Star.
London, England, 1804-12-20 00:00:00

TO SPOR'lliMt N.

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I'HE SHOOTING DIRECTORY.
By R. B. THORNHILL.
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HAViiio dedicated toyfelf tn the flatly, cad bete
padbal by the nor emadderabit pudica Its bat 5n
erbkb thalweg trope' to feket. I trod that hate not seco::
employed my time titan there who. b the eztarle.••PAC of the
profdboo, are orrafireelly home:fed lo uncesedoty, ted ears
always attain that Creeds which Is mislead by eectsateabg the
basal:alma river teem date of diferders.
The dikoks of DILBILITY am peculiarly diftt, he. that
n.with thou a kaki of estemeltant fymptams, asS, by dr
of all vital env, ezlftenee kfdf b•cooses —•
sta.'s they arta from the parrakeet of 01 esample. thodelkma
dee habits of fehoobboys, or the indulgences c• maturity. the, MP
twee the ,mod abeam profeNonal Oen ; i v t 4 the treeer-rd
of reeducated mesh the Imposes are argr.:ratt& seh tke cur Rs
Oahe is &ft:eye&
As a IN idtd MA of the AOTAL COLLISOT of SI IR OTO th 4

I (roma toy prevashoos we rqWrfy of otha.adem; sod paean
every retainer) predict. i feel mild entitled to that amadesee
with which I bate hitherto teen folhersly bewared.
to the Mat fewfatioos of bed wednads, may appandoa will
prevent the admit,. of a athillested franc: but where the ful-
-1 , than o confdoolliefs of the uanadMes of the tee w:
need his naafi:etym. Is fearful of the uwiende or orator* of let
family pbyfician and broods ova hls infirmity seih arida COO.
ccalman. It muff be hadadiary fee Wm to be armed me only of
capability of treatment, but alb of the molt invkdaNe firassey.
And in recast Emma' Complaints It is rade tartars:tat paha
Ammer or band ; la the moll complicated cafes It is the acquire.
ascot of eteloOve esperietite In this tote to dab a fele, evade,
sand toady ro-eaabOdhoont.
I ate the adesomet of this emniente to de (lather lot WU
are ask srd with any kind of LW-MI rv. of ..y i.ropeoms to
lENEREAL INFECTION. and is di tales the t. :ass of ream
ignition arc hated m the left Int.reirw.
Par tuts to the country we mated to bards bank oast, oaf
et minded to fpodfy their eqc end mauler of Ease.
MARIiN haled, _ _ _

Ntaigar of tk• Itoyalt-aiktge- items la Laahli
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79. TILIUDITUR OF THE STAR.

Sot-Atiffaiitilintimo is were to rife from his grave
and vifit the oppofite coatis of the Channel, his re-
marks upon the fyilems and condition of the Eng-
lills and French armies would, I doubt not. excite
fume interest. But if the information to be derived
from a comparifon of thefe is not to come Irons the
dead, I fear there is as little chance either of obtain-
ing it from the experience of the living, or of con-
eying it with any inripreffion to their minds. I have
collated abundance of detached anecdotes, the in-
ferences from which appeared to me obvious and ir-
vefiftible, but I could fcarcely troll my own reafon
when I faw that the very individuals who related
them, and who had been in the fcents of anion,
drew no cunclulluns Similar to thole which I
formed, and had felt the effeas of the mode of war-
fare which our enemies have adopted, without enter-
taining a doubt upon the fitnefs of the difeipline by
which we are prepared to combat them, or a reflec-
tins upon the propriety or neceffitv of Tome altera•
tins. Is it that freedom of thought is interditted on
this fabjea alone in the only free nation of Europe ?
Or as it becavfe our 030 S accompliflied and liberally
atintated young men deem all conliderationa of pru-
dame and Cafety incompatible with their (pith, and
sot to be indulged without impeachment of their cou-
rage t while the older chiefs of our tinny will not
•eiieve that their (ciente admits of improvemeat, or
elindlakesd to learn what champ of circumstances
dune sad prafike have recently introduced ?
Be the tanks of our obllinacy what they may, I
**kilt. igunortal General of Britain, whom I pre-
hale 118 being again opals the (cent, would be !hock
°unit allemblhomat *bear fuck Statements as there ;
ihm hit any essegmhents of the left war, large bo.
• s ail* French forces have advanced to meet our
Isetalions, its order equally clofe and regular, till
they had nearly gained the firing ditlance, and then,
to ufe a phrak I. have beard in the defcription,
84 barb like a hell," and (catering all around, pre.
fatted nothing that could Coffer defeat, but nearly
certain deftrullion to our officers, pointed out by
their area to the hill of the =Aurae% and danger
to all is oar ranks, which no other troops would
have Rood and faced : That on other occafions the
French bane waited our attack, fpread in this man-
ner behind every cover and hillock ; That many
dsoefitade of the enemy have been found to fight
Cthin in one field of battle : And yet to learn
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our army in general is Bill without this fyttern.
r: Wm a Single man who fought in the lab war would
' fail to fay, if quedioned on the point, that regular
. manoeuvring in Solid bodies may as well
t• .. =Tawith the lightnings of Heaven, as take ven-
.
...ramie 'on the featured tirtakore ; nor could the ge-
sins of blaatmutotro re need this to be told. As lit-
Eat Would it be requifite to Rate to the conqueror of
limy Ramilies, Oudenarde and Malplaquet,
in this look mode of fighting. every foldier mutt
be the General of his own operations, and poll him-
felf Co as not only to have aim at his enemy, but to
be covered and ready to form again in fofid body
'with his affoeiates upon any emergency, whether for
defence or atrault ; or that to attain this &ill and
promptitode mutt require teaching and drillizt very
different from the manoeuvres of clofe lines and co-
Innans. To our hero of the loft century, at leaf*, it
'would be very plain, that thofe who are taught this
Apia of warfare alone could petite it, and that
gramme moor to attempt to meet them in their own
wan without hmilar preparation of dilcipiine. he
would but kill mute betray his incapacity, and in-
tees& his danger.
Upon the other hand, however, the Saviour of
Europe and Scourge of France would behold five
hundred thoufand of his countrymen in arms—Five
times the number with which he would have met and
Itbdued on their own ground all the legions.not lets
brave and well trained. and confident from fuccefs,
which &meted the pretenfinns of Lours the Fou a-
via ern to univerCal empire, than thofe who threaten
to import the chains and defpotitm of the Corlican
tyrant upon mankind .1 What prefage would blaat-
00130C010 draw from foch an armament ? In my
bumble conception his firSt enquiry would be into
the change in our principles and modes of thinking
and sifting which could render it necellary. When
be heard the detail of our Volunteer ellablifhment,
' would the number of that defcription of force recal
to his mind the example of the conquering or of the
fubdued nations of former times ? Would he dirt°.
trer in it the policy of the Greeks or rf the Perfiallin
of the Romani, or of thofe who fell under their yoke? I
The.i are very ferious queStions—hut, waving the
anfwers, let me hippo& a minute examination of the
tallies of this defcription of force to follow—even
to Mai ;sot:von, to change front in the face of an
enemy never, I dare fay, teemed ear'', and without
hazard. What would be his fur prife to behold the
grocer of our village and the banker of the next
market town daily commanding, with equal dif-
tiaanefs and accuracy, the performance of at lean
five or fix manoeuvres, by which this may be atchiev.
ed. Certainly lie would admit that prodigious pro-
grefs had been made in military fcience among us
Since thg days of his glory.
There is one Ripe& in which he would recognife
the genuine defcendants of his fellow fi.ldicrs and
compatriots—universal and ardent love of their
country, deteftation of a foreign yoke, and deterrni.
nation to repel at whateser price of blood the foe
whom be Subdued.
It is only as to the rr. ear s and method duo perhaps
is force refpeas he might difagree with his followers ;
and, for one, I would will, it were pollible to know
from the great Captain, whether, inStead of the un-
ceating round of the eighteen manccuvres, it would
not be better to devote • portion of the time (pent in
drilling, rzclulively, to ball pratlice, and the Litres
1 of look fighting ? Whether Sixty days in the year,
which is all that the Pruflian infantry, as I am in-
formed, devote to it, is not as much time as can he
I 'irefully employed in the fs.nner ? Whether both
the minds and bodies of all ft ldiers would not be re-
lieved, animated, and endowed wiffi new powers by
varying their exereifes ? And in particular, whether
all defcriptions of volunteers (ntr whole difpofitions
no man can think hotter than I do), are not molt 1

fatly to be rendered &eft.' as light ;scrips ?
Thefe are quellions which 1 humbly propofe to
agitate in my next, certain as I am (tom conilant es.
wince in the ranks, with the exception of the (hen
and pctiloas period of delufive peace, ever luxe the,

Jacobin traitors of France fira induced the deluded
and polifhed focicties of our countrymen to frater-
nize vrith them, that novelty, variety, and progrefs
are not lets effential to keep up attention and prefer,e
ardour in the ftudv of the art of war, with volunteers'
at leak than in all other human purfuits.
I beg leave to acknowledge with gratitude and re-
my obligations to your Correfpondeat 4' A
Friend to the Army." who has confirmed my opi-
nion by claffical military authorities of the firft rank,
not acceffible to • If IOPF•M or •Tlllllltil.