Star.
London, England, 1810-07-24 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

Friday, a detachment of the 21st or Royal North
British Fttrileers embarked at Portsmouth for Cadiz.
They are a fine body of men, and appeared in high
spirits.
Yesterday afternoon sir subaltern Officers belong-
ing to the 42d Regiment of Foot,arrived in town from
Musselburgh, and immediately set off to the Isle of
Wight,•inorder to proceed to join the 2d battalion
,of that Regiment in Portugal.
The Peebles-shire Local Militia, commanded by
the Right Hon. Lord Emarra, were reviewed by
Major-Cseneral DURHAM, on the I.3th inst.
Thursday the 3d Regiment of Edinburgh Local
Militia, commanded by LieutPnant-COlonel JAMES
Non, which• have been,on permanent duty for three
weeks, was reviewed.on Burntsfield Links, by Briga-
dier-General
The St.' Junes a and Mary-la-bonile regiments,
with field-piece% Ihe Duke of Gloucester's, Prince of
Wales's, St. George's (Bloomsbury), St. Pancras,
Queen's, North Britons, St- Clement Danes', Duke
of Cumberland's sharp-,shooters, and Gray's-inn rifle
corps, will all assertible at their respective parades on
Thursday next, and proceed to Hampstead Heath,
there to have a grand sham fight—Thursday being
the Anniversary of St. James's regiment of volunteers.
The Hampstead Volunteers fired at a target yes-
terday on the Heath. Many excellent shots were
,fired, and. some nearly enter.ed the eye."

Yesterday a General Court-Martial assembled at
Chelmsford, for the trial of a subaltern officer of the
Derby Militia, upon some charges brought against
him by his Commanding Officer!

It gives us great, pleasure to be enabled to contra•
tlict the report that a party of Blacks, under the in-
fluence of the French Government, had entered the
mess•room of the British Officers at Dominica, and
barbarously murdered the greater part of them.d.
The report is entirely without foundation. The latest
accounts from the island of Dominica are of the 7th
June, brought by the MAns, arrived off Brighton yes-
terday. The Captain of which positively contrad►cts
the statement.

The apprehensions of another rupture on the fron-
tiers of Travancore, is confirmed by a letter received
by the last fleet, dated Indigul, Jan. 28, stating that
Meer Khan had succeeded in gaining partizans in the
South, uho were to create a diversion in his favour.
In pursuance of this plan, while the British army.
was approaching Bundlecund, Molave Ambojee, the
enemy's new ally, made his appearance at the foot of
the Southern Ghauts, where he had collected all the
adherents of the late disaffected Poligars, together
with a number of desperadoes who had been driven
into the hills during the preceding war in the Cochin
and Travancore countries. The insurgents have pos-
sessed themselves of some mud forts, and were at the
above date busily employed in strengthening their
positions. Their force was increasing daily. Molave
Ambojee, their leader, is a turbulent enthusiast, who
had acquired popularity by predicting future events,
but he lays no claim to military talents.
Letters have recently been received from Sir G.
MACKENZIE, who sailed'a few months ;Igo to Iceland,
with the view of exploring its natural productions,
and the state of the inhabitants. We understand they
are dated Rickeswick, the capital of Iceland, 11th of
June, and express ardent hopes of being able satisfac-
torily to accomplish the object of hisjo:Orney-.
A recent letter from Malta • contains the following
melancholy article of intelligences 'which, we trust,
may prove, if not unfounded, at least considerably
exaggersitedvo—arA. few dayi since, just after the
hands of his Majesty's skip- RaPtruit; of 74 guns,
Captain' 1-1410.15 t-At, had been piped on deck, a
viiidsheei Of lightning- passed. along it, and struck
near (Nip hundred oftke men; instantaneously dead!
We liive not heard of the leastaceiclent bthß,Uwisay
other ship on this station.." - -' •• 7 :**

We learn by a letter received at Hull from tar.
(Immix; of the
_Ansins, (it'Yarmoiith,
.perfortning
quarantine at Stingate, that on the sth cdliotirch4be-
brig. Louisa Henrietta, HOvZARD, of gull, ups't in
a squall off-the Island of. Sardinia,. and all bands.
perished, except a boy and two Spaniards, who, being
on deek•at the time, cut the stern boat taekles. The
ship went down instantly. 'Me -Lciiiisa Was going
is ballast froth, lona, 10, Barbary -to load grain at
Sardinia for Lisboa. Captain GOOnwps met with the
boy ow the Ist of -April,of •April, in quatantine at Trapona,
in the island of Sicily, and brought him to England
with him.
Letters have reached London lions Ostend, to the
date of Thursday last. They inform us that licences
are now granted at Paris for the importation of log-
wood, hides, tallow, train oil; and some other articles,
in neutral ips, and hold ont an expectation, that
such ships will be permitted to return to this country
with grain.

Four of the principal instigators of the late outrages
at Stockholm• have been apprehended. They arc Mr.
LExoN, merchant ; Mr. Bono, a civil officer belonging
to the King's Museum ; Dr. RoSrai Chief Physician to
the deceased Crown Prince, and a young man of the
name of BRANDT. Their examinations have not lzeen
made public ; consequently their motives remain un-
known'. . •

The lightning on Friday se'nnight, killed siz sheep
in the grotmds of Mr. Waxiotl, of Wandford, near
Melton, and stnick two others.quite blind. On the
same day two horses were killed by the electric fluid,
nt Kilnholm. •

Two thatched cottages were, last week, set on fire
by the lightning at Blenham, near Biggleswade, and
were with difficulty saved. from destruction. •
During the storm on Saturday, the 14th instant,
a fire-ball was distinctly seen; near Christchurch,
Hants. A house was set on fire, either by that or the
lightning, but the fire was soon extinguised.
Friday se'nnight, as Mr. Yuman, farmer, of Kul-
lingholme, in Lincolnshire, was ploughing some land
adjoining his betise,;.4l company with his little boy, a
beau storm of ihundei "and rifilti4itig induced Mr."
Young to take off his .horses, and. tarry the child
home while fixing the bridles to his-arm, the electric
fluid struck ;one of the, hones on the-head and the
other on .the necits'end killed, there instantly I while,
Mr. Young and his son retained home; in :pezieet
safety.