Star.
London, England, 1817-08-14 00:00:00

THE EVENING STAR.

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TFIURSDAY. AUGUST 14..4817. - •
ptucE()F ,11)1.:,:•2 11113 DAY AT TWEI.VIIVCI:OCK
• Rvluee,l Ni g --Consols ittoi—Cuelsole 'fur Aug. Sl*
4 per Cuw: pwr Cent. Navy, 105}i
India Binnli I in p►.

Madras Gazt•ttes to the 28th 91 March are arrived,
and conain the I. If ail Amman of the capture of the
Important fort of Hattras, as come& in a preceding
column. It waa expected, th.it the cavalry under
G,neral Blume, who instantly went in pursuit of
•DeAttaw. on his escape from the fortress, would soon
be able to give it good account of him.
The .I,...smee pirates continue to be a dreadful an-
science: t. the Persian Gulf. Theism. said to have
no less than tort y cruizersat sea. The Deriah Doulait,
belonging to the East Indi,t Company, was captured
by one of them on the 6th of January ; seventeen of
the crew were murdered, viAht detaiLed as prisoners,
and t!le r.-mainder, who were wounded, were landed
to the westward of Bombay.

Yestrrttay the Duchess of GLOCCISTIM visited her
hinny' Y at her Palace. In the evening her MAJIISTY
had a srlect patty.
Lord and I..idy Etxtainonottou and family intend
leaving town in a few da)s, on a Continental tuur
for three mouths.
Great preparations arc m.lcing at Bucklinrst Park
for the reception of its noble owner, Earl Wtorwortrn,
and th? Duchess of Donst.T. who are expected them
early in October.
The E4rl and Countess of Loa:stmt.!, Lord Low.

THER, anti Lady E. LOWTHEftsarrived cn Saturday

at, Ins L residence in Charles-street, Berke-
. ley-scpaiie, from Paris. Yesterday they left town for
Co!tesmcri• Park, Rutlandshice.
At Lady CAROLINE LAMBE'S elegant Assembly on
Tnesday evening, the spacious and magnificent apart-
ments nn the drawing .roorn floor, facing the Park,'were
snug brilliantly illuminated. The company began
to arrive about halt-past eleven, o'clock ; at twelvi..
upwards of WO persons of the #rrit distinction mid.
fashion were assembled ; the; supper was announced
at half-past twelve, consisting ,of all the delicacies ;if
the season, mid the wines were of thiChoicest descrip-
tion. Dosing supper a concert of vocal music was
performed in the adjoining apartment. Among the
disting.id.ed party were--
Prince F..tarhazy ; the Duke and Duchess of Argyle; Lord and
Lady Bo rglorals ; Luids Rancid, Forbes, and Hayward; Ladies
Fatty Heathcute, and Rancid"; Mrs. and Miss Pan-
ther; Mrs. and Nits. C. Bruce; Mrs. L. Fox; Messrs. Monta-
gue, Dawson, and M. Brace.
The t %so Roy yachts, just launched, will, iris ex-
pected, immediately to the Isle of Wight, when
they will be joined by two or three men of war, for
the purpose 01 ieceiving the Plums REGENT with the
respect belonging to his station. Lord MELVILLE and;
CNOKBR will be at Co ea. as attendants on his
Royal Highness; who intends dining there with the
isemb-th <it the Yacht Club.

A Lever from Halifax. dated July 15th, says—
a, Ht. Eiteelleney the Earl of DALIIOOIII4 LIRI3te.
tenant-Governor, embanked yesterday on board his
Majesty's .hip LIARDSA, Rear-Admiral air DAVID
• blitata. tinder a salute. The ship shortly after pro-
ceeded to) sea. His Excellency will visit Shelbum.
New Brunswick, Moos Island, dm. previous to his
return. The arrivals of emigrants here this summer
have been very numerous ; but it is to be regretted
. that they have generally d such long passages, as
t.t detain them beyond the most desirable part of the
year for settling. Within the week have come in the
ship Agincourt, from Leith, with 199, and Amity,
with !Y5; and to-day, a vessel from Londonderry,
Crowded. The passengers by the last state, that two
or
.thtee other ships, also full, were ready to sail from
Ireland, and may be daily expected."
Such is the present demand for iron on the Conti-
nent, particularly in France, thet vessels sent from
Bristol to Newport for cargoes have
.been unable to
obtain them, and to complete their shipments have
been compelled to obtain the iron from Bristol. •
The prices of grain of all kinds have fallen at Bens-1,
sets; and in the market on Thursday last these visa '
new wheat. At Hamburgh trade is brisk, and all
things but corn rising in value. .
BOIING.—The whole of the stake-money, one hun-
dred and fifty a side, for the combat between Turner
and &remiss, was made good at the Waterman's
Arms, Standgate, on Tuesday evening. The fight
is fated to take place on that day eight weeks. - Tur-
ner is backed freely at six to four.—Purcell and Lan-
caster are also matched tat twenty guineas a side, and
Lancaster is the I avourite.—Rryftolds (who so recently
beat Belasco, the Jew) is matched by Colonel BAR
Tow against Church (who was defeated by Scroggins),
for thirty guineas a side. Reynolds is a decided la-
vourite.—The match betweeen Stringer and Sltries, is
tot yet made .—Josi the Butcher fittlits the Meader on
Wednesday next, for twenty guineas a side and a
subscription purse. •
Monday, as a Gentleman's servant was driving*
spirited horse along C:hiswelhetreet, in a gig, the ani-
mal took fright and ran away, when, by a sudden
jerk, the servant was thrown out, and the wheel went
over both his legs. The horse kept on at a gallop,
when coming in contact with a cart waiting in the
street, both vehicles were overturned, and the body
of the cart knocked off. The gig was not so much
damaged, and the servant did not appear seriously
hart. A driving eloali was stolen is the confusion.
Tuesday, as Mr. Joao, of Shipley-street, Edge-
ware-road, was returning from Heston, near Houn-
slow, with a Mr. Jamas, late, in a siogkhorse chaise,
the vehicle was dashed in pieces in being drive
against a market-waggon at Shepherd's Bush, who 1
ping at the rate of ten milasoair.hcbire Mr. kw .:
at seems, was -drivhig, and hiaraprplaked up app -
ready lifeless. M. JAM& ,bade bla,..nn broken ;
two places, and. Wit otherwise-touch bruised. We
• heard, yesterday, Maui Mr. Jonas continued insensible
and was not expectid to survive long.
The Hants ha Dian, lately found dead in Mst supposed,
bed at Winchester, ipposed, died for grief; ill
itit
, consequence of all capital convicts having been
milked.