Star.
London, England, 1826-10-28 00:00:00

THil, ARMY.

Wednesday, the Officers of the Edinburgh Troop of Yeomanry
entertained their highly re.pected Commander, the Right Hun.
Lord hist.vn.t.s, with a most splendid dinner in Gibb's tavern.

Dublin Castle, October 19.
fits Excellency the Loan Laguraxaur bas been pleased tgsign
Commissions for the following Gentlemen to be Officers in the

undermentioned Yeomanry Corps. viz.—
Rutland Infantry—Nassau Foster, Esq. to be Captain, vice Han-
lon, resigned. Commission dated the sth of September, 1826.
Francis Forster, Esq. to be First lieutenant. and Edward Rogers,
Esq. to be Sub-Lieutenant. Commissions dated the 14th of Sep-
tember, 1826.
Island Rangers Henry Boulton, Esq. to be Sub-Lientenant,
vice Stephens, resigned. Commission dated the 6th of Sept. 1826.
Ballinase Manor Yeomanry—Wybrants ()Sphere, Esq. to be
Captain. vice Ellison, resigned. Commission dated the 14th of
October, 1836.
Omagh Yeomanry—Sir Hugh Stewart, Bart. to be Captain
Commandant, vice the Right Hon. Sir John Stewate, deceased.—
Commission dated the 16th of Oct. 1826.

Mr. Alex. Annandale. Surgeon, Mr. Sorting, Mid-
shipman, and one of the seamen, of his Majesty's yacht.she Herald,
left their ship on the 23th nit. whilst at anchor at Cronstadt, to
shoot, when a violent gale came on, dashed their boat upon the
rocks, and they perished.
A new Opera, in three acts, has lately been produced
at the Theatre de l'Odeon, in Paris, founded on Sir W. Souris ro.
mance of Ivanhoe; although departing in many respects from its
original, it has been exceedingly successful. The music is by Rosana.
The exterior of the building at the corner of Downing-
street, lately erected for the New Council Office, is
completed: The Corinthian columns in advance of the
front and side of the building are copied from tbose of
the Temple of Jupiter Stator. The Council Chamber
in the interior is a very magnificent apartment; it
is placed at the western extremity of the building on
the first floor, and reaches to the top of the edifice ; the
length and breadth are of the same magnificent and
corresponding dimensions; the sides of the room are
ornamented with lonic columns, the shafts of which are
executed in Scagliola, in imitation of Sienna marble,
and the capitals are white in imitation of white marble.
The ceiling is of rather a novel description, its peculia-
r rity consisting in its being slightly curved, the curves
'being formed over the breadth of the apartment; it is
moreover ornamented in the most splendid, and at the
same time, chaste manner. Au elegant lantern has
been placed in the centre, which, in conjunction with
the windows at the side of the room, afford an abund-
ance of light. Upon the whole, this is one of the finest
rooms the Metropolis can at present boast of, and is
well suited to the dignity tthich is attached to his Ma-
jesty's Privy
.Council, who will sit here to decide on
Appeals from the subordinate Tribunals of the East
and West Indies.

We learn from Prince Edward's bland, under date
the 21st August, that the inhabitants of the west sideof
Cove Head Settlement, consisting of thirteen families,
were alarmed by the appearance of fire in the woods in
their vicinity on the 29th of the preceding month
During that and the three following days it raged with
such fury that faint hopes were entertained of saving
any part of their property. As it was, the consequences
were distressing, Mrs. Brady and James Smallwood,
two of the colonists, having lost all their buildings,
fences, and a considerable portion of their standing
crops, notwithstanding the united exertions of the hall
suffocated inhabitants. Many others of the settlers
sustained very considerable damage, several miles of
fencing being destroyed, and a great many sheep lost.
,On the Princetown 10441 several, bridges had likewise
been consumed by the fire.

IMPORTANT TO SHIP OWNERS.—A letter from Cowes,
dated October 24, says: " At Newport Sessions, which
' occurred this day, the Court was moved to quash a
'conviction which had before been obtained, under the
Pilotage Act, of 6 Geo. 4, chap. 125, against Captain
Michael Jackson, of the Sunderland brig Phoebus, for
having, on the 10th of September last, employed, as a
pilot, on board the said ship, an unlicensed person, for
the purpose of piloting and conducting her into the
Harbour of Cowes, after a pilot, licensed and qualified,
had offered to take care of the said ship. After hearing
evidence pro and con upon the merits, it was proved to.
the satisfaction of the worthy Recorder, and a full
Bench of Magistrates, that the unlicensed person (though
admitted to have been on board), did not, directly nor
indirectly, act as a pilot,, or render any assistance in
that character, and the conviction was quashed."
EAST KENT SRUIONS, SATURDAT.—Lotd Carring-
ton v. the Poor Rates of the Parish of Deal.---This case
took up a considerable time, in conseqnence of the num-
ber of witnesses examined. The point in dispute was,
whether Deal Ca•tle was extra parochial, and if so, of
course not liable to pay rats ; and if it is rateable,
whether they are rated too high ? The Gentlemen of
the long robe had a fine opportunity of displaying their
ingenuity, in examining and cross-examining witnesses,
there being upwards el forty. The rate was confirmed
upon his Lordship, bet reduced from 201. to 21. and t' e
parish of Deal also succeeded in proving apart of the Cas-
tle to be in their parish, and not extra-parochial. Most
likely the p irisir of Walrner (in which the remaining
part of the Caste is supposeJ t•+ he) will proceed to rate
his Lordship for that part which is in their parish.
Tire extraordinary mildness of the season has had
a visible effect on vegetation in general, in the neigh-
bourhood of Chelsea. The laburnum and lilac trees,
and ivys, have put forth young leaves, and in some in-
stances buds have appeared on the two former.
The extensive Mews eree•ing by Government, on the
site of the dilapidated buildings behind the Westminster
Session-house and the E est side of Princes-street, is
in a considerable state of forwardness. It is calculated
for the reception of fifty carriages, and double that
number of horses.

When the Queen Matilda was released from her im-
prisonment, and the vessel came which was to conduct
her to Zell, the Danish flag was spread for her to walk
on ; but she refused with indignation to walk upon
Danish colours, in consequence of which a British flag
'was substituted, and placed beneath ber feet.
A Yorkshireman taking the advice of his Counsel on
a lawsuit in which his fortune depended, his advocate
told him he would be cast, and shared him East's Re-
ports. s• Never mind," said the suitor, " the Judges
may not remember it;" and while he was discussing
the matter, the Counsel was called out on some busi-
ness, when, seizing the opportunity, the countryman
cut the disagreeable pages clean out of the book, and
stuffed them into his fob. His cause came on, and he
gnt the verdict ;on which the lawyer congratulated
him. "0, Sir," he replied, " I could not lose, for I
have taken special care to keep the law against me in
my pocket."
Lord Bolingbroke discovered a foible of the great
Duke of Marlborough, that he delighted in tying Miss
Jennings's garters. When he repeated the story, he used
to add, " What is knows to women is known to the
world."