Star.
London, England, 1811-07-23 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

It is said that Marshal Beassronn certainly comes
home. Lord WELLINGTON has appointed General
HILL to the command which the Marshal possessed.

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The office of Paymaster of Widows' Pensions, held
by the late General Fox, is, we understand, to be
abolished, being altogether a sinecure, and a butthen
upon funds too limited for the distressed objects to
whose relief they are appropriated.

The sth Dragoon Guards expect to form part of
another heavy Brigade, to be sent out to Lisbon.
The division of troops for Lisbon of 3000, under
Brigadier-General BYNG, of the Guards, only wait
for the wind to sail.

Last week the gallant Sir DAVID BAIn6 reviewed
part of his regiment, which is going to Lord WEI:-
uxoTos, and saw them on board of sla4ll,

The gallant Colonel TURNER, of the Portuguese
Hussars, and Col. IRONMONGER, have returned from
Portugal.—Colonel TURNER has lost an arm.
It is supposed that a Brigade will be formed from
the household cavalry troops for service in Portugal,
and such a brigade as no country in the world can
produce ;•but while France and Germany send on
service their Imperial Guard, why should not we ?
Saturday, the Edinburgh regiment of militia
marched from Edinburgh Castle, for Leith, there to
embark for Harwich. They were replaced by the
Argyllshire, from Linlithgow.
The fleet of Indiamea, under the convoy of the
LAURISTINA, the Hon. Capt. GORDON, will sail the
moment the wind comes round. The Commander-in-
Chief for India, Sir Gisonoe NUGENT, with Colonel
MACGREGOR MURRAY, Captain FRAZER, and a nume-
rous suite, proceed by this fleet. Doctors BURKE and
STRACHAN, with a considerable number of the Medi-
cal Gentlemen, go out by this fleet to the Mauritius.
That excellent regiment, the 16th, or Queen's Light
Dragoons, is instantly to be hulsared ; as a mark of
his Royal Highness the PRINCE REGENT'S approbation
of its gallant conduct during its three years hard ser-
vice in Portugal.
A detachment of 900 fine men, from the 2d batta-
lion of the 57th Regiment, with the undermentioned
Officers, Captains CasIPBELL and Mossmax, and
Lieutenant WATSON, embarked at Jersey on the 1:;tlr1
inst. on board the Osborn transport. The men werel
in excellent health and high spirits. This detach-
ment is commanded 1?y Captain *Lama, and is to
proceed direct jo Portugal,- under convoy of the
PICKLE gun-brig. The arrival of this draft will again
enable that gallant Regiment, the 57th, to take t!.e
field, and, no doubt, will, the-first opportunity, again
distinarrish themselves as they did so particularly at
the glorious battle of Albuera.
John Smith, private in the Ist orWestern Regiment
of Renfrewshire Local Militia, was last week brought
before the Justices'of the Peace, for that county, and
sentenced to pay a fine of £lO sterling, or be cc-.n-
fined six months in Bridewell, in terms of the Local
Militia Act, for non-attendance during the time the
regiment was last crnbotEctl. He accordingly paid
the ten pounds and was thereupon dismissed.
A letter from an Officer in Portugal, dated the
4th inst. speaking of the loss sustained by different
regiments, during the last and present campaigns in
the Peninsula, states that of the 13th Light Dragoons,
as exceeding any thing on military record. This fine
regiment embarked for Portugal about IS months
ago, and was then nearly 1000 strong : added to
which, it is computed that reinforcements, to the
amount of about 500, have, at subsequent periods,
been sent out to join them. At the date of the letter
alluded to, they could only muster 60 men and horses
fit for duty ! It must, however, be observed, that
upwards of 200 have, at different times, been made
prisoners, and a number • e them are in the hospitals
wounded. Still, however, the aggregate loss of this
regiment has been very great ; and the havoc they
made among the enemy, who were at different times
opposed to them, must have been much greater. They
formed the advance during the whole of the pursuit
after Massena's army, from the time of his retreat till
he was driven out of the Portuguese territory.
E'xtract of a letter from a British Officer, now
serving in Spain, to his friend in Edinburgh :—" Pro-
bably you may have heard of the very polite and ac-
commodating behaviour between the British and
French soldiers, whenever the nature of, their duty
will permit. This mutual confidence is at the same
time a flattering contrast. During the time our army
remained in the position near Fuentes, our company
on picquet had possession of a fine water spring.
The French sentinels used to advance within 50 yards
(sans reremonie) and leaving their canteens, would re-
tire. John Bull kindly took the hint, filled the vessels,
and then replaced them.—The thirsty Frenchmen
then returned, and after making profound obeisance,
carried off the prize."
LIMIRICK, JULY 13.—Tuesday evening, after the
business of the Fair of Hospital ended, the town was
much endangered by a numerous mob assembled on
the -Green, who declared they would sacrifice the lives
of many before they retired. Informatien being sent
to the Barracks, Lieutenant Jona ATKINS, of the
North Cnrk, with h detachment of 10 men and a con-
stable, repaired to the field, and though remonstrance
was repeatedly used, it proved without effect, and
several of the soldiers muskets and persons injured by
vollies of stones, the arm of Seteant JAMES GRAHAM
was broken by a stroke from one of the country peo-
ple, who, though frequently charged, kept pressing
on the troops, until they were reluctantly obliged to
fire, by which a man named Kentrily was killed, and
two others wounded. The thanks of the Inhabitants
of Hospital_are expressed to Lieutenant ATKLNS, for
his condutt on the occasion.

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NJr4L lATRLLIGENCE. •
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FALMot7: H, fitLY so.
' Sailed the following packets, so long detained by'
contrary wind, viz:—Princess Ad,ilphus, Bemoan-
SON. for Jam tiCA j Amelia, Moon.ost, for Gibraltar
and the Mediterranean ; Princess Charlotte, KERR,
Marlborough, BULL, for Lisb ,n, M .deira, and the
Brazils ; Montrose, Butes?, Dispatch, KIKKNItaii, for
Halifax and New York ; Eliza, 'STLV ENS, Surinam;
'and I. ,rd Hobart, WILLIAM% C.id Z.
Arrived yesterday his M ij -sty's ship HOLLY, from
Portsmouth ; the SURLY cutter, Wittxtt, with three
light merchant vessels from Jersey lint Lid to N,!w-
fokindland, and sailed again this morning. Appeared
off yesterday` the American ship R Cant. MAR—
LOW. from Norf. .1k for London, which, after bei..g
detained a few hours by the Excise cutter Active,
proceeded on. Arrived the Darlington packet, Capt.
HAKVY, WitibRIAIIS from Lisbon, twelve days pass ige.
The Chichester pack -t had arrived out. and expected
to sail ab nit ttie 15th inst. The Darl;nl-,,„ton k al-
ready appoi.iied to carry .I.lt the L•lewaid Islands
cf the 16111 inst.
P. S. Packe:s are ordered to be in readiness to sail
every week tor Cadiz and Lisbon.
PLY MOU H JULY el.
Arrived, the DAIWA gun-brig, frcm the eastward.
Sailed, the CoLos.st,s, 74, and the Anaow schooner,
'for Basque Roads:—Wind W. variable.
POR IS7VIOUTH. MIN 7.2.
Arrived his Majesty's ship Sner.v, fi nm a crnize;
and the ALPtil'A raymorub,
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DEAL, IDLY sB.
Sailed his Majesty's ships AUDACIOUS and INCON-
STANT, on a cruize ..ff Flushing ; and liens, 1 n- the
River.—Wind S. W.
HARWICH, JULY ea.
Arrived the Diana packet, with an Anholt Mail and
passengers. No news of importance. The Lark
packet, with the Heligoland Mail of the 19th inst.
remains.—Wind N. N. W.

SHEERNESS, JULY 2St.
The SNAKE is taken on the,slip.—•The Heligoland
convoy is exp,:cted to be appointed and sail in a day
or two.

CHATHAM, JULY st.
Sailed down the river, and anchored at the Great
Nore, his Majesty's ship ORLANDO, Capt. CLAVILIL-+
The Swirrst.tz has undergone a thorough repair,
and will be put out of dock the next spring tides.
There are two 50 gun ships ordered to be built here,
to be named the ItostsEY and Camaknixnt, one in the
Dock-yard, and the other in Mr. PELHAM'S yard.

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LEITH, JULY 2.0.
The Eliza tender arrived in Leith Roads on Wed...
nesday, from Sheerness, with eight French officers rn
their parole. A Danish vessel, prize to the VENIA
frigate, arrived in the Roads on Thursday.
FROM LLOYD'S I.IST.
' The Fredonia; —, sailed from Hampton Roads for Liver.,
pool, between the 13th and 16th of February, and has trot since
been beard of.
The loSn, Downs, from Oporto to Prince Edward's Island,
was abandoned by the crew the 14th inst. being dignasted,llll4
I in a sinking state.
The following transports are arrived at Portsmouth from Lis-
I bon, viz.—The Sceptre, Trident, Duke of Bronte, Nymphe, Re-
: ;gent, Stafford, Mary, Betsey, Aid, and A'ert.
The Favourite, —7, from I.tveroool and Londocderryle
ISavannah, put into Porto Rico, but was expected to sal the
of
'I ne Jernings, bound to Trinidad, was all Nvell in lat.
98. .58. long. 15. L';.
T 11:?. Am: 41:0N, commanded by the gallant Capt.
I-InvrE, is tiny., at Derford, and will be paid off in
the course of the week.

Sir Josartr Yolute is at la.t understood not to have
gone to America. The fleet under his command be-
leg, it is said, destined, or rather having sailed, to a"
different quarter. The supposed necessity for the
appearance of a British fleet oX the American coast
tot
at the time Slr Josue left England, prob:Ny ;aye
occasion to theireport at he was going thither, as his
departure took plac bout the time that the news of •
the action between the PRE,IDENT and the LITTLE
BELT firs, reached this country. We can sac malting
as to the real destination of Sir JOSEPH'S squadron.
Mr. BOND, his Majesty's Cartsnl General to the
Middle and Southern States of America, and family,
arrived at Liverpool, on Friday, in the American ship
Susquehanna, Captain EDWARD Metre, from Phila-
delphia. Mr. FORSTER had not reached the united
States on the 18th of June.
Extract of a letter from a Officer
.of his Majesty's
ship GIBRALTAR, dated Basque Roads, June 25 :--
44 In the afternoon of Friday last the boats of the
squadron at this anchorage were dispatched by Corn.
modore PLAMPIN, under the orders of Lieutenant
HARRINGTON Of this ship, to intercept a convoy of 1
about twenty chasse marees, deeply laden, making a 4
run from Isle d'Aix to Rochelle. Lieutenant H. in
a dashing style, drove the greater part under their
batteries ; but unfortunately while wearing off shore,
the barge, in which he was, received a shot in the
stern-sheets, which killed three men and wounded •
four ; the boat immediately sunk, having a twelve.
pounder carronade with a proportion of shot in her.
It is with disgrace to the enemy I inform you, four
batteries instantly confined their object (with round i
and grape shop) to the sinking boat ; however we
sustained no further damage, as the SCEPTRE and
DIANA'S boats immediately picked them up, with the
exception of the three killed. The enemy's force
under the strong battery of Isle d'Aix, is one line of
battle ship and three frigates, 'seemingly with no par-
ticular wish to be conveyed into an English port, as
they have their batteries very near."
The American brig Alert, from Bourdeaur, is ar-
rived at Portsmouth, detained by the VESTAL, Han.
Captain BERKELEY,* This vessel, soon alter she left
Bourdeaux, was fatten in with by the SEMIRAMIS, dap.
tain RICHARDSON, who put several hands into hely!
and sent her for Plymouth. When they arrived off.
Ushait, the Americans rose upon the British seamen,
and took possession of the ship. Four of the men,
they battened down, and the others they sent adrift in
the joily.boat. Soon afterward the Vvirat. fell in
with the Alert ; the Captain represented the inutility
of detaining him, as he had been just boarded by the
SEVIRAMIS. Captain BERKELEY, hewever, Was not
satisfied with this reason ; and upon his expressing his
determination to send the vessel into a British port,
the American Captain told the truth, and, according.
ly, four men belonging to the SEMIRAMIS were disco.
vered in the hold. The men sent away in the jelly
boat bave rot been beard of.

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