Star.
London, England, 1823-10-17 00:00:00

ROYAL VISIT TO SANDHURST.

Tuesday, their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of CLA-
RENCE and GLOUCESTER, accompanied by the Duke of
SAxE-WEttann, and their respective suites—her Royal
Highness the Duchess of GLoudestEa, and some other
Ladies of distinction, paid a visit to the Royal Military
College at Sandhurst.
Soon after one o'clock the illustrious visitors were re.'
ceive.l upon the Parade by the Governor and other Ot
firers of the Institution, the Corps'of Gentlemen Cadets
being drawn up for the occasion. After seeing the Bat-
talion go through vari,.us military evolutions and
manoeuvres, which were done with great precision, the
distinguished stranger:, proceeded to witness the skill,
vigour, and adroitness of the young Gentlemen in the
different gymnastic exercises, in which they have lately
been initiated by Captain CLIAS, with aa which they
expressed themselves much gratified,
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Major M'ausat.n, late commanding the Artillery in the district
of Limerick, is appointed to the command of that Corp.; in the
Northern District—head-quarters, Charlemont. -
Four :11..j0r-Generals are shortly to succeed to commands in the
Irish Districts, the period of three years having nearly expinul with
the present commands. It is stated that Major-General TAYLOR,
late 88th (a distinguished Officer), is to have a station in the South
of Ireland.

The Ist Royal Dragaon Guards, now quartered in York Barracks,
with the troops from Leeds, were taken to Knay..asnaire on Thurs-
day sennight, and reviewed in a field near the barracks. They
went through their different evolutions much to the satisfaction of
the inspecting-General Lord EDWARD SOMIWIET.
The Ist division of the 62d Itte,,iment of Foot, which lately sailed
on board the Vihelia transport from Portsmouth for Dublin, was
obliged to put into Plymouth, but has subsequently sailed from the
latter.port for its destination.
The remaining two division* of the same Corps, which have re-
cently arrived ore board the Loyal Briton and Cans transports, from
Halifax, still rermin at Portsmouth.
The head-quarter division of the 2341 Highlanders marched last
week from Mullingar to Athlone, to be replaced by a small de-.
tachment of Veterans from Birr. It is said that llullingar will no
longer continue to be the head-quarters of a Regiment.
Lase week the 2d battalion Rifle Brigade, detachment 12th
Lancers, and Royal Horse Artillery, quartered in Limerick, under-
went their half yearly inspection by Al ajor-General Sir .lonsr ELEM.
The high state of discipline and excellent conduct of the respective
corps did not escape the attention of the General, who was well
pleased with every particular relating to their internal and exte-
rior regulations.
Miter...sr Rime PiACTICL—The trial of skill in rifle shooting
alluded to last week, took place at the N'ew Practice Ground, at
Woolwich, on Wednesday last, by a subdivision of the Yagers of
the Hon. Artillery Company. After the individual shooting for se-
veral medals, which were contended for at various distances, from
150 to 300 yards, seventeen men were selected from the subdivision,
eight of whom were placed at two hundred, and nine at two hun-
dred and fifty measured yards, from a target fifteen feet long, and
five feet six inches high, being about the space that eight men would
occupy in line. Thirty minutes exactly was the time allowed for
firing, during which time 580 shots struck the target. There were
a great many spectators present to witness this practice, among
venom were several Officers and other persons experienced in rifle
shooting, who, upon inspecting the target with the Officer com-
manding the Yagers, expressed their astonishment to see the effect
produced in so short a time by so few men, and at such long dis-
tances as they shot from.
la is calculated that a good Rifleman will only fire one shot a
minute with precision, the rifle requiring so much care in loading.
In the present instance the average is nearly 35 shots for each man
in 30 minutes, without allowing fur a single. miss—a most decided
proof of the superiority of this arm both as to precision and cderity.
The men selected for this purpose were all good shuts, and in pos-
session of very superior arms, some of which were made upon 'a
new plan of loading at the breech, which gave them great advantage.

The King of DENMARK has signed a Decree, dated
August 16, permitting the importation of foreign raw
sugar into the kingdom of Denmark for consumption,
from other parts.of Europe. The duty on brown sugar
is two rix-dollars 33 schillings in silver, per 1001bs. and
on white,•three rix-dollars 62 schillings, per 100 lbs.
The voyage, of the ship, Prince of Brazil Packet,
which arrived at Liverpool on the 7th instant, from
Payta, may be considered, in more respects than one, as
eminently remarkable. In the first place, she is the first
vessel that reached Liverpool from any port of the new
Colombian Republic in the Pacific Ocean. In the next
place, the rapidity of her passage is truly extraordinary.
She commenced her voyage from a port ten degrees
north of Lima, and arrived at Liverpool in the short
period of 104 days. She brings a valuable cargo,* and.
a prospect is now opened of a future and extensive
traffic to those immense regions.
By the St. Lucia, Captain AIFLECK, which arrived at
Liverpool on Monday, from St. Lucia, which she lett on
the 7th of September, we learn that, though the Euro-
peans were not free from alarm, the Island remained
perfectly tranquil.
During the revolt among the negroes on the east-
coast of Demerara, it is satisfactory to know that none
of those in Essequibo shewed a similar disposition.
According to an official account, Sarepta was de-
stroyed by tire on the Bth of August. Within four or
five hours nothing remained of the whole town, but the
church and fifteen houses. Many pers.ons were mortally
wounded, and only the archives of the community and
the merchandize in the magazine were preserved.
Yesterday, after the funeral ceremonies had been per-
formed in the burial-ground of the Rev. Mr. BAILEY,
Baptist Minister of the Chapel in Alie-street, Good-
man's-fields, on a corpse that was interred, the sexton
filled up the rave with alternate layers of wheat-straw
and earth, This plan was Adopted to check the resur-
rection-men, who would find the straw difficult to
cut through. •
HIGHWAY ROBBERY AND ATTEMPT AT MURDER.—
Mrs. Elizabeth White, of No. 10, Barossa Terrace,
Bethnal•green-road, while on her way honie, between
six and seven o'clock, on Wednesday evening, through
a field near the Lamb public-house, in Bethnal-green,
was overtaken by a short stout man, respectably dressed
in black clothes, and wearing a hat resembling that of
a Quaker, who suddenly made a snatch at a rich white
silk shawl she had over her shoulders, and finding that
she was determined to resist his attempts to rob her, the
sanguinary ruffian, after striking 14r several times about
the head and bo.ty, at length felled her to the ground,
and then commenced kicking her in the most brutal
"manner. Having thus depriveil her, not only of all
power of resistance, but nearly her lite, he dragged her
by the legs for some distance; and threw her into a,dry
ditch, whereJie left her, and decamped with her shawl,
Ste. The nufortunate Lady was soon after discovered
is this deplorable situation, was conveyed home, and is
since confined to her bed in a very precarious state.