Star.
London, England, 1814-10-25 00:00:00

NAVAL PROMOTIONS.

Captain W. M. Godfrey, from the Emulous to the Arachae.
Captain I. Gore, of the Spark, to the Emulous.
Lieutenant White, of the Variable, to the rank of Commander
motto the Shark receiviwg ship.
Lieut. Daidey first ottheAlappldre to command the Variable.
Lieutenant Morgan, Rag Lieutenant to Vice Admiral Dumett,
to the rank of Commander..
Lieutenants Robinett end M'Dowell, to the rank of Comman-
ders; Mr. Stenhouse, Surgeon, to the Valiant.
Mr. Johns, master of the Prince, to a division in Portsmouth
harbour, vice Robinson, who retires.
Mr. Ms, late purser of the Poictiers, to the Montagu, vice
Mr. Whitehursh, who retires.

PARISIAN MODES, OCT. 20.—The Bonnet—Toques, turned
up before and ornamented with one or two plumes laid fiat, is in
the greatest vogue. In general they are of black velvet, with
whole feathers; but we also see them of whole reps bordered
with white and yellow, or with rose and white, and with the
plumes panachees. Bonnets are also made in the ordinary form
in plain black velvet, and trimmed with white tulle, in round
plaits, and some of them besides the tulle, have a white blonde
which forms a demi-veil. Some white toques trimmed with an
esprit, placed obliquely, are surrounded with a doable row of
silk; it resembles turbans. Some new silks used by the modists,
have one stripe of spangled velvet and the other of reps. Flowers
are getting out of fashion. The hair is not dressed so high, but
it is still a Chinoiae. The plaits with which they trim gossus are
different both in colour and stuff—they intermix satin with rep,
and gros de Naples. Some girdles are fastened with clasps in the
I farm of the fleur delis.
FlRM—Wednesday morning, about two o'clock,
a fire was discovered in a cottage. at Exbury, in the 1
New Forest, Hants, occupied by a widow woman of
the name of Rake. In about three hours the building
was entirely destroyed, and, on removing the ruins,
the corpse was found in a most shocking state, being
literally burnt to a cinder. She was supposed to be
possessed of cash to a considerable amount, and seve-
ral guineas, with other coins, partly melted, were re-
covered by the people, while searching for the body of
the unfortunate tenant.

Thursday se'nnight a fire broke nut at a cottage at
Gazely, which at first threatened destruction to five
others adjoining, and the farm-yard, b tins, &c. near
thereto, but by the timely assistance of some young
men holiday-making in the village, who yery actively '
sript the adjoining roofs, it was got under without much
injury, except destroying the roof, aad damaging the
timbers of the cottage in which it first broke out.
Monday, the 10th instant, between four and five
o'clock in the afternoon, a fire was dicovered in the
middle of one of the bays of corn in the barn belong-
ing to the farm of Mr. Isaac Lewis, of Stanstead, Suf-
folk, which was entirely consumed, with the produce
in barley and seed clover of 22 acres of land therein;
and the flames soon communicated (by means of a
stack of straw between) to the dwelling-house, nearly
the whole of which, with part of the furniture, was also
destroyed, together with the gables, outhouses, two
waggons, a hay and stover stack, and nearly all the
implements in husbandry belonging to the farm.
Friday se'nnight, as Mr. Thomas Pain, proprietor
and driver of a caravan from Ramsgate to Deal, was
alighting from his vehicle at the door of the Three
Colts public-house, in Sandwich, he fell to the ground,
at the instant a waggon heavily loaded with canary
was going by, the tore wheel of which passed over
his head and neck, and otherwise so materially in.
jured him, that his recovery is extremely doubtful.