Star.
London, England, 1826-04-29 00:00:00

ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES.

The Hon. Mr. Grey arrived yesterday at his house, Charles.
street, Berkeley-square.
Arrivals at the Royal Hotel, St. James's.street—F. Delessent
sod (sadly, from Paris • J. Page, Esq. • H. Heywood; A. French,
from Dublin. Departures—Le:oJ Farnham, and H. Mat.
well, Esq. for Torquay, Devonshire • C. L. Mather, Req.; R.
Vivian, li.sq.; Lord Mountnerris • Edward Kerr, Esq.
Arrivals at the Burlington Hotel, Old Burlington and Cork.
streets--Viscount and Viscountess Kinaaird, from Twickenham ; '
Mulls' i
Esq. and Lady Pilkington, from Essex. Departures—
' Mr. and Mrs. Girddot and family,for Kent; Lady Stewart, for
Berkeley-square; Lady Walpole and family, on a tour ; Mon.
Grief, Esq. on a tour.
The Countess of Arran's card party, on Thursday evening, in
Dover.street, was elegantly attended. Among other distinguished
fashionable, present were—The Mel and Countess of Beauchamp,
Lord and Lady Tanerede, Lady E. Jones, Lady IL Ratchford,
Lady E. Onsiow, Lady PuDen, Lady and Miss Shiffener, Mrs.
and Miss Calvert, Mrs. Courts, Mrs. and Miss Wilkinson,- Mr.
Mrs. and Miss Go.ling, Mrs. Dawson, Mrs. and Miss Jones, Col.
Wortley, Mr. Taylor, Mr. Giles, Mr. Mrs. and bliss Stafford,
Mr. Dickens, ace.
The Duke of York arrived in town yesterday from Newmarket.
The Marquis and Marchioness of 'Stafford and family arrived
ay at their house in Cleveland-square, from their seat, West
yesterday at
The Marquis and Marchioness of Northampton and Lady Ellis.
beth Compton, left the London Hotel, Albemarle-street, yester-
day, for their seat in Northamptonshire.
Lad and Lady Churchill arrived yesterday, at Lord Clifton's
at itoehampton, from their seat in Oxfordshire.
Lord and Lady Anson and family have arrived at Batt's Hotel,
Dover-street, front Newmarket.
Sir Andrew Corbel, with his Lady and family, have left town
for their scat, Adde.ky Hail, Shropshire.

FRMALR FASHIONS FOR I%IAY.

Csaataes Dams —A round dress of lavender blossom gros ds

Aorta, nude high; and the border of the skirt ernatnent;d with
thrrt flounces, scalloped very perceptibly, but the scallops not siarp ;
Toundol, though oblong, with the edges handsomely pinked; each
flounce headed by a full quilling m recite, of the same material as

the dress, pinked in the isms manner m the tecntination of the
lionaces. The body plain, the sleeves long, and only moderately
foil, and laced up the outside of the arm, front the wrist to the
elbow, with milk earelen, en carmine; each diamond firmed by this
lacing fastened by a bilk button. A narrow double it&
lace encircles the throat, and surmounts afuAis pekrine of the samel
gra els Nark, as the dress. This tasteful out-door covering hail
long ends in flout, and is ti hunted all round with a fuU recto of the
same nsateriaL A ssnaU wreak of lace is went under a hat of
white watered gees de Naples, trimmed with crepe lime, and ors*.
mated with spring Rowers, such as scarlet rat lunculus with 7 chow
and white narcissus, bite. From the sides, and placed under the
brim, are two Mug strings of rich pink ribbon, which float loose.
Few parasols have as yet appeared, bet that which is represented in
'our engraving is one of the newest make, and likely to prevail; it
is of the Chinese form, the colour seepgreen, with a white border.
SIMIUNCI Conmes—Over awhile satin slip, a sirens of tulle, with
a vary full befall puckering round the border, forming two rows.
The Wiwi. of them rich ornaments is confined by straps of satin,
placed in Was, at equal distances. The-waist is a to, rape, and is
laced down the front with silk coiden. The sleeves are shun, from

the shoulder to rather more thso the middle of the arm above tie
elbow: they are formed of two rows of puckering, exactly corres-
ponding with the ortirrients at the border of the skirt and confined
by the sante kind of satin straps. . From these short sleeves depend
theloog ones, which are of tulle, with bows down the visible put
of the inside of the arm, and they terminate at the wrists by old
'fattish points of white satin. The shoulders ape ornamented with
clusters of bows, formed of white satin ribbon, and the gown is
made of a proper, yet quite decorous lowness round the bust, fee
full dress. The hair is arranged in very full curls on each side of the
face, and parted on the forehead. A French beret turban of white
crape and satin, with a full plume of white Teathereon the side thit
is elevated ; on the other side, that covers the hair, are two very
small white feathers. The necklace is formed of several rows-of
pearls, twisted ; the ear.pendams argot* superb pear-pea :b.—(Frent
.L 6 Begs Asseeiblee).

If Ireland paid a revenue as large in proportion to its
population as that of Great Britain, the whole revenue
of the United Kingdom would be 70 instead of 50 mil-
lions, and the National Debt might be extinguished in
about 25 years.
Cape of-Good Hope Papers to the 11th of February
have arrived. •His Majesty's ship RAINBOW arrived on
the Bth, with the Lieut.-Governor, and sailed on the 10th
tor India. Lord CRABLIS SPIIIIIIIBT had taken his pas-
sage for England in the China ship the Atlas. The
Cape Paper of the Bth contains the particulars of an
incursion of a 'party of English soldiers into Caffre Land,
under the command of Colonel SO4 EMT, to attack
the Kraals of 44 the Chief )JIUrA, and his mistress T.
811001 A, an aunt of Wick's, and the oldest Princess
of the Blood Royal," situated near the Buffalo Moun-
tains, twenty miles north-eau of Wiltshire. Numerous
addresses to the Governor were preparing on his Er-
eellency's departure. A public meeting of the in-
habitants was called for the 15th February, for the pur-
pose of establishing a Joint Stock Banking Company,
with a capital of 10,0001.