Star.
London, England, 1808-08-02 00:00:00

THE EXPE'DI"IIOI4.

In addition to the list of the Scar of General Dos-
RARD'S army, already given in the STAR, we are now
enabled to add the names of the knowing Officers I
Lieutenant-Colonel Coati, Deputy Adjutant-General.
Do Ira x, Deputy Quarter-Mastet-Getseral.
Captains WIIZATLY and BDRRARD, of the Poet Guards, Aids-
du-Camp to Sir HASKY BURRARD.
Colonel limo:m.4o'c° command the Royal Artillery.
Lieutenant-Colonel Wool) second In command in ditto.
Major Psc-reuta, in command of the Royal Foghseers.
Doctors LARK and Tres, Physicbms to the Army.
Messrs. LINDSAY, KRATDERIN and TAGGART, staff SUrgeool.
Mr. Lewis, Apothecary.
Mr. Gus RSON, Purveyor of Hospitals.
Kx*rs, ESC'. of the Guards, Provost Martial.
Fifty soil of transports that were under Dunge.
ness got antler weigh on Sunday, and stood down the
Channel.

The following are the positions of the French in
Spain: as far as they can be ascertained from the va-
rious documents and rumours which have reached us.
There were two strong divisions in and near Pampe-
lona ; I.lEssinaes' force, about 18,000 men, was on the
frontiers of Biscay ; it was this force which the Bishop
of St. ANnano was marching against with the Astu-
rian levies. LASSoLES was at Valladolid; a French
force was near Saragossa ; another occupied Barce-
lona ; MURAT'S division was at or near Madrid ; Du-
tioNT was shut up at Andujar ; and General MONCEY
was in Valencia. These several corps, and the force
with which JUNOT occupies Lisbon, composed the
whole of the French army beyond the Pyrennees, at
the commencement of this month.
The first and greatest of the roads, which conducts
str4ght to Madrid from, France, is the one occupied
by BJNAPARTE, and which JOSEPH has taken in his
routefrom Bayonne to that city. It lies for near 22
leagues through the Pyrenees, before they sink into
easy acclivities, between Mondragon and Vittoria.—
At every step an army is exposed to attack ; but NA-
POLEON is completely master of the country from the
ilidassoa quite to Vittoria.
The second grand entrance into Spain is from Per-
pignan to Barcelona, through Bellegarde, La Jan-
Tierra, and the famous pass of Figuerras, in Catalo-
nia. About fifty miles of this road lie through the
Gorges of the Pyrenees, where, in many places, a
hundred armed peasants'may arrest an army. Neither
horses, provisions, nor accommodations are to be
found between Bellegarde and the city of Girona.
A third roast conducts from Bayonne, by a small
town called St. Jean Pied de Port into Navarre, to the
capital of that province, Pampeluna. It is a most dan-
gerous ; and almost impracticable entrance, through
perpetual defilcs and prodigious mountains, which
can only be passed between May and the end cf Oc-

tobcr.
There is a fourth road, from Tarbes, in Bigorre,
along the valleys that divide that proviace from Ar-
ragon,which conducts to Saragossa. It passes through
the Spanish towns of Jaca and Huesca► ; but it is ra-
ther a track pervious to muleteers, during summer,
than a road by which any troops can pass. In winter,
the snows and the wolves render• it totally impassable.
The Dutch fishermen, so long detained prisoners
of war at Yarmouth, and who were lately liberated,
have reached their own coast in safety, The owners
of the fishing vessels at Scheveling have addressed a
letter of thanks to the inhabitants of Yarmouth and
Lowestoffe, for their benevolent assistance to those
poor peop!e.
The alris:iana Mercer!, of the 2d ult. gives the fol,
lowing account of the action in which the Seagull
was sunk :`." On the 19th ult. the English cutter
brig Seagull, Captain CATHCART, of 16 24-pounder
carronades, was attacked by our cutter brig Lougenj
commanded by Lieut. Wcur, and tour of our gun-
boats, three miles West of Flekkeroe. The action,
which was seen from a point above, and every shot
heard in the town, began at 4ve o'clock, P. M. and
continued until aquarter before seven, when the enemy
struck. The vessel lies a complete wreck, at Foswlg,
a little to the westward of Flekkeroe, where she was
hauled in after the battle."
Return of the Seagull's crew, signed by the Com-
mander at Christiansand
Captain Robert Cathcart, slightly wounded; Ist Lieutenant
Hatton, lost his right arm ; 2tt Lieutenant Adam Whitt, and
Andrew Martin, ma':er, killed; James Wilson, I),,atswain,
slightly wounded ; 7 petty °Seers, 2 pilots, 77 seamen, prisoners,
besides six ladit s, who were on board.
Sunday evening dr. neighbourhood of Deal had a
very heavy stcrm of thunder and lightning which
continued a great while : we have not heard of its
having done any mischief.
Wednesday evening, during the severe storm of
rain, 18 French prisoners escaped from the BAHAMA
prison-ship, at Gillinz;ham, by means of cutting two
large holes in the ship's side. Thirteen have since
been taken, but the other five have not yet been
heard of.

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On Saturday se'nnight, between one and two
o'clock, a mill in Ditton, belonging to J. WATKINS,
Esq. was struck by lightning, which carried away
one of the sails and the back, nearly blew off the roof
on both sides, burst the two iron hoOps with the wind
shaft, injured the wind wheel, and split the wind
shaft from the neck nearly to the tail and gudgeon,
and set the roof on fire in two places—then descend-
ing, it tore up the trap doors and three boards ad-
joining, without doing any further injury to the mil-
ler's father, who was sitting about 18 inches from
the trap doors at the time, than scorching his hands ;
his watch was also stopped. Another man was com-
ing, down the ladder from the upper room at the time,
who Id not receive any injury. It blew both the
doors of the round house open, and took a large
piece from the bottom of the shaft.
Tuesday, that fine wooded bank, immediately op-
posite to Springfield paper mill, near Edinburgh,
slipped with a dreadful crash, into the river Esk,
which runs at the bottom, and so completely chinked
it up, that not a drop of water passed for several
hours. The bank, which is about 200 feet in height,
,had discovered -mptoms of agitation on the•prece.
ding day, and for about an hour before it gave way,
the agitation was extremely violent, and the trees
were seen falling in all directions—but, when it began
to more in a body, it was awfully grand and terrific,
and the noise was equal to the loudest thunder.

THE ARMY.

Ilis Gernian Cavalry remain on board the trans.
ports in the Downs, waiting the embarkation of the
Guards and other regiments, which will take place

this week.
General MOORSIIKADiS regiments the 51st, com-
manded by that able officer Lieutenant-Colonel MAIN.,
waaiso, having been completed for service under the
eye of Lieutenant-General Sir Join( Dong, Bart.
Lieutenant-Governor of Jersey, has been marched to

Chichester.
Among many others the following Scotch Volun•
teen have offered for the Local Militia :--The Aber-
deen, Ist and 2d battalions of the Royal Edinburgh,
the Edinburgh Royal Highland Volunteers, Loyal
Edinburgh, Loyal Leith, Musselburgh, Dalkeith, and
Mid Lothian Artillery; and the western regiment of
Mid Lothian Volunteer Infantry, commanded by
Major WALICZA.
The numbers of English, Scotch, and Irish Tee-
mots of Militia who volunteer their services in Spain
increase daily, particularly the Irish.
The Buffs with General EZRESPORD are imme-
diately to proceed from Madeira for the army in the
Mediternineart t so healthy has the army been in Ma-
deira, that the General has sent all the Doctors home
or to the West Indies,
. The levying two battalions of Highlanders for the
Duke of KENT'S Regiment, the Ist, or Scots Royals,
has been already entered on. This is the oldest Re-
giment in the British service, 'if not in Europe, and
are commonly called Pontius Pilate's Goards. From
the great popularity of the Duke, and his attach-
ment to Highland solcliers, it is etpected that he will
very speedily raise his two new battalions.
A strong battalion is about to be formed from the
different divisions of the Royal Marines, which is
destined for Spain.
Yesterday the Denbigh Militia, who have been
doing the duty of the prison-ships at Chatham, were
relieved by the North York Militia, and marched into
the barracks at Fort Pitt.
Saturday se'nnight the 10th and last troop of the
2d Dragoons or Scots Greys landed at Dcinaghadee
from Port Patrick.
Monday se'nnight the Ist division of the 7th Gar-
rison battalion marched from Galway for Athlone.
They are to be replaced by the 6th Garrison Batta-
Lion;the first divisien of which marched into Galway

same day.
Same day, the Ist division of the 21st Foot, which
had been stationed at Belfast for some time, marched
from thence on their route to Enniskillen.
General Orders issued by his Excellency Lord Vis-
count CATHCART, after the review on Burntsfield
Links on Friday se'nnight
6' The Commander of the Forces having been present yester-
day at a field day of the lit Regiment of Royal Edinburgh Vo-
lunteer infantry, and of the Ist battalion of the 2d Regiment of
Royal Edinburgh Volunteers, when both battalions were exer-
cised together on Burntsfield Links by the Right Hon. CHA acts
Hort, approves most highly of their appearance and performance
in all respects, and is satisfied tliat their discipline and instruction
are such as would enable them to act with advantage in the line
with any troops in any service."
Saturday se'nnight the 2d battalion of' the 56th
Regiment arrived at Cowes, from Guernsey, and
marched to Sandown Barracks.
The Commanding Officers of the Romsey, Mil-
bn;ok, and Touon Volunteers, have.offered to change
their services to the Local Militia.
Thursday a troop of the sth Dragoon Guards
marched into the Horse Barracks in Southamptott.
Friday 100 recruits for the 24th Regiment em-
barked at Southampton for Guernsey.
The Bedford Militia, quartered at Southampton
during the Assizes at Winchester, have received their
route for Daventry, in Northamptonshire, and will
march from thence to-morrow.
The Royal Bucks, or King's Own Regiment et
Militia, commanded by Lord TEMPLE, on their pa:'
rade at East Bourne, on Friday last, volunteered to a
man, in offering their services to any part of Europe"
in the present momentous crisis, upon a promise, (as
stated in Lord TEMPLE'S letter) that they shall in no
case be separated from their officers or their colours ;
and in the confidence that proper provision will be
made for their families during their absence.
An augmentation of ten companies of Royal Ma-
rines, is added to the Woolwich division.
The following promotions have taken place in the
Royal Marines :
Major Tane, to be Lieutenant Colonel, by brevet }--Major
Home, to be Lieutenant Colonel.
Brevet Major William Henry Boyes, to be Major.
First Lieutenants James Wilson, John Wright, Robert Com-
mins, J. Honeytnan, George M'Gie, Jacob Harrison, M. L
Jennings, William Bowden, James Grian, R. C. Lawson, J. G.
Peakc, John 'Wins, Hugh Ross, Robert Philips, Donald Camp-
bell, R. Perry,.T. Alden, A. Anderson, H. Gartliwalte, Fre-
derick Delmont, T. Mathews, T. 'lipoid, Henry Priddle, F.
Lambert, Robert Grace, L. Perron, Thomas Clarke, and 'Tho-
mas Phillips, to be Captains.
Several Martello towers are about to be built on
the Suffolk coast : five of them are to be in the parish
of Bawdsey, and will command the shores of Hoseley
Bay, and. the entrance of Woodbriige and Orford
Havens. A considerable quantity of the materials
for these batteries have already been landed on the
coast.
In the course of this week, a general Court Mar-
tial is ordered to assemble at the Royal Marine Bar-
racks, Chatham, for the trial of Captain Lawson,
at his own request. Colonel Flamm is the prose-
cutor.