Star.
London, England, 1818-04-27 00:00:00

TILE ARMY.

Monday detachments of the 61st, 68th, and 59th
regiments embarked at Cowes on board the transport
brig Prince Cobourg, for Jamaica, and sailed the fole
lowing day.
We last week mentioned an alteration about to
take place among the troops in the neighbourhood,
of Portsmouth. Their destinations are somewhat ,
altered, by a-sudden route being received for the
51st (Light Regiment), Colonel RICE, to march to
Plymouth on the 4th of next month, instead of the
Eighteenth Regiment. It seems understood that
the following arrangements will now take place :
The 18th (Royal Irish) to remain at Gosport ; the
21st (Royal North British Fusileers) to march iuto
Portsmouth garrison ; the 15th to march into Itasca ;
the 35th to march for Chichester and Brighton ; and
the 51st to march for Plymouth, to occupy the quar-
ters of the 90th, who are now on their march trom
that place for Chatham. It is, however, supposed,
that the 35th may effectually embark with their Co-
lonel, the Duke of RICHMOND, for Canada, his
Grace having been recently appointed Governor-
General of the British Settlements in North Ame-
rica. The 38th Regiment. at Plymouth, has re-
ceived orders to embark for the Cape of Good Hope.

The public feeling is strongly excited on the sub-
ject of the proposed regulation of Pensions to Offi-
cers Widows. With every regard to economy, the
proposed rule of refusing to Widows all Pension, if
they shall possess in any other way double the an-
nual suns allotted to the rank of the deceased hus-1
band, is a pitiful and merciless measure. The Widow
01. a Captain is entitled to 50/. ; of a Lieutenant to
401. ; and of an Ensign to 361. a year. The whole
charge upon the nation, for the sum of the Pensions
actually paid to Widows of these three ranks, is unde
11,000/. per annum!
Two stand of French colours, taken at the memo-
rable battle of Waterloo, are placed on each_ side of
the tomb of FREDERICK the GREAT, in the Church
at Potsdam, in Prussia.
The Duke of YORK visited the PRINCE REGENT
yesterday.
The Duchess of GLOUCESTER and the Dukes of
YORK and CLARENCE, visited her ka.resex yesterday.
' The weather being remarkably mild yesterday, the
QUEEN rode out in her chair in the gardens behind
her Palace.
Prince LEOPOLD had a long interview with the•
PRINCE REGENT, on Saturday, at Carlton-house. His
Royal Highness remained at Carlton-house about four
hours. He afterwards visited the Duke and Duchess
of YORK and the Duke and Duchess of CuuIBERLAND.
In the evening his Royal Highness returned to
Claremont.
Friday the Duke and Duchess of GLOUCESTER had
a dinner and an evening party.
Saturday was the birth-day of the truly amiable
Duchess of GLOUCESTER, and which was celebrated
with every mark of respect and attention.
Friday the Duke of KENT went to Claremont, on
a visit to Prince LEOPOLD.
Yesterday Divine Service was performed at the
Queen's Palace by the Rev. Dr. MADDEN, and at Carl-
ton-house, by the Rev. F. W. BLosierato and the
Rev. Dr. STANIER CLARKE.
The Doke and Duchess of GLottesseen attended
iDivine Service yesterday at St. Georges Church,
Hanover-square.
. Yesterday the Duke and Duchess of CuatBEi.LAND,
accompanied by Captain JONES, Madame DUROURO,
land the Household, had Divir.e Service performed by
Dr. CLARKE, the Duke of CUMBERLAND'S Chaplain,
Fat their residence in St. James's Palace. The Duke
and Duchess afterwards rode to Kew.
A letter from Frankfort, quoted in the French
journals, affirms, that a marriage is on the Lapis be-
tween the Duke of KENT and the Dowager Piincess
of LINANGE.—We have every reason for believing
that there is no truth whatever in the rumour.
Wednesday next the Lotto MAYOR giv.,es a grand
entertainment at the Mansion House, at which her
MAJESTY and other Members of the Royal Family,
together with a great number of distinguished fa-
sluonables, are to be present.
One of the children of the LORD LIEUTENANT of
IRELAND, a fine boy, six years old, died on Tuesday
mottling last, at the Vice-Regal Lodge.
Ilyda Park was yesterday crowded with rank and
fashion. It was decidedly the fullest display the sea-
son has produced. The Duchess of RICHMOND and
her daughters, the. LONSDALE and LOWTHER fami-
lies, the BEAUMONT family, the Duke of BUCCLEUGH,
hand the Bittonasi family, appeared for the first time
in the ring. Fashion bore sovereign sway ; and the
Parisian costume was carried to excess, except in one
thing—the length of the pet! icon!, which has descended
to the ancle ! Bonnets of Leghorn arc still in vogue.
Dresses of grass-green silk were worn, and boots en
.1111itC the latter laced on the sides, and fringed.
Mostly all the Foreign Ministers, her Royal High-
rites the Princess Aueusra, the Duchesses of MARL-
BOROUGH, BEAUFORT, LEEDS, the Marchionesses of
LANSDOWNE and Ur-Invite, the Countesses LiEvss
and WARWICK, Lady ELLENBOROUGH, and Mr. and
Mrs. COUTTS, (in a chariot and four) were present
about five o'clock. The drive extended from Cum-
berland Gate to Piccadilly. Among the numerous
equestrians were Lords GOWER, FITZHARRI3, 11,10LY-
HEUX, ROCKSAYAGE, Earl Seeeme, and Prince Es-
TERHAZY. The Duke of YORK also passed through
to Cumberland Gate on his favourite grey galloway.
A tremendous storm of hail, rain, thunder, and
lightning, was felt at Bexley, Hampstead, Harrow,
&c. at half-past eleven o'clock last night. At one, its
effects were felt at Dunstable, Recibouin, and Mar-
ket-street, where the hail-stones were so large as to
break the Church windows, and do considerable da-
mage to the glass of several adjoining hot-houses.—
At Hendon it blew down twelve large trees.
Montreal Papers of the 6th ultimo say that on the
2d of March bills of indictment were found against
Cuthbert Grant, Ale:am-le,. Fraser, Thomas Mackay,
and fourteen others, for the murder of Governor
Szstete, and twenty others, near the Settlement of
Red River, on the 19th of June, 1816. True bills
were also found against a number of persons, as ac-
cesseries before and after the fact, and for pillaging
al.d burning the settlements or. the Red River.