Star.
London, England, 1810-10-01 00:00:00

FROM LA BELLI ASSEMBLEE.

DIRJZONZ, OR MORNING VIIITING DR E13.-A tunic of sky-
blue silk, made up to the throat, with collar, and buttoned down
the front with small blue silk buttons; over which is worn a
loose short dress of plain, checked, or striped India muslin, with
long sleeves, and each side of the front of the dress trimmed with
a quilling of lace, and tied down with bows of white satin rib-
band, flounced round the bottoms with a deep French lace, con-
fined round the arms with blue Persian. Sash of the same, tied
in the front. A white laced hood, lined with blue, and double
quilling of French net in the front. Pale buff kid slippers.
WALI:ING Mass.—A pelisse dress of autumnal brown satinet,
made low in the neck, trimmed down the front and round the
bottom with a rich trimming of vandyked white satin, ornamt
ted with slyer frogs; the sleeves buttoned on the inside of the
arm, to correspond-with the front of the dress ; over the bosom
Is tied a white net mantle, scolloped, an4prnamented with acorn
tassels. White satin bonnet, with a bus lis of wheat in front, and
short lace veil. Brown sandals and gloves. Crean parasol.
DAM. DIMS s.—A dress of white figured satinet, worn over a
'white sarmet slip, with short sleeves and quarter train, confined
to the waist by a satin hand and pearl clasp ; diamond snaps for
the ears, with pearl drops ; necklace, a long string of pearl, with
Maltese cross suspended; white kid gloves and shoes ; a white
figured sarsner scarf thrown over the shoulders; the hair curled
before in thick, round, irregular curls, braided behind, mixed
with pearls and confined by pearl or silver combs ; a small bouquet
of flowers worn inside the tucker on the left side of the bosom.

Ass At. FRESCO Mass.—A short pelisse of nankeen, bound
and lined with blue sarsnet, thrown open, displaying a vest of the
sane colour; a banditti hat of nankeen, bound and ornamented
with a lorg blue ostrich feather • watch, chain, and seals, worn in
the band of the dress; boots of black kid, lined and bound with
blue ; petticoat edged with a jagged uneven kind of needle-work.

The Regatta on Dement Lake, on Thursday the
13th ult. was attended by a very great concourse of
people, and the day being remarkably fine, the scene
was enchantingly beautiful, and afforded infinitely
more delight than any exhibition of the kind for many
tears past. But the Boat race did not excite so much
interest as it would otherwise have done, from,the cir-
cumstance of a boat having been brought from Win-
dermere Lake, which had been built merely for sail-
int! (and was known to excel in speed all other boats
belonging to that water) ; whereas those upon Der-
went are pleasure-boats only. All competition being
thus destroyed, the prize was easily won at two heats
by the Windermere boat..
The day following, the Races proved most excel-
lent. Four horses started for the first prize, bttt the
contest lay between two of them, one belonging to
Mr. Jonathan ,Crosthwaite, of Keswick, and the other
to Mr. Topping, of Skelton. No pair were ever more
equally matched. They ran four times around the
Crow Park, (.t large field adjoining the Lake), for a
heat ; and so near were they to each other, that at
every time round they alternately led. The heat was
won by Mr. Crosthwaite's grey mare, by about two
yards. The second heat was run exactly in the same
mantikras the first. Several gentlemen present who
had occasionally frequented some of the first races in
the kingdom, declared that they had never witnessed
snore excellent sport in any place. There was also a
match between two, which was well contested.
Tun Two BROTIIERS.—In a manuscript in one of
the libraries at Paris, we are told that. the Count de
Ligniville and Count de Autricourt, twins, descended
from.an ancient family in Lorraine, resembled each
other so much, that when they put on the same kind of
dress, which they did now and then for amusement,
their servants could not distinguish the one from the
other. T'-.?ir voice, gait, and deportment were the
same, and these marks of resemblance were so perfect,
that they often threw their friends, and even their wives
into the greatest embarrassMent. Being both Captains
of light horse, the one would put himself at the head
of the other's squadron, without the officers ever sus-
pecting the change; Count de Autricourt having
committed some crime, the Count de Ligniville never
suffered his brother to go out without accompanying
him, and the fear of seizing the innocent instead
of the guilty, rendered the orders to arrest the'
fOrmer of no avail. One day Count Ligniville sent
for a barber, and after having suffered him to shave
one half of his beard, he pretended to have occasion
so gd into the next apartment, and putting his night-
gown upon his brother, who was concealed there, and'
fucking the cloth which he had abant his neck Under
' his chin, tnade him sit down in the place which he had
juiequitted. The baiber immediately resumed his ope-
ration, and was proceeding to finish what he had be-
an, as be supposed, but, to hii great astonishment, he
ound trait a new beard had sprung up. Not doubt-
!
nig. that the person under his hands was the devil,
he roared nut with terror, and sunk down in a
swoon on the floor. Whilst they were endeavouring
to call •him to life, Count de Autricourt retired
again into the closet; and Count de I.igniville, who
was half shaved, returned to his former place. This
was a new cause of idrprize to the poor barber, who
now imagined that all he had seen was a dream, and
he could not be convinced of the truth until he he-
'..held the two brothers together. . The sympathy that
• subsisted between these brothers was no less singular
• than' their resettablatice, If one 'fell sick, the other
was indisposed also; if one received a wound, the other
' felt pain ; and this was the case with every misfor-
tune that befel them, -so that on this account they
• witched over' each other's conduct with the greatest
-,I attention. But what is stilt More astonish 4
nth often had the same dreams. The doll
. Autricourt was attacked In France by
which he died, Count .de Ligniville was
saw' in Bavaria. and was near sink.'

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