Star.
London, England, 1809-10-04 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

The sick Officers brpught to Harwich by the Lord
Duncan Packet, Captain HAMILTON, from Flushing,
are upwards of thirty, among whom are the Inspector
General of Hospitals, Mr. WEB ; the Rev. Mr.
HORMSBY, Senior Chaplain to the Army ; Assistant-
Commissary-General RUOLAND ; Assistant Quarter-
Master• General PIERREPONT, and several other Staff
and Regimental Officers, some of them so very ill
that they were landed with great difficulty. Trans-
ports, with 2000 sick, left the island on Sunday last
for the Downs.

The remainder of the second battalion of the 3d or
Old Buffs, marched from Plymouth on Monday for
Berryhead Barracks, Torbay.
The 250 of the same corps, who sailed in a trans-
port (tom Plymouth on the preceding evening, under
convoy of the ORESTES, sailed direct for Portugal and
not for Portsmouth, as stated yesterday by mistake.
Doctor BLANZ of the Navy, and Doctors BORLAND
and LEMPRIERE of the Army, are ordered to the island
of Walcheren, to form an opinion jointly with. Doctor
144 GREGOR, as to the expediency of keeping our troops
in that unhealthy conquest.
Doctor FERGUSSON, Inspector of Hospitals, lately
returned, on acr;ountof ill health, from Portugal, is
arrived at Portsmouth, as a successor to Dr, M'GH,s•
•oR, now at Flushing.
Lord RENDLE3IIAN is residing with General WHE-
THAM, at Tot tsmouth, waiting to get out to Malta,
The Muster-Roll of the 82d Regiment, as made
out in Lewes Barrack.yard, since its return from the
late ill-fated expedition, exhibits 4.50 effective men.
It went out upwards of 1000 strong.

General MoNy and Captain 11 AYES arrived at
Yarmouth on Monday evening, and yesterday morn-
ing they inspected the Cavalry, under Capt. LACON,
and the Rifle Corps, under Capt. SAMUEL BnowN, of
whom they were pleased to speak very highly of their
steadiness, &c.

Major-General WIIETHANI reviewed the Durham
Militia on South Sea Common yesterday morning,
they went through their evolutions in a very super for
manner. This regiment, by their extreme good con-
duct, has merited the praise bestowed en them by the
General, under whose command they have been for
some time in the Portsmouth district, and a lo:Ig Lim;
before at Woodbridge.
A party of French prisoners was yesterday escorted
to Norwich by a detachment of the Berkshire Militia,
on their route for Stilton Barracks.

LYCEUM Trizar 111L—ThelicirstLaw was brought
forward last night, in which Mr. Dowrost filled the
character of Macr Pangloss. This part is so ably con-
ceived and written, that it is scarcely possible any
Actor to fail in receiving applause, who is not either
grossly dull or imperfect. Mr. DowTos di&rs
lin some traits, in the representation, from Mr. Fan.-
' ; yet with all those predilections, which we nt-
turally imbibe in favour of the person whon: we have
originally seen, we saw Mr. DowToses acting with
much satisfaction; and that result would have been un-
alloyed, had he not so far depar,..dfrom the text of the
author, as to mingle an unnoccssary vidg dsm of ex-
pression, which dishonoured his profes.ional taste,
while it offended he more thinking. putt-.lns auditors.
—When Mr. ItcssEu. s lid Dawn Dido," it was
not necessary for irs Tutor to echo more than the
exclamation of his nrpolished pn.i,l ; without ad-
ding, " then double' damn Dido." We be ,r leave
to suggest to Mr Dowym, that the dignity of the
stage, and its professors, depend materially upon
the language and manners of the Actor; and that
whenever a Performer departs from the required
delicacy of his style, to indulge himself in caltse-
ness, he only not renders himself less important as a
man, but inflicts a wound upon his calling, which
the ungenerous part of society are but too apt to de.
cry, without such incentives to moral disapprobation.
A Doctor of Laws should be a Gentleman, and it is
the duty of an Actor to make the character he as.
sums.. as nearly what it should he as he is able. We
cannot in justice close this brief account, without
noticing Miss RAY, who threw an interest and feel-
ing
about the character of Ceci.fy Rome:pun, which
drew forth our applause, and excited our sympathy.
The part of Kenrici is not of a very prominent order,
yet Mr. JOHNSTONE gave it those points of attraction
which he only can bestow. He may be said to
have been the creator of a new species of dramatic
character; for although Mr. Moony had his compa-
rative merit, fur the time in which he flont.:slvqf ; yet
Major O'Fialiarty, and Sir Lucia; G'l'rigger, is ere never
invested with their due honours, until JoustsToNe gave
them illustrd;ion !

The Musical Piece of Rosetta was received with ap-
phiuse, notwithstanding we have seen Mrs. BISHOP
with more pleasure in other characters—we fear that
she is indisposed.
A serious quarrel lately took place at Liverpool
between s,)ine English and American sailors, but we
are happy to find it terminated without much mis-
chief.

Yesterday T.':ornasTomplin: was charged, at Union-
Hall, with robbing an unfortunate girl of the town
of some wearing apparel, &c. The girl stated, that
the prisoner went home with her on Monday evening,
to the Ship public house an the Borough, where he
went to bed. On waking about four o'clock, she
discovered that he had quitted her, and looking round
the room she missed the cloaths sallich she had pulled
off the evening before, together with her pocket, in
which was three shillings. A watchman stated, that
he was going his rounds about three o'clock, when he
perceived the prisoner drop from the window of the
first floor of the Ship public house into the street ; he
immediately took him into custody and conveyed
him to the watch house a in his possession were found
a gown, petticoat, shawl, &c. which were claimed by
the first witness as her property. The prisoner was
fully cop*ttO tQF