Star. — London, England, 1801-07-24 00:00:00

.kßrltait vi6inefdaT we gave a general account of the Review in jfigh Park. We are happy in the op pc:milky of prefenting our Readers with one more partic War which has the advantage of being writ ten by a Profdriong man. That day was appointed for the Third Review of the ,Volunteers in London and its environs 'by their Royal Highneffes the Panics of Wm.'s and the Mike of Yoaa. Scarcely had the dawn began to briak, when the inhabitants of the metropolis, and the furronnding villages, were routed, by the Spirit-Itirring drum, and ear-piercing fife," which, gave a pleating note of preparation." ST, feven o'clock the Corps moll diftant from the place of rendezvous were on their march. By nine o'clock all the Corps had arrived in the park; and having formed on their refpetlive grounds, as undermentioned, waited the arrival of their Royal Highneffes the Panics of Wail's and Duke of You with the utmoll folicitude.—• They, however, with the punetuality which forms in prominent a feature in the character of their Royal Father, entered the Park precifely at ten o ' c lock, attended by feveral General Officers. A fignal gun, a 12-pounder, being fired to notify their Royal Highneffes' approach, a Royal 'Salute dat guns followed, when the Review began. When their Royal Highneffes arrived at a central point in front of the Line, a ferand cannon was fired, and the whole Line, nearly at the fame in fant (each Corps by the command of its Chief), prefented arms :—Officers fainted, the drums beat, and the mufic played " GOD fate the King," once over. . . At the ibird bannon, the Corps in like manner Mouldered by word of command, fupported arms, and remained Ready. Their Royal Highnefres then proceeded to the right of the Line, and paled along from right to lett. As they arrived near the right of each Corps, each fucceffively carried arms,and remained Ready, bat Officers did not falute ; after their Royal High nefres had pallid each Corps, arms were fupported. The drums beat, and the mufic played in all the various parts of the Line, while their Royal High fleas were palling along the front, particularly in the Corps which they were paffing at the time. After their Royal Highnelfes had paired along the Line, they returned to a central point in its front, to the N. E. corner of the large trees which furrouncl the 'ring. At the fourth cannon, the whole loaded, each Corps by its own command. ' And each Corps in the fame manner clofed its ranks. At the ///6 cannon, the firing began by yaks of Corps. This was a firing from the centre of the Line to each flank, and two central Corps were fixed on to begirt it : when thefe had fired, the two immediately to right and left of them received the words—Read, Prelate, Fire, independent of each other, and fo on to each flank of the Line, the in terval between the fire of one Corps, and the reatij , of the next, not exceeding two feconds. The fe veral Corps loaded and (bouldered immediately after firing. At thefixth cannon, the fame firing and loading was relocated from centre to flank. At thefiventh cannon, the fame firing was re peated from centre to flank ; but no further load ing took place ; after this firing, pieces were half rocked, pans thug, and firelocks (bouldered ; which was done by each Corps, independent of the other, as it fired. In firing the Vary:, the pieces were prefented in the air, as is ufual in firing a fog &joy. Their Royal Highneffes remaining nearly on the fame ground, the Line then palled them in open columns of Companies or Divtfions. Each Company (on its march) opened its ranks at iso paces from their Royal Highneffes, and again clofed them after palling. The Corps, in paflin?, paled as in open column, not increafing the original intervals between the different Corps. The mufic loft palling their Royal Highneffes wheeled out to the left, and remained playing till relieved by the next Band, and fo of the others. After palling their Royal Highneffes by at leap :to or soo yards, the feveral Corps proceeded di redly to their quarters, and diverged fo as to pars through fuch gates of the Park as were molt con venient for their purpok, all of them taking care to keep wide of the rear of the palling column.— Such Corps as chofe to make a fhort halt in the Park, Wier palling, and after breaking from the general column, did it at fuch a diftance from the point of paffing,as not to interrupt or interfere with the movements of others that were behind, them, and wifhed to proceed. Great care was taken ta avoid or coned any (top near the Park gates, or parages through the rads. The fiivonrable weather, the attire of the Aran.' blase, and curiofity fpringing from the molt prat'. worthy motives, attraßed nearly all the metropes;' be to Hyde Park. It was computed, that, inde pendent of Volunteers, upwards of eo,ooo fpedisei tors attended. The furrounding walls were cover., ed with men, women, and children ; gin, ginger , ' bread, porter, and cakes, were vdciferated on erg/. fide t ! aid all yriii niertirnent, Ica, fun, and Ate. Every eye fparkled with' animation, every heart beat with loyal fervour ; the proud name of Briton was vaunted with felf-congratulation ; and if the chmterci2l idea of invafion occurred, not a man Prefent but, contemplating this brilliant difplay of the " Amor P at es;: was eutbufiaftically eager to " And If dlielrfle,iansin iteriNefs gre " We Ana SW MINNOW 10 receive tl3em on thore." The Peters was mounted on a grey charger of admirable proportions, and the Duke of You lode a very beautiful brown one ; they both look , i remarkablymell, appeared in high health and !pints ; and the military elegance With which they rode along the line, and eafy deportment with , -hich t h ey afterwards received - the faints.* of the o ..Cfcrent Corps, captivated every fpeaator. The Review ended about half pall twelve, when the fcveral Corps retired to their refpeaive dißrifts, .atended by the praife of their Royal Reviewers,' ..nd the approbation Of their Commanders and the peeitors, excited by their lleadiaers ander arms, regularity of firing, and the high hate of veteran difcipline *hich they uniformly exhibited. The Panics, Duke of You, General Officers, and attendants, loon after quitted the Park, when, by way of Fixate, a fecond Royal Salute of Artil lery was fired. Thus clofed a fcene in the highell degree honourable to the country, and which mull prove inexpreffibly gratifying both to the public and private feelings of the Royal Party at Weymouth. touring the Review, a•lamp-lighter attended with his ladder, and accommodated the fpeaators with feats in the trees at fixpence per head. His cuftomers, however, getting too forward upon a large branch of one of them, it gave way, and de prived them of their pnrchafed exaltation, but without much hurting any of them, as it came down gradually, and two or three loud cracks fufficiently warned a number of Ladies, who had taken their Ration beneath its fhades, to get out of the way of danger ; at the fame time to much alarming the lamplighter, that he fet off with all the fpeed in his power, leaving the remainder of his guelts to dercend in the bell way their fancies could invent. We are happy however to (late that no ferious accident occurred, though pealing burns of laugh ter were now and then excited by the cafual break ing of other branches of the trees, which obliged thofe above to defcend upon the perierania of thofe klow, with rather more velocity than was agreea ble to either party. A Letter of Thanks to the feveral Volunteer Corps who were reviewed was yefterday fent from the Office of the Duke of Yon K to the different Commanders, in which their difcipline is much praifed, and the utmoft reliance is placed upon their patriotifm and loyalty. Yefterday the te.th regiment of Light Dragoons was reviewed by his Royal Highnefs the Duke of YORK, on Epping Foreft, near Lord Tansy's-- The whole of this regiment is compofed of new mired men, it having fuffered fo feverely in Hol land, that very few returned of thole who went out. They, however, went through their evolu tions in a manner that would have done credit to veterans, and reflefted the highell credit upon thofe officers under whole infpeCtion they have been formed. His Royal Highnefs expreffed the higheft fathfaetion at their conduct, and martial appear ance. The ground was much crowded with the neighbouring gentry, and among the gratifications of the morning may be ranked, the exhibition of the broad (word exercife, by a tingle officer (the adjutant of the regiment, as we underftood), who, at full fpced along the line, went through the feveral cuts and. guards with aftonifhing force and rapidity, and from the left hand with apparently the fame force and fkill as with the RIGHT. Brigadier-General Lord WILLIAM BRIITINCR goes out in his Majelly's fhip Mototama. Captain Ofrrse, to join the Britifh army in Egypt. A fpecial meeting of the Magillrates for the county of Southampt9n was held at Wincheiler on the 136, which was attended E by Lord BOLTON, Lord STAWILL, Sir WILLIAMIATHCOTR, Sir A AAAAA DAR GRAVT, Sir EDWARD Hinst, Lieu tenant-General &riven., &c. Several refolutions were unanimoufly agreed to. approving of the meafures recommended by Government againil invafion, and declaring that every means fhould be ufed for carrying them into execution. Yefterday morning the ad Battalion of the Cold ftreatn, and the third Regiment of Guards, were drawn out on the Parade and Knightfbridge Bar racks, and thofe men who are fit for fervice were ordered to get in readinefs to march on Tuefday next for Dover. In purfuance of orders received on Wednefday, the Royal Bucks regiment of militia fet off, be tween three and four o'clock yeflerday morning, on their route for Colchefter barracks. The 49th regiment of foot,—the Leiceflerfhire, —the Monmouth and .Brecon—the Warwick fhire— and the Bnckinghamthire regiments of Militia are daily cape/led to march into Colchener Barracks. The MALTA, of So guns, Captain BIP.TIE, and another liip of the line, are ordered to be Ra tioned at St. Helen's, for the purpofe of examin ing all veffels coming into Portfmouth harbour, and preventing any &Rpm that may be formed by the enemy ; fimilar orders have been Hilted to the other Port Admirals ; and all Captains and other officers are enjoined to fleep on board their refpe&ive (hips. - - - Monday 1;11 an encampment of the Foot Guards began ju ft out of Brompton, oppofite Chathafn Dock Yard; it confifts of scoo men, but is to be dto soon. They are to mount guard in enlarged to Yard; Centinels will be placed at every Poll where there are Warden, and a redudien of the number of Warden and Watchmen will take place accordingly.' The permanent ferjeants, from the different Vo lutneer Corp', in the Weftern Diftria, are affent bled at Exmouth, to be intruded in the new light :infantiy motions and manceuvres, for the purpofe of (hewing them sitetwards . to their refpeatve corps ; thole motions, &c. hatikbei adapted for the defence of the Weft. The Corps are d 6 to be brigaded, fit or (even, according to their compli ment, forming a command. Cosstaa, the place where the flrft divifion of the Bombay detachment, under the command of Lieu tenant-Colonel MVIIILAT, landed on the 14th of May, is on the* Weft coaft of the Red Sea, and soo miles South of Suez. The coffee-houfcs at Cairo, Damafcus, Aleppo, Moful, BagdAd, and Baffora, are at night often fplendidly illuminated with lamps. They are fur niftied only with mats of ftraw Bread on the floor. The only refrefbxnents to be had in thefe coffee bourn are, a tits of lawn and a cri. of rem, with out either milk or fugar. Vocal and inftrumental mufic, the magic huitt.orn, the puppet-08*w, are alto among the coffee-houfe amuftments of the Arabians. At Conflantinople meetings in coffee houfes are Arieftly prohibited. MARKET. The Sale at Mak-lane was as dull this Day as on Wednefday.—A large fupply (from 45,000, to go,ooo quarters of foreign Wheat; with other articles being on Sale) but no buyers. Oats from 25. to 3s. lower, and a great quantity of them at market. Other articles as laft market day, but little , done. Flour continues the fame. It is thought next market-day will be a little brifker, as many people have flood off fo long that they are expefted to be bare by that time. A piece of wheat, in the opeivfield at Batterfea, was cut on Wednefday. The curl which is this year much complained of among the potatoe plants, has evidently arifen from ufing feed not well ripened, of which there was a great redundance laft year. Thole who were particularly cautious to pick out only the larger and belt ripened fits, have had no caufe to com plain of that dilappointment ; while thofe im mediately adjoining, who were lets careful, have fuffered extremely.—lt may afford an ufefulleffon, as the fad is inconteftible. The' Gentleman who fent this paragraph, fet whole fets picked, and per fealy ripened. He has not one tingle curled plant. His tenant, on the fame land, and expofure, lets careful in a large plantation, has almoli none but what are curled. An extraordinary COURT of ALDERMEN was held yeflerday at Guildhall, in confequence of a Special Summons. The buftnefs of the Court did not tranfpire, but it was reported that the objet of the Meeting was to take into confideration the granting of Prefs Warrants in the City. The Corporation of Dublin have voted an ad drcfs and the freedom of the city in a gold box to the Earl of HARDNVICKI ; they have alto voted the freedom of the city to General Coors. The fallowing is the Infcription on the Pedectal at the foot of the Statue of the Marquis COIN wALLis, lately crated on the Parade at the Pre fidency of Fort St. George; viz. . . . " Tile Statue is credted by iiGeneral Vote, at the joint ex pence of the principal inhabitants of Madras, and of the Civil and Military Servants of the Eaft India Company belonging to the Prefidency of Fart St. George, as a general tetimony of the high fenfe they entertain of the wand and Milani of the Mott Noble the Marquis CORNWALLIS, during the time he held the high offices of Govertibr-General and Commander in Chief of all the Forces in India." Extra& of a letter from Malta, dated May t 5 : N Since the re•imbarkation of the Army, in De cember Taft, from this Ifland for Egypt, it has loft about 3050 men and 100 Officers. This is toler ably well, confidering the climate and the obfti nacy of the enemy, who have alfo loft in the dif ferent actions full 4:,00 men, including three Ge nerals. A very ferious confpi racy has been difcovered, tending to deliver the Auld up to the French. Se veral letters were intercepted : the bufrnefs was managed by fome prieits, who make the people believe any thing-they *ale ; two have bzea ba nned from the dland for life. 6 , We are ever on the look out, and particularly watchful. This falls rather hard on us, from the garrifon being now limited and the works very ex tenfive. HOrfe artillery and other cavalry, are ex. petled here fhortly, on their page to Egypt—lt is thought, that had our army a proper proportion of each on the 2lft of March, the blow might have been molt completely followed up. We are daily ezpe&ing frefh accounts." Some very extraordinary tame fowls have been brought to Canton, from Settian, a province in China, which are efleemed by the Chtnefe a very delicious morerass. But the moil remarkable thing is, t h at they are covered with woo/ inftead of feathers, and exhibit a very ltrange appearance. A quantity of fine horn, we undernand, has lately been received from China. It is confidered a good fubaitute for glafs, being furprifingly thin and txanfparent. The horns generally manufac tured by the Chinefe are thofe of (beep and goats. The ufual method of managing them is, to bend them by immerfion in boiling water ; after which they are cut open and flattened ; they then ratify fcale, or are feparated into two or three thin la mina, or plates. In order that there plates fhould be made to Join, they are expofed to the penetrat ing effeft of (leans, by which they are rendered perfedly foft. By applying the edges immediately to each other, and puffing them, they idasatly adhere and form one fubfiance. It is ioantrivance little known elfewhere but in- China. REMARRAZILE OCCURIttNCS.—In the night be tween Saturday and Sunday, the rith , and 12th inft. part of a ,dwelling-houfe, about three miles from CiAletown, in the He of Mann, fell in, and killed three people, viz. the owner, his wife. and daughter. The laft was to have been married on Monday laft I—There were two funs belonging to the family, one of whom was fleeping in an out. bona ; the other was from home, but returning early on Sunday morning, was the firft who dilt covered the fatal accident.—The father, who was in good circumllances, was frequently advifed to rebuild his houfe, which had long been in a rui .sous Rate; but on all fnch occafions, be faid " the old houfc would @we his life time."—So it did.. Reorrts.—ThurfdAy laftweek, this aquatic en tertainment (*bleb fome years ago drew confidera ble numbers to the Lakes of Derwent and Bailin thwaite) was itfumed, upon a (mailer fade, at Windermere. It was attended by a very refpecia ble and numerous company, All the boats upon the lakes were crowded. A party (to the num ber of fisty) dined in an elegant marquee fitted for the occation, on 'a beautiful green near the ferry-boufe, the Kendal Band playing feveral loyal airs during the dinner. In the evenitig a rowing match took place between Sir Jona Laosan, Bart. Jona C. Cvawsii, Efq. and italicise Dixon Efq. to navigate round the Great Wand; whici was won by Sir lons oann.—The day afforded much amufement. — Do" Rrikc INTEEIIOIeI OXFORD RACES; WEDNESDAY,. JULY 21., The lgobletrien and Gentlemen Pude . of Fifty Pounds, free for three and &or ydrs old cpiti and fillies; 3-yr. old to carry 711. and 4-yrs: old 811. 71b. Fillies allowed 31b. . . • Sir F. Poole's hr. 1. Tawney, 4-yr. old - x X Mr. Snell . ; b. c. St. Vincent, 4-yrs. dd - - s 2 Between the heats, a Sweepaakes for Fifty Gui: neas each between Lord Donegall and Mr. Fran cis, riding their own horks, but both horfes fell $ a draw bet. • Mr. Stratton alfo drove his Curricle round the courfe, two miles, for one hundred guineas. He was allowed nine minutes, but performed it, with cafe in fix minutes and a half. By our lift of Oxford Raw, we find the Mar.. quis of DONEGAL/. and Mr. LLOYD rode a sts.ttch themfelves on Wednefday for too guineas. Mr. LLOYD'S Rirrup broke, and he fell ; at the (am* time the Marquis's horfe Rumbled, and threw his Lordlhip. We have not heard that either wai much hurt. In confequence of there accidents, it was deemed no face. On Monday fe'nnight there was a roof terrible form of thunder and lightning at Wooley, near Wakefield ; where the rain fell in fuch torrents, as to defroy feveral cottages,force itsway through the gardens, and overflow the lower apartments of the manfson of Q. W. Wincrwosm, Efq. It alfo did other confiderable damage in the neigh bourhood ; and had it happened in the night, in all probability the cottagers would have been drowned. On Wednefday fe'nnight, during a fevere tem pe(l, a large barn, belonging to JoHN Vinson, Efq. of Bury, and in the tenure of Mr. DAVID WADE, farmer, of Hundon Lodge:was (truck by lightning, and totally deflroyed, together with about too coombs of barley therein, the property of Mr. WADS. The Stock only was infured. Thurfday fe'nnight, durin; the heavy ftorm, a man of tio name of Witt.tem bacc, mowing a field near Altlmonfbury, went under a tree for filcher, taking his fcythe with him, when he was inftantly (truck dead with the lightning. • In the afternoon of the fame day there was the molt violent (Form of hail ever remembered in the neighbourhood of Hitcham, Bildefton, and Had leigh. The hail-ftones were near four inches thick on the ground, and meafured above two inches in circumference. Same day, there was a mod tremendous Dorm of rain, thunder; and lightning, which ex tended feveral miles round the town of Bedford it began about eleven o'clock, and continued till near four ; the lightning was of the molt forked kind, and the thunder the moD tremendous ever beard. During the Dorm, a fire ball fell in Pot ter-fireet, in Bedford, which fet fire to a houfe, and the two adjoining houfts were deftroyed befure the fire could be got under. Friday _left a barn and fome ont.houfes, occu pied by Mr. Baas Err, of Glemsford, was fet on Fire by lightniks, and entirely confurned i together with forme hay therein. Same afternoon, about two o'clock, a man and his fun, being at work in a field at Soham, in Cam bridgethire, the former told the latter to talc,: tbel ter in a draining mill, which the boy had but juD ,done, when the lightning Druck the mai, much fisaitcred it, and the child was killed on :he fpot. Same day a bullock was (truck by lighti— and killed at Lakertheath. A few days five a boy, who lived fervant at a public-houfc, on Bethnal-Green, playing with a rope leadingto the beer-cellar, byfome accident he fell down, and the rope entangling round his neck, he was ftrangled before the dilater was known. On Sunday morning latl, as a youngman,nam ed James Bonney, was bathing in the river near the Flood-gates, Sudbury i he was kind with a fit; and notwitb flanding the exertions of tie° pet fons who were bathing with him, and the imme diate endeavours of others with a boat, and im plements for bringing up the body, it was near two hour* before they could find him ; of courfc no medical aid could reilore him. On Monday', abou't two o'clock in the afternoon, an Irifh recruit, for a trifling wager, ran naked through the town of Newport-INgnell. In coming, bark, feveral of the inhabitants furnifhed them felves with whips and gave him a fevers flagella- , tion; and his comrade, who had made the bet, was taken to a pump, and underwent a procefs that will 'make him careful how he infults the inhabi tants of anytown or village which be may happen to - pa& through for the future. Wednefday evening a boy about two years and • an half old, belonging to a fruit woman in -the (beet, Was thrown down by a coach in Broad-ftreet, Bloomfbury, and killed on the fpot .; he was im. : mediately taken to a public-houfe for the Coroner •** to take a view of the body. . 1 Tuefday evening, between eight and nine ' o'clock, as a gentleman was riding along ' road, hishm-fe made a fudden flop, which giving fright to a horfe in a chaife.cart, the latter turned fuddenly mum!, and ran furioufly towards St. john's-!beet turnpike, when the gate being Nit, he deviated from the line of the road, and forced his head through the window of the turnpike houfe ; this laft circumftance occafioned a boric, mounted by a lad of about is, to take fright, and throw his rider, who was taken up a miferable fitedacle, his jaw being broken by a kick f ro m hi s bode, and alfo his thigh, by its being run over by the chaife cart: he was alfo otherwife fhockingly hurt, and was conveyed to St.BArtholomew's Hof. pital with but little hopes of recovery. laism Stars-Lorrsax, sow Dr Ewers will arrive daily at the Ofrsci and Co. a 6 Cornhill, with a regal' each Day's Drawing, for the imm( of ileac who honour them with free of any ezpence whatever.— Quarters. Eighth , . and Sirteentl on Sale. warranted Undrawn. d time of the Drawing. Dassenso.—An 315ce of HORNSZY gular /kccount of mediate infinEtion their commands, -Tickets, Halves, ths, will continue during the whole - -