Star.
London, England, 1818-03-09 00:00:00

ESTIMATE OF PENSIONS TO WIDOWS OF OFFICERS.

The charge under this head is varied only from that in 1817,
by a trilling reduction. Your Committee esteem this species of
bounty as most congenial with every humane feeling of the
heart ; but for that very reason they consider it most proper to
be confined by fixed rules, deliberately formed, and consistent
with the various other demands on the resources of the country.
The following Order has recently been made by the Prince
Regent, for ascertaining those, who from their pecuniary circum-
stances, shall in future be entitled to receive their pensions :
. By his Royal Highness the Prince Regent of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

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" Gmaux, P. R.
" Whereas, We have deemed it expedient to revise the Rules
and Regulations under which Pensions are now granted to the
Widows of Commissioned Officers of our Land Forces, and to
confine such pensions to those appilcanu who shall appear, from
the state of their pecuniary circumstances, to be proper objects
of our Royal Bounty—lt is out will and pleasure, and we do
hereby order and direct, in the name and on the behalf of his
Majesty, that no pension shall be hereafter granted to the Widow
of any Commissioned Officer of the Land Forces, dying subse-
quently to the 4.5 th December last, who shall have any other
pension from Government, or whose annual income otherwise
arising shall amount to double the rate of pension assigned to
the rank of her deceased husband.

" Given at our Court at Carlton House, this 17th day of
February, 1818, in the 58th year of his Majesty's Reign.
4, By command of his Royal Highness the Prince Regent,
in the name and on the behalf of his Majesty.
(Signed) " PALMERSTON."

Wednesday landed at Donaghadee, from Portpa-
trick, Major General Sir SYDNEY BECKWITH ; and on
Thursday, General CorawaN, and the Hon. Colonel
O'Nai

Previous to MINA'S being killed by the Spaniards,
he was compelled to sign an order to his companions,
in fort Comanja, to deliver themselves up. The an-
swer made was, that they regretted the misfortune of
their General, but it would not materially affect their
situation ; adding, however, that if the Royalists killed
him, they would do the same with 6Q Spaniards
then in their power.

Monday the brig Dolphin, PaowTlwG, in 34 days
from St. Thomas's, laden with coffee and sugar, ar-
rived at Portsmouth. The schooner Morgan Rattler,
which sailed from that port with about 40 young men
to join the cause of the Independents of South Ame-
rica, had arrived at that island, but they were not
permitted to land, in consequence of the deplorable
condition that many had been left in who had previ-
ously arrived, and who actually had become paupers
on the inhabitants, from not finding there an agent
to advance cash and furnish means for their proceed-
ing to the Spanish Main, as they had fully expected
and calculated on when they left England. The
Morgan Rustler had sailed again, supposed direct for
the Main.

The Game-keepers of the Earl of CARLISLE, at
Castle Howard, going their rounds a few nights ago,
observed a light traversing the fields in a very ex-
traordinary manner, apparently moving of itself.—
They watched it for some time with amazement,
when, at length, it made a sudden stop, and they
observed, for the first time, three men draw a net
towards the light, which proved to be a setter-'
dog with a lantern fixed upon his head, so that he
could range the field, and on his stopping, the poachers
knew where the game lay. The whole of the poachers
11 were apprehended, and committed for trial.
EXT&AOISDINAILY Duatn.—About ten o'clock on Saturday
night, the landlord of the Crooked Billet, Whitechapel, returned
home after being out the whole of the day transacting some bu-
siness, and sitting with his wile in the bar until the house was
cleared of all the customers, she observed he WAS very melan-
choly and dejected. On a sudden he started up and exclaimed,
" Wife, come get me the pistols, don't you hear thieves breaking
into the house, they are coming to tab and murder us." Ilis
wife did all she could to convince hint it was only imagination,
and strove to compose him, but to no effect. On his wife re-
fusing to get hint the pistols, he started up out of his chair, and
getting the pistols himself, be ran up and down stairs with a
loaded pistol in each hand, crying out " Robbers! Murder !"
but fortunately met with no person ; he became quite exhausted,
and returned into the parlour; he walked about in a state of
frenzy for some time, when seating himself in a chair, he drop-
ped down and expired ; a surgeon was called, who rendered
every assistance, but to no effect.