Star.
London, England, 1803-10-20 00:00:00

• 8A1U11773.N; OCT. 18.

The o.2een's and the Prince's Dragoons, with the
Flair; Aitfllery, were drawn up nn the Downs, to
the north of the town, under marching orders, at ten
n'elni k this morning. The Flying Araillery were
Inrmed in two divisions; their guns in fiont, and
their waggons, camp equipage. &c. in the rear. The
dragoons formed two diflint lines, a moderate di!:
tance to the right and left ; the whole of which•were
infpeCled by the General ; and after, without firing,
various evolutions and manoeuvres were perfOrmed
with that exemplary prtcifion and flail, which, on all
occafions,have fo cminentlydiftinguifhed them. Many
fafbionablcfpeftitors were on the ground. The PRI C
OF WA L Itl's harriers, and a (launch pack of a Similar
defcription, belonging to Mr. CHAMPION, of Danny,
yefterday afforded ample erercile and diverlion to
our fportfmen. Each pack, after eroding and re-
eroffing many tremendotifir tlcep hills about the vi-
cinity of the Devil's Dyke, killed its brace of hares,
and chanted forward in pitifuit of a third, both of
which, however, ultimately gave the flip to their
purfuers.
A detachment, on the recruiting fervice, has been
detached to thi metropolis; the fuceefs of their efforts
is not yet known.
All farther amufements at the Promenade Grove
are pollponed fine die.

A great number of veffe.s have, within this lall
week, been purchafed by Government, at Liverpool,
to he converted into gun boats.
The Stibfcription at Calcutta for ereaing a Rattle
of Mr. Pirr, amounted on the 2la of January, to
5,6031. cos.
HOMIKED BEY ELPHT, now in thil country, was
bnin in Georgia, and was porchaf:d when a child by
Wynn Balt for a thottfand fe.it:ins. He WAS un-
commonly beautiful, “nd got the furnime of Elphy,
which in the Turkish langorc figr.iGes a thoutand
fccuins. At the aye of til!ey: he was made M. Aga,
for the extraordivary bravery he diiplayca ag:tititt
fnme rebel Beys. Ia cr,nfegntmce cf an C.ft•lt oTereJ
him by Mutat), he defected from that chief, a•.d
joined the infurgents. MURAD, however, repenting
of what he had done, recalled ELPHY and loaded
him with frefh favours. Palling over the interme
diate rank of KIOCHIEI, he railed him to a rank
*qua' to his own.

At prefezi he is ficond in command, but by far the
richeft and mofi powerful of the Bey s. He is married
to the daughter done of the principal Bedouin Sheiks,
and has in his inter eft rine of the ten tribes. His Ma-
melukes are commanded in his abfence by SoLossuh'
Aoa, an officer of inferior rank, but great reputation.
—Essex Bay is remarkable for his courage. agility,
aqd uncommon addref and prowefs on horfeback.—
He has repeatedly cut off the head of a buffalo, at
full gallop, with one Broke r f his fabre. He is 43 or
44 years old, about five feet eight inches high, and
very corpulent. His countenance u open, and his
manners are affable ; but (till you fee the defpnt
(tamped on his brow. He is a man of strong natural
abilities; but his mind is uncultivated. He can read
and write, which is a very uncommon thing among,
the Mamelukes. He never was brought to terms by
the French during the whole time of their continu-
ance in Egyyt ; but conßantly remained in the defart
(on which account he called himfelf the Asertope)ard
baffled five divifions of BOMAPARTeSarmy who were
in conflant purfuit of him. He did frequently to
Imp. de and carry off parties from so to too of them.
He commanded in November laft at El Hoche, a
body of r too Mamelukes and Bedouins (the latter
never come into affirm except in purfuit of a flying
enemy), and killed 3000 Turks, took (even field-
pieces, with all their flares, baggage, &c. On this
occafion he had but fix men killed and twenty-four
wounded.

A letter jute received overland from Bombay fays
4' Letters from the eallward mention the feizure of
the Ihip Fortune, Captain sLarea, of this port, by
Cie Dutch, in the Straits of Sunda, on the Sth of
November lalt. The Fortune was freighted on a
voyage to Lampoon, for a cargo of pepper, when
the was boarded by three Dutch cruizers, carried to
Batavia, and there condemned, under the pka, no
doubt, of her trafficking to a port pot open as a Dutc%
polletlion to Briti(h fubjeels; a plea, in refpc to which
we need only obferve, that Lampoon, as well as Sa-
tinnier), were taken polfeffion of by us during the late
war, and the Britifh flag bottled at thofe nations.—
Letters from Captain SLATS R mention his arrival at
Bencoolen, where he was purfuing the neceffary mea-
lures to return to Batavia, under the authority of the
Adminillration at that place, to claim reflitution of
the veffel."

Extra& of a letter from a gentleman on board the
EL714114370N, Ealt Indiaman, lying in Simmon's
Bay, Cape of Good Hope, unla date t 7th May lad,
received in town : _

44 Upon our arrival here on the isth, we were
mach difappointed at not finding any Englab
Tail here, and at being informed that all the Btid
troops had left the Cape about tiers months ago. We
found a large Trench man of war and four frigates,
full of troops, in the Bay. It is raid they came with
the defign of befieging the Cape, had they not found
it furrendered to the Dutch. They attempted land.
ing their tronps, but the Dutch would not fuller them,
but forced them to embark on board their flips again.
We have had feveral of their officers on board our
Ihip, who are genteel looking young men, and be-
haved with the grcated politenefs. All their flips
have bands of murk, which we hear playing very
as we ha►e the large flip on one fide, and
one of the frigates nn the other, and another tight
, a head of us.

" There are a great many Engli(h fettlers here,
and fume very file !mules and barracks. We have
Cape Ihcep, on which we now ends; they are more
lake calve. than liitep, being brawn and white with
Mort briltly hair, and very long legs; their tail' arc
very large, &me of them weighing S or to imunds,
all fat, their firth is very thong tailed, and though
we have had no freth prneifions for to week% I can-
not Gay I reidb it moth. The milk here is alfo thong
tailed, and the bread lardy. The pears here are
about the lize of a prCon's head, and eat very well;
we get two of them for three-pence. The apples are
very good but rather dear. The wine grapes &moot
of featon, her 'ain't, are very cheap, and we act
rod wine at fix-pence a bottle."