Star.
London, England, 1803-10-01 00:00:00

MARG.ITP., SEPT. 27.

refieraay. about noon. Mr. PITT, in company
with Lord CARKIVOTON, and three military Gentle-
men. one of whom was General MOILDAUNT, again
infpe&ed the defenfive operations going on here. Mr.
PITT gave an order to the 'Volunteer Corps to attend
the drills every afternoon at four o'clock. A grand
moiler will take place next week, preparatory to a
field day of all the Volunteers in the Mind ; viz. the
four companies here, two belonging to Ramfg,ate,
and one at Broadßairs and St. Peter's. They will,
it is Paid, be reviewed by Mr. PITT, who is their Co-
lonel Commandant. _ _

A cannonading has been heard for the IA three
days. We bear this morning that Calais is on fire
in feveral places. ,
A beacon is about to be ere4led at Sarr, near Can-
terbury. The object of this is to give notice to the
furrounding country of the approach of the enemy,
fhould they attempt to invade us. Several loads of
faggots, barrels of pitch, and other combutlibles,
are getting ready for that purpofe.
ColonFl GainsAL arrived here on Sunday laft.—
He left us the following day, on a vifit to Lord and
Lady EDWARD BIPTINCK. at Ramfgate. Mr. Bucti,
the brother of the Earl of DAR tiLay, arrived at the
Royal Hotel yefterday, from London.
The Officers of the Nottingham Militia give a
grand ball at Sacker, Ramfgate, to-morrow. Three
hundred cards are to be Wiled.

Some alarm has been fpread here this evening by
the rumours of news from town, which, added to
the new and increafing menaces of French invafion,
and the arrival of the period to which all thole me•
naves have pointed, have combined to excite Come
apprehenfions among the fair les, for whole Cafe and
fpeedy removal, in cafe of neceffity, arrangements
are now making.

MUTINEER 29.
Lord KEITH, who refides at Stone Honfe, between
Kingfgate and Broadaairs, has this day received five
expreffes from the fcene of altion. All the men of
war have quitted the Downs, and proceeded to cover
the bombarding Nuadron.
A guard-houfe and magazine is jua commenced
by the fort, and is to be completed very &only.
Moft of the gateways or openings in the cliffs have
within there few days been doled with polls, firong
boards, and chalk.

Mr. Ptrr is Paid to have given his opinion on Tuef-
day that the enemy would certainly icon pay us a vi.
lit t and thisbecoming public, has caufed much alarm,
particularly among the females who believe they ac-
tually are coming with this thunder of cannon.

The diftance from Yarmouth to the Texel is 135
miles • from Harwich to Rotterdam 120; and from
the Thames to Flufhing 1 15.

The ten frigates fitting out by the Trinity Houle,
to be moored acrofs the River in the Lower Hope,
are to be manned and found by that patriotic Cor-
poration. Five of them are now at Greenwich, and
five at Woolwich. They are espeded to fail for the
Lower Hope in a day or two.
The eight guard (hips dellined for the Humber
have failed for the Nore, on their way to that river.
They are large two-deck merchantmen, and are to
be manned and found by Government. They will
be moored acrofs the mouth of the Humber, like the
block (hips in the mouth of the Thames ; but are tr,
be full rigged, that in cafe of parting with their An-
chors they may be able to bear away.
The Glatton, Captain CoLa err, recently arrived
from New South Wales, is ordered from the Downs
to Woolwich; for the purport of unloading the tim-
ber brought from that fettlement for (hip building.
The Tea ems., of 74. ens, and the ZEPHYR. (loop.
are ordered into commilEon ; and the command,
given to Lord H. NOLET and Captain
GRAHAM.

The field-works on the Eallern Difiria of London
are already commenced ; foldiers work on them under
the direaion of engineers.
Seven hundred of the army of refkrve arrived at
Derby on Wednefday, on their route from Lichfield to
Nottingham. The army of referve belonging to the
county of Derby have alfO, except a few who Tobin.
teered into the Guards and the artillery, marched to
Nottingham ; they are to be attached to the 945th Foot.
On :he aoth ult. the Surrey Yeomanry, eemmand•
ed by Lord Lassie, marched into Epfom for five
days, and feveral days laf week west through their
feveral evolutions on the Downs. The corretnefs they
difplayed in afl their manauvres gave great pleafure
to the numerous and retpeaable company who had
affembled to witnefs the fcene, and did great credit
td themfelves and their officers. The effea of their
movements was heightened by the novelty of a rifle
corps lately attached to them. The Surrey yeomanry
is one of the moil relpeaable corps in the county, and
may firmly be relied upon for any ferviee.
On Monday laft, the two battalions of Mounts Bay
Volunteers, the tit under the command of Lieute-
nant Colonels Pates and Oxman, and the ad under
that of Lieutenant Colonel McNees, were drawn up
in a field in the neighbourhood of Penzance, in order
that they might be tufpeaed and reviewed by Lord
de DUNITANVILLII they were exercifed about the
fpace of an hour, previous to the arrival of his Lord.
Drip and their Commanding Officers, whole pretence
was announced by the beating of drums, and by the
grand tone of" Gun face the King." Lord de Duos-
srauvtisa was frequently heard to (peak in praife
of the fubordinate officers and privates of thefe Corps,
on account of their manly and fuldier-like appear.
ance. They went through their different evolutions
in a llyle that gave muds fatistaition to their Com-
manding Officers; as well as to a great concourfe of
fpeaators, who, as the weather was remarkably 6ne,
were allembled on the occafion.

The Clerk to Meffrs. flimsily? and Co. Brewera,
at Enfield, feU lag week into a veffel filled with wort
in a Rate Of• Atrmentation, and was inftantly fuffo.
cated. His horfe was waiting at the door for him.
But, reconciling come Orders he had to give in the
brewhoufe. before his departure, he turned back,
and is fuppofed to have been fuddenly overpowered
by the Nines of the liquor while palling the veffel ;
then lofing his feet, to have ftaggered headlong into
the wort. The family went in fearch of him, and
difcovered his unfortunate accident, by his hat float-
ing upon the liquor. He was going into bufinefs for
himfclf, and was that maiming coming to London to
be appraifed into his new dwell:pg.