Star.
London, England, 1809-08-29 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

Orders have been received at Woolwich to prepare
artillery for another Expedition.
Preparations are making at Plymouth for the re-
ception of several thousand troops from the Midland
District, who are to proceed torlymouth to embark for
Spain, should the recent occurrences in that ill-fated
country not change their destination. The 2d bat•
talion of the 3d, (or Old Buffs, is also to embark
there : detachments of that corps are now doing duty
as Marines on board the prison ships in Hamoaze.—
The first battalion of this fine corps is already in
Spain.

The prisoners which arrived in the Mon4ouTit
from Flushing were landed yesterday at Yarmouth,
and marched for Stilton Barracks, under a detach-
ment of the Royal Berkshire Militia.
Wednesday last the depot and detachment of the
66th Regiment of Foot marched into Salisbury, for
stationary quarters, from Christchurch, where they
lately landed from Cork.

Colonel MUDOE has been appointed Lieuteßant-
Governor of the Royal Military Academy at Wool-
wich, in the room of General Twiss, promoted. It
will be recollected, that Colonel MuDos is celebrated
as having conducted the trigonometrical survey of
England, in a manner which reflects the highest credit
on his talents as well as on the state of mathematical
science in this country.

A General Court-Martial has lately beet; held at
Belfast, on D. Thompson, a private of the 2d batta-
lion of the 72d regiment, for having deserted, on
the 14th of November, 1807, highly aggravated by
having deserted on a former occasion, for which he
was pardoned ; secondly, for having persuaded James
Moodie, a boy, to desert with him, on the 14th of
November, 1807. The Court having found him
guilty, adjudged him to be transported for life as a
felon, which sentence his MAJESTY has been pleased
to confirm.

Another General Court• Martial has also been held
lately, at Plymouth Dock, on Simon Park, a private
in the Dor:vt Regiment of Militia, for deserting, on
or about the Bth of December last, and continuing
absent until brought back, under an escort. The
Court found him guilty, and adjudged him to serve
abroad for life. in such corps as his Majesty might
be pleased to direct; which sentence his Majesty has
been pleased to confirm, and has commanded that he
be transferred to the Royal African Corps.

A circumstance occurred last week at Woolwich
which at first threatened serious consequences. A
sentinel slightly wounded one of the labourers em-
ployed in the arsenal, which irritated the companions
of the latter to such a degree that they became ex-
tremely riotous, and it was not the military were
removed for a short time from the place, that order
was restored.

An affray, of a very unpleasant kind took place in
the streets of Leeds, on Thursday night ; two rnili-
tory officers, high in blood, and flushed with the
Tuscan grape, sallied from their lodgings in Boar-
lane, between nine and ten o'clock in the evening,
and made a furious Jortie upon the peaceable inhabi-
tants who were passing at the time ; to remonstrate
was only to invite fun tiler violence, and consternation
and dismay were spread in every direction. The in-
habitants collected in considerable numbers, and the
victors would have soon become the vanquished, had
not a gentleman, who had shared in their blows, ge-
nerously interfered in their behalf, and sheltered them
from the impending storm. But the truce was not of
long continuance, the officers again sallied forth, and
not depending on their own strength, called out the
guard, who charged the people at the point of the
bayonet. At this moment the Chief Constable arrived
and attempted to take one of the officers into custody;
to resent this indignity he drew his sword upon the
Civil Officer, who was almost instantly surrounded
by the military, and conveyed in triumph to the guard
room, where he was confined, till the Chief Magis-
trate came and demanded his liberation.

T'ie American Papers contain the following tragic
occurrence which took place in Halifax county on the
sth ult.—
A young man, of the name of William Parker, had for two or
three years paid his addresses to a Miss Dailey Griffin, and the
marriage of the parties was expected ; recently, however, Miss
G.-had discarded him. On the sth they, with some other com-
pany, dined at a Mrs. Harris's, where Parker behaved towards
Miss G. with some rudeness. His conduct and some expressions
which fell from him excited her suspicions, and she invited two
of her female friends to accompany her h( me. When they had
nearly reached ber mother's, Parker came out suddenly from an
angle of the fence, and presenting a gun at Miss G. shot her
through the arm, and lodged the contents in her side. She fell
instantly, and the horses rode by the other yering ladies being
frightened, they were also thrown. Parker then began •ery
deliberately to re-load his gun ; the young ladies, bereft by
their fears of the power either of Sight or resistance, entreated
him not to kill them. He told them he had no such intention,
that be was then loading for himself, and asked one of them for
a corner of her anvil for wadding, which he tore off. When he
had finished loading, he placed the =sale to his breast, and
sprung the trigger uith his foot; it missed fire ; he then picked
the flint, and on the second attempt the load entered his breast—
he tottered to the fence, against which he leaned in much agony,
and desired the young ladies to pray for him; he then walked
towards the dying Miss GrifSn, and fell beside her. Both ex-
pired in a fps► moments. Miss Griffin was the only child of a
widowed mother, who heard the cries and firing, and came to
the place just in time to see her daughter expire.

Row's° MATcire---Yesterday a silver cup and cover,
the gift of Mr. CUM, of the Waterman's Arms,
Standgate, was rowed for by five four-oared pleasure
boats, the property of private gentlemen (amateurs).
The boats that started were, the Venus, the Hero,
the Mars, the Cleopatra, 2nd the Fox. They started
at sAFtle after two o'clock from Westminster-bridge,
up to Cumberland-gardens, near Vauxhall, and re-
turning rowed round the beacon opposite Hunger-
ford, and then up to Westminster-bridge. The Fox
won the first heat, the Cleopatra the second, and the
Hero the third. These three consequently contested
the fourth heat together ; and at the termination, be-
tween eight and nine at night, the Fox was foremost
by about two boats' lengths, and was consequently
declared the victor, and 12er owners were presented
with the silver cup. The evening was extremely fa-
vourable, ;and a vast number of boats were on the
water.