Star.
London, England, 1821-10-22 00:00:00

MILITARY PROMOTIONS.

OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, OCTOBER 13, 1821.
jpi Regiment of Artillery—Second Lieutenant Horace Ma.
din, from half-pay, to be Second Lieutenant, vice JeWi, re.,
raped; Captain George Cthbe, from halt-pay, to be Cap-
p* vice Holcroft, retired on half-nay; First Lieutenant
Dimas Arscott Lethbridge, from half-pay. to be First Li u-
Imam, vice Boghurst, retired on ; Second Lieute-
sat John Wynne. from half pay, to he Second Lieutenant,
aim ilomfray. deceased ; Gentleman Cadet John Deschamps.
lobe Second Lieutenant; Lieutenant-General and Colo::eI
sir Edward Howarth, K.C.B to he Colouel-Commandailt
Brave; Colon(' and Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Pritchaa to
be Colonel ; Brevet Li-utenant Colonel and Major Jou-ph
Webbe Tobin to be Lieutenant-Colonel; Brevet Major and
Captain Joseph Brame to be Major; First Lieutenant George
Durnford to be Second Captain ; Second Lieut..tiatit Gilbert
Mott to be First Lieutenant ; Captain Frederick Gordon,
from halflay, to bo Captain; Second Lieutenant Charles
James Welsh, from half-pay, to be Second Lieutenant ; First
Lieutenant John Somerville, from half-pay, to be First Lieu-
wpm, vice Earle, retired on half-pay; Second Captain Fran-
cis Rawdon Chesney, from half-pay, to be Second Captain,
vice Robertson,retired on half-pay ; Second Lieutenant Daw-
son Warren,from half-pay, to be Second Lieutenant, vice C.
P. Jones, tedred on half-pay.
Corps of Royal Engineers—First Lieutenant George Charles
Degeo Lets, from the half-pay, to be First Lieutenant; Se-
cond Lieutenant Francis Randolph tube ditto; Second Lieu-
tenant Walter Trevelyan, from the half•pay, to be Second
Lieutenant; Captain. Robert Samuel Hustler, from the half-
pay, to be. Captain; First Lieutenant James Conway Victor
to be Second Captain ; First Lieutenant Thomas Henry
Backiston, from the half-pay, to be First Lieutenant ; Second
Ileotenant John Pitt Kennedy, to be ditto; Second Lieute-
nant George William Dixon, from the half-pay, to be Second
Lieutenant; Brevet Major Thomas Moody, from the half-
pay, to he Captain ; First Lieutenant Crighton Grierson to he
Sand Captain; First Lieutenant Charles Heard Beague,
from the half-pay, to be Bra Lieutenant; Second Lieute-
nant John Isaac Hope to be ditto; Second Lieutenant 'Tho-
mas tortoni, frees the half-pay, to be Second
Lieutenant.

Commission in the Oxfotdshire Regular blilitin, signed by the

lord lieutenant of the eounty of Oxford.

Charles Oldfield Bowles, Esq. to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vie.:
Wall, resigned.

His MAJESTY certainly visits Paris. A courier
arrived on Saturday last, from Sir CH ARLES STUART,
with a letter for the Lady ELIZABETH. Her Lady-
ship being now in Dublin, on a visit to the Lott
LISUTENANT, the messenger proceeded thither. 1 i:e
dispatch contained a summons to mee. our Sove k. lUN
the first week in December, in that capital. In fur-
ther corroboration of this, it is stated that a Noble
Earl, now in Scotland, has been also summoned to
paced to Paris about that period.
The Earl of AILCSFORD and his newly married
lady, are passing the autumn at Packington-Hill,
our Coventry.
The Earl of YARMOUTH left Cambridge on Satur-
day, on a visit to the Right Honourable CHARLES
Assovutror, at Kettering.
The Earl FITZWILLIAM is keeping up the elegant
hospitalities of Wentworth Rotherham, in their best
perfection.
Prince PAUL ESTERHAZY returns to Paris in about
a fortnight.
Sir JANIS LANGIIAM, Bart. returned to town last
week, to superintend some further improvements in
his antique mansion.
The Duke of Gtour ESTER is arrived at Christchurch.
His Royal Highness the Elector of HESSE CASSEL
!unseat his Great Chamberlain, Baron BA RDELEBBN,
together with Baron LANGSDORSY, his Royal High-
ness's resident Minister at the British Court to Hano-
ver, to congratulate his MAJESTY the King of EN-CI-
LAND, on his arrival in his German dominions.
Mr. DANIEL JENNINGS, of Hampshire, has left the
Runt, and set off for Paris, with a beautiful Selo*
mail, and six in hand, i. e. bays and greys.
There is a rumour about building a Palace in the
Regent's Park. The scite Primrose-hill.
The Glamorganshire Agricultural Society have
awarded their Prizes for the best bull and the best
hoar to the Misses Basset—these Ladies cannot be
reproached with want of attention to good breeding!
Lord COVRTENAY has purchased a magnificent
Aegean about ten miles from Paris.
Thursday, Mr. HARVEY, a traveller for the house
of Sir il. BunriErt and Co. distillers, of Vauxhall,
had his pocket picked at St. lye's Fair, of bills to the
amount of £320.
HAYMARKET THEATRE.—The excellent Comedy
of Every One has his Fault, was repeated last Satur-
(LtY to a crowded and fashionable audience. En-
trusted as it was to the superior abilities of TERRY,
CONWAY, and Mrs. CHATTER LEY, it cre-
ated universal delight, which manifested itself by the
Mow liberal applause. AU the performers exerted
themselves with zeal and effect to deserve a share of
that approbation, and the whole was therefore played
with a degree of energy and of ensemble, which we
nave never seen surpassed.
FRENCH FASHIONS.—Some new stuffs, quite dif-
ferent from those used at the close of the summer, are
nets mach worn: the colours are also new, particu•
taly green, and a shade approaching to amaranth.—
Sonnets are worn made of plain black velvet trimmed,
the edges turned up and fastened with three loops
and polished steel hooks in the side ; ..hey are called
Tyrolese Bonnets. Ribbons, of satin, edged with gold
4' biller lace, are wore at evening of dress parties.