Star.
London, England, 1810-06-27 00:00:00

F.AST•INDIA SHIPPING.

Letters have been received from China ta Ante.
rice, dated 20th January. The Warren Hastings
from Bengal, and the Cuffnells, from Penang, kad
arrived at China. The latter ship had been ordered
for
_surveying, on account of her leaky state, and it
was expected she would be sent to Bombay to repair.
The True Briton, we are sorry to learn, instill
missing : she sailed from Bombay for China, in
company with the Scaleby Castle, Neptune, and
Cumberland, on the 10th of August, but parted
from them in the China Seas on the 13th of Oc-
tober in a heavy gale. The three ships arrived
at China on the 17th of October, and no inteii;.
Bence had been received of the True Briton at China
on the '2oth of January. Hopes are entertained of
her having gone to Penang, or Cochin China. The
boat's crew of the Marquis of Ely, consisting of Mr.
GLAseot.E, 4th officer, and twelve men, which had
been seized by the !..drones, was ransomed from
them for 7000 dollars.
The China fleet were expected to sail for England
the ISth February, under convoy of the St. Alban's,
consisting of the Perseverance, Neptune, Albion.
Princess Amelia, Warren Hastings, Nottingham,
Cumberland, Glatton, Thames, Scaleby Castle, Royal
Charlotte, Coutts, and Marquis of Ely.

Yesterday an Inquest was held at the Crown, St.
John's-greet, on the body of a dustman, who, in the
act of emptying his basket, fell and expired isnme.
diately. Verdict—Died by the Visitation of GOD.
The villain who entered the old gentleman's house,
near Manchester-square, a short time since, wkh a
Icrape on his face, and robbed him of considerable
property, was apprehended on Monday night, al
Humphreys, of Bow-street.
Monday, as one of the Brighton coaches was
coming along Brixton Causeway, the hind wheel
flew off, and 16 passengers were thrown to the
ground; a Gentleman had both his thighs broken, and
several others were much hurt, besides the coachman.
Friday one of the Bath and Btistol coaches over-
turned going down Marlborough•bill. Several of the
outside passengers received slight contusions. The
inside passengers ansi driver escaped without injury-
The accident happemsd from the pole breaking in the
sharpest descent of thr bill.
Yesterday afternoou, an alarming fire broke out
in the premises of a besker is Mary.la.bonne.laiwe
where an immense coitection of shavings had beep
made durbig the erection' of a large chapel in the
neighbourhood. For a little tin:e the conflagratioa
was so dreadful as to threaten. the destruction of the
whole street ; for though three engines Were saw at
the spot, no water could be obtaseed from the Ere'
plugs. In this emergency, Dr. Titnesvoe, whose
house is in the next street, proposed that all the neigh.
hours should employ pails and buckets, and carry
water to the engines from their respstctive cisterns.--
By this means such a supply of water was furnished
to the engines as enabled the firemen toe subdue the
flames in a very short time.—ls it not surprising dot
means so easy for supplying water should not be _
nerally resorted to on every alarm of fire t On doe
present occasion the appearances were SO alarming,
that the firemen expected the whole street wouldbave
been destroyed hetore the usual mode of supeiiiog
water could have been resorted to.

THE ARMY.

OTTRATIONS OF TILE BRITISH ARMY IN THE GREEK
ISLANDS.
The following is a letter from a British Officer,
c--.lloycl on the above service:
ST. MAURA, APRIL 17.
I.; in, r you of September 10, 1809, (pub-
i. tl,e STAR) I informed you we had taken
t:.- by Cie tail instead of the head, by occupy..
irti Larne aird Cephalonia, instead of landing at St.
Manra, which at that time would have immediately
surrendered, and that then a corporal's guard would
}aye been sufficient for both the former islands; but,
as ;: was not then done, we gave General Camus.until
20111 of March to make what preparations he
tbonqht roper to receive us ; and, on the 21st of
March an expedition sailed from Zante, under Bri-
gadier-General Oswald, consisting of detachments
from the 35th Regiment, Royal Corsican Rangers%
Royal Calabrese, Grecian Light Infantry Corps,
two companies of De Rolls, and 60 Artillery and
Engineers, the whole consisting. of 2303 men ; the-
same afternoon being favoured with a fair wind, we
air' ored in the bey at• St. Maura (60 miles distant
f-nra Zante), s'sc miles from the town : we• were
convovul by the I\l7gnificent -of 74, Captain Eyre ;
yell,: Poole frigate, Captain —; Imogene sloop of,
war, and two gun-brigs. The Montague, of 74,
was tn have accompanied us, but she was run ashore
near the Morca, in the evening of the 20th, on a
Ref of rocks that carried away her false keel, and
injured her copper, which obliged her to remain at
Zante. On the 22d in the morning the troops landed
cis by where the ships were anchored, and were
in:rood by Marines from the Magnificent, Belle
Pottle, and those taken out of the Montague, at
Zante. The troops marched at ten o'clock, accom-
panied by two fichl•pieces, and at one o'clock ar-
rived at the head of the town. During the time our
troops were landing, General Camus, the Corn-
wander of the French troops, was on a hill recon-
r.oitring us, and wlier he discovered carr numbers,
he :cttnlied to the town, ordered lri•s troops into the
fortress or castle, and wrote t.r the chief Magistrate,
saying, the superiority of the En ;lisp forces would
him and his corps to retire into it : he had
rroviotady sent into it 150 head of cattle. Shortly
after car troops arrived at the head of the town, j
they were ordered oil to the kit of it, by the side of
the I,o,attri or Taut:dation ; and after marching two
auks, they arrived at the Isthmus, which, at that
plac:, is about 150 yards wide, and distant four miles
fro:n the castle. At this spot was a large old butg
tery, but only two guns mounted, which was soon
evacuated. troops then advanced two miles on
thr! Isthmus, where it is not above thirty yards aide.
At this place was erected a new battery by the
French, mounted with four guns, but which they
had not time to complete : behind it was a vineyard
with sonic olive trees in front. They had not time
to dig a ditch ; if they had done it, it would have
cost us very dear ; and as it was, we did not obtain
it at a cheap rate. It was defended by the French
Albanians ; who, to do them justice, behaved well.
It was about three o'clock when Brigadier-General
Oswald put hira3f2lf at the head of the Royal Cala-
brese and Grecian Light Infantry Corps (Alba-
nians); and, together with his Staff, led them on to
the attack, at which time the Leonidas opened her fire
oh the battery, which was returned from it, and every
shot of which struck her. At this period the bat-
t7y orened a heavy fire on the troops, and it is re-
ported that the Albanians dropped on the sand, and
that the Calabrese appeared very slit,. The General
seeing what was going on, sent off for the Marines and
De Rolls, who xvere in the rear, who coming up.
advanced and carried the battery, which obliged the
enemy to retire, which they did in good order ; and
it is thought they had but one man killed, a Captain
of the Albanians. Ira this attack the killed and
wounded was as follows •
55th, Ropl CaLbrese-3 Oliicprs and 20 Pr;sfates wounded;
I Privates killed.
Grc6an Light Infantry, De atoll's-6 OM:ers and 25 rank
and file spe.4r.ded; 2 men killed.

At this time the Royal Corsican Rangers, in towns
marched on the bridge (formerly an aqueduct) which
leads from the town to within .a quarter of a mile of
the castle, and is about a mile in length. It was
meant, as a feint, to draw off the Alb:inians. from
their new battery, attacked by General Oswald—
Ul.'4 advanced and -retreated three times ; the last
time Lieutenant Beauchamp ]rata musket ball lodg7
ed in his shoulder ; a Serjeant ar d three privates were
wounded, and one killed. The Frenel. then advanced
on the bridge, which is only three feet , wide, and
took 24, Cors::ans prisoners, on which the business
ended. The whole of the Medical Gentlemen were
on the other side of the Inundation, with the excep-
tion of Surgeon .Sanders, of the Corsicans, who was
in the to to receive all the wounded men into the
!lospital. While the Corsicans were on the bridge,
tl:e castle opened a heavy fire on thenL
MAnctr 21.—The Staff Surgeons and all the
wounded were embarked, and'i9Me people thought
a re-embarkation was intended. ,
MARCH 25.—An order was issued for the stores,
ammunition, &c. &c. to be disembarked.
Mama! 26.—The Swallow sloop of war, Captain
Richards, arrived from Messina, and sailed the same
day ; it is said to require bombs, ammunition, &c.
MARCH 2‘5, TO APLIL, 7.—The Montague arrived
itOz;Zante ; the Imogene sailed for Corfu ; and the

troops were preparing &seines, arc& la.. Bce, and etc
ting a battery of nine guns to the right of the town,
distant a mile and a half from the cnistle. A few men
were wounded,and a carabineer of the Corsicans killed,
SURD, Y, APRIL B.—Two mortars, two howitzers,
and a five gun battery, were opened on the Castle,
together with the two gun 32. pounder battery, on
the right of the town.
The fire was kept up the greatest part of the day
by the French and English, but not,with much effect.
On this day Major Clarke of the 3.5 th was wounded,
and a seaman of the Montague. This morning ar-
rived five transports, with a reinforcement of 800
men ; but unfortunately the Magnum Bonum, with
four mortars and ammunition, i% missing.

-APRIL 9th. The firing commenced at sii. o'clock,
300 rounds are just landed for the 2 gun battery—
Before our arrival we were told the place would be
given up to us, and. that the garrison were very dis-
satisfied, and would come over to us—the citadel is
garrisoned by an Italian regiment, consisting of 500
men, and one company of French artillerymen. They
all stand firm to their guns, 'and fire very brisk at our
bitteries—not one of them have deserted. The moun-
tains in Albania are immensely high, and are co-
vered with snow. The weather here is very mild,
and we have showers of rain as in England, in April.
This is a pleasant Island, producing olives and bad
wine, and has no harbour ; it depends on Albania
for provisions, the nearest part to which is distant only
two stones cast. Last night a private of the 35th, an
artificer, was killed by a shell from the Castle, while
asleep, distant a mile and half ; and a shell fell in our
battery, which wounded two seamen. Yesterday and
to-day the fire continued until 12 o'clock, and as
soon as the dinner was over, each party recommenced
firing. The fashionable morning lounge is at the
Colonel's of the Corsicans, whose house is the last
towards the Castle. The French have not yet fired a
shot at the town, which contains 1200 inhabitants.

This place cannot, iu any point of view, be of much
service to the English. Should we take it, it will in-
duce the French to enter Albania, and conquer the
Morea ; when we shall be obliged to evacuate this,
Zante, and Cephalonia. The French have sent into
Corfu a regiment of suo men, and a supply of money.
They will now bid us defiance for this summer. This
day arrived the Magnum Bonum transport, from
Messina, with stores, and four large mortars. This
evening a bomb entered our battery, killed two artil-
lerymen, wounded three, and three seamen.
APRIL 10th. Firing commenced as usual—busy
landing guns and four large mortars, ammunition,
&c. Two balls entered a house next to the Hospital.
APRIL 1 1 th. A very heavy firing commenced at
day-light from our three batteries and gun-boats; a
French Colonel of Engineers arrived in the Castle,
staid two days, and returned again to Corfu. The
French have evacuated Taxu Island, near Corfu, to
Ire-inforce the latter.

Arum 12th. A second flag of truce was sent into
the Castle, to know if they would surrender; nothing
particular has occurred this day ; two mortars were