Star.
London, England, 1802-08-17 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR.

Sir—When I walk idong the .fircets of Ply-
! mouth,ll frequently rnAetfome of the old stud grcy_
headed. invalids, .with fOrrowful looks, btwailing
' the wretched profreet before them, of heing di.-
handed.. This day hearing an old woman of the
age.offeventy-fix pitting up h ..erprayer to Hr. AVFN
torelieveherdißrefred timid, lathed her :lie c.r:f.• .1f
her tuthappinefs ?. Sir, ((he replied) we ate•
daily expettation of-being turned out of th.: Cita-
del ; my hulband is a Serjeant, hut we arc told,
that his pay is to be reduced to 4.1 d. der day, and
if fo, we Will, with many handl ed•, go to our
parith for Relief, which cut us to the as we
have lived until now in credit and comfort ; be-
fides, Sir, there are many men with large larttiites,
and whole parilhes arc in the farthett part of Eng-
land, Ireland, aud Scotland—bow tl:ey arc to get
there COD only knows."—Can it he true, Mr. Edi-
tor, that the poor old foldier,: who has bled lhr
his Country, and who is worn out in her f&rv;ce-,
is to be now turned adrift upon the v.-orld in hi:
old age when tinablc .t labour, to naive ups n
pi.tance of 4id. per day ? I hope not ; or that
thould fuch a thing have been in contemplation.
Tome charitable Members of both Hootes of the
New Parliament will, by a peruftl of :hi:7 letter,
be induced humanely to Rep forward the Advo-
cates of tide poor old men, or that they will re,
prefent their hard cafe to the illuitrions perrotiagc
who is at the bead of the army, and who has ever
proved himfelf the Soldier's 'Fri;:iid. From the
known liberality and generofity of his Royal High-
nefs, I am lure the reprefentation would be at•
tended to, and that he would fpcait to Our Gra-
cious Sovereign in behalf of the Old Soldiers, who
till now, thouffit thcmfelves amply paid by his
Majelly for their pail fervice, by the alyinni he
ft gracioufly granted them In Plymouth Citadel,
where they expeacd to have ended their days in
comfort and peace. AN OLD SOLDIER'S FRIEND,
Plymouth, Aueull. it.

The following Officers of the Royal Marine
Corps, on account of their eminent Services, arc
to retire upon their full pay
Colonels Varlo, M'Donald, Cumin?, Monro, Spry
Archibald—Captains Paticn, A. Bail, Colby, fuller, G.
Young, Weir, Shnpfon, Hopper.--Capt. Lieutenant Rea.—
Firft Lieut.. Halls, Raulley, Edo..Second Lieuts.
R. W. P. Day, and Green.

The Emigrant Corps, commanded by the Duke
of MONTENI ART, lately arrived at Rhea Daracks
from Lifbon, are ordered to be disembodied.
The North Lowland Fencibles were difbanded
bn Friday fennight at Dudhope barracks, by Ge•
neral Doe.

The Toth and 88th regiments, it prcfent in
Egypt, are under orders to return to England.
The Turkifh troops, which are to fucceed them
in garrifon at Alexandria, were encamped about
a mile from the town.

Malta was not evacuated on the ad ell ily.—
The ALEXANDER, Capt. M. Dixor, which is ar-
rived at Portfmouth, failed fi:om the Hand on
that day, where the left General Fox, and the
gar-
rifon, contifting of the following regin ients, all in
good health, viz. the 35th, two bat. 27th, two
bat. aoth, two bat. 63d, 4Sth, and the t3thregi-
ments. Spoke off Cape Bona, with the Pr srt.crz,
with Sir ALEXANDER. BALL on board, for M..lta.
Mr. DICKENS, the Mellinger, had arrived a: Mai.
ta, from London. He came throue!) Franca:
and Leghorn, and was waiting the arrival of Sir
ALEXANDER BALL, for whom lie was charged with
difpatches.
The KENT, with Admiral Sir R. BICR FR rc,s's
flag on board; NORTHUMBERLAND, Capt. MAR.
TIN ; TIGRE, Capt. CURRY ; GIBRALTAR, Capt.
KELLY; HECTOR, Capt. SKIPSY ; MONSIOUT.I4,
Capt. HART ; MADRAS, Capt. BRIGGS; RENOWN,
Capt. WHITE ; DIANA, Capt. Ma LING ; and fe•
venal troop (hips, were lying at Malta.
She arrived at Gibraltar the 19111 ofjuly, where
(he found the DRAGON, SUPEEII, and TR.iustras ;
took on board 300 of the sth regiment, com-
manded by Colonel DAVEY ; failed from thence
on the 24th, and arrived at Portfmouth after a
pail-age of 20 days.
ENGLISH NEWSPAPERS.—..ETICOUTaged by the
example of the iWoniteur, the Minor Gazettes of
Paris begin to attack the Englith Papers. One of
the Journals received on Sunday contains the fol-
lowing equally falfe and (cupid paragraph
" A young Officer left Paris on the am 01 tills month
(Auguit 3), for London, where he arrived on the isith t A it-
suit 7.) On the fame day he proceeded to the boufe of a fa-
mous Journalift, who had written calumnies agaitill one o: Lis
relations, another Officer diftinguiChed tnr his turviees. He hdd
the Newfpaper in his hand. Sir,' paid he, pointing nut the.
infotent article, • hate you a right to print what you tie ;I:. IN you,
paper he Landon ' ree, a'ouklef,; replied the Editiu, 'ln eho
Ifball print Porthing on the lourn2lol,' and at t be lime tint':
left the imprelliun of his five fingers on his lace, Noted him,
and withdrew. He returned to Paris on the evening of the
atlit (Ausuft 9.)"
Another of the Paris Journals contains the fol-
lowing article :

"ON THE ENcinia PAPERS.

" Why do the Engllth Papers (peak fu oilutioutly of tLs
French

" It is bccaufc a number of Frenchmen make that be raid by
the Enidifh P:-.pera which tbcy could no, fay in France.
" It is becaufe it is an old cuil.on in linglaa..l to abufe all the
world. Falllhoods .rc told of the pea-fonakcs in Fop-
land, and of all the Crowned Head,',, Eurolie. War has not
been ilLid in England asainft Louis XVI. and partaculatly ageing.
the Queen, in the time of her power?
"Tic Englith do out, like the French. poilefs a deteftation of
thefe injuries, for the very reafun that they have the tame
bye for MAC as the Italians.

" Montefgulesi, in his Spirit if LUZL, f fay!, I have been at
the Opera in England, and in It .ly ; the picc.3 sverr the lve.
and rh. adors the Lame; hut the fame ry..:fic produced C. efts
inconceivably different on the tuo audience:. Ifer. one was
calm, and the other quite trer.fp, rte!!
There is no taltc in that country, and that accounts for
their difpolition to ahufe.
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" Ca; it be foppofid that a people who drink beer, who
always eat heels who warm themfelvei over a coal Ere, who
breathe a heavy, humid, cold air, who pats one half of a Mir
lives at fee, who never convene freely with ;vo:r.cn lre
frames rear fliould have thy: lame deEcate
fgreimcot of propriety as a people who drink c, Cat bread,
warm thernfelves at a clear mild fir:. brelthe a pur: light a r,
and who, in commerce at once and reipLa!t•:, with
witty, decent, and frank females, receive every dy leffona
good breeding?
" But what Orates the abufe of the Vneliih Papers .4.

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