Star.
London, England, 1814-03-01 00:00:00

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Carrie don*, "its ITII2 • Ma of ()!MPO•.
bonnd, audp,Kociedsd for Portsmouth, under convox
of his 'M:ijesty's ship ARCHER. sailed bis Majesty's
ship CREESEY. for Portsmouth ; and. the foss' roxi;
c Ngter, with dispatches and letters for the sh'tpa in the
Roompot, Remain his Majesty's ships as pg. last;
with a See of Transporti, 'with [Loops on boatslot
Holland, detained by coatrary vridds.l47,ind W:
FEBRUARY 28.—ailed the Jonah, Nine, set Hero
transports, with detachments **es Grins
Legion for Germany; the Saunosaa, Minerva, SO:
phia and William transportst tor Hativithe three
former under convoy of* tho Gaolll2i rusibrig.
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HARWICH, FM 49,
Arrived the Lady Froinces Packet, with mails and
passengers trolls Helipfasid....Sailed the Kugt
gaostoo cutter for Hallanci.:—.Wi'nd S.E.
FEBRUARY AL—Arrived the Camilla traaspe.rtp
CH, PALIBTA from Gorse. She repasts the total loss
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of the Flaxen !mart, 4G, *law Raw and
the Mary transport, Set 11 *Mr. li!deli with
ordnance stores, cdp:itte4e. on the 594 tkvitgrs.
both vessels saved, and fr. the Mary Oliny chests.
of accoutrements. ginetees 4111:ensplittl arin4
safe at tielvvetsluys, two olliaysale said to be Inst.--
The Auckland packet, Caßtain LIFKI4X, wl;sch sailed
from hence on Thursday list, for Hellanil• kas just
returned, lAving expecieneed "ids diteelty ••
ding her snails and passengers, at Gorge, the Ic4
having extended to sea several tones. Rettimed tee
Thetis, Howiir, with hoppe, finis HpPand• s4lict
the Lord tielson packet;Ottots, for Heligoland with
Mail...—Wind S.W.
LymiNOTON, irsimpAßit
Passed by yesterday, the 'Mornington East. India
man, from 'Bengal, and two *South-Sea-men, under
the protection of the Rose Revenue cutter.—Passed
by to-day the Bengal Merchant, East Indianian, from
Bengal.

The Commerce trader, from London to Plymouth,
has been citrit,ired by a privateer, with a farm() worth
..0
nearly 41I0,1X)0. •
The shipwrights of Plymouth Yei!*.i, who I...ter
volunteered their services to go to Canada, have re-
ceived orders to embark immediately.
A small wooden box was picked up in Falmouth
Harbour on Monday se'nnight, on being
opened, was found to contain a sealed letter and an
open note, the later addressed to whoever might find
di(' box, and purporting to be fiom Captain Sorra,
lor the sloop Joseph, of Fowey, stating that ult. Joseph
was captured on the 9th tilt. off the IX:adman, b. a
French privateer ; and represting that themacconpi-
ny in; letter might' be forwarded per post, as directed.
THE BRITISH NAVY.—It consists, at preS:nt,
1010 sh;Ps of different titotriptions of which 760 ale
in commission area( the line.
10 to 44. 155 frigates, 1140 'sloops of war, mot- L.
183 bitsl-41 miters, and 57 schoon ••••

THE ARMY:

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Detachments for the 4th. gib 30th, 4.33, 45th,
u,th, 531, 77th, and 833 regimets, in all about one
wna men, will embark immediately, to join the army
in t!le South of France.

About 250 of the 43d Regtmeot are expected at
Portsmouth, to embark for thc South of France.
Saturday morning 300 of the Guards tnaiched
„cm the Bird-cage Walk, St. James's Park, to tot.
bark for the head-quarters of the Marquis, WELLING,.
lON. A further draft will be made next week.
The battalion of Royal Marines, consisting of 1000
.-en, now formed at Portsmouth, under the corn-
mind of Major LEwts, are expected to proceed to
rierryhead, to be organized, pteparatory to their be.
sent to America.
The Earl of WALDEGRAVIE immedi
regiment under the hlrerotißarossa, ately
to join his
Sir JOHN HUNTER is to embark immediately at
Plymouth, to W. sume his duty as Britannic Consul-
Oenend at Madrid.
It was incorrectly reported in some of the Public
Prints, that the two transports which have been re-
cently lost on the Dutch coast contained British
troops. We regret, however. to have to state, that
they had on board part of the patriotic regiments of
Frankfort and Nassau, which some time ago came
Over from SoULT ro LOTA WELLINUTON.
Thursday tha j+larth:Hauts Militia, stationed at
nispaosulabillg du/ an board the prison ship; in
Porturuh harbours.Wrched into rortsea barracks
to oust in the ditty of the garrison,
Monday se'nnight the 30th reginient of foot left.
Winchester, on their route for
.C.helassford, is Essex,
and on Thursday and Friday the 98th and the 1024
regiments, for Horsham.
Tuesday came into Winchester garriSon the 23d
regiment of Welch Fuzileers.
Monday se'nnight, the regiment of Durham Mili.
tia marched from Perth, on their route to Glasgow.

Tuesday the Ayrshire Militia left Glasgow for '
Ayr, on their route from Perth.
The Lanarkshire Militia have arrived at Win•'
burgh, on their way to Perth.
Last week the Royal Lanarkshire Militia Marched
ihto Perth from Newcastle. They are nearly 1000
strong.
Friday se'nnight nearly 200 natiVei of Holland,
the Netherlands, and various part§ of Ceiinany, who
have long been prisoners at Pennycuictc, Marched
izom Edinburgh Castle to Leith, where they em-
barked to join the armies of the Allies do the Con-
tinent.

Last week a Dutch Officer arrived at Perth, under
C.h:: authority of Government, to recruit among such
3f the prisoners at the Depot as were natives' it Hol.
!and, Germany, or Flanders. Ile obtained 115 vo.
lunteers, who were marched off, and will speedily be
sent to increase the number of their padiodc country.
men now arrayed against their former opptessor.
Wednesday, the 234 ultimo, died Major:.General
Joy Frtancs KE.LLY, Colonel in the Ist Regiment
of Foot Guards. He entered the Guards at a t ery
early period. In 1795, he served under hit *mai
Highness the Duke of Yoncin Flanders, and at. the
attack aft Dunkirk. -in -1104 he aecempanied his
giment in the expeditten against Ostend and Holland,
under Generals ,Bctutaittt and Sir EYRE Coork. In
1609, t lerved ,under Sir Jolty MOORE, ih Spain,
mr, following he was with the Army in
vo fun ro centle battalion of the,
&NM tOcatkiiitkl, commanded by Col. GRAHAM,
were as follows the Of mert and Staff, 15 Ser.
jeanis, 3 corpoials, 11 drummersi, and 25 privatea.—
On -Tneaday the Western Battalion asseinbled on
parade at Chichester, And were addressed in appro-
priate terms by Colonel Porwrz and his Grace the
Duke of NORFOLIC, but with little effect, as not more
than thirty volufittered to extend their service. On
the following stunning the men were again mastered,
when about as many more signatures were obtained,
On Wednesday the Pevensey battalion. 750 strong,
commanded lirthrEarr of CHICHESTER, assembled
at Lewes, and notwithstanding the zeal and influence
of die Noble Colonel and tbeexample of the officers,
not above sixty Volunteered.
ViTRACT OF A WITTER PROM AN OFFICER IN LORD WNL
LIM:WON% ARMY, DATED JANUARY 28.
" We are in cantonments, as the rest of the army
has been for several weeks back. • The head-qnarters
of this division are at Villa Franque, which lies be-
tween the Nive and the Adour, about a mile and a
half from Bayonne. Our advance is within a mile
and a half of the last-mentioned city, which is of
considerable extent, and built with much regularity;
close so it is the conaux of the Nive and the Adour,'
both of which are broad, and so deep at this semen
as to be completely unfordable by troops. The es e-'
my's right rests on Bayonne, which is strongly gar-
risoned, and tolerably fortified : around it they have
constructed formidable field-works for its protection.:
Opposite another part of their line, towards the left,
,s St. Jean de Pied du- Port, in which is a garrison el
SO() men, well provisioned, and provided with means
3f sustaining an attack. Numbers of conscripts are
.aid to arrive daily to reinforce their army : we hear
them frequently firing at targets, and can distinctly
gee then: at drill.

" Our line is extended from the sea towards the
Pau. It is intersected in its centre by the Nive,
4, }licit a little below tYstaritz and Villa Francine makes
luddea turn in its- course towards the Adour. The
ilivisions more immediately separated by the river are
the sixth and light, of svhich the lauer is stationed on
;•:)e left bank. On our right are the '2d and 3d divi-
Morillo's Spaniards, and a body of cavalry :
tlie st of the arm/ occupy the left of ou; line. The
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.opar443 army of support is in our rear.
• 4 e Wellington a few days ago reconnoitred
the eteTty's tasition throughout its extent, whence it
was coujeatir4 "chat some important movement was
on the paha 'of execftion. The effects of the weather
upon the state of the..rca,ls, seems, however,- to ren-
der this aneture 'math less likely to be immediately
verified., Prom the beighti Wheire our advance now
is, the town or ISayonne might ttbraueOunahlY be de-
strayed, and rockets atter the plan of ,C,oligreve are
stated to have ietnally arrived at head quauers for
ekis purpose. The demolition of so many buildings,
:lit: properties of V.v.: iatocent and unoifendiug bour-

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geols, is certainly a measure greatly /,'9 be-a. Orecated.
It is to lie hoped that the idea,of moral cququest, to.,
wards whicit our•casiciliatory measures, hitherto h&ve
been. disected, will not he inconsideratelyabandoned,'
if any other means ace adoptible by which the troops
of the despot can be forced from this position.
" Les Bas Pyrennees comprise a very uneven and
uninviting track ot country -; the soil is,argillaceous.
and at tins season the cross-roads are tittagtnires. The
houses are.considerably superior to those of Navarre,
but far from equal in accommodation to those of our
own country.' Not one in a hundred has a pane of
glass in the, windows; not one room in five hundred
has a fitc,place. Toes= strilttnirttecnliarltiesiott will
be ready to refer to the.tiore genial climate of the
count! y ; but, in fact. it is infinitely colder here than
in any part of Scotland.. that you have travelled, It
is true, that from till tricknitx•of the 'sea, the snow
and ice we observe in the morning seldom retain
their forMs during the day; btu' the extreme kirni-
dity-sot the air communicates an additional 'Chillness

to the frame on a princjiale suffiiently.
Some of the Chateaux are, however, built with as
much t ast”, and are equally coMmodioui witik those
in our own country. Honest Nap's cotintry resi-
dence, together with that of the gmpress Qum, is
above a mile horn my quarters; but as they ate on
the opposite side of the Nive, and close to the French
advance, I have not ventured to take a neater sur-
vey of them. The people generally speak a dialect
' of Basque, which is, I understand, very different from
that spoken in Navarre ; the better sort talk French.
They appear extremely quiet and inoffensive, and far
from displeased with the English, whom they make
pay manfully for what they sell them. The men
dress not unlike the old-fashioned Scots, and wear
the old flat-shaped cherry bonnet. The women are
clumsy and untidy, and among them cleanliness
seems a very rase quality."

MILITARY PROMOTIONS.
WAR-OFFICE, FEB. 26t IRI4.
To be Deputy Assistant. Commissaries-General to the Forcers—
Lionel Davis, Aleck Moodie, Daniel Cairns, John Flanner,
Charles William Beverley, William Cordeasx George Hull,
Ernest Eyl, John Appleton, Peter Daviea, William Downs,
and John Lane, jun. Gents.
To be Paymaster of a Recruiting District—Bartholomew Nangle,
sb44. vice Maxwell, dismissed the service.
The Marquis of Buckingham's Provisional Battalion of Militia.
To he Captains of Companies—Captain It. M. Bates, of the
Royal Bucks Militia, vice Cape, whose appointment has not
taken place • Captain E. Temple, of the Royal Bucks Militia,
vice Rickahls, appoicithd to the uith Foot; and Captain J.l'.
Allen, of the Wiltaldre Mihtia. -
To be Lieuteuants—Lieutenant H. Bowles, of the Northamp-
tonshire Militia, vice .Ircingsh.iry ; M. Alacnamara, of the
Royal Bucks Militia, vice Kean; .1. Gillman, of the Royal Bucks
Militia, vice R. .1. Mason, whose appoiutmunts have not taken
pace; and Lieutenain J. Ames, of the Wiltshire Militia. •
To be Eusigu.....bllaiell J. F. Holden, of the Royal Bucks Mi-
litia.
Colouel Bayky's Provisional Battalion of Militia—Captain J.
elialtabers,
.01 the West Middlesex Militia, to be Captain ul a
Company, vice Sir William Batton, whose appointment bas
not taken place.
To be Lieuteeants..4,ieutenants J. Pritchett, of the Leicester
Mi itia,atice .1 Cooper; A. V. Forster, of the West Middle-
sex Militia, vice W. R. Carter ; W. Bolton, of the West Mid-
dlesex Militia, vies C. Ativoine ; J. A. Forster, of the West
Middlesex Militia, este J. C.. Parker; G. Julinston, of West
Middlottx Militia, vice .1. Abbott, whose appounnienta have
nut taken place; and F. Haub, ot the West Middlesex Mili-
tia' vice Grace, appiented to the Royal Waggdu
To be Assistant-Stirgeon-.Aasneant-surgeon 3. F. Sir.gleton, ot
the Leicester Militia, vice parker, wause appeimineat has
Gus 'Ada place.
Sir Watkin William Wynne's Provisional Battalion of
CiptSiu T. Smyth, of the Derby Militia, to be Captain ut a
Company, vice I.l.ocrett, whose appoitinnent hat ion taken
rltice—To be Lieutenants, Lleuttnants J. Sovilen, of the
WestottereLtud Militia, vice IVilbrabain, whoSts appoinunent
has tilt taken pkice; J. Nicholls, in the Royal Denbigh Min.
tia vice &rates, appointed to the 21ad Foot ; P.• Jones ot the
Royal Denbigh Militia, vice Morris, appointed to the 2...1
Foot ; and Ensign 3. Webiter, at the ad West York
vice Miller; appointed to the 19th Foot.
Si Regiment 61 Royal Eau; India Volunteers—Lientenant C. Ri-
vers, Co be Captain of a Company; vice Bishop, who rqiens.
To he Lieutenants—F.aisigns C. H. Winfield, vice River.; and.).
IViaitlaud, vice Gordon, who resigns.-10 be Ensigns, ijeorge
Johnson, Gent. vice Winfield; Thomas brown, Geist. vice
Maitland; anti William henry Dobson, Geut. vice Bell,
deteated.
The appointments of Captain Robertson, Lieutenants Lyster,
Black, and Hepbutb. and Ensign Burks, yl the Cambridge Mi-
litia, to lie Officers in the Marquis ot liirckinghant's Proyisiunai
Battalion of Militia, as stated in the Gazette of the 224 ultimo,
have not taken place.
The appointment of Q'uarter-snaster Miles, of the Wei Mid-
diertx to Colonel Bijle)'s Provisional Battalion of
Militia, has net taken place.
The appoinnueats ot Lieutenant Briggs, Dakin, and Gould, of
the Derby Militia, to Sir Watkin W. Aryoue's Provisional
Wien of Militia, have not taken place.
The cuannissions of Of promoted to the Brevet Rank of
liieutenant-Coloncls and Majors in the Atmy, a, stated in the
Gazette of the 25,h ultimo, are antedated to Iltitb. Dec. 1813.
1 he epinthissioutt of the undenneutioned Officers, as stated in
the Gazettes of 2..td January and Ist February,lBl4, are altered
as undermentioned Captain Rosii'a, of 24th Foot, to 24th Dec.
1813; Surgeon Watson li, and Assistant.hurgeon Gardner, of
Ist Foot Guards; Surgeon Wimper's, of Coldstream Guards;
and Surgeon Good's, and Assistant-Surgcon Ty odds, of Sd Foot
Guards, to 25th Dee. 1313.

The following enumeration of the towns on the four
principal roads from Paris, in the direction of the
Rhine, with the distances in British miles from that'
city, will assist in pointing out the position Qf the con-
Luciing armies M the neighbourhood of Paris ;

ROAD FROM CHALONS TO PARIS.
Miles from Paris.

Cludens - •
Vertus ). -
Eteges - .
Frames:tiers - -

10: I Monttnirail
80 1 La Forte -
75 I Meaux
70 Livry

ROAD FROM VITRY TO PARIS.
Vitry . - - 110 La fent :;aucher
Sonde St. Croix - 95 Coulomndera -
Ferre Changenoise - 85 Crecy • ..
?Isere . - - 75 1 Lnuf -
Seianne • - 70
IOAD FROM 0114T1LLON-SUR-SEINE TO PARIS.
Chatifion-sur-Setae - 165 1 Sordun - -
Bar-sur-Seine - - )45 1 Proving - P
Chappes - . - 135 ILa M. Rouge - .
Amount - - 123 1 Naugle - -
Troyes - P lln 1 Rosoy .. -
Lee Grr; - - 90 I Fontellay •
Les Granges . so I 1 Duman - -
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Nogeut r 75 ILa ma
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NOAD FROM AUggltE f 0 PAWS.
120 I Nemours - -
112 I Nluret - -
100 1 Fouidati bleau -
;s Mt}un - -
OR P.igne, -
?8
i Corbeil -
Ok 1 -

. 50
. SS

Auxere
lowly
Villeneuve le Roy
Sens -
Pout-sur-Yonne
Bray -
Montntereau -

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Chateau Thierry, which is on the road branching
off to the N. E. at La Ferut, it 00 miles from Paris ;
Epernay, on the same road, is 80 miles, and Jalions
is 90 mi4es horn tilt Capital, and ea from Chai,ups,