Star.
London, England, 1808-12-07 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

Sunday night an Express was sent off by the
Duke of YORK, to the Officer commanding the first
battalions of the 2d and 3d Regiments of Foot
Guards, stationed at Chatham, to hold themselves in
readiness for 'foreign service. The 2d battalions of
the same Regiments, doing duty in London, received
similar orders yesterday ; and are to march immedi-
ately for Chatham. The whole draft is to amount
to about two thousand six hunded rank and file ;
they are to be under the command of Major-General
CAMPBELL, who had last evening an interview with
the Duke of YORK, to receive his orders. They are
to be embarked on Thursday or Friday morning for
Spain. They will be put on board lighters, and con-
veyed down the River Medway to the transports that
are to convey them to their destination.
It is said that 12,000 more British troops will be
sent to Spain, in which number will be comprized
another large detachment of the Guards.
Yesterday the Duke of YORK held a public day at
, his Office in the Horse Guards, and gave audiences to

Viscount CASTLEREAGH.
Major-General Comvsect., upon his leaving town to take the
command of the second Brigade of Guards, ordered for Spain.
Lord EDWARD SOMERSET, upon his leaving town to take the
command of the 4th Regiment of Cavalry in Spain.
Colonel DOUGLAS, upon his going to Spain:
General Sir Jono Dens, upon his leaving town to resume
the command in Guernsey.

NAUTICAL INTELLIGENCE.

EDINBURGH, DECEMBER S.

Act
hts . jesty, n terms of the Itith sectionci the
PLYMOUTH, DECEMBER S. I Wednesday last was held, in the Inner Part lunett,
.' edAct of Parliamen tipassed last Session, entitled ,
Came in the Portuguese sloop Marie, Capt. B. Joni H.o_useith. e fast meeting of the Commissioners appcizt]
dporisnSceAnoTfos,Brafmziml,
Capt.Oport Oporto, for
fro
ma moaprokretto!
Act touching the Administration of Jestice- 'c.4
with wine, fruit, and cork, for London and Hull ;
.wiCthAtifrruErtit„
land," &c. The commission em osiers hin
s ..
Ts rutin Ns.
and the Active, (of Lynn) Captain WATTS, from in terms of said Act) to inquire into the font off
Oporto, with wine, for Yarmouth. Sailed a fleet of cess, in the Court of Session ;in what cases „ Jury irtal
be usefun established, and v, ,
light transports, under convoy of a gun-brig, for ca. .y . viz Jue evidezre
more extensively introduced ; to inquire into th D,,,
. Falmouth. 1 ceediugs of the Admiralty and Commissary 4cl--
PORTSMOUTH, DECEMBER 6. acc..—The Commissioners are thirteen in number vig:
Arrived his Majesty's ship LINNET, from off Lord vis
count Melville—tote TWO CROWN COMMIE.
Lord Advocate. Lord Advocate, and
Havre.—W I
Wind W. Sir Hay Compel], Bart.—for- Solicitor-General.
merly Lord Pre ident. THREE ADTOCATtS
TWO JUDGES OT THE COURT. M. Ross, E. 141. Dean of Food,.
Lord President Blair, and • Adam Rolland, Est ;,,td
Lord Justice Clerk, The Hon. Henry F.rskme
TWO ZICHIQUER BARONS. TWO WRITERS TO THi $ . rz.
Lord Chief Baron, and Hugh Warr:oder, h.q.'s%
Mr. Baron Norton. Robert Sym, Est
Lord ME.I.viLLE and Mr. ROLLAND were not pre
sent al: this meeting, which sat but a short time, and
with shut doors.
Eighteen English Commissioners have also bet'
appointed, whom the Scots Commissioners may cox
salt when they think proper, respecting any points 4
the English law, or, forms, a ith reference to Jury%
These Commiy.ioners are:—
Lord Eldon, Lord Chat,cellsw. Sirs S.Laurence angLlcricv,
Lord R edesslale, lot e I .ord C Ilan. Judges of lUcg's Send
cellor of Ireland. : Str V. t ;thbs,Attersey.c,eai.
Lord Ersklne,late L.Chancollor. Sir T. Plummer, um*,
liee.
SIrW. G rant, Master oftbc Rolls Jo. Williams, serjease, lair
Sir W. Scott , Judge of Adm iralty F. Burton, H. Lyceseet ad iv"
Sir John Aastruther, Bart. Alexander, enrol at Lao,
Sirs Alex. Thompson, and Gee. C. Abbot and G.S.Hohnith•
Wood, Barons of lacbequer.; risters at Law.

DOVER, DECEMBER 6.
The Russian and French Messengers left this town
at eight o'clock this morning, for London.
Came in the sloop Prince of Wales, of Newhaven,
with flour, for London ; re-captured by his Majesty's
ship OBERON. She was captured last night, off Dun-
geness, by a French privateer—the Captain and
crew endeavoured to escape in their boat, in doing
which a shot from the Frenchman wounded the Cap-
tain dangerously. The Captain and all his crew, ex-
cept one boy, were carried on board the privateer.
Passed by this day for the Dcwns several outward-
bound ships, which were obliged to bear up, by the
wind blowing so hard against them. There were four
French privateers off the Ness last night.
DEAL, DECEMBER 6.
Arrived the BEAGLE, PODARGUS, and GLOMEN,
from a cruize. It has blown very hard the whole of
this day from the W: N. W. The. convoy which
sailed on Sunday under the INDIGNANT gun-brig, put
back again this afternoon—some of them are gone for
Ramsgate Pier, one with the loss of main topmast.
The HOPE sloop of war arrived in the Downs this
morning from the River: she got on shore last night
(in turning through the Gulls) on the Brake Sand,
but received no particul4r damage.

His Royal Highness also gave audience to a num•
ber of other Officers, previous to their setting off for
Spain, and on other military business.—Most of the
Officers who took leave of the Duke of Yonx yester-
day, previous to their going to Spain, left town last
night.
The Rutland and Merionethshire Regiments of
Militia have marched into Shorncliffe Barracks, from
Dungeness Forts. The Royal Flintshire have taken
the duty at Dungeness.
The Chatham Dock Yard Regiment were under
arms early on Sunday morning, and were inspected
by Sir ROBERT BARLOW, who will very shortly be
appointed Colonel.
I The large fleet for the West Indies is about to sail
from Portsmouth. By this fleet go out---
Majors-General MONRO, ORD, and FINCH.
Dr. BAILLIR, Inspector of Hospitals.
And many other Staff Officers.
Lord CLARINA does not go out for the present.
The death of General HUGHES is very much re-
gretted throughout the West-India Islands ; he was
an excellent Officer, and had seen much service.
It is said that Generals THORNTON, THEWLES,
' awrs, and DvozT will be among the first to be em-
ployed abroad.
Mr. GAMER, Apothecary General to the Army,
enjoys a very lucrative situation. This gentleman's
father, a Hanoverian druggist, secured from his
Majesty GEORGE 11. the patent of supplying medicines
to the army exclusively ; and the advantages attend-
ing so very extensive and extraordinary a right have,
we believe, descended unimpaired to the son. From
the documents laid before the House of Commons by
the Military Commissioners of enquiry in their fifth
report, of which we gave abundant extracts in the
STAR, it appears that the medicines supplied by the
Apothecary-General are charged considerably dearer
to the country (in some articles 29 per cent.) than
the rate at which they could be supplied by even ordi-
-13, nd of • -.tall,

CHATHAM, DECEMBER 4.
Yesterday the PERLIN was taken into dock instead
of the NAssAt; ; the keel of the EARL How is now
laying down, and she will be proceeded with as fast as
possible. The IMPREGNABLE is in a state of great
forwardness ; the ROTA will be taken into dock. to-
morrow ; both this and the Perlin are very large
Danish frigates, and much admired for their hand-
some construction of their bodies.

FREFCH DIGNITIES.—As the new Nomenclatmq
the French Generals occasions some difficulty 1004
readers of the Bulletins, &c. we insert the following
Key to the nicknames which BONAPARTE has
to his principal Satellites :
The Prince Arch-Chancellor o Duke of Parma
the Empire (Cambaceres)
The Prince Arch - Treasurer of Piacenza
(Le Brun) .
Marshal Muncey of Comegliaco
Massena . - of Rivoli

FROM LLOYD'S I.IST.
GRAVESEND, Drc. 6.—Passed by the George, White, from
Gibraltar; Dort, Worts; Teneriff, Butty ; and the Minerva,
Bodle, from Malta ; Speculation, Holden ; and the Ameyden,
from Stockholm. Sailed the Two Friends, Hawkins,
for Cadiz ; Statira, Geer, for Smyrna ; and the Valiant, Jones,
for Limerick.
Aitatvzo--In the River, the Flora, Ansell, from Vaterllsrd.
In Standgate Creek, Neptune, Dove, from Malaga ; and the So-
phia, Smith, from Malta. At Bristol, Ann, Small, from Malta.
At Dover, Return, Bidly, front Malta : and the'Aimwell, Hay,
from Quebec. At Whitehaven, British Queen, from Quebec.—
At Dundee, Dundee, Anderson, from Qutbc. At Oporto, Tri-
ton, from Quebec. At Dartmouth, Jason, Henry, from
the Brazils. At Portsmouth, Ranger, —, from Lisbon ; Fa-
vourite, Gray, from Cork ; Ceres, and the William, Han-
ningtdn, from Waterford. At L '
owestoff, Henrietta Augusta,
---, from Gottenburgh. At Hull, Resource, ---, from Got-
tenburgh. At Gottenburgh, Waterman, Watson ; Industry,
Lines ; Mary, Forster ; Ann, Green ; Neptune, Grifn ; and :he
Marquis of Kildare,---, from London. At Malta, Esther,
Sacker, from Ler.dan ; Mary, from Cadiz ;
nett ; and the Four Sisters, Walker, from Bristol. At Rio Janeiro,
Ajax, Stewart, from the Clyde.
Sunday, about three o'clock in the afternoon, a
large merchant ship was captured off Rye, by a
trench privateer, in sight of a greet number of peo-
ple from the shore ; and it being then so calm, that
the ;vateer -could make no sail,_ two gallies were

Angereau
- Soult
-- Lames
....r- Mortier
Ney
- Davoust
-- Bessleres
Victor
- Lefebvre
--- Kellerman

of Castiglione
cf Dalmati.
of Montebello
,-- of Treviso
. --- of Elchingen.
• -- of Aacrstads
. of !stria
of Belluno
of Donnie
of Valmy,
COLOWELS•OESERAL.
Duke of Raga
. —of Abrartes.
GREAT OPF(CERS OF THE CROWN.
Caulaincourt, Great Chambel Duke of Vicensa
lain " -
Duroc, Great Marshal of the/ of Frione.
Pahce

Marmon
.............r Junot

nary Apothecaries an. miggists, and of an equally
good qu:l77ty with the articles issued to the army : in
other words, it appeared from clear documents that
the price charged for drugs by the Apothecary.Ge-

GENERALS.
Savory Duke of Rovigo
Arright of Pau.
MR. SHERIDAN'S COM3ITSSION.—Tuesday the Com
missioners appoint,:i by Government to take into ,
consideration the claims of compensation of several
state prisoners, who had been confined at different
times in the jails of Kilmainham, Dublin, tote.onsus,
picion of treasonable prictices sat in Green-sneer,
Dublin, pursuant to notice. The Court House van
fitted up for their reception, when they resolve 4
sitting privately, and came to a resolution that tit
whole progress of inciniry should be equally privall
the better to acilitate the object of the tlaim2n4
in seeking redress. They also came to a resolution
to preclude the interference of lawyers, and din
claimants should confine themselves to written sno
ments of their grievances, without any retrospee
to the cause of detenlion. The Commissioners a
five in number ; Judge DALY presides; but theyhA
formally disclaimed any appellation of a Court, tie

pry
quickly manned by townspeople with intent to retake
the prize ; the tide, however, making much against
them, they rowed to the Ness Road for asssistance,
and-here they luckily found the BEADLE and anothe
. .

object, as they allege, 13eing to make a fair Andra
did return to the Legislature of such matters as ;nil
occur to them during the investigation of the bathes
Wednesday last a dinner was given at Beverley by
' V the OS of the Staff, Gatti

neral, throughout the whole year, is above the usual vessel, from which sii other boats were manned, per-
General Vega to .ere _ _acers , _ _ .i
her prize, and took them both,
of sporting celebrity,
BERNARD, Colonel of the 84th Foot; Mr. MLA
market rate. The present patent, it is supposed, will Geed
sued the privateer and .
late Aid-du-Camp to
only expire with the life of the Patentee, unless the without any considerable resistance, and brought them
into Rye Harbour.
right is set aside by proper authority, in xvliich casedinner; edit
FERGUSON, the Field-Officers from Hull &c. Otte
same day, the Beverley Hunt had a
drugs for the army will be supplied from the cheapest : GALLANT ACTION IN THE WEST INDIES. the evening an assembly was held, which woo,
market. It has been publicly stated, that the profits ; SIR—In justice to the memory of a
.beloved and . rously attended.
arising to the Apothecary-General iron a single half- esteemed friend, I have to request you will insert the THEATRE, HAYNIARKET.—Last night, the Op
foil •recently taken it
tical Drama of. The Exile was performed, for the
year's supply of bark alone, were supposed to amount . owing account of an action which has
place. It has been already noticed in a casual way time at this Theabe, and followed by the aftelio
to the enormous sum of about Six Thousand Pounds! in some of the London papers of the 23cl ult. but of 171 e School for Authors, in whits
Mr. GAMER has an extensive Elaboratory for the pre- , some of the facts have been mirepresented. The
comica of Mr. MUNDEN had atni
paration of his medicines, in Great Ryder-street, St. 1 ROOK schooner, mounting 2 12-pounders, and mranned I scope ; his countenance and manni
James's, which is well worthy the inspection of the with 25 men, commanded by Lieutenant JAMm LAW.
assured him there were abundant
curious ; and so extensive are his dealins with the •. RENCE, on her passage from Jamaica to London, with
dispatches and a considerable quantity of money, was !found themselves regularly damned '
g
i " and are they alive ?"—set the
army, that regiments are often obliged to wait three attacked four days after quitting that island, by two I laughter. Mr. RICIIARD JONES,
months for their regular half-yearly supplies of medi- French privateer schooners, the one of twelve, the i Frank, (a would-be critic, in livery,
1
tines, and arc generally obliged to purchase drugs at other of ten guns, and full of men. The action happy in his conception and delinew
the expense of the regiments, until the regular issue is took place off St. Domingo, when, after a most his allusion to the poor fare, shAbbv
I gallant and d etermined. resistance of an hour and a i wages oft l 1e . servants of tt the ee u'
,
received from the Apothecary-General's store. half, the Commander unfortunately fell, having re- i infinite point : and the whole piece
Dr. HOLIDAY, an eminent Physician of Notting- ! ceived seven different wounds, the last of which : creased applause.
ham, and author of several valuable publications, i terminated the existence of as gallant and able an I
1 The following melancholy zirci
is employed in writing a work supposed to be in de- i Officer as the service can boast of. The schooner ,
I on Friday last; at Clayton, near .
fence of the system of Military General Hospitals, 'I was still continued to be fought in the most gal-
I named P f'd b • • th en ol , eing in .e upper
which has been lately very severely reprobated, but hint manner by Mr. SEWARD, the Master, until over- 1 . .
belonging to that place, performii
more particularly in vindication of the official conduct powered by the number of the enemy, and carried by '
1 siness, the cogs of the wheel eau
of Mr. KEATE, the present Surgeon-General of the boarding, when the villains got possession, and no
1 by which accident he was, in an .
Army. From an author of such celebi ity and expe- quarter was given. After exercising the most wanton ,
the machinery, and crushed to deal
rience of this subject, much is naturally to be ex- cruelties on the few survivors, they were stripped, 1 , Ext.; %,
pected by the public. ' ordered into the boat, and desired to make for the CORN ANGE, raARK-LANS, .
I f• Wheat this
The, Court-Martial, which was instituted last land in the best manner possible, which, after four
ply.ma contain Mondays
is short, and
s advarce—Bar)
month, by desire of Captain J. G, 2 WRY, of the hours, they succeeded in, and got on shore on the
and rather lower—Malt likewise.
Royal East London Militia, against Quarter-Master South end of St. Domingo. Neither Officer or man
_wh
ite Peas hardly at last
BURLING, of the same regiment, on four charges, has has esczped being either killed or wounded. The
small old Beans, which keep their prices—•
terminated in the acquittal of Quarter-Master BURLING, Master, the only surviving Officer, has received five
again a very short supply of Oats, and this -
and the dismissal of Captain RIGBY from the said wounds in different places ; but, probably, not nor-
continues to support late ices. Flour this weet,
1 Regiment, by command of his MAJESTY. ' ' tal, as it is from his letter (a sight of which I have
a trifle dearer. under—fine quoted DO
' been favoured with) that I derive this information. ~
COURT OF INQUIRY.nany, at 85s. per sack.
It is unnecessary to make any comments on so gallant
CUELSZA COLLECIZ, DICEIIIIIIII 5, Gitlf/AL CUPAZNCT As UNDICIL:
.an action—the facts speak for themselves. I trust it Wheat, 6ss, 7/Is. 88s. ' Beans (old) 765. 094. A
The Court having met, pursuant to adjournment, will make a just impression on the minds of the i)ub- Fine ditto, 90s. 945. ' Tick ditto (old) 755. 71110'
at ten o'clock this morning, deliberated for a short lie, and that the. survivors, who are but four, (the Rye,
_ 55a. WS. Oats, 361. 401.445. .
time, and then adjourned till Tuesday next. I Baziey, 40s. 455. Od. Poland ditto, 45e. 465. Ca'
Master excepted), and all wounded, will meet that malt 74..,
us. ,
Potatoe ditto.to 479.21.
A very few persons attended this morning, and reward which the liberal mind& nf tlis couutry ever WkitePeas (boilers), 120,142 s Rape Seed, 41.2. ii 511.
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none of anydistinction besidet the General Officeri bestow on her gallant sons. 1 trey that*, 555. Gls.
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