Star.
London, England, 1811-11-28 00:00:00

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THE ARMY.

The Argyleshire militia, having volunteered tor
Ireland, are now under orders for that country.
Wednesday se'nnight, the 6th regiment of Dragoon
Guards (or carabineers), commanded by Lieutenant-
Colonel French, was reviewed, on Portobello Sands,,
near Edinburgh, by Lieutenant-General the Earl of
ROSSLYN. • •

We understand that the 15th Regiment of Hussars
set off Yesterday for• Nottingham, in consequence of
the turbulent proceedings in that neighbourhood.
The 4th battalion of the. 60th Foot, which came
home from Antigua a skeleton but a.ihort. tittle since,
is rapidly increasing its nuinbers ; the itrength of it is
already upwards of 400. •

The Ist SetrprAt Militia' are to march on the 3d
of the ensuing mouth for Dartmore, to do garrison
duty over the French prisoners at that depot.

THE LATE GOVERNOR Cr CVIDAD RODRII3O,—A
let-
ter from an Officer in the Army of Portugal,' dated
Freneida, Octobvr 23, says---,, General Regnaud re-
mainel at head.quarters two or three days. He is a
jollv•leoking middle aged person. I had'a short con,
versation with him. He spoke very rapidly, and seems
an active keen officer. His horse formerly belonged to
an Engli,h Dragoon. Major Gordon went in for,
his baggage, and they sent a covered cart and two
servants with it. When taken, he was at some dis-
tance from the main body of hia attendants,, and
w mid have escaped, only some one cried out 4, Take
care of the Governor :" which the:Spaniards heard,
and immediately ceased pursuing. tht.others, to sur-
round him. He always dined with -his Lordship
whilst here and was treated in the politest manner."

'The depression of the funds was experienced yester-
any in a greater degree than the day before, for which
no particular cause is assigned. At one time ofthe day.
bargains were done in consols at a fraction under 63;
but they revived towards tt e close of the market, and kit
olf at 63.1-. Omnium &enured in proportiOn, it was
dole as low as If discount, and left of at discount.

A dreadful explosion ook place yesterday morning,
about eleven o'clock, at the powder-mills at Waltham
_ .

Abbey. The concussion was distinctly felt in and 1
round the Metropolis, particularly in sever.tl parts cf
the City, and more sensibly in Squthwark, at Stepney,
Hackney, Blackwall, and Blackheath. At Stepney
we tnclerstand*that a mirror of plate-glass was bioken
by the shock; at Hackney and at Islington, several
panes of glass wcre forced in : and at Black wall the
ind&ws throughi.ut a v, 1-ole st.-ret were !nattered.
Near the New toad, Mary-la-13cn1te, also, several
of tiie Louses were much shJ ken, and the labourers
who were excavating in Mary-la-Bonne Park, felt the
ground shake where they were at work. Eleven per-
sonsare stated to have been killed, and much mis-

chief done by the explosion.
NorriNcrinsrt.—We are sorry to learn, that the 1
ri itous disposition of the workmen in and about NOt-1
tinghain rb far fr om being quelled. On Monday night
they commenced their depredations in the town itself,
which had not. before Leen the scene of their destruc-
tive activity. They destroyed several frames, but
their proceedings were not so daring as in the neigh-
bintring villagvs. On Sunday evening they corn:
witted various outrages in the vicinity. At Basford,
oat letters state, that they destroyed no less than 21
flames (some accounts mention'a greater number),
nod on the fpllowing -evening, eleven more. Upon
the wholehtheri disorderly spirit tratersore-alarming
than it had been for some time preceding. It is
stated', that to pay the regular prices is no security to
property, since the frames of those manufacturers
Laye been destroyellAvhohavenever scrupled to pay
the usual charges. The rioters, it is added, are en-
couraged by the hope of compelling some part of the
trade to quit their business.
INCENDIAILIES.—The Gazette of Tuesday. night con-
tented advertisements, signed by Mt. Secretary RYDER,
offering a reward for the discoveiy of . the person.or
persons who maliciously set fire,- on the 6th inst. to a
barn belonging to WILLIAM Mirroap, Esq. of Pitt-
hill, in the county of Sussex, whereby about 70sptar-
ters of unthteshed barley, together with a haystack,•
were consumed; and also for the discovery of the
person or persons who maliciously set on Ere, among
other places, in the parish of Erningkin the county of
Suffolk, the public-house, called the Swan, on the 14th
of July last ; and the premises of Mr. Commit, in the
same parish, on the 18th of September ; and also
seven dwelling-houses and a stable.

'FlRk.—About six o'clock yesterday svening a fire
broke out at a w::ite-lcad mill iii Gllfsshouse-yard,

Gravel-lane, Southwark, which spread the greatest
consternation in the vicinity ; but by the alacrity cf
the neie,hbours, and early attendance of the e-
men, and having a plentiful supply of w4er, it
was got unier, after materially injuring the premises
and machinery.
Government have received a Memorial from HP the

principal Planters, &c. of Bermuda, praying that the
distillation of spirit's from sugar may be renewed. It is
expected that,Addresses of ti ,e same character will be
presented rom all the other West India Islands-.
Twenty-two French Officers, wit.) were on th..ir
parole at Wincanton, in Somerketshire, have lately
made eieir escape. •
Two French prisoners of war, who had broken their
parole at Chesterfield, were apprehended at the Bell
Inn, Sandwich, on Sunday. It appears that they are
sergeons in the French service.
Fish of every description, and particularly fine
Scilly ling and cod, are s,) plentiful and cheap in
Plymouth markets, cud have been for some time past,
that the price is not worth mentioning.
Slriw, the Life Gnardsman, who has sent several
challenges to Mullineu,c, attended yesterday at the'
Fives Court, to make up the match.—Shavt has de-
clared he will fight him tor any sum, or for a belly
full !"
Wednesday se'imight a man named Smith, servant
to Captain WOOLER, of the Durham Local Militia, for
a wager of £5, walked 64 miles in I'4 hours and 43
minutes, 17 minutes within the time allowed. The
last S.l miles he wafted in :31 ‘minutcs, though the
road was bad.
If the Germans should emulate the blitz watch-
maker, and the thing should beconte general, they
will change their character, and instead of being the
most phlegmatic, they 'will become the twoot.fighty
people in'Europe.

NAYAL IN7ELLIGENCg.

; PLYMOUTH, NOVEMBER tf.
As the brig Mary Ann; Captain ORFURE, belong•
ing to Mr. Baustn, of Great Yarmoutii, was pro•

'feeding •hene"e on her voyage to Guernsey, on the
11th inst. , with a cargo of rum and tobacco, belong-

ineto mefdrants there, she was met with and taken

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by the Corsaire French privateer, of 14 guns and 7.5

nneni and carried into Brchat, an-island on the oppo-
iite shore. The Mary Ann had six passengers (two
Gentlemen whose names we have not learnt, a mar-
. ried-Lady with her child, and two young Ladies,
Misses RENNtLLS, of Plymouth). The four latter
persons are returned to this country, having been sent
in a cartel from Morlaix, which landed them on Sun-

day morning last at Dartmouth, whence the Misses
RENNELLS returned last evening. The Captain of the

Corsaire gave strict orders to his crew not to molest

any of 'the passengers ; they robbed them however of

every thing but what they actually had on their

back! at the time. The above Corsaire was so near

this place, although so large a naval arsenal, as to

see clearly and distinctly, without the assistance of

telescopes, the labourers at work in the fields.
Arrived the RESOLUTE gun-brig, with a small con-
voy of victnallcrs, from Cork.—Sailed the 'PEACOCK

sloop with a convoy for the Downs, the ORkSTRS and

FAVOURITE on separate cruizes.—The only merchant
vessel; that- Arrived yesterday and to-day are four

from Norway, with timber for his Majesty's Dock-
yard at this port ; brig Mary Ann from Newfound-

land, Hope from London, Henry from,Biistol, and
a number of colliers from Wales.—Sailed the Attie-

rican vessel India Packet for America, and Brilliant

Star cattel for Morlaix.—Wind N.

PORTSMOUTH, NOVEMBER 27.
Arrived a few West Indi4men from the Downs.—
Sailed his Majesty's ship ROYALIST with a convoy for

N.W.

DEAL, NOVEMBER 27. .
Arrived his Majesty's ships Mosovvro and BEAGLE
from a cruize. Came down several s►,ips from the

Riven—Wind W.N.W.
GREENOCK, NOVEMBER 25.
The Royal Charlotte, MORRIES, arrived- here on
Saturday, from Rio de Janeiro and Pernambucco—
left the latter on the 4th ult. On the 121st instant, off
Tucker, spoke the American ship John Adams, —,
from Norfolk, Virginia, bound to Liverpool. The
brig Mary, MUIRIIEAD, arrived at Port Glasgow on
Saturday, from Miramichi, with loss of bowsprit and
foremast ; spoke the Zephyr, from St. Croix for Que-
bec : on the `23d October, in lat. 55. 48. long. —W.
spoke the Bellona, of Boston, from Petersburgb, dis-
m,isted. The Albion, Mottnisos, of Aberdeen, ar-
rived at Miramichi on the 19th ult.
ABERDEEN, NOVEMBER 23.

The brig Margaret, •f Peterhead, ''passed lately to
the southward, from Quebec. About a fortnight since
the Margaret fell in with a large brig, seemingly
about 200 tons, off " the Moray Fript, withlont any
.person On board. The vessel was totally dismasted,
her bowsprit also gone, and had two cables coiled on
deck, and appeared to be loaded with timber, most
probably one of the Baltic fleet.—The Spring, GRANT,
arrived here last night, after a passage of six weeks,
from Quebec, during which she encountered very
blowing and tempestuous weather, chiefly from the
northward. The Spring sailed from Quebec, in com-
pany with the brig Medea, MunnAv, also of this
' place, and parted from the latter en the `2lst of
October, in the Gulph of St. Lawrence, but spoke no
other vessel on her passage.—Monday the Mansfield
. 0-hack, Canwrotto, for London, was put into Sunder-
land, with the less of her main boom, attended with
the following melancholy accident :—lmmediately
after sailing out of this harbour, on Saturday last, and
in the act of jibing the main-sail, the wind blowing
hard from the northward, although the gaff was
kw•ered, the main-boom broke, by which a passen-
get, of the name of WILLIANISON, was unfortunately
killed, and another passenger, STIIONACII by name, se-
vetely hurt, but believed to be in a favourable way of
recovery, although it is doubtful if be can at present
proceed on the voyage. Mr.Wit.t.instsoN was decently
interred at Sundei land.