Star.
London, England, 1828-05-02 00:00:00

THE ARMY. -

Finn Par.—Yesterday morning, between seven and eight
o'clock, the First Regiment of Life Guards, under the command
of Lit utenent-Colooel Lrode, marched from Knightsbridge Bar-
raCks to Wormwood Scrubbs, where they had a field-day. The
Regiment went thtougli• a great variety of evolutions with the
utmost pet diktat. The tine state of the weather attracted a nume-
sous assemblage of per►ona front all parts of this pleasant spot. The
Regiment retuned to their Barracks between 12 and one o clock.
The 53d Regiment have marched from Kilkenny to Dublin, at
which place they are expected to arrive on the Bth instant.
A Detairhment of the Royal Staff Corps embarked on Monday
morning at Dover, for Canada. The same day a Detachment of
the 6:ki Foot left the Regiment at Dover for Sheerness, where
they embarked for New South Wales, in charge of convicts.
A Detachment of three subalterns and thirty men of the Illth
Highlanders embarked on the 17th ult. at Fort George, on board
the lovelorn Packet, for Gravesend, destined to join the Regi-
ment in Ceylon.
Detactotients belonging td the sd, 26th, and 48th Regiments of
Infantry, and the F.ast India Company", Service, arrived in town
yesterday from Bristol, n■ route to Chatham. A Detachment of
the 97th Regiment of Foot arrived in town yesterday from Wiwi,
on route to Canterbury. A Detachment of the 41st Regiment of
Infantry arrived in town yesterday from Bristol, on route to Dover.
A Detachment of the 59th Regiment of Foot arrived in town
yesterday from Stamford. on route to Chatham.

ST. PATRICK'S CH Iti FY SCHOOLS.

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The Annual Festival of this Charity for supporting
these Schools, was held yesterday, at the Freemasons
Hall. His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex in the
Chair.
The Duke of NORVOILL proposed the health of the Duke of
Sussex, in a next speech ;—drank with great applause.
The Duke of Susses returned thanks. He assured the Meeting
that it was not his wish to take up miestlons lightly : he took them
up on principle, and chat principle be would uphold to the last
moment of his existence. His Royal Highness then proceeded, at
same length, to expatiate on the principles of civil and religious
'liberty, and to state the details of the Chaiity which the Meeting
.was assembled to support. Mil. Royal Highness concluded by
pruptoing the health of the Duke of Norfolk—Drank with three
times three.
The Duke of Noa►oi.x returned thanks.
blamer Ruses spoke a poetical Address, and then played " St.
Patrick's Day," with variations. -
The Duke of Sussex then proposed the health of the Earl of
Shrewsbury—Three times three.
His Lossente returned thanks, in neat speech.
The Duke of Sussex then proposed the health of Lord Stourton,
and the Catholic Nobility.
Lord Sion: mow returned thanks.
The health of the Bishops, the friends to the Cbatity, was then
proposed, and drank with applause.
I)►. Wean returned thanks.
Tbe next toast was Lord Nugent—three times three.
The Noto.a LORD returned thanks in an eloquent speech.
The children were here brought in, and marched in procession
round the room.
The Duke of Sussex then retired, and the Earl of Sitarwssunv
was called to the Chair.
After which several toasts were drank, and the hilarity of the
Meeting was kept up to a late hour.