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

MALTA, yucr 27.

The KING'S birth-day was celebrated here in a
moft brilliant manner by our troops and the natives.
After the firing from the [hips and batteries was over,
and other military honours praCtifed on fuch occa-
flons, the city of Valette was illuminated, bonfires
made in feveral' ftreets, and about eight o'clock the
molt fplendid fire-works ever ken at Malta, com-
menced in the fquarc oppofite the Palace ; when this
was over, a hall was given by the Governor. at
which all the Neapolitan and Englilh Officers, and
all the Nobility and Gentry of the Hand attend-
ed. During the night the loyal inhabitants ferenaded
the town, with the different inftruments of mnfic,
playing and ringing " Goo fave the Kola," and
other patriotic fongs. Next night the bulk of the
Lao, the Genii of Britain and Malta, and other
charafters were exhibited at the Theatre; and an
Ode was performed expreffive of the higheft loyalty
and attachment to the Britilh Government, sunidft
the acclamations of a crowded and brilliiat audi.
Ana. For feveral nights the prefent Grand Mailer
THOMAS., (who is now in Sicily, and has rendered
himfell unpopular and detefted at Malta, by raying,
" that if ever he came to enjoy that dignity, lie
would make the Maltefe eat hay)" was burned in
effigy, with a bundle of hay under his arm. His
Lieutenant, Signior Buzz', has been frequently in-
tuited by the populace. his houfe furrounded and
threatened to be razed to the ground. The antient
Government is detefted by the -Maltefe, who are de-
lighted at the idea of Malta being kept by the Eng-
lilh. When the declarati, nof war and the fpeech of
Lord Matvitte with refpelt to keeping Malta,
reached this place, they were direftly %radiated into
Italian, and read by every defc;,iption of people with
the greateft pleafure; there are, however, tome dif-
contented Jacobin Maltefe. of whom the Govern-'
ment have a perfect knowledge; they are fent out of
Malta asap opportunity offers, to Naples,. Sicily, &c.
There are now panes made ont for upwards °fro*.
The BISHOP of Matra has alfo fallen into difgrace.
When it was underftood that war was declared, the
rtenth Refident was ordered to quit the Mend. It
happened on ibe di's 'of his departure, thaefornest-
litmus ceremony was to have been performed at Citta
Vecchia, by the Bifhop. in honour of one of their
Saints. lie, inftead of attending to his duty, went
end paffed the moll of the day with the Frenchmen
before be embarked, poftponing his homage to the
Saint until the neat anniverfary. Lord Netting ar-
rived on the tyth of Jane, in the Am-aloe 'fixate,
a day or two after the French Refident failed ;liar-
leg beard of the Bifhop's attention to that perfon:he
refufect to fee him, when he waited on him. The
town was illuminated for his Lordlhip, who failed on
the sytit of June tu)oin the fleet off Toulon. The
fleet [Witted much in a gale of wind in the begin-
sting of July. The Aotwcovar was forced to come
to Malta to repair.
On the *al of lone the Crew, s and Ex r gainsay
tame front Naples" with all the Englith tranfports,
merchantmen, Pte. that were there. The following
Gentlemen, 4‘41/3 were retuning to England over
land, ;funtitlik to Malta in the Earning art Lord
t'Ltiert'az, Colonel BillibfOßD, of the 88th ; Col.
.L.AISD, late (loaner-Mailer-General in Egypt ; and
Mr. ()ureter, lieutenant of the 26th Light Dra
geom. They had got as far as Florence, when they
Ticird that the French had craved Italy. Da ior
Smarrea. Doctor Boca All, and other officers of the
Egyptian Medical Staff, had gone as far as Rome.
Belisha thief% were Mr. Keno, Major %VAT tar, Cap-
tain Prate. and other Gentlemen, who were on their
-travels. whole names Ido not know. Gen. Stoatr
who was at Rome ai the time, went to Marna,
where he flopped. and fent fur is harks to Malta.
It was conjeltured, that his intention was to remain
there until troops were fent to take poffellion of Si-
cily. The furrnifes were groundlefs: for the Gene.
ral has fence departed from thence.

The Neapolitans who formed part of the garrifon
at Malta, were fent to Syraeufe and MefEna after
the declaration of war was known. Ties Blotto.
frigate and two trenfports took the fir* divifion oI
them on the sotlt of Joly t the SPID•a brig and five
tranfpnrts took the remainder on the 14th. They
ate a poor miferable let : their Government fcarcely
allows themtufficient pay to procure them the necef
Caries of life s• they are comparatively happy on fo.
trigs horice, for they are feldons paid at borne. A
Gentleman who returned fume time ago from Ns-
ttrtold me that he bad been in company with a
o
'its° ("Seer, who, at parting. begged a few
peace bum him to buy bread for his family. The
qtly people at Malta who regret the Neapolitans are
the hatchets, for they fay lime they left it, they cen-
tric difpofe of the beads sad olds of the cattle they
daughtr.
The fleet have got a number of Maltefe Lilian,
who are very expert I the Citation had gut upward.
Ili forty s eve battalion of MAltefe, eonfibing loco
me.. has been railed fince the Neapolitans went
Apar, and another b to be Ilsortly completed. The
field Officers, As4atants. and ltal, I am told, are
to be linglifb s C.,ine and Subalterns, Maltefe.—
The wtiments at Mlta arc the 6111, 35th, 271 b, sods,
and at r ille's.
The John tranfport returned to this place on the
nth of July. from Egypt. with all the convalefcents
wino bad remained behind. except one man wh., had
qnkli recovered of the plague. Bx this edict we

learn that Egypt hat undergone dreadftil changes
(ince it evacuation by the Englifk.
VINCENZO TABURNA, Captain of the Guides in
Egypt, who from his knowledge of the country, lan-
guage, &c. rendered the greatest fervices to our army
while there, is to return as Secretary to the Miliary
Legation. He came to Malta with the Englifh ar-
my, %vim they evacuated the country. The Iscnoa.
BALGI, as Civil Governor of Alexandria, who was
afraid to flop there after the Englith, is alfo to return.