Star.
London, England, 1809-01-17 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

Friday, the 73d regiment marched from Edinburgh
Castle to Leith, where they embarked on board
transports for Gravesend.

The reinforcements for Sr JOHN MooßE's army
from Pcrlugal consist of 7500 English troops,
commanded by General MACKENZIE, and four bri-
gades of Portuguese troops. We would rejoice to
hear that they had all joined General MOORE ; be-
cause, from the line of retreat which he is pursuing,
there is some reason to fear that General MACKEN.-
ZlE'll army may be intercepted or cut off by the enemy.

We have occasion to know that General MOORE'S
effective force is little more than 50,000 men ; the
above reinforcement would therefore be most season-
able.

We rejoice to hear that the destination of the 73d
Highlanders is changed. It is, we think, well, that
a regiment of such high character, and such high-
spirited men, should he employed on a mfr honour.
able and active service than Botany Bay.
The Transport Board continues to engage all cop-
pered vessels competent to the conveyance of troops,
that are offered at the advanced price of 2.55. per ton
per month.
We have of late had many opportunities of hear-
ing Canvassed in military circles, a measure of Sir
JOHN MOOReS--a measure which has been termed
harsh—but which, we doubt not, existing circum-
stances will hear out this able Officer in having had
recourse to—We allude to his having sent from the
army which he commands, one Officer of very high
rank, and two Officers of very superior rank on
account of incapacity, and unfitness to command. It
is but proper to mention, that want of courage is not
the fault imputed to these Gentlemen; but courage
is but one quality (though an indispensible one) in
an officer.

Wednesday a General Court-Martial, of which
Lieutenant-Colonel O'llEscvax, of the Bth, or Innis-
killing regiment of dragoons, is President, met in Edin-
burgh Castle, and proceeded to the trial cf Surgeon
TAYLOR, of the 2d battalion 25th regiment, upon
charges exhibited against him by Lieutenant-Colonel
AixsuE of the same regiment, for making use of in-
solent and disrespectful language, and writing an in-
solent letter to him, his commanding officer.

The decision of the Court-Martial held at Chatham,
on Lieutenant Wlll. GEORGE BURGHALL, of the Royal
Marines, is, that the charges are all proved, and they
do sentence him to be Cashiered.

Captain BAKER, late of the JUPITER, and his officers,
were on Tuesday tried by a Court-Martial at Ply-
mouth, for the loss of that ship—they were acquitted ;
but the Commander was adrtionished for not having
a Pilot on board.

Lord GmumEß's funeral at the Abbey Church,
Bath, was attended by Admiral Sir C. KNOWLES, Bart.
Admiral MgDolour., Sir J. SaumAREE, Admiral
WOLEZLEY, Admiral STERLING, and Admiral PICK-.
MORE, QS pall-bearer.

A Monument is about to be erected in the Temple
Church to the memory of the late Lord Chancellor
Tuum.ow—lt is executed by Rossi.

,A fine Russian frigate, from the Baltic for the Bra-
ails,-came up to Leith Roads on Monday evening, in
a leaky and damaged state, and was taken possessicn
of by the. ARDENT.
The first division of the Antiquities from the Pa-
lace Borghese is arrived at Paris. They were con-
veyed on large carriages, made on purpose, especially
for those supposed to be the most liable to be broken,4
such as the Gladiator, the Faun, the Borghese
Vases, &c.

When the Morea and Candia fell into the hands of
the Turks, the Genoese settled a colony of Greeks
from the former province at Ajaccio in Corsica.
Among these emigrants was a family named CALO,
NERO% who translated the name to BONAPARTE. NA.
POLEON has, since his elevation, sent an emissary to
Itlionea, in the neighbourhood-of Sparta, to find ont
the elder branch of his family.

Thursday evening Mr. Parkin, of Grimsby-lane,
Hull, ship-broker, and his wife, retired to rest about
eleven o'clock ; between one and two the latter awoke,
in consequence of ,reaming that a man got into the
house and stahbed her husband. She awoke him and
told her dream : in about three quarters of an hour
after, while she was yet awake, her surprize and terror
may be imagined when looking up.she saw a stranger
standing at the bedside, with x light in his hand. On
her shrieking wage_ the light instantly disappeared, and
the man ran do' stain and out into the lane. On
getting up and searching the house, they found that
the villain had carried off Mr. Parkin's breeches and
his wife's pockets, which were afterwards found by the
watchman in Grimsby-lane, but rifled of a consider-
able quantity of money in notes, &c. The robber, it
appears, must have been secreted in the house before
the family went to bed.
We are desired to inform the Public, that the un-
avoidable disappointment which was experienced, on
Saturday last, in the delivery of the first number of
the " Repository of Arts," &c. arose from the unpre-
cedented and very unexpected.demand for it, which
having exhausted the first edition, made it necessary
to re-compose, as well as print, a second edition,
which is low ready for delivery, at Mr. AexmlatAN's,
No. 101, Strand.

An Advertisement having been issued, by JOHN
JOSEPH STOtKDALE, bookseller, of Pall-Mall, an-
nouncing, as a fifth volume of Mr. BURKE'S Works,
a republication of An Account of the European
Settlements in America," the Executors of Mr.
BURKE think it to inforin the Publi- th:4

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