Star.
London, England, 1826-11-15 00:00:00

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE.

The Duke of Wellington has arrived et ApsL-y House, Picca-
dilly, from his lest. Strathileldsay. Hams.
The Dowager Marchioness of Exeter arrived yesterday. at her
scat. at Rorkampten. from Burkigh, Liamiashire.
The Marquis of Hertford has arrived at his house, be Piccadilly,
from his seat, Ssdburn, Suffolk.
Viscount andViseountees Morpeth have arrived at their house in
Park street, Grosveuer.square, from Paris.
The Countess of Eat: has arrived in town, from Hants.
Sir James and Lady Graham have arrived in town from a Mon
W. A. Roberts, Bel. M.P. has left Denham, Betts, far his seat,,
is Worcestershire.
The Sari and the Countess of Sefton, and the Ladies Hoarsens,
are expected in town on Saturday, from their seat, Crometh Hall,
sear Liverpool.
Sir Charles Saxton. Bart. has left his sat, in Becks, for Dahlia.
Camel and Lady Elisabeth Steele have left Waresley Park. for
Baena*.
Colonel and Mrs. Gore Laurie, left yesterday. their house in
Gramm...square, for their mat, Newton Park, near Bath.
General and Mrs. Gardiner have arrived at their house, in South
Audievstreet. from a tour.
Mrs. Long left yesterday Manchester-street, for Henley Part,
Surrey.
E. Morris, &sq. arrived yesterday. at Klrkbsm's Hotel, Tomer
Brest.street. from his seat, in Herts.
Bucks
Lays,
Lord ?leper, It P. arrived in town yesterday, freestfreestbls seat,
.
The Bishop of Chichester sad family arrived in town, yesterday.
from the Palace. Chichester.

Sir WALTER SCoTT expresses himself highly graded
by his ezeunion to the French capital, whim bob aad his
lovely daughter received the moot marked attendee from all the
Royal Ransil', the Nobility, and men distinguidied in WOO= sad
literature.

SPONTINI'S celebrated Opera of La Palate is, we
vadentand„ to be produced for the spatting of the Opera assme,,es
the kith inst. Nothing can equal the seasatiaa which this 'midi. el
work occasioned in Paris some years ago, and which bid the lean.
dation of the reputation el that celebrated composer.
MOUNTAIN ADIVZDOTS.--A party had lately climbed
a eensidwable way up the anal track en the We d likiddew,
when a Gentleman, (a Imager to the rest of the company) who
bad gives frequent broad hints of his being a man of superior
knowledge, said to the guide,' Pray, what is the highest part of
this mammals r—u The top, 514" replied the guide.
The tapestry of the destruction of the invincible
Armada, worked under the direction of good Queen Ness, and
which has formed during so many years, the principal ornament el
the House of Lords, is now se decayed, that it might pass wish a
foreigner, for the work of Pawners, er any other neediewesnam
Thursday, Absalom Edmunds and AAA Osborx mere
convicted before G. STRINGIa, Esq. Mayor of Dover,
in the penalty of 11. each, for letting off fireworks in the
public streets; and Thos. Sprier was convicted in the
penalty of a for selling the same to Edmunds.
Tuesday se'nnight,before SANDSIIIOII 11.natt.row.E•q.
James Swinton, servant to Mrs. ANY Scott', of Tyne.
month, was convicted in the penalty of 101. without
costs, for leaving his cart upon the highway, in the
township of Tynemouth, without any stifficient person
to take the charge thereof.
A strong feeling is said to have been expressed in a
highly influential quarter against the increasing
.pro-
pensity to gaming among the higher ranks of society;
and that there is some prospect of the subject coming
before Parliament.

A wretched young woman, with her parents and pa-
ramour have been sent to jail. on a charge of Wilful
Marder, having collectively destroyed and concealed the
new-born infant of the first-named prisoner, at Newport.
A great fire broke out at Lyons in the night of the
7th instant; it began in a street pear the barracks of
the garrison, which were all burnt d awn. At midnight
the Dragoons were obliged to evacuate their quarters,
and to bivonack in one of the- public squares. It is stated
that, at halfpast two, on the morning of the Bth, the
fire had been subdued. It had been very destructive
while it raged; but the amount of damage had not been
ascertained when the courier left the city.
Sunday morning, between six and seven o'clock,
same villains burglarionsly entered the house of Mr. E.
Langley, pump•maker, residing at No. 10, Drury-court,
Strand, and completely stripped the bed-room on the
first Boor of all the moveable goods, consisting of the
bed, bed-clothes and linen, ransacked all the drawers,'
and took away every article of wearing apparel, Loge.
ther with a valuable chest of working tools, and a large
sum of money, with which they contrived to make their
escape without alarming the inmates who occupy the
upper part of the house.
Sunday morning between six and seven o'clock,
some apprehensions were entertained for the safety of an
elderly man named Bentley, one of the night watch.
men in the brewery of Messrs. Barclay and Perkins,
Park.street, Binkside. from the circumstance of his
not having made his usual appearance at that hour pre-
vious to leaving the premises, which was not easily ac-
counted for under the peculiar arrangements of that esta-
blishment. A strict search was immediately commenced,
but was for some time ineffectual. On arriving, how•
ever, at a place called the ton-room, which it was a part
of the unfortunate man's duty to inspect, he was disco-
vered lying face down wards in 'trust trough, suffocated.
A country lass some time ago purchased in Dundee
a straw bonnet of fashionable chnsensimns. On exhi-
biting it, when she returned home, to her mother, and
!eporting its moderate price, the old dame exclaimed,
" Weel, lassie, that's ane o' the wisest-like bargains ye
ever made; for, after ye'rir done wi't,it will mak' a gude
bite to the cow."

Wednesday sennight a curious scene was witnessed
at Brampton.. The whole family of Henry Story, inn-
keeper, consisting of six sons and two daughters, were
christened by the Rev. Anthony Lawson, of Brampton.
There were 24 witnesses to this singular scene. The
sons are all born to the freedom of the city of Carlisle.
The cause of delay in .their being christened writ a fait
Qukcrest.