Star.
London, England, 1810-02-22 00:00:00

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.last division of the 82d Foot have m i arched nto - 'it THE EX*rbß OF
is nearly a thousand strong. 11011,1160.- . .1
.o south for embarkation for Portugal. This re. STR.....Through the medium of ittie -• , I beg
•
leave to state the situation of a certain.eipss of Officers
Major Nixox, late Aid-de-Camp to General WHE- in his Majestei service, the kircumstances of which,
is appointed Major in the Royals, and has left on a candid representation lam -
to hope,
,uth to ; • his regiment.

THE ARMY.

. induced join _ _
til,:vQuernartmeern.t.mwi-ailltetarskeofintheto considerationAriny. ; I allude to
Fortson
Lieutenant-Colonel CRAWFURD, of the
r 9th Regi-
All Officers (ex-
who has been in all the service o_ that distin- cepting them) are either pioftioteci pi. receive advan,
isbed corps, left town yesterday morning for Can- ced pay after serving a certain thiihbef of years. An
gu -to join the Ist Battalion, now under orders , Ensign may look forward to a Corfipahy in the comae}
ibarkation.
:of eight or ten years. Surgeons in Eke Manner re 4
last advices from Portugal state, that the Bri- . crave advanced pay according to the length of theirl Army was in excellent order, and in high spirits. services. Adjutants are atonce ap pointed with 85.6(1..:'
following was the distribution of a part of it on
'orthern borders : each per day, besides rank for promotion. Lieute-
nants of seven years standing receive an additional
le of Artillery ; Ditto, Guarcii--Misca.—(Head-quarters.) shilling per day. And in this manner all Officers in
imp- dier.Generaf CAMERON'S Brigade-•Mongoaldu.--.-Oet+
the Line (excepting Quarter-Masters) have channels
,_Villages of Tojal, Tra vagso, Tovolada, and Castenda.
Bri
gale of Artillery and Colonel KEsestass's Brigade—Celeriub through which, either by length of their services ot
',r-General Cotes Brigade—Guards. otherwise they can Obtain promotion, and many other
of Horse Artillery, Light Brigade, and Colonel MilEste-
Br:Rade—Pinkel.—With Hussars distributed, considerable advantages. in short Quarter-Masters
follow in is an Abstract of the Estimates of are the only Officers without any prospect of future
g
advancement in the'Army, or reaping any benefits
Services orf the year 1810, presented to the
of Commons on the 12th of February : from their long services. lam induced to think that
Numbers. chum Quarter-Masters being thus situated has been an over.
Forces (including Mis- sight, as they were lately allowed to hold a second
Alaneoug Services) 267,002 Z 1,4665902 6 9 commission, and were promoted as vacancies occur-
ilitents in the East Indies 40,547 '707,337 68 ' red, A Quarter-Master, under the present circum-
_
coops and Companies for re'
crui:ing ditto 509 28,91.3 7 0 ' stances, may pass 30 or 40 years in the Army, and
iholicd Militia - 109,3V1 9,897,861• 8a 1 when rendered incapable of serving, is under the ne•
ff and Garrisons - 4'70,836 99i cessity of retiring on half-pay, which does not exceed
I Pay to Supernumerary Officer. 30,375 IS 0 ;the pension now granted to Serjeants, after serving 21
lc Department - - 270,349 6 11
..pay and Military Allowances 233,909 a s , years. It is therefore hoped that Government will
In-pensioners of Clarissa and Kil- I be induced to adopt such steps as may lead to improve
thainharn Hospitals . ' Quarter-Masters' situations.—From
-pensioners of ditto
lows Pensions AN OLD SOLDIER.
Jnteer Corps -
'al Militia "
4gn OITA -
xoyal Military College
Royal Military Asylum -
Allowances to Retired Chaplains and
Officiating Clergymen -
Medicines and Hospital Expenses
7enipassionate List - -
Barrack Department (Ireland)
Cosurissariat Department (Ireland)

41,811 s 3
343,676 2 S
56,078 18 6
1169,569 10 10

- 643,650 - ••••
• 23,253 968,425 6 4
.57.,94S 14 6
25,098 4 5

• 17,8 V 13
• 114,026 14 10

.. 15,700 - -•••
. 476,617 9 7
209,489 13 1

Total 371,382 £15,994,437 19
the Regtt intheEast Indies 30,347 707,337 6 8

to be provided d. 340,835 £15,287,100 5 4
above estimated charge, R 12,223,218. Is. Bd. is
',teat Britain, and £3,063,884. Ss. Bd. for Ireland.
General Court Martial, held at Bombay on
March, and continued by adjournments to the
May following, Lieutenant-Colonel S. KEATING,
56th Foot, was arraigned--
For taking out of the hands of the Captains and Officers In
of Companies the supplying of their men with necessaries,
embarkation of the le.d Battalion 56th Regiment for India;
receiving a per tentage or premium to a considerable
on the aforesaid necessaries.
'cr detaining unnecessarily sums of money the property of
or of Government.
For mustering and drawing pay for a man who had never
enlisted or attested for the regiment.
Court acquitted him of all the charges except
. of the second, with respect to which they found
guilty of having allowed some balances of boun-
ft by deserters, amounting to £29. Bs. 4id. to
tced in the regimental fund, thereby incurring
irregularity of conduct, without any corrupt intention.
Court, therefore, sentenced him to credit the sum
£29.85. 4ttl. to the public, and to be privately
..3nished by the Commanding Officer of the Forces.
The Court also gave an opinion, animadverting oa
lencral conduct of Captain Faye;, which appear-
:Finn the tenor of the prosecution, to have been
-iced by personal ill-will and animosity towards
tenant-Colonel KEATING.
___ whole proceedings having been laid before his
ifkrzsrv, his MAJESTY was pleased to command, that
Captain FRYE should be removed from the 56th Re-
-t of Foot, to another corps.
GENERAL ORDER.
Horse Guards, 19th February,lBlo.
KING having been pleased to approve that
pective ranks of the Officers of his Majesty's
of Folt Guards, Regular Infantry and
be distinguished by the Epaulettes or
to be worn by each as hereafter specified, the
.amander in Chief in consequence directs, ti at the
)flowing Kegulationshe notified to the Army, and
observed in future, viz.

There is a question which we wish to put to Sir
LUCAS PEPYS, whose evidence seems to us to be ut-
terly irreconcilable with his letter to the Secretary at
War. Being asked in your examination whether you
were acquainted with the nature of the disorder to
which soldiers were subject in the Island ofWalcheren,
I you replied, " Perfectly ;" and you proceeded to give
an account of the nature of it and of the time when it
was most prevalent, &c.

In your letter to the Secretary at War, dated 27th
September last, upon being required to proceed to
Walcheren yourself; you say, a I hereby solemnly de-
clare myself incapable of performing such a duty."—
You advise the sending Dr. BLASE, adding, “ They
(the Secretary at War and Commander in Chief) will
see the business then welt petformed, and the service
benefitedj whereas if I was able to go, who hew no-
thing of the ;nye:ligation of caul and contagion: &teases,
it would be merely pro forma, and no possible good
could arise from it.

The number of licences for the issue of promissory
notes, payable on demand, granted by the Commis-
sioners of Stamps, for the year ending the 10th of
October, 1809, was 735.

From the disturbance at the Opera House on Satur-
day evening, it was expected that all would not be
quiet on Tuesday night ; but, a paper circulated by
the Manager, explaining the necessity under which
he felt himself of excluding certain Foreigners and
other izlproper company from the Pitt, in order to
prevent the Subscribers from being annoyed, seemed
to produce the desired effect, and no attempt was
made to interrupt any part of the performance.
LYCEUM Mk:ATM—Yesterday the comedy of
Which it As Mae was represented at this theatre. This
comedy is a production from the pen of the late Mrs.
COWLEY, who was charged by the late Mr. Hof.-
CROFT with copying the characters of Bobby
Peatirepa and his Sister, from the comedy of Duii4city,
but had the parties been now in existence, they would
not only have found the practice of purloining from
each other extended, but that :le modern Dra-
matist had been reduced to the nec :ssity of pilfering
from themselves ! and though this is a species of rob-
bery not cognizable in courts of law, it is an offence
against Iran's, which should not be permitted to pass
off with impunity in a court of criticism.

Thursday last as a party of soldiers on furlough,
belonging to the East Norfolk Militia lying at Sheer.
ness, were crossing the water to South End, Essex,
the boat upset, and the passengers, consisting of about
18 or 19, were immersed into the watery element.—
By this accident two men, a serjeant and corporal,
two women and an infant child, were unfortunately
drowned. Great praise is due to the ships' crews
.then in the•river, for their prompt exertions in putting
off to the assistance of the unhappy, sufferers. They
succeeded in saving the lives of the rest, who in all
probability must have shared the fate of their compa-
nions.—The regiment have come to a resolution of
subscribing one day's pay towards the relief of those
who have lost their knapsacks containing the greater
part if not the whole of their property.
Elizabeth Shayler, the young woman, a servant to
the QuEntes dressers, who was wounded en Saturday.
by a ruffian, who suddenly struck her with a sharp
instrument in the arm, continues extremely ill. On
Tuesday and yesterday, the wound was considered ,
worse.

A melancholy accident happened on Sunday se'n-
night, at Aberystwith ; five men went out in a boat
over the bar, but had not proceeded far, before the
boat was upset by a violent ground sea, and three of
the men were drowned : the other two were fortu-
nately saved by the exertions of the marines. The
bodies were washed on shore by the violence of the
waves soon afterwards. Two of the sufferers were
brothers, one of whom has left a widow and four
small children ; the other was a journeyman carpenter.
At Hereford fair, on Tuesday week, the chew of
cattle was remarkably fine, although the mumber was
not so large as has been sometimes seen. Fat and
lean stock met with a ready sale at advanced prices.
The buyers were very numerous, and the market
cleared by half-past twelve o'clock. In the horse fair
few good horses were offered for sale, and every kind
went very high. There were not many pigs or sheep,
and both sold at advanced prices. Best cheese aver-
aged from 81s. to 88s. and two-meal from 725. to 765.
per cwt. The quantity of hops was small, and sold
froya 935. to 105 s. per cwt. Same day, Dumfries
fair was very numerously attended : draught horses
were sold at most exorbitant prices, and good road-
steri, as well as those fit for saddle, were rapidly dis-
posed of.

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Major Nat
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portsmouth
Lieutenant
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guished corps
terbury to joi
for embarkati,
The last ad
tish Army wa
The following
the Northern
Brigade of Art
Brigadier-Gem
oass—liillages c
Brigade of Art
Major-Genera
Troop of Hors
stoN's Br:gade—
The tarns
Army Service
illuse of Corr
1. Land Forces
cellaneou,
R.l.iirents it
li.o01.)., and f
crui: lig d
Einholkd N
L Staff and Ga
6. Full Pay to Si
7. Public Depal
8. Half-pay and
9. Inisensionen
thainbarn
10. Out-pensiont
11. Widows Pen
II Volunteer CI
11 Local MAW;
Foreign Coq
15. Royal Milks
16, Royal Milits
17, Allowances I
Officiat in!
18. Medicines an
19. Compassiona
2a, Barrack Dep
Corturissaria
edt:tt the Rep
Atm iins to be pt
Of the abovee
for Great Bri t
At a Genes
the 4th Marcl
nth May folio
of the 56th Fl
Ist. For taking
charge of Comp:
oa the ernbarke
and for receivin
11110':7.! on the a
1. Fcr detain
ir.divid.ials or of
3d. For muste
been enlisted or
The Court
a part of the !
him guilty of 1
ties left by de
be placed in t
irregularity of
The Court,
of a 829. Ss. 4
admonished t
The Court
the gencral c
ed. from the
iniuenced by
Lieutenant•G
The whole
MAJEsTY, his
Captain FRYE
tent of Foot,
The KING
the respective
Regiments cd
Militia, shall
rings to be 1
Commander i
i°llowing KeF
he observed it
1. All Field 0
*hither by Brev
2. The Epauk
etStrap,aLieut
3. Field Office
Ilse, the Captal
lank of Field 0
IPulettes :
the strap, am!
tle Device point
1. Captains an
t the right Sho'
Prim and the (
Captains an
td Light Infant
t the Regular 1
link Contpanfe.
11).+Ider with a
steel' belong to
8. The I.leute
ith •
e Army, ar,
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as Captain
%t
crGuards, Ei
4. The Ca tai
1
e:nform to th
itular Infant
It Sik,u rY
er, (vi
fat of the Ep
6. The Eau;4
lie of Bullion;
1. Adjutants
Rants of Ml
tlietces nr \A'i
01F.cerl. 'I
shoulder, i
EPaulette.
PartaSterl
the CiVil St
t or winr.
Shoulder Bel
n all case:
sttaPs of
CAR any
4, of Gold,
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