Star.
London, England, 1829-01-03 00:00:00

SEVEN OAKS. KENT.

Theisday being New Yeat's Day, Seven 0 .Its, in
Kent,. was a acne of much gaiety. Vie fis fasluuttable
13 11 of this season having then t: ken place. The Nobility
and Gentry cf the Vicinity assembled on t' e occasion at
the Crown Hotel, to the number of one hundred and
silty, among whom were—
The hlariuls of Camden and family, the Marquit ,ivl Mar.
chimes. of Downshire, Earl and Countese Anilivrst, Mims.
dale. Lady C. Gordon. Sir T. Taylor' Sir F. Wan. &e.
They were most sumptuously enteitainai. T..e re-
freshments consisted if every :Icy, and tho w'ne
were etcelleni. The ball-room was thrown open a little
before ten o'clock, and the su, per Vi 46 announced at
one, after which dancing was resumed with redoubled
animation, and continued till a late hour.

FASIIION A BLE IN lELLIGENCE.

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A It RI V A LS.

Mr. and the Hon. Mrs. William Gosling, in Portland-place,
from Roehampton ; the Dowager Marchhiness of Exeter, at her
house in l'rivy Gardens, from her seat, Meta:lll)ton ; thr FA,' of
Fife, at the Pulteney Hotel, Albemarle street. from the Royal
Lodge, Windsor; Mr. and Mrs. Walker, in Great Cumberland-
place; Major and Mrs Proctor, It North Andley-street, fr. ni
Brighton; Mr. and Mrs. Gibbon Knight, in Seymour .street, from
Ponarlington ; Mr. and Captain Berry, in Grosvenor-pla:e, from
Paris; Mr. and Mrs. Curznns, In Grosvenor place, from Rams-
gate; Major Robert Eyre, in &. James's-place. from Chester ;
Mr. and Mrs. Currie. in Harley-street, (roan Brighton ; Major
Green, in Park-street, from Normandy ; Major and Mrs. Haw-
kins, in Berkeley-street. from Brussels; Mr. William A. Mackin-
non, on Hyde Park-terrace, Oxford-street, from his scat in Hamp-
shire; Mr. and Mrs. Dawson, at their house in Manchester-square,
from their seat, &. Leonard's IliU, near Windsor; Mr. and Mrs.
Douglas, in Wimpole-street, front the Continent; Congreve,
Esq. at Gould's Hotel. Jet myn-street, from his seat in Berko ; Cap-
tain Kenrick, at Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-street, from Ireland ;1
Mr. and Mrs. Wilkinson. at ditto, from Ireland; Mrs. Simmons'
and family, at the Bath Hotel. Arlington-street, from Wilts • Cap-
tain and Mrs. Watson, at ditto, from Bath ; Captain Needham, at
ditto, from ,Berhs.
CHANGES.

The Hon. George Agar and Lady Georgina Ellis, at Rerhamp-
ton, from the Royal Lodge, Windsor; the Marquis of Hastings,
from the Burlington Hotel, Old Burlington and Cork Streets, for
Donington Park, Leicestershire ; Lady Chetwynd, from Crawley's
Hotel (late Cook's), Albemarle-street, for h.'r seat in Essex ;
Captain Harcourt, from ditto on a tout ; Colonel Davies, from
Ellis's Hotel, St. James'eastreet, oat a tour; A. P. Atkinson, Esq.
73d Regiment, from ditto, for Bristol; the Alines Ogle, from
Warren's Hotel, Regent-street, for Lord DAM'S sear, the Hoo,
Hens; Captain Fellowes, from the Royal Hotel. St. Imes's-
street for Bath ; Captain Williams, from the Bath Hotel, for
Wales ; Captain Sargent, from ditto, for Berke; Mrs. and Miss
Charlton, from ditto, for dm North.

PARISIAN DINNER DRESS.
'BOK acicsamaim's IFOKTORT OF VAIIMIOIIII, &C.

A gown of the new fancy material, toile de Smyrne, of the
darkest shade of bottle green. Corsage a renfatit, cut low and
square finished round the bust by a narrow embroidery in scarlet
and bright green silk. Short full sleeve, over which is a long and
very large one of gaze lisse ; it is confined at the wrist by a bracelet
ais Grecque of wrought gold, with a rube clasp. Ceinture a
point, fastened behind in bows without ends, and embroidered in
front in a bouquet of damask roses. The trimming of the skirt
consists of an exceedingly Lrool bias, finished at the upper edge by
two molting, one of scarlet, the other of yellow satin. The bias
is embroidered in bouquets of yellow and damask roses, with foliage
of various shades of green. The hair is arranged in bands on the
forehead, over which falls on each side a full cluster of curls. Ilead-
sires& a beret of black velvet, the brim a la ltspagnole ; of very large
sixeohe crown low, and =sod with velvet bands arranged in
drapery. A profusion of ostrich feathers, green, scarlet, and pale
yellow, adorn the crown; a bandeau of scarlet and green satin
crones the inside of the brim, and the ostrich feathers are placed,
lone to fall in the neck, the other to droop to the right side. Ear-
rings, &c. gold and rubles. White kid gloves, and dark green
[satin shoes.