Star.
London, England, 1826-12-27 00:00:00

DEPARTURES

The Duke of St. Alban's, from Crawford.bridge, for Sir Gilbert
East's seat, Hall-place, Berks; the Marquis of Camden, for his
sat, the Wilderness, Kent ; Mr. and Lady Caroline Cape!, and the
:bree Ladies Beauclerk, for Sunning Hill, Berks; Lord and Lady
Anson, from their seat, Athenston Hall, for Shugborough, Stafford-
shire; Mr. and Mrs. George Byng, from their seat, Wrotham
Park, for Walton House, Somersetshire; Mr. and Mrs. Tracy,
front their house, Dover-street, for their seat, Toddington, Glou-
:wet-shire ; the Hon. Colonel Anson, M.P. from the Duke of
Bedford's, Woburn Abbey, for Shugborough, Staffordshire; Col.
A'Court, and Captain A. A'Court, M.P. from their seat, near
Salisbury, for Bath; Sir Charles Saxton, Bart. for his seat, Abing-
don; Wm. Lushington, Esq. M.P. for his seat in Kent; Sir R.
Cunning, Bart for his seat in Northamptonshire; J. Calvert, Esq.
M.P. for his seat, Albury Hall, Herta; Mrs. Snoyd, from Brigh-
ton, to the Countess of Dysart, Elam House, Richmond; Mr. and
Mrs. Young and family, front Jordan's Hotel, St. James's-street,
for Eton; Lieut.-Colonel Sir J. Hope, Bart. from the Royal
Hotel, St. James's-street, for Portugal; C. W. Tupper, Esq. from
ditto, for Oxford; J. Page, Esq. for Kent.

Prince POLIGNAC, the French Ambassador, trans-
acted business on Monday, at the office of the Secretary of State
for Foreign Affairs. _

Mr. Secretary PEEL arrived in town on Saturday,
from the seat of his father, Sir Room Pm, at Drayton Park,
Staffordshire. The health of Sir ROBORT is considerably better.
Dist Aches were sent off yesterday tram the Foreign
Office, to Sir WILLIAM A'Couar, our Ambassador at Lisbon.
An affair ~1 honour took place on Monday, on Wim-
bledon Common, between AUIPUSTUS FRXDIRPCI &mu, Esq. at-
tended by Homy SMITH, Esq. and Captain At iamr Howaao
Win-
ton, R.N. attended by WILLIAM J. HOOPIR' E'q. Mr. S. haying
fired without effect, Captain W. immediately discharged his pistol
in the air, upon which the seconds interfered, the affair terminated,
and the parties, who reside at Richmond, Surrey, left the ground.
The aff.ir originated in some supposed reflections by Captain W. on
the part of Mr. A. F. S.'s family.
CITY 01P CottlE ELECTION (SEVENTH DAY).—Satur.
day evening the state of the Poll was as follows :—Mr. Hum/m-
-oon, 956—Mr. CALLAOUAY, 876—Majority 80.
W. P. CRA FORD, Esq. cashier of Widows' Pensions
ii, the Army Pay-office, is appointed Deputy Paymaster. General
of the Forces in the Peninsula, and proceeds for Lisbon imme-
diately. This appointment looks as if a pretty long occupation of
Portugal was contemplated.
Lord COCIIRA Ne has at last re-appeared on the Euro-
pean stage. He was at Geneva on the 17th inst. with his Lady, and
spent three days in that city, Mr. Britten, and the Members of
the Greek Committee paid him the most distinguished honours.
The eldest son of BOLIVAR is said to be en his way to
Geneva for his education, and the son of the Passanaut of the
7:nitt-cl States of La Plata is mentioned as having already resided six
months in that city for the same purpose.
Strong hopes ate indulged by a great number
,of
Officers belonging to different Regiments at present on half-pay,
that they will soon be called into active service; and many of them,
who for some time past have resided at a distance from the Metro-
polis, are repairing in great number either to,Londmi or its imme-
diate vicinity.

A boy, three years of age, was particul.trly backward
in his tot:gue, and his parents feared that he would never talk.-
4, Send him to a girls' school," said a friend. The hint was adopted,
and succeeded beyond expectation.
IMPKIIIAL GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANY'S OP-
rice, No 10, CoLIMAN Stator, 2Szt Dac.lB96:—Nofee is hereby
given, that the Special General Akeeting of the Proprietors of the
Imperial Gas Light and Coke Company, which was held at the Old
London Tavern, Bishopsgate Street, in the City of London, on
FRIDAY, the 22d day of December instant, " for the election of
a Proprietor to be Governor of the said Company in the place of
Row LAND EDW. WILLIAMS, Esq. deceased," stands adjourned until
Wednesday, the 10th day of January next ensuing, at the said Ta-
vern, for the purpose of deciding, agreeable to the Act of Parliament,
the said election of a Proprietor to be Governor of the said Com-
pany, and the Ballot will commence at Teo o'Clock in the Fore.
noon, and close at Four o'Clock in the Afternoon precisely. By
Order, HENRY CLA RK E, Clerk of the Company.
BANDON ELECTION.—LARD JOHN RUSSELL.—At a
Meeting of the Provost and Free Burgesses of the Borough of
ecy
Bandon Bridge, held at the Town erk's Office, on Tuesday, the
19th instant, Lord JOHN RUSSELL aving been proposed by the
Mon. W. S. BERNARD, and second by the Rev. ROSSAS MEADE,
was unanimously elected to represent that Borough in Parliament,
in the place of Lord Duscasmou, sibo was lately elected for the
same, and also for the County of Kilkenny, for which he made his
Bleed in.

PERTH, DECEMBER 21.—Last night a most melan-
choly accident occurred to the Caledonian coach passengers from
Inverness to Perth. While the coach was turning round the tor-
ter of the hill Craig.y-barns, about a mile beyond Dunkeld, either
the pole hook or pole chain (we have not been distinctly inTormed
which) gave way, and the coach ran upon a stone fence by the road
side, by which means it was instantly overturned. We are sorry to
'slat,: that the consequences are most fatal. Mr. William Robertson,
painter and glazier, in Dunkeld, was killed en the spot. Nr. Donald
lntnTh, the guard,haviag his skull and several of his limbs severely
fravured, survived the accident only a few hours. An English travel.
ler and Lady are said to be dangerously ill; and of gel passengers all
are more or less injured. The horses, too, so suddenly disengaged
ficm their draught, took fright and ran off, and on the road a little
f rther on, overturned a carrier walking by the side of his Cart,
trod hint down on the road, and left so severely injured, that his
life is also despaired of. A little way farther on still, a young lad
was run down ; but it is said his injuries are of a less dangerous
rature. The fate of M'lntosh, the guard, is particularly distressing,
having left a widow and family. He has been upwards of twenty
years on that road, and was always remarkable fur his obliging and
attentive disposition.
Monday, as the Belfast up, Fair Trader coach, was
paising through West-street, Drogheda, immediately
a ter changing horses, a lovely little girl (five years old)
daughter to Major Wilson, 74411 Regiment, was looking
nut of the winJow, when the door not being properly
fastened, flew open, and the poor infant fell upon the
hind vtheel, which instantly crossed her chest. The ac-
cident was made known to Major Was' n, who was
outside, by the screams of the distracted mother ; and
in an equal state of distraction he carried his bleeding
child to the shop of Mr. Boyle, apothecary, where in a
few minutes it expired. Major Wilson and his family
left Scotland a' few days back, with the pleasing anti
cipation of speading a happy Christmas with his mother
iu Wexford.