Star.
London, England, 1808-11-05 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

The following is said to be the tenor of the warrant
by which the Court of Enquiry is directed to insti.
tute its proceedings in relation to the Armistice and
Convention of Cintra : it orders,
14 That an Inquiry shall be made into the conditions of the •
Armistice and Convention, and Into all the causes and circuits•
stances, whether arising from the previous operations of the British
Army, or otherwise, which led to them ; and into the condeet,
behaviour, and proceedings of Sir Hew DALRYMPLE, and of any
other Commander or Commanders, or of any other pervin or
persons, so far as the same were connected with the Arrnistsce
and Convention."
This is certainly a very full and satisfactory can.
mission. We hope and trust it will be fulfilled accor.

dingly.
Yesterday the fir;t division of the 14th Light Dra.
goons, namely, Captain CHAPMAN'S and Captain
HAWKER'S troops, arrived at Islington from Ipswich
and Romford ; and this morning, about nine o'clock,
they marched along the New Road for Staines, when
they will halt till Monday, and then proceed to
Reading, and so on till they reach their destination,
which is Tiverton, Exeter, Honitoa, &c. ; on their at.
rival at which places, they will receive a route ft r Fal.
mouth, and there embark for Spain, or the Cape o:
Good Hope, to replace two regiments of cavalry
which have een sent from thence to Bengal.
The sth Dragoon Guards march from Dorchester
to Guildford. They are to be relieved at Dorchester
by the two depot troops of the PRINCE'S regiment.
The Royals are one of the regiments of heavy c?..
valry mentioned for service in Spain.
The 4th battalion of the Scots Royals, the Duke
of KENT'S regiment, will be one of the first regiments
to go on service. One battalion of this ancient and
renowned regiment is in the West Indies, one in the
East. Indies, and a third in the Medicerrane.au.
The Blues, Bays, and Scotch Greys, willekgo to
Spain as a heavy brigade.
The PLOVER, which sailed from St. Helen's, on
Monday, must by this time have reached the coast of
Spain. She has on board Lieutenant-General Lord
PAGET, lis suite, and all his horses. His Lordship
goes out Commander in Chief of all the cavalry.
Colonel ELIA( accompanies him as his Adjutant-Ge.
neral, and Colonel LONG as his Quarter-Master-Co.
neral.

Lord FACET is considered as a fine Cavalry Officer,
baying paid much attention to this branch of the set.
vice.—Fos discipline, dress and splendour of equip.
ments, his own is considered as the first cavalry
regiment in the service.
The second battalion of the 11th, commanded by
Sir CHARLES ASGILL, now one thousand strong, was
created within less than a month, principally by va
lunteers from the Irish Militia,
The Court Martial holden at Woolwich, on Cola
tsel FEET( nEn, commanding the Woolwich divisional
Royal Marines, en Friday se'nnight, Adjourned unul
Wednesday, when the prosecution being closed, Co.,
lonel FLETCIIER entered nn his defence.—Colond
FLETCHER is tried for tyranny and oppression. Thug
are four charges.

Sir FRANCIS BURDETT has certainly refused to have
any thing to do with presenting the. Petition of th;
Inhabitants of Westminster.

- On Wednesday last a superb entertainment was
given to his Royal Highness the Duke of CLARENCE,
at the Crown-inn, Portsmouth, by the Captains of
the Navy there. Admirals MONTAGUE and OTWAY,
Generals WIJETIJAM, PORTER, and EvEmou, 534
the principal Officers of the Army, were invited.
On Thursday morning the Duke left Portsmouth,
under a Royal salute from the garrison. After mak.
ing some arrangements at Bushy Park, it is expected
that his Royal Highness will return to Portsmouth,
and hoist his flag on board of the DAREI,4ca, Car
tain M‘Lhoo.
General KETJARMAN still remains at Spithead.
We are sorry to state, that the venerable and
learned 1)r. GLASSE, whose merits as a magistrate
and a divine are well known to the world, is danger-
ously ill, at his house at Wanstead in Essex.
Thursday last died, at his house in Essex-street,
between the hours of six and seven in the evening. in
die eighty-sixth year of his age, the Rev. Tntopitiat
LINDSEY, formerly Vicar of Chatterick, in Yorkshire.

KING'S THEATRE.—The Mourning Bride was per•
formed last night for the benefit of those families
which unfortunately suffered by the late fire into.
vent-Garden. The house was crowded with fashion•
able company. The receipt, from the appearance of
the House, may be estimated at 600/. and the nightly
expence of the Theatre being at least '2OO/. the con-
tribution of the Proprietor will be 800/, In the
Melo-Drama of The Fored of Hermaneadt, the fine
attitudes of Mrs. H. JouwsroN, the -dancing •f the
Misses ADAMS and Little BYRNE, and the rustic
drollery of Lisrox, experienced every flattering mart
of the public approbation.
In erecting the new Theatre in Covent-garden, th
piazza is to be carried through into Bow-street, un.
the Old Shakespear tavern, and two houses in 130 W
street have been purchased to make room for the •
provetnen t.
There is at present at- COADE'S Artificial St..
Manufactory, a sarcophagus, executed in a master/i
and elegant style, destined to be placed in the Part,
at Benham, in Berks, in commemoration of that mod
excellent Prince the Margrave of ANSPACII, who died
there.
A HINT from CARTER, 8, Charing Croft.--T*
public have heard a great deal lately of the goat
system, but speculators need not fear that in the re'
sent Lottery, for from the irresistible invitations tIIP
Scheme holds out, Joint BULL will be eager enot
without any assistance, to gobble up the whole of •
Tickets, long hefore ttte Draw in commend's.,

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