posikry ditto . • • - • es. lad. to Is. Id.
The.. from es. 6d. each, and ill others /titles equal/ ,
Ready-made. bed•Tleks sold at prime cost to those who
Feathers, who win bate the satisfaction of seeing them
weighedp and sent home. Brokers and Upholders, will;
not conVeDience for dressing Feathers, may be served sir
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Corn, AEGHTST 7.7—At a General Meeting of the
Royal Yacht Club, on the Ist initial*, ./he, thanks of
the Club were voted to Riar:Adtsliio the Him. Sir
CHARLES PAGET, for his kiudneis in bringing to. the
Regatta the Royal Squadron tinder. his coossnand,
consisting of his.-11.13t.ty's-yachtsihe Royal Geo*,
Royal Sovereigni.and Princreyegnit, and the'Rin
Ms-
max and. CA.ELIick.K I?lntiOgWar. whose presence'sss
greatly increased the .beantrof the scene. to. which
Sir CHARLES, in expressing' his acknowledgments,,
stated the pleasure' afforded to the Officers of the
Royal Squadron by the ethibition of so grand:erne-
rine display, and his own satiafaction.that its presence
should have been thought conducive to theteueral
interest excited on that occasion.
The Regatta of last week having attracted to 'Cowes
*numerous assemblage of yachts, the sailing Meet-
ing took place sn the 4th instant, being the first Mon-
eayin August, and created considerable observation,
from its being almost the first time of carrying into
effect the new Signal Code, which was done with
much skill and readiness by all the Members present.
At ten, A. at. the Hon. C. A. Pec.RAM, Commo-
dore for the day, made the signal to sail ft-one the
Roadstead, and on the Squadron being under weigh,
to form line on the larboard tack. The Commodore
then led to the Westward, and the yachts worked
down as far as Newtown, with a fresh breete from
SW. The next signal was to bear up together, and
presently afterwards to form in two columns, in
which order the squadron, led by the Falcon, ran for
Calshnt Castle, and up Southampton-water. At foist
o'clock the Commodore ordered the fleet to tack,' the
van division forming ahead, and the rek astern of
the Falcon; and having got out of the River, the
signal was hoisted to part company, and the several
vessels returned to their moorings at Cowes. Amok;
the yachts in company this day, besides the Falcoa,
Ship-Comm-'done the lion, C. Pettlaat, were—.

Mariqii of Anglesey's Pearl.
Ivr G. Thomas's
Sr G. Leeds's Ruby.
Mr. lialllfax's Oriel.
Pswell's Briton.
AIL Capper's Water Sprite.
Nr.lieu's Eliza.

tiir W.Cortis's Rebecca Maria.
Nr. W. ['fwd.'', Sylph.
11r, Qordou', Syren.

Mr. T. Williams's Blue-eyed
Maid.
Mr. T. A. Smith's Elizabeth.
Mr. Skakespear'b Experiment.
Mr. Weld's Arrow.
Mr. Pares ltosabelle.
Mr. Talbot's Giulia;

Captain Wyndham 's Jane.
Mr. Swinton's Louisa.
&c. &c. Sc.c.

ENGLISH OPERA-HOUSE.

A new Farce, in two acts, called /mill /meta Wife!
was brought nut last night at this Theatre with suc-
cess. It is done, we understand, by Mr. PLANCFIE
(a translati,n from the French); and owes its effect
chiefly to the following arrangements :—Admiral
Firedrake (Mr. DA aT r.Ey )—foity years a sailor !
twenty years po.t, in the good ship Thunderbolt—ten
!e.irs since at ease, an Admiral of the Blue—with
quite as many thousands as he can wish for before
lam, and rather more year:, than he could wish for
behind him—buys a mansion in the country, and
rants a n iie to complete the furniture of it.. Ai it: is
J love for the sex generally which afflicts the worthy
Admiral, rather than a spe:ific inclination for any par-
ticular Lady, he finds it ettsrto resolve that "be will
bare a wife," and not quite so easy to determine who
that wife shall be; but having madeup his mind, at all
vents, to fix upon one damsel of a given three, be
invites all the three (with an old Lady, to save scandal),
to his villa in Somersetshire, and the Piece opens'on
the morning when he purposes definitively to declare
his choice. This beginning leads happily enough to
the equivoques which Are to follow. The three Lad:es
—quite unconscious of the honour intended them—
bare been, without knowing it, a week upon trial;
aid the vete! an—secure he cto throw the Itandker-
clief as he pleases—delighted at having the game
.ompletely in his own hands—is strutting about with
all that satisfaction and self-complacency in which
lovers of fifty are apt to i::dulge, where there are
n.,*" puppies" of five-and-twenty in their way,
when those perplexities commence, which, time out
of mind (upon the Stake), have made audiences
merry, and amorous old Gentlemen very miserable.
theakfast is ordered ; but a klit.Ck comes at the gate.
This is Captain Fired rake (Mr. PEARMAN). of the j
10th Hussars, the AJmn ars nephew—got leave of j
absence, and come to spend the shooting season.l
Provoking, at such a' moment I but the uncle takes !
I ;In into his confidence. Breakfast is on the table
tnt a post-chaise drives up at full gall Op- This is
Billy Badger, a Whitechaiiel dandy, son to the Ad-
miral's attoritey—he has come down to pay his re-
s?ects to his father's patron, and. he is permitted to
stay, for there can be no danger. in such a fellow, of
a rival. Breakfast is spoiling, and it is after break-
Lot that the die is to be cast; the coffee is cooling,
and the Admiral red-hot with impatience—when—
new delay !—the horn of the Bristol mail is heard ;
theguard calls nut to the coachman for a portmanteau;
And in steps Mr. Denis O'Leary. a gentleman from
Ireland, who has accidentally discovered, at Admiral
Firedrake's gate, that heistravelling in thee:oach which i
goes to Bath instead of the coach that goes to London,
aild, with the best grace imaginable, asks forbeese
room, until he can rectify his mistake. The animal
of three Gentlemen where three Ladies are already

present, might bode little good to a fan* party—
draniatic license set apart; but to the gallant Ad
steal at the Lyceum, it proves peculiarly unlucky.
'Living settled his doubts (after breakfast) by draw.'
ing lots, he proceed; to break his mind to Mrs. So-
'4eiTille (Miss L DANCE), and is stopped, just in time,
'y an intimation .n; her part, that she is mart ied to
Ir.O'Leary, the Gentleman who travelled the wrong
ay in the stage-coach. Recovering from this shock,
seeks Isabella (Miss CA itit), and finds Billy Badger
!'aoged into a Captain Merton, kneeling at her feet.
bent upon matrimony, he proceeds confidently
t.s Miss AIN-Ey—who is in love with no ot!fer than
'is shooting nephew, the Officer of the Hussars— and
le would be left without a wife at last, but for the
felicitous invention of Mr. O'Leary, who suggests
that thine is the old I. nt y still available, although ail
tie young ones ate di Tosed of; upon which he once
tboie makes his bow ; is accepted by Mrs. Grote;
';'3 with tour wedding and a finale the two acts con-
cstwie. The piece wen, ff extreniely well. BARTLEY
Played the °id Admir.il with heartiness and spirit.
hL e Lwo professions of the sword at e admirably parted
:ween this actor and Trims.. It was given out
,
:cpedt.lon v ith great applause.