Star.
London, England, 1806-10-04 00:00:00

SHE MILITARY FORCE OF HESSE

Comfitled. in 1804. of fifty-four battalions end
twenty-fix fquadroos. The infantry was compofed
of cite Swifs Guards, the Life and Grenadier Guards,
viz. fix regiments of infantry, one battalion of far-
leers, one of yagers, five gatrifon, and (even nrovin•
cial regiments. 'file cavalry, betides the Life Guards
and the Regiment of Gens d'Arms, confifled of two
regiments of carabineers, three regiments of dragoons
and one of huffars.

The artillery confined of one corps, and one corps
of riding artillery, exclufive of one battalion of inva-
lids, one corps of Cadet►, and the engineers, making
a to•al of t 6,000 men.

The Staff confided of one General of Infantry,
two of Cavalry, twelve Lieutenant Generals, thirteen
Majur Generals, twenty five Colonels, and other
Officers, lever.il of whom received ponGons. A re-
giment of infantry confilled of two battalinns—its
full complement was 1300, but the regiments were
feldum lull.

The provincial regiments formed a complement
of feven ihoufand men. and they were well trained
And exercifed.

(1,10. M A CALLED THI FRAN THINICIll.)
Bestiw, Seer. so.—One cf the molt gratifying fights to pa-
triotifsn was yetterthy afforded by the march of the troops from
Pomerania to join the grand army In Saxony. lisiterday the
Q.ocen's regiment of dragoons paff,4 through, the' fame that fo
gleriendly determined the firft battle fought by Frederick the Oreat.
Mat at Multvita. It is the ftronmft regiment in the ferviee, con-
fining of tea frmadrons, the whole of them picked men, admirably
i mounted, full of fire, and of the agility derived from eminent &fel.
pilot. 7he Officers dined with the q2een at Charlottenburg;
the privates had pretests. Tenets:lay Come grenadier battalions en.
tertd, which move onwards to•morrow. The difeipline, the de
tangoed fpirit, and the itagernefs to engage of all the PrufGan
troops, is out to be imagined, except by thole who arc Musette"
of it. Let the revered Monarch of PrufGa only utter bin royal
v go no tut tber," to the deltrualon that is preparing to overwhelm
Europe, and his faithful army will give irrefinible force to the
word% It is ccr ain that feversl provionee of tine PrulLan mo-
narchy have already unseated palitifßon to Yaffe regiments at their
own expellee.

The following is an extra& of a letter by the mail :
" Dreiden, September t 6.

. .
* I am at this moment in the midll of the Pruffian unty, which
is marching towards F.rfurth. To this army will be joineJ 24,000
Saxons, who are to break up in two days, and from ME oo° to
1 .:0,000 Hegira., under the command of General Blucher. The
whole is knotted to cover Saxony. The fpirit by which the troops
that : have mead, as well as the Inhabitants of this country, arc
attuai...l, la beyond JeCription : rich and poor, men and women,
endeavour to route the troops to victory. They call them' the
Sons of the North, who will curb the Ufurper of the South.' Au.
Aria is forming two large armies, one near Lbws, the other mar
'Tabor, In Bohemia. They call them pleafure camps, but you
any eaSly guLfs what that means. to a pea or two I hope waive
you feint Import= laformation.'

WS, money, 623 -74 P
Oranlum, mood, 7--44 r Irmo( rd.
Exchequer Bills. par x. dif.
PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY.
Plank Stock au India Bands Is. 3s. Mr.
3 per Cent. 1101. Ann. That Imp. 3 per Cont. 61114
3 per Cent. Conf. 63 6u3 63 Imp. Ann. 83
4 per Cent that Etch. Bills, as. dB. par
3 Per Cent. Navy 95{ 943 95 f Omninte 73 7 prom
Lung Ann. abut Englith Tickets agL 571.
Short Ann. abut I Conf far see 633 6333
Dentin, Se rr.
per Cent. Coy. beb. critl- Ditto 33 per Cent. 70ii.
Exchanse--Dublin on London, It tit.

Little did we expetfl when we put oar Paper to
peels yeflerday, announcing the capture of a fine
:'tench frigate by Admiral Louts's fquadrnn, that
we thoulJ, in a few minutes after, have to flop our
publication to infert the Captureof Foua others of the
enemy's frigates by the gallant Sir Saxon. Hoot).
The intelligence was brought to the Admiralty by
Lieutenant ANDIRSOII.and was communicated to the
Loan MAYOR and to Lloyd's by an Official notice
from the Admiralty, which we again infert, as tome
of our papers of yellerday were without it.
• ADMIRALTY OFFICE, 34 Wham% AA.
One O'Clock, P. M.

" I have the honour to acquaint your LORDSHIP,
" that an Officer is jail arrived from Sir &slues
" HOIID, with an Account of his having fallen in
" with Firs FRBNCH FLIG&TIS, FOUR or WHICH
" HRTS BIEN TAW RY THE Sqyatutom UNDER HIS

" COMMAND. VIZ.
La GLozaa, 46 guns, carrying a broad pendant.
I:INDEFATIO %ALS, 44.
La MINUILVZ. 44.
L'Aamna, 44.
a The above fhips were PULL or Taoors. Our
4, lois in killed and wounded, is

Killed
Wounded .

" I am lorry to add that Sir S. HOOD has loft
" his right arm.
" Accounts are likewife received from Sir Tun-
" MAS LOWS'S fpradron, of his having taken the
" French Frigate le PaESIPFNT 0144 guns.
4. I have the honour to be, my Lcrd,
1, Your Lordlhip's moil obedient humble fervant,
(Signed) " THOS. OSSNVILLS.
(4 trul Copy) " JAMES SHAW, MAYOR."

The official notice is filent as to the days on which
there valuable captures were made, but it is known
that the lath mentioned frigate was captured on Sun-
day the 28th, and the others an the 25th ult.
Sir SAM OIL HOOD, with the CENTAUR, his own
(hip, and the Idosaacor, both of 74, fell in with the
enemy, conflfting of five frigates and two corvettes on
the 25• h ult. The enemy bore down on them, taking
them for Indiamen. They had left Rochefort the
preceding evening, and were full of troops. Their
deftination faid to have been the Well Indies, upon
tome expedition, fuggefled, perhaps, by the cape•
rience and adventures of Prince pitons ; but it is
ftrongly lapelled that the ultimate, if not the only
objed it bad in view, was to deprive us of ourlate im•
portant conqueft of Buenos Ayres. The enemy
made a very obftinate refinance, and have (offered fe-
verely. The fifth frigate, and the two corvettes
efcaped, but we have thong hopes that they may
fall in with (ome of our fqoadrons ; at any rate they
can do little mifehief.

The Infs on board the CIIITAtIII and MONARCH
was 9 killed and 3: wounded. Sir SAMOILL HOOD'S
tight arm was flattered by a mulket Got, and he
was obliged to undergo amputation. We are happy
to Rate, however, that he is doing well. He was
landed at Ride, in the file of Wight, whence he was
hourly expeeed at Portfatouth whets our letters left
that place.

The Prefident, captured by Sir THnstas Louis's
fquadron on the 28th, did not belong to the above
fquadron, but has been on the Coat of Africa with
the Regulus, of the line, and other ft igates, and was
on her return home. She feparated from her con
forts on the zoth ult. She was brought to aSion by
the DISPATCH brig, and was foon compelled to Sake
on the Canopus coming up.
The fubjoined letters, from the ports at which the
Prizes have arrived, will put our Readers in pail-
Son of farther particulars :

PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 3.
,4 The CiNTSUR this morning came to an anchor
at Spithead, with the Commodore of the five French
frigates, of which four have been captured ; three
have gone to Plymouth. The one arrived here,
mounts about so gun., and is moR complete in
every point. The frigates behaved remarkably well,
they fullained the combat fur a long time, and being
crouded with troops, the carnage has been prodi-
gious. Two of our own Mips, the MARS and
Mom ARCH, have fuffered confiderably. The French
frigatesthad alloo choice troops on board: they fay
they were going to the WeR Indies, but a variety
of circundlances make it probable that this expedi-
don was intended againfl Come of our more diflant
re:dements, very probably nur newly acquired con-
quell in South America. Government cannot too
fpeedily fend reinforcements to General Lisaassoao
and Sir Hosts POPHAM."

PLYMOUTH, OCTOBER 2.
4, The French frigate that arrived laa evening is
The PRESIDENTS, of 4$ Duns, ;ad 300 Max.
She was captured off Bel Wile the a 8 12 ult. by the

fquadr,,n under the command of Rear Admiral SI,
THOMAS LOUIS, confitting of

The Caunrus, MALTA,
Rarutst, CAPTAIN, and
GANGes, THE Se of the line,
and DISPATCH, of 18 guns, Capt. H•WIE ENS.

" The chase was continued twenty three hours by
the CANOPUS and the DIsPaTCH ; there (hips being
prime (ailers, ran the others out of fight, and the
Dural-cm, which was the headmoil, kept up a gal-
lant running fight with the Ptefidente one hour and
three quarters, by which feveral of the Frenchmen
were wounded; but the DISPATCH bad none killed
or wounded. This (hip was returning from the Coaft
of Africa with the Regulus, of 8o guns, and another
frigate, and parted horn them the soth ult. of which
circumftance Admiral Lotus is informed, and we
are in great hopes that they will (hare the fate of the
Prefidente there are the (hips that captured the Fa-
vouatra of war, and did fo much other mirehief
un the mill of Africa, of which accounts have already
been given in the public papers.
" This morning arrived the French frigates
INDEFATIGABLE, oLto Gans and Soo Man,bal are
GLOIRE, of 4' Guys, and Sao Melt,
captured by the Squadron under the command of
Commodore Sir SASIU IL HOOD, confiding of

The MARS, Rsvaacr, -
MONARCH, WINDSOR CAMS,
POLYPHEMUS, and
Can r•lnt, Acnittis, of the line;
the three former of which are arrived here with du
frigates.
Thefe frigates failed from Rochefort the 24th ult.
in company with the Minerva, and Hermeide, of 44
guns each, (which are alto captured, and gone to the
eallward, with the Certraort, of 74 guns, Sir SA..
MOH. HOOD) ; alto another frigate of like force, and
two corvettes, which have for the prefent efcapeds
but hopes are entertained that they will be captured:
they ran them a chace of zoo miles, and the only
(hips that got up with them, were the Cigarette, Mo.
reartCH, and MARS, which were very warmly engaged
by the whole fquadron. The CENTAUR had ten men
killed, and Sir Samuel. HOOD hap unfortunately loft:
his right arm. The Momaac tr has info fuffered very
much in her hull, and has four men killed ; (he was
engaged one hour by three of the frigates. The cap.
tore took place the astli, the day after they failed ;
in fhort, they had not been at lea fix hours when the
chace commenced. The denruEtion of thi: fquadron
may be confidered of very great moment, as they
were full of troops, and going to the Weft Indies;
or, as others report, to Buenos Ayres. The captured
(hips have asoo foldiers on board. The three frigates
which are arrived here, are very large and beautiful
(hips, and of the firft of their clati. The Iquadron
confined of feven frigates and two corvettes.

" The Acnitts,of 74 guns, is now coming in
with one cf the frigates in tow, that was bound to
Ps,rtfmoutti.—A report is prevalent that the Regolos
of Bo guns, and the other frigates, are taken by the
Cswor us and others, after a gallant refiflance, but
we cannot give it as fad, though we hope the refult
will be fuch."

I,

THE EVENING STAR.
LONDON.
SATURDAY, OCTORSR
Mkt OF STOCKS TITS DAY AT ONR O'CLOCK'
Cm%is, MOOef, 64 63—for atto4.ot 64.