Star.
London, England, 1813-01-02 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

FALMOUTH, DECEMBER !a►
Arrived and sailed one or two coasters. The Ma-
ry Ann packet, with mails for Gibraltar and Malta,
and the Swiftsure packet, with mails for Cadiz, are
gone into the Roads.—Wind W. and flesh breezes.

The following is a List of Permanent staff Officers,
who still retain their full Pay with their Regimental
Commissions :

Col. Gifford, 431 Rest.
Col .ntlarn, gist.

Col. Lord Frederick Benstock,
In Regt. Foot Cords.
CoL Phipps, 44th Foot. 1
Lt.-CoL Fritzler, Qt Ft Drag. Lt.-Col Nicol's, l4th Foot.
Rots !Pith Foot. Carry, RVIs
. 144/eni, 70th. Reyn.ll, 714 t.
Edwards; 3d Ceylon. Bro4L, York L.l.
Marley, sd W.I. Anderioc, 60th Foor
ArbuThr.ot, sth W. I. Williamson, 30th.
Berkley, 16th Foot. Ca•urbsli 631
Murray, Sib Drag. Campbell, ltd.
Harvey, 6th G. Bn. Lindsay. gild.
An excellent plan has been soggested for the ba-
ter payment of General and other Staff Officers; and
it would give general satisfaction were it adopted;
and without any additional expense t') the country.
For the information of our military ReaAers, we
beg to state that a regulation has been recently made
by the Victualling Board, that all troops acting as
guards or escort on board of ship, are to be allowed
the full rations of stamen ; hut that WIWI men passes=
gers they are only to have two-thirds of seamen's
allowance.
The Hussar Brigade now pending embarkation,
will consist of about 1300 mounted men, and no
possible delay is to take place in their proceeding.
The 2d battalion 79th, at Glasgow, • under the
command of Lieutenant-Colonel Dououse, have been
successful of late in getting recruit; ; as have the 2i
battalion of the 92d under Lieutenant Colonel LA-
MONT, there. .O •
YARMOUTN, JANUARY 1. The 2d battalion of the 78th et Aberdeen are now
a very fine effective small regiment.
Yesterday afternoon the following sailed for I
It is reported that Lieutenant-General Timm/is
Leith with French prisoners I—SUCCESS and FREYA ...
MAITLAND is to have the chief command in Scotland-
frigates, armed enfiute, Malabar, and five other trans.! The 6th • regiment, under Lieutenant-Colonel
ports ; SHELDRAKE for the Downs ; and the Eliza, ~,. ,
ale JOHN WARDLAW, have been ordered from the
tender for the Humber. Remain in the Roads the i
1
Solebay, Leveret, Portia, and Vixen. Wind W.N.W. West Indies to Canada-
Friday se nnight two divisions of cavalry marched
COVE OF CORK, DECEMEER se. Ifrom the depot at Maidstone for Portsmouth, there to
His Majesty's ship VIRAGO, Lieutenant PITTMAN, embark on board the outward-bound East lodiamen.
and EARL SPENCER, Lieutenant Boreweee, With thei They are destined to recruit the several regiments
Channel- Fleet, sailed again on Thursday, and put I stationed at the two Presidencies of Madras and Ben-
back again on Friday. His Majesty's ship LININIDAS, gal. The first cletaehminit consisted of recruits for
Captain Glueerrx, arrived on Tllersday from Lough- the Bth and 94th regiments, under the command of
swilly, and proceeds for Plymouth, to undergo ne- , Captain 0' RIULLY, of the 24th Light Dragoons.—
cessary repairs. I The second, of recruits for the 22d and 25th, under
The same day, his Majesty's ship AFRICA, 64 guns; i the Command of Captain RANDALL, of the 22d.
the flag ship of Admiral SAWYRR, was, from her I The Waterford Militia has arrived at Sheerness, to
leaky condition forced in here, en her way to Eng- . relieve the Battalion of detachments ordered to Do-
land, from Halifat. On her tooling to an anchor, vet. The remainder of the 3d Lancashire Militia,
she saluted our Admiral ; and next morning she pro- are expected from Canterbury. • .
seeded up to Haulbowling, where she is now moored The 55th Regiment from Chatham, and the Royal
alongside the Timm The Channel Fleet sailed ' Glamorgan Militia Regiment, from Ramsgate, re-
again yesterday. Remain his Majesty's ships CAS-
TILIAN, INDIAN, PROUCTOR, &Ca place the Lancashire.
i The Brunswick Cavalry began embarking at Cork ort
The Spy storeship arrived here yesterday; sailed' Christmas-day, oti board the Transparts fitted up foe
from Halifax the 12th November, being part of a fleet their reception ;some more of them embarked on Sail
of 14 sail, which left that port under convoy of his : turday. The whole conducted under the immediate
Majesty's ship Marc.% (arrived here) and the SPAR.
; inipection of General ERIN° and Captain DIXON, Bri-,
TAN frigate, the whole of which were- disposed in a rade-Major. They sailed with the ether ships for,
severe gale, off
London, Gibraltar, and Cadiz, under convoy of Ms
inst. the Spy fellthe Great Bank. On the 20th
in with, and was captured by, la Majesty's ships Sybeile and Dauntless.
Gloire French frigate, five- days from Havre-de- - -
Grace. La Claire &tuna the People of the SO . _
'LISTINGS, .14141U41te 1.
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till next morning, and then* put them on board their •
own ship. The crew of the Spy consisted of 86 men, ur annual New-year's Ball took place at the Swap
besides 60 invalids, who were given up on condition Hotel last night, acid never was there a greater dis.'
, play of beauty and fashion collectedon any former
that an equal number of French prisoners should be
released and sent to France.
_a_loccasion at this delightful watering place. The
The ease of the Spy was extremely hard, as '''F ' Beaux and Belles of Hastings and its vicinity vied
had, ten days before, fallen in with, and beat off, a with each other in gaiety and good humour, and the
national schooner (name not recollected),. 240
- miles : New Year was ushered in with that tide English
S.W. of Cape Clear, mounting 14 guns, and 120 men, spirit for which the nation is famed throughout the
and-after an action of 50 minutes, most gallantly con- Globe. The dancing was kept up until the Sun
with
with ruddy streaks the Eastern morn, and rose
tested, compelled the schooner to bear up with all sail,
'
1 with all his blushing honours thick upon him, to re-
in which she must have suffered considerable loss.
The Captain of la GLOIRE said this was the schoo- I
!mind the happy votaries of mirth and cheerfulness,
net which made so many valuable captures off our that another year was about to be added to their styli
coast. The Srx had five wounded. .of sublunary blessings.
But the amusements of the evening were not limiti
ed to those whose youth and beauty shone cons act.
ous in the mazes of the fairy dance—there was a .all
mirably arranged Concert of exquisite Music giveni
to enliven and vary the en• crtaiuments of the evening
which went off with great eclat.
There were also several agreeable card parties, an I
in short, the whole of Mr. Doosos's su, LA To m
eehoed throughout the evening with t .e harnioniou
sounds of festivity and joy. Upward; , 220 fashion
ables were present, and all vied wi ii c..ch other ti
add to the general hilarity.
The arrangements for the even'ng reflect the high
est credit on the taste and judgmei tif Mr..Donsos
the worthy Landlord of the Hottl. In slant, tit,
whole entertainments were con :acted with a due to
gard to true-English hospitality.

PI.YMOUTH, DECEMBER 51.

Arrived,the American schooner Blue Bird, WAR-
naN, from Charleston, bound to Bourdeauz, with cot-
ton and rice, prize to the ANDROM ACHE and Bat rON fri-
gates.—Came in the Mary balk, Battratt, from
Prince Edward's Islam!, with timber; she was taken
on the 4th instant, by l'Augusta French privateer of
14 guns, and given up to the crews of the Sparkler,
and two other vessels which she had captured.—As-
rived the Agnes, TitorapsoN, from Quebec, one of the
JASON'S convoy, from %Axon she parted is a gale.—
' Wind S.W.

PORTSMOU rH, JANUARY 1.
Arrived his Majesty's ship JASON front Newfound-
land ; and the For from Corunna. Sailed his Ma-
jesty's ship FERVENT with a convoy for the Downs ;
also his Majesty's ships MJSLETOE and MUTINE for
ditto. His Majesty's ship ABoutun gives instructions
for Spain, Portugal, and the Mediterranean.—Wind
West.
DEAL, JANUARY 1.

Arrived his Majesty's ship RAPID with a convoy
from Falmouth, which are sailed for the River. Also
arrived his Majesty's ship Viaaco and the EARL
etinicia. cutter. with a convoy- from Cork. Came
down from the River several ships, and remain with
the outward-bound.

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In order to enable the country to appreciate the
heroism with which our Officers and Seamen have
defended themselves in the recent actions with our
Trans-Atlantic descendants, we insert the following
Table of the comparative dimensions of British and
American ships, as well as a few observationson these
engageslients : -
Length Breadth
Naine. Rate. on gun. for ton- Tons:
deck. nage
Presitleht Ft. Ft. 10.
Constitution 44 It 9/ 45 10 1634/
United States
1 This is the
largest frigate
Acasta . 40 114 49. 5 1127 we have on the
American sta-
tion.
Arethnn - 38 1411 SW 4 948
Tigre - 50 151 41 0 1114
Africa - 64 160-19 44 0 1415 Aden- Sawyer.
Menge 01'12 64 159-6 .4k 5 Ms •
This is an es-
' [lnordinacy
4$ 9 1798 large 74, built
by SirW.Rule,
. .
1799.
Average of 12 74 171.8 47 7 1628
Atlas - 98 177-6 54 2 1950
Average of 12 98 177-6 50 8 1938
Britannia - BO 178 52 t 229 i
By this table it will be seen, that these American
frigate: are longet even than an English first-rate,
that they are longer and of nearly equal tonnage with
our Modern large seventy-fours, and of greater ton-
nage than our old seventy-fours; that they are longer,
broader, and of greater tonnage than any of our sixty-
fours, and that they exceed in tonnage our fifties, in
the prnpottion of neatly three to two ; and our 38-
gun
frigates in the proportion of seven to four. Is
not the term frigate most violently perverted, when
applied to such vessels ? As well might we call the
VILLE DE Pants a SO, or the CALEDONIA a 64 ; or as
well might we call the one a jolly-hoai and the other
a yawl. These frigates catty long 2i-pouriders on
the main deck, when even the laige.t first-rates in our
service carry on ti.- ir man deck only long eighteens.
Their quarter-deck an.i fqreca.-tle guns are 41:b. car-
ronades; and no Iressa of any descrptio,lin our navy
Orly on either of these decks a heavier gun than
a T 2.
PErrsTrunNtsat.—Besides the handicap rare to be
run on tit' buryJ Common, at twelve o'clock on Mon-
day, betwixt Carter, the pugilist, and his amateur op-
ponents, two miles, Abraham Wood, the celebrated
ittdestOtan, his engaged to rva a match against firsts

Drava' - 74 17$

NOTTINGHAM, DEC. 30.—A recurrence of tumult
and disorder has taken place in this town and •,c:
aity, and to an extent that gives a faighttul pietur
.
of the same kihd of unhappy events which disturber
the peace and happiness of individuals this time las
year. No less than eight violent outrages have beet -
committed at Beeston, New Retiord,
nold, and Mansfield, and iri some vi.lages on the song
side of the Trent. The objects of these attacks 1.4 V
been the destruction of frames ; at each place th
outrages have been put into execution by numbers c
disguised men, armed with pistols and swords, usitei
personal violence on the individuals of their revenge
threatening their lives if they opened their hos ; net
after placing guards over these unfortunate people
. destroyed their frames, and escaped undiscovered
—ln the town of Mansfield, a pour woman, in de
nyi:tg a frame demanded by this lawless banditti, wa
stabbed in several places, afterwards knocked down
and left for dead. several of the depredators, wht
committed the outrage at Watnak. Live he. n
and committed to the jail in this county. A large
meeting of the Magistrates of the couo.y has tatter
place, and the strongest measures resorted to, to per
vent these disorders. '1 he Watch and Ward 8.11 i,
td be pct into force irnmediately. The military have
been again called on, the same as upon former occa•
sions, to guard over the property of the inhabitants
and every oche: precaution, as patroles, &c. Sec.
A dot et 31111 S, it is said, was lately seized by or
der oldie Magkrxes, near H.eldax, in consequctoi
of informatica. give:. to them by one of the partit
concerned the let dist,r;sanies t.. Ciaat
bowl.