Star.
London, England, 1829-01-26 00:00:00

BURY ST. EDMUND'S. JAsuilT 24.

..We had a most el pant Ball last night, given bs the
Gentlemen of the Suffolk Haut. Thee, hunched reesnut
partook of the amusements .of the evening, st the mag.
nificent Assembly 11noms.• Quadrilles and Walt. $
went on with great spirit until halt past me &clad;
when the company sat down t a splendid •upper....
The beauty of the La.lies and the elegance of their
dresaes have sever been surpassed. Gold and soh., •
lamas were most in vogue, w ith high pitons.' of.
feathers. The Gentlemen were dressed in their full
hupteg'• costume. Dancing commet.ced at ten -'clfick.
Few, if any, scenes of a more jnyeus nature have bet*
ever witnessed than that which (walled on Friday latt. .
Dancing was kept up until five o'clock in the matting,
with scarcely loaf internii:sion. when the Carriages diem
up to receive their owneps. wl o, even at that late hour, 7
appealed unwilling to leave the fe,tive scene. TM
Stea aids for the eveling were T. Halifax, jun. Esq..
P nennet, jun. E q. 1. Th-rnhill, jun. Esq. *Captain
Heigliam. T. H. Wilkinson, H.q.

The urbanity of tfe Duke of %Yew:tiro:4 it a late'
Civic Feast, especially after dinner, is tie 'theme of
universal praise in tl e Cite. •
Th.! nomination . f thi Duke of Nowt:tostaretatin
to the Lop L•el.tritahrcy of Ireland i. the most wise
and salutary step which• could have betn taken upon•
the occasion. Hud the Duke of WELLINGTON Lulled
the whole Arist-cracy of the kingdom for • the
pur-
pose, he could cr. t have In WC a choice not only more
entirely tine:cepa. nable, but one possessing more de'
sirab,e requisites for the office. under the peculiarseiest
cumsatumes in which its new possessor it callel urol
to fill it.- To say nothing of the Duke of Nowt-nuts.,
BRELAND'S rank and wealth (bo of whit h form ob •
small recommend .tion to the
good* ill of the inhabitants
of Dublin in particular) his Grace posseses that degree of
od sense, and absence from the' v armth and thraldom
of party, which are more than ever desirable in
a situa inn which seems hetet with all that inflammable
m.uer which a county temperament is so likely
and so liable to . ignite. The Duke is not net
of those who has ever thrust himself f iru r d into public '
life, or deemed the gale of notoriety The only one by
which a man of high tank and hi. th can steer. But by
shoe who know him best he is considered as possessing
a sound understanding and a correajmigment. and not •
rat all wanting in what may be called public quali.ies,
on occasions which call fur their eserctse.
CONCESSION TO LITERATURE...At is said, the Lords
•of the Treasury will shortly i.sue an ()icier to the Pns'.
master General, permitting the free tratsnlission,throach
the Post-office, to authors resi 'hag in the C. wary, of
the proof sheets of any work in the Press. Tne proofs,
it is said. are to be sent open to Sir F. FREELINO, who
will enclose them in a Post-office cover, according to
the address; arid they may be returned in the saint
manner. This will doubtless be an accommodation to '
whom and if, as in Floor°, it was ca. tied further, it
would be sn accommodation to the public also. In -
Franc all new publications, except those of very great
weight, are carried by the mail coaches at a trifling
expense.
' HINT Housiteaeram.—A prudent and somewhat
parsimonious ofd Lady, who lives in one of the most
romantic of the Westernlslands, being at certain sea-
sons strongly beset with calls from attestors. has
adopted the following expedient with her morning vi-
sitors, which she finds to be an infallible recipe for
preventing their further stay. Having set before her
guests the materials of an ample Highland breakfast,
the hostess, towards the conclusion of the meal, takes
occasion to remark—" Pray makes good breakfast for
—therAs no saying where you may get your dinner."
' • Oue of the largest steamers was lately obliged, by
Area of weather, to put int.) Beaumaris, short of pro.
visions. Sixpence a piece was demanded for eggs!
'nor could they get one piece of meat without perches.
iog the whole sheep, and that at an exorbitant price!
Captain EMBRY. of the Margaret. Simpson. Scotch
trader, who met with an accident about a fortnight
since at Hay's Wharf, Tooley-street. by falling into the
hold while in a state of inebriati-n, and was conveyed to
Guy's Hospital. died in a state of most demi sit on Saint.
day last. at four o'clock. is a curious fact that this
old sailor. who was a most powerful, tall, and stout.
built man. at the last moment imagined himself acted.
and died giving orders to his crew with the utmost Vit.
tinctr.ess and precision. Ile has left a wife and rfamily
of three infant children in Scotland.
A large party of lordlings and young M.P.'s had
been siimmontd me evening, under the direct on of
Mr. ARBUTHNOT of the Treasury, to attend to the de•
bate on an important question brought forward by
Ministers on which a division was anticipated. Alter
a long and very tedious discussion, how ever, the oppos •
tion declined measuring their strength; upon which
Lord CASTLIREAGH—who had observed all ere *b It
the restlessness and impatience of she. junior adherents
of the Treasury, moving to and fro under the gallery.
and scarce brooking the controuing nods of their leader
--leisurely walking up to them. and addressing the
latter. with a tooth-pick in his moo'h, slid very coolly,
.4 Ai buthnot, we shall have no division to-night ; send
your bays home."—Weeigy Review.
A Nlecting of the inhat itann of the parish of 81.11 ride
was held in the Vestiy on Parlay, Mr. Churchiliaidle
Moortart being in the Chair, when the subject' of the
distressed state of the parochial poor roomkeepers Bed
inhabitants was taken into consideration, and it vas
unanimously resolved that a subscription for the t teli t
should be commenced throughout the parish, arid it
commenced this day. The greatest distress is proved
to exist .amongst them •• • • -
Flaky a Commission De Lunatic* Inquire** war
mewed at the Sheriff's Once,. Red Lion Squares Is
detminine whether . Abraham Lewis,. of Tallied, is
Beilishare, carpenter, was of unsound mind and kw.
vbfit Wf managing his own affairs. A surgeon ; rani
that in 1817 Abraham Lewis had been admitted in.,
St. Ltikk'i; be was then insane, and was .afterwards
disclialgil as imitable. He bad since been received
IMO tlethnaY Green .Lunatic Asylum, from which be
was, also discharged aiincurable. He continues in the
state state. Several "'imams ye void nce of the la.
(reties conduct, Sibkh fully eoaitasrd this opinion, aid
the -ury returned' wirtirdict that be was of unsound mind
sand the lit of June,lB27. •
WlSCHaavait,4o. 21..--About one o'clock on Friday
morning last, a gang of armed poachers,. *posed tae
consist pj 4. or mote, entered the woods of' T. G.
E;4. alliesi*Patt, Wilt*, and after! firing 18
ors 20timci tsifer4 proctida soon after three' (Mock 10
the snoods. .Wadham Locke, Est. at Roodeford.
whets they hid the audacity to fire' within 50 pints if
the, house. The Wilily being alarmed, Mr. Locks sei
the servants wean out, when one of the latter was W-
and** knocked down by a blow from a bludgebes
and severely kicked while on the ground. Frssdiag
themselves ;acquit to contend with so numerous a
gang; they tetreateiil, and the-.gang (supposing, it is
-presumed, that` a teinfortethart would be obtaiel4
vent off, making a loud yell.