Star.
London, England, 1825-07-09 00:00:00

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE.

The C.ountess Vernlain gave a grand rout on Thursday evening,
at her house in Grosvenor-square.
Lady Copley gave a splendid ball and supper on Thursday
evening, at her house in George-street, llanover-square.
The Marquis and Marchioness of I.ansdown gave an elegant
entertainment on Thursday.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury bad a grand dinner
party yesterday, at their house in Hanover-square ; in the evening
her Ladyship entertained a large circle of fashionables.
The Earl of Lansdale entertained the Lord Chancellor, and a
distinguished party, at dinner yesterday, at his house in Charles-
street, Berkeley-square.
The Duke of Rutland had a grand dinner party yesterday, at his
house in Arlington-street.

The Sports which, during the present week, have
attracted so much company at Hampton, are now transferred to
Oatlands, where BALL Huomrs, Esq. is entertaining his noble •isi-
tors with the diversion of horse racing: for which purpose a Race
Course has been prepared, and a commodious stand erected, in that
part of the princely domain called America; indeed nothing is
omitted by the munificent proprietor that can contribute to the
amusement and gratification of his distinguished guests.
The Company of Gliss-blowers, about two hundred
in number, accompanied by two bands of music, and
various banners, paraded the principal streets of the
metropolis this morning, every man carrying Kale
symbol of the art of glass-blowing.
'1 his morning, at ten o'clock, the son of an itiner ant
razor-grinder, &c. having made application to the
carpet wai ehouse of :•Ir. Hedges, oppchite the pump,
Aldgate, to know if they had anything to grind, a large
dog flew at him, and bit him severely in the throat.
The father instantly went to the Mansion House, to state
the case to the LORD MAYOR.

Yesterday afternoon, a fire broke out in two un-
finished houses, situated in Vest-place, the back of
Mont Feller Gardens, which were partly consumed. It
is supposed to have originated from a spade in a tem-
perary fire-place, used for the purpose of heating glue,
having set fire to some shavings.
A FORTUNE FOR A TRIFLE I A CELLAR OF WINE FOR
NOTPIDTO !—Those who aspire to independence and good living.
certainly cannot acquire them more easily than by taking a Chance
in the present Lottery, which will all be decided in One Day, St.
Swithin, Next Friday, when, in addition to the splendid list of Ca-
pitals, consisting of Four of £21,000, arc. amounting to £204,442,
the largest Sum ever distributed in One Day, Brsu, the Contractor,
gives away f. 4 Pipes of Wine, in Four Prizes of 16 Pipes each, and
in propin.tion for Shares. Ifisu's Offices, 4, Cornhill, and 9, Char-
ing Crusstare now in high favour with Fortune, having sold in the
last eight Months alone, Three of £30,000, tour of .020,000, be-
sides £lO,OOO, &c. &c.
At the late Lancaster Mee., Sir P. Musgrave 's colt, on pulling
up after the third beat for the £5O on Tuesday, was found to be in
a dreadful state, the near binil.foot front the fetlock joint hanging
on merely by a little skin in the front, and the pastern bone and
small pacaern joint were literary shivered to atoms. Thomas Lye,
who rude hint that heat, found a little failure in action about half
a mile front home, but the extent of the remarkable and horrid frac-
ture was not perceptible until he was in the act of pulling up, when
within half a neck. A boy had rode the colt the two first heats,
but was too weak, and the colt comequently ran to disadvantage,
or the general opinion was that he would have won, he evidently
having the superiority of speed. The poor anima was immediately
put out of his misery. No one would have thought it possible that
a kg could have been so- smashed while galloppin4 ou so smooth
a surface.
The -Gold Cup for the ensuing Doncaster Races will he the most
..splenditi ever run for on that Course.

NATAL INTELLIGENCE.

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Lieut. C. RICHARSS, First Lieut. of the OcEAII. at Lisbon, has
been promoted to the rank of Commander. Mr. It. Asosasos,
Master of the Bawataut, is appointed to the Onus, vice Darras,
deceased ; the second. Master of the Onus to the Bstasatu.s. Mr.
&Gyms, of the &mita, is appointed acting Lieutenant, vice 4,-
warms, invalided.
Picked up, in St. 'lye's Bay, on Thursday morning,brootTof the
fishing-boats, a bottle, with a note written on the 19tli of Xpril,
1823, on board the trig Commerce, Witt.diat Luotatir.,. nraster, in
lat. 49.14. N. long. 8. 46. W. on her voyage to Ferryland, New-
foundland, whith was making all possible dispatch with a fair witid.
FALMOOTU, JULY 7.--Light breezes add variable.--No`arrivals
or sailing'.
Pwratoors, Jut: T.—The Borodino transport, with troops, for
the Mecliterranean,•put in here on Thursday, front contrary
winds, and sailed again on Saturday.
The Nimble revenue cruiser, Lieut. Ged.psurra, arrived on
Friday from Mount's Bay, and returned again yesterday.
The Limnos, 10, arrived on Saturday from Portsniouth, Ind
came into harbour to he paid off.
The Magnet packet, Capt. r9RICOUII, arrived on Sunday from
Falmouth, with part of the crew of the ASTIMA to be paid wages,'
and returned again yesterday.
The DORIS, 42, Capt. sir J. G. Stsetain, arrived on Tuesday,
from Chatham, to await her orders for foreign service.
Theliitiais, 26, Capt. asitzdvdr, 18, Capt. Scarr ;
and P.swiscin.o.B;Capr.Goanos,arrived yesterday from Portsmouth..
The Falcon tender went out of harbour to the Sound yesterday.
In HitTIORTP—BRITANNIA, GENOA,. WINOSOR:CASTLR, HELICON,
CARNATION, VIGILANT, TIORR, and Kiogisher packet.
In the Sound—Turns, Doins, &LAW, HARLEQUIN, PANDORA,
and FALCON. •
Porrsmouss, JuL's B.—Wind N.E.—Sailed the Alfred, Mune,
for Guernsey; and Fame, Twisty, for Lisbon.
•DEAL, JULY B.—Wind N.E.—Sailed the George and Mary,
TRAIL, for Leghorn. Remain the Hannah, &MORRO, for Bom-
bay ; and the Providence, from Sierra Leone, for Lynn. The gal-
lint Cadiz Packet, NITRINCI, from Ostend for Cadiz, laden with
flu and linen, was totally wreck' oa the Goodwin Sands this
day--crew and passengers saved, and landed at Ramsgate.

CUSTOM-HOUSE, JULY 8.
Slurs ENTERS!) INWARDS—The Hobbs, from Stangate Creek;
Luna, front Ilamburglo, Naiad, from Bilboa ; Frederick, front
Dantzie ; Maria, from Stralsund; Minerva, from atomic ;
Ituif-
ming, from Rouen; Mary, from Amsterdam; Ulrica, from Stettin;
Express, from Dantzic ; Zephyr, from Rip ; and Neptune, from
DAntsic.
Envzszz Ourwszns—The Clyde, for Palermo; Lively, for
Bourdeaux ; Ann, for Genoa; King of the Netherlands, fur Rot-
terdam; and Aimable Eliza, for Havre.

Notwithstanding the weather had been extremely un-
favourable at Barbadoes for getting out the. clop of
sugar,the quantity cleat ed at the Custom-house up to the
10th of May, amounted 1.0 11,717 hogsheads. Quarter-
truster MATTHEWS, of the 35th Regiment, was thrown
from his horse on the 10th, and a waggon passing at thc

time, went over. him and killed him on the spy:.
It is confidently reported, at the West end of the
town, that Babylon the Great, which is at present
making so much noise in the political world, is from
the pen of Mr. FRANCIS PLACE, Of Charing Cross.
We have great regret in announcing the accidentaJ
death of the Rev. 11. KiTT, B.D. late Fellow of Trinity
College, Otfird, which took pl ce on Thursday at
Stanw•ell Palk, the seat of Sir .1. 6ranoss, Bart. The
Reverend Gentleman had preached at Stamen Church
on Sunday last, and on the nic,rning K when the fatal
accident recurred, had as usual bre4kfa-ted with the
family party in excellent spirits. About noon, the
weather being hot, he proceeded to take a cold bath,
when it is supposed that venturing out of his depth he
sees seized with cramp and sank to rise no more. His
clothes were found on the bank where he had tan-
dressed for bathing. -
The Quarterly Meeting of the Members of the Naval
Chat itable Society was held on Monday, the4thi of this
month, at the Thatched House Tavern, St. Itises'si.
street, Lieutenant-Governor BROWELL in the Chair;—
when 78 petitions were presented for the consideration
of the Committee, 71 of whom were relieved with do-
nations amounting to 6891.175. and seven were decided
to he inadmissible cases.
Cuvien, the celebrated French naturalist, is sail to
have dissected 'an insect, wbicli, Dio-ush but all iuch
long, contained 494 pair of Muscles, ccnnected with as
mail nerves, and 4.0,000 antenna.
Tnz DUEL ON TUESDAY LAST.—The Gentleman

(Col. R.) who received the ball of his antagonist on
Tuesday, still remains at the Red Lion, Wghgate. He
was yesterday visited by Mr. Bransby Cooper, nephew
of Sir Astley Cooper, but we believe t!ie ball is not vet
:extracted, and that he remains in some danger. Mr.
Snow, the surgeon who first saw him, is in constant at-
tendance upon him, and was with him at a late hour
last night. His own friends and domestics attend him.
The place where the parties met was in Highgate
Wood, between the old turnpike on the new road and
the Wellington, at a spot celebrated for pigeon-shoot-

ing matches.
During the past month of June disease in the metro-
polis assumed rather a serious aspect. In the three pia.
cipal disorders that are usually prevalent, it appears
that, by the Returns made, there died—of fever, 52 ;
of measles, 45 ; and of casual smallpox, 96 ; to which
eight are to be added who died at the Small-poi -Hos-
pita, out of 96 patients admitted, of whom 53 were
discharged well, and 31 still remain on cure. Vacci-
nation has been resorted to by 576 out-patients, uhich,
added to 1930 since the commencement of the present
year, amounts to 2556 in the first rix months, which we
menti-2n, as it shews an increase of 1180 .beyond the
number at this period of the last year. It is remarkable
that, dating the month of June, deaths by fever in-
crea.ed from four to 21., in the last week measles from
11 to 17, and small-pox from 21 to 26, which had been,
during the four weeks of the month, '26, 23, 21, and 26.
SUDDEN DEATH.—Yesterday morning, Mr. Hilif.or,
aged 80 years, and an old inhabitant of Bankside, wac
standing near Pepper Alley-stairs, when he suddenly
fell, and expired instantly.
The following curious letter from the Lord LDVAT,
of the year 1745, is given in a work which is just pub-
lished : An Historical Account of the Family of Frazer:
" Dana LOCIIIIIL, September. 1745.
" I fear you have been ower rash in going ere atraires were ripe.
You are in a dangerous state. The Elector a General, Cope, is in
your rear, hanging at yr tail, wt 3000 men, such as have law been
seen heir since Dundee's affair, an we have no force to meet hint.
If ye M.icpbersons wd take ye &Id, I wd bring out my lads to
help ye work, and 'twixt ye twa we might cause Cope keep Jiie
Xmas heir; but only Cluny is earnest in ye cause, and my Lord
.Advocat plays at cat and mouse wt me; but times may change,
and I may bring him to ye Saint Johustone's tipper. Meantime
look to yourselves, for ye may expect many a sour face and sharp
weapon in ye south. I'll aid when I can ; but my prayers are all
I can give at present. My services to ye Prince ; but I wish he
had not come litir soe empty-banded. Sitter would go far in the
Highlands. I send ys be Ewan Fraser, win I have ch.rged to
give it to yourself; for were Duncan to find it, it wd be my head
to an onion. Farewell. " Your faithful friend,
" Fur ye Laird of Lochiel, " Dune.
" Yese."