Star.
London, England, 1813-08-14 00:00:00

No. 111.

Strath. August 2, MI%
Sia—ln My absence (which I regret on this occasion) Major
Morris, in command of the Yd Battalion, will present to you the
Gold idtedal which accompanies this, and which you already
know has long since been so cordially voted you, by the unani-
mous voice of the whole body of your Brother Officers, as a last-
ing:testimonial of the high sense they entertain of your distin-
guished conduct in the Battle of Albuera._
On this occasion, I feel it but common justice to you, Sir, to
state a fact (but little known in genera), although to me as your
CoMmanding Officer at the time) which attaches no common
share of merit to the part you acted on that memorable day; It
not only fell to your lot to take charge of owe of the Colours of
your Regiment, at a moment when the Ensigns and most of the
Serjeants, who previously carried and protected it. bad fallen In
its defence—but this charge devolved on'you, at the instant when
the Regiment (suddenly sent forward considerably in advance of
the rest of the British troops in support of some Spaniards) had
just closed with the bayonet, cn the massy columns of the Freed*
infantry in front; and while so engaged, and at so critical a Mo-
ment, was surrounded and attested in the rear, by the whole
mass of the enemy's numerous cavalry and lancers, and thus
completely separated from the rest of the army. Yes, at', is
was in this situation so peculiarly critical. that you sheaved that
degree of firmness and presence of mind, which saved the Colo r,
you took charge, and has not only obtained you the unanimous
applause and approbation of your Brother Officers but has justly
recommended you to the notice and protection of illustrious
Princes of your Country, who never fail to encourage and re-
ward merit when known to them, with so impartial and liberal
a band, that they have raised the renown of the British arms to
a degree of brilliance and splendour, which eclipse the brightest
periods of our history, and have excited such a spirit of enthu-
siasm and confidence among all ranks of our troops, as cannot
fail to make the Tyrant of the Continent and his slaves tremble
to encounter them.

This lasting memorial of your merits, Sir, which will be pre-
sented to you with this letter, In the name of your corps, will
prove to you in a high degree acceptable, when it Is told you that '
you are permitted to wear it by the special sanction and approba-
tion of Our illustrious Commander-its-Chief, who has been gra-
glossily pleased to accompany this permission with those distin-
guished rewards which his notice and the Royal Munificence
have already conferred on you, and which. must be consoling to
.you in the highest degree possible for the loss of an arm, and the
numerous wounds you have received, especially when you reflect
that you have thus suffered in the faithful discharge ut your Jul
to your King and Country, and at a period when they are glori-
ously struggling for the liberties of the world.
With sentiments of the high esteem which your merits deserve,
I hate the honour to remain, Sir,
Your's very truly and sincerely,.
•
(Signed) WILLIAM ST&WAtT, Lieut.-Col. Buffs.

No. IV.

Headquarters, Reading, Berks, August 12,1313.
Sic —I beg leave to offer to you and to my Brother officers, my
grateful thanka for the Medal preserved to me this day by Major
Morris, in your absence, as a testimonial of the opinion they ate
pleased to entertain of my conduct in the defence of the Colours
of the Ist Battalion, in action with the enemy at the Battle of
Albuera, in Spain.
Suffer me to assure you and them, that no Circumstance can
afford to me more heartfelt satisfaction, than that My conduct
has met with your and their approbation, thus conveyed to me
in a manner so highly flattering to my feelings, that it can never
be erased from my memory.
It shall be my greatest pride to wear this distinguished token
of my Brother Officers' regard, and which has been so graciously
sanctioned by our illustrious Commander-In-Chief.
I have the honour to remain, Sir, with erect' and respect,
Your obedient and bumble servant,
(Signed) MATTW. LAT IIAW, Capt. 3d Foot.
11 To Lieut.-Colonel ti4wan Sd Foot (or Buffs),
late in command of tat fiattalion, in Spain.

PRESENTATION OF COLOURS TO THE ROYAL MILI-
TARY COLLEGE AT SANDHURS T, IN BERKSHIRE.
• We yesterday gave a short account of this interest-
ing spectacle, and we are now enabled to lay a full
account of it before our Readers
This interesting ceremony took place on Thursday
last, the 12th instant, the birth-day of his Royal
Highness the PniNcit REGENT. About noon this ex-
alted Personage arrived at the Royal Military
College, from Windsor. He was accompanied
by Lord YARMOUTH, and Colonels &Amman and
MiMAttom. Soon afterwards their Royal Highnesses
the COMMANDER IN Cninr, the Dukes of CLARENCE
and. CAMaLUDGE, the PRINCE or ORANGE, and the
Duke of BRUNSWICK, came to the College • also, se-
veral Members of the Supreme Board of Commissio-
ners, viz. Loids HARRINGTON, HARCOURT, and PAL•
meitsrow, Major-General Sir H. BURRARD, and Lieu-
tenant-Generals GORDON and CALVERT.
The PRINCE REGENT and Duke of YORE took their
station at the head of the battalion of Gentlemen Ca.
dets, who were drawn up under arms on the parade
in front of the building : there they waited the corning
of the Quetta, who soon afterwards (accompanied by
her Royal Highness the Princess CHARLOTTE, and
their Royal Highnesses the Princesses AUGUSTA, Eel-
tiorra, and MARY) arrived at the house of the Hon.
Sir ALE:. HOPE, Governor of the College : from
thence her MAJESTY and attendants proceeded to the
College, and immediately the Royal Standard was
hoisted on the battery behind the left wing of the
College. The Questa was received by the PRINCES,
and the battalion changed front—Her MAJESTY,
takirig her place on the landing of the steps leading to
the Portico, and having the REGENT on her right, and
the COMMANDER in Cifizrbn her left hand.
The colours were now brought from the College
Chapel by Colonel &mask the Lieutenant-Governor,

And Sir HOWARD 1)0176L" th Commandant of the
Senior Department, and delivered to the Panics
Roust and the Duke of Yoitli. The battalion then
presented arms, and the Quees addressed the Go-
vernor in an elegant and energetic speech ; in which.
among other topics, she touched upon the nature and
design of the Institution, the service it had already
rendered to the State. and the future advantages
which might he expected from it. She also noticed
the signal service which the Institution had received
from the exertions of the late worthy Governor, Earl
HARCOURT, and from the united efforts of the present
Governor and Lieutenant• Governor ; and she stated,
that she bad been made acquainted with the zeal and
unremitted diligence cf the Officers and Professors in
the discharge of their respective duties. She adverted
to the kindred Institution established at Chelsea for
the education of the children of soldiers, and she
paid an appropriate and merited compliment to his
Royal Highness the COMMANDER IN CHIEF, for the
signal service he has rendered to the Army and the
Nation, by tie establishment of the two seminaries.

At the conclusion'of her Address, her MAJESTY re.
ceived the colours from the PRINCE REGE%r and the
Duke of Yoett, and Presented them to the Governor,
who again delivered them to two Gentlemen Cadets.
He then made a suitable reply to the Qum's Ad.
dress, descanting on the beneficence of our August
SOVEREIGN, in having established an institution of
such importance to the country ; and ac knot. ledging
how much its views had been promoted by the fos-
tering care of every Member of the Royal .Family.—.
He .next addressed himself to the Gentlemen Cadet.,
stating the high honour which had that day been con-
ferred on them, and expressing his belief that when
called forth to fight the battles of their tearnry, they
would d their duty as became British soldiers,
The battalion now resumed its original front, and
the Governor presented the Professors of both de-
partments, and the Officers studying at the senor e.
partment, to the QUERN, who then changed her posi-
tion to the front of the battalion, and the whole
marched past her in slow and in quick time. Other
evolutions were also performed in a style which would
have done credit to thoroughly disciplined trJopc.
Afterwards they piled their arms, and full ,wed her
MAJESTY and attendants into the College Chapel.--
The service of the day was read in an impressive
manner by the kev. Mr. WHEELS:I, the College
Chaplain ; and the sacred flunk performed by cho-
risters from St. George's Chapel, Windsor, directed
by Dr. Cftorcu.
The two colours had been previously lodged on
either side of the Altar, the King's colour c t the
right and the College colour on the left ; the latter
adorned with an elegant device, and inscribed with
this motto, Piece txquirit nada, and at the conclusion
of the service they were consecrated in an admirable
prayer composed by the worthy Chaplain every at-
tention was paid to the accommodation of strangers
in the Chapel daring the service; but the concourse
was so great, as to render it impossibli for more than
a select number to be admitt-d.
From the Chapel, the QUEEN proceeded to the
Board Room, and spent upwards rd an hour in in.
specting military plans and hintlicape-drawings, the
production...of the Gentit men Cadets. These gave
her great satisfaction, and indeed they were exe.tred
in a stile of excellence which did credit to both Mos-
ier; and Pupils. The QUEEN next vi-itett the !our
Dining.halls, and her entrance into each w is the sig-
nal for saying grace, and beginning &liner. Hem
the four Captains of Companies had the hcnour of
being introduced to her MAJESTY by the Uovtrnor:
she afterwards visited the very extensive style of
apartments and the Hospital ; there were hot ever no
sick—a proof of tile salubrity of the situ:stir n, and
the care taken of the health of the Cadets. The fit-
ness of the various apartments, rind the excellent order
in which they are kept, seemed partienlarly to please
her MAIESTY.

Leaving the College her MAJESTY was received by
the Sussex Militia, under the command of his Grace
the Duke of Noneout : this corps, which in the f .r.
mer part of the day had guarded the ground, shew.ng
every civility to the spectators, now passed in review
before her. At the Governor's Holie an eltgant
dinner *as prepared for the Royal Party.
A Captain's guard of Gentlemen Cadets, with the
colours, was mounted in honour of the llhistxions
Guests, and the Sussex Militia Band entertained them
with music.
After having done credit to the hospitality of the
worthy Governor and his very amiable Lady, the
Royal Party enjoyed the amusement of dancing in
the evening.
Her Royal Highness the Princess Cnitatorrs
seemed particularly to enjoy this scene of the day's
Drama, and her affability and condescension (and •
indeed of the whole Royal Party) delighted all who
*saw her.
About eight o'clock the QUERN returned to Wind-
sor, and by ten, or soon Alter, the whole Party had
departed.
It doubtlesss afforded a high degree of satisfac-
tion to her Ma.revrv, to see such a fine body of young
Men, the Rower of the British youth, and the pride
and hope of their country, thus preparing themselves
for the defence of all that we hold dear and sacred,
And iw this feeling she would certainly be joined by
every British heart present.
The day was exceedingly fine, and the concourse
of spectators great. Besides the illustrious Persons
whose names we have already mentioned, we have to
add the following :-
The. Prince of Orange, the Russian and Swedish Ambassadors;
Lords pscrpool, Chatham, Castlereagh, Bathurst, "lbytme; the
Bishop of Salsbury; Count Mower, General Turner, Major-
Generals Taylor and Mackenzie; Colooeis De brown, M`Der-
mot; sad Tomos; the Duchess of York ; l .rulks Cas lereagh,
Ana Murray, Hope, Douglas, Harcourt, Throne, Chatham,
Cathcart, Hampden; and Mrs. Fisher.

This morning a General Court Martial assembled
at tie Muster Master General's Office, for the pur-
pose of investigating the undermentioned charge, pre.
tened by Lieutenant SCOTT, of the Ist Royal Tower
Hamlet Regiment of Militia, against Lieutenant
HUDSON, belonging to the said Regiment of Militia :
" For uadficer and ungentleman like conduct, in
having, in the month of March last, menaced the pro-
secutor, Lieutenant SCOTT, by waving a horse-whip
over his head, whilst on parade, in presence of The
guard at Deptford, with an intention to provoke him
to tight a duel—and on the same day by sending him
a challaage to that affect."

LAW INTELLIGENCE

COURT 01r. CHANCERY, AUGUST It
EX P SETE lIARRI49 IN Till MATTER .4' EASINAY.
This WaS a Petittort for leave to prove a debt on
the separate estate of Ramsay. Aldridge and Ram:
say were partners, and' it was contended that Mr..
Ramsay had taken a sum of £lOB2 out of the joint
estate, without the privity, consent, or approbation
of his partner. The question had been formerly be-
fot e his Lordship. and he had sent it back to the Cot;
missioners, who had returned ir, finding that Ram-
say had taken the money out of the joint estate, but
nut fraudulently to increase his own estate. They
found, however, that several sums of money had
n paid into Mr. Ramsay's bankers, not in their
ilint names, but in that of Ramsay alone, yet with
Cie knowledge and consent of Mr. Aldridge.
Sir S. Itosut.t.v contended, that this was in con-
travention of the articles of partnership, and, these-
fore, the Petitioner ought to be allowed to prove
against the separate estate of Mr: Ramsay.
Mr. MoNTAcu, on the same side, said, the ques•
.

Con here was, whether Mr. Ramsay had or had not
departed from his contract with his partner ? It
was evident he had, and that, thcrelore, leave should
be given to prove against his separate estate.
Mr. CULLEN contended, on the ether side, that,
as Mr. Aldridge knew that Mr. Ramsay lodged
money of the joint estate in his own banker's hands,
and in his own name, he was thereby consulting
to it.

The Lonn CHANCELLOR said, it was very possible
that the subsequent conduct of the partners might
have created a new contract for themselves. These
circumstances appeared to him to be done throughout
by the authority of Aldridge; but, if Mr. Montagu
cpuld in the mean time suggest any new enquiry, he
(the Lord Chancellor) would sillier it to stand over
till Monday next.

AUGUST Is.
COUNCIL Room .—_H CFORE THE VICE•CUANCP.LLOR.
CONTENIPT. 7- THE OPERA not:sr.
riavisoN a.: WATERS.
In this cabse, Mr. JOHNSON, on behalf of the de-
fendant, moved for a further extension of the time
-panted to answer the interrogatories exhibited to him
m the Office of the Master, to whom the cause stands
referred. The time for answering had elapsed with-
out any progress having been made by the defendant,
and an order of attachment with a Serjeant at Arms,
to become absolute at the end of four days, which
are now expired, without ths• examinatiens being put
in. The ground of this application was, that the per-
sinid interrogatories were very voluminous, and-that
the time originally granted to put in the examination
had been too short to finish the same by possibility,
in consequence of which the defendant made no pro.
gress whatever therein.
Mr. BENNtox opposed the motion, but only with a
view of fixing a period at which the examination
should be put in peremptorily, or that the Serjeant at
Arms do execute the attachment absolutey.
Mr. Intssos limited the time prayed for to six

_
weeks. -
To which Mr. BeNN lON replied, that he should not
oppose a reasonable extension of time, on the condi.
Lion, that unless the examination be put in in two
months, the del:end:int should be fully committed,
without further application to this Couit.
His Hcitvoun expressed- some doubt of the justice
of extending the time in few ar of the defendant, who
bad taken no step, nor made the leaseprogress what-
ever under the late order ; but being of opinion that
the time was at first too short, and finding that fur-
ther time was not opposed by the plaintiff's Counsel,
granted the order, subject to Mr. Bennion's halite-
tion.—The motion was granted.-
LINCOLNSHIRE ASSIZES.
FOnOstiar..—Dervid Spree dlury WAS indicted for ut-
tering forged notes, porticulairy one IEIO note, pur-
porting to be of the Bank if Johnson and Eaton, of
Stamford, knowing tie same to be forged. The first
account we have of the prisoner's appearanCe in the
capacity in which be has made himself so *ell known,
• is at Beeping, where he arrived the '26th of March
last, in the Peterborough coach, and ordered a chaise
from the New Inn, saying he was going to Lincoln.
Before leaving Beeping, be passed away into. the
hands of Mr. Speight, landlord of the New Ina, a
410 note, purporting to be of the Dank of Johnson
and Eaton, of Stamford, which Mr. S. afterwards
found to be a forgery. He was next found on the
road from Newark to Grantham, having hired a
chaise at the Kingston Arms there, and paid away
another £lO note, as one ef Johnson and Eaton's,
receiving
.eigilt good notes in return, . together with
Iss. 6d in silver. The prisoner said, at Newark,
that. his luggage had gone by the coach, and that
he was anxious to overtake it, therefore he had to go
quick. He accordingly Set off in haste in his chaise;
but she waivers at the Kinr,4lPston Anna were not long
in discovering what sort of a note had been given
by the prisoner. J. Appleyard, who received the '
note, sliewed it to Mr. Lawton, the keeper of the
inn, who at first thought it good, but six-May deter-
mined on sending J. Buttery to the Bank with it.
The Bask wa shut, and Buttery shoved it to boom
Gentlemen on his way back, who were of opinion
it was a forgery. He therefore got upon one of
hit master's horses and pursued the prisoner, with
whom he came up at Vostent Toll-bar, which is the
second bar on the road from Newark to Grantham.
In the mean time, R. Beecroft, post-boy, who
drove Spreadbury, had had his suspicious excited re-
garding the views of the prisoner, for although lic
had received change at Newark, he wanted change
for a RIO note at Balderton where it could
not be obtained, and he actually left the toll unpaid
there is consequence : :r Voaon toll. bar be also
wanted change, and gra it for a a:10 note. Bunny
observed this, and contirmed to follow. The post-boy
seeing a person in pursuit, at n 1 knowing his mastet't
mare front her manner of trotting, was til6l sure t}l.4t
all was not right, and determined to aid the detec.-
tion. Buttery strove to conceal hithself until they
should get to Grantharn, but he was observed by
Spreadbury, who kept . urgingthe post-boy to go
quicker, but who mended not his pace. Spree d bin y
expressed apprehensions that their pursuer intended
to rob him, and jumped out of the Chaise I little
before it got to Graothami bUt Was got lost sight qf;
and he seemed as well aware that he was pursued.
He was observed to go up a passage in the town of
Grantham, which warn of a thoroughfare, blit which

terminated in the entrance to -.Woe workshnos,
where he waF taken into custody by a come able.
On searching him, about tip in good notes, and
some silver, were found tit,in his
.person, and in
the passage where he had atteMpted. to secrete
himself, were seven £lO notes, such as be had been
passing, and a blank note (unsigned) .
Three ,of these notes, together with ithirl!lavai; vimis
the other three which had !been di feclia;sileepeel
duced iii Court, and being all purpoirbnikin!he'of
Johnson and Eaton's rank, called erroneously!. the.
.sl.lmford and Rutlandshire, instead of the Rutland
Batik, were pronounced be Mr. Eaton, one of the
partners, to be forgeries. Mr. Eaton stated, that he
had deemed it ipcumbent to give full value for the
three noics passed away by•Spreadbury to the hol-
ders, who were io Court, and identified their notes by
marks which they had made upon them. The priso-
ner made no defence.—The Judge, in summing up,
observed, that the charge was satisfactorily estab-
lished, and the Jury brOught in a verdict of Guilty.