Star.
London, England, 1826-04-25 00:00:00

FASIIIUNATILE INTELLIGENCE.

The lion. ljnily Smilit entertained # distinguished party at din-
ner yesterday, at her hem in Piccadilly.
Arthur Stanhope, Esq. bad a dinner party yesterday, at his
house ie Tilney street.
Countess St. Antonio entertained a distinguished party at dinner
on Sunday, at her house •in Hatrover.square. In the evening her
Ladyship bad a concert of sacred ntu.ic, at which Mailame Pasta
and most of the principal performers of the Opera house *molded.
Mr. and Mrs. Tynte arrived yesterday at their house In Lower
Grosvenor street, from a tour.
" Sir Joins Sebright, Bart. &Ili/red yesterday at his house in Park
street, from his seat, Beachwood, Herts.
The Hon. 11.. and Mrs. T. Coventry arrived yesterday at their
house in Upper Brook street. from their seat in Kent.
H. Beckford, Esq. left town yesterday, for his seat, !Ilkley Hall.
The Hon. William Powlett left town yesterday for Newmarket.
Mr. and Mrs. Prendergast arrived yesterday at Nerot's Hotel,
Clifford street, front India.
Mr. and Mrs. Angerstein and family arrived yesterday at their
house in St. James's square, for the season, from their seat at
Blackheath.

Mr. and Mr.. Brummell arrived in town yesterday, from Mar-
ket Ilarborough.
T. C. Blicke, Esq. left his house in Regent street yesterday, for
Cheltenham.

James Daly, Esq. M,P. Mrs. Daly, and family have arrived
at their house in Green street, Grosvenor square, from Cheltenham.
Thomas Whitmore, Esq. NI.P. arrived yesterday at Fenton's
New I Intel, St. James's street, from Brighton.
Ashton, Esq. arrived yesterday at Jordon's Hotel, St.
James's Street, from his seat near I.iverpool.
Arrivals at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley square—Lad- Harvey
and Miss Keathtg, from Ireland; and the Count and Counteaus dr
Villa de Flora, from Portugal. •
Arrivals at head's Hotel, Lower Grosvenor street—The Hon.
Mrs. Howard, front Ireland; Captain Hind, from India; lion.
Francis Ryre, from Derby; Colonel Horner, from a tour. De-
, part ure—C. Lyall, Esq. for his seat, Berkeley Lodge, Southampton.
Arrivals at the Burliavots Hotel, Old Burlington and Cork-
streets—The Marquis and Marchioness of Ormond, from South•
ampton ; Sir Edward Kynaston and the two Mrs. Kynaston. from
Suffolk ; Mr. and Mrs. Ward, ft inn the Continent ; Lady Walpole
and the two Misses Walpole, from a tour; Lady Stewart and
family, from East Coombe; Captain Mitchell, from Edinburgh;
Moore, -Esq. from a tour. Departuresir Joseph and
Lady Ratcliffe and family, fur the North ; rolonel Macdonald, for
ditto; J. Itainsbottont, Esq. for Kent; Lieutenant Oakes, R.N.
for Suffolk ; Colonel Stewart, M.P. and —.Potter, Esq. for
Southampton ; French, Esq. M.P. on a tour.
Arrivals at the Bath Hotel, Arlington-street—Mr. Mrs. and
the Aliases Farnden, from Bath ; Mr. and Mrs. Broughton, from
Dorset ; .Lady Smith and family. from a tour. Dcpartures-
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ajorand Mrs. Marsh, for their seat near Southampton.
Mrs. l'rothero and Miss Waterhouse have arrived at the Bruns-
wich Hotel (late 131,ike's), Jermyn street, from Gadsden, Herts.

MASQUERADE.

The Masquerade, last night, at the Argyle-rooms was very well
attended, and the amusements were enlivened by some humorous
pmts. Two representatives of Paul Ply looked like the original,
hut their " intrusions" were a monstrous bore. A living skeleton
made his appearance, but bow any individual could suppose that
the inhabitant of a charnel could add to the whim of the entertain-
ment last night is " passing strange." There never, however, was
a skeleton that seemed to have a more capacious stomach, and if
" good digestion waits on appetite," be wilt anon have abundance of
flesh on his bones. A good-humoured ralste., evidently preferred
master Charles Wright's sparkling champagne to sack—he bore his
pillows well, but as to a word, talking was not is his line. Sir AU
had a great talent for silence.
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A g;and Turk was splendidly dressed, but was very solemn and
very dull. There were, as usuil. a number of Sailors, who did not
know a top-sail from a main-sheet. Some of them boasted of
having passed the line in sailing to Gravesend, while the voyage of
others never extended beyond Chelsea Reach. There were two or
three groups that added considerably to the animation of the scene,
by singing catches and glees; and several fascinating Sower girls,
who were not a little vain of their attraction and charms.—
Then, the crowds, the confusion, the bustle, the eternal moving
about; the ludicrous collision of characters, the commixture
of heterogeneous substances, the chaos of jumbling personages—just
as old Spencer described it some two hundred years ago:
" Kings. Queens, Lords, Ladies, Knights, and Damsels, Gent,
Were heaped together with the vulgar sort;
And mingled with the rascal rabblement,
Without respect it person or of port."
Then tile music, the harmony of the professional people, occailonally
heard, and occasional/ drowned by the discordant instruments of
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the masquerading amateurs—ringing of bells, whistling of eat-calls,
creaking of rattles, blowing of horns, scraping of eat.gut, and Len-
don cries—Love ditties from Maiden-lane, pastorals worthy of
Smithfield—hunting songs fit for Houadsditck, and Irish Melodies
that would do honour to the Hibernian bowers of Saffron-hill--
forming, altogether, such an anarchy of sound u may be said to
bother all description.
The dancing room exhibited several splendid displays of qua.
drilling, by a party of prophetic glpseys and travelling tinkers;
some Irish jigs, by a band of Cherokee Indians ; and a Highland
fling by au admirably executed grOup of Lapland witches.
Asumptuous sapper, about two o'clock, recruited the flagging
spirits of the company, and copious draughts of Charles Wright's
crusted Port and creaming Champagne sent them bask again to the
amusements of the ball room, with hearts and heads and heels
prepared for a freer enjoyment of this splendid fesdval of fashion—
tun—and fancy.