Star.
London, England, 1829-06-09 00:00:00

•COURT CIRCULAR. •

His Maur= will give a grand ball and supper to a
tlinneross_party on Thursday next, at his palace in St. James's.
The KING gave a grand evening party yesterday, at
wbids his MAMMY gratified his vidters with a COMM
Prince LEOPOLD entertained a select party to dinner
Si Sunday at Marlborough House, Pall hill,. Among the com•
pany were—the Duke of Somerset, the Marquis of Bristol, if mount
Duncannon, Lord Normanby, Lord l.ynedoch. the Lord Mayor.
Sir Francis Fretting, Sir Henry Hillard, Sir Ralward Parry, Mr.
Why Thompson. Mr. Frankland Lewis. &c.
The Duke of CussagnLann returned to town on Sun-
day evening from Kew.
The CAMDEN and the Earl of ABERDEEN
bad Interviews with the Duke of Witu.sparas yesterday at the
Treasury.
Prince ESTERHAZT. the Austrian Ambassador, Baron
Bowie, the Prussian Minister. Mons. Brawoors, the Spanish Mi-
nister, and the Marquis sic Harnicama. bad interviews with the
Rari of Assam= yesterday at the CSice of the Secretary of State
for Foreign Affairs.
A King's Messenger arrived at the Foreign Office.
Downing•street, about Sao o'clock yesterday afternoon, with
dispatches far the Earl of Assegais from the Right Honourable
Svisavrotto Camino. After eke arrival of the dispatches, the Karl
of Ansonia had a conference with the Duke of Wai.umwrou.
The Ma quis of CLavat.Atio entertained the I)uke
of Wssetwolop sad a select party to dinner on Sunday, at his re-
sidence in St. James's4quare.

BRIGHTON, Juxs 7.

H The Marchinness nt Dooming and Lady AMHERST
returned to town yesterday. The Duke of blancmange and Lurd
ONgst. are remaining with us.
Lady Minoan and Lord Rosana Vino AAAAA are arrived; the
latter has apartments in Bloomsbury place.
raptaln and, Lady SUSAN Herman are expected to return shortly
from Tunbridge Wells.
9lr DAVID Scow. Ilan. Lady and family, at present in Paris,
contemplate returning to Orsental place and Site/nod Hoare.
The Duchess of Beset, it appears, has postponed her Visit to
Dieppe until July.
Mr. Secretary ram., with his family, we leant, purposes passing
a portion of the summer at Hastings.

BATH, Jim 6.
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Tin SPORTING PIPER.—This character, whose wan.
&rings through the country have excited great curiosity, made his
appearance In this city yesterday evening. dressed in his suit of
with Scotch cap and green spectaciks, and escorted by two at-
tendants, who kept close behind him, to afford a protection against
the crowd of people that pushed forward to have a peep at the gen.
denten beggar. The terms of the wager for which he has under
taken this extraordinary enterprise are not known; but it is gene
rally believed. that he his hacked hioa.clf against a friend, who is
travelling through France as a fiddler, to collect more money in on,
year in the United Kingdom, by playing the bag pipes, than his com-
petitor in France with his violin. Opinions differ respecting the
Identity of the Scottish piper as much as with regard to the nature.
of the wager. He commenced this itinerant occupation on the 18th
of June last year; since which period he bast ed nearly the
whole of Inland and Scotland We understand that in Ireland his
contributions amounted to upwards of 1271. and in Scotland he re
ceived about 1441.

The KING is expected to hold a C. until' at Sr. Jima:.
Palace, to morrow, when the new Chief Justice of tie Court of
Common Pleas (Sir N. TINDAL). and the Lord Privy Seal (Earl
Ilosurn), will be admitted of the Privy Council ; after which the
Speech with which Parliament is to beprorogued will be submitted
for his 111AJNITT'll approbattuo. The prorogation will take place
by Commission.
Dhpatches were this morning received at the CO.
loofa Mee from Lieut. General Sir C. Cot.vtu.a. Governor of
the

Tot. day their Graces the Duke and Duchess of
Wm.:ones, and a great number of Nobility and Gentry.• left
towit for Hatfield, where the Marquis of SAs.issirav is to give a•
grand entertainment this evening.
It Would appear from a ParliamentAry Statement,
that the number of persons entitled to dividends in the United
Kingdom is only 275.000..
Dispatches were received yesterday overland, from
Colonel MACDONALD, the British Envoy to the Court of Perda.—
Their principal contents relate to the assassination of the Russian
Amitemador at Teheran It appears that this Gentleman's conduct
was Insolent and Irritating in the eztrente, probably in accordance
with instructions front his Court, to which six months ago, what.
ever may be the case sow, a rupture with Persia would have been
agreeable. Much discontent prevailed among the l'ersian authorities
In Teheran, owing to his having given shelter and protection to a
native of Persia a notorious public defaulter; but the cireanwance
which led to the tumult in which he lost hi. lite, was his conduct,
respecting two women, whom he had demanded from thi serail of
the Sultan, under the plea that they were natives of one of the pro-
vinces of Georgia, lately ceded to Russia, and therefore Russian
subjects. Though this was an insolent and unjustifiable demand in
any point of view, and though it was certain that the women were
Turkish. it was nevertheless complied with. This excited much
displeasure, which was soon roused into Airy by the treatm.nt the
women received, and a tumultuous mob fell upon the Ambassador's
Palace the moment the circumstances were divulged, and he be-
came a victim to their vengeance. The Swim had nothing to do
with k.
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The late Lord Tuna Low was in his 48th year. He
held the offices of Clerk of the Hamper, Patentee for making out
Commissions of Bankruptcies, and Clerk of the Custodies of Lu-
natics and Idiots—the whole yielding an aggregate of, we believe,
nearly 10,0001. per annum, besides very estensive patronage. These
are sU dikes in the gift of the Lego CeelietLLelt, and in the pre-
sent crisis it is an object of great curiosity to ascertain how they
are to be disposed of.
We are now enabled confi gently 'to assert, with te.
Terence to a Lady of rank. whew disappearance has of late caused
so many cnojectures In the fasbionalik world, that the star/ ass
elopes's/at is entirely wiihout Mined's. The correctness of the fol-
lowing 4stentent may be depended upon :—.The Lady's husband,
nn learning the ext.teuce of circumstances and report. which ex
cited suspicious injurious to her reputation, thought it right, although
trusting to her declarations of innocence, to place her under the
protection of her father. The highly honourable and kind conduct
of the husband bas been acknoWledged with much gratitude by the
Lady's familiy, under whose protection she still remains.
SINGULAR STATEMENT.-- it has been stated, on the
authority of a French Protestant Minister, that the present Pon
has it In contemplation to permit the marriage of Roman Catholic
Priests, with a proviso that those who engage in the matrimonial
compact shall be debarred from receiving the confession of penitents.
LONGIVITY.—The ols,er sation tout annuitant, never
die" is quail, true as to the inmates of workhouses. It appears
that there arc now in the workhouse at Leeds. sixteen male and
nine female paupers. whcoe united mos eminent to 1,919 years—
making an average of upwards of 76 years each t
The hay harvest ties partiaily commenced in the
neighbourhood of Gloucester, but snore from a hope.
tissue's of rain than a redundancy of crop. Tile long.
continued drought, especially on soils of an arid nature,
has occasioned a lamentable deficiency of bottom grass.
Yesterday being Whit-Monday, the Courts were shut.
The sittings in London in the King's Bench will be re-
turned on Wednesday, at Guildhall, and the other Courts
will sit at Westminster. The Adjournment day in the
Common Pleas, for London, stands for Monday nest.
Yesterday the last division of Prizes awarded by the
Society of Arts, for inventions and improvements in
at t, science, and mannfactui e, took place at the Society's
house, in the Adelphi ; his Royal Highness the Duke
of Sussex in the Chair. Twenty.five prizes, in gold
and silver medals and money, were awarded. Amongst
the eases which merited the Society's rewards was
that of Lieutenant Williams, Royal Navy. The
gallant Officer having lost an arm in the service
of the country, turned his attention to the forma.
tion of a pair of oars, to be worked by one arm; he
succeeded, and the oars were worked at the meeting:—
The nest invention of interest was the repeating stop for
a naval sextant, by Mr. T. Reynolds, who is quite a
youth, in ttie West India trade; by this invention ob
servations can be made with certainty at sea, during the
night and in thick fogs, and without the lose of repeating
each observation before the succeeding onecan be taken.
His Karol Highness congratulated the Society opt/ the
advancement of science, and the Meetintneperatel