Star.
London, England, 1816-02-17 00:00:00

GENERAL ORDERS.

" Horst? Guards, January 30, !elk
Vrth reference to the General Orders of t ire 211 os July
ai-Al let of Sep-en:her last, relative to the Browning of the Arms
of the In entry of the Army, the Coincaunder in-Chief has di..
reefed the mined additional instructions to be circevate4 to the
Army. ( signed) " H. C•LVEST."
ADDITIONAL CTIONS SOS SPAWNING ARMS.
" •I hr barrels, witb the socket and neck of lb bayonet only
are to he browned; they should be rubbed over either with a
fine file nr with coarse em-ry paper, previous :u their rite vitqg
the I rawnine liquid, in order that fts elites may be flat greater,
In removing the oxide from the stir-tact of the horn l a reel
scratch brush %id, he found nacre effectual th.t-i the bard hair
brush : the use drill- steel scratch brush is thee eforr to be adnpte
his part of the operation most he done with peer calif., as up*
it depends the pr4ter, browning of the barel. In moist vera-issr
the oueratim of brotviti-ig most Ott performed in as dry .1 abuse
?fon as possible; for buns.dilf upon the oxide weakoti its effect,
w:.scn most be carefully guarded —1.11‘; ['JAI are 01 no
account to be made of the liar coiner, as ihe rep. t.tion of
toe operation of b irdenhir i as a very filed tItS fen :f

" relrtiary in. I !Sin.
fa conseTtenc.. of the Katlfiesiion of rear e with France,
the Pence R. ACM, to 0 a nine an.l on the behalf of „his Ma.
jesty, vas been ei..s.:td to command, with fa•creller to his Royal
Mgt n Prociantauon of the vd of June, 1315, orxt all sol-
diers _ no have unlisted for a limited pet loil, may rec..ve Orir
imme bate discharge at the expiration ot their respertite periods
of service, aril cotnniaudisg Regiments and Depots wall
take care that accounts of these men ere immediaieiy ntle.e up,
• and t-at the are finally seethed with. Such of the
men whose period of service have expired, or may iscreaftermas
pier, wid, from time to time, be allowed to re-enlist if Mond
Bt ior service on inspection by the Surgeon. As somas the Orb
whi se periods ot service have expired, shall have [well d 11.•
Charged or re-constr.', won-to.; list• .'t each clam are to be rms.
mitred us this Inevartinent, srecity.iie, in the laver case, °wage
and hi lot ot each mail, as likewi+c the period ter which he
may have ex-elided Isis services. (iigurd) H. CALVtar."
" Horse Guards, February 10.
-0 His Royal Highness the Petite& It Rut sx has been pleased
to approve of the following regulations with respect to the age,
Standard-, and Levy Money of Recruits (Men and ldids) far the
Cavalry ; and the Commander in Chief directs that they he
forthwith established, and that all torinerit egulations on the
above heads be cancelled.—By command, Ste. Ste.
• (Signed) H. CA, Yeltr.Atijutant-GeneraL
RECRUITS FOR THE HEAVY CAVALRY.
" Men of 5 feet it inches in height, it not exceeding 26 year.
of age, unlimited service £4.45. limited serene es. us.
" For the Light Cavalry—Men of .5 te.,t 7 inches its height
and not mere than 5 feet in inches, if no:. exceeding 25 years of
age, and growing lads of 5 feet 6 inches in height, It not exceed-
ing 19, unlimited service .94. 4s. limited service XS. xs.
Recruits, on being attested in cash, unlimited service, men
and lads, in bd.; limited service, men and 54.-0.1 inter-
mediate approval, in cash and necessaries, suilimited service an..
6d. limited service 10s. 64.-0 n Huai approval, in cash and ne-
, xessarles, unlimited service .E 2. Y.. limited service Li. i 1.1 6d.
—Amount of Bounty, unlimited service .63 Sr. 9imioeA service
71. to the 6uperinten4ing Oflicet on intermediate approval,
to covet the expenses of Postage, Stationary, Ste. each 5s —For
attesting earls ls.
14 Surgical rumination, each 2s. Rd.—To the party on final ape
proval, unlimited service, 10s. limited service 5s —For conduct-
ing the Beiruk to the place of Baal approval, each es. lid.
“ Total Levy Money, British currency, unlimited service,
44.4 a. limited service £P. Ss."

GLOOCISTINPRIL ISICAIITAA, the Gloucester Peilestriso,
in consequence of the challenge he gave at Derby, when waikitig
against WATTS, the Butcher, whom he beat, has accepted a bet
of 1000 guineas, to walk the same distant,' again is the month et
March, with a perms of the name of Baown, who resides at
Norwich, CA ATLI'S native place. CAR reit has Set .elf for NON
with, in order to arrange matter* for the coaett. HI is accrun-
peeled by his friend Mr. B. Potawatc, who backs him for any
sum, well knowing tie Barber's wind to he good.
Hunnwa.—The Hatfield hounds meet on Mon.
day, at Luton Park Tuesday, at OCT H ; Sa.
turday, at DowdeUs, at half past ten. If prevented
on Monday, same place, Tuesday.--The Fox hounds
of R. S. Lcovn, Esq. meet on Tuesday, at Hitchdrn
Wood; and on Friday, at Hadleigh Heath.
A estrum Answered.—lf` a Person vests 4'62 in
buying stlOUNConsols, and sells it in four weeks at
71, (which, pmbably, he will be enabled to do), at
what rate per Cent. per Annum profit is the Money
employed f Aassien—At the rate of £lBB 14s. per
.Cent. per Annum profit, which exceeds any other
mown mode of investing Money, except that of Fur.
chasing a Lottery 'ticket or Share :—for here the
investment of alt2s Ss. may, even• so soon as Next
sokieday, 24th instant, increase to 25,000 Gu ueas
in GOLD
APRICA.—The Second, and concluding Volume, of
the TRAVILI of Professor LICIITiNaTEIN in this inte.
resting Country, hitherto so imperfectly known. is at
length published. It cone rises the Continuation of
his Journey through the Karoo; a Tour to the Dis.
trict of Zuellfndam, ate. ; a Journey into the Costa.
tries of the Bosjesmans. the Corals', and the Breb.
juaas, a People never before visited by tUropeatta
An Excursion to the 'Borders of the Roggeveld ; a
Journey_to Bosjerveld and Tallsigh, and -the Rom
by St. Hekaa a Europa.

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L4IP INTALLIGL
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INTER F.STING
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, FEBRUARY
arauvran eh BAtAWIN.
ThikapS an action brought by Mr. "iVaomutaunn
WEastkirend Canotima FILANCIta, his wife, to re-
cover ofoifeees tor a Series of libels, imputing to
LsidyWrefersit a criminal intercourse with the Doke
of WZLLINGTON, which libels appeared in Po St.
Awn': Chrseirle, a Newspaper of which.the Defen-
dant is proprietor.
•Mr. Serjeant Best said, that, long as be had
tied at the bar, he rose to state the case on th* pert
of the plaintiff with much anxiety, not Milting kens
the didienity, brit from the importance, bf.the trust
reposed in him.. The.plaintiff was-a gentleman of
rank and fortune; who not.long since had honoured
his family by a matrimonial Milani* with the dlizrh;
1.. r of the Earl of Moantnorels—a Lady who,
• and since; had borne an nilblimishedchatneter, tuldl
the defendant had thought fit to taint it with' the
- malignant breath of a libeller. Fdr such an offence
there were two modes of proceeding—by indictment
and by action: in the former, no proof of thlf truth
of his assertions would be of avail to the defendant
in thelatter, a justification might be put bpon the
record, by which the defendant would be ldleAed to
enter into die whole case, and to establith -by evi-
dence every fact stated in the libel. The litter
course had been adopted by Mr. Webster, tbcrehl
inviting investigation, mid challenging the defsisdant
to bring forward the testimony, it tudeed any exist-
, ad, inr which he had ventured to appear as apublic
calumniator. In the early part of the last year,
among the many persons of rank who visited Brus-
sels, were the plaintiff and his lady, with the Earl of
Mountnorris, the father of the latter, and his untimr-
tied daughter. While they were there resident,' soon
after the battle of Waterloo, the defendant in his
"newspAper had published several ,•sumesave pare.
graphs, sn which be more than insinuated that a oi-
l:mild intercourse had taken place between, the Duke
of Wellington and Lady Frances Webster, when the
fact was, that, during the whole time the Noble
Duke was at Brussels, he had never been is 'army
with Lady Frances without the presence of a third
wrson. Same time before the battle of Waterloo,
Mr. Webster had occasion to come to England upon
business; and his Lady, during his absence, took up
her residence with her father, the Earl of Mount.
Dorris. Atter. the battle of Waterloo, which gave
the last blow to the power of Bonaparte, the Noble
Earl proceeded to Paris for the education of his un-
married daughter, and Mr. Webster returned, to
Brussels, just in time to accompany his wife aad his
ambit relative. The libel is question referred to a
period shortly antecedent, and almost immediately
eub.:equent, to the last splendid victory obtained by
she ethics. There was one circumstance, in this case
of peculiar aggrivacion—that, at the very time when
this adultery was charged, Lady Frances Webster
WAS actually two months of her confinement ;
one of the Ist persons, on this and all other accounts,
to be mute the .abject of imputation. The other
objat o' this attack might be considered equally un-•
assailable; but the defendant, in the true spirit of a
mai pant in envy of that exalted character
who town red about his species, had endeavoured to
redtce all men to his own ungraded Wel, The
Duke of Wellington, however, mightaAridirdeseise
suzli despizat,le attempts—who, sit .l llpaas re-
garded as the Sav;,nir art Earupe, atarrsAbateatest
Commander of guy alp: and country, mirk look-
e f ty to by Corastend-rn as the tutelar Saint of the
Mural world. The fir,[ part of the libel was con-
t tined in the defen JAM'S thettrweper tench was 12 üb-
lii‘,e3 on the 34 of August, and purported to contain
the news from the lit of that month. Here only a
distsat lint! wan given, which the defendant intended
uttcrwatds 'o follow up and explain. It was in these
ternis :—" it was saiti at Brussels, that when the
D.ike of Wellington returned, after the battle of
iik'verloo, to visit the wounded, perhaps a wounded
heart was meant—a word to the wise." The impu-
tation was, that the Doke of Wellington, instead of
returning to Brussels to compassionate his fellow.
soldiers, who had fought and Wed. by his side, and
to attend to their rants, had visited it only for the
purpose of indulging in an adulterous intercourse.—
in the paper next published on the sth of August,
the system of calumny was porstial by some mise-
rable doggrel verses in allusion to the former pore-
graph. • 'his purported to be dated from Brussels,
in order to convey the idea that they were written by
an eye.wittess.
In the tem, W there's a charm half divine—
War, Waterloo, Wellington, Weilderburn, Webetei, and whoa:
To this was subjoined another paragraph, connected'
In allusion, though not iii locality, in which it was
said, " that the cessation of warfare had in Paris
enabled scaddel to resume her usual influence; that
a report was very prevalent in the first Parisian cir-
cles, that a dis-mgoished commander had Willett•
dered himself captive to the beautiful wife of
ttti inilitaty Officer of high rank." The latter
assertion was a mistake of the defendant, irbe
'peered to be boils Editok and Proprietneetilie
James Clatosicle ; for Mr. Webster, tisomn he had
been in the army, had long quitted it, and bad sever
any high rank. The Mel added, that "in conse-
quence of the interest excited upon this abject, an
investigatioa of the event was indispensable; but it
was to be hoped that it was nothing taut* than a tub
of malevoleace t". and hi added, that the amour
had cats) place at Brussels, and not at Paris's day °,
two previous to the battle of Waterloo;. that the da-
mages:were estimated *at 4150,000, which the fortu-
nate lover had offered to pay,' but which the injured
patty, whether because the matter was too publicly
known, or from acute sensibility refused to accept,
not iiintent to wear gilded borne." No doubt, ob.
Served the Learned Serjeant, thy Noble Duke, with
the eyes of Europe fixed upon him, would milk' ly
have sacrificed his whole fiwtane I. have concealed
It, had he been guilty of such as offence. The pa.
ragraph, its a tn. ost flippant tom, proceeded to state,
that the " Per sian hosbanda were astonished at this.
conduct, winch they ridiculed as a, strange English
prejudice, and that each of them wished that he had
brad the std fortune to here netted his Venus with
such a Mars; and that an orderly Serjeant did the
duty gederally performed by a prying chambermaid,
and that b• would, be the principal whims. on • the
trial." This most unfounded, and in some respects,
preposterous statement, wee followed up, on the Bth

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