Star.
London, England, 1828-05-08 00:00:00

DOVER. MAT 7.

Arrived last evening, in the Medusa, from Calais,
the Marquis arid M ,schioness of LopenoNnrnay. an
suite, the Est., of Lucart, and A b •u• twenty :the i'4 •
sengers. The Martinis and Nlarch.one ~ after dini g
a; Hoel• immtediateiy left to, Lon 'on...
Also, by the Sieereign. from Boulogne. hip Excel! .r.cy.
M•:nsieur de GERMAIN. lat. R•u•s'an Munster AIV e .3
On A VIOL to ',since LlitlrtN. And thirty 1.4-tenger%
This morning, COUR( PORTALUI. CIILLIN CHARLES
SMITH, Esq. And about• thirty passenger,, in the Ctu
Captsin HAMILTON. from Calais
Both arrivals from, and denartufea for, the Continent
have been very numerous lattly ; and our tossn has
also received a very considerable increase of &shinis.
aisles, who intend to reside here for the summer..
The very► pretty range of buildi+ gs on the Marine
Strand at Dover,and which basso recently and deservedly
risen into celebrity, is beginning to attract the attention
of occupants for the season, sevet al of the houses being
already engaged.
When it is known that visitors at this engaging
watering-place can, with facility, make parties of plea-
sure to Calais and Boulogne in less than three hours, it
is not surprising that Dover should take the lead as a
'favourite marine sejour.

BOULLigE,keir 7.
After a long intt.rval ot unenlivened dullness and
earful ours English friends have been participating with
the Fiench the animating excitements of a severely con•
tested electi 'n for a new Deputy of the Arrondissement
during the past week, occasioned by the Member last
returned (M. Harle) having made his Diu for Arras,
Where he had been also elected. On the first day, eight
candidates started, no one of whom having obtained
whit is called, and what the French Law of Election
requires for the qualification of a SUCCOSatUi competitor,
a treajoriti absoiveit And the election is repea.ed till such
a result is obtained for three succeeding days. On the
third scrutiny, the two leading opponents were put only,
when M. Fontaine, the popular candidate on the Con.
stituti..nal side, was returned by a decisive majority,
thereby an. ihilating all hopes of the U•tras for the tutu' e
at Boulogne, and insuring the extinction of the jesuiti.
cal influence which had for the last two years been very
Actively exciting itself fiir the retti-ratiou of the prisi.
lige* of " the good old times;" amongst which, the re-
storation of the suppres-ed Bishopric of Boulogne vias.
one in anxious contemplation.

To add tb the excitement in which our gay country-
men here seem only to vegetate, the new Bi.hop of
IC•1141oe (late Dean Ponsonny) has just aeturned to spend
a Isttle-time with his intrtesting family booty their final
depar ure for Ireland. His Lqrdship had been 'e•iden
during the last year bete, with many other of i-is dis-
tinguistod compatriots of high rank and consideiatwn
T..e Bishop is noted for his eloquence as a preacher, a
g and p striotic specimen of uhich he had afforded
the British residents the gratification of just before his,
elevation to the mitre, in a strong arpeat to their sync II
pathy on behalf of their suffering countrymen in the
iTison, many of whom are confined. even for )ears, lot
debts, without the means of repayment. and the abso•
lute want of necessaries, from which the accumulating
costs of detention, frequently far exceeding the original'
debt. prevents their extricating themselves; and ro
afFird them the comforts of fuel. bedding, and other
necessaries, was a main object of the venerable Picini**.
teesing appeal—and which, it is almost needless to add,
was not .addressed to a British audience without sub-
stantial ten imonies of its succes,
f i. a. A majority on the entire number of voters; so that In the
case as ►ere, of 490 electors, the returned candidate must gain 141
at least.