Star.
London, England, 1809-05-24 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

The secret expedition will sail on Sunday; we will
soon present a correct list of the Staff of this little
army, the command of which is intrusted to Brigadier
General CRAWFURD.

The large expeditioh of 10,000 is likewise preparing
with all dispatch.

The small Expedition, that consisting of 3000 men,
will sail immediately—the coast of France or of Hol-
land are mentioned as the most probable destination :
at either a diversion might at the present moment be
made with the greatest advantage.
The 43d Regiment, tvhich embarked on Monday
at Harwich, have proceeded for the Downs: The
men are in excellent spirits. One of the men who
was on a baggage-waggon, fell from the top, about
three miles from Harwich, and was killed on the spot.
In consequence of the expected arrival of the 43d
Regiment in the Downs, the 594 is to embark this
afternoon at Dover, and the 95th will follow to-mor-
row.—The above regiments will be brigaded together.
—Besides these regiments, the first battalion of the
50th, at present at Ramsgate, and which has been
perfected by drafts from the 2d battalion, is also tin-
der orders for imme,liate embarkation; and other in.
Pantry regiments from this district, are to be imme-
diately inspected by Lieutenant-General Sir JOHN
HOPE, in order to ascertain their state Per foreign
service.

Saturday the Transport Board gave notice, that
they are ready to engage transports for three months
certain, at 255: per ton ; er month, sheathed or not ;
the vessels to be at Deptford, in readiness for service,
on or before Saturday next.
A division of Marines, it is said, will be established
at Ncrthfleet, and that an addition of 25 companies
will be made to the Marines.

The Ist Somerset Militia is about to leave the gar-
rison of Bristol, and to be relieved by the Ist Lan-

GBRALTA
" APRIL 27.—Yesterday the LUCIFER bomb 4ressel
arrived here in twelve days from Cagliari, with dis-
patches for England.
" The Malta convoy, of 80 sail, for England, is
now in sight of the Rock.
" We have intelligence from Catalonia, of the 1 Sth,
which is highly favourable. ST: CYR'S army has
been so harrassed and reduced by a series of bloody
skirmishes, that he is preparing either to evacuate
that country, or to take sheltef in Barcelona.
" MAY 1.--the accounts from Catalonia continue
.
to be extremely favourable.
" Every day the Spanish affairs improve, and I
am more and more convinced that the French will
ultimately fail in their designs upon that country.
Many of the higher classes, it is true, are attached to
the French interest ; the Junta Government is, per-
haps, the weakest that can be imagined, and our Am-
bassador, Mr. FRERE, is certainly not the fittest in the
world for the situation— yet in spite.of all these dis-
By some acconnts that have reached us we are en-
advantages, the spirit and inveterate animosity of the
couraged to hope, ix opposition to prevailing rumours,
lower classes, and of the women of 411 ranks, to the that the French carried no troops to Barcelona.
French, will in the end triumph, or lam much de- A rumour had got into circulation just as this PA-
{
eeived. The atrocities committed by the French per was going to press, that new slv.l been received of
daily increase this deadly hatted. Madrid they a naval victory ; but we could collect no particulars
whatever, nor lean,. where it was supposed to have
spared from policy, but every where else they abuse
all the women who have the misfortime to fall in their been achieved.
Someletters from Holland, received yesterday, state
way. They plunder every thing that they can carry that
the Archduke FERDINAND had entered Danteic,'
off. Most of the villages are, however, deserted as and that the Austrians experienced little or no resis-
they approach, The men take up arms, and the tance in Poland. It is also stated, that the insurrec-
women drive off the cattle to the mountains. I tions in the North of Germany are becoming every
1 more foniciable ; that the. gallant and enterpri-
" The Supreme Central Junta has at length re- ! daisy
sing Colonel Seiner. has organized an immense force,
solved on a measure which can hardly fail eventually and that he has possessed himself of Bremen, and se.
to call forth all the energies of which• Spain is sus- veral other places in that direction.
ceptihle—that of assembling the Cortez. This consti- Friday, the bidding for the Irish Loan of One Mil
tutional assemblage, which for more-than a century Fon, Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Pounds, took!
has existed but in name, having had no other functions place, in Dublin ; the only competitors for it were,
Messrs. J. C. BERESFORD and Co. who proposed to
to perform but that of registering Royal Edicts, Will
, take a bonus of 91. 2s. 6d. in 5 per cent. Treasury
now, it is to be hoped, assert its powers, and exercise Bills, and 1201. 31 per cent. Stocb for every £lOO ;
them for the benefit of their country." and Messrs. GIEBONS and WILLIAMS, who required. a
bonus of 91.85. 9d. Messrs. BEREsFORD and Co. were
FRENCH BULLETINS. of course declared the purchasers.
On Monday. we announced that a cask, thrown His Majesty's ship LONDON has arrived at Ply-
mouth from Rio Janeiro with the Jane, Ringall, and
from a boat on the French coast, had been picked up
by a boat belorging to the TRCIttFECE, and brought Clarkson, under convoy.
Every liberal mind must rejoice to see merit meet
into Dover, which en being opened was found to
with due reward. It is with this feeling that we ob-
contain a packet direced to the Admiralty. serve the increasingr, popularity and patronage acquired
We had no reason to believe that any thing sent by A
CRERMANN's epository of Arts,Literature,Fashions,
in this manner could be considered as bringing good &c. which, unlike. most of its cotemporaries, displays
in each succeeding Number augmented spirit and ex-
intelligence. We were, however, so much surprized
cellence. So extensive is the demand for this inte-
by finclieg the contents withheld from the public,
resting Work, that, although the first volume is not
that we began to suspect that our correspondent had , yet completed, three editions of some of the numbers
'Derr incorrect in his at-Item:mt. have already been taken off.—For the Aker:lime/it,
rtie fact, howevt r, is as we stated on Monday.— see Me Fiore -,of this Paper.

cashire.

The Royal West Middlesex and the Oxford Militia
are ab,,ut to leave Portsmouth.
That fine regiment, the 75th Highlanders, which
for so many years distinguished themselves in India,
have greatly recruited their numbers, and now have
their head-quarters at Perth, hi Scotland.

The Ayrsh;ro Militia, comnsanded by Sir DAVID
HUNTER BLAIR, which has for some time been in
England, are soon to return to their own country.
General DUNDAS'4 regiment, thi 94th, or Scotch
brigade, which lately tame home a skeleton, has re-
cruited a great many men, and is now stationed at
Aberdeen.

The Qneen's and .Oth Regiments will be two of
the first corps w go on service.
The Forfarshire Militia have marched from Edin-
burgh to Berwick.