Star.
London, England, 1825-05-19 00:00:00

kASifiONADLE INTELLiGiNCi

The Karl of Cliarlenisot had a grand dinner party oh Taesd:,
at his house in Grosvenor-place. %In the eveuing her Larlysk`i
entertained a large party of the &net tort.
The Dowager Countess Poulett entertained Prinee Leopold and
distinguished party to dinner,on Tuesday. a; her house in Piccadilly.
Sir Ulysses Burgh, Bart. entertained the Dowager Ihehen
Richmond, the Ladles Lennox, and a large party, to dinner rum
day, at his house in Pall.mall. •
Lord Kensington had a large party to dinner yesterday, at
house, Whiteball-place.
The Hon. K. Douglas had a dinner party yesterday, at the Ad.
miralty. •
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The Earl of Fortesmie entertained the Directors of the Antieat
Music and a taro party to dinner yesterday, at his house in Gros.

venor-square.
Earl Sefton entertained a distinguished party to dinner on Tues.
day, at his house in Arlington-street.
The Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury had a dinner party cc..terday, at her house in Arlington-street.
The Duke and Duchess of Portland, and the Ladies Bentinck,
arrived on Tuesday at their new residence in Cavenslislusquazt,
from their seat, Welbeck, Notts.
The Duke of Leeds arrived on Monday at his house in Bruton.
street, Berkeley-square, from his seat In Yorkshire.
The Earl of Thanet arrived yesterday at Fenton's Hotel, St,
lames's-place, from his seat in Kent.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Ackland have arrived at Nerot's Hotel,
Clifford-street, from their seat in Devonshire.

Mr. and Mrs. Stevenson arrived yesterday at the Waterloo
Hotel, Jermyn-street„ from Brighton. Mr. and Mrs. Protheme
and family have left it, for their seat in Herts.
Colonel and Mrs. Cooper have arrived at the St. George's Hots?,
Albemarle.street, from a tour. Lord and Lady Stopford have left
ditto for Ireland. .

Arrivals at Kirkham's Hotel, Lower Brook-street :—Lord
wanh and Mr. O'Grady, from Ireland; Lord Bagot from a tour.
Departures :—Captain and Mrs. Platt, fur Paris; Mr. and Mrs.
Kirkland, for Cheltenham; J. Tooke, Esq. for ditto.
Lord and Lady F. Osborne have arrived in town from Helian.L

bovkA, MAY 17.

The Mofiarch sailed this morning for Boulogne, with
coMparatively few passengers,. and a vessel for Calais
also, by no means full. The innkeepers here complain
sadly. of the dulness, as they had anticipated a rich
fustiest for the Coronation. It is probable, that v.hen
Epsom Races are over, the coronation folks will come
here ; bef"•te they cannot, if they travel post, for nearly
all the post-horses within twenty miles of town are to
be sent up to persons who have contracted for them for
Epsom, At Dartford 16 fours, and $2 pair of horses
are bargained for by a great postmaster in Regent-
street, at sixteen guineas per pair. The Earl of Strath-
More was amongst the arrivals here this morning. The
weather is beautifully fine now, but there was a frost
last night, which has done considerable injury to the
blossoms of the fruit trees; the hop-grounds, however,
look well, and a fair crop may be expected. A Gen-
tleman, will arrived from Paris last night states, that
in the French capital lodgings are by nu means scarce.
—Many families had quitted their lodgings for the
country, with the view of letting them fur the Corona-
tion ; they are all much disappointed ; at Rheims they
ask 501. for two rooms for 15 days.

THE DUCHESS OF NoRTHUMBERLAND AT

PAWS.
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PARIS, MAY 15.

His Majesty arrived this morning from St. Cloud,
before 11 o'clock, and gave audience to Cardinal de
Clermont Tonnere, after which he attended Mass in the,
Chapel of the Palace. During Mass, Baron de Labile'
went with a carriage belonging to her Royal Highness
the Dauphiness, to fetch from the Hotel the Duchess of
Northumberland, Ambassadress Extraordinary of
England. Oa the arrival at the Palace, the Duchess
rested he self in the Salon of the Ambassadors,l
waiting for her reception, which took place a:ter
Mass. The Ambasadress was afterwards conducted
in the same carriage to the Pavilion of Flora, to the
bottom of the grand staircase, and entered the apart.
milts of the Dauphiness, where Lady Glanville, the
Lady of the British Ambassador, was waiting her ar-
rival. The Dauphiness, who on this occasion repre-
sented the Queen, having arrived, sat down in an arm-
chair, surrounded by a brilliant circle of the Ladies of
the Court, most distinguished for their rank and their
birth. Her Royal Highness commanded the Duchess
de Damas, her first Lady of Honour, to introduce the
Ambassadress ; she was then conducted into the grand
audience chamber of the Princess, to whom she was
presented with all the ceremony usual at Court.
'Her Royal Highness rose, and having embraced the
Ambassadress, invited her to sit down in the circle;
and immediately after, the King, accompanied by the
Dauphin, arrived. His Majesty spoke in the most
flattering manner to the Ambassadress, and soon after
his Majesty and his august son retired. The Ambas-
sadress having taken leave of her Royal Highness, paid
a visit to Madame the Duchess of Berry. She was
introduced by the Countess de Noailles, in the absence
of the Duchess of Reggio, her Lady of Honour, and
presented to her Royal Highness, who received her
standing, and afterwards invited her to sit down on a
folding chair (unplconi), opposite the arm-chair. All
the Ladies surrounding her Royal Ilighne.s remained
standing. The Ambassadress having retired, paid a
visit to the Duchess de Damas, Lady of Honour to the
Dauphiness, and immediately after was reconducted to
her hotel, with the same ceremony as on her arrival.
The Duchess of Northumberland had two carri +gas
following her ; the costume of the Ambassadress was
• rich and brilliant in the extreme : she was covered with
diamonds; the mantua, in particular, was of extraor-
dinary richness, and so covered with embroidery, that
two beareri could hardly carry it.
On occasion of the reception of his Grace, there was
a grand dinner in the apartments of The Dauphin, at
which the Count de Cosse Brissac presided : the Duchess

of Northumberland and Lady Granville were present.
At half• past one there was a Council of Ministers, at
which his Majesty presided; it sat till a quarter past
four. His Majesty will return to Paris on Thursday,
and there remain till his departure for Rheims. It is
declared that the return of the King to the capital shall
take place on the 6th of June, and not on the 4th, as
was at first said.

The King intends to give the army a striking proof
of his satisfaction, and to grant it on his coronation 8001
Crosses of the Legion of Honour, of which sixty are
for Officers.

Letters have been received from Cape Coast Castle,
stating th; arrival of the transport Marquis Handy,
with the detachment under the command of Captains
BURROWS and BARILLIER, of the Royal Afiican Co.,
' lonial Corps. At the date of the letters the Colony was
very sickly. Nothing fresh had transpired relative to
the Ashantees. _ _ _

A Bill has been introduced into the House of Lords

to divide the parish of Mary.la-Bonne into four dis-
tricts—to have four Churches—the Church in Wynd-
ham-place to be called by the name of " Saint Mary's
Church, in Saint Mary-la-Bonne," the Church in Lang-
ham-place shall be called by the name of " All Souls'
Church, in Saint Mary-la-Bonne," the Church in Staf-
ford-street shall be called by the name of " Christ
Church, in Saint Mary-la-Bonne,' and the Church in-
tended to be built in Osnaburg-street shall be called
" Trinity Church," &c.
CLoNuaL, MAY 11.—Friday night, a Rockite notice
was pawed on the door of Edmund Faby, of Parkstown,
111 the Barony of Eliogarty, threatening him with
death unless he quitted the care-taking of a farm for
his master, Mr. LANPHEIR, where he had lately been
placed, and from which .the former tenants had been
ejected for non-payment of rent.
WATIRTOED, MAY 12.—0 n the night of Friday, the
6th instant, a barn and haggard at Carrigane, on the
lands of Sledy, in the county of Waterford, belonging
to MICHAEL RIYIERS, Esq. of Tybroghoy, county Kil-
kenny, were maliciously set fire to, and consumed.
The Piper of Linlithgow has been dismissed, for
tailing far " anitlier half mutchkin" in a drunken
dream at Church, where he had fallen asleep in the,
rear of the Magistrates.
An Englishm.in, named LLOYD, has formed the sin-
gular idea of making war upon the bears in Sweden,
Norway, and Finland. He passed the last winter in a
desert part of the Swedi,h Province of Wermeland,
where, with the assistance of a huntsman, he destroyed
64 bears. lie has now passed into Norway, and pro-
poses ti, te. minate his expedition at St. Petersburgh.
A few dais since was gathered in the garden of
THOMAS WYATT, of ICellledoll, a polyanthus, the stem
of which measere4 two inches in circumference, bear-
ing ninety-eight blossoms.