Star.
London, England, 1826-03-28 00:00:00

RASTER DINNER AND BALL AT THE
MANSION-HOUSE. •

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Yesterditthi grand Easter Dinner and Ball were'
gild% the. Mansion House, in a style which has not
been exceeded on any former occasion. After having'
visited the several principal chat iiies belonging -to the
City;7nd-dispensed the annual bounty to• the boys of
the Bluecoat School, the Lord Mayor, accompanied by
the. City officers, returned to the Mansion House at
about half-past four o'clock. From that time until half-
past six; the Noblemen and Gentry invited to the din-
ner arrived, and weye received by the Lord and Lady
IklAyoress, in the state drawing-room. Their Royal
Higllnzsses the Dukes of York and Sussex had pro.
mi-ed to attend, but about one hour before dinner, a
note WAS received from his Royal Highness the Duke
of York, expressing his regret that his indisposition had
been such that his physicians bad forbidden his at-
tenslance.

A few minutes afterwards a note was received from
his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, regretting that
indisposition prevented him front doing himself the
pleasure of at:ending. Amongst the other distinguished
visitors were observed—

The Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury, the Marquis of
Lansdown, the Bislibp of London, the Bishop of Lincoln, the
Bishop of Chichester Sir E. Banker, Lord Vatletort, Sir G. Nay-
ler, Sir A. Corbet and Lady 'CorbtreLady Edgeworth, Count and
Countess 'Munster, Lady hlontford, Sir John Doyle, Colonel Tal-
bot, and a number of she most eminent characters in the fashion-
able and. mercantile
At seven (Abet the dinner party, which consisted of
aboUt SOO, sat down in the Egyptian Hall to a grand
dinner;where turtle and the mast choice wines abounded.
When the usual loyal toasts had been drunk,
The Marquis of LA rispowN rose, and in a neat speech,
proposed the health of the Lord Mayor, observing, that
the splendid manner in which he had that day sustained
t!:e accustomed hospitality of that ancient city formed
his least claim to the regard of his leaow citizens. The
toast was drank with enthusiasm.

The Loin MAYOR returned th inks for the honour
done him, and said he could not but feel highly grati-
fied at the manner in which- his health bad been pro-
posed by the distinguished Statesman who sat beside
him, and• highly delighted at the mode in which his
fellow citizens had received it. As it was his pleasure,
so it would be his duty, to do all in his power to promote
the commercial welfare of the City of London, and 'of
the remainder of the country, so far as it was connected
with it.—(Appiaiise )
His Loananir then proposed the health of the Marquis of Lans.
down, whoa abilities as a Statesman were appreciated by the wbolt
country, ;•nd by none more than the citizen; of Lowing, who,were
always glad to see him amongst them—(Apiolaust.)
The toast was drank with three times three.
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The Marquis of LANSDOWN,(lla:able;ech , returned thanks.
The LORD Mmton then proposed the health of the
Alalquis olSalisbury, which was drank with becoming
honours ; and the Noble Marquis returned thanks, end '
ptopcsed the health of the Lady Mayoress, in an elo-
q.lent speech. The toast was drank with enthusiasm,
tnd General Sir Jahn Doyle retutned thanks on behalf
ct her Ladyship.
The Marquis of Sstramair.preposed as a toast-6 Prosperity to
the City of Londog."„,.
1.or.1) 11/41Aroa kitia‘iised thanks, and observed, in reply to
some observations of theeNadi Marquis, that the prosperity of the
City of LmAnn stond on too Metre a foandarien to be checked by
*ROI a lorrn as had roceody visited it.
The healths of the several -ilstraps, the Ambassadors, and visitors
of ran!, the magiordtes or Undo% hs Representatives, the Re-
• Corder, and Sheeffe. were then &ink. • The Lady Mayoress, and
sni er quitted the Egyptian Hall, at about haif-past ten.
At a I;,tle teore rteven o'clock the Malt was opened in the la/I'e

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by Lord Ye*tem the Morchieeese.et Seiteberp, the
Hon. Rot:ert Gordon, aed he • ' • • • •
g at!. .
• • ZPOING HUNT. •
Sweet sylvan 404! where. CJck4fe resorts;
For butter, sausages, sad mai sports ! • -
Mr. Burton—Those people who aresin the habit of
turning up their noses 'at the Epping Hunt should have
been in Epping forest yesterday, and they would soon
have let their lofty noses down again. There never were,
such glorious doings before—not even at glorious Ep.
ping; and as for the Melton Hunt, the Surrey Hunt,
the Caledonian Hunt,nr any other Hunt, they are no
more to be compared with it than Pudding-lane with
Regent-street. But I shall endeavour to give you a re-
gular account of it—as regular as may be expected
from a man whose wits are in a whirl with witnessing
such glorious sport.
You know it was a precious cold morning—chid,
dry, and dusty; but nevertheless all the prime spirits
of the East were abroad by nine o'clock; all trotting
down the road, fair and softly, some on great slapping
nine-hand skyscrapers; some on nimble daisy-cutting
nags ; some on fine Bowling-railed chargers ; some on
ponies not a bit bigger than the learned one at Astley's ;
some in prime-job coaches, worth at least two guineas
a-day—exclusive of bub and grub for the driver ; some
in three bodied nondescripts, 64 which, in pint of con-
tueenyunce, beat his Majesty's double bodied phaeton all
to nothing," as Mr. Grubblethorpe (of Laura Cottage,
Mile End New Town) observed :--iorne in gigs, some
in cabs, some in drags, some in short stages, some in
long stages, and some on no stage at all.
All the haul ton of Whitechapel—all the most consi-
derable- est people round about Hounsditch and the Mi-
nories—in short, all the belles and beaux within the
sound of Bow-bells were there, trotting 4ently down
the road, as aforesaid, smothered in dust, like rabbits in
onions, and with a black, bleak north-easter smack in
their teeth. 66 All the blue noses are over the border!"
sung a wicked wag of a toll-taker at the first gate; and
iTeith their noses were very blue—blue as a harebell;
and in many instances, hung like the harebell on a
dewy morning, with a crystal drop, which ever and
anon, as the sun broke fOrtbs glittered in his beams, and
had a very pretty effect. And then the costume of the
company was as pleasingly diversified as their ca tle
and other conveyances—none of your old-world scarlet
liveries, like a poise of twopenny postmen, but every
Gentleman arrayed after his own particular taste, in
blue, brown, or black—in dress coats, long coats, short
coats, frock coats, great coats, and no coats drab-
slacks and slippers ;—in gray-tights, and black-spurred
Wellingtons;—in nankeen bomb-balloons ;—iir city-
white cotton-cord unmentionables, with jockey toppers,,
and in Russian-drill down-below:, as a memento of the
late Czar. The Ladies, all wore a goose skin under-
dress, in compliment to the north-easter of the day ; and
many of the thinner-clad Gentlemen were no doubt
provided with the same sort of thing—indeed somebody
said goose-skin and blue-noses were all the go.
In this state we reached that far-famed spot, the'
brow above Fairrnead-bottom ; and by twelve o'clock
there could not be less than three thousand of .the King's
most merry lieges then and there assembled. It was a
beautiful set-out, Mr. Editor—a "real circumstance ;".--
to see such a multitude of 4, fair dames in purple and
in pall," (never forgetting the goose-skin), teposing•in
vehicles of all sons, sizes, and conditions, and trying ,to
keep themselves warm and cornfigr.able 'with cherry:
bounce and biscuits, whilst the sfeen or elght-Ilunke4r,'
mounted member's of theliiine were winding in, and !Nit
continually "in restleaa ecstasy,"-.-somesimes 'ciiattiog
and laughing 'with the fair_ though blue-posed bitcuit-
crackers.-.sometimes rising in their.stir-rupi to looli-iipt
for the long-coming cart of the,stag : and- sometimes:,
taking a little cherry bounce themselves—" whilst, with-
off heel assiduously aside," they " provoked the caper
which they seemed to hide ;" and were rewarded wilt it
" La, what daring creturs you men are !"Far awayaround
the green-sward was covered with ever-moving minis
on foot, and the pollard oaks, which skirt. the bo.tomon
either side, were filled with men and boys, 1 ,ughing and
singing as though there was no such thing as care in
the world. Talk of " distress" and " money panics," and
" pecuniary crisis," indeed ! nobody, looking upon such
a scene, could believe there were any such things
in existence.

But where the dente is the stag. 'all this while? One'
o'clock, and no stag. Toro o'clock, and no stag !--a
circumstance easily accounted for by those who are in
the secret, and the secret is this. There are btittocks
of boiled beef and great fat hams, and beer and brandy
in abundance, at the Roebuck public-I,euse, low down
in the Forest; and ditto at the Baldtaced Stag,• on the
top of the hill; and ditto at the Coach and Horses, at
Woodford Wells; and ditto at the Castle, at Woodford ;
and ditto at the Eagle, at Snaresbrook ; and if the stag
were to be brought out befcre all this beef, bacon, and
brandy, were eaten and drank, where Would have been
the use of cooking and providing so many good things.
SJ they cart the stag from public-house to public-house,
and show him at three-pence a head to those Ladies
and Gentlemen who never saw such a thing before;
and this showing and tatting inducts a consumption of
eatables and drinkables—especially as they have a band
of music in every house, playing hungry tunes to help
the appetite; and when the eatables and drinkable: are
pretty well used up, and very a ell paid for, then tl.ey
turn out the stag. •
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And yesterday, precisely at half past two o'clock,the.
stag cart was seen coming over the hill by the• Bald-
faced Stag, and hundreds urn hundreds of horsemen'
and gigmen rushed reliantly forward to Meet` and
escort it to the top of Nirmead-bottom: and presently
it was btqught there, amidst such whooping and hal-
looing as made all the foi est echo again, and would hare
done Carl Maria Von Weber's heart good to hear—for
the Black Huntsman of Bohemia never kicked up such
a devil.of a row in all his practice. And then, when
the cart stopped and was turned tail about,. all the
horsemen of gallant Cockaigne drew up in long lints,
on either side, forming do avenue wide enough for the'
stag to run down, but narrow enough for them to get a'
cut at him as he passed. And now, for a momeat, all.
was deep, silent, breathless anxiety ; and the doors =of
the cart were thrown open, and out popped a 'strapping'
four-year-old red buck—a fine long legged' fellow, fat,
as a porker, with a chaplet of flowers round his neck,
a girth of divers coloured ribbons, and a long blue and,
pink streamer depending from the summit of his
branching horns. He was received, on his alighting,
with a shout that seemed to shake Heaven's concave,.
and took it very graciou.ly, lo: king round him with
great dignity as he stalked slowly and delicately
forward down the avenue predared•for him.;
.and occa-
sionally shrinking from side.to side, as same super-
valorous cockney nsided Vat' at Mr alp s.
ilimpse of theirounas
.and the
,untsmane wasting tor im at the bottOm of the avenue,

• and in an iiiitatilloit; through..
the itanks,:lcii&king ditrOutand- mailing upon the
.Btrifortune Cockneys who crowded, the patb jse!chtoe
to take; and dashing/it once into the cover, he was out
of sighaiefore a man could say " jack Robinsonf
Their might be seen the gipry of the Cockaigne Hunt
—gentlemen running about without their horses, and
horses galloping about without their gentlemen; and
hati out of, number brushed off their owners! _heads by
the rude branches of the trees; and everybody asking
whist' Way the stag was gone, and nobody knowing
anything about him; and ladies beseeching gentlemen
not to be too venturesome; ani gentlemen gasping frr
breath at the thoughtt of what they were determined to
venture; and myriads of persons on foot running about
hither and thither in search of liitle eminences to look
out frum ; and yet nothing at all to be seen, though mote
than enough to be heard, for every man, and every
woman too, made as loud, a noise as they coal.
Meanwhile the stag, followed by the keepers and about six
couple of hounds, took away through the covers towards Wood-
ford. Then finding himself too near the haunts of his born enemy,
man, he there turned back, sweeping down the bottom for a mile
or two, and away up the inclosures towards Chingford. Where
he was caught nobody knows, for every budy.returned to town as
fast as they could, except those who stopped to finish up the beer,
beef; bacon, and brandy,and recount the glorious perils of the day,
There was a hunt for you, Mr. Editor I Let Hylton JoUiffe, Esq.
and all the country 'squires, hide their diminished heads. Yours,
SIMON YOUNGBUCK.

GLASGOW, ALtacar 25.
Wednesday. in consequence of private btforinatioh, William
Yl`Kenzie, Sheriff-Officer, assisted by several Criminal Police
Offieers, succeeded in apprehending Ro!sort. Hamilton' Showed
APAllenemq and Ales if' Pine. on suspicion of being the individuals
who robbed and eventually shot Benjamin Lamont, a private sol-
dier, belonging to the 71th Regiment, and who, in consequence of
the wounds received, died on the I.sth inst. After being all seve-
rally examined before the Sheriff, they were committed to gaol.
Hamilton is a deserter from the 79th Regiment, isnd the two latter
Al`Menemy an M' Phie, were weavers in Park head. They have
all been before the Circuit Court, and, from what has transpired,
very likely to be so again:
About four o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, Donald Cameron,
travelling merchant, from Fort William, was accosted by three
men, on a sequestered part of the road between Erskine ferry and
Paisley, who, each presenting pistols, demanded his money, on
which he tendered a Guinea Note. No, no, said they, that won't
do, you have more ; on which they searched his poekets, and find—
ing nothing they felt the linings of his clothes, and • discovering
something bulky in the waistband of his trousers, they cut it up, and
found SOL in Bank notes, consisting of three 9W. notes and twenty
11. notes of the Bank of Scotland, with which they made off.

THE ARMY.
Detachments of recruits arrived in town, yesterday, from Brix
tol,on route to join their respective Corps and Depots.

FROM THE JERSEY CONSTITUTIONEL 07 MARCH 18.

th eDepot of the 76th Regiment, composed of four Companies,
under the command of a Captain arrived here yesterday morning,
from Portsmouth, to relieve that portion of the 64:1 Regiment of
Royal Veterans which forms our garrison. Colonel COQLAN
embark with this last-mentioned corps in the beginning of nest
week, fur Chatham, where it is supposed the Regiment is soon to
be disbanded-The Authorities of this country owe to this distin-
guished Officer the most honourable testimony for the order and
discipline whick, hyibis vigilance, be has maintained in the corps
doting its residence amongst, us; we do not know a single case
which could be cka as a reproach to the Regiment on the con-
trary, we are blind strongly to praise its uniform good conduct."

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NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

The Corsair, Prrant, from Singapore, has arrived of Penzance.

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She sailed thsk id of December; and from St. Helena the 4th
peFebruary. illie Company's ship Inglis' Capt. Scuts; Repulse,
Elridgewater' from China, bad arrived at St. Helena, and sailed
.again on the Sd of February, for London., Who James Sibbeld,
(OM BombVy; and the Miriner (late Foruaaav), from Batavia,
were also it St. Helena, aid would sail shortly for 'Loudon.
• The Dart, CLAM(' from Bristoi.to,Marseillese, boa put back to
discharge,:kaving been on More.
The Beip.Casadoies, frpeir Amsterdatit to Corunna and
• Liibon, was totally lost on Sunday night, oh Margate Sand. ' I
The Suzanne, GUICHOX, from Liverpool for Calais, has been
4riven on the sands off tbit irk& and it is feared will be lost.
FALMOUTH, Alsace
.26.—Wind' N.B. strong gales.—Arrived
his Majesty's ship SHAMIUXK, from a cruize ; Onyx, Lauarrox,
from London for Honduras; and City, Foaaasa, from Limerick
for Portsmouth. -

ErotismOven, MARCH 27.—Wind B.N.E—Arrived the Fa-
vourite, WAIRWRII, 'from Oporto. The Woodbridge, DRAM, for
Sierra Leone, went out of harbour, and remains at Spithead.
' BlAsscu 27.—The wind- has been fresh throughout the
'day, from E.N.B. to N.B. No arrivids or sailing.. lib Majesty's
ship RAssmolis remains.
Yasstourn, MARCH 27.—The Sarah, SCATS, from Newcastle to
London, struck on the Cotton Sand yesterday, and got off, but
sunk before she could be mit on shore. Crew saved.
HULL, Maacu 25.—The Brothers, Heworsaow, from this port
for London, caught Bre in the cabin this morning, when in the act
of getting out of this harbour ; but by timely assistance, and scut-
lling the vessel, bas not sustained very material injury. -
Celt Moacit 2.3.—Sailed the Hope transport, with troops, for
Deptford.
CUSTOM-HOUSE., Masten 27.
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Surn Herta= Irma ans—The Britannia, from Cadiz; Tranby,
from St. Petersburgb; Salsas, Park, and Britannia, from Ham
burgh; Neutral, from Dram; New Harriett, from Smyrna;
Hope, from Hayti; &Mona, from Newry; Fly, from Dublin;
Commerce du Havre, from Havre ' • Eliza, from Wind; Daniel,
from the South Seas; Flora, from Rotterdam; Active, from Li-
verpool; and Meridian, from Lisbon.
OUTWA ins—The Sir F. Burton, for Vera Cruz;
Cortes, for New Yurk; Demerara and Ada, for Demerara ; and
Levant, for Belfast.

Letter's from Madrid, dated the lsth.inst. state, that
the agent for the British claims on Spain was pursuing
his object, in which he was strongly supported by Mr.
LAMS, our Ambassador at Madrid ; and an opinion was
therefore entertained that the negotiations would be
brought to a speedy issue. Whether, 'then the claimi
are admitted, the money,is likely to be forthcoming is
another affair.

Letters lire in 'town dawn to ' the beginning of Dec-.
from Valparaiso, and to the beginning of Nev. from
Lima.. Chili appears to be its* distracted state, owing
to the disagreement of panics connected with the Go,
vernment. Callao still held out; but provisions were
getting scarce even at L;ma, where flour had risen to
19 dollars a barrel on board. We have so often been
told of disease prevailing in she castle, that we feel slow
in giving credit to such accounts. RODIL is said to be
sick, and an epidemic is also said' to rage among the
garriion. if this intelligence be true, they cannot hold
out much longer.
At the Norfolk Assizes, the Rev. John Owen, s Dis-
senting M.nister, brought an action against one of his
followers, named Bolts, for attributing to him some un-
seemly attentions to his wife, which, constituting the
libel complained of, he published as a hand-bill, entitled
" Self Defence." The-Jury found the defendant 'Guilty.
Thomas Anderson was indicted for au assault on a young
girl named Flower, and acquitted.

At the Munster Circuit, a man named Lovett, and his
wife, were convicted of the murder of Thomas Create,
the Lire husband of the female prisoner, and sentenced
to be executed.

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A -Highlander having been asked by a Scotch yentle-
man, what did he suppose would make kir quite happy ? after
peratebisig his bend for vidnit ante, anrwered," Akira/se e neeeskin.
"and a tacil elokidree (a ehureb fulb of enuLand a ***of whiskey).
" But," said. the other, " if you jot these, what snore would you
wash for r-" Muir inteigh° Mid Mar .lAiakey'•'—Olore snuff said
snore whiskey)—replied the Highlander.

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BETTING-Rod*ITATTERSALL'S, MA RCH 27.
A great deal of heaitY and important betting took place to-day
on the Derby, Riddleswortb, tad Oaks, producing sornv interest-
ing changes. Pank rose for the- Derby 6S to 1, the Moslem 'r-
eeding rapidly to 16 to 1, double his former odds, in consequence,
as it was rumoured, of haviug.retursied to his stable lame. Mo-
narch, at one time, was declining a little; but 0 to 2 was afterwards
taken, eagerly. Advance rose a little, as did Pluto. Henry, for
the Oaks, got up-rapidly, and left calm favourite for the Riddles-
worth, the Moslem basin/ retrogaded in proportion to his decline
for the Derby. The odds left off thus

Damn'. . .. .
9 to 2 apt Monarch (taken) 28 to I apt Prernia
6} to 1 apt Panic 26 to 1 agst Norman
16 to 1 apt The Moslem 30 to 1 agit The Baron
17 to 1 agst Advance . 30 to 1 agbt Barosea
20 to 1 apt Sophist 30 to 1 apt Henry.
22 to t apt Pluto 33 to 1 apt Waterman .
25 to 1 agst Twatty 40 to 1 apt Gramarie
25 to 1 apt Rowena 50 to 1 agst Apelles
25 to 1 apt Goddard - 1000 to 15 apt Syntax
28 to 1 apt The General _ 1000 to lr +t Polk°

6 to 1 agst Mignicinette
6e to 1 agst Fiagree'
7 w 1 apt Problem

OA

IQ apt_
12 to 1 apt Elizabeth ,
14 to 1 apt 80-Peep
18 to 1 apt Paraphile

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18 to 1 apt Mbril
20 to 1 agst any other.
Doxcanata Sr. Leoza. i
7 to 1 apt Bediamita 18 to i agst Barataria
11 to I apt Crusader 30 to 1 agst Calypso
14 to 1 agst Belzoni 55 to• I apt Panto
15 to 1 agst Faulty
HUNTING.
His Maiesty's Stag Hounds meet on Thursday, at Wouburn
Green ' • and on Monday, at Uxbridge, being the fait week of hunt-
ing this season.

8 to 1 apt Henry
91 to 1 apt Rachel

The Earl of Derby's Stag Hoands• meet on Thursday, at Lea-