Star.
London, England, 1808-02-10 00:00:00

-"Ttt7 ARMY.

TRIAL OF GP-Sir-RAI WIITT!1.00ICL
• • Trx DAY.
Brigadier-General Luart.sea etatitirfation by the
Court, commeaced off 10 o'clock 'precisely, he having
finished his narrative.up to the sth of inly,ratiadaY,
His examination up to 12 o'clock chiefly consisted in
explanations andadditiona to his evidence of yesterday.
FLO irrlt DAY.
igadier-General Sir SAMUEL AcHMUTT Was called
in and sworn, and began his narration of the opera-
tions at Buenos Ayres, a few minutes after Ten
o'clock, which he concluded about Twelve.
Nothing can exceed the clear, distinct, and pointed
manner, in which the gallant witness gave his testi-
mony, and the Court listened to him with the most
profound attention. His examination by the Court
had just begun when our express left Chelsea.
The crowd assembled this morning, in consequence
of the fineness of the weather, was very great, and ir.•
eluded a number of fashionables of both sexes:

Major General Cmersentoni is appointed to the
brigade of cavalry, and Major General the Honour-
able CHARM; HOPE to the brigade of Infantry, sta•
tioned at Canterbury.
Saturday, tbe,2d Regiment of the King's Hanove-
rian Light Horse, commanded by Colonel AtTIN,
had a grand field day on the sands opposite Glo'ster
Lodge, Weymouth. They went through their eve.
lutians with great precision and exactness. The re-
giment appears to be in a high state of discipline, and
the horses are wonderfully improved since their arri-
val at Weymouth, from the Continent. On this oc-
casion the soldiers wore a new Turkish cap, thereby
adding much to their natural martial appearance.—
The day being very serene, a great concourse of pe-
destrians appeared on the esplanade, to view the re-
giment; among whom we particularly noticed Lord
HINTON, Sir Gro. and Lady PRESCOTT, Mrs. COL-
LIRA, Colonel BINGIIAM Major KINGSCUTT, Captain
INGRAM, Mrs. and the Misses \Vitus, &c. &c.
Monday last, 316 recruits for the. Ayrshire Militia,
marched into Oxford, on their route to Gosport, to
join that regiment..
The 2cl battalion of the 53d Regiment of Foot,
under the command of Colonel BINGHAM, has last
week been practising firing with ballrrttidges, and
considering the short space of time the regiment has
been raising, the men acquitted themselves much to
the satisfaction cf their Officers.
The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, from
the great burthen the innkeepers at Woolwich have
experienced, have ordered the Woolwich division of
Royal Marines, until barracks ate prepared for their
rzception, to be divided, and they have consequently
marched for Portsmouth, Plymouth,. and Chatham.
About 250 of the Woolwich division of. Royal Ma-
rines have marched into Chatham bat racks, to be
s:ationed.
Last waek, Captain Josrs, two Lieutenants, and
100 men of the Royal Marines, embarked ou board
the Victory.
Monday, a large party of Royal Marines, volan.
tears from the Militia, matched from Chatham for
Woolwich, under the command of Lieut. Buaroa.
Monday, the 6th Regiment of Foot marched from
their quarters at Maidstone, for Ashford barracks.
The Danish ships of war at Chatham, have been
surveyed and found tit for service, and will be imme-
diately fitted for sea.

On Monday night, about ten o'clock, a fire hrokt
out at Mr. Nichols' Printing-office, Red-lion-pwage,
Fleet-street, and continued burning until four the next
morning. There is no certainty as to the mann .r''
which it originated, more than that it is ge.ieral
supposed to have begun from a snuff of a .candl
having been dropped in the ware-room. Th.! whol
of that very extensive concern is consumed, an 1 val+
able works that have been accumulating for mar
years have been entirely lost. Messrs. Nichols ai
Son were insured to the amount of 12,0001. hat th
sum is by no means equal to cover their loss..
There is a remarkable circumstance related, which
as follows :—a servant girl was in the kitchen, almo,
suffocated with the smoke, and unable, thrcugh tei;
1 and the deprivation of breath, to move; a -fire.m.,
discovered it, broke open the window, and at the .
of his own life saved the girl's. The Red-lion Publii.
house, Mr. Edwards' Printing-office, the Scottish
Hospital, and some other adjacent places, sustained
l injury: The Sd London, and some other
aclilanteers mustered with promptitude, and wetv e
tremely serviceable. •
Deia--A duel was fought last Wednesday,
the neighbourhood of Aberdeen, between Capt. F.
of the A— Militia, and Capt. S. of the M
Militia. The parties met at six o'clock in the morn-
,
mic, and went over in the ferry boat to the. parish
Nigg, where they fought, and upon the second '
the latter gentleman was unfortunately wounded
the groin. He was soon after brought over to
lodgings in Aberdeen, where he died the rest.'
ning, at eight o'clock. Captain M. and his se,
have absconded.
. Two pugilistic exhibitions„took place yesterday
Highgate Common, for subscription purses, betweea
Smith and Dixon, professors of second rate, and
Dockarty and Young Crib, brother to the pugilist of
that name. Smith won his battle in 44) minutes, by
superior strength ; and Dockarty had an easy conquest.
If the Microcosm of London, now , publishing by
Ackerman; is contiiiiied in the same style and spirit
with the two numbers we have already seen, it will
entitle the Artists and Publisher to no inconsiderable
share of credit. The general plan of the work, the
genuine vein of humour and playful whimsicality,
chastised by a correct taste, added to the elegant sim-
plicity of the architectural desies, ire mte aibly esta-
blish its rank among the most interesting productions
of the day. What is very unco:nmon in psi
tions of this nature, the second number just publ.Shcd
s rrpa,ses the fist in every respect. The humwous
pencil of Rowlandson was never more happily em-
ployed than in his delineation of the. money chmgers
at the Bank of England. The groupes are selected ,
with such eiquisite discrimination of character, as to
leave no cis it' its as to the nation, to which fsey beioag.

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