Star.
London, England, 1811-08-22 00:00:00

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NAVAL INTELLEiIiNct
FALMOUTH, AOCUST 19.
Arrived the American ship Felix froth Monte Video.
The Manchester packet is eipected to sail this evening
with the L-isbon mail °Mast vie ek, and for the Dutth
West-India Islands. Arrived the -PHEASANT Sloop of
war from a cruize.—Wind S.W.

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ARMY. . •
Irtoerday 40 privates and n nn.cammestioned dicers
arrived in St. Jatne‘'s Park, from the army ofidei the
command of Lord WELLINGTON, I h l'artugal:
not correct, that some of the it ilitia.vekiniehti
have already embarked at Plymouth for Ireland. The
Nottingham militia will be the first to embark at that
p. r r eland.

Tuesday and yesterday the West Norfolk Militia • TOIUSAY, AUGUST 20.
marched from Yarmouth for Woodbridge, and Were Arrived yesterday, after post, his Majesty's ship
replaced by Vie 51th regiment, from N 'rwich. VENERABLE, from Basque Roads.
An order arrived ifnni the War-Office, at Ply._
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mouth, on Friday lasr, for the East-Kent Militia; PLYMOUT:-1, AUGUST 20.
now doing duty at Pendennis Castle, Falmouth, to The merchant vessel stated in a former letter tet
embark without delay for Ireland, to which country have been captured by a French privateer, off this
they had previously volunteered their services. port, is the brig James, RICHARD ALLEN, master, be-
TUE REVIEW AT Wrensoft.—Yesterday the Royal longing to Shields, laden with timber, from Quebec.
Horse Guards ( Blues) were reviewed on Winkfield : The FOXHOUND has net yet returned; and it is there-
Plain, near Windsor, by his Royal Highness the fore conjectured that she was not fortunate enough to
PRINCE REGENT, accompanied by his Royal Highness
;overtake the enemy. The American ship Brutus,
the Criminander in Chief, the Dukes of CLARENCE,
CUI4IO.IILAND, and CAMBRIDGE, and a numerous train,. from Baltimore, for Bourdeaux, with 31 passengers
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of General Officers. The regiment went through ; on board, has been taken and sent in here, by the
their manoeuvres with the utrno.t precision, and his DIANA frigate. A cartel sailed this afternoon with
kay'al Highness the PRINCE REGENT was pleased to
Siapitess his highest approbation of their appearance passengers and letters, for Morlaix. Arrived the
and 'perfect discipline, attained under the command NlNlfton hired cutter, from off L'Orient ; and the brig
of their Colonel, the Duke of NORTHUMBERLAND.-••• ' Mathew and Thomas, from Quebec, with timber.—
The l'iyiNcz Rezzar came on the ground about a The SEINE frigate is still in the Offing, with the out-
quarter Wore eleven, mounted on his favourite grey
• • ward-bound convoy, for Quebec, the wind being still
charger, and appeared in excellent health and spirits. . •
His Royal flipliness inspected this fine body of ca. against her—N. W.
`airy with the closest attention, and theTritical eye I PORTSMOUTH, AUGUST 21.
•of all'expesienced General. This brilliant military : Arrived his Majesty's ship CoMus from the Medi-
Npieticle, and the attire of seeing the PRINCE RE-. terranean and Gibraltar, and is put under quarantine ;
eight, tad A,tirieted a 'vast multitude ef.all ranks to his Majesty's ship Reciter'. from Newfoundland...,
the field. Ealijr in the morning all the carriages, Passed by his Majesty's ship PELORUs, with the Ja-
landaus, landaulers, trigs, hoggies, &c. were put in maica fleet. The MARTIN sloop of war is appointed
ireqtrisition, and extended along the road for the space convoy for the Weil Indies and the coast of Brazils.
of him* miles, and so great was the pressure of the The DECOY takes convoy for the Downs.—Wind W.
vehittes,that they went slowly on at the rate of two
miles its tlle DEAL, AUGUST 21. hour for a considerable distance. From !
the frequent stoppage on the road, several ladies and Arrived the Active cutter from off Flushing. Sailed
ships B
gentlemen got nut of their carriages and walked to his Majesty's Emma and NYMPHE for off ditto.
the interesting scene. - I YARMOUTH, AUGUST 21.
'russet= WELLS, AUG. 20.—The skeleton of the ' This morning arrived from a cruize off Heligoland,
'7th tiexileers marched into this place on their route the HoRATIo frigate, Lord GeentoeSrewAar Captain,
to Maidstone from Portsmouth, where they were dis- and the PORTIA froth a cruize. Sailed the ALERT
embarked from Portugal. They marched , in, their cutter with dispatches fur Admiral YOUNG, off Flush-
band playing and their colours flying, honourably ing ; and the Princess Augusta cutter with medicines
pierced in a hundred places, and otherwise much tat- For the sick and wounded atHeligoland.—Remain the
tered. The martial appearance of the hardy veterans Vixen, Vice-Admiral MURRAY, Desiree, and Acute.
made a strong impression upon every heart, on reflec- I
SHEERNESS, AUGUST 21.
ting that this battalion went into the battle of Al.!
Sailed the Hendrick, HANSEX, from Onega,
buera between 8 and 900 strong, and (exclusive of! Arrived the BEAVER man of war from the West-
about between '2 and 300 men left in the hospital at ward. •
for London ; tue Enigheden, BRRGGE, from Norway
-Lisbon), they mustered no more than about five offs- for
the Downs ; the Johannes, Evens, after the-convoy
eel-6 and 70 men, of whom many were disaGled so as
for the Sound
.; and
. the Louisa, Mullett, from Pillau
to be obliged to march without their arms. As soon
to London, with timber. Went out of harbour, the
as it was known what corps they were, the sympathy
SNARL, to the Little Nore.—Wind S.W.
for their sufferings on that memorable days where in
'about ten minutes time nearly 500 of their. brave ; FRASERSBURGH, AUGUST 19.
comrades fell, in consequence of being broke into by , Arrived this day, in this port, a sloop called the
the Polish Lancers, before they were able to reload Danszig, of Lerwick, picked up at sea in great dis-
their pieces, and the rest rescued by the arrival of the tress by the Royal Charlotte excise cutter, Captain
23d, before which they in !licit turn were obliged tore. ROBEsTsoN, on the afternoon of Sunday the 11th
tire, andwereoltimately cut up bythe Englishcavalry. inst. The crew, three in 'number, viz. two old mats
.Among the disabled that came here, there is a man and a boy, report that they had been driven off the
W*o received a 'shot in the left cheek, and, passing coast of Shetland in a gale, and had been without
through his mouth, the ball came. out again under: food or water for three days They have been since
lthe right jaw-bone; in the directioa it took, the tongual liberally supplied by the cutter, who has towed the 1
"of the unfortunate man was lacerated in such a man-i vessel into this place, where she now lies. I
net as to render it necessary to cut it off, in coils*.
LEITH, AUGUST JR,
quetice of which be is now deprived of speech, but in
I Arrived in the Roads, yesterday. tke Alarm !saner, from the
other roosts possesses his faculties entirely, and is a northward—also a large Dutch ship, froni Archangel,' bound to
very hardy and Ene-looking man. The emotions the London. Smiled from Leith goads, on Sr.urday, the Archer
lOC of these brave men diffused in every bosom : gun brig, with a convoy of 12 hail; for Gottenbnrgll. Arrived at
burst forth almost instantaneously into the most ge. Queb". between 27th June, and Bth Judy— Hie Tiger, Smith.
. from Leith—Tay, Elder; and Elisa, Wrangler, from Dundee—
nerous ideas, in resoecr to what could be devised to , Homes Castle,
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and Pallas, !noes, from Aberdeen.
chew the men how dear they •were to their country- , ARRIVED—Auget4t 17. Freedom, Wilson, from Bowling-hay,
men, whether by giving them a handsome dinner, or ' iron ; Antelope, Barron,tisbon, salt ; Martha, Foreman, Yar-
by making a subscription, they would be most bone-
. mouth, barley.-19. Stafford, Thomson, Hull, goods ; tariff,
Munro. Fi horn, rods and grain ; Margaret and Ann, Gore,
fired ; the latter was preferred, and the gentry imMe.:
Arbroath, barley ; Telegraph, Gordon, Gottenburgh, ballast ;
diaiely began to subscribe, when there were above 40 Hetie, Clark,'
Dundee, goods and grain.
guineas subscribed for thim. In consequence, their 1 CLZAILLD our—Elizabeth and Mary, Carter, for Stockton ;
iandiplayed in the evening facing the head-quarters,
Neptune, Dawson, Inverkeithing ; Jean, Milne, Banff; St. Ola,
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the Susses 'Hotel, many martial and other airy in very
! Smith, Kirkwall ; Gipsey, Industry, Dundee; Inotry, Cation, Le-
Val; Ann, Wright, Hull; Janet, Scotland, Alloa—all with goods.
excellent style, amungst•which they introduced diffe.
Tent Spanish pieces, which from their liveliness and
vivacity were generally admired. The parade was
thronged with spectators, amongst Whom all "the fa-
shionables and others of distinction graced the fete-
like evening with their presence • it was truly a beau-
tiful spectacle. This morning the corps left this place
to pursue their route, and pla)ed as long as they had
a house to pass.
Sunday, William Gates, late a soldier in a veteran
battaliin, froth Orkney, accused of the crime of
Murder, was lodged in the tolboodi of Edinburgh:
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The HAWK sloop fell in with, off the coast of
France, last Sunday, a convoy of nearly 50 sail, le-
den with naval stores. She captured five, and drove
on shore several others.
The French privateers are very much on the alert
in the Channel, and off Jersey. Two loaded and two
light colliers were taken within these few days off the
Corbear, near Jersey.
Tuesday night, about ten o'clock, a French priva-
tee, chased alight collier into Dover harbour, at
!which time she grapled her, and was in the act of
Grouse shooting began on Friday. A number of
boarding, but the wind at the time blowing strong
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Noblemen and Gentlemen from England have passed ;from the westward, and the collier having a press of
through Edinburgh for the Highlands, to take the I "I, the privateer was obliged to quit her hold, and
amusement of shooting. i the brig ran into the harbour without any damage,
Yesterday a gentleman of the name of Watkins, rand soon after proceeded to sea again.—The priva-
weighing 14 stone, walked 12 miles in one hour and tear, in attempting to board, lost several then, who
fell over, one of whom seas picked up by a sentinel
a hall, fur a wager of WO guineas, in Bushy-York,
with considerable ease. placed on shore. He says his companion was drown-
ed, and it is supposed more have got on shore not yet
A foot race for 30 guineas a-side was run yester- I
discovered.—A frigate was at anchor to the eastward
day on the road leading from Hounslow to Sudbury, ! .
of the harbour, and also a•gun-brig, but neither were
between Lieutenant Gent and Mr. Walpole. The t
able to get their anchors. There were four privateers
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alistance was four miles, at two starts. The Competi-i.
e . in company, one of which succeeded in capturing a
t,:ys performed half the distance together, somewhat ib
less than twelve minutes, and after five minutes rest, ,! rig' from ro Newhaven, with timber : the latter was
~ey started again, and an interesting race ensued, t soon after recaptured by the Ecuu sloop of war, and
carried into the Downs.
vhich was won by 6 yards by the Lieutenant. The 1
Vast shoals of both pilchards and mackarel have
distance altogether was performed in 24 minutes.
• been caught for several days past, close bff Plymouth.
Many gentlemen of considerable landed property, ' Mackerel come up that harbour, and are hooked in
assembled from various parts of the West, at the Exeter great numbers by persons angling in small boats.
Assizes, entered into an agreement to give notice to . The pilchards have been selling at 6d. per hundred.
their respective tenants, that they will receive only Monday night, between ten and eleven o'clock, as
Bank paper in payment of their Michaelmas rents. la
young man, of the name of Phillips, residing in the
GENZRAL EtexTtos.—Canvassing for Votes has neighbourhoOd of Kennington, was crossing the fields
alreadybegun insome parks of the Empire, and to se- from Camberwell, he was accosted by two footpads,
sure the interest of the Fair Sex with the Electors, armed with bludgeons, who knocked him down, and
the Candidates present them with the smiles of For- rifled his pockets of his watch, a dollar, and 2s. they
tune, in the Share of a Ticket for the present Lottery, then ran off and made their escape.
vhich embraces every advantage, and removes every i Tuesday morning the Ship public house, in Tot-
lion to former ones. There are only 13,500 tenham-place, Tottenham Court-road, was broken
- which will not be sufficient to meet the wishes open and robbed of two bags, containing pence and
air friends of the electors in five counties. and no halfpence to the amount of A 7 each ; and also several
they will be very scarce before the :22d October, . articles of silver plate. The robbers entered by means
all the Lottery will by drawn. . of a ladder, at the back of the premises.

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