Star. — London, England, 1811-10-29 00:00:00

THE Art Y. The follbwing Officers have arrived in town from Portugal, on account of ill health :—Major-General DUNLOP ; Captain Itrvisrrv, Assistant Quarter-Mai. ter-General ; and Captain •M'Auterna, 13th Light Dragoons. The 27th, or Enniskillen Regiment of Foot, the three battalions of which are now on service, expect orders to raise a 4th battalion immediately : from the high charnctor of its'kobleet;lonel (Earl MotiA), it has long been a favourite corps. The allied army, divisions, has gone into winter cantbnments, namely—lst.division On the vil lages !rind Celoiico t 2d, at Castello Branco and Portalegre ; 3d, at Alfayates ; 4th, at Nave cPAvers sth, at Guarda ; 6th, at Sattelito ; 7th, at Penamk: cor ; light division, at Fuente Guinaldo ; cavalry:' chiefly between the Coa and Agueda. The Officers who were woundect oh the retreat are doing well. Thursday, a detachment of about 250 of the 2tl battalion of the sth regiment, under the command' pf Lieutenant-telonel Ltonr, marched into Edinburgh Castle, from, Glasgow.—The next day they were in.• l s teered on the Castlehill by his Excellency Lord Via% CountCA TUC ART. They are to embark for England, in a few days, and are Afterwards to be sent told Vest ir.dies, to reinforce the Ist battalion. Friday, a dnachment of the 9th Veteran Battalion embarked at Leith, for Orkney. Three hundred and sixty prisoners of war were landed* Leith, on Monday, from the Regulus, 44, 1 and marched off to the depot, under an escort. On Tuesday 123 - prisoners, from the depot at Pennycuick were embarked oft board the same ship, in Leith Roads, which sailed for Portsmouth. Many of the prisoners, who arelickly, old, and infirm, are to be sent to France ; the remainder, it is said, have volun teered into the Bfitish service. EXTRACT OF A LETTER PROM AN omega OP TWE CORPS Or ROYAL ARTILLERY mimes NOW SERVING IN POR TUGAL. Frenada, October U I seize the first leisure Moment to inform you, of the state of things in this country, up to the present date. I have already apprized yoti of the occurrences of the 25th, 26th, and 27th ult. and shall now chiefly confine myself to the present situation of the army. " The whole of our troops, instead of falling back as before conjectured, and as our movements then in dicated, have advanced, and now occupy diffe rent cantonments on the frontiers of this kingdom. " The light division Is at presentin Fuente de Gui. Waldo, from whence we commenced our retreat on the t6th ult. • The Ant division is eight leagues in the rear of the Coa. The fourth division are lying between the C6a and the Spanish frontier. The other divisions are stationed in different villages in the rear. of the Coa. " comeqience of the army lying so wide, lam inclined to think they will remain where they are dur ing.the winter. 'Yet, on farther consideration, this does not appear very 'feasible ; as great preparations are mating to clear the ruins of Almeida, and repair its walls and fottiticatinns, so as to enable us again to mount heavy ordnance on that place. The ordnance which was to have been employed against Ciudad Rodrigo is to be used for this purpose. " What Lord Wellington's intentions are,l believe is not known to any person here. I can, however, take epos me to say, that neither Officers nor men are by any Means satisfied with regard to our army falling back on the evening of the 27th ult. For my own part, I would rather have stayed in the field,un til now t provided we could have put an end to the business. We are all heartily tired of being so long kept in a state of suspense. However, I hope it will please PROVIDENCE soon to determine the business, and in a better way than it could have been settled at the time alluded to. " Sickness, and the fatigue we have endured, hate proved more fatal to us than all our rencounters with - • - _•=," ;~ ~- ~.. . .. , this place ; Fttti Itriaini die IsOf vieithet jet! We 141 . gal ' !be drenched with heavy 'rains; which trilliieeintsp§' las unfavoirable for tho recovery of the sick. Evert thing is very dear, here at present Potatoes are %d. Per lb. and other vegetables in proportion. Porter is is. 3d. per quart; wine, of Very inferior quality, A) , , from Is. to 2s. per bottle. 14 f a ct, ihe wh o l e total' try. from end to end, is one scene of desolation and' ruin. The whole. of the subsistence not only for the army but for the wretched inhabitants, must be drawn from England or othr foreign markets.—We are in daily expectation of the arrival of further reinforce 'tnents, and among them some horse artillery and ar tillery drivers from yotir port. Erery person here wishes for a speedy termination of the contest ; but ; hat period appears quite as far distant as it did the rst hour of our landing in this country." . . Ni4Y4L INTELLIGENCE. PLItMOUTH, OCTOBER 27. The PHEASANT sloop of war arrived last nigstik, emu a crnize, and anchored in Cawsand Bay, - whem, the MENELAUS frigate still remains.—Last night we were visited by a heavy storm of thunder and light, l ning, attended with violent rain and sudden squalls ffotn the S.W. PORTSMOUTH, OCTOBER 2a. . . . Arrived the WOOLWICH store-ship from the - Medi• terranean, and is put under quarantine.—Wind S. DEAL, OCTOBER 28. Arrived the DEFENDER logger from Harwich, with a convoy of transports. The outward-bound still remain.— Wind S.W. COWES, OCTOBER 2s. The outward-bound convoys still remain. LEITH, OCTOBER 2G. The ARCHER gun-brig, which sailed from Leith Roads yesterday, with a convoy of 10 sail, bound for London, from Archangel, by the wind coming round in the night to the eastward, has been obliged to put back to the Roads with her convoy. HOLYHEAD, OCTOPER Considering the late heavy bales, the destruction on our coast has not been so great as I expected; two brigs and a ship were driven on shore; all hands on board the ship were lost. She was an American, hound with timber for Dublin, about ,fioo tons burr then, and called the William, CAMPBELL master.—, One brig unknown ; all on board perished. The other brig was 'from Dundalk, with cattle; 11 out of 23 persons perished, together with the cattle, consisting ,of 80 horned, 200 pigs, and 100 . stieep. KIRKWALL, OCTOBER 8. Friday, the 4th instant the fishing smacks Tryall ? Captain Haavil ; Calcraft, Capt. REEVES; and Ma miral Nelson, Captain Rurrus, all of London, being 's abreast ot Peterhead, standing to the northward, for the fishing grounds off the coast of Orkney, perceived i sloop privateer about three miles distant, in chace • of a large loaded brig, when the smacks immediately gave chace to the privateer, resolving to attack and capture her. After a three horns' chace, during which the privateer threw overboard two guns, the smacks came up with her, and being prepared for action, they forced her to strike to them, after bring several guns ; but the sea wasrunning so very high, that they could not, board her until the weather moderated, and ' during the night, notwithstanding that she often at tempted to escape, the smacks kept by her until the day following, when the weather having moderated, the smacks boarded her. They found her to be a Da nish privateer, called the Tack For Sidst, of Bergen, commanded by Capt. ANDREAS Onm, carrying 16 men, 3 guns, and a number of small arms. Having taken out the crew, the smacks succeeded in bringing her into Stromness harbour the day following. This capture was a fortunate event, otherwise the loaded brig, and several other vessels that were at the time on the coast, might have been taken by the privateer. The Jacob, Seville, from Poole to Liverpool, sunk off Weymouth, on Saturday morning last. The Frederick, Butterson, ran on the Goodwin Sands, on Sunday morning, and it is supposed she will be lost. --- Mr. T. P. COURTENAT, the new Member for Tot. ness, is a son of the late Bishop of EXETER,, and has distinguished himself as a political writer, particu• larly in his , 4 View of the State of the Nation, and of the Measures of the last Five Years." He is Deputy Paymaster of the Forces jointly with Lord koasar SOMER4S.T. One of the French gentlemen, brought to Plymouth in the STORK sloop of war, along with the English Nobleman, who escaped from France, (as stated in a former Paper) speaks very good English. He says, that in Septeniber he was in the head banking.house at Paris, where he saw a great number of English guineas, nt which time he expressed his surprise ; when the Banker assured him that their house and another had, from January to that time, received up wards of one minion sterling its English gold coin. The East Kent Militia on its passage from Fal. mouth to Ireland narrowly escaped being wrecked ; they were ne.rly driven on a rock 67 miles from Dub lin, but after driving about five hours at the mercy of the waves, a strong gale came on, and carried them safe into Dublin.---The cheapness of provisions at Athlone Barracks, where they are quartered, issome what remarkable ;,meat is from 24d. to 4d. per pound; flour 3d. per pound.; salt pork 4d. per pound ; pota. toes, 141 b. for 3d. salt ltd. per quart; whiskey, rum, and gin, 4d. a quartern; tobacco sd. per ounce; a fat goose of 91b. weight 3s. some for Is. 6d. ducks, Is. 3d. per couple ; eggs three a penny ; roast pork, and all dressed meat at the cook-shops 6d. per pound. Saturday se'nnight, David Johnstone, the postmae who conveys the mail between Dumfries and San quhar, fell from his horse near Mossop, and was dragged along the road with his foot in the stirrup. From this alarming situation he was extricated by a gentleman, wl n had him properly taken care of, and sent to Dumfries for medical aid. His head and breast were much bruised, and his senses were com pletely gone ; but he has since recovered his recollec tion, though his recovery is sull very doubtfUl. It is thought that apoplexy was the cause of the fall of this old man, who has for 40 years been deprived of the use of one arm and leg by a paralytic affection. Sisexouno.—Mondry fortnight, a genteel looking men called at a house in Linlithgow, and requested lodgings, where he was accommodated, and remained till Thitraday following ; when preparing to leave the house, he_felt -his pockets, and exclaimed that he had lost his money, a note-case, containing R 25 in notes, and 2s. in silver; it was immediately advertised through the town of Linlithgow, but was not to be'' heard of. He then sent off a person to Leith with an' order for £2O on a Gentleman, who he said was a wood-merchant there, but no such person was to be found ; he aCterwards appointed the man whom he had sent to Leith to meet him in Edinburgh, and he would go along with him to get the money, and, seemingly with that intent, set off with the man on Sunday forenoon, carrying off with him a great coat. THE EXCISEMAN OCTWITTEM—A cruel trick was lately served upon an Exciseman by some of the High landers, residing among the Trosacks at Lech Ca therine. A quantity of contraband whiskey having been distilled and collected, the parties were at some loss to find out a mode of evading the vigilance of an 'Excise Officer. who was upon the qui vie:. At length one or two of them went to the Exciseman, and in formed him, that there was a private still at work in a small island in Loch Catherine, and that there, was a considerable quantity of illegal spirits there secreted. Imposed upon by this intelligence, he begged they would land him on the island, for the purpose or• making the seitnre. Glad to find their device so far' successful; he was immediately embarked on hoard a c boat, and speedily landed upon the spot. Scarcely however, had he set his foot on the Shore, when hi hopeful guides tacked about, and left the unfortunate; man a prey to disappointment, vexation, and hunger, for three days; at the end of which time, having suc cessfully carried away their contraband goods, they: 4 restated hint to Ms wife and family, in a s t a te lit t l e short of, ftarvatios, . • .‘ . - • the enemy. Several of our regiments hive more than h.ilf their numbers on the sick list ; but, thank I-lea ven, many are now recovering. The number of deaths by the epidemic with which the army has been so long afflicted, are, I believe, known only to the 'Heads of the Medical Staff and the Commatder in Chief. The list would be too frightful and appalling to be made public." „I The following is an extract of a letter from a Bri tub Offiter is "Portugal : " Lisbon, October 17. . " I embrace the present opportunity of writing to acquaint you with our situation at this place; which , I assure you is by no means an enviable one. I know little of the situation of our army, unless when I hear from any of our friends at head-quartcrv: Six days ago, I received a letter from our friend D. who has recovered from the fiver. He mentions in his letter, tx v ;a: eke 6th division of our army had had a sharp b rus h the enem;. This, of course, you will have learnt from ti's dispatches which were sent from hence wveril days ago. Had it not been for the intrepid conduct of the sth and 77th infant: y, our whole bri gade of Portuguese artiilery must have fallen Into the hands of the enemy. The above regiments made a most noble charge, S and cut up the enemy In every lirectitin.—l am sorry to state, that this country is a second Walcheren, with regard to sickness. There are from 10 to 11,000 sick now in and iround this place. Every convent an 4 church is crammed with sick and wounded men, and they are dying like rots •MI sheep.—The weather is now extremely sultry a; • • .a ~ ' •.. • ;: y. • '•• %. "' 4-, • ' ,•• ' t' The brig Hope, of Lynn, from Sunderland, was run on board of on the 10th instant, near the Humber, and *ink. The French frigate l'Astree, lately captured at the Isle of France, has been purchased for his Majesty's "service and named the Pomone, in place of the one ' lately wrecked of that name. She is a fine vessel, will mount 38 guns, and have a complement of 300 men. Considerable alarm was lately excited on board the San Ysidro prison-ship, by the discovery of a leak. In ordet to remedy the accident, the prisoners, amount ing to 400, have been removed to the Europe and Bienfaisant, and the ballast has been taken out. The "sloop, Thomas, Hugh M'linnon master, bound from Liverpool to Tubermorey, with a cargo of co a ls, oil, butter, tar, and earthenware, was driven on Ballyvaston shore, in the bay of Dundrum, on the morning of the sth init. and the gale was so dreadful that she went to pieces in ten urinates. The Industry, Christian, for Maryport, from Ire land, it is supposed, was lost. with all the crew, near the Isle of Mann, on the 25th ult. On the 3d of October, was found at • sea, off Groom's Port, near ,Bangor, a bottle, which contain ed the following Me :—" Sept. 28-Bhip Falkirk, Captain Pike, from Newfoundland, 28 days out- , -all safe. Passengers, H. Hickman, and two ladies." The following extraordinary ease may be depend. ed on as a fact :—Last Friday, as• some Gentlemen were enuring in the Liberty of Soreveton; near Bing ham, they killed a hare which they suspected to be with young, a thing unusual at this season of the year; a quarter of an hour elapsed bffore they opened her, when, wonderful to tell, three young ones were found, still living. One of the Gentlemen took them home and nourished -them With new milk, kc. They are Piing and - likely to Fir, won. - - • . • . .. ~, • tivitfrlvc ikiiiikEgc.E. ' ••..,........,„,...,......„,...• tLn:Laszvjs * .st A , . .... igiZARi . • _HT oCTOBeit; wt HT ON ti MEETING: Yesterday a come Slffektomoji.Centecil was held at , . . stonnnti•cieTonitst tti: - •' • Guildhall, at which the Lard Mayor, the Lerd Mayor Load O: H. Civilidtees deft tin libtk 1) anion& heir COblelli" Elect, and agreet nustibee 9f Catumetsers-vreetlftt. ' Udneles *Pock cherry, PaL 7lls. meth. First half of Ab. Wit*. Six to 4 on sister to Peet Dia.:Work Mr. Anil - ties Dimino t, l'it. 11.1. beat Duke a Grafttin"; Nim-i e d sen I.7 el 34 ' Tia r e t ..:11 P 0°"i ti lli the itie f ° 01 ( r r feit'§ii 'G.n ee( "11 Pit, L1 1 Pu. ' trig K e e? ' r " ft it.lion' • P 7 . rod, 7st 1116 e 'Pair-y rs Ad coVrae,. tongs . 11. fl.:-Taro4o tine chi CfrANFIII.I.O3 of . the o llecistente, in riiaiiitft ; 11k... • against Discount. •7. ' ' building, in the form of ompliktiseatre, le.ivin a 1 1 1,, Sweepstakes of leDge. eiseb. -T,M.M. L C. .. . space of four areas.ien tJan..vecatiLgrosinii m Moor- i . Colonel Udiwy's Trufle, 7st. •. • • .i‘ •i • 1- 4 fields, sad the purchasing of o th er • the .. 7 Duke of Gratton's Pope, est. 61b, ~ - : :. 2 building of it - tiewpitsofrbetween VT me . 41;111Atreet ' Lord lersey'S Linvon, Ast.,bib. , • - t i - - : and Red-trent-street, Wrfer was rbad; ntid4artee cod. Lord O. H. ca4endiele metteeititlete, est. 101 h. Sir J. Shelley's Phautom, 7 , t. 41b1: '' '' ' - - - - pd siderable debate, it was referred back tr.f Ake. said 'rest tot art 'fru& 11 tt. irogleiPepe, sto t agst Langton, Committee to carry the tame into eireeutibri, and t , s sad 7to 4 apt Middletkorpei . .:i considir of agfeeing With JOIIN CA Lvertr, t,tq. for - cite Mr. Shalteopear'sSpritelarst Mr.lindrew"i; TroPhonlus, eat. slb. . . premises in Whitt4 emit-Street. each. Tvio-yr. old C. 20••44.- , 7 to 4on Sprite. A motion was made Co appoint-the Mettiberi 4 t he . i Duke of St. Albania Cambriaa, O a t . I lib. teen! Mayor Wilson's Cutlass, 7r. 7th . T.M.M. 10058. b. (41 . - I CODlthlttee to consider the improvements' that have - Duke of Graften'a Web, Set. 41b. bauMr. Andrew's Tropho- ' been referred by the Court, and h tare not been repor. att., Bst. 71b. D.1.204gt.-6 to 4 oh' Web. • a Lord F. Bentinck's Asmodetts reet. fr. from Major Wilson's ted on ; nd the members *ere appointed actordln g ty. Erebus, est. 71b. each... Two-yr. old C. 100 gs. b. ft. - • 4 Uponihe nominaCiet of M. Leers TO be "one()) the HAMILTON RACES, OCTOBER 21. Committee for City Improvements, he.darlined the_ 110nOtlr, itatihlg As hit reason, that he had etperlenced Handicap Purse of E5O, even by the Marquis of Douglas. Two-mile beam it to be a post of danget and eteerice to speak f;iii! err. &nettles b. m. Petunia, try Pensioner, oat of Monica, sentiments freely in that Court ; that he apprehended ; 5 yrs. old, bst alb. r • - - - - I I much more clanger in doing so at Cornmitteei, some Lord Montgornerie's Diana, 5 yrs old, Re. 516. - 3 2 membersof whiclr might consist of spies and informers: Mr. Pratt.' Came Cock, 5 yrs Old, 7st. 151 h. - - 5 3 Marquis of Douglas's eh. e. by Master Robert, dam by l ' h is produced a strong ferment. . ikestless, S yrs old. 61t. • - • - - 4 4 MN. OKIPITITTI3 contended he ought ft:inlet/611). j ' Nirspits of Queensberry's br. e. Chance, 3yn old, 7st i Oh- e dr. Mr. Jaces s .id th r y were known'; the records of; 5t04 on Diana. Won cleverly at the end. the Court Of , King's 132nch, aid every newspaper bud ' CALEDONIAN Hunr.—The meeting, which took , narned them. place at Hamilton, again opened the beautiful and : • A Member of the d ourra.sked irbeiUtided i '4llial excellent course in the Duke's Park, an event which, * Mr. J.tcis veplied,•No. - `l , " . . .? ; ~.,$ afforded the highest gratification to the friends of ►Another Member of the Court asked ir Ise flkisot. , sport in Scotland ; and as the love fbr the horse is he- him ? Mr. JACKS said, 1 tool uton you. . ....ct vf.f.,i reditary in the Noble Family of Hamilton, a power. • -M r. Alderman Wool) presented a Pet:tirin fehln. al - ful aid to that generous amusement is expected. The Lady of the name of Lees BJ.acr.nu'tN, residing at. races in general afforded little sport. Sir' H. T. Lynn Regis, in Norfolk, praying the'interf a rence of Vane's Shuttle colt swept all before him ; but the the Corporation. She had become purchaser e t o n e races for the seso, on Thursday, between Lord M ont- fourth share or a ticket in the third City Lottery; gomerie's Rover, and Mr. Boswell's Pscun; a, bT entitled to a 420,000 prize. f rum the iudotsemerits. Pensioner, out of Monica, exhibited one of the best on the shares, it appeared that the house correspoed: • contested races ever seen on a Scottish "course, or ing to the ticket in question had been valued by the, perhaps on any other ; the mare made play in all City Surveyor and others at A'l5,OA). In these cir, ••: the three heats ; —Rover ' won the first beat by cutustances, the petitioner had applied, by - means q nearly a neck, Pecuni4 the second by a neck, and Ro. her agent, to the person of whom the ticket in sues. ver the third, but so close was it run, that no one lion had been .purchased, for her shareif the privx . but the judge could determine which won, as the mare and was infOrmed, that under the Act of l'arliament • • , shot past the horse at the winning post. the houses must be sold by public auctiort . withii, it : month after the drawing. The petitioner again ap plied to the vender, having learnel that he himself, . .re had become purchaser of the house at £4B(X), age ing even to accept of the fourth of this surrt,or '.4'l2q9e instead of the £3OOO, which she had a right to expect, but even this was denied her. And when Ae thecae meet to seek redress, was itiformed, that the Act ape plied only to peoprietors or purchasers of tickets. and had nothing to do with shareholders.—Thus situated, the petitioner threw herself on the liberality and love of justice of the Corporation, trusting, that as the Lot tery had been conducted under the sanction of the City. they would put the petitioner in a course of tilt; taming redress. Mr. Alderman Wonn' moved, that the petitidn be referred to the Camtnittee of Temple Bar, to ihquire and to report; which wits agreed to. , • A motion was made, that Mr. Cliambertain dn nib scribe the sum of 0200 to the Stottish Hospital of the foundation of King Charles If. as the gift of the Court, in aid of their funds. The same wasresolved in the affirmative, and ordered accordingly. . h ~' IP I i II • Late on Tuesday night last; or early On Wednesciat morning, the house of Mt : Grant, in. Leiglitonsßui! zard, Bedfordshire, was broke open, and robbed of sill ver plate, supposed to be worth ab3nt £2ooi bAokt Notes to a considerale amount, and silver coin to till amount or k2O. With this valuable booty the rob, ben made their escape, without alarming any of the family, the robbery not being discovered till the seri scants rose at, their usual time on Wednesday Minn., ing. No trace of the thieves or the property has yet been discovered. A few nights since, the Chester mail was robbed; on the road, of a box from Chester, containing bank: notes and articles of jewellery, to a considerable amount, directed to Messrs: Huntingdon and CO. Alders ate-street: Last Tues:lay night, about nine o'clock; as Mr. William Bodle, of Harrow-house, Eltham, Kent, was travelling over Blackheath, he was stopped near the house of the Princess of Wales, by a single foot pad, armed with a bludgeon, who robbed him of his, watch. Bow-sTaxer.—Yesterday a man was convicted in I penalty of 40a. fey having a quantity of rope found in his possession, without being able to give a satis factory account how he became possessed of it.—Mr. Ruin has appointed Samill Taunton, who has con thicted .aparty of the patrole very respectably for a number of years, to succeed Rivett as an officer. Mr. I Ram) ha's also appointed Nicholls to succeed Taun ton as a conductor. Gump Li A L r..—Yesterday Thwarts Carter wasbrought up for examination on a charge of burglary and rob- • bery, in the house of Mr. Rice Price, porkman, of . Snow-hill, on Friday night last. It appeared from the evidence, that between six,and seven on Saturday morning, as the shopman opened the shop, the light discovored to him, the prisoner atlecp at one end a it; and on being , waked, and interrogated how he I came there ?he instantly ran into the street, without s making any answer. The shopman followed, seized, and brought him back, and rang the shop-bell lOr has master, who came down. He made no defence, and was committed for trial. MARLIOROUGH-bTRIIICT.-4.A publican, in Piccadilly, wit yesterday charged with having introduced cards amongst hiscompany, and thereby causing two grnoms to lose £l5 by false play. It - appeared in evidence, that the complainants had joined in playing with u. stranger at Put from crowns to pounds, and at one time won several pounds hridgins the cards (bending them into an arch). The stranger not being nattios- • t ateatir at the beginning of the play, was unable to cope with his adversaries, but he at length proved hinfself to be the deepesi in company, and not only won back his own money, but £l5 in addition. He was three. tend with law, but refused in refund ; and the Land. lOrd was now brought forward as a parikaas erietitio ; but the Magistrate observed, that the patties weft alike criminal, and fined the landlord 40s..jand costs, ar.-..4.* gutting ill his house. , , . ei Q . *6 47 'WE'? As .."0110 16 . lop . ..1111111 I .4 ~. y 'i