Star.
London, England, 1815-03-02 00:00:00

COLCHESTER, MARCH 1.

Sailed the Success, Captain BLACKWELL, for Os-
tend. with a sealed bag of letters and passengers.-r.
Arrived, after a fine passage of nine hours, from
Ostend, the Maria packet, Captain HOWARD, with
Brussels and' Frankfort Mails, and passengers : she
brought over upwards of 1000 letters.

Lord Caeruntaaores Private Secretary arrived this
morning at the Foreign Office, in Downing-creett
and his Lordship is expected in course of the week'. '
Yesterday BENJAMIN TRAVERS. Esq. was tin *fa-
mously elected Surgeon to St. Thomas's Mimi :1.41,
in the room of Joint Buten, Esq deceased.
A paragraph having acipeersitifi a blornitagPjper
of this day, respecting the illness Nr. Alkleraran
Coostati, we are authorised to state, there is no truth
in the report. Mr. Coomaz has been advised by :his
Physician to abstain, for a short time, from attendAnce
to Public business, and his absence must haie gives
rise to the report. We had the pleasure of seeing hint
lon horseback yesterday.
General CLINTON and his Lady had a narrow
escape, a short time since, by the shipwreck of A
transport, off Ostend, is which they had embarked
they with great difficulty reached the shore, with the
loss of the whole of their baggage.
A transport containing the baggage* mess-plate,
ate. of the 9th Light Dragoons, foundered ne..ar
Holyheadajos fortunately the crew were all s.E . ed.
• -Genteel •Cocoulioura GRANT hag taken the
command of the Brigade in Dublin, vacated by Loud
Amon. _ _ _

The Qd Somerset Regiment of Militia has arrived
at Pospatonth from Ireland, and it is expected that
the whole of the divisions thereof will have arrived
at Bath yesterday, where they are to be immediately
disembodied.
The 4th Dragoons have been ordered to march
from Dublin to the interior of that country.
The Cori ifertontik Chronicle received this morn-
ing, gives several instances of the teduction of rents
in Ireland. •
• Mr. ARKSTRONG has reductithe rent of the lands
of Knockelegam ill per acre.
W. BAEZ*, Esq. of LiSMIUSICI -has •lowered his
rent Bs. per acre to his tenants at Killienalitf.
James SCULLY, juf. Esq. banker, of Tipperary, has
made an abatement of 10s. 6d. per acre to his tenants
in Latfally, twarAtiontnell.
DAtirr, Esq. of Irsillemere, county of
Leihati hal lowed his rents al per acre.;
lordPossnan has also reduced. his rents.
Yesterday being the Anniversaryof St. 1./avid, the
Tutelar Saint of Wales, the day was observed for the
101st time by the Patrons of the Welch School in
Gray's-inn-mad, whO about 1.0 o'clock assembled in
the Boardroom, where they partook of a byeakfast. ;
atter which, preceded by. the chilaren and proper sr.
tendants, they went
.in procession to St. George's
Church, Hanover-square, where the Prayera were
read in the Welch language by the Rev. T. ALBAN,
Chaplain to the Society. The Sermon was preached
by the Bishop of O,XSOIID. After service the pro,..ession
returned in a similar form to the Freemason's 1-1411,
in Great Queen-street, where a sumptuous dinn'r
was provided, and the evening was spent with that
cheerful hilarity which benevolence never fails to
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inspire.
DISORACIMUL OM% Ao2.—Yesterday being St. Da-
vid's Day, the Westminster Saolnched* a holiday.
This grace was abused by some of them, who, after
drinking to excess, became so infuriated, that they
attacked almost every person they met. The whelo
neighbourhood was thrown into the greatest conster-
nation, and a scene oltumult and confusion ensued.
which it is impossible to descant. An adornment
shoemaker, of the name of Ryder. residing in Bowl-
ing-street. bpconut posuliarly the object of their fury.