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London, England, 1809-12-30 00:00:00

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The ttnaerMentioned Regiments have atrived at
i3ortsmooth from Walchereni; they were to &sato-
bark this day, and march, agreeable to War.Ofice
routes—

The 5.,6th to liorsham.
32d Ditto.
1.3 a Chichester Barracks.
77th Ditto.
81st Blachiggton.

Captain GRANT, of the 42d, is appointed Aid-de-
Camp to General Virurrnmt, in place of Major
NIXON, who is appointed Major of the 12th Foot, in
the East Indies.
We have already stated the arrival in the Downs
of Sir RICHARD STRACHANg in the Idas cutter, with
a large fleet of transports from Walcheren. Detach-
-tents of the. troops have since been daily disembark-
/.! both at Deal and Dover, and- have marched for
their respective+ destinations, which we already men,
the 6th at Dover, 38th and 91st at Shorn-
68th, ,71st, and 85th at Braborne Lees, the
s6tb a Battle, 50th at Silverhill, and Ist and 2d
Light Battalions of the Cenral% Legion at Bexhill.—
The regiments destined for Sussex arc to be conveyed
by the Royal Military Canal into that district.

The infantry destined to reinforce Lord Wettoro.
TON °S army in Portugal, it is understood will corn..
rise 5,000 men, independent of Artillery and Ca-
r tlry, in which latter force two regiments of heavy
Dragoons are mentioned. Besides these a great num-
tp:r of British Officers are going out with local rank,
T. order to take commands in the Spanish army.
;:1;s measire is supposed to have been adopted on
the recommendation of the Marquis WELLEst.xv, tire
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Spanish army Ir. ng extremely . deficient in good
Officers. :- , -
The Troop of Horse Artilletr,tiMaptain Ls-
' vet's) destined for the above service, is in come-
uence of a countermand to that effect, to be embarked
t Pc,rtsmouth, instead of Ramsgate, stgdPitlis ex-
(ected will march from thence for that purpose, be-
;veep. this and Monday next.

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Captain BEAN'S Company of. Artillery, marched
from Canterbury yesterday morning, on its route for
Battle in Sussex.

Wednesday upwards of 200 of the 2nd battalion
*the 15th Regiment of Foot, marched into Oxford,
i their route from the city of York, to join the Ist
ittalion in the West Indies.

Thursday last the Regiment of Oxford Volunteer
-gantry, was inspected, on their parade in Broad:
treet, by Lieutenant-Colonel AUBREY.
The Barracks in Winchester are to undergo a corn-
lete repair, for the reception of troops.—Tenders
are been forwarded to. Government for that purpose.
Monday last, the 1!.9131 Chelteubarrl Volunteerln,
;•ntry finished their exercise for the present year ; and
he term for which they originally engaged being ex-
fired, they were informed by the officers, that they
ere all then at liberty to withdraw, it they chose so
do ; and that by withdrawing they would not be
,;usidered as subjecting themselves to the smallest'
.putation. But if it was their wish that the corps
h.6uld be continued, all the officers were willing to
retinue their situations. A very small number, to
-t:orn it was extremely inconvenient to attend, ex-
ressed a wish to withdraw until actual service might
necessary.—The remainder expressed their deter-
iination to remain :in the corps ; and more have
,ready offered to joirt•tha,ntan be received into it.

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TO THE EDITOR 'OF THE STAR.

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Sm—As I am a constant reader of your paper, and
3serve with much pleasure your assiduous attention
. whatever concerns the true interests of the Army,
am induced to request you will give a place in your
aluable Paper to the following short statement. the
ccuracy of which will be at once apparent to your mi.
tary Readers ; my object is merely to set the public
.ght with regard to a very fallacious notion that has
ne abroad, namely, that the pay of the Officers of the
.rrny has been lately augmented ; whereas. I think
shall be able to prove, beyond a possibility of
Jubt, that in some instances (as in my own cacey it
s suffered a considerable diminution. I am, Sir, a,
Iptain of eleven years standing, having been O-.
i.t oted to a Company in .the year 1798 ; at which
liod the Army was not assessed with any tax what-,
r, and the annual pay and allowances to a Captain
. a Company, sixty strong, then stood as follows :
Captain's pay at .96 iod. per diem - ' .2171 17 1
contingent Allowance at Is. 6d. per diem - 117 7 6
lon-ekectrre ditto - - 20 0 0

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Total

£219 4 7

Now, Sir, I beg leave to observe, that the contin-
ent and non-effeetiim allowances (being intended
;r the purpote of reimbursing the Captain for the
pelves attending repair of arms, and all other
sualties) cannot justly be considered as forming a
rt of his income, he is, boisever, rigorously assessed
ith tax for the same, which leaves the present pay
d allowances of a Captain exactly as follows :
r:aptain's Pap at Ifts. 6d. per dit Xl9ll 32 6
Contingent Alitmaaces - 27 7' 6
I'l.n-effective ditto 20 0 0

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Deduct Income-Tat

039 0 0
U )$ 0

£1 5 2 0

Diminution

£4 2 7

Thus, Sir, I trust I have clearly sheen, by the
''se simple statement, which I challenge any one
onfute, that the annual income td a Captain in
Army is less by £4 2s. ', ‘l. than it was eleven
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- AFFAIRS OP ATI* .•
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Private accounts, received by the late entrels fro
Bombay, communicate intelligence efitinneesemplest-
sant nature these not onlyvesifiree
formation, of the edemas of ar oseielit•
ding between the Civil of. ausafthe
-dian Presidencies and thi Military, but add a parti-
cular net generally known in this country, that one
of the Company's regiments had forcibly possessed
itself Of the fort of Maiullpfatarn. The commanding
officer of the regiment is said to have been previously '
placed under arrest by the soldiery. The accounts do
not state whether the fort had been subsequently sur-
rendered by the mutineers, though mentionis made
that, after a vain attempt to divide the regiment, by
ordering small detachments from it, Colonel Mal-
colm had been sent to the northward with concilia-
tory proposals, and had returned to Madras; without
effecting tie purport of his mission. As the imme-
diate circumstances which led to this extraordinary
measure are not very accurately explained, we for-
bear to notice them ; but we think it right to advert
thus generally to the report in circulation, in the ex-
pectation
that the proper authorities in this country,
who have very recent accounts from India, may give
such particulars as are in their possession in respect
to the unfortunate transactions, and relieve the minds
of individuals from great anxiety.
'The obnoxious officers, who were supposed to have
taken an active share in the circulation of
within their respective commands, and who, accord-
ing to foregoing accounts, had been, in consequence,
ordered to the Presidency, for the purpose of taking.,
their passage to Europe, had arrived at Madras s—
and One of 'an officer of distinction and family,
had been sent in close arrest to Poonamalle, the de-
pot of the French and Dutch prisoners. We are ig-
norant of the cause of this seemingly strong measure;
but it certainly does not appear calculated to allay the
ferment in the army, nor very consistent with the po-
licy adopted .in the preceding instance. .
The Governor General had deemed• it necessary,
in this state of things, to address a detached' rder to
the coast army, consisting of 68 manuscript pages,
conveying his sense of the late acts of that body, in
very energetic language. As this paper professed not
to be dictated by any conciliatory spirit, it is net to
be wondered that it was unattended by any'concilia•
tory effect.
Some persons affected to entertain apprehensions
that Holkar and Scindeah, taking advantage of the
present temper of the military, might make a sudden
irruption into the Company's territories. But such a
circumstance, thoughst might, in some respects, •be
deprecated, would be the moaned immediately unit=
ing in a firm bond the parties now unhappily divided,
and of directing their mutual force against the com-
mon enemy: lihwever some of the Company's Offi-
cers may conceive themselves aggrieved by certain
regulations in respect to their allowances and eco-
nomy, we are satisfted that they would exert every
'nerve to retain lie country against the efforts of fo-
reign or' domestic enemies. If we have any fear at
this season, it arises from the possible effect of these
unfortunate differencest on the minds of the native
troops, and the examples they would seem to hold
out ; for it must not be forgotten, that to them we
must principally look for the defence of our Indian ,

Letters from Bombay also mention, that the pi.
rates in the Persian Gulph, owing to the supineness of
the local government in that quarter, had increased to
a most formidable body, and bad carried on their
depredatory warfare with unusual success, and more
than usual barbarity. The Minerva, Hopwood, had
been recently captured, and her passengers and crew
most inhumanly treated. The list of captures was
so extensive, as to force the consideration of the sub-
ject on the attention of the. Bombay Government. A
naval and military forte had in consequence been or-
dered to proceed to the Gulph. Three frigates, with
numerous transports, and a part of the 65th regiment;
;with a detachment of Sepoys and artillery, had been
destined to this service. But the arrangements for
the dispatch of this force to the proposed scene of
action were so slowly prosecuted, that the Monsoon
set in before the expedition sailed from the harbour,
so that the transports were likely to remain in demur-
rage for more than two months. This delay, how-
lifer, will give the Government time to consider of
the adequacy of the force intended to have been em-
ployed to the object in view, and may possibly lead
them to• enlarge
.the scale of the armament. The pi-
rates are stated, in round numbers, at twelve thousand
men.

PEDUTRIAN ?4,vrcu.—Mr. WAN; of Nottingham-
street, undertook, yesterday, for a bet of 100 guineas,
to go from his residence to the Town Hall, at Wind-
sor (23 miles), in three hours. The match was
made on the 22d instant. He started at eight o'clock
in the morning, and arrived at Hounslow (eleven
miles), at 25 minutes past nine. The heaviness of
the roads fatigued him considerably, but he got on
till within a mile of Slough, when he resigned, hav-
ing then three miles to perform in 24 minutes.
Between seven and eight in the evening of Wednes-
day, as the gardener of Hales-place, was going from
Canterbury towards his home, he was stopped near
the Cotton Mill, at Shoal Oak, by six persons, two
of Whom had the appearance of men habited as wo•
men, who after demanding his money knocked him
down, by which his collar-bone was broken, and he
was otherwise severely bruised, and afterwards rifled
his pockets ; but obtaining no booty, as he contrived
to secret his watch. They then left him, and he re-
mained in a state of insensibility for some time, till
on recovery, after passing two soldiers near the gar-
den-gate, he reached his house without further mo-
lestation. _ _

About nine on the same evening as William Oak-
enfold, of Harbledown, wargoing from Canterbury
to the above village, he was overtaken in the field of
Westgate-court, near the cross stiles by a man gen-
teelly dressed in a dark coat and boots, who after
familiarly accosting him, suddenly seized him by the
arm and demanded his money, saying that he must
have. Oakenfold answered he had but a few half-1
pence, but at that moment a carriage approaching
by the road, the robber ran off across the field, and
the darkness of the night prevented any discovery of,
his track.
Monday morning, the house of Mr. Ham. baker,
at Witney, was baoken into, and a considerable quan-
tity of bread and flour stolen therefrom.

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AND,PLYMOUIII-DOCK,PECEMIO se.
.-aaived•the Yarbmausts and CssAR men -of tear.
'hes Flushing ; anckie MittOtitb, of 74 gads, frog
VI% Roads, to victual and refit...Sailedthe
TfIUSA frigate on a cruise.

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Thuesday night last William Powell, a seaman
belonging to the AMETHYST, fell overboard in Ha:
moaze, and was drowned.

.PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 29.

Arrived the ST. GEORGE and HERO men of war ;
GALA, BLOSSOM, and OP/EN GLENDOWER, sloops of war,
from the Eastward ; and 1.10).1;100p of War from the
'Mediterranean. Also-arrived, the following outward
bound, from the Downs—the Recovery, Royal Bri-
scoe, Ewison, Urania, Susan, Edward and Ann,
Hope, Charlotte, and the Champion
DEAL, DECEMBER 29.
, Arrived the Tuissus, of 74 galls, from the East-
ward ; Rosa sloop, from Yarmouth ; RESOLUTION
'hired armed cutter, from Flushing ; Vzsuvms bomb
and HARPY sloop, from Portsmouth ; APELLES and
SHEERWATER sloops, from a cruise; VIRAGO gun-
brig, with a convoy from Ireland.
itsums In rue DowNs.--The Princess of Orange, St. Do
ming*, Marlborough, Audacious. Blake, Aboukir, Courageaux,
and Theseus, of 74 guns ; Agincourt and Monmouth, of 64 guns;
Oyde, Dimes and Jason frigates; Podargus, CastiHon Apelles,
kg" sal Hupp Moor; Vesuvius bomb ;,Forious. and Virago
gun-brigs; Resolution, Betsey, Gambler, Nymphe, Idas (1), and
Countess of Elgin hired armed cutters ; Folkstone hired arme.l
lugger, and Flying-fish hired armed schooner.
Wind W.S. W. strong gale.

LLOYD'S LIST.
• Gitovrstmo, Ditcassaan 29.—Arrived the Woodland Castle,
Freeman, from Oporto.—Sailed the Alice, Lovett, for Lisbon ;
Fame, Sherwood, for Grenada ; Albion, Kidd, for Gibraltar ; and
the Gustav*, Noreluis, for Gottenburgh.
The English brig Sparrow, and seven others, are captured in
'the Archipelago, by the Josephine privateer, and carried into

uonu.
The ?fancy, .----, froth Quebec, is taken and carried into
Haire.
The Deliverance, ---, from New York, is taken and c'arried
fisto Calais.
The Jostitia, —, from Guernsey to Gottenburgli, is, taken
and carried into Dieppe.
The Summer, Hubbard, for Donia, is captured Andcarried into
The Rochdale, Hobby, from Stockholm to London, is put into
Holy Island.
The Fortitude, Highton, from Ireland to London, was driven
on shore in a gale on the 13th October : her masts were cut away
and it was expected she would be got off.
The Wilgangens —, from Carisham, is put into Yarmouth,
full of water, having been span Scroby Sand.
The Pomona, Sinclair, from —, was wrecked on the 15th
ult. near the Orkneys.
The Orion, Vickery, for Virginia, has been taken, retaken, and
arrived at Portsmouth.
The Ann and Mary, of Aberdeen, from New Brunswick, is
abandoned at sea.
The Susannah, Estill, for London, was lost at Dominica, on
the Isth of October.

The Arsino, Grande, from Lisbon to Para, is lost near Pan.
The Marquis of Huntley, —.—, from Gefle to Havre, is lost
Anbolt.

The Volontaire, front Lisbon to Bristol, is taken by a
French privateer.
The Vaynol, Jones, from Stockholm to London, drove on shore
an Sprat Iteeve, sad was burnt by the English. •

SPANISH COLONIES.

HAVANNAS, SLIT. 1809.
MESSRS. LANG AND TURNER.—IR order to Save
many of our countrymen from suffering heavy losses,
I forward to you herewith a copy of a new order, of
the 19th instant, also a copy of the Royal Cedula, to
which it refers.

You will see by this Cedula, that no vessel can enter
without new Negroes; and as there are not any to
be had at this time in the United States, the vessels
must proceed to foreign ports to get them. On their
arrival here, the entry must be made in the Custom-
house ; consequently their entry, or a transcript-
thereof, will be sufficient to produce against them in
the United States, to' convict, provided any evil-dis-
posed person should inform, or prosecute them, after
their return from this city.
I am, Gentlemen, &c. F. C.
RETRACT FROM THE ROYAL ORDER RESPECTING THE
TRADE OF REGROW, DATED ARANRIEZ, THE 22D et

APRIL, 1804.
44 I declare, for the benefit of my subjects, that
the return freight of negroes, which, from their great
scarcity, or for other just cause, they have made
from foreign ports, consisting of implements of hus-
bandry, machines, and utensils for plantations, ex-
pressed in the third Article of the Royal Order of
the year 1794, as well as boards for sugar-boxes,
staves, hoops, and shooks, shall be free from all duty.
The same is also to be understood, when imported
by strangers, together with new negroes, but not
alone.
" Inasmuch as I do hereby prohibit the entrance
of foreign vessels into my ports, even with cargoes,
unless at the same time they carry new Negroes.
64 But it is not permitted, either to Spaniards or
foreigners, to import iron or steel, even of the produce
of Spain, under the pretext of their being necessary
to repair said implements or utensils.
" The Governor, Captain-General and Intendant
of the Royal Hacienda of this island, yesterday, in
Council, decreed—That the foreign vessels now lying
at the anchoring place called Blacer, in this port, and
those to whom entrance has been granted on account
of 'distress, be permitted t I discharge such articles as
are expressed in the Royi.l Order cf the 20th April,
1804. In consequence of which, the consignees will
deliver in a manifest of all their cargoes, or the dis-
patch of such articles as are mentioned in that indul-
gence, which will expire on the 30th April, 1810.
(Signed) " ISLA."
" Havaunah, October 19, 18G9."

It is stated in one of the last American Papers,
that, on the night of the 9th of September, a vessel,
on her passage from Jamaica to Baltimore, felt a
sudden shock which astonished all hands. After some
time, the mate discovered that a large sword-fish had
struck the ship, which was unable to extricate itself,
be'ng fastened in the timbers ; the vessel sprang a
• moderate leak immediately. Length of the fish 25
feet, and seven feet round, by computation, and re-
mained fastened to the vessel six or seven hours, when
it Isiolitoff, apparently dead.

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