Star.
London, England, 1810-09-17 00:00:00

POItTUGVESE NIILITIA.

48 Regiments, at 1101 each
ENGLIM ARMY

Total 14:,,;03
The following circular letter Ins been lomat-AO
from the Horse Guards, fur the information of Inn-
keepers:

a Horse Guards„ August 10, 1310.

" Some misconception having taken place wi:h n:speet to the
purport of his Majesty's warrant of the 22d June last, the Com-
mander in Chief directs it to be notified, that the LuicUord of the
house on whom soldiers are billetted on the march, is liable to
provide one hot meal, and the soldier is not entitled to thevic-
tuals which remain unconsumed at that meal, as in addition to
his hot meal, Slte soldier receives Bd. per clay out of the allowance
formerly made to the innkeeper. fly command of the Right
Hon. the Commai der in Chief. (Signed)

" I IA RRY CALVERT."

A General Court-Martial assembled this day week
at Berwick -upon-Tweed, for the trial of Major Gordon,
of the Aberdeenshire Regiment of Militia, on charges
preferred against him by Captain and Adjutant
CHRISTIE, of the same Regiment, for malignant, un-
oificer and ungentlemanlike conduct towards the pro-
secutor.

Horse-Guards, tOth Sept. 1810.
It has been represented to the Commander in Chief,
that, notwithstanding the former Orders which have
been issued on this subject, the Commissioners of the
Royal Hospitals of Chelsea and Kilmainham ate
much embarrassed in the performance of their duty,
by the very loose and vague manner, in which, in
many instances, the Services of Soldiers, who are pre-
sented to them, are ascertained.

The Order of the 18th of May, 1808, has been re-
vised with the most scrupulous attention, and has
been found perfectly adequate to its object. It should
therefore be unnecessary to repeat what has been so
recently and clearly explained ; but the inattention of
Officers in command of Regiments to this essential
part of their duty, renders it indispensable on the part
of the Commander in Chief, to repeat his injunctions,
that the most exact obedience be paid to this order,
and to point out the following irregularities, as those
which have generally occasioned the difficulties com-
phined of, viz.
ist. Stating generally the number of years and days which
men have served, without specifying the period or period.
from to

Not specifying Service in the East and West Indies, in con-
formity to the Rtgulations.
3d. Neglecting to state the manner in which men have been
disabled.

ch. Inattention to the Memorandum on the back of the Dis-
charge.

.sth. Omitting to give a Certificate in the case of men, who
have distinguished themselves, or served faithfully, and
ti•h. In various instances, the obsolete Forms of Discharge
have been used.

These various points have been so clearly explained
In the Regulations, and their object must, it is pre-
sumed, be so in unison with the feelings of every
Officer, that the Commander-in-Chief cannot but be
much surprised at the want of attention to them,
which has called for these animadversions.

. _
if it was necessary, or-proper, to suggest any addi-
tional incentive to a sense of duty, the Officers to
whom this Order is addressed, would find it in the
present instance, in the interest they cannot but take
in the welfare of those, who having served their best
days under their command, are sent home to avail
themselves of the bounty and provision, which the
gratitude of their country and the gracious care of
their Sovereign, have prepared for them, .bat which
is frequently withheld, from their not being furnished
with the documents, which arc necessary to ascertain
their claims. .

It is most distressing to the Commanderjn-Chief,
to state the evils to which soldiers at the close of their
services are exposei by such omission, but he feel it
so imperiously his duty to recTreis them, that he has
judged it expedient thus publicly to declare, that,
should any similar instances hereafter occur, he will
consider any Commanding Officer who gives his Sig.
nature to a Discharge which is no: made up in con-
formity to the late Regulations, as personally respon-
sible for a Disobedience of Orders, and for the conse-
quences, with which his neglect may be attended, as
alfectinq the interest of the soldier. By Command
of tlle Right Hon. the Commander-in-Chief,
Hanitr CALVERT, Adjutant-General.

Admiral STOPFORD is appointed to command the
naval force at the Cape of Good Hope.
' Admiral WHITSHED and Sir E. NAGLB have been
relieved in their respective commands, at Cork and
Leith, by Admirals THORNBOROUGIi and ()TWA*.
The final answer to the French Government, rela-
tive to the exchange of prisoner;, was sent from the
Transport Board on Saturday by a messenger .to Mr.
MACKENZIE, at Morlaix. ••
_. .
Dispatches were on Saturday received at the Ad.
miralty from our Aqtladrinl off Flushing, Aunouncing,
we understand,, some movements in Ow enemy's Hest
up the river, corroborative !of reports which had
reached our Commanders, that they, intend to avail
themselves of Ate first fae tgoiblq opportunity to send
a strong ,aletacliment to seai. The numb,T And des.
tinatiou of, this terse is differently represented, but
the report most crediied is, that it is intended for the
East Indies.

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Awe—. vow

Ndedi CiltrairiGENCE.
The rationing is a earnest toff of tbs mates uf the 0217
men beloriging to the Da esiesorase, who were k lid
wounded in the late :siting oat at (blunt, as stated la •
STAR Oflllllfildir lass
KILLRD—Mr. WI111:1131 Robertson, Midshipman • Mr. H. I'.
ktiddleton, Master's Mate ; A. testing. I. shore, and s. Lacey,
,e3,.nen ; Corporal Jackson, 1. Mason, and J. Store, Marines.
m;ssiiso, Serrosan r 0 1;:" IlltoWvs. •-q. it.tri•-r• ;
wituat, t Costler, 1. Purling, H. Day, W. Porker, and 1. Liddy,
seamen, -One of the boats, with three men, drifted on *bore dur-
ing the act. on, the fate ut the mt.,' is not ay.-mince.
Wouarata —Lieutenant Samuel Blackereand Lieutenant Henry
Elton ; Mr. tvnnis,and Mr. Burt, Midshipmen ; Joke Caillans
Andrew Dillon, 1• Nor:beige, 1. Doutb, C. Law, N. Luny, A.
Murray, M. !Haft in, A. Murrel, J. Collis-is, D. M'Kinky 1.
Hinds, M. Kelley, I% 'illlam Edwards, C. Deinprey, I. Hamiltho,
1. Bolter, and I. Marl, seamen ; Corporal °Wake, bur-
tol, P. 11/41'ltintii-r, loisa Con.iable, ?cite t -.del,
Purfield, Marines.'

PALMOUTti:. SEPTEMBER 14.
S tiled the Princesi NfAcv wutt m ids for the
M2.diterranean.—Wind

PLYMOUTH, SEPTEMBER 15.

Yesterday arrived the IN TELLIVENT gan-brig,
tenant 'FCCKER, from Cadiz, Gibtoitar, and 1.i.0r
with dispatches :..left Lisbon the S I instant. Also
• trrived the Mallet sch-oner from Pyrtsmouth ; she
xis bound to Lisbon with‘dispatchcs, but spritry, a
leak at sea, which furred her to put in he-e, as, at the
time the :strived, she was making three feet water an
h air. Her dispatches were sent on hoard the Gleaner
ketch, which sailed with them immediately. The
PRINCI!, front Quebec, with timber foe the
laa=yard at this portl—Sailed the &seism brig of
War, far 'Portsmouth ; and the Eatti. SPENCER cutter.
far Cork.—The schOoncr, and 'l'albot sloop,
have come up harbour to rest. The LYNX brig of
war is gone out of harbour to the sound. _

Yesterday aqernoon dispatches anived from Town
by express, and were sent on board the Fancy cutter;
which sailed with them immediately for Corunna.
The BRUNE frigate sailed yesterday for the Downs;
she was intended fi,r the Cape, but her destination is
altered for the present, and is now to take troops on
board, immediately ou her :in ival in the Downs, for
Lisbon.

On Saturday last Re tr-Adrniral STOI'FORD WaS sent
for to town, by the Admiralty, and since then his
ship, the Scit.to):, lt.ts h 'en fitting for foreign service
with all possible d.spatch.
The sloop Penaleway, Boravr master, is lost near
St. lye's, Cornwall; crew saved in their boats.
Lieutenant HIKE is appointed to the BRAAVE, as
Commod!)re of the prison.ships in liaml.aze. The
following ships in ordinary at this port, are ordered
to be taken to pieces, in addition to those mentioned
in a former letter : St. Juste, 80 guns; Arundel and
Yarmouth, 61.; Immortalite, Amhomache, and 13• -
ton, frigates; Myrmidon, Petterel, and Fairy sloops.
The ltesoltt slop-ship is to be paid off and broke* up.
as soon as the Prince Frederick is ready to suppfp lies
place. _