Star.
London, England, 1812-02-06 00:00:00

NAVAL. APPOINTMENTS.

Captain Browne to the Christian VII. which is to be the flag
ship of Rear-Admiral Durham.
Captain Shortland to the'Hannibal.
Lieutenant Sattorious, from the Caledonia, to be =lag Com-
mander of the Minstrel.

Lieutenants Hurd, Chapman, Benlfanr, and Pickmore, from
the Temeraire, to the Royal George.
lieutenant Holt, from the Temeraire to the Blossom.
Lieutenant Prince, from Vdle de Paris, to be let of the Rodney.
Lieutenart Richardson, from Rodney, to be lit of the America.
lieutenant Ph:pps, ftum the Blossom to the Temeraire. •
Four Lieutenants from the Royal George, to theTemeraire.
Lord Algernon Percy is made a Lieutenant, and arpointed to
the Trident, and thence to be removed to the Caledonia.
Lieutenant Dobree, to the Victory.
lieutenant Evans, to the Alonzo.
Lieutenant Boynton, to the North Star.
Lieutenant Luke, to the Christian VII.
Lieutenants Roberts and Stone, to the Jasper.
Lieutenant !noes, to the Queen.
Mr. Burn, Matter, to the Poletlers; Mr. Nidern, Master, to
the Latona ; Mr. Watson, Ma,ter, to the Hannibal; Mr. Bates,
Master, to the Impregnable; and Mr. Mansfield, Muter, to
the Jasper.
Mr. D. Sparshntt, of the flirted, -to be Purser of Conqueror.
Nlr. J. Wilcox, late, Purer of the Viretra, to the 11-gard. ,
Mr. Morgan, Surgeon, front Temeraite, to the Royal George.
Mr. Gut hi Ic, Surgeon, front the Rodney, to the Temeraire.
Mr. Girvan, surgeon, tram the Royal George, to the Rodney.
Mr. Isloo:, Surgeor, from the Centaur, to the Blake.
Mr. Foweil, Surgeon, to the Centaur.
; Mr. Proctor, Surgeon, from the Bustard, to the Imperieuse.
Mr. MtGee, As,iteatat-Surgeon, from the Hospital, to be Sur-
geon of the Bustard.
Mr. Burnside, Assistant-Surgeon, from the Ville de Paris, to
the Temeraire.
Mr. Waightman, Assistant-Surgeon, from the Teineralte, to
the Ville de Pat is.

The Rev. Wall, to be Chaplain of the Centaur.
Captain B.itiie, R. M. frem Terreraire, to Royal) C.:eorge.
attain Boys, R. M. from Royal George, to Temeraite.
it uter.ant Hunt, R.M. tram Tenter:Ore to Undauntest.
Liertenac Burr, K. NI. from Undaunted to Tenterate.

THE ARMY.

COPY OF A CIRCULAR TO PAYM ASTERS OF REGIBIDITS OR

MILITIA.
" Office of Military Accounts, Dec. ii, tell.
" consequence of a communication received from t'•e
S cietary at War, we have to apprise you, that in cases v 'acre
the Pay of Boy R...,:ruits enlisted for the Militia untie:- the Act

of :he 51st of the K ar, cap. Ln. shall have been irsued ar One
Shilling per diem each, instead of Ten.per.ce, the 51111 C will
allowed ap to the tire when the ()Lacers ccottnanclicg the Curps
or the Parties with wl kh the toys were a...tiened,
respectively received the ti:-st of the 11ate
for Boys havln; b,A n :act at 'renitence a day.—We arc, &..z.

(Signed) "M. YAVFAUX. J. STUART. L. ::::LIVAL."

Lieutenant-Co!onel N‘ram X M•LEOD is about to
leave the command of the 41.11 battalion, to prov.cd.
to take charge tfti.e 2d at Musa!: patam, East
Lieutenant-Colonel MULLER comes licrrw fiont the
`Sd in Portugal, to succeed Lieotenat.t-Coliwl
Alnc-
Lt on, in the command of the 4th.
Majors FRASER from the .1.1, and CAMPBELL. Font
the 4th, go also to India ; and the gallant Captain
SEEWART, who behaved so by awl).- at Talaret a, when
by the side of the late General hl,lckeztE, to shorn
he was Aid-de-camp when the General unfortunately
received his death-wound in that affair, returns to the
Sd battalion at Pottugal.
Friday morning detachment. of the 17th and 21th
regiments of infant:l marched from Maldon barracks,
under the command of Lientenant-Colonel Frresne-
moxos, for the puipose of embarking for the East
Indies. That of the 24th regiment consisted entirely
of youths and boys, selected for the purpose.

The General Officers who were to go to Portugal
in the GRAMPUS, have been moved to the MeLPo-
ItIENE frigate, which got under weigh from Ports-
mouth yesterday morning.
Major-General MACKINNON, who lately fell at the
head of his brigade, in the storming of Ciudad
Rodrigo, was f I one of the most ancient families of
Scotland, being a younger son of the late W. Mao-
KINXON, Esq. who was the representative of the
younger branch of the La'rds of Mackinnon, which
branch became the elder about two years ago, by
the extinction of the other. He entered into the Cold-
stream Regiment of Guards at an early age, and
served his first camp sign in Holland, under the Duke
Of YORK, and was aflerwards Brigade-Major to Ge.
neral Nucevr, during the rebellion in Ireland. This
gallant Officer was often praised for his conduct in
tee different actions with the rebels. He was in the
expedition to Egypt. In the year 1305 he served with
his t %intent in Germany, and at Conenhagen in 1807.
At the end of 18d8 he embarked for the Peninsula,
where no action was fought under Lord Wm.-
: LiNErrox in which his name was not mentioned
with the highest praise in the dispatches. 'f ie Ge-
neral married, in 1804., the youngest daughter of Sir
J CALL, Bart. who, wth two infant children, has to
dcplore the loss of the best of husbands.
The storming party which cartiod Fort Francisco.
five days before the capture of Ciudad Rodrigo, eon-
' slated of Captains CRAMPTON, MITCHELL, and TRA•
yeas's companies of Riflemen, two companies cf the
4.lid, two crmpanies of the 52d, and Colonel Ei.DC:'.'S
Portuguese regiment. Between eig!it and nine
o'cloc'k, on the night of the 14th ult. tiley moved ea
in silence, and without being observed until within
j fifty yards of the place : the enemy opene I a (bead-
' ful fire of guns and musketry, but nothing could
Withstand the gallarnry of the soldiers—they rushed
in, in all ei.rections, without wieting for laaderg, and
Fort Francisco was in our possess.on in less toan 20
minutes.

Anr,ng the late arrivals from Portugal are M:4joe
GREGORY, of the 44th regiment, with Lientcnaitts
SAUNDERSON and BURNEY, f the sure reg ment.—
We understand .they are returned on the recruiting
service, and the Major is to take the comm.snd of the
depot, which has lately been removed from Hereford
to Horsham, in Sussex. Frcm the well-known teal

of these Officers it is generally expected, that in the
emit se of a few months the '2d battalion of [tut fine -
r g rnent, at present in PI rtugal, under the command
of the I-1,.n. Colonel CAttutos, will be made as tifec-

five as the first battalion, st hich has long been deem-
ed one of the finest regiments in the Mediterranean.
Saturday morning, the Inverness Militia marched
from Fenton barracks, near Gosport, to Portchester
Castle, to do duty over the French prisoners there,
sr:lich lately bccn done by detachments from

fercr.r regiments. This tine regiment has been up-
wards of two years in the gatmon at Gosport, and
have conducted themselves with the greatest pro-
priety. They arc a remarkably fine budy of men,
and their departure is very much reb►retted by the
inhabitants uf the garrison.
The public will learn with regret that Major-Ge-
renal WlLualu BALFOUR died at Frederictown, New
Brunswick, on the 2cl of December, in the 53d year
of his age and 37th of h:s service. He entered the
57th Regitnent is the year 1775, served with it in
America, and continued in the same regiment till his
death. He formed the lit battaiun of that corps,
which so nobly maintained the honour of the British
arms at the battle of Albuera. He has left three

lossorph.an daughters in Ncw lituntwick. to lament his

The great and good Joviu.axos is no more_•-he
died of fatigue at Vera, a miserable sea-port in Gat.
licia, where he had landed to take refuge from the
persecutions of the enemies of his beloved country.
Thote who are acquainted with his character as a
philusophcr and patrio., wil regard his death as equal
to a victory obtained by the enemy—.

Civil' erat qut libera poser,
V. rba aaimi pruferrr, et vitam impendere vers.

Monday came on before the High Coin t of Ind.
ciary, at Edinburgh, the tri.tl of Jam: Lindsay Cram.
ford, and James !freaky; accused of forg ng certain
deeds relative to the titles and estates of the Earldom
of Crawford. The result of the trial was not known
whetiour accounts came away. •
The BARONS of EXCURQUNR in Scotland have re-
fused to grant a new trial on the motion of the Com-
missioners of the Customs, on the subject of the long
pending question of t}.e bounty of It per yard on
printed goods, split after coming out of the loom.—
The liw of the question is now understood us be
set I,d, and the decision of the barons has given much
satisfaction to the manufacturing interest.