Star.
London, England, 1826-11-09 00:00:00

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE.

Princess Lieven left town yesterday for Brighton.
The Dowager Matehioness of Londonderry has left her seat,
Bolderwood Lodge, Hants, for Christchurch.
Lord Lynedoch has left his seat, Cosgrove Priory, for Mr.
Coke's seat, in Norfolk.

Sir Richard Hoare, Bart. has arrived at his seat, Stourkead
House, Wilts, from Weymouth.
J. M. Bunny, Esq. arrived in town, yesterday, from a tour
&tough South Wales.
Colonel and Mrs. Sydney have arrived in Bath, from liar-
roweate.
Lord Brudenell has left Fenton's New Hotel, St. James's-street,
for Brighton.
Arrivals at the Clarendon Hotel, Bond-street—The Marquis
and Marchioness of Sligo, from their seat in Ireland; the Earl
and Coolness of Howth, for Brighton. Departures from ditto—.
Captain Forbes, for the Continent ; It. Watt, Esq. for his seat in
Yorkshire.

Arrivals at the St. George's Hotel, Albemarle-street—Mr. Mrs
and the Miss Brummells, from their seat near Colchester; Mrs.
General Stapleton, at ditto, from Norfolk.
The Earl of Fife is expected in town, this week, from his seat, in
Scotland.

The Earl and Countess of Surrey have arrived at their seat,
Worksop Manor, Notts, from a tour.
Departures from the British Hotel—Mr. and Mrs. Tunes, for
their seat, near Bath ; Wm. Morley, Esq. for Oxford.
Arrivals at the Burlington Hotel, Old Iturlington and Cork-
streets—Colonel and Mrs. Raikes, from Brighton ; Sir H. Wil-
loughby, from Kent; Captain Matson, from a tour; A. Brown,
Esq. front Ireland. Departures from ditto—J. B. Impey, Esq.
on a tour.

Arrivals at the Royal Hotel, St. James's-street—••Captain
Stamer, 4th Dragoon Guards, from Coventry ; Colonel Scott, from
Edinburgh; Mrs. Knipe and family, from Hertfordshire; Captain
and Mrs. Bradley, from ditto. Departures from ditto—Sir Robert
and Lady Liston, for Naples; Hon. T. Pones, for Belvidere.

THE GUARDS' CLUB HOUSE.

This morning, as early as half•past eight o'clock, St.
James's-street was rendered almost impassable, in con-
sequence of the sadden fall of that magnificent building,
the Guard's Club House. It appears, that only a few
months ago the establishment underwent a complete

, repair; and in order to make it more roomy,"the party
wall on the south side bad been cut in half, and four
inches raised against it, which had materiajly weakened
it: in addition to this, the houses adjoining it.having
been pulled down, in order to be rebuilt, so that the
wall lost all its support. Yesterday afternoon, and
indeed for twe or three days, supporters had been raised
against it, in hopes that its falling might be prevented;
and, indeed, every precaution was adopted by the sur-
veyors, and other Gentlemen connected with the works,
to save the building.
About one o'clock this morning the establishment
closed, and all the members left, and the Steward, Mr.
Stone, his family, and the domestics, retired to rest.
Mr. and Mrs. Stone, and their infant child, a little girl
about three years old, slept in the back attic, upon which
floor the housemaids also slept ; and on the second floor
in the back room slept the waiter and other men en-
gaged in the house. About half-past six o'clock this
morning the two housemaids and the kitchen maid
arose to do their morning's work, leaving Mr. and
Mrs. Stone, and the rest of the individuals fast asleep in
their beds. And at about half-past seven one of the master
builders (we believe a Mr. Todd), observed the party wall
above alluded to, to bulge out very much, and he imme-
diately suspected that its fall would immediately take
place ; and he therefore ran into the house, and cried out,
" For Gon's sake, leave the premises if you wish to save
your lives, for the house will fall almost directly?'
The servants that were up instantly ran up stairs, and
informed their master and mistress of the danger that
awaited them, and also roused their fellow servants;
and all lost no time in deserting the house, and leaving
it and all the property therein to its fate. Not two
minutes had elapsed after the inmates had escaped,
before t'e whole of the party wall fell down with a
tremendous crash, from the roof to the basement, and
then the roof, having no support, fell in with such force,
that the materials carried the ponderous beams and
rafters through the billiard-room, drawing-room, down
to the coffee-room; but such is the extraordinary man-
ner in which the materials have fallen, that very
little damage to what might be expected has been done
to the furniture in the rooms through which they passed.
The billiard-table, and the four beautiful globular gas-
burners surmounting it, remain untouched, not even a
glass of the lamps is broken, and in the drawing-room,
the elegant chandeliers, of which this establishment so
much boasted, are scarcely injured, and may be seen
from the street. We really believe, from the curious
manner in which the roof fell in, that had not Mr: and
Mrs. Stone and their little girl escaped, they wouldhave
remained unhurt, as a beam fell in thatpositien that en-
tirely secured the bedstead from being buried with the
rubbish. Immediately after the accident a party of the
foot guards were stationed about the building to protect
the property that is now buried under the rubbish final
peculation,and messengers were dispatched to the Noble.
men forming the Managing Committee, to acquaint
them of the disastrous event ; and, in a short time Ater,
Colonel Grenthorp, Lord F. Paulette and Sir Archibald
Murray arrived, and remained about the ruins Cot several
hoots. There can be no doubt but the weak state of
the party wall, and the circumstance of the workmen
having dug six or seven feet below the foundation, in
order to build the adjuinlim house., was the cause of
:he accident. Wnat is most fortunate is, that no lives
Here lost, as just before the wall fell, there were from
80 to 100 men at work underneath it, but at the moment
4- its fall they were all gone to breakfast. To prevent
my accident, men have been set to v o k to pull down
'the totttring remains.