Star.
London, England, 1811-08-21 00:00:00

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THE ARMY. ivarAL INTALLIcEzkir.
Th:s morning the PutNcE REGENT reviewed the PLYMairsi, AIYG`UST ie..
R.-,yal Horse Guards (Blues), on Winkfield Plain. The BOYNEI 98, will sail this evening or to-morrow,
Yonclay put into Torbay his Majesty's ship VOL. to relieve the RgYAL GEOEGE, on the Rochefort sta-
vearNE, with several transports under convoy, having tint,. It is asserted on good authority, that a Chan-
on board the sth regiment of Dragoons, part of the 9th 'lel fleet, of*en sail of the line, is to be immediately
regiment, and some artillery, bound to Lisbon ; also his formed here, under the orders of Admiral Sir C. COT-.
Majesty's ships ELEANoa and PonAuGus, with several Toil, who will hoist his flag on board the MALTA,
transports, which have some regiments of Militia on now lying in this harbour, and only wants rigging to
board, bound to Ireland. complete her for service. The crew of the SAN
Another large Beet, by which strong reinforce- JOSEF are to be turned over to her.
'rents of every description will be sent out to Lord The SAN Josef is in a very leaky state, and must
'eLLINoroN, is. now fitting for sea at Portsmouth. undergo a thorough repair, before she can go to sea
Several transports are likewise getting ready for
.the again. his imagined she will be laid up in ordinary
same quarter at Plymouth. Lord PAGET% fine regi- for some time. The INTELLItENT gun-brig Is ordered
ment, the 7th Hussars, will go by the first fleet.— to the Downs, with convoy, and sailed thisevening.
lost probably the remainder of the Hussar Brigade, It appeats by the last French papers, that the SNAP-
the 10th, 15th, and 18th Dragoons, will speedily PER schooner, of this port, commanded by Lieutenant
follow; but we hear that the Brigade of Household -TIIRACKSTONE, has been taken by a French vessel of '
Cavalry will not go at the same time. ! much superior force, and carried into Sable d'Olone.
We regret to hear that General LEITH, who was The SNAPPER only mounted four guns.
immediately to have rejoined Lord WELLINGTON, is A fleet of merchantmen are now in the Offing to
detained in this country by bad health:, the Eastward, bound down Channel, but unles the
Lieutenant-General Sir STAPLETON COTTON and wind shifts they will be obliged to put in here. The
General Stens are expected home; and it is much wind is now W.—lt lightened incessantly during the
feared that Marshal BEREEFORD will be obliged to whole of last night, and this morning we were visited
return to this country on account of his health, which by a thunder storm, accompanied by heavy rain, of
assuredly is bad. It is said that he comes home for several hours continuance. .
the wafers of Bath and Cheltenham, and that in his Five p.m. the SEINE frigate is now standing in with
absence General HAMILTON will be appointed to the the above-mentioned convoy. The American ship
chief command of the Portuguese Army. • Brutus, from Baltimore to. Bourdeaux, has been do-
We may daily expect to hear accounts of the great Limited by the DIANA.
expedition which ha's sailed for the reduction of Ba- A number of convicts are coming here, to work on
tavia and Manilla, and which holds out hopes of ins- the break-water or pier, about to be erected at the en-
mense booty to the captors. trance of Plymouth Sound.
Yesterday, the 2d Battalion of the 57th Regiment 1 PORTSMOUTH, AUGUST gn.
arrived at Portsmouth, from Jersey. I &lived the VENERABLE from off Brest, DOMINICA

The North Mayo Militia have left Clononey bier- from Guernsey, and the HAWKE from a cruize—she
racks for Dublin, whereahey are to embark for Eng. has taken a French galliot and brought her into Spit.
land. de
land. the APELLES for the Downs, and the
ANT on a cruize.
Tuesday last the first division of the Carlow regi-
. DEAL, AUGUST 20.
meat, and on the owe following days the remaining ' Arrived the PIGMY cutter,with a small convoy from
divisions marched into Mullingar from Derry. It is Portsmouth, which are sailed for the River. The brig
said that they are only to remain there to do duty until Woodman, from Southampton for Newcastle, was
the arrival of an English militia regiment, and then captured last night off Dover by a French privateer,
and recaptured by the Ecuo sloop of war, and brought
proceed toCork orDublin for immediate embarkation. into the Downs.—Arrived the SKYLARK sloop of war
The last division of the Royal City Dublin militia from a cruize.—Wind S.W.
arrived at Limerick on Monday se'nnighteand anti Amin/ED—At Bristol, Julia and Mary, from Virginia; and
rued its route to embark for England at Cork—only APTllaresin Lisbon. At Chepstow, Lent, —, frum Oporto
Waterford, Mary, Leaper, from Lisbon. In the River Plate,
9 men of this regiment did not re-attest ; they are or- Alfred, —, Irons Guernsey. At Newfoundland, Sidney,
dered to Dublin, to be attached to the sth Garrison from London.
DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE-MONEY.
Battalion, quartered there.
The Zealand, for several Danish vessels and the Cupido. will
ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE.—A meeting of the Su. be paid on saturday, at 13, Clement's Inn; and recalled Mondays
preme Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of the and Thursdays.
The Swiftsure, Sr. Albans, Reiles, Assistance, Chichester,
College, was held at High Wycombe, on the 19th Triton, and Adventure, for the 'Zuyderberg, will be paid on
instant, for the purpose of inspecting the Senior De. Tuesday, at No. 18, Clement's Inn; and recalled Tuesdays and
partment, which is situated there, and also for eza- ! Thursdays.
heCenser, for the Prince Carle; Swan, for the Constantine ;
mining such Students as were judged to have made Lyra and Pioneer, for the Defehtra, will be recalled at No. 12,
such progress as to admit of their leaving the Insti., Sir SAMUEL HooD proceeds immediately to India,
tution. The Board was composed of the Right Hon. in the Swarrsuaz, 74 guns, Captain WESLEY, from
Earl Hammer, the late Governor, who sat as Presi Portsmouth.
dent ; his Royal Highness the Duke of CAMBRIDGE ; I Sunday night, about seven o'clock, an American
' vessel, which had been detained and sent into Ply-
Major-General the Hon. A. HOPE, the present Go- !mouth, was observed to be getting under weigh. Se-
vernor ; the Adjutant-General; the Quarter. Master I veral beats were sent to bring her back, one of which
General ; and the Commandant of the Junior De- j came up with her, and several muskets were discharged
partment of the College. Captains GAUNTLETT, to bring her tn. The boats crew were then allowed to
I come on board, when she was immediately seen to stand
MACKAY, and ANGELA), were examined in presence
out to sea, to the great surprise of the spectators.
of the Board, on the subjects of Mathematics, Forti- The Preece REGENT has been pleased to direct, by
fication, and Military Drawing. They all gave ample I an Order in Council, that Lotd WILLIAM FITZItoY,
proofs of their acquirements in these branches of who had been dismissed from the command of the
knowledge, and received certificates testifying their MacenoNtn, at Lisbon, and struck off the list of the
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being qualified to serve in the General Staff of the Army. Royal Navy by sentence ef a Court Martial, shall be
restored to his former rank of Post-Captain.
The accounts which have been recently in circiala-
tion on the subject of the desertions from the Portu-
guese army have been greatly exaggerated. The
fullownis a correct statement of the numbers now
in the
" The total establishment of the Porsuenese regti-1
kr army is competed at 50,000. On the Ist of July
Last there were 44,000 men, of whom .2.8,000 were I
present and fit for duty ; there were 6000 Jewelled on
duty ; and 10,000 under the head of sick, recruits,
prisoners, and absent without leave—of the latter there
were not more than 200. 01 the 28,000 men present,
fit for duty, 21,000 wet e with Lord WELLINGrox, in-
cerporated with the 8t16,11 Army. The cavalry was
Vat(' to be reduced to WOO. They Amounted to
4000; but of this number there were wine sick.
There were 2000 of them with Lord WELLINGTON.
Of the Militia, there ware upwards of 85,000 armed
and fit for duty."
From this statement it appears that there are 6000
men wanting to complete the regular army. A decree
of the Stli of May last ordered 9000 men to be raised,
and they were to be at the d. pots about the end of
July. Six more battalions of light troops, amounting
Si()to i men, were also ordered to be raised ; of these
elle.lalsitanian Legion will form three battalions, and
ere actually ready.
On the 1-t of July last, the allied army under Lord
WEeenterivet amounted to 50,000 rank and file, with-
out reckpoinga single Spaniard. All the Spaniards,
indeed,mepttng an escort of 70 men, who remained
with General CARTA:4OS, had left Lord WELLINGTON,
and gone with General BLAKE.
ACcOISIDg to their own returns, which have been
intercepted, the French armies in Spain amounted, on
the Ist June, 1810, to 230,400 men. On the Ist June
1811, they were only 140,000 men. Total loss in
13 months, 90,400. And here it is to be observed,
that no troops returned to France during that period,
except the Officers and Staff of • o.ne skeleton regi-
hums. Indeed the demand for troops in Spain has.
been so urgent, that Ditutxr's corps, which came to
MASEENA, was composed of the fifth !Nitta
of different regiments, which are usually ea de
ma which scarcely ever before had been sent out
oi France.•

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NAVAL ENGAGEMENT.—We have not for 4 consi•
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works as Mit. NEWTON 's Sitze and N.syno ENGAGE-
MENT. They are calculated at once to improve the
nu•niory and recreate the mind. They combine a
code of calcillstion which will be found equally use-
ful to the tyro either in n.ival or military studies, and
serve the auxiliary purpose of amusement with in-
!.truction.—Naval and Military Acade:Lies will be
served at the wholesale prices, by applying to J. Bucic-
LAND, No. '23, Brook-street, Holborn.

TEIONMOUTfI, Auausr 16.—Wednesday was our
Annual Regatta. At ten o'clock Stockford's Rooms
were opened, and 140 fashionables sat down to an
elegant public breakfast, where every delicacy was
provided. At half-past eleven a signal gun was fired,
preparatory to the boats starting, which were of two
classes, decked boats and open boats. At twelve
another gun was the sipal fn sailing, and they
moved off in graceful st)le. The Den or Public
Walk was one blase of beauty, elegance, and fashion,
drawn from Exmouth, Dawfish, Torquay, and the
neighbourhood, in addition to our own, to witness the
race. During the time the boats were going their
course, a donkey race and jumping in sacks took place
on the Green, to the great amusement of every class.
At four o'clock the boat-race ended. The Hon. Mr.
Rot Nun( won the prize for the open brats, and Mr.
\VALL'S cutter that for the decked boat. They were
bah cheered by the fair spectators as they came in.
There was a Ball at the Rooms in the evening, graced
,by the presenCe of 24'4 persons. Yesterday a Rowing
Match took place between six boats, three belonging
m Sheldon and three to Teignmouth, rowed by
women dressed in white, and distinguished by bows
of different coloured ribbons in their bonnets. The
interest taken by the Ladies was cons!derable; having
made many bets on their favourite colours. The
match between the pilpt boats was interesting and
well contested. The Geatkmen refreshed the-boat-
womea with tea and punch on their landing. The
day was particularly fine, and the Walk, Beach, anti
Cliffs crowded with spectators to witness the race.
The evening concluded with another Ball at the''
Rooms, and an elegant Children's Ball, given by Mrs.
ELVDINATONER at be house OD the Dew.