Star.
London, England, 1828-12-05 00:00:00

ARRIVAL&

Sir Montague and Lady Cholmeley, in Chandos street, from
Brighton ; James Farquhar, Esq. M. P. and Mrs. Farquhar in Duke-
street, Westminster, from Scotland ; Mr. and Mrs. Bruce in Curs
son-street, May-fair, from Sourb,mpton ; Major F. Maddox in
Clargesottrtet, Piccadilly, from Portugal; Captain Chalonet in
Brook-street, from Canterbury; Captain and Mrs. Crawford in
Seymour-street, from Dorchester; Mr. and Mrs. Foley In
dilly, from Portugal ; Mr. and Mrs North in North Audley.street,
from Suffolk ; Major and Mrs. Harvey, in Park-place, from Ips-
wich ; Colonel and Mrs. Iremonger, and family, at the Lisbon
lintel, Dover street, from Scotland ; Capt. Irenionger, at ditto,
from Canterbury ; Captain W. Rook, at ditto, from Oxford; the
lion. Alexander Hayes, at ditto, from Scotland; J. Newdicks
Roq. arid Mrs. Newdick, at the Berner, Hotel, Berners-street,
from Learning:oil ; Thomas Cooke, Ea+ at ditto, from Newport ;
William Bayley. Esq. at ditto; the Rev William Thompson, at
Allures Hotel Lower Brook and Davies-streets. from Oxford;
the Hon. Colonel and Mrs. Dutton, at ditto, from Hants; G.
Hawkins. Evil. at ditto, front Herts. .
CHANGES.

Lord &owell frsm his house in Grafton-street, for his seat in
Becks; the Earl and Countess of Onslow, from the St. George's
Hotel. Allsemarle.street, for their seat in Surrey; George
E-q. and Mrs. Nottidee, from the Berners lintel, for
Braintree, Essex ; It. 11,'. Cos. from ditto, for his seat, Law.
ford, Essex ; the Hon. Mrs. Wilkins and family. friim Mivart's
Hotel, tor Wales; Captain Parkinson, from Fenton s Hotel, St.
James's-street. for Brighton ; J. 'Martin, E.q from ditto, on a
tour ; Spencer Mackey, Esq. from I.llis's Hotel. Si. James's-street,
for Liverpool; Wm. Sissivon, Kim from ditto, fur Brighton.

. DUMFRIES, Vac. 2.

Thursday a melancholy ac.iJei.t occurred in a hou e
near to the Town Mills. occupied by two of the millers and their
families. Two little children, the one a boy and the other a ilia,
were antu•ing Memorise.; in the kitchen, and on the temporary ab-
sence of their parents. bad proceeded too near the fire, on which
was placed upon a crane, a tea-kettle full of boiling water, which
they stumbled against and overset, and thus received the whole
contents upon their bodies. The little sufferers were instantly dis-
covered, and all as.istance rendered them, but we regret to say,
that one of them, the boy, died un the following morning ; the
other, we believe, lingers still in a very doubtful state. The names
of the parents are Tbumas Halter and William Hannay, both very
respectable and industrious individuals.
Mr. Samuel M•Clumpha, who for a long time time
had officiated as chairman, at the public assemblies in this town,
expired in an awfully sudden and impressive manner, on Saturdar
morning last. The deceased retired to rest on the preceding even-
ing in his usual health, slept soundly during night, and arose from
his repose on the following morning, without making any unusual
complaint. While in the act of dressing, however, be lastautane-
ously dropt down and expired.

Lady STUART. the Biit!sh Ambassadress at Parif,
was presented in grand ceremony on Friday last to the KING, the
Dawning, the DAVNIINESS, and the Duchess of MERIN. At sit
o'clock her Ladyship dined in the apartments of the Daurnix. The
Duchess de DANA.. Lady of Honour to the atreumass, did the
honours of the dinner.
Prince Whiten entertained a distingnikhed party to
dinner on Wednesday at Aohbuniham House, Dover-street, among
whom were—The Rail and Countess of Jersey, lion. Mr. Villiers,
Countess Cowper, Lady R. Cowper, Countess of Easton, Lord
Palmerston, Lord Bingham, Lord John Russell, Lord Fordewick,
Sir Andrew Barnard, &c. ••
lli,parr hes were teceived yesterday from Lord
STUART Ift ItOTWAY.

S t DANIEL WILLIAMS ye.terday re igned the office
of Chairman at the Sessions for the Liberty of the Tower. 0:4
age, with its infirmities, was stated by Sir DANIEL to be the cause
of his resigning.
Lady DuNonritron.—Deif, at Eli ynkinalt, in N rth
Wales, on the 224 of November, the Viscountess Dusioannum, the
highly respected and amiable consort of Lord Viscount DUNGANNON.
Her Ladyship was the daughter of Lord Souvrassertott, of the noble
family of FITZROY. and was niece of his Grace the late Duke of
GRAITON. Her Ladyship'. ind *position had been of long con-
tinuance, but the immediate cause of its much-lamented termination
was a spasm of the heart, which suddenly occasioned her death, to
the great grief of her family and friends.
WATERLOO BRIDGE COSIPANY.—At a tneeeng of the
Shareholders of this Company )esterday, at the Crown and Anchor
Tavern, it was stated that the expenditure fur the last half-yeir, in-
eluding 234 August, amounted to .£7,225 fis 24. Up to the same
period, there bad been received for tolls, £7,243 6s. 2d. Rents of
Vaults, £382 74. 6d. leaving a balance as a reserve for the half;
year of £lO2 191. Id.

It appe.rs by the report f the Commissioners fur
inquiring into Charities, tbat the income of all the Charities in-
vestigated and reported upon, amounts to between 480,0001. and
soccoooi. per annum.
There is at pte.ent in a quarry in Scotland a stone
which is estimated to be of the enormous weight of 15,000 tons ; its
length being upward. of 17.6 feet.
lhe increase in the Hop duty this year is said to be
27,17 W. 10s. 1 lid. The duty paid on the growth of 1827 was
144,8411/. and on this year 172,0271. 10s. 111 d.
Monday evening, about a quaile► pa•t sis o'clock, a
fire broke out in a factory at liebden-bridge, the property of
Messrs. Remsbottom. of Manchester. The fire, It appears, was
occasioned by the carelessness of a little boy in snuffing a candle,
and throwing the snuff on the fluor of the scutching.reom, where
a quantity or loose cotton was lying scattered about. The flames
spread with amazing rapidity, and by a little put seven o'clock the
whole was In a blaze. and in half an hour afterwards all that re-
mained of the immense pile of building, was the half of the bare
walls. The value of the property has been variously estimated at
front 15,000!. to 20,0001. The premises were insured to the
full amount.

Wednesday la r, two women employed at Mr.
DITCH naLD's factory, Prestoiee. near Ririgley, were ascending in a
basket raised by no.cbinery. Ow its arrival It the fourth story,
where one of them worked, not knowing bow to step the machi-
nery, she jumped out of the basket, with the intention of landing on
that story. Her clothes, however, were unfortunately caught hy
the basket, which held her a short time, but she fell through the
holes fur conveying the baskets upwards and downwards, and was
precipitated to the ground flour, and instantly killed. 11e other
woman remained in the basket, and was not in the least degree in-
jured. No blame can be attributed to the proprietor. She has
left a busbanJ and family of fuur children. An inquest has been
held upon the 'wily, and a verdict of" Accidental Death" returned.
—4l.fundkater llevow►y. _

In the early part c'f the last century several News_
papers were published at the low prices of a penny and a halfpenny,
in the shape of rivals to the 1.0/144 Gazette. One of these nas called
" The Penny Post ;" another, " The Penny Pent, or Indianan's
Select Packet ;" a third, "'The Peony Weekly Journal, or Satur-
day Evening's Entertainment;' a fourth, •• The Halfpenny London
Journal, or the British Oracle." One Paper was even published
SO b.w as at • farthing, and was entitled " AU Alive and Merry,
or the London Daily Post." Specimens of these and many more
are, we believe preserved among the literary ctuicalties in the
British Museum.