Star.
London, England, 1812-10-13 00:00:00

'HE ARMY.

We have by the last arrivals from the Peninsula, I
received a variety of letters from the army and other
quarters. Some of them are not of the most recent
dates, but they afford some details worthy of perusal.
The most important parts of their contents relate to
the strength of the contending armies. By a careful
comparison of these we feel ourselves warranted in
stating that the French force under JOSEPH Bona-
PARTE•• and Marshals SOULT, MARIIONT, SUMET,
and JOCIRDAN, amount to more than one hundred
thousand men—while that under the Hero of Sa-
lamanca
hardly exceeds eighty thousand men ; but
to the latter must now be added some recent reinforce-
ments from this country (a few thousands only) which
had not joined when our accounts left the army. Our
brave countrymen were, however, in high health and
spirits, and eonident as to the mutt of a battle be-
tween the Grand Armies—a battle anxiously expect-
ed, and which will probably decide the fate of the
Peninsula.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR.
Blandford, October 11, 1812.

" Ste—Being Commanding Officer of the Depot Troops of the
11th Light Dragoons, at the time your Paper, of the 29th Sep-
tember, stated an erroneous assertion, under the head of Army,
namely—that a Captain of the above Regiment was killed, and
20 men taken prisoners, in Spain; and perceiving by your letters
of the 64) and Bth Instant, to Lieutenant and Actibg-Adjutan t
Sneeze, you are willing to contradict the above statement should
you have liberty to publish my name—l hereby request you to
authorise, and that you will take the most immediate stip for
so doing, for which purpose you may insert this letter, no such
circumstance as the aboye having occurred. I am, Sir, your most
obedient humble Servant, enmities FA4.1.0N,

Captain 11th Light Dragnims."
Saturday four troops of *e Royal Horse Guard:,
under the command of Culonel Sir gusEnr HILL,
brother of Lieutenant-General Sir ROWLANLI HILL,
atrived at Portsmouth to embark for Spain.
The following detachments have embarked last
week at Portsmouth : 2QD of the 37th Regiment, WO
of the 77th ditto ; deucluuents of the 73d apd
ditto.

About 250 volunteers from the 37th regiment,
serving in Gibraltar, have embarked tor that garri-
son in the course of last week.

An Officer and some serjeants, have been very suc-
cessful in recruiting at Sierra Leone. They have
picked up about 300 men.
The 55th Regiment is ordered from Newcastle to
Ramsgate.
The Somerset Regiment has received orders to re-
lieve the Cheshire and Gloucester Regichent it Dart-
moor Depot.
A selection is making from the Marines of about
five hundred men, for a similar service as that upon
which Captain MALCOLM proceeded. some months
ago. As this is a service of descent upon the enemy's
coast, we really do not know an Officer in the Navy
so completely adapted to it as Lord COCHRANE, and
happy should we be in the opportunity of hailing his
Lordship in a sphere, where he could be so eminently
glorious to himself,- and useful to his country.
The Military Hospital at Plymouth, was le-opened
last week, under the direction of a Medical Staff, for
the reception of 450 brave fellows from our army in
ain. The fortitude and gallant spit it exhibited by
tHEse men, are beyond all praise, and they seem to
regret nothing but their inability to partake with their
late comrades in farther success. One young man
has lost both legs and one of his arms, by a shell,
PLYMOUTH, OCTOBER B.—A detaament of 200
men from the 2d Battalion of the 88th Regiment, or
Connaught Rangers, under the command of Cap-
, tain ROBERTSON, arrived at Plymouth from Exeter,
on the 7th inst. and embarked the same day to join
their brethren in arms in the Peninsula. Major Ge-
neral THostass remarked, on inspecting them, that he
had never witnessed a finer or more serviceable body
of men. The zeal and enthusiasm which urged these
brave fellows forward to take a part in the battles of
their country was peculiarly conspicuous on their
leaving the shore, and .their repeated cheerings, in
bidding a final adieu to their wives and children, cre-
ated a sympathetic feeling in the breasts of the nu-
merous assemblage collected to witness their embar-
kation, easier to be felt than described. A young
fellow being asked whether they would still be able
to support the glorious name which had rendered the
88th Regiment the terror of the French ? answered,
in the usual style of his country, never tear my boys,
if we don't bother them, never believe me again I

Government have, at length,. issued Letters of
Marque and Reprisals against all vessels belonging
to the United States.

Captan CLIFFORD, of the Navy, arrives yesterday
from the Mediterranean, with dispatches for the Ad-
miralty and for Lord BATHURST.
There will be a short Session of the new Parlia-
ment before Christmas, commencing on the 24th of
November, on which day the writs, are returnable.

BREAM—This day the Lord Mayor ordered it to
fail 3d. per Peck ;to take place on Thursday, Tl,e
Quartern Loaf will then be Is. 6fd.
A bookseller lately observed, that NAPOr,EON'S
army seemed already hot petted, and he hoped it
ould be soon bound in Russia

On the 11th inst. was married, at Saint Mildreds,
Mr. H. E. SWIFT, of the Poultry, to Miss LARNE,
of Tottenham: and, at the same time, Mr. WALTER
MASFALL WATTS, of the R. N. to SOPHIA MATILDA,
second daughter of THOMAS Swwr, Esq. of tke
Poultry.
Thursday morning a duel was fovht op Southsea
Common, between Lieut. J. C. 134toNitu., and Lieut.
8=444 of the Royal Marine Corps. The former
received a ball in his right• side, which has been ex-
ti acted front his 'left shoulder. Lieut. B44a*sta. died
on Sautrday evening. •
The Lords of the Admiptlty have appointed a
convdr to sail from Cork for the West' Indies on
•
the Ist of November.
A convoy is now assembling at Cork for Newfound-
land, and will sail from thence • on the lath iSlaints
which it the last ccavoy ibis wasosi,
• •

NAVAL INTELLICENCI.
MAILS.
MLR. DUE.
- 1
Guernsey
• 2 Jersey
FALMOUTH, OCTOBER Is.
-• No Arrivals. Sailed the Montagne Packet, with
Mails for the Brazils. The Townsend Packet, with
• .Mail for Jamaica, and the Chesterfield Packet,
with a Mail for Halifax, &c. are gone into the Itoads.
TORBAY, OCTOBER U.
Sailed his Majesty's brig LORD COCHILAVI oil
PLYMOUTH. OCTOBER 12.

Dublin
Waterford

AIL Oak
0 1
0 1

• Arrived the ARMIDE, 38 guns, from Basque Roads,
s!t►d the DOTTEREL, 18 guns, from a cruize. The
Fawromv, 18 guns, came trom the Sound to Ha.
moaze. The SYBILLEZi• 38 guns, came from tic
Sound to Barapool.-.Wind S.W.

• PORTSMOUTH, OCTOBERI2,
Arrived his Majesty's ship ALotsaoodasi convoy
from Guernsey. Sailed his Majesty's ship; Vauroya
and ZENOBIA, with all the Jamaicamen here, except'
the Young 'Squire, under convoy for the Downs,
several other ships went with the convoy,--Windw.
DEAL, OCTOBER 111.
Arrived his Majesty's ship Asotamt, Rear Ad.
mind Ma'am, from the Baltic; and the Fasntnitt.
STEIN, with 11 sail of vessels under convoy, from chi
Mediterranean, which are sailed for the River. ne
NYMiIIEN has sailed for off Flushing. Admiral
YOUNG, and the outward•bYnnd, remain,

LEITH, OCTOBER 9.

The SNAKE, Captain HILLIAES, arrived bere flats
night, from Gottenburgh, afterlpeassage of four slays,
Before the SNAKE left Gottittl;urgh, seven Russia*
line of battle ships had arrived there frornArchangel
in a very bad state; the convoy fir Leith was to sit
from Gottenburgh the same day with the SNAIL,
under the ileac armed ship, and the convoy for L.
verpool, Greenock, and Ireland, under the FORWAn
gun-brig. The OBERON sloop of war is to sail to-day
with a convoy to Sheerness. An American ship
arrived in the Roads yesterday, from Archangel.
AYR, OCTOBER 5.
We had a dreadful storm here on Saturday Mel;
it blew a perfect hurricane--its effects have aces
truly melanch ly ; about eleven o'clock a boat went
down At the bar-moo:1i, and every one perished; it
being so dark and boisterous, no assistance cosign*
given ; but the cries of the sufferers were hearda
the shore for about ten minutes uefore the silence of
death took place. It cannot be ascertained what the
was, but it is supposed, from several articles that
have been washed on shore, that i- has been some
pleasure boat from Belfast with pass ngers for the
races. Three of the bodies have been got, one of the
gentlemen with a gold watch.

CAPTAIN KENT.
EXTRACT OF A LETTER FRJM AN OFFICER IX THE mat
yen= THE COMMAND OF ADMIRAL SIR E. FELLER,
BA itT• DATED OFF TOULON, SEPT. 8, 1812.
" We have been upon the blockade of Toulon,
where there is no variety ; heavy gales, and walling
to be seen except Cape Sicie. We often stand clv
' into Toulon to reconnoitre the enemy. The Vlach
fleet consists of 17 sail of the line, in which are itclu.
ded tour three-deckers, and they have several triples;
hut there is little prospect of their coming out, al-
though there is a report that they intend this winter
to make a push for Brest, when our fleet are shelter-
ing themselves in Mahon ; but we shall always be
ready for sea ; and the wind that is favourable for
them to get u•.der weigh, will also take as out of
Mahon, and if we get them from thelr owe coast,
there is no doubt of our giving a good account of
them. On the 3d ultimo, our fleet, consisting of l$
sail of the line, bore up from Toulon for the coast of
Catalonia ; next morning, at day-light, we had the
pleasure of seeing the coast of Spain, when the Ash
miral made the signal to prepare the marines, small-
arm and pike-men of the fleet to land. You maybe
assured that we were quite happy in so near a pros-
pect of being able to distinguish ourselves; but our
happy prospects soon vanished. We stood close into
the hay of Roses, where we expected to find the ea
pedition that left Minorca under the command of
General MAITLAND, consisting of 16.000 men i but
not a single ship was to be seen. We bore up along
the coast, and at length fell in with the Blake
who informed us the expedition had left the coast tke
prec.Aing evening for Alicant. They had just bee
fore we fell in with them, landed the Baron
Who came on board the night before, much Atari!!
ed, as he had been promised 12,000 men to ass.",
driving the French front that port, and he bad eel-
lected an Immense number or peasant., ready to tiks
up arms, the instant the English landed. liebaa
also procured boats at Palamns to land them. It tir
pears General MAIT4,AND had landed two re101"6.,_
i at Palamos, in the day-time, but re-embarked mg"
in the middle of the night, and set off for Alts"
No person in the squadron can account tor GeNtral
MAITLAND'S qUitailg the coast of Catalonia and P":
ceeding for Altcant, when the expedition was Wen'
ed for that coast. But no doubt the Genet'''7
cogent reasons for the step fie pursued; and . "
serely hope that the spirit of the Catalans may eog
be broken I am'concerned to inierm you of the Tr'
cent sudden death of our late worthy Captain, Eh°
departed this transitory scene on the 29th tile lira
very few days' illness, from an obstinate betiti°l°'
plaint. He was much beloved by ad on barAmd
_dad to
his loss we deeply lament. He was comeee—,4,
the deep on Sunday last, in the Bay of Reet,'".
the usual honours. His nephew, Lieutenant G.
' C. KENT, was extremely anxious to have Mown:
at Minorca, or in Spain, but he could not acceaP;
it, and a signal was made from the flag-shiP
ceremony to take place. Ido not know
.who
command the Union. The first Lieutenant,
JAMES, has the temporary command. We shallserig
have a man equal toTaptain KENT. 1 !eel far
toss as for the nearest relation."
lostC alittayionutgeKigNsTt wbraosthinertpheL-sie2udteyneaaurt°fHts ag:i* Lig
in 1801, in Aboukir Bay, when commanding Its Br__
jesty's armed transport the Dover, and his oelfrs
yivsng brither is Mr. KENT of the Royal Nave
.1 riario..
pital, Stonehouse. Lieutenant KENT, mention
ll
wounded on boerdthe Guerrier, it a, at rt 111" P"
Mr. Len of the Naval Hospital.

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