Star. — London, England, 1813-09-30 00:00:00

I tilt MLitt ttAL bRbEi. . 01 _ _ ..„ • florse Opirda, 13th September, ISIS. lie Commander in bisirt* had °Cession to obsenre, from Om description of Returns which have lately.been submitted to a de/laicism in some tigimenti from the Recruiting Regsla- Oxus which I. attended With consiqueneas highly itsjuriotta to the Public, by bringing itito the serlice matt who are ill cake - laced, by their stature and tithe, to pellorm the duties of sol diers. In many regitheats of the line' recrnift have been engages', *at the head quarters below the standard, and others beyond toe Ne prescribed dy the Recruiting Regulations. In many inatioici o voisibtesrs also from the Militia have been approved by orating Oileers under the aboire circumstances! In emend Militia regiments, Boys have been ettited,though ln no fespeet eligible for the service, and who, from their extreme math, art not likely for a considerable period to be equal to any duty. the Commandef in Chief most poslt*ely forbids I coitittua; tion,of these practices, and his Royal Highness requires the Ge neral Officers in the command ot districts and brigades to prevent .any such deviations bn the Recruiting Regulations in the corps' under their command, either of the Regular or Militia Forces. . Commanding Officers of tegiments are personally responttble that all head quarter recruits are in cirri . * respect corrdponding to the regulations, and they are to take care that as soon as the „number of boys allowed by regulation (viz: fifty for ,each baftd- Boo) are engaged, notice is sent to the recruiting parties of the reginlent, in brier to prevent a larger proportion of Boys Hon is allowed being recruited. . In maul corps it ii observed that the Boys and Recruits en ad ed as Lids, at i reduced standaid, have not grown and ful. the expectation stinger which alone recruits of this deserm. ate desire*, . tommanding Officers of regiments, and all persons 61itiecte0 -with the recruiting service, are enjoined to receive no BUY or Lad . Reitibits *ho do not, front their make and stature, oirei the Fairest hopes of growth, and of becoming vigorous and t &tate Coldish.; and no rrerult, volunteer, or substitute, is to be ireeivedi who Is not in every respect confor mable to the establieked regulations, isithont the Commander in Chief's special authority. • Central Officers, in making their inspections, are requit(d to be very minute In their examinations ot all recruits or volunteers. or substitutes who may have joined since the last inspection, and to transmit special Reports of any, either bf the Regulars or Militia, whom they find cot to be coniorntable to the itcernit- Jog Reeulation.,.aqd the Acts of Parliament on this bead. By Command ut his Royal Highness the Commander in Chief, HAIRY CA LVERT, Adjutant-General. An augthentation of cavalry is about to take place, by adding two troops to each regiment. All the effective men belonging to the 45th regi ment, stationed at Lewes barracks, have received or ders to hold themselves in readiness to march for Portsmouth, preparatory to their embarkation for ser vice in the Peninsula. The 2d battalion of the 62d regiment, recently qUartered at Middleton, is itoiv embarking at Cork, - to join the army under I..rnd WELLINGTON. The TA battalion of the 44:th regiment is. we believe, now ar. rived at Cork, from New Geneva, near Waterford, for the smile destination. These, anti the battalion Of the 37th ordered round from Gibraltar; the rein forcements sent out from regimental depots, and,, the great number of convaleicent wounded brought into the ranks—will place the British force under Lord WELLINGTON on the most effective footing. The Meath Militia will, embark this week at Bristol for Cork. The following English regiments of militia are also under orders for service in Ireland, viz. East Essex, East Suffolk, Derby, and 2d West York.— These ate to be replaced in Great Britain by the Tyrone, Fermanagh, Londonderry, and City of Limerick Militia. tito . tnillions.of ball cartridges have been shipped at Plythouth Dock fbr Woolwich, thence to be sent to the North. The Workmen at the Laboratory at Plymouth,Dock are employed extra hours in filling cartridges for the same destination. Three months since, 18 milliGns of cartridges were in store at Ply mouth, of which immense number not one is left. Wednesday evening the Officers of the Oxfordshire Regiment gave an elegant ball and supper, at their Mess room, to Lieutenant-Colonel MACLEAN and the families resident in the Tower. -Dtoatuir, SEPT. 25.—Lieutenant-General Sir JOHN Hope, K. B. Commander of the Forces, left this city. on Thursday toi Cork, where he is to embark on . board the President frigate for St. Andero. The West Essex regiment of Militia marched into this city on Saturday last, from the Pigeon-house, where they disemLarked from Liverpool. They have since proceeded otgtUir naite for Athlone, where they are to be quarterecriitil'farther orders. Fifty very floe young fellows, recruits for the R.'yal Bucks, or King's own Regiment of Militia, marched from this city on Friday last, on their route to join that excellent regi tient at Boyle. Lieutenant-Colonel HANULTON, commanding the Royal Artillery at Loughrea, is appointed to succeed Major BROLIGII, in the command of the Brigade of the Royal. Artillery in Limerick, which has been lately made an Artillery District. Major BROUGH is ordered to a command in the West Indies. The 2d battalion of the 88th, or Connaught Ran. l gers, has received orders to proceed from Bevryhead. to Cork, to fill up its present skeleton. Lieutenant ROBERTS, of the 71st Light Infantry, .who was returned as killed at Vittoria, it appears, only received some severe wounds, and is fast reco vering. He remained as dead on the field of battle ; he was carefully conveyed away by some French soldiers, and every attention paid to him ;—on the enemy retiring he was carried to Bayonne. from whence a letter has been received of the circumstances by his father 'in Cork; HUMANITY AND BRAVEitY.—The following act of bravery and humanity, which, we are sorry to say, has but few parallels, is recorded of a French Officer' who eras taken prisoner at the surrender of St. Sehas. tian. During the heat of the first attempt to storm Ihe town. while the contest was raging in its most furious and deadly form, the . Ftench Officer saw an English orte .(beloriz-ing to the Royals) fall wounded to the arounii, exposed to the fiercest fire of the artil lery. Fhe French Officer's sympathy was excited, and, rushing to the spots through all intervening oh- Vticles, he placed the unfortunate gentleman on his V1c1:, and conveyed him sagely tr.) the hospital. Lord WELLINGTON, With his accustomed regard for desert, has recommended him to . the notice of Government. A circumstance, no less interesting, occurred about the same period :—A Newfoundland dog was found by the side of his deceased master (another Officer of the Royals), three days after the engagement : on the approach of the French party, employed to bury the dead, the faithful animal showed considerable fem. city; but, being pacified at length, he permitted the corpse to be removed, and followed it to the •grave. The impressive fact was communicated to General RET, who instantly adopted the noble animal, and has brought him to England. SPORTING boikASTER MBETINCie • , HONDA?, seri& 27k. The Vitiewifflati Stakes of lbgs. ma, With tOgs. added by We C9rporatfon, for 2-yr olds Bst.; S ti olds fist.; 4-yr olds fist. 91b.; 3-yr olds Oar. 11b.; 6-yt; bed! 9st. sib.; and aged fliki 71b.-;-List tulle and half. Lord Belhaven"s e. by M'lster Robert, 4 yit old Sir M. M. Sjtes's b. h. Epperton.s yr, old Mr. Mason's br. g. Markunan. 8 yis Mr. Rob'. e. Ottrlngton; 4 yrs old .e Of Leeds's eh. c. 'Fartfnim 4 yri old Gascoignel eh. f. Velem, 8 yrs old Two paid. 4 to 1 Apt Lord Belhaern's c.-5 to 2 apt Marksman—, agst .Ottrington-8 to 4 asst. Valetta. The St. Leger Stakes of 25p each; for thtee year did Colts; esti 21b. fillies, est.—St. Leger Course. Mr. Watt's ch. f. Altisidora Lord Flzwilliam's b. e. Camelopard . . Sir G. Armytage's b. c. tiger 3 The Produce Stakes of 100 gs each, h. ft. for 4 yi old colts, Bst. 71b. fillies, Bst. 41b. Those got by untried stallions, Ate to be allowed Slt. The witmer of the Produce Stakes at York to carry 51b. extra; and the winner of the 4 yrs old Great Subscription at York, to carry 41b. extra; but the *inner of the two abt to carry more than 51b. extra. Four ralles. Lord Fitzseilliam's hr. e. Algerhon, 51b. Duke of Leeds's b. c. Rowland Mr. J . , . 3 to 1 on Algeroon e —Sit paid forfeit. " 4 sib . 1 A 2 Match for 100 gs each, h. ft.—Two miles. Sir M. M. Sykes's ch. C. Don Raphael, est. sib. against Mr. Branding's b. c. by Dick Andrews, list.—Off by consent. His Majesty's Plate of lOpp.for an hones, Scc. Four year olds to carry lOst. 41b. five year olds, 1 lst. 61b. six yew; olds 12st. and aged list. itlb.—Four miks. Mr. Garfonh's gr. f. Martians, 4 Yrs old General Grosvener's ch. (-Defiance, 4 yrs old Mr. Kirby's b. g. Outington, 4 yr. old 3 to 1 on (*lantana. Match for Segs. est. each.—Last mile. Mr. Brandling's Jezebel* against Sit B. R. Graham's Bac chante.—Off by consent. 1 . e - . S EPIGRAM{ Oa the Answer of Mrs. Floozy, the Seaman's Wire, to Mr. SCARLITT, the Counsellor, when he asked her if she cou Id box the compass.--(See a late Law Report in the STAR.] In boxing the compass, she's puzzled him quite, if the point she propoe'd Was the point to steer right, Re's an impudent, saucy she varlet; Who assumes the fell spirit and jokes of a Tar, And tries with her cunning to brow-beat the Bat, And to draw even blushes from SCARLETT Guernsey, Sept. 14. O. L. Monday being the anniversary of the coronation of the Emperor ALEXANDER, a royal salute was fired by the Russian squadron in the Downs, accompanied, as a compliment, by all his Britannic Majesty's ships. . The disasters sustained by BONAPARTE since the renewal of hostilities, will soon be known to the inha bitants of most of the towns on the French coast. Some thousand copies of the late Extraordinary Ga utier, printed in the French language, have been sent from town for the purpose of being distributed at all practicable points on the enemy's shores. " Captain &ova, of the LYRA sloop of war, and Lieutenant O'IttaLLEY, of the SURVEILLANTE frigate, who distinguished themselves at the siege of San Se bastian's, are promoted 'to the respective ranks of Post Captain and Commander. The remains of the late Mr. WvArr, the architect, were on Tuesday deposited in Westminster Abbey, near those of the former Surveyor-general. Sir W. A humane Gentleman of the name of Wason, lately visited Coldbath•fields, Ludgate, and Clerken• well Prisons, and - presented a large supply of bound books for the moral and religious improvement of the unfortunate prisoners there. Friday an elegant entertainment was given on board of one of the British men of war in the Downs, to the Admiral and his Lady, with other fair at tendants, and the Captains of the Russian ships lying there ; after which, in their, and the presence of se ver.il British... Officers, if e Play of the Man of the World was pertormed, and the part of Sir Pertinax APSycophant ably supported by a Caledonian. The while met with universal applause; and particularly the Russian Admiral, who is a Scotsktnan, was highly entertained, and, with his Lady and brave Captains. honoured with their presence a Ball which followed on board, and did not break up till the following morning. Our Deal letters state, that a rumour prevailed I there that Admiral YOUNG, who lately returned from off Flushing, having received orders to prepare for an Expedition. There ate seven English and four Russian line-of-battle ships, and a frigate, in the Downs at present, and four other English frigates hourly expected round from Portsmouth. Saturday, the Mayor of Dover having ordered the butter which was brought for sale to the market to be taken to the Guildhall to be weighed, a great quantity of it was found deficient in weight. In conse quence upwards of 80 pounds were forfeited, and dis tributed to the poor. A person, of the name of Arthur Gun, delivered the report of a transaction to his employers, conclud ing with the words—" This is the report of A. Gun." The falsehood of this being afterwards developed, they agreed that it authorised them to dismiss him from their employment, which was done in the follow ing words, subjoined to such statement:—" Discharge 1 4. Gun for making a faire report !" A curious circumstance took place last Monday at Hedon market. A farmer in the neighbourhood having received in exchange for a cow some notes, which he supposed to be of five guineas each, quietly pocketed them. On examining his stock on Tuesday, at Hull, to his great surprise he found it to consist in part of notes of the ♦alue of five farthings. The carriages and liveries of the new Sheriffs, Al derman Mammy and J. C. MARSH, Esq. are pecu liarly rich and elegant. The body of the former is of marcne colour, tastefully embellished with the Arms of the City, of the Stationers' Company, and his private Arms and Crest; a border on the upper part of the pannels richly ornamented with military trophies. The carriage is picked out with light blue. The hammercloth of superfine scarlet cloth, orna mented with rich gold lace. The liveries white and scarlet, trimmed with gold lace. Sheriff Mattsu's car riage is of yellow, relieved with brown, with the Arms oldie City and of his Company, etc. a most superb hanunercloth of brown, with the City Arms richly em broidered, relieved with a festoon of blue and gold his liveries brown and scarlet with gold lace. ~. •, 114 tk Ivi . iiitressing accounts were reieiireci yesterd I) fidln vatibks parts df the West Indiesi respecting tht. dtimdful Acts of a late hurricane which otcurfed on that quarter: the following is extiatted from a &mania paper. of the Ist of August : " NASSAU, MOAT, AUG. 1 1811. " It falls to 'our lot to record the mist dreadful calamity, by which these islands have b•en ever af flicted in the memory o man, and which was ex. perienced in the tremendous hurricane With whi c h it pleased PIROVIDnitg to visit than on Monday, the 26th ultimo. " The dawning of that day exhibited a s.renity, calculated to lull tnsleep the fears of the most wary and the breeze freshening on the sky, it was hailed by all as a happy relief from the extreme sultry heat of the atmosphere, which , had pressed heavily and unnerved us on the preceding days—but no one saw the approaching storm which lowered behind it. " At ten o'clock the wind increased, and continued increasing, accompanied by short Showers of rain. It gained considerably in the course of an hour ; at ele ven it blew -a strong gale, and some of the slipping in the harbour appeared uneasy at their anchorage; but it was not until twelve o'clock that it attained the height which constitutes the commencement of an hurricane; and which soon became evident by its de structive effects upon the waters and upon the shore: Some of the vessels in the harbour were driven from their moorings, and houses began to totter ttpon their foundations. " The Courts of •Chancery and Admiralty, then sitting, were of necessity adjourned : his Excellency the Governor, and the Members of the Council, in Chancery, and in Admiralty, the Judge, the Law yers, and officers of Court, having - fur some time awaited an abatement, now anxious for their families safety, were compelled to literally fight their way on foot through the storm, the use of carriages having already become impracticable. " The bay was soon crowded with merchants, ship-owners, mariners, and labourers, all busily em ployed in endeavouring to save lives and property, from the vessels which were driven from their moor ings ; and every householder, with what assistance he had at hand, or could obtain, was employed in for tifying-his house against the fury of the raging ele ment, by. nailing up and battening doors and win dows. But, alas ! how vain the attempts of man to resist the storm of nature ! " At about halt-past two o'clock the hurricane attained its greatest height, and in its acme continued without interval until five, when it suddenly ceased ; and in the space of half an hour succeeded a calm, so perfect, that it can be compared only to that of death after the most dreadful convulsions. It was now that the effects became visible. Lives were lost in vain attempts to protect themselves or to save. The Government-house, the greater part of the other public buildings, a great number of other houses, the wharfs, the orchards, and gardens were found either wholly or partly destroyed ; and all the vessels in the harbour, excepting only Mr. Saundets' schooner Ellena, and the prize brig Santa Ana, were driven on shore or sunk in the harbour. " A scene of ruin presented itself to the view of the beholder, distressing beyond measure to all men, not totally bereft of the last spark of glimmering humanity. " The inhabitants of the colony, well knowing the nature of hurricanes, took every precautionary mea sure within their reach .during the calm, or lull, to prepare for its second part expected from the south west, and which set in with great fury at about six o'clock, and continued until midnight, when it con siderably abated, and soon after totally ceased. The south west storm differed from the north-eastern one by appearing in heavy blasts of a few minutes dura tion, repeated after lulls of equal length, and the length of these lulls gradually increasing, until it so ceased; whereas the first storm raged without inter mission. This last, however, nearly completed the general ruin, and it is believe! that •if it had raged another hour, scarcely a house would have remained standing in. this city, which, before the storm, was considered, in proportion to its size and population, to be one of the most wealthy and the most flourish ing in the world. " One-third of the houses have been leveled to the ground ; and all have received more or less in jury. Property of all description has suffered. Years must elapse ere the losses and injuries sustained can be repaired. Hundreds of families, heretofore com fortable, have been reduced to beggary and want. " Among the number of Spanish vessels here tie• Coined, there is but one which was got off during the Jun, after having been driven on shore during the North-east or first part of the hurricane. This was the brig San Guillermo, detained by . the James and Charlotte privateer. It is owing principally to the zeal of the master, Don Matias Tamarix, who, we understand, was the only one among the whole num ber of masters of prize-ships, that united his active exertions to those of the captors, to save property, when the remainder viewed with indifference, or with a worse sentiment perhaps, its destruction. " On the morning after the hurricane, the Gover nor walked round the city, and having witnessed the destruction and misery it had occasioned, felt it his duty to relieve the sufferers. Immediately upon his return to the Government House, his Excellency summoned his Council, in order with their advice to devise the most effectual means to effect his purpose. A meeting was also had of the Members of Assem bly, , acrd all coinciding in the humane views of the Governor, it was soon determined to grant a sum of money for that purpose, which they mutually pledged themselves to confirm at the next Session, in the three several branches of the Legislature in General Assembly. Messrs. John Perpall, Andrew Sewn, J. Armbrister, John Storr, Michael Malcom, Thos. R. Rigby, John C. Deane, Alex. Forsyth, and James Dunshee, were named a Committee for distributing the relief so granted to objects entitled to receive it. " Since then, the Chamber of Commerce and St. Andrew's Society have voted considerable sums to the same effect ; and the Masonic Lodges, it is said, contemplate imitating the humane example. " In further aid, 4nd to render the relief to be af forded the sufferers yet mere effectual, a general voluntary subscription has been set on foot, and 1 3 rapidly filling. Thus every thing has been doneteva. estent with thi means and to soften the Stouts of the iwen afitirted • . • tErritAcT 01 Rehr has iiikt4olved :vent so distressing and ink intefett as the gale of Wedn , L ip Nitre . idequate delctiptiun of its foil gained is at preterit ntteilY itnrinissibies indeed, so esteniiie is the geheral injury titstainode and such in. ; distress and ruin his it occasioned, .that to , detail its efetts thiniatelf west A molt painful task. e"rh4 amount or property destroyed in St: George alone may be estimated at 5e200,000. 0 ty •five vessels rode out the gale in that h irbour ; and its wharf! and the thofe presentean indescribable picturs of havoc And dettroction: • . 't The iojitry esPeriericed thronghent the Ertithity it very great $ many hi uses were partly unroirfed, and trees were every ulnae VIM up' by the rtHiti, Of twisted oft by the winds Up Ireland Phintations one ot the wooden houses was lit. rally blown siways and, the slate and leads on the stone hntses " Upwards of fifty sail went eri &how it G George's atolls?" subicrift)N (fAMAICIA), AUGUIiT 7i - • About ten o'clock on Saturday last; it cotnsfieneed raining, and cpntinued without intermission the whole of that day, and part of the folltitiing night; When ; about twelve o'clock, the weather began to SLIM* a very. squally appearance. and at one commenced blowing very smartly. At seven minutes past onto' a severe earthquake teas etperieneed, which wale doe ; of long duration ,• otherwise, from its viukssie,atto.: siderable mischief must have ensued. • The wind shortly alter blest: with great fury; •lieta• red about in different directions during the whole morning, and occasioned much damage to the- ves• sell in the harbour, buildings on shore, &e. ancrit was not until nearly day=light that it had cassidera... bly abated: • . • LOSSES OtCASIONRD 3Y TRR WILTS% . • The brie Santa Clara, Rodriquea, front Carttiageni, t*hla dry goods, drifted from the bottom of Eastutit,et, aka grouridal • • among the mangroves below the Wherrt Wharf, wherts'she irbi. run foul of by a schooner from Rid de Sr Hods*, Which earring away her mainmast, and stove in her item 'alter *kith tint hi& ged, sod will be tOtally loft. The Sunk Clue Frevillosi, ' foul of the Veto*, when one of the seamen bop On board of bk. aad another afterwards swam from theschboaer to the boo ^ • Sloop Nosey, and schooner Mary, much injured, a Me. M. mer's Hulks. The sloop san Antonio, laden with dry goods,, drifted pass' the wharf of Messrs. Hyslop sod Co. Sod has not once Wm' heard of. Captain Smith and his ton were the only persons aft board. A schooner, name unknown, .sunk Alf the Wert Wharfs as • also the wherry Brother and Sifter, alongsklar ot the latter OMAN We are concern, d to sfate, that the libido. of Mr. Fanner% , hulks are washed away. 6 • Slotl Phenix, Sinclair, ashore If Retry Hulks, with lons et bowsprit. Shop Bee, ashore on the beach near Hanoemstritt. Sloop Alert, admire near Crawford and M'Letua's Hulk, snst . much injured. . Sleep Two Sisters, sunk of Messrs. Inglis, and Co.'s Wharf. &hawser Mary, sunk of Muwatt's Hulks. Sloop Landovery packet, knocked in pieces off the Beef Market Schooner kliza,:destioyed off the Or .sane Wharf. A • nd resources of the colony, he calamity by Which it has • • • 31? A tErtER.l' Bermwds, Augitst 4. red upon n 4 it rec'td ati niltriont to the c"m perrial ednek447 T.l give an ..:t Sloop Aona with her cargo of dry goods,cotnpletely lest. Schooner Endeavour, sunk off Howlet's Wharf. Schooner Swim, Ashore at the 'Pood's Mouth. Schooner Flors,,stern knocked out, lying to the alattnard et Messrs. Dick and Evans', Wharf. Mr. Rotrivae, of Birmingham, lately observed two men in waggoners frocks passing along the streets of that town, and their appearance_excited suspicion.-6- He immediately followed and OvertnOk thent on the road to Stratford, and having asiertained than to be foreigners by their voices, he opprehenalyd then', after some difficulti l and brought' them Wel tit Bleming: ham, when they turned out to be the ?tenth Lieu tenant, Gworieit, of the 7th Cha.seuts, and Biome, servant to a French Naval Officet, who had broken their paroles at Whitchurch, in Salop, with an intent to escape to France. A fire broke out, on Friday last, in the barn of Mr. Clements, at Steep, near Farnlitirst, Sussex, which communicated to'some hay-stalks and a rick of wheat, the whole of which, to the value of near £4lOOO, was consumed. Suspicion having fallen on a 'man named Murrell, he was apprehended, and after undergoing examination, committed for trial. Monday forenoon an alarming fire broke out at the Earl of Essex's farm-yard at C:ashiobury, in Hert fordshire, owing, it is supposed, to a hay-rick taking fire, the flames of which caught several ricks - of corn, and consumed the whole. . . The following singular circumstance took place it few days since at Hanley woman drawing water at a well, by some means fell in, but in her !all caught hold of the chain.' and from thence dropt into the bucket, which descended with het w the bottom; in which situation she remained for a quarter of an hoot submerged to her chin in water, when her perilous • situation being discovered, assistance was given, and she was taken out 'without having received matarid. injury. As Euz*Bacrst PADDOCE (who has always teed , with her Mother, at Cranley, Surrey, and been in the habit of weekly attending Guildford market) • was on Saturday proceeding from Cranky for that pimple, going over Shaltford Common on horse► bacl4 two waggons loaded with Mt passing at the same time, and for the same market, and the dri were trying which could get first, occasioned the horse on which she was siding to take bight : it galloped between the waggons and fell. Sl•e was immediately taken to the Sea-horse public house, at Shaltford, and Dr. NS%VLAND was sent for ; but be fore his arrival she breathed her last. The horse had one of his legs broken. By the use of the PATENS ANTIATTEITION Co! POSITION, sold at No. 40, Charing-Cross, any Car. riage, Coach, or Waggon, for less than one shilling, will travel well upwards of a thousand bides without any thing else to the axletreeP; and we ind ex' s: o 4 a calculation has been made by which it. appears, when wheels are properly primed. draur: fl a i s so cm) . siderably decreased, that thtee horses, will with ease do the work of four, or vitlien iron .railways are co. vered over with a coat of this article, one horse will do the work of two ; and it preserve, iron and all kinds of metes from corroding ; saves wheels, ma chinery, &c. from wearing out ; and by working a stealer-engine with the Composition instead of tallow. oil, &c. the public save more than three hundred per. cent. beside saving wear and tear, timeAmdlabout.