Star.
London, England, 1820-04-25 00:00:00

DEPARTURES.

The Duke of Norfolk from his seat, Fornham, Suffolk, to
Worksop Manor, Nottinghamshire, on a visit to the Eat! and
Countesa of Surrey.
roe Earl and Conntess of Darlington, from their seat in York-
sh;re to Cheltenham. _

Lord ALthorpe from -St. James's-place, to his scat in North-
amptonshire.
Sir Richard and Lady Burroughs, yesterday ,!from the Claren-
don Hotel, Bond-street, to Brussels.
Mr. and Mrs. Rools, from ditto, to their seat in Wales.
Captain and Mrs. Skelton from ditto, to Woolwich.
MOrshtad, Esq. from ditto, to Paris.
Augustus Henniker, Esq. from ditto, oo a tour.
Thomas Nash, Esq. from ditto, to Brighton.
lion. Miss Brodrick from the Prince Saxe Cobeurg Hotel,
Charles-street, Grosvenor-squire, to Bath.
Lord Justice Clerk from Thoutu's Hotel, Berkeley-spare,
ou a tour.

flit ARMY _

General Sir SAMUEL Matt, . the Governor Of
Chelsea Hospital, gave a grand Dinner yesterday to'
Sir HARRY CALVERT, Sir WILLOUGHBY GORDOM,
and all the Officers, btith Civil and Military, on that
Establishment, on the occasion of his MAJESTY'S
Birth. day.
Colonel BAsTAßD'sSouth Hams corps of Yeoman-
ry Cavalry are to be formed into Lancers, and a ninth
troop, raised at Teignmouth, to be added to their
numbers.

Friday, a division of the 80th Regiment marched
into Edinburgh Castle, from Glasgow.
Saturday, two companies of the 33d Regiment,
front England, marched into Edinburgh Castle.
The Aberdeenshire Militia an! to be embodied, for
traiaing and exercise, d►►ring the present year.
Four acres of ..round have been feutd by Govern-
ment from the Trades' House, Glasgow, for building
hOrse-barracks in that neighbourhood, opposite the
Broomielaw.

Two companies of the Buffs, stationed at Dundalk,
under the command of Captain COLCLOUUII, have
marched to Drogheda to relieve the detachrneat of
the Sth Royal Veteran Battalion, ordered for Scotland.
Orders have also been received for a Captain's de-
tachment of the Buffs to march from Newry to Dun-
dalk, to be stationed there until further orders. •

Last week, two detachments of the 79th Regiment
arrived at Plymouth Dock, from Jersey, and marched
into Cumberland Barracks. The band, which com-
prises a number of excellent musicians, preceded the
detachments, and played some animating tunes.
The following extract of a letter from an Officer
on board his Majesty's ship LIVERPOOL, Captain F.
A. COLLIER, C.B. stating the success which has at-
tended the expedition which sailed from Bombay its
October, against the pirates in the Persian Gulf:
" Rysol kyrna, Gulf cf Persia,
December 15, 1819.

" By an overland dispatch from Bussira, we send an account
of the fall of this place; the first and strongtst the pirates have
in the Gulf. When the public dispatch was written, the loss
of the enemy was not ascertained. The pirates had 62 pieces
of cannon mounted on their works; they left 300 killed and
700 wounded. Our loss was only cu.: Major killed, two officers
wounded, and about sixty privates killed and wounded. Our
force consisted of 2,300 troops, and of the LivEuroox, EDEN,
Captain Liam, and CuaLaw, Captain NV. WA LPOLE. Captain
Cowza had a narrow escape, three musket balls having struck
hint at the same time; two went through his coat and one
grazed his leg."
JERSEY, APRIL 18.—On the embarkation of the
79th Regiment yesterday, for Plymouth, a General
Order was issued by his Excellency the Deputy Go-
vernor, thanking that distinguished Corps for their
uniform good conduct ; and_the States of this Island
were pleased unanimously to thank Li utenant-Colo-
nel BROWN, the Officers, Non-commissioned Officers,
and Privates, in the most handsome manner, for their
steadiness and regularity, during the period they
were quartered in Jersey.
•

CELEBRATION OF ALDERMAN WOOD'S
RE-ELEC

A number of Gentlemen, friends of Alderman
WOOD, dined together yesterday, at the Albion Ta-
vern, to celebrate the Alderman's re-election as one
of the City Members. Dinner was on the table at
half-past six o'clock, at which hour Mr. WOOD en-
tered the room, and was received by the company
with the most marked eipressions of respect. He
was accompanied by
Lord Erskine, ?fr. W. Smith, M.P. Mr. P. Moore, M.P.
Mr. Dying, M.P. Mr. Hume, M.P. Mr. D. W. Harvey, M.P.
Mr. Whitbread, M.P. and several otter public characters.
W. SMITH, Esq. M.P. took the Chair, supported
by Alderman Woou on the right, and on the left by
Lord ERSKINE. After the removal or the cloth, Non
?obis Dornine, was sung.

ie CHAIRMAN then gave " The King, which
was drank with three times three. Song—God
save the King.
The next toast was " The Queen, and all the other
branches of the Royal Family," which was drank
with the most enthusiastic expressions of applause.
The CIIAIRbIAN, after some appropriate introduc-
tory remarks, proposed " The memory of the Prin-
cess Charlotte of Wales ;" drank in solemn silence.

" The British Navy t and may it ever preserve its proud pre-
eminence."

" The Army of Great Britain; and may it ever prove suc-
cessful against the national enemy."
" Liberty, civil and religious, to all the children of men."
The CHAIRMAN, on rising to propose the next
toast, observed, that they had paid their respects to
all the Royal Family, except two of its illustrious
members. His worthy Friend, whose re-election they
had met to celebrate, had been honoured with the
friendship of both the illustrious individuals to whom
he had alluded ; but the survivor was particularly
entitled to a tribute of respect from that company.
He therefore begged to propose " The health of his
Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex:'—Drank with
three times three.

The CHAIRMAN then begged that all present
would fill a bumper to the toast which he was about
to give, for he meant to propose the health of a man
to whom, he would venture to say, there was not an
individual present who was not indebted either di-
rectly or indirectly. The old among them would
recollect his exertions in the management of a cause
of no little importance which had been entrusted to
him; and the youngest could not have forgot his
important and successful en,leavours, either at the
bar of justice, or in the two Houses of Parliament,
in defence of the liberty of the subject, in defence of
freedom of speech, in defence of trial by jury, on the
Subject of the law of libel ; in short, in the defence
of those rights and privileges which were essential to
the happiness :of his fellow-countrymen—Loud
cheers). He concluded •by proposing " The health.
of Lord Erskine."
The toast was drank with three times three, and
the applause which accompanied it continued for
some minutes.

Lord ERSKINE said he was deeply affected, and at
the same time highly gratified and obliged, *by the
notice which had been taken of him.• lie had been
nearly forty years a Citizen of London, though he
was not a Freeman of the City ; if he had been a
Liveryman, he should have tendered his vote for bis
worthy Friend, Alderman Wood, and have argued
the legality of that vote, which, though it could not
hilve been of great service, would still have placed
him one higher on the poll. After the eminent ser-
vices of the worthy Alderman as Chief Magistrate of
the City—services which had been acknowledged in