Star.
London, England, 1809-08-30 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR.
Marine Cottage, Porteheater, August D. •
SlR—Observing-a paragraph in the STAR of yester-
day, describing the heads of charges preferred against
me at a general Court-Martial lately held at Ports-
mouth, and as this paragraph must tend not only to
hurt the feelings of my relatives and friends, but to
lessen me in public estimation, as the charges (if
true) would at any time have been considered as dis-
graceful, and at the present crisis marked with the
greatest stamp of enormity ; in justice, therefore, to
myself, I beg leave to assure the public, through the
same channel, that I am not guilty of the said
charges ; and therefore intreat a suspension of their
opinions until the whole of the evidence brought for-
ward in support of the charges, as well as those
who appeared in my behalf, and my defence, can be
laid before them, which I intend publishing in full as
soon as possible after the sentence of the Court-Mar-
tial is notified to me—when, I have no doubt, both
; my friends and the public will be satiAfied that I have
not only proved myself an indefatigable, zealous,
and faithful servant in the execution of the important
duties allotted me, but that I um an injured indivi-
dual, against whom the emissaries of malice and re-
venge have been let loose.
I am, Sir, your most obedient humble servant,
THOMAS MoitToN,
Apothecary to the "Forges.
The 94th Regiment, now in garrison at Aberdeen,
have received orders to hold themselves in readiness
to embark for the island of Jersey.

Reinforcements, consisting principally of drafts
from the Guards, are on tit* march for Portsmouth
and Plymouth, to join Lord WaLtaxaros. Others
will proceed from Ireland, for the same destination.
Monday sennight, at 12 o'clock,ft. m. General Emu,
Commander of Cork, received an express from the
Castle of Dublin, with an order for the immediate
embarkation for Spain of the Ist Regiment of Dra-
goons, or Royals, at present quartered in that district.
This fine regiment, which is commanded by the Hon.
Colonel DE GREY, is nearly SOO strong.

_ . ..
Sunday last, a great quantity of stores, amunition,
rockets,fcc. were shipped at Woolwich for the Scheldt.

Directions have been received at Chatham, for the
immediate equipment of all the men of war in ordi-
nary in the river Medway, to be prepared for the
reception of the prisoners of war taken at Flushing,
and the other places in the Scheldt.
Two French Officers, from Flushing, arrived, on
Saturday, at Chesterfield, as prisoners of war; one
of whom, M. Sebastien Laurent Laplace, is Captain
in the Bth Company of Canoaiers, and was Comman-
dant of the Artillery in Fort Rammek ins. He is an
old officer, and has seen a great deal of service. His
companion is Simeon Francois Louis Chevalier, En-
sign de Vaisseau, of the ship Albanie, taken prisoner
at flushing.

A contract for shoes was made in Madrid last June,
for the supply of the French infantry, to the extent of
37,000 pair, at the enormous rate, in British currency,
of I Is. per pair.
A Dutch paper states, that the Jews have raised
corps of men in the principal towns of Holland, at
their owtr ezpence, and that this measure has been re-
commended by the Priests in the Synagogues.

Between 2 and 3000 wounded Austrians, who re
snained in a field of rye after the battle of the 6th
ult. were burnt to death, in consequence of the rye
accidentally taking fire.
In the Austrian districts, where the late battles
took place, 27 large villages remain deserted. Se.
venteen of them are wholly ravaged, and the re-
mainder partially so. Many of the inhabitants have
taken up their abode in the woods, forests, &c.
The present Commander in Chief has ever been a
favourite of fortune and power. At his outset, in life,
and at a very early age, he entered the service in the
humble capacity of a Surgeon's-mate, but soon after
gave up the profession of the lancet for that of the
sword. When he had reached the rank of Lieutenant
Colonel, we are told that by a singular instance of
individual favour, he was permitted to sell his corn.
mission, (the Lieutenant Colonelcy of a Regiment of
Dragoons) and nevertheless to retain his rank in the
service, which continued to go on until the present
period. But the military fame of Sir DAVID may be
dated from the commencement of the war succeeding
the French revolution, when he favoured the world
with a system of military tactics, being principally an
English digest of the military system of FRaDERICK
the Great, King of Prussia ; which system was spee.
dily ordered to be adopted throughout the-British'
array. And although we seem, in this instance, to
stand indebted to a foreign power, for an entire
change of our field tactics, it is confidently said that
the system, which thur late King of Prussia brought
into general notice, was the same that was practised
by the Duke of Mmthacatouou's armies on the Con-
tinent, and that our German allies borrowed most of
their manauvres from us. Be that as it may, Sir
DAVID Dyunes has the credit of establishing an uni-
formity in our military system, which never before
existed, by which means Regiments that never saw
each' other may be brigaded, and act together in
every variety of service, with the greatest order and
regularity.

Letters have been received from Bourdeaux, of a
date subsequent to the receipt of intelligence of the
battle of Talavera, at that place. It was for some
time matter of deliberation, whether the guns should
be fired, and the great bell rung, as for a victory ; but,
on consideration, it was thought best to omit these
ceremonies.

A person lately escaped from Rochefort in a neu-
tral reports that the greatest exertions are making for
strengthening the fleet in that and all the other naval
depots.

Thursday the remains of Lord HENRY STUART,
NOY) died lately at Waldershare House, were con-
veyed through Canterbury with great funeral pomp,
for interment at Cardiff Castle, in Glamorganshire.
The family chapel and Mausoleum, lately erected
at Costessey, having been solemnly consecrated on
Monday se'nnight, by the Right Rev. Dr. MILNER,
V. A. of the Midland district, were, on the following
day, opened to rec dive the remains of the lamented
founds, Sir Wit.k.litm jtvix2o.l.

IVAVAL lAVELLIVENCL

FALMOUTH, AUGUST ft.

Arrived his Majesty's ship MERMAID, With tilt
outward-bound Quebec convoy.—Sailed his Majesty',
ship Minium, with a convoy to the Downs.
PLYMOUTH AND PLYIVIOUTKDOCK, AUGUST
Sailed the American brig Catherine Ray, of Nt
York, CHARLES JAYNE master, for Guernsey, laden
with sundries.

Arrived the sloop Mary, of this port, THIN,
SFILLDRICK mastet, from Waterford, laden with pi
visions, bound to London.

Arrived the SWALLOW sloop of war, Capt.Mitxl
from a cruize.

Ships in commission, remaining in port t—La Sc,
PtoN and Milford, 74 ; Wool-Nylon and PREVOYAN
44 ; la RHIN, 36 ; DRUM, 9Q ; COSS %CR,
LOUSE, ACTEON, *Rd SWALLOW, 18 ; CONFLICT,
SANDWICH and LYRA, 10, DORSET yacht, Ar
cutter, and WHITT/NO schooner.

Sailed the. Brothers, Captain CAANTLER, for F,
mouth, to join convoy for Quebec and the River
Lawrence.

Two French privateers, a lugger, and a schoon
were seen this morning by some Cawsand fishi
boats cruising in the Channel, at a short distance Cr
the Edystone.

PORTSMOUTH, AUGUST Cf.

Arrived his Majesty's ships NIONARCH, HERC),
3OLUTION, AJAX, and REVENG, with prisoners
board, from Flushing. Sailed the DEFENDER
brig on a cruize.—Wind E.S.E.

CHATHAM, AUGUST 27.

Yesterday the DIAMOND fii;j,ate, still in cart
sion, was taken into dock in the mt.= ctf t!:e Ti
CLAN and CRANE, two new brigs, which were pat
the day before. The GLoay, of 90 gars,
PRINCE, and FR RYA, Danit 7Vs, are getting rei
with all speed, as prison ships. The FgETA was
into commission on Friday.

DEAL, AUGUST ist

Arrived the Royal Sovereign yacht from the ti
and.PonAnous sloop from a cruize. Sailed the L
trious, Orion, Alfred, Achille, and Be!lona, of
guns, with the prisoners on board from Flushing
Portsmouth.
Remain—Namur, Acute, Linty, Weymouth, CorrrDtv
Scrap's, Dolphin, Trsnsit, Podargus, Wrangler, Royal Suvett;
and Prince William armed ship.
YARMOUTH, AUGUST 29.

Arrived the CHANTICLEER sloop of war, with
patches and letters from the Baltic ; and frcm
southward transports marked TE. KX, Lea.
main in the Roads Roebuck, Monmouth, and C:
ticleer.—Sailed the Lord Nelson, STIIWART,
Hinvich.

ABERDEEN, AUGUST 26.
Tuesday n; h.g..t last, the sloop Fancy, LIvIE, 01
for this place, from Sunderland, owing, it is said,
the jib tye, &c. giving way, fell to leeward of
harbour ; and, after dropping one anchor, was dri
ashore to the northward of the Broad-hill, where
now lies, very considerably damaged.
Sunday night last, the sloop Margaret, LESLIE,
Leith, from Bangor to Stockton with slates, is ti
ing up from the northward, got ashore, on an a
bank, at the mouth of Don ; and owing to the la
swell, occasioned by a strong southerly wind for st
days, is so much damaged as to be nearly a total wn:,
FROM LLOYD'S LIST.

GRAVESEND, AUGUST 29.—Arrived the Hawke, Reay,
Mahe; Friends, Batris, from Smyrna; Beliveder, Hardm,
from Virginia, and Fame, Allen, from Lisbon.--Sailed the

data', Brade, for Martinique ; Maria Theresa, Dickinson,
New York; Little Arthur, Dawson, for Gibraltar; Lady
doves, Dye, for Oporto; ar.d Helena, Metcalf, for Yucata
♦aaivan—At Bristul, the Commerce, —, from Seville.
At Cork, the Edward, Linnery; and Pilgrim, Hodges,
Virginia; Adventure, Leper, from Oporto; and Galgo,
from St. Übe s. At Dublin, the Industry, Craig, from Trini,
Venus, Croker, from New York At West Port, the
Frazer, front Halifax. At Belfast, the Canada, Pindy,
Demerara; Good Argument, —, from Picton; and T
Carr, from Alicant.