Star.
London, England, 1820-05-08 00:00:00

HYDE PARK.

fly three o'clock yesterday afternoon, the Drive
and the Promenade began to manifest symptoms of
another crowded day; and during the next hour
company continued pouring in at every gate. To-
wards five o'clock, persons of rank, either alone or
in pities, met the eye at every turn.on the prome-
nade. Tile splendid equipage and superb livery were
frequent in the drive; and the cavalcade of eques-
trians wele of undoubted fashion. Ora the prome-
nade were— •

Ills Royal highness the Duke of Clarence and two of the
Alissea, titrelarence, Lord and Lady Grantham, and Mr. Spen-
cei Percival ; Prince Esterhazy, Lord Aivantey,-.and Lord Fo-
ley; the Earls of Mountcharles, 'Westmoreland, and Blessing-
ton; Lord Closimel ; the Duke of Argyle, the'Earl of Cour-
town, and Mr. Railws; the Duke of lbaufort, the Earl of
Rosebeiry, Sir Marks and Lady Morgan, Sir Charles Gre
oft, Sir John and Lady Augusta Murray, Lord Granville So-
!lima, the Countess of Glesgalh Lady Ann Butler, and Mr.
Frederic Seym,,ur; Miss Seymour, Mr. Seymour Bathurst. and
the Earl of Gleng::11; Lord Apsley, Lady Emily, ind Lady
Georgian* Bathurst; Lord Auckland, Mrs. and Misies Eden;
the Ladies Paget; Earl- Darnley, Lotd A.litlrnv.-0, Lord tan-
; Colonels Lygon and Ftesketh, &c. &c.—ln the drive there
were the equipages of the Duke of Gloucester, the Marquisses
of ilertford and Cholmondeley ; Count Antonio, Lord Castle-
reagh, the Earl cf Ilarrowby ; Lady Palk ; the Earl•sal Co-
ventry ; Lady Perth, Lprd and Lady Kirkcudbright ap-
V•ated in a corriele. And among the equestrians were observed
Viscount Palmerston, Count Antonio, le Comte St. Martin
IBAglio, Lord Dssulston, Colonel Seymour, the Earl of Selrho-
r°4ofor&r.—Th? Marquis of Anlesta and his rler..r.t daughters,
were mpuntral ou their fiery couraars, displaying both grace and
symmetry.
• The Variety of costume consequent upon the expira-
tion of a Court mourning, contributed to prtxlss,
display of almost unprecedented variety and spleiv.
dour. Among• the first-rate elegantes the lengthened
st )rnacher, and the Queen Eizabeth's rdrare in high
estimation. Tice cone is still the favourite form:for'
female dress, they being tight at the waste, With a
oklig,ious sweep downwards, and with a display of
u inimings often more expensive than the habit itself.
Ostrich feathers, aild :lowers are worn in abundance.
male exquisite.; have generally adopted the darks
ime:pressiOles, and the l'extsham shallow!

The Dike and Duchess of Arnot. entertained a
party of di .tinctian yesterday, at their house in Great
George-street, Westminster.
Yesterday, the Duke of WELLINGTON enternsiaed
a large party of Noblemen and Gentlemen with a
grand dinner at Aksley House. Of the distinguished
perions invited, there were present,
The Earl of Shaftesbury, Earl of Westakorelaad, Earl Ba-
thurst, General Lord um, the Earl of Lauderdale, Ear. .

The MarqUis of AsoLzsza entertained .a large
party of di•.tinguished personages yesterday, at his
house in Old Btu lington•strect.
• Lady HEATIICOTE gave a grand dinner yesterday
to the Duchess of LEEDS,. Lord and Lady- BELORAVE,
Lord ARCIIISALD HAMILTON, Mr. and Lady C. W.
Nliss PANG, and several other di:tin-
g Lashed personages, At ;ler house in Grosvenor-square.
Her Ladyship has issued upwards of 600 cards of
invitaticu fur a splendid assembly ort the 23d instant.
Saturday, the Earl and '2ountess of DEnsv enter-
tained the following distinguished per:An:ages with a
grand I)iii;ier, at their mansion in-Grosvenor-square :
The Martir!a and Marchioness of Lansdown, Lord ArchibJd
Ilamiltun, Earl and Countess Grosvenor Earl and Coutit.:4 of
D.:miry, the Arehlbi4hop of York and Grosvenor,
Anne Vernon, the
])uk: and Duch4.4s of-llatnikon, Lord and Lady Ossulston, Lord
John Russell, Mr. and Lady Louisa Lambton, Lord Rosslyn,
rad of Lauderdale, Mr. lleathcote, Lord Molyneux Earl and
Cikntess Cowper, Countess of Jersey, Lady Elizabeth Grey,
Sir Robert Kaguson, atc.
Oa S eurday night, Lady CASTLEREAGH' gave her
first Opera Banquet this season, at her house in Saint
James's-square. The suite of Drawing-zooms and
Dining-rooms were brilliantly illuminated : in the
Utter the banqueting tables were laid. After the
Opera her Ladyship was vi.:ited by upwards of two
liundred of the Nobility and Gentry.

The Marquis of Husirtry gave :an elegant enter-
tainment on Saturday, at his residence,Great George-
stn.set, Westminster' to the Duke of Yoax..
Saturday night, Mrs. and the Miss TnouPsous
opened their eegant mansion in Grosvenorsquare,
for the first time since their arrival from the Coati-
s:cut, with a grand Concert. Upwards of two hundred
ai.d fifty distinguishe,l, fashionables were lectern.
The Archbislaip 9f CANT. ERBURY'S fourth public
entertainment, on Saturday, at Lambeth Palace, was
attended brupwards of twenty distinguished person-
ages. Among them were:
The Bishop of Oxford, the Bishop of Lincoln, Earl Brown-
13w, the Marquis of Northampton, Lord Itedesdale, Lord An-
General Milner, Dr. Cranky, Ik. Watson, Archdeacon
Watson, nee. Mr. Monis, George Gunning, Esq. dm
The king of PRUSSIA has presented to the Arch-
bisliop of CANTERBURY, by the bands of Baron Bu-
LOW, aj splendid dessert and tea service of porcelain.
A similar present has been made to Mr. WILBER-
x3RCR, and to Isl. 1141.011ISCHILD, Esq. accompanied
by a complimentary letter from Baron HA RD ESSE ft°,
in the name of his Royal Master.
An Enter Paper contains an 'advertisement cau-
tioning the public against giving any credit to the
wife of a certain individual, because she has now
eloped from him for “ the nineteenth time, without
the least provocation r
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Diann FASHIONS.—" The more simple that the
Ladies are in their dress," says the Journaldes Dames,
" the more cpquettish are the young men become.—
Not content to have their waists tightened by stays
and busks, their waistcoats of a thousand colours,
white gloves, and stockings a-jour, they load them-
selves with gewgaws and jewels. Besides their seals
and rings, the eye-glass and the breast-pin, it is the
true Lim inn for a Dandy to have a large breeches
buckle, and the tags of his braces in gold

LAW INTELaGENCE.
COURT OF 'CIRO'S BENCH, MAY 6.
THE ItINCI V. CARLILE.
Mrs. Carlile appeared thil morning to plead to
another criminal information filed against her, at the
instance of the Society for the Suppression of Vice,
for publishing another libel, containing doctrines of
Paine's Age of Reason.
Mr. DEALTRY read over the information, to which
the defendant pleaded—Not Guilty.
Mr. Dom.vnv--r-Take notice, then, that you will
be tried upon this information at the Sittings in Guild-
, hall, to he held for the City of London, after the next
Term.—The defendant then retired.