Star.
London, England, 1807-10-27 00:00:00

DISTRIAITION OF PRIZE MONEY.

The Sar.,ctn fur the Catharina, captured May 16, 1806, was
raid yetterday, on board, or at No ay, High-ftreet, Portfmouth;
and will :c :here recall:d on Mondays and Thurfdays for three
months.

The Pegatus, TAmot., from Newfoundland, for
Grenada, is cap•nred and carried into Gtiadaloupe.
An American (hip arrived at Southampton a few
days ago, laden with Spanifh wool.

Tut fday night, the brig Concordia, of Tonningen,
on her paffage frlm Leghorn to Dublin, richly laden
with unwrought filk, cotton, mat ble, indigo, nil, &c.
was wrecked off the Saltees ; the crew conti.ted of
perfons, of whom the Captain and one man unfortu•
nately perillsed. The veffel having intiantly gone to
pieces, only a few articles which floated on chore,
out of the whole valuable cargo, have been Caved.

Captain WORSLRY is appointed to the command
of the INTRBPID, of 64 guns, at Portfmouth.
Mr. Tflomas Flue ts (late of the C' &R, and fon
of Jos( pit FERRIS, Efq an Alderman of Truro) has
been appointed by Lord Mutoitava a Lieutenant on
board his Majetty's fhip CHITA UR, 74, CRIA.WE B EBY,
Rear Admiral Sir Samuat. HOOD'S (hip, now to the
Baltic.

On Thurfday Taft, at Margate, a hidden and un-
expeCted ftorm of wind from the S. W. came on
about four o'clock, and blew with fuch violence,
that feveral pie afure boats, which were catching
whitings, were driven to fea ; in one of which were
Mr. S.slter, the Surgeon of the Infirmary, and ano
tiler perf in. They were picked up at eleven o'clock
at night. by a fishing fmack, who having loft all her
fails in the (form; was drifted fo near Mr. Salter's
boat, that they fortunately difcovered it juft as it was
finking, being nearly full of water ; they regained
the (bore abnut one o'clock another was brought in
at to;
o, and another not till morning, all fafe.
The Brighton Herald of Saturday contains the
following hatement Thurfde; tail we expeti-
enced a dreadful hurricane ; the wind, which had
been due north the greateft part of the day, on a
fudden veered round to the fouth eaft : the princi-
pal part of the Ming boats were at tea at the time
the gale came on, and were obliged to, make the
neareß fhore they could, and of them (one excep-
ted) arrived fafe—fome at Itottingdean, others at
Seaford and Hove. About eight o'clock the beach
was lined with perfons of every defcription. The
boat Sophia; Samuel Carden mailer. was upfet be
tween the Eaft Groin and Coomb Rocks, and we are
lorry to.relate, that one of the meet, named Natha.
aid Harman, unfortunately periflied ; Carden, and
Simon Harman, nephew Of. the deceafed, fared
themfelves by getting on the bottom of the boat, by
which means they reached the fhore, in a weak and
feeble flare ; but medical of ffance being immediately
prr.tured, they were fool, recovered. The boat,
which was nearly new, was completely dialled to
pieces againft the rocks. The unfortunate fufferer
has left a wife and (even children to lament his lots."
Yefterday morning a fire happened in a part of the
chemical laboratories at Apothecaries' Hall, occa-
tined by the breaking by accident of a large bottle,
Containing ethereal fpirit of vitriol, oppofite a fur-
nace. One of the labourers was dreadfully burnt,
and is now in Bartholomew's Hofpital. The fire, by
pronipt affillance and a plentiful fupply of water, was
very Coon put out.

A !hocking accident occurred on the 3d infant, at
Chapelwells, near Cupar•Fift. A boy of the name of
Brunton, aged 13, imprudtntly put in his pocket a
confiderable quantity of gunplwdei, very improperly
left in a quarry by fotne labourers who had been
blowing up none:. The boy aftertvards throwing
fome powder into a fire which he had made in the
fields, a (park communicated to that in his pocket,
and the explofion occalioned his death ilia that time
after, in excruciating agonies.

ARMY;

The North Hants militia have marched into Pip

The fecond regiment nt 'Laricafhire militia are
upon their'march for Hull from Liverpool.
Mcnday, the fecond battalion of Itrxburghfhire
volunteer infantry, under the command of Lieutenant
Colonel Sir J. B. RIDDELL, marched into quarters at
Kelfc; for fourteen days.

The following is the number of Volunteers into
the line, from the different regiments of dur-
ing the time of their being quartered at Kull, viz.—
rfl York 54.. Suffer 262—and Cumberland 8o
—Total 396. Three of the Hull and Sculcnstes
Volunteers, have alto volunteered into the line, fince
returning from Scarborough.
The Soutb and Middle Holdernefs Volunteers,
commanded by Major MISTER, marched from
Hednn on Sunday ft nnight, where they have been
upon permanent duty far 14 days. This corps mut-
tered very flrong, and acquitted themfelves through.
out in a very creditable manner, and highly to the
fatisfaelon of the infpe9ing officer.
Wednefday the Cupar Volunteer Infantry returned
from St. Andrews, where they had been ten days on
permanent duty. The officers have returned their
bet thanks to the Magifirates, Clergy, and inhabi.
tants of that city, for their uncommon politenefs and
friendly attention to the regiment during their Ray
tkere.

The following is a copy of a letter to his Grace
the Duke of MARLBOROUGH, from L'srd HAWK ES
BURY, One of his Majelly's Principal Secretaries of
State—The letter is circular :
Whitehall, Odober 20, 1837.
MY LORD—The great and obvious advantages to the public fcr •
vice, which mull neceltirily refult from completing the new levies
for the Militia with the utmoft poffible difpatch. induces me to
call your Grace's attention to this important fubjed.
Although the Legifiature, with a view of preventing, as much
as poffible, the bardfirp which would naturally be felt from a bal-
lot for thefe levies taking place upon imperfect lifts of perfuns
liable to ferve4has thought fit to fandion an extenfion of the pe-
riod of three months within which the county quotas were origi
nally required to be railed, in lonic cafes to four, and in others to
five months ; and although it has been provided that th• nenalty
of 6:I. per man for every man of fuch quotas remaining .1: fieient,
(hall not attach until the expiration of loch ex:ended periods, yet
it is apprehended that few inftances wilt occur where the due ex
ertions of the Deputy Lieutenant's, and of tha Officers by whnfc
affiltance the provifions of the late Mil:tia Adt are to he carried
into effeet, may not be confidered as adequate to the completing
the number of men required to be faired in a much fhorter time.
Under this impreffion, and with the fulleft c• nvidtion that no-
thing will have been wanting un the part cf your Grace, which
could tend to promote the early fuccefr of this important meafure
of national defence, I have to request your Ct;.ce 'Ali aegis lin
me, for his Majetly's information, what proud; has already b n
made towards ice completion, within the county under y ir
Grace's charge.
. . _ _

I have alto to &fire t'•at your Crlce will inform me whether
any, and what number of men were raife•.l within your county,
previous to thc tit of this month ; and further, that during the
tine this meafure 0%.-.!1 be in progrefs, your Grace will eaufe to be
traamitted to me monthly returns of the number of men adhaily
►ailed ; and forwarded to the head quarters of the regiment ; and
fu that furl returns may arrive in this ollice by the 15th of each
month; I have the honour to he, my Lord,
Your Grace's moil obedient humble Cervant.
(Signed) HA % KF.ShUrIY.
To his Majetty's Lieutenant of the County of Oxford.

Mr. MERRY'S plan f-r taking the bufinefs of the
Army Agency out of the hands of the prefent agents,
has been abandoned. The difficulties attending the
propofed change were found to be int-tit-mountable.

On Saturday lafl the town of Kidderminfier was
a fcene of riot and diforder. About too volunteers
from the Irifh militia were on their way to join the
87th Regiment at Southampton, and wifhing to
amufe themfelves on their route, they applied to a '
publican of Kiddertrinfler for a room to dance in ;
this having been refuted, the Irilhmen became en
raged, and tallied out armed with their fhillelahs, and
the town loon exhibited the appearance of an Ira
fair. Lieut. HAbDACK, who commanded the party,
did all he could to reflore order among his men,
but in vain. The Kidderminfter Volunteers were
( thcn called out, who loon fecured the ringleaders,
' and lodged them in prifon. Three of them were
next day committed for trial, and the reft marched
off on their route for Southampton. The rioters
fcarcely left a pane of Oafs entire in the whale town
j of Kidderminfler.

COURT MARTIAL.—A General Court /Vlartial, of
which Colonel Lord Banoit€, of the Warwickfhire
Militia, was PI efident, fat at Newcattle, frnm the 911
to the t6th of September, for the trial of Lieutenant
ANTHONY MEICATI, of the Royal Cornwall Militia,
upon the following charges pref,:ric,.l xgainft him by
Lieutenant Colonel WILLYAMS, of the fame ltegi•
ment

tit—For behaving in an irregular and um:dicer-like manner, by
tearing and defacing the name and certifie.de of Enfign HAMBLY,
written on the Morning Report of the Cettnyany, on the 26th of
A-Jolt, in the pretence of fcveral Officers of the fame Regiment,
to the prejudice of good order and tniiiiary d,ifcipline.
24—. For basing figticd, and delivered unto the Adjutant of the
Regiment, at the Morning Parade of the fame day, for the infor-
mation of the Commanding Officer, a Report, certifying that he,
lieutenant Anthony Mercati, had infpedted the arms of the Com.
pany to whfch he was attached, knowing at the fame time he had
not infpeded them, thereby tending to tramd and deceiVe the
Commanding Officer, greatly to the prejudice of gond order and
military difeipline, and tending to render nugatory all orders for
the internal regulations of the Regiment.

Upon which charges the Court came to the fol.
lowing decifion The Court having maturely and
deliberately weighed and confidered what has been
offered on the part of the profecution, as well as
what has been brought forward in the prifoner's de.
fence, is of opinion that the prifoner Lieutenant AN.
Tuoter MERCATI is hot Guilty of the different charges
alleged againa him, and do therefore acquit him of
the fame.

" The Court cannot chile its proceedings without
animadverting on the great and extraordinary feverity
exercifed towards Lieutenant MaßcArt. In fupport
of this opinion, the Court humbly fubmits to his
MajEsrt's molt gracious confideration, that it ap.
pears in evidence that the Comthanding Officer
(Lieutenant Colonel WILLYAMS) had palled over a
Similar alleged breach of orders in one Officer, without
taking the frhalleft public notice of it, whilst he
thought fit to order into chi; arreft, and prefer charges
again!' another, by which he has been, unnetsfarily
for the good order and regnlation of the Regiment, brought
to a General Court Martial, charged with a breach
of an Order not promulgated to the Regiment, ac
cording to the eltablilhed cultAtts of the tervice."

Approved by the KING, and ordered to be read at
the head of every Regiment in his fetvice.