Star.
London, England, 1826-07-31 00:00:00

FEMALE FASHIONS FOR AUGUST.

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Ali.anex Cortmet—A round dress of fine India istualln, with
a broad trimming at the border, formed Of late, essjobets, Tilaced
on in bias; between the jabots an elegant embroidery, worked on
the muslin. in a pattern of vine leaves. The body is partially low,
and en gerio; the waist encircled with a belt of celestial blue rib-,
bon. Over the bust is a sort of collar cape, in two points, percep-
tibly separated in front: these points are embroidered at the cor-
ners, and are trimmed round with late; a eltensisetle totter draws
round nearly as high as the throat. The sleeves are moderately
wide, with istandserons d le Psolte, of muslin, edged with lace;
the wrists finished by a double range of antique points, and con-
fined next the band with gold bracelets, clasped by an
brooch. The hair is arranged in fun curls, and very sho:tnnise
ears. A hat of white gros de Noisiest* worn, without either cap or
corstetle, and is fancifully ornamented with white gause and blond;
the crown adorned with large tulips of different colours. The
strings of the hat are of celestial blue ribbon, and float loose. The
necklace and ear rings of amber.

MORNING Dace.:—A pelisse robe of jacconot muslin, embroi-
dered down the sides in front, and round the bottom of the skirt,
in a rich scolloped pattern ; a double pelerine cape falls over the
shoulders, and is worked in a correspondent manner; the body
is plain, and made to wrap partially over in front. The sleeves are
made nearly to. fit the arm, and have a very broad scalloped orna-
ment of embroidered muslin at the wrist, turned upwards. The
head dress is a cornet! e, discovering but little of the hair, with lap-
pets unconfined, of a very fine specimen of Urling's lace, of which
there is a great profusion in the fabrication of this novel cornett, ;
between the hollows made by the different windings of the lace are
large puffs of ►road pink s :tin ribbon: A necklace of coral encir-
cles the throat, and the slippers are of coral red La
Belle dirensblee.

DOVER, Jut 30.

FATAL AFFAIR WITH SMUGGLRRS.

About the middle of last night, a twelve-oared galley
with a cargo of contraband spirits, Bc.. was run on shore
near the bat'iing machines, in Dover Bay, and on being
challenged by a Quartermaster ani one seamtn of the
Coast Blockade, the men in the boat, thirteen in num-
ber,

replied it is folly to oppose us, and if you give the
alarm we will shoot you ; the Quartermaster, neverthe-
less, in the performance of his duty, fi ed his pistol, to
summon assistance, and was instantly shot through the
head, but whether by those in the boat, or by an armed
party of nearly a hundred, who were waiting to receive
the cargo, we have not been able to ascertain. The
other man being secured, the goods were landed, and
the galley put off to sea, when an Officer's party of the
Blockade arrived in time to seize about 25 or SO tubs
of spirits, thc great bu'k of the cargo having been safely
carried off by the smugglers in waiting, unmolested.
The Quartermaster, whose tame we understand is
Morgan, remained on the beach, tittering the most
heart-rending cries, until removed by his ship-mates to
their quarters in the Castle Cliff, where he expired within
twenty minutes after receiving the fatal shot.—Cinque
Parts Herald.

EXECUTION OF SHEPHERD AND PONTER,

AT NOTTINGHAM.

These two individuals were found guilty and left for
execution, at the late Assive for this county, for robbing
the shop of Mr. Clifton, of Bingham, of a large quantity
of drapery goods, and also for breaking into and rob-
bing the shop of Anne and Jo'm Wheat, at Rampton,
and stealing thereout a cart-load of drapery go.)ds,
value nearly 2001. The first offence was committed on
the 22d, and the second on the 31st of May last.
After condemnation, the fwo culprits prepared eap
nestly to meet their awful doom. They acknoaledged
that they had been grievous offenders, and showed every
'sign of contrition for t' eir past misconduct. Smith;
alias Shepherd, was visited by his mother, on the Sunday
after his condemnation.

Sunday morning, the Rev. Dr. Mind delivered si
suitable discourse, and in the evening a lecture, to which
the unfortunate men paid the greatest attention. On
the morning of execution the sacrament was adnsinis-
te!ed to them, and at nine O'clock they were brought up
from their cells into the ternkey') lodge, an pinioned
in the usual manner. At ten, the culprits were brought
forth, placed in a cart, and conducted to the place of
execution, attended by the Under Sheriff, co-mat:oes,
javelin 'men, &c. The procession moved at a slow
pace towards the gallows, amidst a great multitude of
people, who assembled from all quarter*. Shepherd
frequently closed his eyes, and was apparently engaged
in silent prayer. Pouter, who at times cast his eyes on the
thronged multitude, appeared to be employed in a simi-
lar manner, but not with such fervency. When arrived
within sight of the gallows, Shepherd turned his head
to loot at it, but Ponter remained in the same position.
Ponter said to the Rev. Dr. Wood, We confess our-
selves guilty of the crime for which we are going to
suffer ; tell all around to take warning by our example.
When the executioner had adjusted the ropes, aid
while the unfortunate men were standing under the
gallows, ready to be turned off, Shepherd, joined by
Pouter, sung, with a firm voice, the following verse :
44 My soul's full of glory, which inspires my tongue,
Could I meet with angels, I'd sing them a song ;
I'd sing of my Jams, and tell of hit charms,
And beg them to bear me to his loving arms." I
The caps were then pulled over their faces, and each'
praying " LORD Jesus, receive my spirit," were, a few
minutes after eleven o'clock, ushered into the presence
of their MAIM The soldier was an extremely goad
looking man; tht other remarkably ill favoured.

Lord GOWNR hiss arrived at Brussels from St. Pawn-
'burgh, with dispatches, on his way is London.
The statistics of Portugal affori some very curious
details. This kingdom contains 4,101 parishes, 765,395
houses, and a population of about 3,013400 souls;, the
superficial extent of the kingdom is 3,150 leagues. The
roll of titled persons in this kingdom presents three
Dukes, 34 Marquises, 76 Counts, 41 Viscounts, and 27
Barons; total, 181: and it is to be observed, that of
this number 122 owe their titles to the munificence of
the late King, who, during the thirty-four ye as of his
reign; created one Duke, that of Vittoria (the Duke of
Wellington), 12 Marquises, 43 Counts, 40 Viscounts,
and 27 Barons. Among the titles created by this Pi ince,
we do not here include those who became extinct from
want of heirs during his reign. Those only are enume-
rated who eit.st at this day, so that, in fact, there only
remain fifty-nine titles who date (roman era anterior to
the reign of the late King ; and one hundred and twenty-
two who are the creation of the Prince—in all 181.
France bas not to lament such a penury of titles and
arms. It would be almost impossible to determine the
number owing us. Our Chamber of Commons alo,le,
is richer than the whole kingdom of Portugal. Of 432
Deputies, 184 are titled; we reckon am•lng them two
princes, on! Duke, 36 Marquises, 78 Counts, 23 Vis-
' counts, 30 Barons, and 14 KnightS. •