Star.
London, England, 1813-05-31 00:00:00

DOVER, M4T 29.

• This morning, at eight o'clock a heavy firing corn-
menced on the French Coast, and continued for about
one hour and a half; from there being a thick fog at
the time, the opposite shore was not discernible, but
from the sound of the firing, it appeared to be in the
direction of Boulogne. It is said, this afternoon, by
a fisherman who was well over towards the other side
this morning, that before the firing commenced he
saw a brig, which be took to be a man of war, stand-
ing in for the French shore, and he supposes the firing
was at her, though he could not see either her Or the
French shore for the tog which was then thick.
MAY 30.—Nothing further is known of the cause
of the tiring yesterday morning.

THE ARMY.

Arms and accoutrements have been daily embark.
ing at the Tower for a fortnight pat ; 150 pieces of
heavy ordnance, in divisions, have also been embarked
at Woolwich•; as also a great supply of entrenching
tools. These materiais of war are understood to be
all intended for tl:e North.

The Depots of the Ist and 21 Heavy Dragoons,
and 'the Ist and 2d Hussars of the King's German .
Legion, are now on their route for the. Kentish coast,
and will, after the embarkation of the 3,1 Hussars, be
consolidated,and stationed either at DJal or Itamsgatc.

Tuesday the Norfolk, and nest d.ty the North iMp-
ton Regiments of Milit;a, at present cantoned in Edin-
burgh Castle, were reviewed and inspected in Burnts-
field Links by Major-General SCOTT.

Friday the depot of the 15th Dragoons marched
into Lewes Barracks.

Friday the Limerick Militia embarked rPm Ports-
mouth, on board transports appointed for the purpose,
on their return to Ireland.
The Galway and Rutland Mil'tias, just returned
from Ireland, are on their march the Kent district,
and are to be stationed at II) the.

The Regininnts at Plymouth are—the Ches'ire,
Edinburgh, Monaghan, East Devon, South Glou-
cester, and Lancashire reviments of Militia, wh.ch,
togeiber with the Perthshire, at Dartmoor. m ace
seven regiments in the command of th it garrimbn,
together with a Brigade of R yai Artillery, Artil.
lery Drivers, and En2ineer.. The Shr.ll,:hire regi.
ment embarked on nada). for In. land ; the Ist So.
merset are gone to Pendennis Castle.
The Royal Pembrokeshire Mil ti ( R Re), lately 0
returned from Ireland, are row at Bristol.
The second Lancasli're regiment of Nlilitia are to
occupy barracks in Plymouth.

The AVestrneath Militia have marched into Hilsea
Barracks, and the Care Militia into Gosport Gar.
rison, both from Chichester, preparatory to their
embarkation for Ireland. The Inverness Militia
have marched into Fore-house Barracks, in P,lts.
mouth, from Hilsea. The Limerick and King's
County Regiments hAve embarked tot Ireland. The
Ross-shire Militia have marched into Porchester
Castle.

An order has lately been issued by the War Office,
permitting the Fife Militia now at Chatham, and all
the other regiments of Scotch Militia, to volunteer
into the 49th regiment of the line, now serving in
Canada ; on condition, as is to be stated in their at-
testations, that each volunteer shall be discharged at
the expiration of six months after a general peace,
and be allotted a certain quantity of land in proptx-
tion to his rank.

Thursday, as one of the labourers employed on the
works on the Heights of Dover, wis passing with a
barrow loaded with fitnt•stones over one of the tem•
porary bridges thrown over the ditches, a large st. ne
dropt on the head of one of the Derhy Militia, awl
wounded him sl severely, he died while he was con-
veying to the Hospital.

Three young men of resp!ctaSle families in the
canton of young men of resperasle families in the
cinton of Luezn, named Rorsli, Conrad, and Francis
Willi, who were drawn for the Conscription, in Swit-
zerland, and mutilated themselves to avoid serving,
have been sentenced, will the consent of the French
Government, to he transported to Corsica, and incor-
porated in a battalion of pioneers.
A few days since, as two po'r girls were weeding
in a field belonging to Mr. Crors.lill, of Taanington,
in Kent, they picked up a piece of gold metal, about
six inches lorg, and about hall an inch in di imeter,
which they sold to a silversmeth, i i Canterbury, for
upwar.is of Twelve Pounds.
The Peterborough waggon was over' turned a few
days ago, near one of the small bridges kt Temps-
ford, Lincolnshire, by which a female lost her life,
and another received very materi il injury. This ac-
cident is said to have arisen fr,.rn a post-boy
tonly whipping the fore-horse ut the team.'
Mr. EDWARD MILLEN, of Bethersden, is engageri,
for a wager of 200 guineas, to go one hundred miles in
twenty-one successive hours. The pertormarite is to
take place at Moulsey durst, in the mouth of July
next.