Star.
London, England, 1817-04-28 00:00:00

tHE

arrived in Leith Ueda
ednesday a transport
with pan • f the 88th Regiment on hoard.
,;{ay se'nnight. Lif•titenant-General Sir bum
the Commander of the District, visited Car-
ancl very closely inspected the troops id the
:•y• arC The company of the. 53d at Preteitt
:tired there is to march for Manchester, and will
,laced by a company of the 54th.
Excellency Lieutenant-Genetal Lord
:Ite. Captain-General and Governor in Chiet,
if the Leeward Islands. his Lady, and snits. ar-
-00 Tuesday at Portsmouth. and on Thursday
embarked on board the Ann transport. and sailed
lir!iacloes. The Princess of Orange transport,
boArd the hones belonging to the General
~, staff, sailed at the same time. Captain
t, 69d Regiment, and Captain Corron, Royal
ory, are his Lordship's Atdes•cle-Camp.
ordiy, the remains of the late Major FURIS9II,
Honourable Artillery Company, were interred,
Military honours, in the family vault oft St. Se-
ire's church, Snow.hill. A detachment of that
net the body (which was brought from the
Major's residence at' Norwood) at the Obelisk,
t,Georze's-fields, and preceded it to the church,
Band playing the " Dead March ea Saul," and
solemn tunes. The pall was supported by sit
ice's. Alter the body was deposited, three ironies
fired over the grave. The Colours at the AT.
mry.house were hoisted half-mast high, and every
tribute of respect paid to his memory through-
the melancholy occasion.

tie Duke of WELLINGTON is expected to remain
England about two months ; et least, it is under.- ,
'that he will stay till after the ceremony of open-
the Water Lou bridge, which, it is expected, will
Mace on the 18th of June, the anniversary of the
quotable battle of Waterloo. It is rumoured that
Grace will accompany the NUNEZ Renatcr in go-
liorig the bridge, and that they will pay the first
;:ar toll to be demanded from that period.
is Grace the Duke of Wataamayow left tbwn
iiiday east to spend the day with his brother, the
isirquis WEttesuir, at his Lordship's residence on
limond Terrace.
The Duke of Wautocirow paid a visit yesterday
t i the Earl of HARRINGTON. who, we are
.?./ to state, h much better.
The ceremony of laying the foundation-stone of an
,ink, dedicated to his Grace the Duke of Wttie
;row, took place at Cheltenham, on Saturday
, in the grounds of Colonel KIDDZL, and =me-
tely opposite the *oak that was planted by his
,ce in July last. The day was uncommonly fine,
. the lawn was crowded with beauty and fashion.
The latest advices from Clamber state that the
ike 01 NEWCASTLIeS disorder has taken a favour-
. turn, and that the Physicians give hopes of his
meary. The Duchess has happily escaped the s.
~ but het' ankiety may *readily be supposed to have
affected her much, end the child of wbtch she was
4ivertd is dead. 'Fifteen of the family., including
rants, are ill of the leirer:
'ut.D.74lllOft AGVILAR Aukiligait. Doke of BRAIN;
r, Grand Marshal of the Court, and Commander
the Order (4 the Belgic Liao, died atrßruasels oe
42i1 instant, after *long illness:
tour-in•hand :At% for a consideirAhle bet, teak.
plate last Monday aheflloon. between the lion.
Banc, son of she Eatt of Glamour; and Ur.
Vans, ot, Cualehill. The) started Iron' ihineess•
street, Edinburgh, at a quartet 61 an bowel distanell.l
'orun to 4ueensterty (nines:lilts) against tease; auk
bet was won by Mr. Wattveki who rim it in AWN
an boar. The cireumstain* Attract-4
a tonsi-,

.able crowd of spectators. • -
The grand contest in Pedestrianrwei er 2000 MiliS
,42 days, between Bates aad Beige is now fixed to
'comMince the ensuing week. A fine ;vine of ground
Wormwood Scrubba is selected for sheds, whet,
wirquem are to be erected for their aceoldenchlaticin•
friends of -the tatter ate afferiags.aii.W.the Anal
result of this expected severe match, A 1 lin his
favour.
NAT= Of 2000 sots; IN 45 PATS, AT Leiiiiiii*lbTlNe.
BARSIIT this morning, at twenty minutes after
eight o'clock, was entering on the 436th mile of his
undertaking. He continues to travel on with tins.
bated vigour, and empresses his confidence of finally
accomplishing his Hervilean task.
EXTAAniDINART PADNATNIAII.—Friday afternoon
young man, who is waiter at the Blue Posts Ta.
rem, in Peter-street, Westminster, kept by Oliver,
' Pugilists fax a Wager of 40 guineas, Undertook to!
run 15 miles in an hour and 36 minutes. He started!
three o'clock from Hendon Church,-to go a mile
,r 1 and a mile out, on the Whetstone-road, and ton. I
effluent', had to turn at the end of each mile. Ge-1
neral BANTON, of the Life Guards, and Captain',
BARCLAY/ were the umpires. The General rode with
him during the time, and he completed hie task ist
armed under the time specified.
Twenty ewes, the ty of STEPHEN SWATLAND,
. Esq. of Cranbrook, fl)ra°vPeeethis year yeaned 42 lambs,
19 of which are doing well. The ewes were the
whole or' his flock.
Friday evenisig the Regulator Bristol coach, and a'
Wallingford Waggon, wire passing along Cranford-
bridge in oppoiire directions, at the same tithe :—nee
They approached nisch otbel, the wheel horse of the
vaggon, in consequince of a blow from his driver,
darted across the road, and came in contact with the
buses of the Regulator, so violently that the shaft
penetrated the body of one of them. end tore out his
entrails ; the coachman was thrown from his seat by
the shock, and the horses disentangling themselves,
ran away without him at a short distance they Upset
the coach by dragging it into a ditch; no injury was
occasioned by this part of the accident ; but we re-
po to state that an outside passenger wits•killed by
Peeping from the coach before it was overturned.
Saturday as a Gentleman was riding a be blood
horse along ArliogtoWitreeti Picsadidy, it soddenly
wok fright, and ran away. Ilokortosiately a man,
named Thomas Soper, was croak%
_the eod of
street in in Piccadilly, as the horse rushed kfl end WIN
lei °rim
very deaf, not bearing the shouts of the fiehl!
horse, he waaknotked down and trod upon
bt the
animal, and very much hurt. He was insraidigiely
conveyed to St. George's hospital.
Nearly two square leagues of farm, or kw weeds
lately caught fire in Corsica, where the ammo ha!
been unusually dry. and Minn booms which moat
upon them were glso consumed!

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