Star.
London, England, 1826-04-12 00:00:00

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE.

Lady Harriet Williams Wynn gave her second grand assembly
for the season on Monday evening, at her mansion in &. James's
square. The elegant and spaeimis suit of drawing rooms were
most brilliantly Muminated. The Band. of the Oxford Blues were
stationed in the inner ball, and performed martial and other music
during the evening. There were present nearly four ►undred of
the haut ton.

The Duchess of Bedford arrived on Friday at her house in St.
James's square, from Paris, preparatory to her accouchement,
which is shortly expected.
• The Dowager Duchess of Richmond and the Ladies S. and G.
Lennon have arrived at Gordon Castle, N. B. from Ireland.
The Countess of Essex and Bliss Pugh have arrived in town
hom Hastings.
Lord Dorchester has arrived in town from Hants.
Lord Frederick Ikanclerk, R. N. has arrived at his brother's,
the Duke of St. Alban's. from Davenport.
Lady Dynevor and the Honourable Misses Rice left town yes-
terday, fur Barrington Park, Oxfordshire.
Sir John and Lady Hope arrived yesterday at St. James's Hotel,
Jermyn-street, from Scotland.
Sir Charles CockereU, Bart. M.P. arrived yesterday at his house
in Piccadilly, from his seat, Sozincot. Gloucestershire.
Arrivals at Bates Hotel, Dover-inreet—Mr. Turnbull and family,
front Scotland; Mr. and Mrs. Wells, front Bromley.
Arrivals at the Bath Hotel, Arlingtoautreet—Mr. dnd Mrs.
Whitaker. and sons, from their seat in Surrey ; Colonel and Mrs.
Blonek. from the Continent; Mr. Mrs. and Miss Harding, front

Southampton.
Arrivals at the Burlington Hotel, Old Burlington and Cork-st.
The Ilxv. Edward Smith, (run Canterbury. Departures... The
Marchioness of Ormonde for Southampton; Mr. and Mrs.
Bridges and family, for their seat in Kent.
Arrivals at Vernon's New Hotel, St. James's-street—M. Wyvill,
Esq. M.P. from Yorkshire; Colonel Wood, M.P. and son, from
Wales; Hon. George Anson, from a tour ; Captain Collier, R. N.
from Hants; Edward Parrett, Esq. from Brighton; Robert Van-
&Wart, Esq. frosn his seat in Berks. Departures--Colonel Scott,
for Windsor • Hon. Captain Vernon, for Brighton; the Rev. Thos.
and Mrs. 14rdall, for their seat, Lincolnshire ; Colonel Cracroft,
tot Liacokiihire.

Lord Lowraxit's Bill, to place the turnpike trust
within ten miles of the metropolis under a general and
improved system, has been taken out of the usual course
and is referred to a Committee above stairs; to afford an•
the parties likely to be affected by the measure the
opportunity of being heard by themselves, or Counsel,
and witnesses. The renters of the trusts have chiefly
effected this change.
Few of our readers are awate of the great attraction
in the name of as Dunelm it is the immense lay pa-
tronage attached to it. The Bishop of Durham has been
from time immemorial a temporal sovereign, having
the power of conferring the honour of knighthood ; he
acts as Lord Lieutenant of the county palatine of Dur-
ham, with the title of Earl of Sadburgh ; is Sheriff
paramount, and exercises the loyal prerogative of ap-
pointing the acting Sheriff ; is Commander of the Forces
and Admiral of the Fleet within his jurisdiction ; is a
Judge, with the power of life and death, taking the pre-
cedency of all the King's Justices ; holds a baronial
court, and is attended by a suitable retinue. The pre-
ceding is but a short enumeration of the temporalities
of out English Lord Bishop.
In the Court of Chancery, on Saturday, the Loan
CriAncaLkoa, in deciding a motion in the case of
]lraham v. Strathmore, stated, that at the time the An-
nuity Act, 17th Gco UI. was passed to protect the sons of
men of fortune from the extortion of money-lenders, in
the height of their indignation against transactions of that
description, the Legislature went into the opposite ex-
treme, and consequently that act had worked much
greater iniquity than it had cured. For years after it had
pissed, no too courts of law could agree as to the
meaning of it, He (the Lord Chancellor) remembered
.being engaged as counsel in the House of Lords, when,
kt the course of his argument, he addressed Lord
EDS,LYN as the framer of that act. As soon as he con-
visaed, Lord Rosman came down to the bar, and m-
asted him that he had not any thing to do with the
(ranting of the act, but that Lord KIDIVON was the
author of it. He (the Lord Chancellor) would not say
in what manner Lord Kenioe had afterwards repu-
diated this imputation; but, down to the present hour,
it was not known who was he author of the Annuity Act.
Trie Jesuirs.—Some of the French Papers contain
a curious account of a trial, which lately took place at
St. Omer, respecting a legacy which a novice of the
suppressed society of the Jesuits bequeathed, in 1821,
to trustees, for the benefit of that order. M. Lupine,
the testator, who died at St. Omer, in July, 1821,
at the advanced age of 88, left to several relations
.bearing his own name, very insignificant sums, while
he devised by his will the bulk of his property, amouut-
ing to more than 30,000 francs, to a M. L his executor.
"to be disposed of according to his will previously
made known to him without rendering any account of
the same." That previously settled destination of the
property *was to the Jesuits. Howevcr singular this
testament appealed, the relations of the deceased at
first acquiesced in is, but hearing afterwards that the
property which ought to have come to their hands was
going !o the support of a society formerly suppressed
by royal authority, and still prohibited by the existing
laws, they appedled against the execution of the will to
the Royal Court of Douay. The suit began above two
fears ago; and the Court on the 29th ult. decided in
avour of the heir of the deceased, and made void his
will in favour of the Jesuits, who being banished from
the kingdom in 1764, and not since restored, were inca-
pable of profiting by such liberality.
Mr. Thomas River., timber-merchant, of Farnham,
expired on Wednesday last, in consequence of the in-
juries he received by the overturning of the Dorking
coacbt at Ewell, on the Saturday preceding.