Star.
London, England, 1809-10-28 00:00:00

WALCHEREN.

Captain HART of the 11th regiment of ft
yesterday evening with dispatches from Cr IT
der in Chief at Flushing to the Secretary at Vs, it
is reported, that the intelligence lie bi:ngs relatc:, to
the state of the army in that island, the Lad health of
the troops, and the state of the arrangement.; r,;,-
accommodation during the approaching winter.—j;,
Cannot, however, suffer ourselves to believe that tL
troops will be continued in so unhealthy a s,tua,4.
much longer, It is not possible, in the nature
things, that we can receive, from its retent:ca, a rc.
compence adequate to the expence and vast"!
which it occasions,

, The latest accounts frcrn Gottenburgh
some unfavourable intelligence respect:ng t 1.2 last
convoy from Riga. Of upwards of 100 sl!ips
sailed from that pert, n® more than 70 had arr:vec! at
Gottenburgh. The remainder either foundered at
sea, were on shore at Calmar and Carlscrona, or cap.
tured. Between ten and fifteen had been callied into
Copenhagen. The prohibitit,n issued by
King of SWEDEN against the entrance of Jews into
that country has been abolished by his piesent Ma.
jesty. Two Tyrolese had arrived at Gotlenburgli,
on their way to England, for the pury.se of soFcitii.z
the support of our government in their efforts to esta•
blish their independence, in case they were gn.Al up
by Aucria ! !

Yesterday morning his M JEsrY, Princencs
Ac-
GCSTA and SOPHIA, accompanied by Earl WINCHEL.
SEA and Lord ST. HELEN'S, Generals CART-A*lll6Hr,

SPENCER, GWYNNE., FITZROY, and Colonel TAYLOR,
took their usual ride in Windsor Great Park, ..nd re-
turned at twelve o'clock to the Palace,

Yesterday at half past two o'clock a Cabinet Coun-
cil was held at the Foreign Office, at which were pre,
sent the LORD CHANCELLOR, Earl!. BATHURST, L:VER-
POOL, CAMDEN, CHATHAM, and liAunowey, Lord
MULGRAVE, and the CHANCELLOR Of tl:e

The Right Hon, Wir.r.rAm W. POLE arrved at
Dublin on Monday tram London, to cute.- upon his
office of Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant ot- Ireland.
Yesterday her Royal Highness the Princess of
WALES paid A morning visit to the Du6ess of BECKS.
WICK, at her new residence in Spring Garden=.
The Duchess of BituNswicx entertained yesterday
Count MUNSTER, and a select party of faslliol,ablcs,
with an elegant dinner,at her house,inSpringCardens.
Yesterday his Royal Highness the Pr ill CC of IVALu
had a grand dinner party at Carlton House.
The 12th Light Dragoons have removed from
Sandwich to Romney.

Last week, the 2d battalion of the 10th Regiment,
marched froth Ashford on its route to Battle, and
Warwickshire Militia from Dover for Silverhill bar-
racks. Friday and Saturday, the East Suffolk Mi.
litia marched in two divisions from Ashford for XVir.-
chelsea. Detachments of convalescents of visiocs
regiments have also moved from Dover to ji,in their
respective corps. These movements have taken
in order to make arrangement: for the a;:caramada,
tion of the sick from Walcheren, 1,300 of whom have
been landed at Ramsgate, Deal, ani Dovcr-
Amidst all the striking proofs of loyalty and liuma.
nity displayed on the Jubilee day, we have to reccrd
the following :—Messrs. Wm. BURRIDGE and Sor.:., of
Portsmouth, distributed, on that occasi,mi, ilmee-pence
each, to the whole of the French prisoners confined
on board the prison-ships in that harbour, m tl.e num-
ber of 671.5; and sixpence to each f !he prif
soners, being 186 in all. Printed cards were also
distributed, expressing, that the donation was macli!
" In consequence of the Humanity shtwn by I\l,,r,hal i\IoR-
" TIER to the British sick and wounded, atter the Battle of
" lavera !"
Language cannot describe the effect which this Bona.
Lion and the notification with which it y:as accianpa-
nied produced upon some of the prISSIIIM.--•'Ir•
BURRIDGE also entertained a select party at ;
and • in the evening his house was splendidly illumi
nated, when mirth and good humour kept them alive
till a very late hour.
Duke..—Yesterday a duet was fought between the
Hon. Mr. H. and S. L. Esq. in cen,epence of a
dispute that originated on the preceding d.,y, at a
near connection's of the latter, residing in the neigh-.
bourhood of Russell-square, respecting a public :tp-
pointment They met at eight o'clock in the morn,ng
in a field near Bayswater, accompanied by Licut,-Cio-
lonel L. and Sir J. S. where, having each of them
exchanged a shot, in which they were both
wounded, the one in his right arm and the other in his
left, and the seconds then interfering, the parties left
the ground, and retired to a coffee-house in Ostoi.l.
street, where their misunderstanding was most Ali.
cab!), settled.
Another duel was fought at Midgham-grove, neat
Winfield, Berks, on Thursday morning, between a
Captain F--4E and Mr. H—ToN, a Clergymans
in consequence of a dispute at the house of a Mr,
onthe Jubilee night, respecting too much
familiarity Mr. H. conceived to have been used Di
the Captain towards Mrs. H. at a ball. The court''
tants exchanged two shots each, and in the lattet
. the officer was shot in the ear, but the wound is
considelvd dangerous. The parties separated in good
friendship,

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