Star.
London, England, 1808-05-14 00:00:00

ANOTHER EXPEDITION.

Report is afloat in military circles, that a Grand
Expedition will soon start, to consist of about 20,000
men. Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY or General BERES•
FORD to command it ; with a, brevet rank.
Among the corps the following are to go•:
2d, or Queen's Regiment ; sd, or Buffs ; sth,
26th, or Canteronians; 40th, 45th, 71st, 88th, and 95th.
Some Cavalry go in this expedition, and a very large Staff.

Monday last the Royal College of Surgeons ad-
judged the Jacksonian prize for the best dissertation on
‘, Diseases of the Eye and its appendages, and the
treatment of them," to Jona: HYstoe, Esq. Surgeon,
Fenchurch:street. The same Gentleman ontan,ed the
prize in 1805 fur the best dissertation on ~ Injuries of
the Head."
We stated some time ago that the smack Diamond,
from London to Leith, had been wrecked in a heavy.
gale on Twiningham Sands, near Dunbar, and that
several of the passengers and two of the crew, were
drowned. A young and amiable daughter of Mr.
Jots BROWN, geneologist to his Royal Highness the
IPRINCE of WAi.vs, was one of these unfortunate pas-
sengers. Her afflicted parents, however, have received
great consolation from the care with which the Earl
of HanniNcrow had her body buried in the church-
yard cf Whitekirk—his most amiable COUNTESS hav-
ing previously sent every article that was decent and
necessary for the melancholy occasion.
NAN-RESIDENT Ctracv.--By a Paper laid or the Table of the
Home of Commons, it appears that the No -r• ident Clergy of
fngland, in all the Dioceses and Classes, amounted fur the year,
1804-5
1805-6
180 C-7
In consequence of this apparent increase of Non-resident Clergy,
the Lords of the Privy Council have made a Minute, directing
that in the future Returns a distinction should be made between
those who are non-resident without licence or exemption, and
those who are reported as non-resident solely because they have
not notified their exemption ; and also that a distinction should
be made of those, who are non resident, merely on account of not
having a fit house for their residence, but who nevertheless per-
form the duties of their cure.
The Assessed Taxes are to be collected on two
quarterly days, and the duty on Property on the other
two quarterly days, so that the persons chargeable
with these duties will be relieved from the inconve-
nience of being liable to be called upon to pay both
on the same days. To prevent vexatious surcharges,
the person injured by the surcharge is to have the
power of suing the officer, and, in case of a verdict in
his favour, of recovering either a penalty of 1001. or
three times .the value of the sum surcharged, and
costs, not only as between party and party, but the
wkole costs out of pocket.—Besides this penalty and
costs, the officer upon such conviction was to be, ipso
facto, discharged from his office. The Bill is also to
contain other regulations for an uniformity in the
mode of collecting these taxes.
SINGULAR CAPTURE.—Les Anis, announced in our
Plymouth letter this day, as having been sent into
that port by his Majesty's ship AmErftvsr, was cap-
tured in a singular manner. She sailed from Bour-
deaux with a crew, consisting of the Captain, four
other Frenchmen, and one Russian. Soon after the
vessel had cleared the harbour, the Russian sailor
knocked down the Captain, drove the other four
Frenchmen into the hold of the vessel, and secured
the hatches. He then ran to the cabin, got possession
of a pistol, and returned again to the Captain, who
still lay stunned with the blow that had been given
him. On his recovery the Russian forced him also
,to go below, and then stood out to sea. Whether
the Russian had been ill-used by any of the French.
men, or what other motive induced him to commence
hostilities against the good ally of his Sovereign, we
have not learnt ; but soon after, perceiving a ship
'with English colours, which proved to be the AMP.-
, THYS r, he made towards her, and by her his capture
was sent into Plymouth.