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London, England, 1812-03-27 00:00:00

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DUNBAR, MARCH 21,—For some days past a vio-
lent storm of wind and snow has prevailed here, from
the N. and N. N. E. with a tremendous high sea ;
last night the Nanny, David Grey, -master, 'loaded
With wheat in bags at Newburgh, and bound to Lon-
don, was forced on shore amongst the rocks, about a
mile to the eastward of this place; all the crew are sa-•
ved, and part of the wheat has been landed during the
recess of the tide, and lodged in a granary here,
and if the vessel keeps together till the weather mo-
derates, probably the remainder of the cargo, and the
veslel may be saved ; but this is very doubtful, as the
storm at present rages with unabated fury.
Ix vrasiEss, MARCH 20.—A considerable quantity
of snow has fallen during the week, andinow lies .on
the ground to a, very great depth. A rapid thaw
commenced yesterday afternoon, but a keen froit
having set in during the night, we have now all the
appearances of winter.
CARLISLE, MARCH 21.—For some days past we
have been revisited with winter: The air has been
very sharp and frosty, and on Thursday night and
yesterday morning, we had a storm of snow, which
covered the ground to some depth.
EDINZURGH, MARCH 23.—The weather for some
days has been boisterous and stormy to a degree
hardly ever known at this advanced period of the
season. On Saturday it blew a tremendous gale
from the N. E. attended with a heavy fall of snow
during the whole day. There has been in conse-
quence a general stoppage of the mails and coaches ;
and it is with the utmost difficulty that the mails have
been got forward on horseback. The London mail
arrived here on Saturday at the usual time. It had
to travel, we understand, through the snow from
Berwick ; but owing to great exertions it was pushed
forward through every obstacle. Had it been an hour
later it would have been stopped by the snow, as we
understand that the Highflyer, which set nut from
'Edinburgh for the south, at five in the morning, stuck
fast, about 8 miles from Edinburgh. Yesterday no
mail coach arrived. The mail was brought on horse-
back, and reached Edinburgh about 12 o'clock.
The mails from the north, and the Glasgow, Stir-
ling, and Dumfries m ails, have been all stopped.—
The Stirling mail stuck in the snow, about ten miles
• from Edinburgh.
It blew a heavy gale from the East, with thick
nowt from Friday night to Saturday morning;
the ships in Leith Roads were riding very heavily,
with yards and topmasts struck, and some of them
drove, but we hear of no damage being sustained.—
Some brigs came up to the Roads yesterday, with
less of Most of their sails. The Forward gun-brig
cane up last night, from a cruize ; also a Danish
galliot and a sloop, prizes.
The Advice and Royal Bounty, Greenlandmen, I
were forced above the high land from Largo Bay.

BOXING.—A pugilistic contest took place yester-
day at Harford, near Hounslow, for twenty guinea;
a side, between William Swallow, a youth of pro-
mise, aged 19, from Suffolk, and a farmer, of. the
name of Coulthard. The combatants fought 57 hard
rounds in one hour and 48 minutes, when Coulthard
was declared the victor. It was what is termed a
good stand-up fight, and Swallow's trivial science
was beat by game.
HATroN -GA RDEN.—Yesterda y Eflas Abrahams was
re-examined, and fully committed, charged with
having broken into the chambers of the County Trea-
sury Office, in Staples Inn, Holborn ; breaking open
several chests, and steal ipg various articles of plate, &c.
•
A Gentleman attended at the Office who. stated,
that he came from 'Bedfordshire, on Tuesday last, by
the- stage, and was set down at Islington, when he,
by some accident, lost W5OO in Dank-notes, which
he. came to pay in tm.n ; a milk-carrier, named
Flannagen, picked up the said notes, and £3lO were
found upon her, and £3O she had lodged at a wine-
vault, but denied any knowledge cf the remainder ;
she was detained, in order to find out what has be-
come of the sum missing.
Thursday se'nnight as Mr. Barrowcliffe, of Drury.
lane, was going into the pit rf Covent-gardenTheatre,
be was robbed of a gold watch, chain, and three gold
seals.

1 A few nights since the house of Mrs. Walker, hi
Jubilee-place, Chelsea, was broke open and robbed
of several articles of plate, wearing apparel, and other
property, to a considerable amount.

On the evening of yesterday se'nnight, as Mr. Dor-
mer, of Old Bolton street, was passing through St.
Giles's, betwem eight and nine o'clock, a robber
made a successful switch at his watch, with which he
ran off and made his escape.
A few days since, Mr. Moore of the Haymarket,
had his pocket picked of his pocket-book, containing
Bank notes to the amount of upwards of £6OO, as
be was passing from the Haymarket to Bridge-street,
Westminster.
At Bury Assizes, on Monday, amonster was capi-
tally convicted of a rape on his own daughter, a child
Stine years oid.
The female wretch, who was convicted with her
husband at the Bury Assizes, for starving her step-
daughter, whilst on her return to Ipswich jail, after
her conviction, observed, she cared not for death,
hut she had only one wisl'„ rind that was=to see her ,
!tlisband hanged first 1 Tue parties had not spoke to
ell wirer for several weeks.
• A curious circumstance took place at an Assize
to vu la‘t week. A learned sage of the law went to pay
s c:ct visit to a virtuoso in the town, but the lady be-
ing engaged with one of the grand jury, the learned
gentleman was shewn into an adjoining room. The
grand juryman hearing a bustle in the room men-
tioned the circumstance to the lady, who observed
that it was a cat; but he thought it prudent to lockithe
door, and the le.oned gentleman was in consequence
several hours in confinement, until the juryman de-
parted. The affair has caused much merriment in
the town. •
A grand National Library, the collection of which
was begun by Catherine 11. has been completed and
opened,at Petersburgh. It comprizes 250,000 print-
ed volumes ; 80,000 of which relate to theology, and
40,000 duplicates. There are 1'2,000 manuscripts,
itialy of them exceeding scarce.

TIM MdRIATS.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR.

Sm—By giving the following a place in your very
useful paper, you will much oblige a Constant Reader.
I am, Sir, a discharged Serjeant from the Royal
Marine Corps, who has served his Country, and still
resolved to defend it, if necessary, against either fo-
reign or domestic enemies.
Certainly, Sir, the Marine Corps deserves not only
the praises that it has received from the nation at
large, throughout the last and present wars, for va-
rious unprecedented feats of valour, but for their
ever constant zeal in avowing a determination to sup•
port Britain's glorious and'enviable Constitution.
Surely, Sir, our Rulers have not yet lost sight of
their loyal conduct in 1797, when mutiny dared bid
defiance to the just laws of the land ; it was at that
critical moment the Marine Corps set an example
worthy the attention and gratitude of every lover of
liberty and social older. Then, Sir, unsolicited, and
with an impulse of patriotism truly praiseworthy, did
the Non-commissioned Officers publish their brave
and loyal sentiments, which inspired throughout the
military line, an enthusiasm that broke the infernal
infatuation, and suppressed the fears of a trembling
people ; and, to their lasting honour, our public
prints teem with accounts of their irresistable bravery
in almost every part 6f the habitable globe. Why
then should this Corps be disregardr:d ? Why has
less attention been paid to its interests than those of
the line ? GOD forbid such ingratitude ! The Offi-
cers whom I ever did, and ever shall revere, I know
are pleading their own cause. I shall, there-
fore, with honest warmth, but with all due respect,
plead the cause of the Non-commissioned officers
and privates, who 'suffer much while serving on hoard
and on shore for the preservation of these envied isles,
and are still determined to protect them with un-
shaken fidelity, for which they only ask the same re-
gard paid to their deserts that are bestowed on
others. I here, Sir, particularly allude to the dif.
Terence of Pension given them for their services and
their brothers of the line, &c.
A late Act of Parliament has provided that, for
21 years the discharged soldier shall receive one shil-
ling per day, with a penny per day for every year
he may have been a Co, poral or Serjeant added to
the shtlling, to make the Pension equal to the Pay he
may have enjoyed while in the service ; and for more
than '2l years, a, halfpenny for each year, without
limit—likewise giving credit three years for every
two he may have served.in the East or West Indies.
These, or similar encouragements, the Marines natu-
rally expected to enjoy: but, from some unaccountable
cause, they have been withheld, although their Pen-
sion (a circumstance, perhaps, nut generally known)
arises from no other source than stoppages from their
pay while serving on board, and not one farthing from
the Public Purse.

To shew you, Sir, what appears to ns something
like inconsistency, we have n? settled provision made
for us agreeable to the system laid down ior the older
wounded soldiers of the line. No, the marine, after spen-
ding the whole flower of his life, excluded from every
domestic comfort or social enjoyment, enduring hard-
ships almost in every clime, till by a premature ar,
or severe wounds, he is rendered unable any longer
to serve or to suffer, may be discharged without that
remuneration he had constantly been led to expect
would be given him, and which he is conscious of
deserving as much as any other non-commissioned
officer or private under the Crown. I have, Sir,
from a great many similar cases selected a few to elu-
cidate my argument, which I subjoin, in hopes th it
that kind attention will be paid to the case it justly
deserves from those whose province it is to prevent
partiality, and give the Meritorious their just reward.
For 17 Y..ars Service 'l4 Ydision.
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Theie pensinns have been given to ff rjeants since
the passing of the Act alluded to, men, who while in
the corps, bore not only irreproachable but exemplary
good characters. I am, Sir, Yours, WU. MK.
Chatham, March 15,112.