Star.
London, England, 1808-05-18 00:00:00

ADMIRALTY COURI, DOCTORS' COMMONS.

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Yesterday the Right Honourable Sir WILLIAM
Scorr proceeded to the adjudication of the following
cases :
Aristides, Callagliar master.—This American vessel, laden
with wine and fruit, on a voyage from Spain to London, but do-
cumented.as destined to Vane], was captured by the Fly priva-
teer, and brought into Plymouth. The privateer boarded this
vessel under Frtnch colours, but soon after threw off the mask,
under the idea of her being a good prize, from her papers on board.
There being no manner of doubt but she was destined to this
country, the only questions were those of costs, damages, and
captor's expences. The Court was of opinion, that the American
master had acted very improperly in not discovering in the first
instance that he had a licence on board authorising him to conic
to this country, which would have put an end to the proceedings,
however it restored the ship and cargo as claimed, and pronounced
freight to be due, but directed the captor's expences to be paid
out of the same.
Throe Sisters, Mattkews tnaster.—This British vessel, laden
with iron and coals, was abandoned by the crew, under the appre-
hension of being attacked by an enemy's privateer, and therefore
this was an application to the Court for remuneration for having
t.tk•:u cara of the ship and cargo. Ship and cargo restored as
claimed, but the other part of the case was not disposed of.

The regiment of Loyal Greenock Volunteers re-
turned on Saturday se'nnight from Irvine, after com-
pleting the days of their permanent duty there.
Tuesday se'nnight, the Greenock and Port Glasgow
Defence Regiment, commanded by Colonel ALEXAN-
mit, marched into Glasgow for drill for 14 days.
The Scots brigade, or 9lth, arrived at Leith cn
Tuesday se'nnight, in the Albion and Royal George
smacks, from London, on their route to head-quarters
at Linlithgow. At same time sailed a detachment of
volunteers from the militia, to join the artillery corps
at Woolwich.
Thursday the 2d Battalion of the 53d Regiment
marched into Chichester from Blatchington Barracks,
on their way to Portsmouth for embarkation on
foreign service. A grenadier of the regiment attrac-
ted much attention : Ir., measures seven feet three
.inches and a half in height, ant is only 19 years of
age, having been very lately enlisted in Ireland. He
is allowed to be the tallest man in the army.
Saturday a battalion of the Coldstr_iatm Regiment
of Poet Guards had a grand field day in Hyde Park,
under the command of their Colonel the Duke of
CAMERIDGE: • •
The '2OO men belonging to the 95th Regiment,
whom we stated as about to embark at Dover, are
ordered for Gibraltar, and not for the Northern Ex-
pedition. They proceed to Gibraltar in the William
transport, (marked A 1.) Captain ADIE, waiting
convOy in the Downs.
The 39th Regiment is at Berryhead, Torbay, wait-
ing for transports to carry them to Guernsey.
Several Volunteer Corps of the County of Exeter
have r warded to the Lord Lieutenant's Office, in the
Castle, Exeter, offers of service to go on permanent
duty, some for ten, and others for fourteen days..
The Bill for the establishment of a local Militia
meets with general approbation throughout the West
of England : the general liability to service, the
amount of fines, regulated according to income, and
no insurance against fines being allowed, gives great
satisfaction in the best informed circles.
The Volunteer Corps of the County of Lancaster
are upon the alert for permanent duty. The Bolton
Cavalry go to Black-pool, the Infantry to Lancaster ;
the St. Helen's Infantry to Wigan, the Newton and
Ashton Infantry to- Chester, the Wigan Infantry toi
Liverpool ; the latter has tarried nut to serve as local
Militia nearly to a man, with all their Officers.
That active officer, Lieutenant-Colonel FAIRWELL‘J
has just completed a very minute inspection of that'
important brigade of Volunteers, " The Tamar Bri-
gade," which consists
.of all corps (amounting to
seventeen, and mustering about 5000 effectives), sta-
tioned within a day's march of the river Tamar, di-
viding the counties of Cornwall and Devon, and
whose mouth forms the celebrated harbour of Ha-
moaze. This body of troops will be the first rein-
forcement thrown into Plymouth in case of invasion.
He reports them extremely effective in general, andl
some of them to be in the highest state of discipline.
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The latter corps arc said to be entered in the Comman-
der in Chiefs Office of tke Western District, in this
city,-as the first to be called. on for service in case of
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