Star.
London, England, 1824-05-13 00:00:00

THE AILIIL COACHES.

A rumour prevailed this morning, that although the
Drawing-room was postponed in consequence of his
MAJESTY'S lamented illness, yet the Royal Mail
Coaches would proceed this afternoon from Mr. VID-.
LER'S manufactory, Millbank-street, Weitminster, in
grand procession, to Lombard-greet, with outriders,
the coachmen and guards dressed in new clothing, Sec.
Upon diligent y, however, we can positively
state the rumour is without foundation—no procession
will take place this day. The General Postmen and
Postboys have received orders not to wear their new
clothing until Thursday next, which is the time ap-
pointed to hold the Drawing-room.

THE ARMY.
Wednesdayse'nnight, the 15th Regiment of Font were inspected
by Lord•Cousicamgaztt Waterford, who expressed himself highly
ratified with their various manoeuvres and military discipline.
The lion. the East India Company's Regiment have commenced
their exercise for the season. On Monday the right wing, under
the command of Colonel Dicxamow, and yesterday the left wing,
mustered io the Tenter.ground, Goodman's-fields, and practised
the new military exercise.
COURT MARTIAL.

3fsi.rs, APRIL 6.—We have been fully occupied here for some
time past with a General Court Dlartial, held on two Officers of
•he Royal Artillery,whose retigious scruples were so great that they
N.. t);1141 not fire the usual salutes with which the inhabitants have
Jren hitherto indulged on their festivals ever since the Island has
Nen in possession of the British, and from time immemorial.
Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County Pala-
tine of Chester.
The Prince Regent's s2cl Regiment of Cheshire Yeomanry Cavalry.
John Tollentoehe, Esq. to be Captaio, vice Buchanan, resigned ;
James Walthall Hammond, Gent. to be Cornet, vice Wetten-
hall, resigned.
The King's Cheshire Volunteer Legion—Cornet Thomas Whiteley;
to be Lieutenant, vice Trafford, resigned ; Joseph Pearson,Gent.
to 'oe Cornet, vice Whitelegg, rromoted.
The following Regiments of Infantry are stationed in Ireland :
lot Regiment, Ist Battalion - - Clonmell.
IA Ditto - - - Athlone.
iOth Ditto - - - Rathkeale.
lith Ditto - - - - 'Jett:lst.
15th Ditto - - - Waterford.
19th Ditto - - - - Boyle.
ir2d Ditto - - - - Buttevant.
.:-.th Ditto - - - - Ennis.
116th Ditto - - - - Cork.
119th Ditto - - • - Trake.
?Ist Ditto - - - - Dublin.
:,9th Ditto - - - Limerick.
41J Ditto - - - Buttevant.
57th Ditto - - - - Kinsale.
59th Ditto - - - Clonmell.
B‘2tl Ditto • - - - Templemore.
654 Ditto - - - Ilirr.
c6th Ditto - - - Enniskillen.
71st Ditto - - - &rimy.
774 Ditto - - - Castlebar.
78th Ditto - - - - Kilkenny.
79th Ditto . - - Dublin.
84th Ditto - - - • Dublin.
86th Ditto - - - - Armagh.
88th Ditto - - - - Naas.
Rile Brigade, Ist Battalion - - Dublin.
Ditto, Lcl lt•Attalion - - - Limerick.
Ist Royal Veteran Battalion - - Cork.
I'd Ditto - - - - Lo.:donderry.
.:(1 Ditto - - - Galway.

It is already known, that iu consequence cif the suf-
ferings of the convicts at the NUlbank Penitentiary, his
)LIJLSTY has graciously orderel the period for which
they were sentenced to be reduced ; and we learn that
the Royal beneficence has been farther extended in the
.
free pardon of fourteen females who had been I cwoved,
with others, to the Penitentiary ship at kVeolwich. They
were decently clothed previous to their discharge, which
took place yesterday.
Drouet, the postmaster at Menehoud, who acquired
sn cruel a celebrity by preventing the escape of Louis
XVI. died a few days ago, in die 6'2d year of his age.
armlet inter ceyted the royal carriages by overtureiog a
loaded waggon on the bridge over w !rich they w ere
passing), which dela) ed their progress until a party was
collected to arrest the amiable but nefortunate monarch.
IMPORTANT Nevis Pon NAVAL OPPLCERE.—We learn
from the Journal des Debuts of the 10th, that a fleet is
about to be fitted out to clear the Thames of the nests
of pirates which infest it. Our Naval Officers on half-
pay will, no doubt, be highly gratified at this import-
ant intelligence ; and as they are said to have been sorry
for the destruction of BONAPAa are, they may now re-
joice at this new enemy calling them again into life
and activity.
The Spectateetr Oriental, of Smyrna, contains the
following remarkable story :—A Greek merchant of note,
named Elia Bali, was to be arrested by order of the
Pachae being informed in time, Le escaped on board an
English vessel, but the British Consul demanded him
to be given up. The English Captain refused to deliver
up a Christian that had sought protection under a Bri-
tish flag; the Captain waited on the Consul in this af-
fair, who had him arrested and thrown into prison ; he
then determined on seizing M. Bali by the Janissaries.
Lord Spencer, who commanded a frigate on that sta-
tion, hearing of the affair, manned his long-boat, and
sent it in pursuit of the Turks, whom it overtook, and
took M. Bali on board the frigate. The Consul mot
having paid attention to his Lordship's orders to set the
Captain at liberty, Iris Lordship went, with several of
his officers and men, to the Consul's house, and delivered
the Captain by force.
Thursday the neighbourhood of Newmarket was
viiited with a tremendous storm of thunder, lightning, and rain.
The company had left the heath about half an hour befor.f it began,
but from the fineness of the weather at that time, a numerous party
rficicileil to witness the horses exercise. A torrent of rain burst
over tlteir heads, and in the short space of five minutes it had
penetrated every garment. A number of Ladies, among whom were
the foer daughters of a Noble Lord, mounted on horseback, received
a proportionate share of the refreshing shower. Their " neighing
steeds" apps area to dislike the" warring of the elements" as much as
their fair riders, who were obliged to exert their skill in keeping them
under controul. The manoeuvring of the animals would have
caused much laughter but for the fears entertained of accidents.
The beautiful appearance of Thursday morning had tempted au
unusual number of " Cantabs" to quit the academic cloister tor a
day'saMusement on the plains of Newmarket, and their white in-
etpressibles presented a darker hue than when these gallant spacks
made their appearance. The high Sheriff of Norfolk, with his
family, had left the town in a carriage and four, just before the
c'mmencement of the storm, but from the impetuosity of the rain,
was obliged to return to the Rutland Arm, li,u. His rain leaped
fit= the box, and took shelter in a stable btAutiging to the flLck
Y..ar Inn, but had not long remained there, ere he was obli,;ed
order a horse to ride out, es the stable and yard appeared as if a
vennd,deluge was about to Commence. Soon after five o'clock the
iijaning struck a ntaft-house, the property of Richard Eaton, Esq.
st Stetchworfh, and in a short time it was enveloped in times,
which extended to a barn, stable, cow-house, and another building,:
.:Sll these were destroyed, and another malting wzs considerably
a;ured. The villagers exerted themselves and probably saved an
arrncrwe deal of property; for had the fire extended a few yards
terther, in all likelihood twenty families, or more, would.have been
eligrived of house and home. The flames were extinguished before
Pi:;:n o'clock.
EAST INDIAN A erroutri ES.—A mong the researches
of the learned and the enterprising, and the explorations which
Itave Men gong on in almost every corner of the globe, it afford.
~oatter of surprise that the " caster-tied Wonders of Elora" in the
Incite, should have been so lung neglected, particularly when
.• is confessed by every lover of science, who has heard even slight
tr.d imperfect accounts of them, that they dispute precedence with
Pyramids of Egypt, and might be justly ranked among the
Vuuders of the World. A very able work has, however, appeared
Captain Seely, of the Bombay Native Infantry, entitled." The
others of Elora," which is minutely descriptive of these sus-
•-lous Temples and Dwellings, so magnificent in design, so stu-
i,'"dous in size, and so extraordinary in their structure—the whale
mense gauze of them being excavated out of 3 solid mountain of
;:'mite rock !

A scut ay battle was fought on Monday last, between Brown (the
S;,rig of rtles d man of the name of Citipley, for a ten
vertigo puro.., at the back of Kentish Town. There were twenty-
fcc fought, in which Cropley shelved game equal to any
Inziis, but lost his battle.
The following terms were last week circulated by a Village
S.hoolmasters in the ueighhourhood of Aylesbury :
" spelt and reed you may be taught
For twice tiro pence, wbtch make a i,r..nt—
llut if to write or count y.a'd learns...-
Ihe ~aster :to pence snore in. ss.c.sra!"