Star.
London, England, 1821-08-20 00:00:00

THE dRIVT.

The following will be the disposition of the three Regithents
of Guards on the 25th of August next :
Ist Regiment—lst. Ilattalion,from the Tower to Westminster
quarters; 2d ditto, to retnain at Windsor; ad ditto, to remain
at Knightsbridge.
'2l lie giment-Ist Battalion, from Hounslow to Portman
Barracks; •ed ditto, from Westminster quarters to King's Mews.
3d Regiment-Ist Battalion, are now on their route from
Plymouth; future destination not as yet known ; 2d ditto, from
the King's Mews to the Tower.
A troop of the 4th Regiment of Dragoons have marched into
Norwich, to replace the troop of the 9th Lancers, who are gone
to Canterbury.
Thursday a detachment from the 67th Regiment marched
from Winchester for Portsmouth, to embark for New South
Wales in charge of convicts.
The order for reducing two companies in each of the Regi-
ments does not extend, we understand, to those serving ahro
which are to be reduced only one company : the Regiments
serving in India none.
Thursday, a division of the third Dragoon Guards arrived in
Glasgow from Carlisle, and a division of the sth Dragoon Guards
marched from Glasgow the same day for Ireland.
The Kirkcudbright Regiment of Gentlemen and Yeomanry I
Cavalry, commanded by the Honourable Mr. Commissary Gott-
noe, assembled in quarters at Kirkcudbright, on the 3lst ultimo,
for eight days permanent duty and pay, in terms of the Act 44
Geo. 111. chap. 54, sec. 23, and it was reviewed on the 6th in-
stant, in absence of the Lord Lieutenant ar-i Vice-Lieutenant,
by Colonel Ma :twat, of the Galloway Militia, one of the De-
puty-Lieutenants, who issued the following Inspection Order:
" Kirkcudbright, August 6, 18C1.
" Colonel Maxwate. begs to assure Colonel GOIID9N, that he
derived great satisfaction at the steady, soldierlike appearance of
the Gentlemen Yeomanly Cavalry of the Stewartry, at the in-
spection this day. The side in which the Regiment performed
a variety of evolutions, the general appearance of the men and
horses, and the condition of the arms, clothing, and appointments
were such as to merit his unqualified approbation; and he has
pleasure in stating, that he considers the Corps perfectly fit, in
all respects, for the performance of every duty in quarters or on
the field. He conceives it unnecessary to say more, for he is
sure all the commendation an individual has it in his power to
bestow, can he of little consequence to a body of Gentlemen,
justly entitled, from their united efforts, to the applause and esti.
maim of the whole Stewartty. Colonel MAXWELL requests
that Colonel Goa Doe will have the goodness to convey his send-
marts to the Corps in any way he may think hest; and be sin-
cerely congratulates him, as Commander, on the fine appearance
his Regiment this day made."
After the review, the Corps unanimously requested their
Commandant to communicate to the Loan LIEUTENANT and the
Commander of the Forces, their readiness to be called upon to
attend his MAJESTY, if he shall be graciously pleased to visit
Scotland.—The Officers entertained above eighty. Gentlemen at
dinner, in the County Hall ; and the evening was concluded by
a Ball, given by the Corps to the Ladies and Gentlemen of the
town and country.

PARTICULARS OF THE AFFRAY WITH
THE LIFE GUARDS AT CHELSEA.

On Wednesday night last, August 16, about half-
past nine o'clock, a number of persons, and amongst
them Charles Tucker, J. Draper, and two brothers
named Wren, were drinking in the Princess of Wales
public-house, in Sloane-street, Chelsea. There were
four privates of the Life Guards present, who were
jeered by the above persons for their conduct on the
preceding day in Hyde Park. The soldiers bore with
the insulting language of the men for some time, when
they lost all temper, and called the men in return by
degrading and abusive names. The men retorted by
calling the soldiers " Butchers," and charged them
with being " cold-blooded butchers of the people in
Hyde Park"—" Cowardly lobsters;" and used many
other most offensive terms. One of the soldiers seized
a poker from the fire-place, and struck Tucker via
lent blows with it on different parts of the body. A
watchman was procured, who took the soldier into
custody, and conveyed him to the watch-house, Hans
Town. He gave his name, John Unwin, private, C.
troop, 48, Captain M•Neal's company.
Mr. Maybank, the watch.house-keeper and con-
Istable, heard the complaint, and finding that the ac-
cusers were the first aggressors, and had given great
provocation to the accused, he dismissed the case,
having taken the oldiers' address to enable the ac-
leasers to proceed against the soldiers if they thought
proper.—There being a great number of persons as-
sembled round the watch-house, who were using of-
fensive language towards the soldier who was in
custody, Mr. Maybank told him that he should keep
him in the watch-house till the crowd had dispersed,
for he considered that his life might be endangered
if he passed through the crowd. The soldier ex-
pressed himself perfectly satisfied at Mr. May bank's
pi udent arrangement.
Immediately after Tucker was gone, six of the
Life Guards (three of them were Unwin's compa-
nions at the public-house), came to the watch-house,
and demanded admittance, insisting that Unwin
should be delivered up to them. Maybank attempted
to remonstrate with them, hut they would hear no-
thing : they swore " D—n their eyes, they would have
blood for supper!" and, seizing the large iron gates
with herculean strength, they dashed them open in an
instant, and entered the watch-house. Maybank
rushed through the soldiers, at the risk of his life,
with his staff; one of them seized it from him ; he re-
covered it, but received a number of severe blows in
the affray. He got to Sloane-square, and sprang a
rattle. About sixty or seventy soldiers assembled in
Sloane-square, and a most desperate conflict ensued
between the crowd and the soldiers. They threw at
each other with stones, bricks, and missiles of evc
description, and not less than twenty persons were
considerably injured, and some of the soldiers were
badly hurt. William M'Cabe, a watchman, lies dan-
gerously ill from the wounds and bruises that he re-
ceived: and a young man named Wild, of Exeter-
place, Sloane-street, is in St. George's Hospital, in a
hopeless state, from the injuries he received from the
soldiers.
Mr. Maybank waited upon the Commanding Offi-
cer at the Knightsbridge Barracks, and represented
to him the conduct of the soldiers ; he stated the
whole affair impartially before the Officer, who was
of opinion that it would be unjust in him to order
the soldiers to be punished, when it appeared that the
people were the first aggressors, and had used towards
them the most gross and irritating language. By
inquiry this morning we find that the watchman still
continues in a dangerous state, and Wild is no better
than he was on Saturday ; but no person has died in
consequence of the wounds he received in the affray,
as erroneously stated in a Saturday Evening's Paper.
Mr. Maybank is very ill from the hurts which he re-
ceived when assaulted by the soldiers. It is reported
that one of the soldiers is in a most dangerous con-
dition, at the Knightsbridge Barracks, from blows
which he received. The whole affair is to be laid
before the Commander-in-Chief, by the Parish Offi-
cers of Chelsea.