Star.
London, England, 1825-07-08 00:00:00

THE KING'S FETE.

We have already stated that the Dresses worn at his
MAJESTY'S Fete, on MondAy evening, were of the most
elegant and splendid desctiption. The following will
serve as a specimen:
HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUCRESII or CAlllllOllOll An under.
dress of rich white satin, a superb robe of tulle, embroidered in dark
blue and gold lama, finishing at the bottom with two full flounces,
divided by a splendid border of blue anti gold lama to correspond,
terminated with large rouleatte of gold. Body and sleeves richly
and elegantly ornamented with gold and Brussels point ; gold band
for the waist, confined with a spktidid clasp of diamonds. Head.
dress, plume of white marabout leathers, tiara, and a profusion of
diamonds.

Ilea ROYAL Thou-Ness THE Drums, or GLOCCIFSTKII—An under
dress of rich white tissue, over which a splendid robe of tulle,
curiously and brilliantly embroidered in colours of a novel descrip-
tion; at the bottom a full garniture of rich silver tissue, tastefully
entwined with large gold and silver topes, terminating at one side
with a bouquet of various Bowers, to correspond with the colour of
the dress, intermixed with silver (aline. The body and sleeves
superbly ornamented with gold and silver ; the stomacher and band
entirely covered with diamonds. 11cr Royal Highness's dress had
a most splendid and novel effect. head dress, a superb plume of
marabout feathers, with a tiara, and profusion of diamonds.

In our list of the company at the Kixo's Ball, at St.
James's Palace, the. following names were omitted by mistake, viz.
the Duchesses of DeAuroar and RUTLAND, the Marquis of Tweets-
mix, the Marchionesses of CHANDOS, WATERFORD, WESTMEATH,
and WORCESTER. the Earl and Countess of DENRICH_, Lords A.
Htt e, and A. Covructast, the Ladies Pacter: the Ladies DEN-
TINCK, Sir WILLIAM ELLIOT, and Messrs. ANSON, BATUURST, and
FOSSE&

Tuesday, the stveral Clerks at the Table, the
lerd-
mg Clerks, &c. of the Journal and other Offices of the
House of Commons, dined with the SPEAKER, in the
grand- and official dining-rnom under the House of
Commons: about thirty were present. The Chaplain
of the House presided; and Mr. PHILLIPS, tl'e Secre-
tary, was at the lem er end of the table. Yesterday, the
Messengers, &c. dined in the same room, by invitation
of the SPEAKER; the Secretary preside,' on such occasion.
The racing stud of the late Sir JOHN GREY EGER•
rob!, Bart. was sold by auction, on Thursday last, at
the training stables, Little Budworth, and fetcl;ed
the following prices :—Paulina (a blood mare) 160
guineas ; a bay filly, one year old, out of Pauliaa, by
Itubens, 250 guineas; Predictor, two years old, by
Soothsayer, 165 guineas; Linnet, three years old,
1,150 guineas... Dorcas bought in.
Borne at this moment presents a most dull and dis
satisfied aspect. The higher members of the Clergy are
discontented because they are obliged to repair to the
Churches on foot. The Priests are annoyed by the
awkward and clumsy costume they are forced to wear,
and tf.e Monks and Nuns are anything but satisfied
with the rigorous observance of their rules and orders,
to which they are kept. The Nobles murmur at being
deprived of the Theatres and other public amusements,
now prohibited. The tradesmen, hotel-keepers, &c.
are bewailing the absence of the foreigners, who have
all fled. The artists complain of the museums being
shut to them on Sundays and festivals, and of the ces-
sation of orders for their productions. In fine, all classes
feel bitterly the difference between the dead calm which
reigns at present, and the bustle and animation they
were accustomed to under Gonsalvi. The Inquisition
produces distrust and hypocrisy, beggary and filth meet
you at every tura, and the sombre silence or mistrust-

ful laeonicism of all you meet gives to Rome the ap-
pearance of an immense Convent of Jesuits.
Mr. Joseph Trumper, a respectable farmer, at Up-
ton, recently recovered two valuable horses, which had

bean stolen from him some months before, in ctnse-
quence of information supplied him by Sargeant, the
culprit, who was executed with Probert and the
other malefactors, at the Old Bailey. Sargeant,
whilst under the sentence of death, wrote to the
constable of Upton, to inform him that if the per-
son who lost two horses from that neighbourhood some
time since, would call upon him, he would give him
some useful intelligence respecting them. Mr. Trum-
per went to him in consequence, and was told that the
horses had been left under the care of a publican at
Braintree, in Essex, who had sold them to a neigh-
boering farmer by public auction. This information
proved correct. The horses appeared to have been
shut up from public view for several weeks, and adver-
tised for sale in a provincial paper, and ultimately
sold, without a probability of any knowledge of the
circumstance reaching the owner, in a remote county.
However, Mr. Trumpet made his inquiries with such
caution and prudence, as enabled him to regain his
property at but trifling expense, and compelled Mr.
Boldface, though very reluctantly, to refund the pur-
chase-money, and restore the horses, although in a
condition very much reduced from that when taken.
A robbery to a considerable extent was committed,
a few days ago, in the house of the Princess de Rohan,
No. 3, lt,ie de Varennes, Paris. That Lady, returning
home about half past eleven o'clock, a man named
Gregoire, only 17 years old, and formerly a marine,
crept under the carriage and clung there, by which
means he introduced himself into a granary, where he
remained till the following night. About two o'clock
in the morning, he passed through three rooms, with-
out noise, and entered into the bed-chambtr of the
Princess, opened the secretary, and took, among other
valuable articles, a pocket-book ni:h a gold pencil-
case, containing notes of the Bank of France to the
value of 10,000 f. and foreign bank notes to the amount
of 38,0001. The Princess hearing a noise, cried several
times, Who is there?" But the villain effected his
escape by the street gate, which he opened by an iron
bar. After his departure from the house of the Prin-
cess, Gregoire went up stairs in a house in the rut St.
Martin, to hide the foreign bank notes, keeping those
of the Bank of France. Passing afterwards into t:e
cat, he met a prostitute named Clement, with whom
he spent the night. In the morning, the girl dressed
herself, in a frOlic, in Gregoire's clothes, while he was
asleep, and went out, leaving him fret- own costume.
Upon reaching the Place de Greve, Clement put her
hand into the pocket of the coat, and to-her astonish.
merit found gold and silver coin, and a pocket-book
with several bank notes. She immediately changed
her dress, and took a lochring, first in the rue St. Ho-
nore, then in the rue St. Martin, where she was arrested.
The portfolio, gold Fencil-case, and a considerable
sum, were found upon her. In the interval, Gregoire,
who could only appear in the clothes left him by Miss
Clement, made researches to discover her, but was
arrested at the same time as herself.

The Italian Opeta is generally allowed to have origi-
nated with Rinuccinit a Florentine poet, who composed
a mu•ical pastoral, called Daphne. Tht merit attri-
buted to this pi, ce, induced its author to ws tr the
opera of Zuridice, which was represented at the Ti•ea-
tre of Florence, in the year 1600, on the marriage of
Mary de Medicis with King Henry the Fourth of
France. The music to both these pieces uAS conlyheLl
by Jacobi Peri.

EXTRAORDINARY INvzsmATION.

At eight o'clock yesterday evening, a most extraor-
dinary inquiry took place arthe Regent's Arms Tavern,
in Regent-street, near Vauxhall Bridge Road, before
Mr. 'Thomas Hiss*, 'the Coroner for the City and Li-
berty of Westminster, and a respectable Jury, respecting
the death of a fine male i:.fant unknown.
• Mr. Frederick Holt, a surgeon, of Holyvrell-street,
Westminster, deposed, that the body of the child which
is the subject of this inquiry, was bi ought to his house
on Tuesday last, about one o'clock in the day. Ile
was from home at the time, but on his return about
two he saw the infant. It was newly born, and had
never been washed, nor had there be ?n the slightest care
taken of it ; and on tither side of the neck there were
bruises, apparently as if caused by something having
been twisted round it to produce strangulation. The
skin was off immediately under the ear. It is a full
grown child, and in his opinion, from the lips being
very florid, the child had breathed, but he could not say
decidedly that it was born alive. He had very strong
suspicion that the infant had been unfairly dealt with,
but whither neglig ntly r wilfully he could not swear,
and if the body were to be dissected, no further infor-
ma• ion could be obtained.
John Watkins stated, that he was employed as a
porter at Ha:aces,. the White Horie Cellar, Piccadilly.
0:1 Tuesday last be received a small hand-basket from
the book keeper, to take to the place it was direc ed to.
It was diiected to Mr. Ricker, cooper, 6,Vincent-street,
Vauxhall-road. Witness took it there, and delivered
it to a female at Mr. Fricker's house, who paid him 2s.
for the c adage and porterage of the basket. Witness
did not know from what part of the country it came.
Mrs. Mary Ann Massall stated, that she resided at

Mr. Fricker's house. On Tuesday last, about twelve
o'clock at noon, a man brought a basket to the door,
directed to Mr. Ricker, for which he demanded 2s.—
She raid the money, and took the basket into the
parlour. On opening it she found at top a large
quantity of paper, among which were several leaves
of a prayer-book, and a most odoriferous fragrance
emanated ; on further inspection, she found under the
paper a quantity of rose leaves, and a parcel of musk
and other pet fumes ; and under this, at the bottom of
the basket was something wrapped up in two cambric
pocket-handkerchiefs, which was sewed up very se-
curely with packthread, and on severing the cord she
found the dead body of an infant. She was dread-
fully alarmed, and communicated the circumstance
to Mrs. Fricker, who Was very much aiiitated on learn-
ing the contents of the basket. Mr. Fricker is about
32 years old, and is confined to his bed-room with a
complication of diseases.
John Weale, an Officer of Qncen-square, was neat
sworn, and stated, that in consequence of informa-
tion having been received by the Magistrate, from Mr.
Holt, the Surgeon, he was dispatched to the Bell and
Crown Inn, Holborn, and he there saw the way-
bill of the Monday evening Southampton coach, on
which was entered a ba.,ket, directed to Mr. Fricker.
The entry on the way-bill was stated to be in the
handwriting of Mr. Higgs, of the Black Swan, at
Winchester. (Here the witness produced the label
that was affixed to the parcel. It was evidently in two
handwritings, apparently in a male and female hand.)
He had made all the inquiry he could further, but
could not ascertain any fact that would throw any sus-
picion on any person who forwarded the parcel, and
Mr. Fricker had caused hand-bills to be printed, offer.
ing a reward of 20 guineas for the discovery of the
perpetrators of the horrible deed.
The Jury having been told that at present there was
no other testimony to produce to elucidate this myste-
rious affair, they expressed a wish to investigate the
business to the bottom ; and it was unanimously agreed
that Weale, the officer, should proceed immediately to
Winchester, to make further inquiries, and to apprehend
any persons that he might suspect were concerned in
the dreadful offence.
The Commas acquiesced; and the officer was empowered to
proceed on his journey at the expense of the parish. The investi.
futon was adjourned, at ten o'clock, till Monday next.

The redoubled Captain Rock, it appears, is still in
being; on the night of Thursday se'nnight, the timber
And other building materials collected for the erection
of a house at Littleton, near Cashel, in the county of
Tipperary, were set on fire and totally consumed, to-
gether with the out-offices which had already been
built. No cause can be assigned for this wanton out-
' rage, ai Mr. Miller, the Gentleman on whose prnp'rty
it occurred, aad who was about to build the house for
himself, that he might reside amongst his tenantry, is
universally respected in the country.—A most wanton
outrage was lately committed near Stewartstown, upon
the property of John Mackay, Esq. A few nights ago
some atrocious ruffians made an attempt to burn and I
destroy his temporary residence at Elagh, near that
town, by setting fire to a stack of old turf contiguous to
the house, but no further injury ensued.

Sr. ANN'S SOCIETT.—The Governors and Friends of
this Society, which has for its object the maintaieing,
clothing, and supporting the legitimate children of
every class of pouf and necessitous persons, celebrated
their Anniversary Festival, on Wednesday, at the Lon-
don Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, where an excellent
dinner was served up in the best style, with better
wines than are usually supplied on such occasions.
The Duke of SUSSEX, Patron of the Society, was to
have presided ; but he sent an apology, on the ground
of severe indisposition, and accompanied it by a dona-
tion of ten guineas. In the absence of his Royal High.
ness, the Chair was filled by SAMUEL THORNTON, Esq.
who was supported by a numerous assemblage of re-
spectable Gentlemen. As soon as dinner was over,
and the customary loyal toasts drank, the Chairman
proposed" Prosperity to St. Ann's Society," which was
received with the most energetic applause by the com-
pany. The children were then introduced, and excited
great interest by their neat and healthy appearance.
One of them ascended a table, and recited an appro-
pria:e poetic address, which was warmly applauded.
Several appeals were dun made on beha:f of the eha-
iity ; fiorn which it appeared, that with the exception
of Christ's lio;pital, the schools of this Society alone
afford an asylum in London, where the children of that
numerous arid respectable class of persons, who ate
above the lowest po-,r, and untainted with crime, can
obtain a stsitahle education and a home, until they be
able to provide for themselves. Unfortunately, how-
ever, the funds of this truly praiseworthy institution
have declined c,f late, and it is now 10001. in debt.—
This circumstance having awakened considerable in-
terest and regret in the breasts of reflecting and ge-
nerous individuals, the subscriptions and donations an-
nounced by the Treasure: amounted to upwai dsof