Star.
London, England, 1824-05-18 00:00:00

GOLFING.

Thursday se'nnight, the prize balls given by the Scotscraig Golf
Club, at their Annual Spring Meeting, were played for over the
Garpit Links, and-won by Chas. Shaw, Esq. wine-merchant, Leith.

At a late hour on Saturday night, Lord ELLIOTT, a
Nobleman attached to the Embassy in Spain, arrived at the Foreign
Office with dispatches from Sir Wit.u.ssi A'Courr, our Ambas-
sador at Madrid..

The Courier who brought the melancholy account of
the death of Lord %son left town on Saturday, for Greece. He
mentions that nothing could exceed the grief of the inhabitants of
Misso!ought when they heard of his Lordship's decease.
The Duke of GLOUCESTER arrived on Thursday last
at the Castle Hotel, Priory, Hastings. As soon as the intelligence
was known, the inhabitants caused the church has to be rung.

The Duke of GLOUCESTER entertained a large Party
at Dinner yesterday, at Gloucester House, Park-lane.
Queen ANNE'S statue, " new revived," by the sculptor
HENNING, occupies its usual pedestal in St. Paul's Church-yard,
and was first unveiled, if the removal of boards and tarpaulins de-
served the name, to the public yesterday.
The mails arrived this morning, in due time, at the
General Post Office, Lentbard-street. The waters on the roads,
from the late heavy rains, are rapidly declining.
CASTLERAR, MAY 10.—The following flagitious out-
rage was perpetrated on Wednesday last, in the town of Bellina :
A young Lady (as our Correspondent informs), of much personal
attractions, respectable connections, and good fortune, was with a
female friend on a visit to a family in that town. When on the
night previous to her intended departure from thence, at the
hour of eleven o'clock, and after she had been undressed, three
men forcibly entered her bed-room, laid hold of her, and dragged
her out of the house, where a large party were waiting, who
regardless alike of her tears, prayers or entre. sties, herded her
undressed as she was, to a considerable distance, where the author
of this most infamous transaction was in waiting to receive her.—
Next morning Captain Goonwist and the Chief Constable of that
district, Mr. WELDON, on hearing the circumstance, proceeded to
the place of her confinement, a wretched hovel, and succeeded in
releasing her. Here the matter rests for the present ;—but. what
greatly aggravates the circumstance is, that the person guilty of
this crime is sun to the Gentleman in whose house the young Lady
was on a visit, and though the family, we are informed, were all
up, net one of them came to the assistance of her, whom they were
by every tie of hospitality and good feeling bound to protect.
Letters ft om the Havannah to the 2d of April, state,
that owing to an unfavourable season, the crop of sugar for the pre-
sent year, it was correctly ascertained, would fall short in the ship-
ment from the two ports of Ilavannah f.nd Matanzas fully
80,000 boxes (17,000 tons) about one fourth of the usual crop.
Besides this, the shipments to Spain were considerably on the in-
crease, now exceeding 80,000 boxes or chests ; and from these two
circumstances, the supply of sugar from Cuba to the Continental
markets in the north of Europe must this year be very much reduced.
A LoiEßS—The following paragraph Is trom the West
Briton :—" From the following extract of a letter received by a
commercial house of the highest respectability here, it appears that
the Dey of Algiers ha; made his submjssion to this country:—
" MALTA, April.7.—We heard yesterday by the Pandora,
which spoke the Active off Algiers, that the war is over ; the lky
having assented to all our demands, on condition of not receiving
the same Co.lsul agasn. Sir H. Neale had gone to Marseilles, on
his way to Ibis place.' "
Between Monday and Tuesday last, a very destruc-
tive fire took place at the farm of Easter Inchmichael,
in the parish of Errol, Carse of Gowrie, possessed by
Mr. John Fenton ; by which the whole steading has
been completely destroyed, together with a considerable
quantity cf. grain and straw, and the whole live stock
in the howtes, consisting of twenty-two horses, eleven
cows, a bull, and a number of calves. Same of the
h Irses had their shoes off, supposed to be from striking
with their feet, under the pain they had suffered, AS
they had not been stifled so soon as is generally the
case, from the stable being large and airy.
BRILLIANT PIER AND CHIMNEY GLA:iSES.—COOPER
and Sor, 93, Bishopsgate-street Withi• .espectfully t. I :it the at-
tention ot. the Nobility and Gentry, to ".eir rich and splendid as-
sortment of Plot, CHLUNKY, Toms.; and CHEM.% r, GLASSES, manu-
factured upon the latest improved principles, front the smallest to
ti ose of the most magnificent dimensions, and at such prices as will
tl.ey flatter themselves, ensure a decided preference. Carving and
G.lding in all its branches, front the simplest to the richest Style of
ornamental work of the cliii.cest description, upon terms equally
est cution. combining frames for Painting, Prints, Mouldings, and
moderate.—Ladies and Gentlemen desirous of avoiding the bustle
of the City, wilt find an easy and pleasant access to Bishopsgate-
street, byy taking the route of the New Road sad the City Road
hough :jobbery-square.

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