Star.
London, England, 1823-10-16 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

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The South hams Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry closed the*
periad.of permanent duty at .Totness, on Monday last, and were
reviewed by Major-General Assts, who expressed his high sills;
faction at the precision of their movements, and their soldier-like ail-1
peaianee. The General having left the field, Lieutenant-Colonel:
l's.urr.su, the officer comtnanding, formed the ifoops into a square,,
and expressed his high satisfaction at the orderly conduct of the Re-
giment in quarters, and their great precision in the field ; he rd.'
gretted, ilk common with all the Corps, the absence, from indispd-
sition, of their much-loved Commandant, Colonel Barmen - and
attributed the high state of discipline which the Corps had atts:lned,
to the gentlemanly manner in which Captain TUDOR, the Adjutant,
had aided the Officers and instructed the men. At the close of his
speech the Corps cheered him and Colonel BASTARD. Immediate!),
on the men being dismissed, a silver cup, subscribed for on tbl
preceding evening by the Officers, was run for by horses belonging
to the Corps, and won in good style by Mr. COLLARD, of Captain
Knco's Troop.
The 4th Troop of the East Devon Legion Yeomanry Cavalry,
assembled on Wednesday se'nnight, at Hillersdeu Park, near Col-
lumpton, and partook of a most sumptuous dinner, provided by
their gallant Commandant, Captain W. Buss, and the day was spent
by them with the utmost conviviality. A great number of the
Gentlemen of the neighbourhood dined with the Troop, and the
regimental band attended. Before dinner, the Troop was exercised
and drilled by the Captain, and performed their duty to his corn.;
plete satisfaction. Captain BURN was highly distinguidied for Iris
bravery in several battles of the late war.

We extract the following account of perhaps as singular an oe-
currence as was ever narrated, from Southey's History of the Pruitt
sailor War:

" Two of the Regiments which had been quartered in Funms,
were Cavalry, mounted on the fine, black, long-tailed Andalusian
horses. It was impracticable to bring off these horses, about 1,100
in number ; and Romana was not a man who could order them to
be destroyed, lot they should fall into the hands of the French. He
was fond of horses himself, and knew that every man was attached
to-the beast which bad carried him se far and so faithfully. Their
bridles, therefore, were taken off, anti they were turned loose oti
the beach. As they moved off, they passed some of the country
horses and mares, which were feeding at a little distance. A scene
ensued, such as probably never before was witnessed. The Spa-
nish horses arc not mutilated, and these were sensible they were
no longer under any restraint of human power. A general con-
flict ensued, in which, retaining the discipline that they bad
learnt, they charged each other in squadrons of ten or twenty
together; then closely engaged, striking with their fore feet, and
biting and tearing each other with the most ferocious rage, and
trampling over those which were beaten down, till the shore, in the
course of a quarter of an hour, was strewn with the dead and dis-
abled. Part of them had been set free on a rising ground at some
distance; they no sooner heard the roar of the battle than they
came thundering down over the intermediate hedges, and catching
the contagious madneis, plunged into the fight with equal fury.—
Sublime as the scene was, it was too horrible to be long contem-
plated; and R 01114113, in Mercy, gave orders for destroying theM.
But it was found too dam/woes to attempt this; and after the last
beats quitted the beach, the few horses that remained were seas
still engaged in the dreadful work of mutual destruction."

THE THEATRES.
DRURY-LANE.

The Play of Pizarro was produced at this Theatre
last night, and Mr. MACREADY made his second ap-
pearance on its boards as Rolla. The most beautifitl
features of the character are its romantic virtues and its
fearless heroism. In all of these MACREADY was highly
effective.. His address to the flying soldiers was de-
claimed with admirable emphasis and fire; and_in the
subsequent scene with Pizarro, where his greatness of
soul will not allow the Peruvian to commit a disho-
nourable act, even for'the salvation of his country, there
was scarcely a sentence which did not afford matter for
praise. Mr. WALLACK played Alonzo with great effect ;
and Mrs.WEsfs Cora had its usual interest and charms.
In the farce of Monsieur Tonson, GATTIi took his
distinguished place as the representative of the tmfortis;
nate and persecuted Morkleu.