Star.
London, England, 1804-03-22 00:00:00

_ Davy, Captain Rangy, Lkutenant
Merrier, Enfigns Barry, Gunpil, and Fanthoone,Cartirao Surgeon
Holloway. Lieutenant Orm!by. tat Regime= Cuannallrary awl
Captain Humphries, Bengal Artillery.

.Maly RI

011leen whO havedied—during the campaign by the jungle fewer
—l4rusenant Cokanel Harbin, ;;d; Major Blair, CommiShry g
Captain Carrington, Malay ItcliMent ; Captain Bullock, ifitth re.
violent; Lieutenants Patrick Campbell, Peter Campbell. Robin.
fon, Moore, and Dr. Reader, sift regiment; Lieutenant 0. H.
rawdtaw. 6cth regiment Lieutenant Cillte, Coat Artillery Lieutenant Vollere, Ceylm Regin eat ; Lieutenants Dendret and
Drilberg, Malay Regiment; Adjutant Hesdakm, and Zags
Motes, Malay Regiment.
All the Officers at Fort Macdowul were Geed.

Others murdered. Priests-, ryth ruo:,eso ; Odiern ds
erafr,l. r 6; Privates, zyth, too; witt.put Mcludaus the s ad. wiu•
have lull too Mal.

• Two Mile, k.Ol Candy.

We are happy to find that there is an truth in the
Rory of a fatal duel at Teignmilith. We Mated the
fall on the authority of another paper
Yelterday a perfon of great reipeflability, who
lives near Cheapfide, underwent an examination be-
fore the Loan Mayo% at the Steam Hnufe, on a
fufpicion of being concerned with MO jaNive, who
Rands charged with forging and tittering two bills of
afoot. and for whole apprehenfion a reward of sed.
is offered. From the circumftances that appeared in
evidence, the perfon was libel-veil, upon his owls
recngnifance to appear again when called upon. A
great number of Gentlemen attended to give bait for
his appearance, fbould it be cn&iide►ed neceffary.—...
Al this bufioefs will undergo aao•her inveftigatione
we decline mentioning names at prefent..

At Chehosford,sui:donday lafi. Visairal La74oy
a married woman, was banged for mardaring hat
own child.—The boy who was coadassed for !eat-
ing a tl. note out of a letter km ins. tit
()lice, has bets rtfpited. .

DkFINGE OF THE GOUNIRr.

ititre4 of a Patophkt poblitlln by Dater Matwaat. at Patin
Sys.
is is, slain a Plan far • a Nation in the molt cape&
tians simper, to coat& them to take the kid, in the &omit

tame poffibk:
4 Every able bodied man, who is not in the army
4' of the Line, to be armed with a pike ten feet long,
• including the blade, which ought to be as inches,
▪ refembling that of a broad.(word, thick in the
• middle, with a point and edges as (harp as pat.
• ble, to prevent the enemy from catching it with the
• hand.
' To be provided alai with a Ihort (word, as inches
• in the blade, (which is long enough to pats the
• forearm guard, of 54 or t 8 inches), with a very
• (harp point, and cutting edges. A thrill (word is
• the only weapon that can be ufed in elide fight-
-4 every flab gives a dreadful wound, and if the thrall
• he parried with the hand or arm, it will reldum
• fail to difable it. The fcabbard to be made of
• plate iron, painted black, fixed to the breeches or
• pantaloons. above, and a little in front of the thigh
• joint, that it may be grafprd and drawn in an in-
-4 lent, without ufing the left hand.
• Every tenth man, or nearly that number, to be
• anned with rifles( or if thefe cannot be procured,
• lisikets, with the bed locks, and good fowling
',Owes may be feleded, and rifled. Every tale.
• "lan to have the fame lhort (word as the pikeman.
• The rifle corps mull be formed of the moll alive,
- • and of high-fpirit, prudent in coveting themlelves
• undaunta in attack. They will form the advance

• guard. Re. of tbefe light troops.
• The uncertain duration of the parent costal,
• which is equally fupported by men and money, Fe-
-1.• quires the liana attention to economy. Strength
! • of numbers mull be obtained with the limit
don of public labour. and at the fmaHeß expe.nce
I • polfible. When a patri..tie fpirit pervades a nation,
11 the man who fights for his liberty. his family. and
• .every thing drat is dear to him, will meet the ene-
omy with as much firmaefs in his threfhing or ditch.
ing jacket. as decorated in a birth-day uniform ;
▪ • any coloured (hurt coat may be dininguilhed by
, a Aim military mark—breeches and pantaloons may
• be wont at pleafure.
• •- Every man mull provide Mardi with a blanket,
✓I
to protein him alma the weather—wrapt round
• his left arm, it will enfant every purpofe of &final
.. • Skids being (word proof, it will give much can-
• fidence in attack. and will efFeinually entangle the
• bayonet. Thefe blankets may have tapes.fewed tn'
• them—tied together, and fpread °opal' v.. they will
s dram eansfgasable swam.
• The troops to be ailed by hundreds. thoufands.
• —four thoufand to form a legion. This number
a may be readily colleited and etercifed, and return
▪ to their homes the fame evening. The army, to
• move as much as poffible in fquares of too each.
• This formation is tapable of the moll rapid evolu.
• ' • dons. without conform... The riflemen and light
• artillery pang from front to rear as often as it may
'4l he required. When a whole country (ball be armed
6 is this manner. the invading enemy will be 'verity
•
oeilialtive troops in every quartet.. Every foraging
• mug 'will be Jellroyed, his force moll be concen-
• anted, sod refinance will increafe in proportion to
• his polars into the country.'
a The espenee of arming will he trifling—every
• fiddler will nearly find the needfaiies of life in his
• own difiria. and his wants will be eafily &piled
. • when withdrawn from it. The elicit of an army
• depends (o much on its numbets and the rapidity of
. • its movements. that a numerous people, armed in
• this manner, in an extenfive. rugged, or tnclofed
• country, mull be iiivincible, and its night attacks
• irrefihible.
* The plan of arming with pikes alone, partien-
• lady without cutting edges, will be found of little
• • fin trice—every man armed in this wap mull be fen
• (ible that the moment his adverfary pares the point
4 °ibis pike, which he will readily do, by laying hold
• of it with Lis hand, that his fate is decided; but if
a be have a blanket want round his left arm, %Okla
• be will ufe as a thiehl, and a lbw t (word in his right,
a he will feel himfelf an overmatch for his antagonill,
'armed with pike, (word. or bayonet.'
The kw&acy of the common pike has been el.
paienced in innumerable intlances. The want of
improvement Teems to pioceed lions not dittinguith
ing. the prelim and former (tate of things. Tfie
ancient (Irons blunt pike was formed to pierce the
beaten fhield and coat of mail; and the frearman
bad always a (bong (word. The modern pike is in.
• tended to ;Mace or cut the unproteined body, and
every pikernan thou'd have a Ikon (harp fwerd.
• At the beginning of the French revolution, Cola
thel OSWALD formed a reinvent of pikemen at Paris. 11
The men were fenfible that they wanted foniething
more than pikes—a Imre pinol was given to each of
• them. They were Rill fin ditratisfied with their arms.
that the plan of pikes was given up berme they went
to La Vendee.
The Committee of War appointed the Mt sonata
-
toil. to the command of 4000 men. to be armed as,
above. of whom Soo were to have rifles. Paces
was loon after appointed Minilter of War, and every
. thing in that department went into contution.
It was calculated that in Birmingham and Shef.
field to,ooo of thefe (words, and as many pike blades,
might be made in a week, and from 15,000 to sc..coo
of each, every week, when things Ihould beret fairly
ag .
Theg following copy of an account paid to a cutler
in Birmingham, in ()Sober, 1791, thews the very
cheap rate at which a nation may be armed :
Too meanteit Das;:ers, at is sat. each - 14 3 4
Vey ihttu ditto blades at is 31,1. - .63 a 6
An euimate of the erpence of arming each man
which was CS/SW/eked for pmvirinnally,
A Mak., few awn (word, with woolen haft 4o s SO
Scabhard made of Sect iron, Load with wood, and
painted black •
Pile blade
fllsoft for ditto, of hard woad -
. *wad dna sod rivet, for the head uf ditto
imositet, with noel at end of ditto

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Far prompt payment ea rod freurii, &dud the odd -
peuee, aid 35cm men my be anncJ fur ss. each, or
the fan 4.4 - ‘876 o o
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the faux pamphlet, a plan was propmed for
TIOUIIIIIIg light artillery iii inch a manner as to refill
auy attack of cavalry to move with great velocity,
pcLuliarly fitted to Lite defence of defiles, anti inrni-
sug„, cr,..1 ill a ditaiuuuteil [late, a el:el.:a:iv tlefi. e.

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