Star.
London, England, 1821-05-07 00:00:00

THE PARK.

Although the early part of the afternoon, yester-
day, was blustering, dusty, and lowering, the Park
was so crowded as to deserve the denomination of an
absolute " squeeze;" and towards fiveo'clock, when
the sun shone out in all its splendour over the rich
green turf and foliage, and the gaily-chequered cos•
tume of the female promenaders, the scene presented
a beautifully refreshing coup d'oeil—a fine westerly
breeze adding to its charms by sweeping far away,
in the opposite direction, all the dust and smoke.
which too frequently render the Promenade delight-
less. There was another refreshing novelty too in
the affair, inasmuch as the whole valley, west of the
Drive, was covered with a fine sheet of water, by the
bursting of the embankment of the reservoir ; and
this cinennistnnce, forcing the promenaders on to the
higher ground, made the spectacle still more im-
posing and picturesque. The Drive was so thronged,
that at one time the carriages were immovable for
more than three quarters of an hour. The following
are a few of the illustrious and other Noble or dis-
tinguished personages present ;

On the Promenade-7-Hk Royal Highness Prince Leopold of
Saxe-Coburg; his Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence and
his accomplished daughters, the Misses Fitzclarence ; his High-
ness Prince Paul Estethazy; and the Polish Prince Lubor-
mirsky ; Prince Cimitelli ; Count D'Outtrimont, Count St. An-
tonio, Earl of Darnky ; Countess Bathurst, Lady Georgians
Bathurst, Mr. Seymour Bathurst, and Lady Lennox; the
Earl of Westmorland, Sir George Warrender, and Colonel
Ayton ; the Earls of Verulam, Cloruntil, Blesinton, and
3fountcharles ; Lords Stopford, J. S. Churchill, Normanby,
Colville, Lake, Brudenell, and Grantham; Sir R. Milbank.
Messrs. Horace and Frederick Seymour, and Miss Seymour;
Mr. and Miss Eden, Mr. Manners, Mr. Rakes, and many others.
In splendid Equipages—Her Royal Highness the Princess
Augusta; his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex ; the Duke of
Portland; the Marchionesses Winchester, Cbolmundeley, and
Londonderry; the Marchioness Dowager of Downshire ; the
Countesses Aylesbury, Chichester, Shaftesbury, Egmont, Co-
vestry, Blesintoa, and St. Antonio; Lady Owen of Orielton,
Lady Ougley, Lady Hyde Parker, Countess Dowager Mount-
morns, Mrs. Beaumont, Mrs. T. Chaplin, Mrs. Mitchell, and a
multitude of other distinguished fashionables.—The Earls of
Windiness and Fife, and Sir W. W. Wynn, drove eurricles;
and Lord Mohnen:, Colonel D'Este, the Hon. J. Scott, and Mr.
Moberly, were among the most conspicuous of the delinelleers.
Ou horseback were—The Marquis of Buckingham, the Earl
of Roseberry, Viscount Exmouth, Lords Ashtown, Pagets, Say
and Sele, and Loughborough ; Sirs H. Wilson, C. Bampfylde,
and T. T. Jones; Major and Mr. FitzcLuvoce, Mr. Manners
Sutton, Mr. Quintin Dick, &c.

Saturday, Prince LEOPOLD had a dinner party.
The assembly at the Marchioness of LONDON.
DERRY'S, after the Opera, on Saturday, included al-
most all the persons ofrank present at the performance.

Saturday, Lord otnd Lady CA LTIIORPE gave an
elegant entertainment at their house, in Grosvenor-
square, commencing with a large dinner party, and
f Mowed by an evening party of distinction.

The residence of Mrs. TuostpsoN, in Grosvenor-
square, was thrown open to the fashionable world
again on Friday night, with a grand Concert. The
int. rior of the n,:illsion displayed its usual brilliancy.
Yesterda:„ the Duke and Duchess of MONTROSE
gave a dinar at their house in Grosvenor•square, to
the Cousstess of Pow's, I,,:dy E. FINCH HATTON,
Colonel FINCH HATTON. :11iss, FINCH HATTON, Mr.
E. FINCH HATTON, Lord CLIVE, Captain BRUCE,
Mr. CHINERY, Mr. BUCHANAN, and Mr. WILLIAM
BATHURST.

Yesterday, the Earl and Countess of MORLEY gave
a grand dinner at their residence, Kingston House,
Knightsbridge, to the Earl and Countess of HAR-
ROWBY, Lady MARY RYDER, Earl and Countess of
BATHURST, Lady G. BATHURST, Viscount and Vis-
countess GRANVILLE, Earl of WINCHILSRA, and a
large party of distinguished fashionables.
Yesterday, the Earl and Countess of PLYMOUTH
gave a dinner at their residence, in Grosvenor-square,
to the Earl of WHITWORTH, Duchess of DORSET,
Lord and Lady AMHERST, Earl of ABERDEEN, Earl
of SHAFTESBURY, Earl and Countess of Da LA
WARRE, &C.

Lady HYDE PARKER'S conversazione, last night,
was attended by a large circle of the Nobility and
other persons of distinction.
The KING has been pleased to signify his gracious
intention of becoming sponsor to the infant son of
the Count and Countess de LiEvEN, jointly with the
Emperor of RUSSIA. The baptism will take place on
Thursday next.

The Gentlemen Pensioners, at the ensuing Corona.
tion, are to wear exactly the same costume that the
corps did when first raised as a Royal Guard, in the
reign of Hasay VIII. viz.—the Officers a doublet of
crimson and blue velvet, slashed, and richly laced
I and buttoned, short breeches, and long scarlet silk
hose, a lace ruff round the neck, and, instead of a
hat, a black velvet bonnet, with feathers. The uni-
form of the private Gentlemen will be the same, ex-
cept being made of cloth instead of velvet.
Friday evening, a fire broke out in a room of the
first floor of No. 19, Gloucester-street, Commercial-
road. A man named Spraggs, who occupied the
room, came home rather intoxicated, and went to bed,
and soon afterwards the fire was discovered. He was,
unfortunately, so much burnt, that he died in the
London Hospital on Saturday morning. His two
children were got out unhurt.

About ten o'clock on Thursday morning, as a Gen-
tleman, who was accompanied by a large Newfound-
land dog, was walking by the side of the basin of the
Regent's Canal, Maiden-lane, Battle-bridge, the dog,
which 'was amusing himself by diving in the water,
brcught to the bank the dead body of a young
woman; she had light hair, and appeared to have
died of a cancer in the breast ; the limbs were all
attached to the body, but dissected ; on further search,
part of the body of a man, also dissected and in a
very putrid state, was discovered by the dog, and
afterwards several legs, arms, and the entrails of per-
sons, were found by the same animal. It is supposed
they were bodies stolen from some church-yard, and,
after being dissected by some surgeon, were thrown
into the Canal for concealment. The bodies and
limbs were removed to Islington church-yard for
interment.

Tuesday se'nnight, Ralph Cairns, drayman, was
unfortunately killed at Messrs. PRATT and GREGSON'S
brewery, in Berwick. The dray being laden, the horse
was drawing it up from the cellar, when part of the
harness broke, and the cart running rapidly back
crushed the unfortunate man against the wall, who
expired almost immediately.