Star.
London, England, 1827-11-10 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

Sir If TATLOI is to be Lieutenant GenerJ of the Ord-
mince, vice Sir Wm. Cunrost, who is to have the Government of
the Al au rides. . _

The Depot of the 79d Regiment is stationed at present at Armagh.
A Detachment belonging to the list Regiment of Infantry,
arched yesterday from Westminster for Hull. •
The Depot of the 97th Regiment have left &Advent, and are
ationed at Tralee.

The 69th. Regiment of Foot is now stationed at Mußinge%

Last week the 2:1 detachment of the 25th Regiment (or King's
Own), under the command of Captain P. B. left Aber-
deen, on their route to Greenock, where they are to embark for the
West Indies to join the Regiment, .at .prteent in St. Ann's, Ear-
badoes.

WAR-OFFICE, NOV. 8, 1827.

3d Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant Richard William
Pekoe to be Captain, by purchase, vice Chalmers, who retires. •
4th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Lieutenant' William Houstoun;
from the half pay, to be Lieutenant, vice Hugh Cochrane, who

exchanges, receiving the difference.
6th Regiment of Dragoons—Lieutenant General Honourable Sir
WPham Lumley, KC. B. to be Colonel, vice the Earl of Pem-
broke' deceased.
George Charles Holford, Gent. to be Cornet, by purchase, vice
Sykes, who retires.
10th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Major Robert Burdett, from
the 4th Foot, to be Major. vice Drummondt who exchanges.
4th Regiment of Foot—Major William Charles Drummond. from
the 10th Light Dragoons, to be Major, vide Burdett, who
exchanges.
20th Ditto—Ensigh Scrope Berdmore to be Lieutenant, vice
Storey, deceased; Gentleman Cadet Henry Crawley, from the
Royal Military College, to be Ensign, vice Berdmore.
48th Ditto--Major Harris Hades to be Lieutenant Colonel, by
purchase, vice Browne, who retires.
63d Ditto—Richard Dyott, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vies
Loder, who retires.
84th Ditto—Hospital Assistant Thomas Hume to be Assistant Sur-
, seen. vice Wilkinseowsleceased,
88th Ditto—Ensign Edmund Richard Jeffreys to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Garatin, who retires.
Royal African Colonial Corps—To be Ensigns--Volunteer John
Hamilton Stewart, vice Dennis, promoted; Volunteer William
Henry Anthony Robeson,vka Vernon, promoted; Peter Smellie,
Gent vice Barney,promoted.

GA asiaoxs.
Lieutenant General William Guard to be Lieutenant Governor of
Gravesend and Tilbury Foet, vice Colonel James Hawker, de-
ceased; General Sir William Keppel, G.C.B. to be Governor of
Guernsey, vice the Earl of Pembroke, deceased ; Field Marshal
his Royal Highness Frederick Duke of Gloucester, E.G. and
G.C.B. to be Governor of Portsmouth, vice General Sir Wan.
Keppel.

The Duchess of BuccLauen continues in a very pre-
carious mate, at her house at Richmond.
The Countess of Essex bad a card party yesterday
evening at her house inMonet, Berkeley-square.
Its the Court of King's Bench, Dublin, on Wedges.
day, an application of Mr. HENRY GaAs-TAN, M.P. and
registered proprietor of the Freeman's Journal, for a
criminal information against Major EDOWORTH and
Mr. blowronssaay, was negatived, the Court refusing
to interfere, on the ground of the previous libel which
appeared on the character of Major Edgworth in that
Net.

LORD MAYOR'S DAY.

Yesterday being the day appointed by ancient usage
for the sweoriug in of the LORD MAYOR, the streets of
the Metropolis were hoed with crowds all anxious totem'
their eyes with the always popular and never to be
forgotten civic procession. The day Was inauspicious,
but the ardour of the assembled crowds was not dis.
heartened. The escort was formed by a detachment a ,
toe Lancers, and the bands of the Royal Horse and
Life Guards attended, and upon this occasion the civic •
procession was really splendid, and recalled the tern!.
lecithin of the chivalry and grandeur of formic dam__
The late Lord Mayor, the Aldermen and Sherifs, and
the Livery of the Companies assembled early at Guild.
ball, and the Right Hon. Mathias P: Lucas, the prate
Lord Mayor, arrived at eleven o'clock. The arrange.
menu and route of the procession were altogether cif.
(neat from former years. Instead of marching through
Cheapside, Blackfriars,,ke. the route was from Guild.
ball, along the Poultry, Cornhill, Leadenhall.stimt,
Billiter-lanc, Mincing-lane, Tower-street, to the Tower
Stairs, where the embarkation in the different state
barges took place. This was owing, it is said, to the
wish of the Lord Mayor, his Lordship being Mac,
plan of Tower Ward. Shortly after twelve (Aloft
the Procession moved froin Guildhall in the coder
fully described in our Paper of Thursday. The [dud
Mayor, Sheriffs, Aldermen, /cc. having embodied
'Alt the Tower Stairs, in the state barges (the whole of
which were very richly decorated, displaying numerous
lags, and having bands of music on board). the aquitic
;procession majestically proceeded upon the bosom of
Old Father Thames to Westminster Bridge, presenting
al Most gay and interesting appearance throughout...
tile Lord Mayor, Sheriffs, Aldermen, etc. having
landed, proceeded to Westminster Hall, when his Do-
ship was presented by the Recorder to the Banos of
the Exchequer, with a suitable speech and enlogionf
upon his character ; after which his Lordshje was sworn
in the usual form. His Lordship then visited all the
other Courts in Westminster Hall, for the pnrpose of
giving a formal invitation to the several Judgq to par-
take of the grand dinner at Guildhall. The aquatic
procession returned from Westminster to Illackftiart
Bridge, where the, whole party landed, and Telateted
their several carriages. The Grand Procession then
proceeded from Bridge.stteet. On its arrival at Lud.
gerthill, it was kissed by some Members of the Royal
Family, several of the Nobility, Ministers, Ambassador!,
Judges, Members of Parliament, and other persons of
distinction ; and with this addition the Procession moved
slowly along Sr. Paul's Church-yard and Cheapside to
Guildhall, where a splendid civic Banquet was prepared
by the Lord Mayor. As the procession proceeded, the
new and old Lord Mayors, dec. were warmly greeted,
not only by the populace, but by immense numben of
Ladies and Gentlemen, who crowded the windows of
the whole of the houses along the streets through which
the grand and imposing pageant proceeded.