Star.
London, England, 1822-12-30 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

We are requested to state, that the report of the 7tb Fusileers
being destined for the West India service, is unfounded.
The 14th (or the Duchess of York's own) Light Dragoons,
General J. W. Earl of Bittnoswarza, Colonel.—One Troop
has receisied 'orders to march from Coventry on the 4st of Ja-
nuary, for Abergavenny, where it will arrive on the 6th. One
Troop is ordered to march from Abergavenny on the 6th of Ja-
nuary, for Birmingham, where it will arrive on the 10th; and
a third Troop has received orders to march on Friday, the 10th
of January, from Birmingham to Coventry.
' The 4th (or the Queen's own) Light Dragoons. General F.
HUGOION, Colonel.—The detachment of the above Corps, which
marched on Saturday the nth inst. front Maidstone to Chat-
ham, proceeded to Gravesend, where it embarked on the Csth
instant; on board the Hon. East India CoMpany's ship Inglis,
for sollbay.
ROYAL A ILTILLIRY.—Four subalterns and 107 men of the
Royal Artillery, under the command of Captain Pogo, have
embarked at Pertsmouth, on board the Vibelia transport, for
Jamaica. The two Companies *of Royal Artillery, together
with tit: detachments, belonging to the Bth, 18th, 18th, 32d,
36th, 51st, 80th, 85th, and 90th Regiments of Foot, which
embarked on board the Intrepid transport, at Malta, on the
16th of Octobcr, for England, disembarked at Chatham, on
the 15th instant.

MILITARY PROMOTIONS.
WAR-OFFICE. DEC. 27, 18'22.
6th Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Brevet Lieutenint-Colonel
George Fitzclarence, from the Ist West India Regiment, to
he Major, vice Carmichael, who exchanges; Lieutenant
James Yorke Searlett, from half-pay of the 9th Light Dra-
goons, to be Lieutenant, vice Ilugh Frederick Finch, who
exchanges, receiving the difference.
7th Ditto—Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Bolton, from the
15th Light Dragoons, to be Colouel, vice General Wilford,
deceased.
3il Regiment of Light Dragoons—Veterinary-Surgeon John
Schroeder, from half-pay of the 21st Light Dragoons, to be
Veterinary-Surgeon, vice John Blanchard, who exchanges.
I:th Ditto—Lieutenant Fleming Kelso, from the Bth Light
Dra;:oons, to be Lieutenant, vice J. Pott, deceased.
14th Ditto—Lieut. Edward Lane Parry to be Captain, by pur-
chase, vire Fitzelarence, promoted in the Ist West India Re-
giment ; Cornet Sir Keith Alexander Jaskson, Bart. to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Parry ; Cornet Richard Tho-
mas Gilpin, front half-pay of the Regiment, to be Cornet, by
purchase, vice Jackson.
Ist Regiment of Foot— Lieutenant Charles Gordon Urquhart,
from the 2fith Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Keogh, wko ex-
changes.
13th Ditto—Captain George Ward Clark, from half-pay of the
nod) Foot, to be Captain, vice Ilenry Burnside, who ex-
changes, receiving the difference.
14th Ditto—Lieutenant William Caine, from the 17th Foot, to
be Lieutenant, vice Keowen, who exchanges.
17th Ditto—Brevet Major Henry Dcspard to be Major. by
purchase, vice Beck, who retires; Lieutenant Richard Swin-
ton to be Captain, by purchase, vice Despatd.
To be Lieutenants—Lieutenant William Keowen, from the
14th Foot, vice Caine, who exchanges; Ensign Charles Allen
Toeing, by purchase, vice Swinton.
18th Ditto--Lieutenant Joseph Lord Wallscourt, from half-pay
of the Royal West India Rangers, to be Lieutenant, vice
Edward Sheffield Cann, who exchanges, receiving the dif-
ference. •
20th Ditto—Lieutenant Daniel Keogh, from the Ist Foot, to be
Lieutenant, vice Urquhart. who exchanges.
32d Ditto—Captain Henry Reid, from half-pay of the 29th
Foot, to be Captain, vice Gilbert liliott, who exchanges.
40th Ditto—To be Lieutenants—Ensign Charles Langworth,
from the 67th Foot, without purchase, vice Prior, deceased ;
Lieutenant Charles Fitzachary Button, from half-pay of the
2d Ceylon Regiment, vice George Grant, who exchanges,
receiving the difference.
47th Dittoe—Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Nathaniel Warren, from
the 65th Foot, to be Major, vice John William Hutchison,
who exchanges.
65th Ditto—Major John William Hutchison, from the 47th
Foot, to be Major, vice Warren, who exchanges.
69th Ditto—Lieutenant Henry B:idger Tudor, from half-pay I
of the 50th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Alexander Sinclair
Reoch, who exchanges.
88th Ditto—To be Captains—Lieutenant James Fleming Faris.
by purchase, vice I'sickle, promoted; Captain Edward Wil-
liam Bray, from half-pay of the 24th Light Dragoons, vice
Patrick Heron Goldie,who exchanges, receiving the difference.
To be Licut9ant, by purchase—Ensign David Jardine, vice
Faris.
To be Ensign, by purchase—Robert Thomas Fletcher, Gent.
vice Jardine.
Ist West India Regiment—Major John Carmichael,'from the
6th Dragoon Guards, to be Major, vice Fitaclarence, who
exchanges; Captain Charles Kenny, from the 2d West India
Regiment, to be Captain, vice Mercer, whcaretires.
241 Ditto—Lieutenant Edward Hamill, from the lat Dragoon
Guards, to be Captain, by. purchase, vice Kenny, appointed
to the Ist West India Regiment.
Ceylon Regiment— Ensign Henry Brahan, late of the 634
Foot, to be Second Lienteont, vice Bassett, deceased.
nosrtral. STAr V.

To he Assistant-Surgeons to the Forccs--Assistant-Surgeon
Thomas JamtsWharrie, M.D. from halt-pay of the 32d_Foot,
vice John Frederick Frank, placed upon half-pay; Assisting,
Surgeon William Pardey, from half-pay of the 62d Foot.
To be Hospital-Assistant to the Forces—Hospital-Assistant
Charles Ruder, from half-pay, vice Alessader Bruce, placed
upon half-pay.
Conuniinion in the Sussex Ilegidient of Militia, signed by the
Lord Lieutenant of the County of Susses.
Richard Wetherell, Gent. to be Ensign.
Conir.i6sion in the Warwick.hire Regiment of Yeomanry Ca-
valry, signed by the Lord Lieutenant of Wonikkehlre•
William Charles Alston, first. to be Carpet%

9ii~iMirr

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THE NORTHERN EX. PEDITION.
irnois Tthritvaitioi poi, MORD or LITIERATURE,
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It is interesting to ruminate on what is passing in
various parts of the world .at the same moment.-.._.
While some of the inhabitants of earth are enjoying
the. warmth of a meridian sun,:others are ploughing
the trackless deep in the obscurity of midnight: some ;
are at their morning avocations, some at their noon-
tide meal, some enjoying the evening breeze, others
renew ing their strength and vigour in the repose of
night ; and all at the same instant of time.
While thus.mentally running through the siniul- '
taneous employments of men of all hues and climes
at this particular season, it is difficult to avoid being
repeatedly and powerfully drawn to take a view of
that little band of heroes who are braving Winter on
his very throne, based as it is by a vast platform of
eternal ice, carpeted with everlasting snow.
The first northern expedition of Captain PARRY
and his gallant companions, was a wonderful proof
of the bold disposition of human nature: a handful
of men devoted themselves for fame to the dangers
of an untried part of the globe. What assurance had
they that the secret of the pole was not guarded by
PnoviDE ce—that phcenomena unknown before might
not forbid man to approach that point of the sphere
and live? that the intensity of the frost would not
search out the imperceptible moisture in the very
timbers of .their. vessels, and rive them into shreds?
that the human body would not congeal to its vitals
in spite of all the protection they could afford it? In
short, that cold would not be found to possess, in its
strength, some quality capable of frustrating all their
calculations, and destroying themselves in a few
hours? Happily they proved that it was possible
for man to live amidst the utmost rigour of the polar
December ; and the friends of those who are now en-
gaged in the second expedition have scarcely any ap-
prehensions on their account.

What a contrast between their situation and ours!
We can change the scene of hilarity, wile away the
time at festive boards, where new faces, and warmth,
and the jocundity of the holiday season, attune us to
mirth and gladness ; while they are confined to two
solitary bulkheads on which the light of the sun will
not strike for months yet to come, separated from
every other thing that has life by leagues of solid ice;
where any change of society is impossible, ignorant
of what is passing in the inhabited world, and en-
vironed by a degree of external cold to which, though
I shiver as I write, the inclemency of cur present
weather is as a sudden sultry summer day would be
to us, and in which even the brutes'of the region
cannot abide.

And yet there is something snug too in their con-
dition. They ate -well housed in, and have no press-
ing cares. It is much to be regretted that the genii
of old, wlao used so obligingly.to whisk the venturous
any distance, however great, in the twinkling of an
eye, have ceased their correspondence with the visible
world ; had they not, the curious inquirer would have
a chance of suddenly visiting the hardy recluses.—
Heavens ! with what indescribable interest should we
not burst in amongst the sole inhabitants of the polar
region ! With what delight should we not witness
tl.e eagerness attendant on the reading a new No. of
the North Georgia Gazette, or see the rough sons of
Neptune dancing the ludicrous merry-go-round, so
judicia*usly established by their able Commander for
pastime and exercise; or hear the hearty laugh at
the topical joke—but then to be amidst the bustle of
preparation for the play, to watch the tiptoe expecta••
Lion of that ecstatic amusement, and lastly to be pre-
sent at the representation itself—attended by the
Muses in ruddy health and vigour, though so far
from home, and in a climate so unlike their own—to
see the grim scenic Walrus hemmed in by his as-
sailants, who press him, as his canvass sides pant in
shorter and quicker heaves, until one tremendous
groan proclaims him dead—to view the mimic ship
making her gallant way through the floes and ice-
bergs—and to hear the shout with which her final
emancipation is greeted I—Spirit of Fortunatus—
where is the once tamed cap?
Oh! breathe thou gently old Winter on these daunt-
less sons of a land which acknowledges thy dominion.
It is curious to remark to what an extent circum-
stances affect the relative values of things. The
merest clod pate, who had but sense to listen to what
was going forward here, and a tongue to tell it there,
would be a demigod among them for a few hours.—
Last night's play-bill, a newspaper of a month old, or
even an auctioneer's particular of sale—here waste
paper, would there be conned and spelt over even to
the very printer's name, and rival any single sheet
in the Bindley collection. A complete Fite of the
Morning Post would be more highly valued than all
the Cyclopedias that ever were published; the last
new Farce would press Shakspeare hard ; and the
last London Gazette would excite an interest nearly
as powerful as that which announced the victory of
Waterloo did when wet from the press. Alas! and
have we in this age of improvement, no invention by
means of which we could impart a little information
to the temporary prisoners?
We cannot help admiring the stern resolution which
could calmly place itself in such a situation. What
an awful void must be felt when the sun has shewn
his face above the horizon for the last time for the
season! What a struggle, in a mind susceptible of
high excitement, to suppress the feeling of forlorn
despair ! And how necessary the recollection that
time will .on, that the sun will certainly rise again,
and that the object of so much peril and deprivation
will probably be accomplished !
If those who study to pass their lives in a state of
uniform quietness seldom have occasion to cope with
any great degree of unhappiness or discomfort, on
the other hand, they rarely taste the dashes of su-
preme felicity enjoyed by the nobly dating in a good
cause.' Can there be any doubt that the re-appear.
ance of the blessed orb of day, after leaving oar ad-
venturers for so many months in gloomy twilight,
amply compensates them for his absence? or that
the unutterable joy oflseing welcomed home by their
delighted friends, repays them for all other ti ises?
- May they experience the bliss of again setting
foot on their native shori—and may their gratifica-
tion be heightened by complete success, and the as-
surance that, during the Christmas of 1t1‘22, one of
the most frequent and heartfelt toasts at all the social
meetings of their fellow-country men was-I'4e health
of. Captain iiirry and his brave companions !

• •
SPORTING- INTELLIGENCL •
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The Earl of Darlington's Fox-hounds nieet • Wetocitiy:
at Watlass Lime Kilns; niclay, 'at Butrherbouse Bar; Satur-
day, at Brough Plantations.
l'he York and Milky Pox-hounds meet an Thursday, at Skip..
with Village; Saturday, at Bib:tots Lodges.

... . „ .
The Lambton Fox-hounds Meet on Thursday, at Siksworth ;
Saturday, at Lumley.
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Lord Scarborough's Fox-hounds meet on Wedneiday, at Wad-
worth ; Friday, A Grove; Saturday, at Whitwell Wood.
The Dadsworth Fox-hounds meet on Thursday, at Bretton.
Hail; Saturday, at Cannon Hall.
The Northumberland Fox-hounds :meet on Wednesday; it
Spiral 11111; Saturday. at Felton. •
The /toxin and Cleveland Fox-hounds meet on Friday, at
Coatham.

The Sinnington Fox-hounds meet on Wednesday, at Sinning-
ton; Saturday, at Wooley.
Sir M. M. Sykes's Fox-hounds meet on Wednesday, at Donal;
Friday, at Agnes Burton.
The York City Harriers meet on Friday, near Poppleton.
The Boroughbridge Harriers meet on Thursday, at the Nev
Windmill.
Colas IiAItRIERIL-A stag will be turned out at the 10th
mile stone on the Oswestry road, on Friday.
The Quorndon Ilounds meet on Wednesday, at Kilworth
Rennet; Friday, at Rulleston; Saturday, at Allexton.
Sir Jacob Astley's Hounds meet on Wednesday, at Beetley ;
Friday, at Twyford.
Mr. Dewing's Hounds meet on Wednesday, at Kipton Heath,
to run a buck ; Friday, at Brinion.
'PEDESTRIANISM.
At Carlisle, a youth of only 16 years of age, named 11. P Mul-
lin, has undertaken to walk 100 'Miles in 24 successive hours.—
Ile is to start to-morrow, at one o'clock, in the Swifts, and to
finish at one on Wednesday.—He has done the same thing near
Hexham, amidst theyleudits of an astonished multitude.

This morning, between five and six o'clock, an
alarming fire broke out in a coffee-ho Use in the Lon-
don Road, kept by a person of the name of A NDER-.
SON. The flames were so rapid, that although the
fire-engines were early in attendance, and a good
supply of water was readily obtained, yet the whole
interior of the house was destroyed befbre thefire
could be subdued. The house, it is said, was insured.

Another fire happened rather earlier this morning
at a slop-sellers, the corner of Cooper's•court, East
Smithfield ; the house, with she stock in trade, were
totally consumed..
Thursday morning an alarm of fire was given in
Mr. GLASS'S dye Works in Finnieston. The Glasgow
engines proceeded promptly thereto, and the fire was
extinguished a short time after their arrival.
James Burtnay, condemned for rape, at the High
Court of Justiciary, was executed at Ayr, en Friday
se'rinight. Immediately after the unfortunate man was
turned off, a fellow was apprehended, picking pockets.
CIIELNISFORD, Dec. 27.—Wednesday morning,
Mr. Cawkwell received a reprieve for Benjamin
Cooper, the young man who robbed Mrs. Stock, of
Masted, and who had, hut for this extension of the
royal mercy, been executed this day. The two per-
sons apprehended on the information of Cooper, as
being concerned in the robbery, when before the
Magistrates on Tuesday last, proved an alibi, and
have been discharged. The father of Cooper has,
however,• been committed for trial, charged with
being an accessary after the robbery.
DESPERATE ATTEMPT AT MURDER.—Tuesday
morning, John Bolt, aged 21, groom to W. A. H.
ARUNDEL, Esq. of Castle Park, near Oakhampton,
was committed to the Devon County Jail, for at.
tempting to murder Jane Jusland, a norsery-maid in
the same family. •On the preceding Sunday after-
noon she left the house to go to Church, and Bolt-
who had for some time been endeavouring, though
unsuccessfully, to gain her affections, followed her
through the fields for the purpose of making a fur-
ther declaration of his passion. On approaching the
Church, they found they were too late, and returned
home. Shortly after, Bolt desired the housemaid to,
send Jusland to him in his bed.room,where she went,
accompanied by the butler, being afraid to go alone.
The latter soon after, at the request of Bolt, retired,
and had left but a short time before he was alarmed
by the cries of the girl ; he returned immediately .to
the room, and, at the moment of entering, saw the
groom fire a pistol at her, which, it appears, he had
taken from under the bed-clothes, and her light eye
was blown out of her head, and part of the charge
lodged in the right side of her neck. Three of her
fingers were also so dreadfully shattered as to render
amputation necessary. Every possible attention has
been paid to the unfortunate sufferer, who still conti-
tinues in a most dangerous state.
PAGING A SERMON.—NIr.-- being lately on a
visit in a certain country village, was told by his
friend, who knew that he la as a great admirer of
Sermons, that he would have a rich ti eat on Sunday,
as their Rector was allowed by all to be xn excellent
preacher. • Mr. attended, and sat close to the
pulpit. The Rei. Gentleman had not held forth
many minutes, before Mr. began to page him at
intervals, as thus—"Barrow"—" Clarke"—
" Tillotson"—" Blair"—and so on, which he did in
so audible a tone, that the Clergyman, nettled at these
comments, at length leant over, and, in an under
tone, observed "-You are a very impertinent fellow."—
" That's your own !'. said Mr.
CORN EXCHANGE, MARK-LANE, DEC. 50.
_ _

Last week's supplies of Grain were middling, and this Morn-
ing there are not many additional arrivals. The continuance of
the severe frosty weather occasions the business of the Corn
Market to be nearly suspended for the present; what few sales
of Wheat have been made, have rather exceeded the terms of
this day se'nnight. Barley has no variation. More money is
asked for Beans, Peas, and Oats. At present our buyers will
not comply with higher prices, in consequence of which there
have been but few sales.
PRICES ON BOARD OF SHIP.
Wheat, Red, Old 26s 40s, Rye, New -16 s 23.
----- White 30s 461 Beans, Small New 24i 29i
iced, New 301 43s tad • 27s 30s
-- White 34s 481 Tick, New -20 s 24s
Barley, Old - 205 26. ---- Old 22s 96s
New 201 34s , Oats, Feed 15s 181
sos 56s --- Short -19 s 241
26s 27s Poland . -17 s 22s
28s 30, Potatoe -20 s 26s
- 23. 28s Flour, per Sack -30 s 40s
-30 s 35s Rapeseed, per Last £2O £24
IMPORTATIONS LAST WEEK:
Wheat, English, qrs. 4,637 I Beans .
Ilarle - * 2,442 Peas
Malty - 6,000' Irish-Wisest
Oats . 1,824 I ,---- liLts
Rye, qrs. - English Flour, sacks
SIIITHFIF.I.D MARKET, DECEMBER 30.
There was rather a short supply of Oxen at market this morn-
ing, but by far more numerous than on this day week. Trade
was very dull, and but few purchasers, at last market-day's
prices. The supply of Sheep and Lambs was but middling, and
the prices of all &scrip:ions of Catle are lower.
Beef, 2,64.1. to 3s 2,1. per stone of Sibs.; lutton,23.Cd.to glom
Veal, 4s. al. to 5, oil: Poric, 2s. 6d. to Ss. 10d.—Hay and Straw
per load : I lay, SG to 41.05. Cheer, 5410t.1141. 6s. &Sew,
t/. Ss. to IL His.

Malt - -
Peas, Hog -
._— Maple -
---. White
---- Buikrs

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