Star.
London, England, 1809-02-11 00:00:00

Colonel GORDON examined.

He went into a statement of Major Tonyn's ap-
pointment, and read the recommendations transmitted
to the Commander in Chief in favour of him and
Lieutenant Tonyn, which were signed by their father, I
Gen. Tonyn, whom Col. Gordon stated to be a very I
old officer. Capt. Tonyn had served 24. years, 14 of
which had been employed abroad. When Gen. Tonyn'
applied for the promotion of his sons, he was Colonel of j
the regiment in which he wished for their advance- I
ment. At the time Captain Tonyn was promoted,
an augmentation of the army, to the amount of 50
battalions, had taken place ; and the officers promoted
were taken according to seniority from the list of re-
commendations, 53 of whom were advanced to Ma-
jorities at the same time with Captain Tonyn, only
six of whom were senior to him. In the Gazette
which announced his promotion, 200 officers were also I
named. Colonel Gordon went through an account
of the usual routine of military advancement, and
the recommendations necessary for that - purpose.
The lists in which the names of the recommended i
officers were placed, he endeavoured to keep as
secret as possible, but still in so very extensive a
concern he admitted the possibility of public inspec-
tion
at times. The money arising from the sale of
Commissions does not pass through the hands, nor is
it subject to the controul, of the Commander in I
Chief. During the last three years, the average an-1
nual amount of money received by purchase was
above 400,0001. He never knew the Duke of York
to take any list out of his pocket, and place it above
the list of regularly recommended names • and in all
the military promotions at the War Office since he
served the Duke of York, he never kne* any one
which did not take place on strict and regular recom-
mendation. He accounted for the letters C. L. ap-
pearing in italics. upon some of the lists noted for
promotion, by saying they merely meant Colonel
Lorraine, who was one of his coadjutors in office.
Of late many Ensigns had been promoted to the
line from the Militia both of Great-Britain and Ire-
land. Those who were advanced from Ireland were
recommended by the Commander in Chief in that
country. The second son of General Tonyn had
been advanced by purchase ; he did not believe his
services had been so great as those of Major Tonyn,
the eldest son. He thought if the name of-Major
Tonyn had been omitted in the list, and then placed
there by the Duke of York, that he would remember
and notice the circumstance. The Duke, he admit-
ted, did attend to applications made by Colonels of
Regiments relative to the advancement of Officers in
their regiments, upon proper grounds being stated.
The principal interrogators of this witness were, the
CHANCELLOR of the E.R4HRQUER, Mr. YORKE Lord
FOLKESTOATEt Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY, Mr. LAVIES
GIDDY, and Mr. WILVERFORM
After Colonel GORDON had withdrawn,
The CHAIRMAN reported progress, and obtain-
ed leave to sit on Monday next ; in consequence of
which, a disarrangement of the motions noticed for
next week was occasioned. After a short conversa-
tion on this snbject, it was agreed, that

. Lord HttIRT Perm's motion relative to the Convention Id
Cintra should be deferred to Tuesday next.
Mr. PoNsoxavi, on the Spanish CiMpaign, to Friday.
Mr. Worraatan's, on our American Relations, to Tuestl3l,
following.
Mrs. Shaw, Mrs. Clarke, Mr. Donovan, Mr. Rus-
sel Manners, and several other witnesses were sum.
rnoned to attend the Committee on Monday.
The following are the Names of the Committee appointed to
inquire into the abuses of East-India patronage :
Mr. Perceval—W. Morton Pitt. N. vstosaurt, B. 13:ichur .
W. Wilberforce, G. Tierney, W, W. Bootle, Henry Banks,
Whitbread, T. Pym, C. Yorke, -- Barham, Abercroe.
bie, C. Wynne, and W. Elliott, Esqrs.—Fire were ordered to L
a quorum, and the Committee was ordered to sit from time to
time, and to remove from place to place, and to send fa ptrsos.,
papers, and records.
Adjoarned at Ralf-past Two.

THE EVENING STAR,.

LONDON.

SATTJRDAY, FEBRUARY 11.
PRICE OF STOCKS TaIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK
3 per Cent. Consols; money, 671—for Feb. 611.
Omnium 1 # prem,—,Exchequer Bills 12s to 14s. pre.

A vessel, the Eliza, Lsacit, has arrived from Lisbon, wiati
port she left on the 29th ult. The British troops there w sre all
embarked; but whether the detachment which had proc;.ed-1 to
the Eastward under General MACKENZIL had arri‘,..l -,ve have
not learnt. No fears, however, were entertain' d of tire
force effecting their retreat without any molestation.
A vessel has also arrived from Cadiz. On the 2!t!t :at. co
English troops had arrived there, nor was it known that any Br
tjsh force was to be received into the fortress. Noir! of the
enemy's troops had appeared in that neigbbrerbood, and (very
thing was quiets They wen• busy in improving and sitenzthet.
ing the works for the defence of the place.
. We have received Portuguese Papers to the £9ll. cit. Th,:y
are filled with statements copied from the Spanish Paper;,
respect to the Patriotic A.rmi,s in Spain ; wh,chhavv bees -..k.-a.!y
given. The Portuguese seem also determined to make ar.cthw
stand against the French. Their Papers are partly Elltd up with
voluminous Proclamations,

We are desired to state that.tha 'Welsh regiment of Militia,
alluded to in our paper pf Thursday last, a; having sehscri;:xl
one hundred pounds for the relief of our troop; returned fr;,77;
Spain, is not the Denbigh, but the Royal Cardigan at
present quartered at Deal.
Monday marched into Maidstone from Portsmouth, a e;vii'r,
of the Ist and ad battalions of the First Guards, just arrived from
Spain, which rriarched•agalit on Tuesday morning for chathun
Barrack:.

The 1 nth Light Dragoons, which, according to a prior arrane !.
ment, were destined for Canterbury, have been since ordered t;
the inland district, and are to be stationed at Weeley Barrack:.
in Northamptonshire, for which place the depot squadron is now
on its march from Dorchester. This arrangement is judicious!y
made, as well tp give repose to the men as to recruit their hors..,
of which, few, if any, were brought off from Corunna.
The Ocean, the only one of the transports with troops from tit
westward, has ruched the Downs. She landed the sick of seve•
ral regiments at Deal, which were conveyed to the military hos-
pital ; and afterwards proceeded to Rarnsgate harbour.
The Northumberland Regiment of Militia are gone from Battle
to Winchelsea Barracks.

Thursday the Rosshire Militia ma.rch,ed from Chelmsford :a
Woodbridge.
A gentleman is arrived in town who left Flsireur ea the G h
ult. ; be states that a courier bad reached Elsineur the day bef,,re
troth Stoelcholm, who reported that the King of SrettaN was mak-
ing the most eigorot;s exertions in raising fresh levies, in orde•: t.)
curry on the war with effect against R.O ssia.These preparations were
making, notwithstanding rise Emperor ALEXANDER had renewed
his proposals for peace, to which the King, with his accustomed
firmness, had refused to listen.

Thursday night last, one of the Leith salmon vessels bringin7,
fish to the London market, was driven on shore upon the No
sand, when a Lady, her two daughters, and a female servant, and
several men, peris:ied,
The DILICANT storeship, Mr.B. TURNYB, Master, of 14 gors
and 35 men, arrived at Deptford from Halifax. Qn the 30th
pecember fell in with a large French privateer of 18 guns and
ISO men, when, after a close actinn of nearly two boon, she
made sail, and, with her sweeps, got dear off. The Pri.zoi.Nr
sailing very heavy, could not prevent her escape, but was the
means of saving five merchant-vessels whkh were round them
Three which she took under her protection, viz. the Mary Ann,
--, from St. Thomas's ; the Clioic.e, and He.nry,
from Quebec : the other two, names unknown. The DttiorNT
had four men wounded during the action.
PLYMOUTH, FEB. 9.—Came in the BOMBAY, of 74 guns, frcm

the Eastward : she is bound to Falmouth to take some of fbe Spa.
nish Junta to Cadiz. A trza NDRIA, of 98 guns, from the Eat-
ward. Came in the Rose in June, from Rye, bound to Lyming-
ton, with beans—driven down Channel by a gale at E.S.E.
Ptsstotyrn-Doca, Fra. 9.—The sev,:re gale, mentioned it
my letter of yesterday, subsided soon after sun-set, without doitg
much mischief. A sloop has received some damage in her bot-
tom by striking on the shore near Mount %Vise, and a brig is or.
shore at the other side of the harbour, near Mount Fdgeombe
beach, but there are hopes of getting her off. Arrived the
ComET, of 36 guns, Captain DAL r, and the CvcKcoo scboonr,
from a cruise.

PuaTsmourn, Fla. 10.—Arrived his Majesty's ship la LOIP.r,
from Cadiz and Lisbon, with mails; and the Admiral Nelsc::,
from Leith, far Jamaica.—Wlnd S. W. blows fresh.
Doren, Fee. 10.—The Pappenburg hoy, Two Brothers, Cap.
tain SPANDERMAN, was driven on shore in the Gale on We‘lcs-
day night near Dymchurch, and is totally lost, as is her cargo cf
salt, the Crew were saved.—His Majesty's Slop BEAGLE, Capt.
Newcomer, captured yesterday off Calais And sent her in hero
this day, the Brig le HAZARD laden with Coal, Tar, and Tallow,
bound to Havre. Wind S.S.W. and blows hard with rain.
Drat., Frs. 10.—Arrived the THRASHER and GALLANT gun
brigs, and.BeActe sloop, from a cruize off the Coast of Franc,.
Sailed the SKYLARK sloop, and Rots.* brig, on a cruize cif
Flushing.

Hisawieu, Frs. 10.—Sailed this day the Lady Neyean, Ca:-
tain 1-Ltstrausto„ with mails and passengers for Heligoland ; and
the King George, Captain SANDERS, with mails and passenger:
for Guttenburgh. Two vessels have arrived from the coast of
Holland, the master of one of them reports he has been five tittles
ckaced by a schooner privateer of eight guns.
Glt AvEnmp, Fga. 10.—Sailed the John and 'Thomas, Nickol-
son ; and the Caractacus, Weldon, for Malt).
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DM/ R 7-LA Nv. Thursday evening a New Farce, or, as it was
called in the Play-bill, a Comedy of two acts, wa4 performed at
this Theatre, intitled " The Uncomic-lout Counterfeit." It is a light
and•sprightly trifle, turning altogether upon equivqt:e, was repeated
last night and favourably received.
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The Masquerade at the Opera-house, on Thursday nigtt, was
numerously attended. The variety of humour was infinite; and
a plentiful supper made the whole go off with spirit.
In the Court of King's Bench, on Thursday, a Sheriff's Officrr
of the name of Lamb, was sentenced to onE year's imprisonme:
for illegal conduct in the matter of arrest.
The Court deferred pronouncing sentence upon Alerincier
Davison, convicted of defrauding Goverment, until next Term.
Mr. Curroan moved to put off the trial instituted, ex 0fi.;09
against Mr. Finnerty, and produced an affidavit by the defend:Lit
that Mr. Dennis Hogan (late Major Hogan) was a material wit-
ness, that he had gone to America on, family business, but had
sured, the defendant that he would return by March next. Tu.
Court consented, that if the defendatit would amend the affidavit,
by stating, that he believed this assurancesof Major Hogan, the
trial might be put off till March next.
Three out of the four Twenty Thousand Pound Prizes in the
last I.ottery were sold in shues, and, from the great demand al-
ready experienced during the short period of the delivery of
Tickets front the Bank of England, it is highly probable Ticketi
will be sCSS each before the wheel goes routed, the price they
were between the third and fourth day of drawing last Lau ry.
There are only 18,500 Tickets for sale in the present Lotzei
1,500 Tickets being given by the Contractors on the first and sc-
cond day of drawing.

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