Star.
London, England, 1826-04-01 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

A Division of the 6th Dragoons from Edinburgh passed through
Leicester on Thursday, on route to Craterbury.
Detachments belonging to the 25th, 36th, and 90th Regiments of
Foot arrived in town yesterday morning from Portsmouth, ()a
route to join their respective Depots.
The Depot of the 9th Regiment of Infantry embarked on the
nth alt. at Liverpool, for Dublin.
A Detachment belonging to the East India Company Service
was ordered to embark yesterday evening at Ittlfingsgate,forGraves-
end, on route to Chatham.
Thursday morning the depot of the 60th, or his Royal Highness
the Duke of York's Rifle Corps, under the command of Major
Pearce, marched into Weymouth, and are to occupy the barrack.,
which have been completely refitted for the reception of both cavalry
and infantry.
Monday, a Troop of the Regiment of the Innitkillen Dragoons
took their departure from Blackburn. On the same day, r Troop
of the Ist Dragoon Guards arrived, and are expected to rensaiu
some time.
The 77th Regiment. at present stationed in Edinburgh Barracks.
which bad reeceived orders for tbe West Indies, has, we believe,
been countermanded for Ireland.
The nth Regiment of Foot now occupy the Infantry Glasgow
Barracks, in place of the 33d and .50th Reginsents, which embarked
last week for Ireland.
The King's 2d Regiment of Cheshire Yearn/my Cavalry will
march into Chester, on Saturday the 13th Nay, under the command
of Colonel the Right Hon. Lord Delamere. and remain on perma-
nent duty until the 20th May. Thursday, the lath May, the
giment will be inspected by a Field Meer of Cavalry.

The War-Office is about reducing twenty-two of its
clerks, in consequence of the arrear of business of that department
being nearly brought to a close. The reduction of the individuals
will be voluntary on those selected, and to theig retitement will be
added a pension, regulated according to their period of service.
Notwithstanding the unexampled depression of trade,
the Rothsay cotton mills have not only continued working itt full
tithe. but have accumulated no stack, the supply being no more
than equal to the demand for the noanufactured artiste.
Arau..—The Romans dedicated this month toVenus,
sad biome called it Meads Venni., as well as April* from Ape-
rio—in the Csrnisb language it is said to have been cattail kprell ;
a corruption evidently from the Latin appeUative. The Saxon*
called this swath Oster Monet, or Easter Month. About a cen-
tury slum it was emtemary to mark in the Alinanack the Ist of
April, " ALL Fools Day."—This day is the anniversary of ow
births of Paints Aammts, 1111 ; said of Sr. Evaznoen, the eele-
brated French wit, ISIS; and of the death of Dr. Laesuoame, 17711.
A Bankrupt (Bankus ruptats) is so called becauhe wham
the Bank or Stock is broken or exhausted, the owner 11 said to be a
Bankrupt. Tids word 'salmi derived from the Frenth Statoorrenks
which strides a betaking or failing in the world. Red/sem Freesch
is as moth as Mmas in Latin, and moo is the same as sesti.;i.oss, and
this term is said to be taken from the Ilo:nAn ,livisarii which was
set in public places, and when a tradesmen slipped away with
in-
tension to deceive his creditors, he Loft only some re.44gio or .14vis .st
his table or shop behind kim.-..Cowat..