Star.
London, England, 1812-12-19 00:00:00

'CHE
Saturday the Aberdeenshis -Militia arrived id
Glasgow. 1
In compliance Tith the wiellr distingu
Officer, heleinging to the right Dragoons, we
insert the following paragraph:
" In ur paper of the 28th of 'September last, we
Dinned a paragraph under the head of " Anus',"
in which we state 4 that an Officer and 20 men of
the 11th Light Drapoons were completely surprised
by the French cavalry on the Duero, the Captain.
killed, and the troopers marched off prisoners by a 1
party of MARMONT'S army. We must express our'
sincere' concern for the hasty admission of that para.
tri, as we now find that no such event as that re-
to ever took place, and that the whole state.
*int is entirely without foundation. Indeed, we find
that nearly on the very day in which the paragraph
in qeeition appeared in our piper, a dctac!mient
this,regiment, of 36 men, led on by a Captain and
Lieiitenant,had particularly distinguished themselves,
and had received the thanks of Sir STAPLETON COT.
TON fir their gallant conduct, in conjunction with a
small party of the 12th Light Dragoons (who had,
ifs the first inst..nce, been obliged to give way to the
great superiority in numbers of the enemy), in repel.
ling an attack of 400 French cavalry, supported by
Our companies of infantry, under the command of
the General of Division, CUERTO, and taking from
them one officer, eleven men, and nine horses.—We
trust that those papers which copied the above para.
graph from cur pages, will feel equal pleasure and
readiness with ourselves in doing justice to a most
gallant body of men, by contradicting the statement
cowshed in it."
The following paragraphs are extracted from let-
ters,- dated Messina, October 26 :—" Letters have
been received here from our At my in Alicant, up to
the 5d of October. They had fortified themselves,
and were daily expecting an attack. General MAIT•
kAND is returned to Sicily, on account of ill health :
lie arrived here on the 15th of October: General
CLINTON is gone to succeed him in his command.
It is expected, that about 4000 Neapolitan troops
will shortly embark, to reinforce the Expedition to
Meant : transports are already collecting at Palermo
&I- the purpose of receiving them. Lord W. Bei:-
/Mac has been for some time past employed in or-
ganizing them. By a late Despaccio Reale, his Lord,
ship has the ,whole and sole disposal of the Sicilian
• army ; numbers of the native officers have, in conse-
quence, resigned • many of whom'are gone to Naples,
to enrol themselves under Munar's banners ; dif-
ficulty is, however, found in filling up the vacancies,
arising from their departure."

WES7'MIN.S7'ER SCHOOL.

. On Monday evening the Etinuchto of Terence was
represented, the third time, at Westminster School.
~ItoYar Highness the Duke of Youw arrived at
*out a quarter to eight o'clock, in order to witness
the Performance, and • Was greeted With loud and rei-
(flitted plaudits. The tune oficGOo*save thainiel
was immediately played, and the audience evinced
their respect in the
,usual mode while the, music
lasted. .'1 he Prologue was delvered.by Mr. MAGOON.
ELL, who sustained the part of Phtedria in thedrama.
Its gineial purport was tote:peak/he indulgence of
the company, for the efforts of the juvenile actors
advoeati partem agite, baud ivdiciy ;
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and a touch, en passant, at the shawl-
and tipPetrtg.
e
1110tions of 'Drury-lane Theatre, was received With
Considerable approbation.
Ft retno Mc fyrtasse indignablttr
• • - Quod terninantin volantibus,
•Nostri tbtairi decotoretur nitur.
Many passages were applauded in the delivery,
ireh;ch are well known to every scholar, and aerefore
demand no particular notice. The Epilogue was not
much characterised by it or 'nit:lour,. but it con-
pained one good
.point, to which we may advert.-
7 hears and his followers, after their failure before the
house of Thais, are in quest of an opportunity to
wreak their vengeance on some other foe, and, accor-
dingly they commence an attack upon an old fruit-
, woman, of whose stores they take possession by
storm. The fugitive raises an Oirm of robbery, and'
one of Thraso's emissaries advises his companions to,
shift for themselves. Thraro thinks this very good
counsel, and departs, observing,
Metuet rebus serrabo seeundis ;
I:riming/I scabies occupet—(Gnethe) Ats..ue da:ene.
As the Prologue deprecated criticism, we forbear
to exercise it ; and indeed he must have been fasti-
dious, who could not derive pleasurefrom the business
of the evening. The performance was, in gvneral,
highly creditable to the talents of the youthful debu-
tante, and displayed an accurate conception of their
author's beauties.
The merits of Mr. PAL nett, in Parmeno, are enti-
' titled to commendation ; and Mr. ANDAIEWS distin-
guished himself in Gnatho. His performance would
hot have disgraced the boards of a regular theare,
in the representation of a similar character. The air
of confidence- and sincerity that he assumed, in order
to propitiate the good-will of his dupe, might have
induced no inadequate observer of life to conclude,
that his firitzery sprung from conviction, instead'of
mercenary views; and the error of 7 hra so appeared
not. so much the result of fatuity, as of frankness.
The skilful managemect of Mr. ANDREWS rendered
the character of Gnatho ac original among parasites,
'its that of Captain Bcbadil is among bullies. Gnatho
.spoke the conclusion of the Epilogue, and dismissed
the assembly tosuliper (animus est in in:tittle) in perfccr
,vod-hurnotir with his own exertions, and those of
his young Associates.

A Russian peasant, who had been made prisoner,
bad the w(,:d VOLLON" marked on his left arm
by die French. They then told him that he was a
subj.fct of KiP.II.E.ON, upon which he immediately
seized a hatchet and clWppefiog Lie ann.
'The rise of rents on Scots estates, appear upon
' every side. The jointnre. pf the Duchess, af Rox-
BURGH, on the death of the late Duke, nay,"after she
married Mr. Mts NEtt, was 2,000 a-y ear, resulting
not from a penny rent, but from a Juizeriorily. . The
rental is now aboot ,000 ; arid in some few years,
probably, even that bay he doubled !
On Tuesday last a boat, with several persons in it,
was run down in Hamoaze, by a lighter belongtng
to the Brewery at South Down, by which accident
two were drowned.

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