Star.
London, England, 1817-03-24 00:00:00

THE 411 M Y.

The Sd battalion Ist (Royal Scots) regiatent, dis-
embarked yesterday, at Dover, from France.
Thursday evening arrived at the Motherbank, the
Kinner-ley Castle and Retrieve transports, in seven
weeks front Jamaica, having on board the former the
headquarters division of the 18,11 (Royal liish) Re-
gimeht, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel
Guava., and on board the latter the sick of that
Cf-ps. The Quten, Pomona, and Admiral Cock-
burn transports, with the remainder of the Regiment,
may be daily expected: This old National Corps has
been twelve years on West India service, and is still
nearly 1,000 strong, though it has suffered seve; ely
from the climate. _The first. division was to cise:n•
hark this day to be quartered in Hilsea i.,cks,
but we undo stand will sliortly march to Ch.itham.
Foot- troops of the sth Dragoon Guards have re-
placed the 6th, or Carabineers, at Hamilton ; there
troops are stationed in the Barracks, and one in the
lowa ; the horses are in excellent condition, not wit.L-
,,rAnJuig the severity of the weather during their pas-
sage and march hom behind. Hamilton is the
head quarters for this Regiment.
The London, Isabella, and S imnel transports
sailed on S iturday mom Spahead for Senegal, the
Cape iit Good Hop:, Bombay, and Trincomalee.
They are to. take 5,10 men tram Senegal to the Cope,
the 8:?,1 Regiment from the Cape to Bombay, a:l4i
b: 'Jog home the IL'rti Regiment from India.

Yesterday Divine S!rvice was performed at Carl-
ton-Ht me, by the Rs v. W. F. 131.0m3rttc, and the
Rev. Ds. bTANILIt Cz.ni.Kr.'

Yesie; d.ry tic REUENT di. led with his Royal
M 411-. r, at her PaLice.

Kt No's THEATRE —I.A. MOLINARA...“The success
Of 1:114 Opera incteitAqi ttlth each reptesentation. Oa
Saturday it was given with an en:mile that encliail
ttd M idarts! Forma, in La Molinaro.
was lOU are and taqv ; never did her voice ap-
I:ear to us with inore richne,s or purity. I".e de:,ght-
tut ail, Iss liha (4. Whither, my Love"), which
e. j et•cor ed, s well as Nel cor tin non ml lento (I. Hope
told ali ,1 tai ;") and, indeed, the whileot the
morretaix ii lit r part were sting, as they say. d'une 1712-
were raviva..i:. A strum :ell t, in the Governor, is un-
commonly ittoll ; his whimsical air, in the second
act, was, as ti,ual, encort•d. littoithz sting and acted
very agrixably the part of the y. wig Baron. Mum,
in the Notary, gave 00 •fs of his usual talrois 4:6 ..n
actor and pro:essor. Among the .diStiligtitsllid
Shiol,ables present %stele
Dull: of Gloue...strr, Ditches.; of Yolk; Marquis of Buck.
inghani; Mardooritssrs .0 .:alls!,ury and Lansdowne ; Countess
of auwuia, Cul:mess of Antn:n I Lord (t;isulsttnt, Cr.lobourne,
Va 11ctort,Paimersroll, t.: five, Lowther, Hill, Hamilton, Walpole,
WrAtuoroland, Lauderdale, Lor.ngdon, and Gr.uvilla. Lathy:
Dostiorcnis, Chuhnouddry, Melb..urue, Crosile, Castitstagli,
Davey, A. C. smith, Aylestiaty, Vsrult.u. and Aboyne ; 1.
Kelly, C. Algid, W. Codriugsoo, and C. Hint ; Ada:hal Nugent.
DIsUItY•LANE.—Sir. KEAN performed the p.trt of
Sir Gees Ower...eaeh, on Saturday. He eztvtd h;rl,-
self to the utmost, and was rap:urously and deser-
vedly applauded throughout.
COVENT GANDEN...—Mr. 80,111 seas ag lin most
favourably received in the part of PoMonnit on S ttur-
day. Miss FooTe is a very pretty and interesting rt-
presentative or/aro:en j and the whole Play went off
with great eclat. The House was well tilled.

lvfss O'NuLL, we are £l 'd tg learn. is at..:tin
better. She will play its the Eas.er week.

EtotwagNT„..—Ttie family of a respectable mer•
chant, residing in the neighbourhood of Kennington,
were on Friday morning thrown into a state of consi-
derable alarm. On assembling at the breakfast table,
it was discovered that Miss M. Vie sister of the Lady
of the mansion, was missing. A search was imme-
diately set on loot, and after some timi it was ascer-
tained that the lady, who possesses an independent for-
tune of 88000, had left the house, und,r the itieuence
of the blind god, at the early hour of six in the morn.'
ing,and having been met at the garden gate be me
of her tnntherin-laa's clerks, a dashing youth of 21,
whose person is his only 'patrimony, she was by hint
handed into a chaise and tour, which was in waiting
near at hand, and they immediately set off in pursuit
of connubial happiness. with all the spied which tour
post horses coed give to them. Tt e anxieties of
the family on account of the Lady were quieted by a
letter received Iron' her in the course of the evening
ot.f.richiy, in which she held out to them hopes of a
spee.ly return to town, and assured t►:em she was
convinced the step she had taken would secure her
own felicity for life, and materially add to the happi-
ness of the family.
A Petition from the owners of estates and inhabi-
tants of Surrey, Middlesex, Kent, and Essex, in fa-
vour of a Patent Iron Tontine Bridge across the
Thames, from St. Mary, kotherbithe, to the opposite'
shore, has been presented to the Hou►e of Commons,
and referred to a Committee.

THE Aurs.—Tne Annual Dinner of the Friends of
the Artists' Benevolent Society, took place on Thurs-
day last, at Freemason's Hall. The Duke of Susses
(joint Patron with this Duke of Kau) took the
Chair. His Royal Highness ' was supported on the
right by the venerable President of the Royal Aca-
demy, and on the left by William Smith, Esq. M.P.
for Norwich. About 150 other Gentlemen were pre-
Sint, amongst whom were the Rev. Dr. Coilyer, Jo.
seph Hume, Esq. Sir Frederick Fowke, Sir Robert
Peat, C. Hibbert, Sir William 'levelly, J. M. W.
Turners William Collins, P. B. Reinaide, F. 1...
Chantry, J. Soave, E.sqrs. and several other Royal
Academicians. After the doll was removed, the
Royal President addressed the Meeting in a neat and
appropriate speech, and was followed by Mr. Smith,
Mr. Hume, and Dr. Collyer. The principal toasts
given were—" The Royal Fsmily"--“ The Royal
Academy"—" Success to the Artists' Benevolent
Institution"—'" 'Fhe Marquis of Stafford"—g. Tne
British Justitution"" The Lord Mayor," &c. &C.
The stile of the fund was read by Mr. Denham, the
Auditor, from which it appeared that, notwithstan-
ding the infancy of the institution, it had been able
to alleviate several cases of distress, and that a ba-
lance remained in the hands of their banker. Thi,
Report was followed by a liberal contribution, and Sif
of the Gentlemen present offered themselves as Slew-
Ards for the next Anniversary. The evening was
spent in the greatest harmony, until his Royal High•
nets left the Chain, when the company took tbeir de-
prune highly gratified with the promising prospect
of the initteashig tuccou of the Inoitutiva