Star.
London, England, 1829-08-19 00:00:00

CAMBERWELL FAIR.

This annual scene of mirth commenced yesterday upon
Camberwell-green. Unfortunately fur the senders of toys and
other articles t►e rain fell in torrents, and soon placed their encamp-
ment in a swamp, which none could pass without sinking up to the
ankles. The loss must have been considerable. Towards evening the
rain ceased,and many of the hardy admirers of the fair bade defiance
to all obstacles. There is but slight variation in the arr.ngement of
stalls and shows : Richardson, Scowton, and Woombwell, occupy
the principal part of the fair. Novelties there are none. Gigantic
females, dwarfs, wild animals, and the memorable murders in
Edinburgh, are again the principal objects of curiosity. Most of
the visitors abandoned the busy scene among the shows, to enjoy
the comforts provided in the houses, where music, vocal and in-
strumental, kept them in high glee.

Lord H A RBOROUG it, in hid Dutch lugger De Entetge,
is now at Cowes.

A fire at Bombay had destroyed all the huts composing
the lines of the marine battalion. An explosion also took place on
the &I of 31arch at the liundur contiguous to the Castle. About'
12 persons were more or less injured.
There is now residing at Chorley-moor a man, named
Joseph Bolton. who is in his hundred and second year! The old
boy is in full possession of all his faculties, weaves for a living, and
earns 31. 6d. a week by his exertions—wages which, in these de-
plorable times, our poor weavers have been h.bitstated to consider
none of the most despicable.—Prestos
The returns of the slaves manumitted at the Cape of
Good Hope, detail their names. Among them are the following :
—Johanna Van Wilhelmina, Pamela, Achilles, Romeo, Damon,
Coridon, Sylvia (aged 73i years), and Bonaparte. aged 25 years,
who had belonged to Hendrick Van de Grad, sen.
THE. BACHELORS BEVEL.—The splendid luminary
on Tuesday having made a glorious "golden set," no doubt was
entertained by that numerous body, the Bachelors of Windsor, that
the succeeding day would prove as lair as the most sport-loving
mortal could wish or expect. The morning came, in "russet mantle
clad," and the juvenile cricketer., after dispatching a roll or two,
and three or four basins of coffee each, as speedily as possible re-
paired to the scene of action—the Acre. The spoits commenced
with a match by 24 young knights of the wicket, from 11 year. and
four months old, to 15 years and a day ; none rising 17 were al-
lowed to enter the lists. The game was touched off in first-rate
style, and won by that side which scored the g number of
runs.. Alter this a favourite entertainment was per lot med in a tent
on the the bill, entitled " Beef, veal, and ham," which went down
uncommonly well—the young actors acquitting themselves in the
very best manner. A variety of rural amusements followed, such
as running in sacks, eating rolls and treacle, back-swording, wrest-
ling, jingling, and racing fur a gown-piece by four swift-footed
damsels, together with various other sports, including a Jerusalem
pony race, which was well contested. We should imagine that
5,500 persons were assembled to witness the vinous kinds of fun
got up fur the occasion. At half-past eight the most splendid dis-
play of fire-works we ever witnessed ; the Chevalier Southby, of
Vauxhall, was the pyrotechnist, whose skill in this particular art
we have so Mem witnessed.- The arrangement for the revel Amp-
thee was concluded in such a manner as to give full sitistacdou te
the vast assemblage of persons for .wisose jollification this antidote
to ennui was produced. The weather during the day was oppres-
sively hot, and tbe demand fns( Grantham's superior &Pr. beer
was greater than on any previous occasion...4Jc*** Chrstatir,