Star.
London, England, 1808-02-18 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

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• ir.4l E Wilt DAT. 1112.
This morning the Cott having met at the
sour, a*" letter was rend-front Lord -tut, •
that his Lordship was so much indisposed al.
to attend. The Court was then ordered to
cleared of all except the Members, and spots vir
admission, General Mr.snows,thePresidestt, •
the Court, that in consequence of the indisPotitiut
that distinguished member. Lord LAKE, theirrett
ings wete adjourned until Monday next at tea e
The witnesses examined on Tuesday, heiut
sixteenth day of the trial, were Mr. Bullock, the
missary General for the expedition ; Cokeid
ford, the Deputy Adjutant General ; Lieutelat
lonel Davy, of the sth regiment ; Lieutenant cot*
Nugent of the 38th ; Major Nichols of the Olt ,e;
g*„, 1 and Major General Gower, who he 234
narrative of the ttack of 'Buenos Ayres, on dx

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Government issued orders, a few days baekiera,
many flat-bottomed boats as could be cow
within a limited tithe, by the private buildersat I .
Several were undertaken, and are nearly finished,
is supposed, preparatory to another expedition,
on the eve of fitting out.
Yesterday afternoon General Vu.terres, ',
tenant Governor, and Commander of the Lees.
Jamaica, left Albemarle-street, on his way to P. ,
mouth, where he will embark in the Franchise
The General was attended by Major Dlcern4.
TURRETIN and Lieutenant STAPYLTON.
General EVELEIGH) of the Engineers, at . .
commands the garrison of Falmouth.
Friday morning, upwards of 100 recruits ..
from Canterbury to join the East Essex militia,
Dover ; and on Saturday and Tuesday, nearly •.,
Ito join the West-York militia, in the Isle of Them
From the numerous augmentations to the
litia Regiments, and the arrival lately of so large,
'body of regulars, the military force in the Camerboq
district is now nearly as numerons.as at any form
period.
' Tuesday se'nnight the Royal Denbigh Mail
marched into Canterbury froin_ Margate ; and sic
following day proceeded on their route to 11)theni
'Brabourn Lees.
L . Tuesday a company of the Royal Artillery
int, quarters in the new Artillery Barracks, , ..
-e-.another company was expected to-day.
~. Wednesday morning, several of the serjeants of
brigade of Geards, quartered in the barracks at a
,micro *trees the river to Upnor, forthe
.pose of deciding some wagers, by firing at a .. li;
%sten the gun used by one of them, Serjeaat fr
IMSONI, ' unfortunately burst, and lacerated his arm •
so dreadful a manner, that he was under the ..-
of submitting to immediate amputatiori.
Mr. WM. PITT MtSTON, surgeon, of the ,
South Lincoln Militia, has been removed from
regiment, by order of his Royal Highness the ,
mander in Chief, in consequence of his having
dressed an anonymous letter to his Royal liig. -
on the acquittal of Lieutenant Colonel Became:A
that regiment, by a Court-martial, lately hoiden
Hythe barracks.
• FRENCH PRISONERS.—The following is aWM cagy
of an interesting communication transmiaed Ira .
Transport Office, in reply to all applications. .
made by French Officers, prisoners of war in • •
for passports to enable them to return to From:
" Tnaspott Ora 1
" Sta—The Comntistioners for his Majesty's Transport Si.
vice and for the care and custody of prisoners of ern, Wes
ceived your letter of the ; .pd in return, I animal:
to acquaint you, that it is the determination of hit Majesty's lic
vernment not to allow any snore French Officer:to go inn,
country to France, until the French' Government Oldies&
return for the very great number of French Officers sheik
or shall agree to a cartel of exchange, upon the fair primaries(
for man, and rank for rank , according to the usual plea d
Used nations, and as repeatedly proposed by the Coro
without effect, 1. am...however, to acquaint you, that if the
Government will send over to this country a British Onset
equal rank to effect yoir exchange, or will officially ow**
Commissimsers, that upon your arrival in France mania
toner shall be released, orders will immediately, on the fueOl
such certificate, be given for your liberation.
" You will, under these circumstances, clearly mmeint,
your detention here is entirely owing to your own
whisk any application you may think proper to make ea tin
jest, will of course be duly forwarded.
6' I ant, etc: . • Signed by the &ma*
On Thursday, the 4th instant, a party of nab
„mai
prisoners, the crews of two privateers, were tomdd
into Peterborough;-0 their road to Noma,
prison, under an escort of the 77th regimes[ ,1 .
and were confined isi a stable at the Angel 114
Peterborough, for-that night. About serf
in the evcnmg Aries Simons, one of the
deavouring, to make 'his escape, the conk.*
having called to• him, fired at andwrZi:
that be died abO4t fii;enty minutes aftl
ball catered* the back, passed through tbe let
fractured four of the ribs, and came out at fl.le. co?
r'.worieei verdict-04 Justifiable homicide-

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His Excellency M. D'Axorros and sitite,
Countess JERREBZOFF, embarked yesterday
at Dover, on board the Elizabeth ; and PriaseL
RITINSKY and suite QII board the Alert; end
vessels sailed. for Calais, as flags of truce, nbool'
o'clock.
The Earl of CRAWTURD and Diana Wag
ceased, the title of Viscount of Garuoch of Kiltelol
descends to Sir Romer Cameroun, Bart. the 001
son of JOHN, the Earl of CRAWIVRD and LOW
having married the second daughter of Sir JO
CaAwrtnua, of Kilburney, who was created VW/
of Garnoch, by Queen ANN& in 1704
au
and her heirs malia, the said Sir Jowl setticdhi"'"
by entail, July $l, 1662, upon coodiflott_ .of eOl
heir Carrying the sirname and arms of Crawhin 0
Sir ROM= CRAMPS/10 being lineally d
being the Erb of
of the Coswrom at*"
hilfaXul Taibtursey, of cotirietbat title tetlooo
it cape, there being !Anal. ho! 4f thillteo
CsAwirvia.

!KE'S TliuAL.

nil. l&

ring 'net at the umai
riLisa,
Is indisposed as to be
vas then ordered to be
)ers, and upon our re.
&President, informed
of the indisposition of
d LAKE, their proceed.
next at ten o'clock.
L Tuesday, being the
Mr. Bullock, the Com,
iition ; Colonel Brad.

nen], ; Lieutenant Co.
t ; Lieutenant Colonel
blichols of the 4,5 th re.
Sower, who began bis
nos Ayres, ou the stk

a few days back, for as
could be completed
trivate builders at Deal,
are nearly finished, it
mother expedition. now

al VILLETTES, Lime.
lantler of the forces is
t, on his way to Ports,
in the Franchise frigate.
Major Thous; Ont.
'APYLTON.

Engineers, at
Imouth.

of 100 recruits

East Essex militia, r,
d Tuesday, nearly 60),
, in the Isle of Thanet.
mentations to the Mi.
val lately of so large;
r force in the Canterbury
icrous as. at any former

triial Denbigh Maitia
thtt. Margate ; and the
heir route to HO* ad

he Royal Artillery went
llery Barracks, Chatham
cued today.
ral of the serjeants of the
d in the barracks at Ca
r to Upnor, for the pee.
rs, by firing at a target,
of them, Serjeant HAI
and lacerated his arm ij
e was uncles the necessiti
imputagozi. _ _

surgeon, of the R
been removed from

Loyal Highness the Con.
[uence of his having ad.
r to his Royal Highness,
nt Colonel Bitommtn,oi
martial, lately holden at

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wing'
hint ,
arded.

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For „cur ..
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'yesterday being the for
toafellaa"
tis ilottse of Lords went snpencessir estineiito.
Abbey, when they heard a 'most itopressiv4,6olol4:
&livered by the Bishop of Bristol. His text was clio--
se, from the 3d chapter 'of the Prophet lonah,.
4th 1
3015th verses.
, yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown. So the
.mot aNinevehbelleved Got), and proclaimed a Fast, and rit
;'tscicloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.
Amongst the Lords present were the Archbishops
of Canterbury and York,. the Bishops of am,
glob, Bath and Wells, klereford, and three others,
aria the stalls on the right sick of the great entrance;
lie Lord Chancellor, Earls Camden and Bathurst,
Itids Mulgrave, Hawkesbitry, . Walsingham, and
piton, va"...! on the opposite side.
;,./he Speaker of the House of Commons was es.
gifted to St. Margaret's Church, by the City of West.
'Master Loyal Volunteers, the Hon. Colonel Eden;
ch Chancellor of the. Exchequer, Mr. harton, And
the Hon. General.PlaippLzere among W
the Members
who vim present. A Sermon was preached by the
Dean of Lincoln. His text was taken from the 19th
chapter of the 2d bdolc of Kings, II th verse—
. Behold thou lust heard whit the Kings ofAssysia have 'done
• vow all lands, by dsstro)ing them utterly;. and shalt thou be
aerlf Iriede ?Lord Mayor of London, accompanied by the
sheriff, and several Members of the Courts of Alder-
men and Common Council, went in state to St. Paul's,
where they heard an excellent sermon, preached by
his lordship's Chaplain. St.. Paul's Citheiral and
the different churches in the city were thronged with
the London militia, the HonOurable Artillery corps,
the 3d regiment of East-India Volunteers, the 11th
regiment of Loyal London Volunteers.
A most a - .SerrnotLon the same occasion was
preached at 'Spring. parden Chapel, to a numerous
and fashionable. alsefte, by the Rev. Dr. EDMUND
Csarwarotrr. His text was taken from the 20th
‘hapsr of Noverbs, 31st verse—" The horse is pre-
pared for the day of battle, but safety is of the Lord."
tar. CARTWRIGHT was afterwards requested to prin)
Itis Sermon.
The Rev. MATTHEW WitAccs delivered an im-
stessive sermon atWhitfield's Tabernacle, Tottenham.
ceurt-road.
The Rev. J. Mooar delivered a most appropriate
discourse at the Methodist Meeting-house, in Great
Queen-street.
High Mass was celebrated at St. Patrick's and other
Cathdlic Chapels.
The Rev. SOLOMON HEnscirELL also delivered a
discourse suited to the occasion, at the Great Syna-
gogue in Duke's-place ; and the day was observed
with the utmost solemnity throughout the metropolis.

IVH.4 UTIC.II,--INTELLIGENCE.
It having i:teen i.ePorted that'' the Preston East In-
cliantaii had beta seen off the French Coast disrnasted,
we are happy to state that she is arrived safe at Ports-
, mouth. •
. TditßAir, FEB. Id.
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• This morning the whole of the fleet under convoy
Majesty's brigs Dispatch and Pelter, sailed with
a fair wind at N. E.

01•411111111iNimiwN'

following it a true copy
:tion transmi,ted from the
to all applications now if
risoners of war in Britain, to
to return to France
" Transport OEce. SI
r his Majesty's Transport Stt n:
of prisoners of war, haven.' al
; in return, lam directel
.rmination of hit Majesty's Ge
French Officers to go fit m tha it
di Government shall make amt
of French Officers already serk •
ge, upon the fair principle of mis
arding to the usual plan of do
roposed by the Commissions
acquaint you, that if the Free
us country a British prisoner d
e, or will officially certify to di
irrival in France such British pn,
ll immediately, on the receipt d
r liberation.
'instances, clearly percent, tarsi
sing to your own Govern:net.*
funk proper to make on these
srded.
• Signed by the Sermon•
instant, a party of Fratil
privateers, were m • •
eir road to Norman • '
'the 77th regiment of •
:able at the Angel Ins.
ght. About seven o'
ms, one of thp prison
escape, the centittel,
ed at and wounded. him;
r minutes aftervrards.
passed through the
and came out at the • •
—" Justifiable homicide.'"
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At opeus and suite, and
lbarked yesterday morning,
Elizabeth; and Prince BA'
board the Alert ; and /46
as flags of truce, about 1
:no and LINDSAY beige'
int of Garnoch of
CRAwFI:RD, B. the ••
CRAWFURD and 1 $
and daughter of Sir
y, who was created V •
ANNE, in 1703, on •
;aid Sir Joav settled his
;2, upon condition of
e and arms of Crawfueck
being lineally descended. 4
of the CRAWFURDet Of
muse that title returns 60,
male heif Of thtlat•