Star.
London, England, 1813-05-22 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

Yesterday his Royal Highntss the COMMANDER•IN•
CIIIEF held a Military Levee at the Horse Gnards,
which was attended by the Prince of ORANGE, Gene.
rtd Hlistmee, Lord ROSSLYN, General NEEDHAM,
General PIGGOTT, and General PORTER, on his return
from Spain.
Tuesday the PRINCE REGENT will review those of
the Life Guards now at home, on Wormwood Scrubs.

The 3.1 German Hussars, 800 strong, is at length
ordered for foreign service.
The Blues expect a further augmentation of two
troops.

It is expected that GeneralheusToN of the First
Guards will get the battalion of the 60th, vacant by
the death of General WEIETIIAM.

Major WA RRE, Aid-de-Camp to Marshal BERES-
voIt% is appointed Deputy Adjutant-General at the
Cape of Guod Hope, with the rank of Lieutenant-
Colonel.

Letters from Lisbon, by the last Mail, state, that
General GRAHAM had quitted Lisbon for head-quar-
ters. The horses of the British cavalry, according
to advices from Oporto, had been sent to Braga, and
were to be distributed in the province of Minn°, for
the purpose of foraging in that favourable situation.
The sickness in the army had greatly abated.
The 67th regiment has proceeded from Carthagena
to join Sir Joim MURRAY'S army at Alicant : but it
is cavalry which that army wants most ; they have
only 800.

Watteville's fine regiment, 1,200 strong, has been
sent to Sir GEORGE PREVOST.

The Guards are at Oporto, where the Hon. Gene-
ral HOWARD commands them. Baron Bocx, com-
mander of the cavali y, had likewise his head-quarters
there when our letters left Lisbon. The presence of
the guards and cavalry, with the elegant hospitality
of the Governor, Sir N. TRANT, made Oporto ex-
ceedingly gay.
The depot of the I lth Light Dragoons, upon their
arrival from Lisbon, is to be established at Cork.

Yesterday two troops of Oxfordshire Yeomanry
tavalry, commanded by Captains STRATTON and
BOWLES, commenced permanent duty in Oxford.
Monday last the Ist regiment of Oxfordshire Local
Militia, under the command of Colonel Lord FRANCIS
SPENCER, was inspected at \Vitney by Major-Ge:ieral
CHESTER. The General paid the Commanding Of-
ficer the highest compliments on the soldier-like ap-
pearance of the regiment.

A detachment of the Kin's German 'Legion has
been brought to Dover from Plymouth, to pin the
Depot at Bexhill.
The Berkshire Militia has arrived at Coik from
"Plymouth.
The North Mayo Militia and the Brunswick
Hussars arrived on Sunday at.B:istol, from Cork.
The Pembroke Militia has been landed at Li-
verpool.
The Monaghan Militia has arrived at Plymouth
from Cork.

At a General Court-Marshal, held at Fort Royal,
Martinique, on the 16th November, 1812, and con-
tinued by adjournments to the 19th of the same
month, Lieott•nant JOHN M'QuAram, of the Ist be.-
talion of the 63d regiment, WAs arraigned upon the
under mentioned charges, viz. •
First .—For conduct highly disgraceful and unbecoming the
character of an Officer and a Gentleman, in appearing at the
church paraee of the regiment on 'unday the 27th of September,
3812. in a wale of intoxication.

Second.—For conduct highly disgraceful and unbecoming the
character of an Officer, in being drunk when fur the duty of Or-
derly Subaltern of the day on Sunday, the 27th Septembet, 1812,
having then named in regimental orders for the said duty the
day before.
He ♦vas found guilty on both charges, and sen-
tencedto be cashiered.
A Return of the Casualties of the different regi-
ments of the British Army, distinguishing each
regiment, and cavalry from infantry, from the 25th
of December, 1811, to the 25th of December, 1812,
specifying the date of the latest Returns, has just
been printed, by order of the House of Commons :
the subjoined are the general results :
Deaths - - - • 14,752
Discharges - - 3,567
Desertions - - • 5,837
waken prisoners, or missing 2,531
Total --26,687.

Three privates of a British Regiment of Ligbt
Drai.toons lately deterted to the enemy, and, after
giving them all the information in their power, they
compelled them to return to the British lines, where,
upon their arrival, they were tried by a Court-martial,
and sentenced to be shot, which was carried into exe-
cution against two of them.

An American sailor, lately taken in the Ametican
schooner Revenge, by the BELLE POOLE, cf 36 guns,
being about to be sent to Mill-Pi ison, was discovered
to Le a woman. She said she had worn men's cloaths
these three years. She was examined, and sent to the
Hospital to be clothed. The account she gives of
herselt is as follow:: Going coastways with her
master, misiress, and family, about three years since,
the vessel was wrecked, and all on board perished,
except herself. She was naked, and finding the dead
body of one of the seamen lying on the land, she con-
ceived the idea of dressing herself in man's apparel,
and then begged her way as a shipwrecked seaman
to the nearest seaport. She got relieved, and also got
employment as a landsman on board a vessel, and
from thence into the Revenge schooner, on breaking
out of the war. She says, her share of prize-money
' wages is about 200 dollars. She wishes to be
'come to her native country, which, it is hoped,
be granted Ler.—She has a comely face, sun-
, as well as her hands; and appeared, while in
clothes, a decent, well-looking young man.

LAID LIMLLIC.ENCE.

COURT OF CHANCERY.
LORD AND LADY PRIMEVAL v. PHIPPS.

At the rising of the VICE-CHANCELLOR yesterday,
an Injunction was moved for to restrain the defendant
fmm publishing certain letters stated to be in his pos-
session, as coming from the Noble plaintiffs, and
which the defendant stood charged with having in his
newspaper announced his intention'of cothmunicating
to the public without authority from the plaintiffs.
The bill was verified by the plaintiffs' affidavits, and
the Injunction was granted.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, MAY 21.
SELWYN v ROYAL EXCHANGE COMPANY.

Mr. Set jeant SHEPHenD, on a former day, obtained
a Rule in this case, to show cause why the verdict for
the plaintiff should not he set aside and a new trial
granted, or judgment declared in favour of the defen-
dants. It appeared that two policies of insurance had
been efficted on a vessel bound from Ramsgate to St.
Michael's, for a cargo of fruit. The outward-bound
insurance was for £5OO, and the homeward for £3OO.
The vessel departed on her voyage, and having ar-
rived at St. Michael's was there confiscated, in conse-
quence of which an action had been brought on the
cutward.bound policy of insurance. The present
Rule had been obtained on the grounds that the ship
had violated the Navigation Laws, which enacted that
no vessel should bring fruit from Spain, Portugal, or
the Azores without a crew, the three-fourths of
which should be British subjects, under penalty of
confiscation. The ship under consideration being
Norwegian-built and ma toted by Danes, had trans-
gressed against the Navigation Act, and therefore we
underwriters were not entitled to pay.
Mr. Setjeaat LENS contended that the Adt was
solely directed against the homeward voyage, when
the fruit would be on board ; tnerel.re the plaintiff
had a right to recover, seeing that he had only been
accused of having an illegal act in contemplation, for
the acqon had been confined to the insurance on the
outward-bound voyage.
Mr. Serjeant SHEPHERD maintained that the infrac-
tion of the navigation commenced with the voyage,
for the charter-party had been made but for the whole
voyage.
Mr. Serjeant BEST supported the Rule, and said
that the Act required the vessels to be British-built,
whereas the ship in question was Norwegian-built.
Mr. Serjeant LENS said he conceived that if the
vessel had British owners it mattered not in what
country she was built.
Their Lordships desired Mr. Serjeant Lews"to take
the last point into his serious consideration, for it would
be n-cessary to have its merits discussed before judg-
ment could be given.

socikTr FOR PROPAGiII ING CHRISTIAN
KN6IVI EDGI- IN THE HIGHLANDS AND
ISLANDS OF SCOTLAND.

Thursday a Meeting of this noble Institution was
held at the Albion Tavern, Aldersgate-street, when
about 300 sat down to dinner, his Royal Highness the
Duke of KENT in the Chair, supported on his right
by Lrrd Dust)As, and on his left by the Earls of ,
BREADALBANE and CRAWFORD, along with severat.l
Clerzymen of the Churches of Scntland and England.
His Royal Highness feelingly pointed out the
blessings and advantages of education in the remotest
parts of Scotland, paid a high compliment to the Scottish
nation, and .tlluding to the Regiment he commands,
namely, the Scots Royals, remarked, that though
many corps could boast of education, yet none could
have a greater pride in this respect than this pArticu-
hr Regiment. That he had always marked the
steadiness, order, and valour of the Scottish s, ldier—
that religion exalted a nation, and the soldier would
find, in the hour of danger, infinitely more consola-
tion from it, than from the din of arms.

His Royal Highness sat down amidst unbounded
applause, after giving as a toast—

" The Ki x o—Goo bless him, and may be speedily be restored
to his subjects and his family."

His Royal Highness again rose, and after stating
that the Society had 16,000 children under education,
forcibly appealed to the benevolence of the company,
and gave the following toast :

" May the Children of the North obtain the hi,;9l character of
their Fathers, fur their Valour and their Virtues."

(Sioutt of ifisplause.)
His Royal Highness then gave—
" Lord BREADALHANa, and the other landholders of Snot-
land, under whom Schools were established"

Laird BKEADALBANE, in returning thanks, bore
testimony to the high utility of the Schools in the
Highlands. Education rendered the Highlander in-
dustrious, loyal, and happy.
_ . _

The health of Lord rititsDAs r,)llnwed. His Lord-
ship declared how greatly the Orkneys had benefited
by Schools; and, with much animation, added, that
he was born a Scotsman, and gloried in the name.
His Royal Highness then gave—

" The Mioistero Cif the Kirk ofScotland."

" The Land of Cakes; and may the Rose, Bhantroch, and
Thistle entwine theniz:elves, and grow together, u long as vege-
t.o.on shall fructify the earth."

This toast WAS drank with great enthusiasm. Se-
veral other appropriate toasts followed.
There was a liberal subscription in aid of the be-
nevolent views of the Society, and Thanks were voted
to the Bishop of SA tasnuity, for his late able Sermon
in aid of the Institution.

Furc.—The valaable estate of Wa!ter Henkins,
Esq. at Old Store, was burnt co the ground, together
with two ont-liouse.s, a barn and stabling, on Wednes-
day sc'nnight ; a milk cow and lbur pigs fell victims
in the destructive element. The accident was occa-
sioned by a quantity of straw, &c. catching fire at
midnight in the barn. An elderly man, a footman in
the family, perished in the flames. Property to the
amount of £30,000 was lost. '

Cross started in his great race of 100 miles last
night, at twelve o'clock, on Sunbury Common ; and
Rainer, at one this morning. Notwithstanding the
known judgment of Captain BARCLAY in training his
man, the odds were as high as seven to four, and
two to one, on Rainer, at starting. No sporting
event li.:s ever excited so much curiosity since the
great Barclay match. Hundreds were at the start,
and would remain all night ; and this day every de.
scription of vehicle was engaged, from the barouche
to the dust-cart.—The winner is backed to do the
match in eighteen hours.

Saturday last, as a little girl, about nine years of
ate, was .gathering flowers on the banks of the Exe,
she fell in, and was unfortunately drowned : a New-
foundland dog plunged in to rescue her, and had ac-
tually got hold of her, but being alarmed, he lost his
hold, and she sunk.

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