Star.
London, England, 1808-09-22 00:00:00

TO THE MATER OF THE ST..IR.

Bristol, Septemler 10.
Stn-4n travelling from Norfolk to this place 1 was
charged fifteen pence per mile for horses ; but at
Chelmsford I w•as obliged to pay eighteen, and at
Salthill twenty. Can any of your country leaders
inform the public why so large a price should be
demanded at those two places ? At all events,
the fact ought to be known to travellers.
Your's, &c. T. B.

A few days since a labouring man at Newlands,
near Appleby, whilst in a passion, aiming a blow at
his wife, strutk a child in her arms with such force
tbat it died soon after. He immediately absconded.
Two soldiers, employed in loading corn from a
farm in Ole neighbourhood of Eastbourne, have met
with a dreadful accident : the horses having. taken
fright, In the endeavour to stop them, they were both
run over, and are in the hospital in a dangerous state.
An alarming fire took place in Falkirk, on Mon-
day se'nnight, when a find new tenement was almost
totally consumed. The principal part of the property
belonged to Mr. Young.
Saturday morning early, the house of Mr. Gibbs,
in East-lane, Walworth, was destroyed by fire.
Same morning, a fire broke out in Mr. Casher's
bakehouse, near Forton Mill, Gosport, which in a
short time nearly consumed the same, leaving only
the walls standing.
The police Magistrates in Dublin, under the new
institution, are not to have houses of residence, but
merely offices for the transaction of the business with-
in their respective districts.

Saturday the Society of Devonshire Scholars rung,
at the Cathedral Church, Exeter, with ten men only,
a complete peal of 6100 changes of that intricate me-
thod called Royal Court Bob, Ten-in, in four hours
and 26 minutes. The manly powers of strength and
skill; manifested by the performers,. justl7 stamp the
performance with the ne this ultra of the ringing art.
Great improvements are in. contemplation in the
city of Edinburgh. Besides the Courts of Law and
New Prison, formerly mentioned, a new and elegant
street is intended to be opened up, parallel to Bank.-
street, from the Lawnmarket to the Grassmarket.

Monday, a Coroner's Inquest sat on the body of
a servant of Mr.' Solly, who was killed by being
thrown from a chaise, near Hackney Church, while,
riding with another servant; the horse took fright,
and, by his plunging, one shaft broke, and the Man
standing and pulling with great force, broke the
other shaft, when, by one sudden plunge of the horse,
it threw the chaise backward, and the man pitched
on his head, and spoke no more ! He has left a wife
and four children. Verdict—Accidental Death.

MARI.BoROUGTI-STREET.—Yesterday l 9 Brmdridqe
was charged with stealing a trunk containing appa-
rel, from Salter's Coffee-house, during the fire on
Tuesday morning. The prisoner was stopped with
the property in Oxford-markn, by a constable, and
on opening the trunk, it was discovered to belong to
a servant at the cofice•house, who lost the property
whilst in the hurry of moving the goods. The pri-
soner said it was given him by a woman of the town,
whom he could not find. He was remanded for ano-
ther examination.

Woastur-sruFizr.—Yesterday G. Martin was fully
committed, charged with having some evenings since
stolen a cinantity of cambrick and linen from the pre-
mises of a Mr. Srnetzer, in Spitalfields.

ECCLESIASTICAL. AND ACADEMICAL PROMOTIONS.
Wednesday st'unight; the Rev. Dr. Plumptre was Installed
Dean of Gloucester Cathed►al, with the usual forms, by the Rev
Dr. Small, Suhdean. •

The 12c.v. Mr. Hanhury, of Christ Church, Oxford, is ap-
pointed one of the Chaplains in Ordinary to his Royal Highness
the Prince of Wales. •

The University of St. Andrews have conferred the Degree of
Doctor of Divinity on the Rev. Professor Cook, and on the Rev.
George Cook, Minister of the Gospel at Laurencekirk.
• Unmet:lnt:a, Scar. 19.—Sunday the 4th of September the
E Mowing Gentlemen were ordained Deacons at Eccieshall, Staf-
fordshire, by the Hon, and Right Rev. Father in God, James
Lord Bishop of Litchfield and Coveutry:
Jltmes W. Judgs6n, M. A'. fellow isf Trin. toll.
Frederic White, M. A. Trim. coil.
Thomas Harria,M. A. Trim. coll. Oxford.
7.te three English declamation prizes at Trinity College are this
Year atijudiel to Messrs. Hodson, Archon, and-Muvrave.

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TO. THI EDITOR. OF THE. STAR ,
Sin--,Hgving observed a copy of a letter inserted is
your Paper of dm 30th July, relative to the last expe-
dition toEgypt, and being well acquainted with all that
occurred in that, country, while our troops were there,
I cannot help sending you a few observations, which
I have thought proper to make, on what your Cor-
respondent FABlucurs is pleased to say on the
subject. He states, in the first place, 4, that the force
sent by the late Administration was more than safii:
cient to take and to keep Alexandria." Here I can-
not agree with him, being confident, (and the Turks
afterwards assured some of our officers) that had they
been acquainted with the real number of our men sent
against them, the British army would never have en-
tered the town.

Nor am I aware that Major Mrssrre • (our Consul
General) was so indefatigable and successful in presvr•
ving the attachment of the Egyptians to the English, as i
observed ; for it I
is well known, and I have been assu-
red by some of the old established merchants of the
first respectability in the country, that Mow. DROU-
vErri, the French agent there, had, by his exertions,
obtained more influence. with the Government
and people of Egypt than Major Miseerr.—Your
.Correspondent mentions also, that the Sheik of 'l
Dessook offered, on the march of the British detach-
ment
to Rosetta, to join our troops with 2000 men,"
and adds, that had this most advantageous offer
been accepted, other Chiefs were ready to follow the
example of that Sheik."—.We know the Sheik did
make the offer, and much praise is due to General
Fitis;2l's judgment for refusing it. What Been:in
Arabs and their Chiefs are, what confidence is to be
placed in them, and of what service they would have
11Teen to our troops, may well be conceived by all who
know the character of those robbers. Had we been
Successful, they Would have plundered our enemies ;
but had 'we been otherwise, then., is not the least
doubt, they would have turned against us. In the
next place Major Misserr ought to have employed
better people than he did, to obtain information as
to the state of the enemy's force in Rosetta ; instead
of which he treated the matter lightly, and thought
it was rt!Scitnt fur our troop to opftear before the town
to take it. This was the principal reason why only
two regiments, namely the 3lst and Chasseurs Br:tan-
niques, were sent against Rosetta ; a force not at all
a leiguate to contend with that garrison. Your cor-
respondent also says, " Rosetta was taken, but
through circumstances with which we are not per-
fectly acquainted the attack of the Tufki and Alba-
nians was successful." Our troops had entered the
town, 'tis true, but the Turks and Albanians having
got into the houses, fired from the windows down on
our men, and after a dreadful slaughter, obliged
them to make a precipitate retreat out of the town.
AU which might not have happened had Gene'ral
FRAZER been apprised of the real strength of the
enemy in Rosetta ; and whose duty was it to obtain
correct information but Major Misserr ? who had
been left (since the first expedition) in the country
for no other purpose, and had for many years been
receiving a most handsome salary. I cannot finally
conclude without takirn, notice of the remarks made
by your correspondent relating to the evacuation
of Alexandria. I should suppose he must be igno-
rant that near 400 of our unfdrtunate countrymen
were left in our enemy's possession after the battles of
Rosetta and El Hamet, who were in hourly expecta-
tion of being massacred, and that their release could
not in any way be effected without giving up Alex-
andria, which sacrifice even would not have been suf-
ficient to have ransomed them, had it not been for
the timely exertions of General FRAZER, and those he
employed for that purpose. Besides the above rea-
son, the unprotected state of Sicily, at that time, re-
quired the immediate evacuation of our troops from
Egypt, in order to reinforce the army in that Island.
—I perfectly agree, however, with your Correi-
pondent in saying, " that these disasters merit in-
vestigation."—And, I am confident, that nothing
would give so much pleasure to the public, and sa.
tisfaction to the friends of our unfortunate country-
men who fell this last time in Egypt, as such an event
taking place—And 1 feel assured, that when every
circumstance attending theproceedings in that country
has been duly weighed, so far from blame being at-
tached to the Officers concerned in the Expedition-,
they will be found to have behaved with :the utmost
correctness.. And also the present administration will
have no need to find a person (as your correspondent
observes) to undertake their defence.

ram, Sir, yours,

AN OBSERVER.

BLWrxs.

On the Bth instant, at the Grange, Hants, Lady Henry Stuart,
of a son..
On the 27th ult. as Berrington, Salop, the Hon. Mrs. Hill, of
a.daughter. , •
On Sdiurday sennight, at Exning Lodge, Suffolk, the Lady of
Lieutenant-Colonel John Wylde, of a sou.
' At Rankeillor, on the 11th instant, the Lady of the Hon. Lieu-
tenant-General John Hope laf. Craighall,.nf a .on.
At the Manse of Caristen, the Hon. Mrs. Lyell, of a son.
At Camnethan House, on the 11th Instant, Mrs. Lockhart of
Castlthill, of a son and heir.