Star.
London, England, 1821-07-25 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

The Lady Arabella packet, with a Mail from Lisbon, has ar-
rived at Falmouth; sailed the 14th instant.
MILFOOD, JULY 22.—Arrived the Miens, Score, from Mira-
michi, whence she sailed in company with a fleet of about 25
sail, mostly for Liverpool or St. George's Channel.
HAARICH, JULY 24.—Arrived the Mary Ann, SHAW, from
Gainthorough ; and Fidissima, Boca, from Arundahl—the for-
mer with loss of windlass, and the latter leaky.
FALMOUTH, JULY l .—W W. S. W.—Arrived the Mis-
sionary, DAVVI, from Georgetown, in 35 days, for orders. '
PLYMOUTH, JULY 22.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Wanderer,
WAYOUOD, from St. Andrew's(New Brunswick), in five weeks;
and the Alfred and Intrepid transports, from Portsmouth, for
the Cape of Good Hope, with troops.
Drat., Jucr 24.—Wind S.W.—Arrived and sailed for the
River, the Waterloo, Wuxi:now ; Hector, flowczrr ; Medina,
Konirisv ; and Wellesley, SMELT, from Jamaica; John, JACK..
SON, from ditto for Newcastle ; Pursuit, Mamma, from St.
Domingo; Woodman, KTIALIZ, from Bengal; rAigle,Sranazcz,
from the South Seas; and several more, names not known.
Hutt., Jour 25.—The following accounts are brought by a
vessel arrived at Oluckstadt, and the Patriot, arrived at Bremen,
of the success of the undermentioned ships, belonging to this port,
at the Greenland Fishery :—The Tibor, 2 fish, 35 tuns ; Nep-
tune, 2 fish, 20 tuns; William Torr, 4 fish, 50 tuns; Shannon,
clean ; Jane, clean ; Alfred, clean ; Cicero, 4 fish, 60 tuns ; Ve-
nerable, 3 fish ; Fame, 5 fish ; and Manchester, 4 fish.

A Grand Musical Festival, for the laudable object
of raising funds for the rebuilding of Westminster
Hospital, was yesterday given in Westminster Abbey.
The splendid decorations prepared for the Corona-
tion still remained, to gratify those who wanted any
allurement beyond that of the finest music, executed
by the most accomplished artists. Notwithstanding
Ithe threatening aspect of the morning, there could
not be less than 5,000 spectators present, and per-
haps a more respectable and brilliant society was
never collected under one roof. The sight was
equally beautiful and impressive. The selection was
from the masterpieces of HAYDN, MOZART, and HAN-
DEL, on sacred music : the graceful dignity of the
first, the delicate and refined fancy of the second,
and the deep expressive radios of the third, lost none
of their power, either from the instruments or voices
of the various performers. Mrs. SALMON sang with
that union of sweetness and force, of richness and
just taste, which place her at the head of English
singers. Mr. BRAllAst gave IlAtioet.'s Recitative
in a firm style, and the air of Waft her Angels with
a more faithful and exquisite expression than any
other living artist could have done. With admi-
rable sense and taste, he avoided all ornamental varia-
tions, and gave the text of the great master with a
simplicity and delicacy which enchanted the au-
dience. Messrs. VAUGHAN and BELLAMY acquitted
themselves well; so did BECHER and ANGRISANI:
and we cannot close our account without expressing
our admiration of the rare combination of strict
science and enchanting sweetness which distinguished
the efforts of Madame CAMPORESE, particularly in
the air of Gratias agimus tibi. The orchestra did its
duty nobly. The whole affair, indeed, WAS projected,
arranged, and carried into effect with admirable taste
and judgment. Its object was to celebrate the most
interesting event in the history of a People—the so-
lemn recognition and inauguration of their KING;
and, at the same time, to raise a fund sufficient to
rebuild a Hospital "for the relief of the needy.frona
all parts of the world" (the Westminster Hospital,
established in 1719), and which has, of late years,
been rapidly falling to decay.

At the Vauxhall Masquerade
.given on Monday
evening in honour of the Coronation, the Proprietor
and the Manager seemed determined to outvie all
former precedent in the character of the supper which
was provided. Nothing has ever, in our recollection
of Masquerades, come up to the standard of the bill
of fare of the Vauxhall Masquerade. The tables, at
one o'clock. were profusely spread with every delicacy.
Shell-fish, boiled and roast fowl, ham, sallads, roast
lamb, pigeon and meat pies, jellies, strawberries in
abundance, ices, pastry, and sweetmeats. For the
Manager's sake, as well as the Proprietor's, we had
to regret that a provision so ample had been made;
for after the supper was concluded the hospitable
board remained covered with untouched dainties.
—This liberality, which forms so striking a contrast
with the conduct pursued by our town managers of
masquerades, may prove a beneficial lesson to those
Gentlemen on future occasions. During the evening
the rain fell. This, no doubt, discouraged numbers
from joining the festive scene. With the exception
of Sir WILLOUGHBY COTTON, and a few others,
there were scarcely any persons of haul ton present.
It is true there was a variety of character masks
admirably sustained—the wild man, Doctor Eady,
the owls, the flip-flaps, clowns and harlequins,
gypsies skilled in divination, and girls more fair
than the flowers they offered for sale. France
contributed its veritable marchandes de modes and
faiseuses de robes, its belles laitieres, and grisettes
indulgentes. There was no scarcity of French wits,
or English beauties, Jews or Gentiles, the peripatetic
philosopher or the eternal fireman; yet still the even-
ing dragged heavily for want of that stimulus which
alone can give our phlegmatic character a fillip.--
There was no crowd ; and long before the sun had
risen, three-fourths of the visitants had retired to their
pillows to dream of the uproar which it appears is so
essential to the enjoyment of a masquerade. The
Proprietor, we regret to say, must have sustained
considerable loss. We trust that fine weather, and
I public taste, as well as gratitude, will yet re-imburse
him for his loss.