Star.
London, England, 1810-03-07 00:00:00

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THE ARMY: 6

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The 3d battalion of the 95th infantry, nriler the
command of Captain PRUCIVALI which arrived at
Brighton on Saturday, had but but a very disagree-
able march froin Lewes. This battalion merely
halted for an Ithur to take refreshment, when they re-
commenced their rbitte foi• Portimonth, there to em-
bark for Portugal.
Yesterday morning the Ist battalion of the Foot
Guards, consisting of 600 men, marched at seven
from Knightsbridge Barracks for Portsmouth, to em-
bark with other regiments destined for. foreign service.
Their new clothing, with their arms, consisting of a
thousand stand, were deliVered from the Tower the
day previous to their departure, and sent down in
baggage-waggons. The Men were in h;gh spirits,
and conducted themselves as became British soldiers.

The second division left town tLis day ; the third,
if not countermanded, to-morrow.

The First Regiment would have left town on Mon-
day, but as their clothing was not reaiy, their depar-
ture was delayed until yesterday.
The complement of the Guards is to consist of
1%)O men, besides officers, under the connmaod of
General Sir HARRY BURRARD NEALE, and second in
command Colonel Wirnevriev.
Yesterday the .3d battalion of the Ist.Regiment of
Foot Guards marched into Knightsbridge Barracks
from Chatham. The second battalion marched into
Portman-street Barracks. These rvo battalions are
in part to make up the deficiency of those sent abroad.
The Subaltern Officers of the f e.ish Army have
been thrown into a state of greAt consternation, in
cansequence of the Commander-in-Chief's order of
the 19th of February, abolishing the present form of
Epaulette, and substituting a fringed shoulder-knot,
the characteristic appendage of a livered lacquey.
We confess we see no one useful purpose that can
result from the Order alluded to, which causes an
un-versal dissatisfaction throughout this rank of the
Army, and serves merely to establish a distinction
unnecessary in the field, and galling in the ball-room.

Many a brave young fellow, ,who,has proved an
acquisition ,and an ornament to his Majesty's service,
has been caught in the first instance by the pageantry
and skew, the pride, pomp, and circumstance of
glorious war"—the fineries that allured him-in youth
to the profession, hate afterwards been succeeded by
the cement of attachment to a soldier's life, apd his'
country have received the benefit. Under this view
of the subject, we cannot but regret to see the mili-
tary body, and particularly the junior ranks, stripped
of those ornaments that feed their vanity. We would
recommend to those who regulate such affairs a nice
precaution, lest, in invading the appendages that ad-,
minister to the folly of imagination, they encroach (nil
that pride and spirit of the mind to which it is so
nearly allied. Indeed, we are surprised that our Su-
perintendants of Military. Affairs do not, at thiS a*ful !
crisis, turn their attention to something useful and
salutary to the welfare of the Army, and not occupy
themselves (as a certain great luminary of the Law
observes, in a pamphlet, written some five and thirty
years ago, when an Officer in the Line) "in ringing
:he changes on buckram,and buttons, and buttons and
buckram, to please the warriors of Wimbledon and
Blackheath."—We hope to see countermanded this
late Order in respect to the Subaltern Officers, and
to find their Epaulettes, now tottering, fixed firmly
on their shoulders.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR:
Sir—Observing in the STAR of Thursday last, a I
letter signed an Old Field Officer, wishing to call the
attention of those in authority to the degradation that
is about to be placed on a very reepectale part of the
British Army, (viz.) the Sulalterns, by depriving
them of their usual and long 'established part of
uniform, the epaulette with bullion, I beg leave tb sug-
gest, as it appears to be the wish of the Commander
in Chief, that the rank of every Officer might be
known, that• a Colonel should be distinguished by
having the Crown and the letters G R. placed on the
strap, and a Star on the part resting on the shoulder
of his epaulettes ; a Lieutenant-Colonel the Crown
and letup G. R. on the strap of his epaulettes ; a
Major the Crown on the strap, and Star on the part
resting pn the shoulder of his epaulettes ; a Ca'ptain
the Star only on the part resting on the shoulder of
his epaulette, and the Subalterns a plain epaulette.—
This would, without injuring the respectability that
should be necessarily maintained in our Army, be a
means of knowing the rank of its Officers, and of
doing away the idea of obliging the Subalterns to
substitute for dft epaulette a mean and paltry fringe,
which would woUnd the feeling and honour of every
young soldier in the British service. Hoping this or
any other mode might be adopted to prevent this de-
. privation by those under Whose immediate care such
directions ate to be giveul..have the honour to be,
your obedient servant,, AN OFFICER.
Dorsetshire, March 4, 1810.

Sir EYRE Croft's examination on the 12th day of
the Inquiry contains 'very little new matter :—Sir
EYRE was of opinion that the island would have been
in great danger from an attack from the French. as
the navy ccinld not oEcupy the Slough passage dur-
ing the winter, and as it would, at the least calcula-
tion, have taken three months to raise fortifications
for the protection of the coast. .
The Committee oit the Scheldt Expedition, last
night, examined Mr. HusKissoN, in his place, Cap[.
JONES, Lietlt.-COIOReI SoNTAG, Colonel MOSHEIM,
Mr. Roam]. KEATSS Surgeon, the Surgeon-General
KEATES (re-eta Mined). and Dr. WEBB. We under-
stand that Mr. TIERNEY wished the Inquiry to be re-
sumed as to=day. Lord CASTLEREAGH objected to
this, stating as his reason, that General BROWNRIGG,
. whom the Committee intended to examine, was con-
fined by the gout ; but he thought the General would
be able to attend on Monday, till which day he pro-
posed to adjourn the Inquiry, which was agreed to.
It is said, that a Moniteur of so late a date as the
27th ult. has been received, which contains Louts's
formal abdication of the throne of Holland.
Thirty thousand of the re-stamped dollars were
seized on board a Dutch schuyt in the River, a few
days since. The Public are, perhaps, little aware,
that the Dutch fishermen, who bring us plaice and
eels, will receive nothing in return but gold and silver.
His Majesty's brig SNAKE, Captain YOUNG, ar-
rived in Leith Roads on Wednesday the iiBth ult.
from a cruise.

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' iILYMOUTH, MARCH 4. '
With.the exception of the Iphigenia Spanish frigate;
we have not a single ship or vessel of war either in
Cawsand Bay or the Sound, a circumstance unpre!is
cedented ; thoie in the harbour are alsn getting ready
for sea with all possible expedition 6 the shipwrights
were again at work on them yesterday. Came in. the
Porchlr East Y.ncijaman, last from Cork. The wind
has shifted round to the Eastward. Arrived the Bo RL
SPENCER hired 'cutter. Sailed the Ann tender for
Bristol ; the Concord. tender for Liverpool ; and four
cartel brigS full Of French prisoners, (chiefly those
recently from the West Indies) for Morlaix.
PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 6.
Arrived his Majesty's ships At;oacious, RENOWN,
DOLPHIN, and PODARGUS, WiLII a convoy from the
Downs ; amorigit them are the Northumberland, Sir
Stephen Lushington, and Hugh Inglis, East India
men ; also the Gimlet and Tvni.tir, front a cruize.
YARMOUTH, MARCH fr'
This morning arrived from the Downs the EDGAR!
of 74 guns, t? take the flag of Vice-Admiral Dow-
LAS ; and the BADGER and HOUND sloops of war, from
Sheefneis, with stores.
Shirt in the Roads—Roebeek, Desiree, Ranger, Sheidrake,
Vixen, Flamer, Earnest, Hearty, ant/ Ertydagerin gun-brig.—
Wind S. E. with snow.
• CHATHAM, MARCH 4.
The RE.SOLUTION and the ARDENT will be undock.
ed to-morrow, and the day after the Vito and R&D'sc
will be docked in their stead. The Ltoir will sail in
a day dr two, being complete in all respects; she is
intended for the East Indies. Most of the new centers
in this Check are ready for lapching; one is already
launched—these are to be commanded by Liente-
nantS, and being very serviceable vessels, much in.
wrest is making with the Admiralty to get commis-
sions for them.
DEAL; MARCH 6.
Sailed the RENOWN for the Westward. Came down
from the River five sail of vess-ls, and are detained
by'tontrary winds.—Wind W.S.W.
GREENOCK, MARCH If.
busing the severe gale from bI.W. on Sunday last, five steivel*
*ere drove on shore at Isla, one of which was totally lost, and,
we are sorry to add, part of the crew ; we have not been.able to
learn any other particulars, or the names of the vessels.—The
Diana, Boer., of this port, which was drove ashore oa the Parr
Soil!, rear Fuwey, has 1;u-en got off, and is now in Tom,
harbour.—The ship I.ihertv, from Amelia island to Liverpo4,
attempted to run for Larniash in the gale of Sunday last, but
was forced into Ayr Bay, when she came to anchor off the Ifiartt
Rock, and continued there on the evening of the 26th ult.7—Thet
Planter, Davis, from Virginia, was captured by the Dunkerquois
French privateer, and carried into the Teeel, 4th ult.'
FROM LLOYD'S LIST.
CR A.VC3I SD, MARC N 6.—Arrived the Tiger, frost
the Brazils. Failed the I.agan. Sava*, for llelfast ; Lord Foities
Mackie,. and Experiment, FOrreltAliir Jamaica ; and *Siam:
Tweedy, for Cora.xia. . . 1.7111a1
,i 4.
ROMAN CATIt6LIC7II/14T8s.—The follo*ing ire
the Resolutions adopted at the Meeting of the R.oman
Catholic Prelates, which took place •at Dublin, on .
the 24th ult. as we have already stated :
Ist. That it Is the undoubted and exclusive right of Roman Cp-
tholic Bishops to discuss and decide (mall matter.; appertaining to
the doctrine and discipline of the Roman Catholic Church. •-
2d. Thar we do hereby confirm and declare our unaltered ado
herence to the Resolutions unanimously entered into la our lax
General
General Meeting, on the 14th September, 1806 .
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3d. That we are convinced that the oath of allegiance frame&
and proposed by the Legislature itself, and taken by us, is True
only adequate security fdr our loyalty, but that we know of no
stronger pledge-that we can possibly give.
4th. That baying disclaimed upon oath all right in'the Pope,
or any other foreign potentate, to interfere in the temporal con-
cern. of the kingdom, an adherence to the practice observed in
the appointment of Irish Roman Catholic Ilkhnps cannot tend :o
produce an undue or mischievous exercise of any foreign inl4-
ence whatsoever.
sth. That we neither seek nor desire any Pther eartii,c erts7.
deration for our spiritual ministry, to our respective lochil4 save
what they may, from a sense of religion and duty, • Yokels arily
afford as.
6th. Thy an Address, explanatory of these our sentiments, be
prepared and directed to the Roman Catholic Clergy and Laiety
I of Ireland, and conveying such fur. her instruction as cawing
tiretimatatices may seem to reitii:e.
. Last Friday. at a meeting of the General Commit-
tee held in Dublin, attended by four hundred Mem-
bers, the following Resolution was unanimously
agreed to :
" That as Irishmen and as Catholics, we refer can consent to
any dominion or controul whatsoever, over the appointment of
me Prelates, oa the part of the Crown or of the servants of the
Crown."
A Meeting of Roman Catholics was lately held at
-Castlebar, G. BROWNE, of Brswne's Town, Esq. in
the Chair, when several Resolutions were agreed to ;
but no petition to. Parliament drawn ; the Meeting
contenting itself with expressing its entire approbation
'Of that from. the collective body of Catholics in Ire-
land, and applying to the County Members to give
it their support. .
, Mr. H. CAVENDISH has died worth ens million two
'hundred thousand pounds ; seven hundred thousand of
which are bequeathed to Lord GEORGE CAVENDISH,
two hundred thousand to the Earl of BESBOROUGH, and
•the remainder in legacies to other branches of the
Devonshire family.—He was the largest holder of
Bank Stock in England.
Yesterday morning a Country Factor, after making
a hearty breakfast at the Axe Inn, Aldermansbury,
dropt down and instantly expired, he had only bees
M town a few days, and was in good spirits.
CORN MARKET, MARK-LANE, MARCH 7.—The are
rivals nf Wheat to-day make a middling supply, with
considerable retnaining quantities of foreign on hand ;
sales are heave, and hardly at last prices ; prime
Dantzic exceeds the currency—Rye dearer-,--Barli y
this week rather so—Malt likewise—White Peas are
cheaper--Beans of the two kinds at little variation—
Oats-sire in short supply, and this trade nearly at the
late advance in price.—Flour as our lait.
oaulam. CUR aaNcr AS utast •
Wheat, Us. 928.'1055. Batas, (old)S6c Iffa.
Etna ditto, 110 s. 1145. Tick ditto (n 141) SOL Us.
km offs. Oats 2114. 16a. Spa.
Barley, Ms. 460.0 d. Poland ditto, SI& me. 04.
Malt 745.1125. Potato. dkte, slle, of
White Peas (boilers), Ws. Mc Rape Sued, 441.
Orey duo 455. 51..
Rae Flour Mk Illemeascoodsiklii Si*

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