Star.
London, England, 1828-10-11 00:00:00

DUMFRIES. Ocr. 7.

Among the other festivities attendant on the race-
week, two brilliant assemblies were held on the even.
ings of Thursday and Friday. The attendance on both
occasions was numerous, and mote particularly on the
latter evening.Tbe company, independently of strangers,
comprised all the beauty, tank, and fashion resident in
a pretty wide district of country; and when the lamps,
OF rather the chandeliers " shone," as Lord Byron says,
sr o'er fair women and brave men"—the large ball-
room had a very gay and fascinating appearance. His
Grace of Buccleuch, though absent from the race-
courte. arrived from Drumlanrig at ten o'clock, and
paid the company a high compliment, by being about
the first person in the room, and among the last who.,
left Ir. The ball and supper were given by the mem-
bets of the Southern Meeting, and covers were laid for
150 guests, including a large proportion r.f Ladies.
The table was crowned with every delicacy ; Mr. Fer-
guson of Craigdarroch filled the chair; and on his
right sat the Duke of Buccleuch ; Sir Paulus lEmelius
Irving acted as croupier; and the party, however glad
of a brief respite, appeared to be in the highest spirits,
and anxious to resume the amusement of dancing. The
Duke. as may be supposed, led off the ball with the
parroaess,-Mrs. Sharpe if HoAdam, and appeared to
feel so little fatigued, that 11:- chanyed his partner fre-
quently during Vie evening, and thus complimented a
consicerable number of the Ladies pietent.. His manner,
which is free, affable, and natural, seemed well calcu•
lamed to bani,h stiffness, hail anything like formality
appeared ; and it may be said, that he bought, without
intending it, golden opinions from both sexes. All the
strangers present described the hall as one of the most
agreeable they ever attended ; mid dancing, with the
excertion of the time allowed for sapper, was kept up
uninterrnptedly from 11 toil five o'clock next morning.
UTILITY OF Nor% spArens —ln our last, we :cited
that the body of a stranger genteelly :tubed, had been
Gast a •hore at Glasseiton, near 1% frith& n, on the `24th
ult. and decenTly interred or the bus ying-ground,ol the
above parish, w&I other pal ticulats ‘,ll.ch we need not
sec. pitulate ; end it says something for the utility of
newspap-: s, that the notification we speak of led in the
course of a few days to a discovery, which forty years
ago mishit have rem.ined fur ever a profound secret.
The name o‘ the deceased was Henry Threfall, of Pout-
tnn, in the Fylde, I.4ncashite, and it appears from a
letter winch is now before us. written brone of his sof.
rowinc relatives, that he left Irvine in high spirits on
the 22J Angus-, in an open boat, manned by Captain
Wilding, his mate, and a cabin boy. The two former
were experienced seamen, and the party expected to
reach Liverpool in four hours. The wind, hos, ever,
became violent and coutrary ; and it is supposed that
the boat was driven into Blackpool, %siege the crew and

Mr. Thref all unf. rtunately perts: eJ. A trunk and hat
hicb erc washed edit:tie mitt day, led tt• 'hi • painful
IMriclusi..o, and no dottbt tf. the fart, otter
the hudy cr.e of the iew had f,een dt.covered and id• n•
tified at the I.le of Man. For the fibers. a smith was
kept. up for weeks, and it was only through the medium
of this paper, or some other Journal Oat had copied the
parag..i :b, th3t the itelings of Mr. Thretall's relatives
were so far reiieved, on learning that his remains had
received the rites of Christian s:pulture. Few this kind
office, they feel exceedingly grateful, and have tont-
misiioued a Gentleman in this town, nt t only to thank
the good people of Glassertou, but to remunerate them
handsomely for their attention and trouble. It is farther
their intention to elect a tombstone over the grave of
a most promising Gentleman, cut off in the very prime
of his days ; and we were much pleased on pet using
the touching inscription which they propose to put on
it.—Dronfrks Courier.