Star.
London, England, 1811-10-26 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

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Tuesday, the 1.1 battalion of the 92d foot arrived
in Glasgow, from Ireland, on their way to Banff.
Tuesday, a draught of 230 men, from the 2d bat-,
talion of the 25th foot, marched from the barracks,
Glasgow, to join the Ist battalion, lying in St. Kitt's.
We understand that it is the intention of Govern-
meat to erect Barracks on Rushmere Heath, near
Ipswich, as being in every way more convenient and
appropriate for the military than the present tempo-
rary Barracks at Ipswich/which areto be pulled down,
and the materials sold.
One of our Military Readers suggests that, as the
Officers of Infantry are now to have jackets and caps
the same as the Men, all yellow lace should be done
away with, and all Ofticets should be ordered to wear
white lace, as by making the new jackets to button
down the breast and lacing them the same as the ser-
ljeants: a person at one or two hundred yards distance
from a line, could not distinguish the one from the
other, if dressed alike as to breeches and leggins, or
trousers.
The following - account of the appointment of the
late General Pfcros to the Colonelcy of the 12th re-
giment, is taken from a manuscript in his own hand-
writing :—" When Colonel Pic roN went to Court to
kiss hands on his appointment, having had the honour,
after the Levee, of being admitted to an audience in
the KING'S closet, he addressed his NIAJE.STY with pro-
found respect, expressing his most dutiful and grate-
acknowl dgments for the honour that had been
i conferred upon him. His beneficent Sovereign, with '
j the utmost complacency, was pleased to say—, You
are entirely obliged to Captain PicTo:4, who comman-
ded the grenadier company of the 12th regiment in
Germany last war"—alluding in particular to the Ge-
neral's having had the honour of being thanked, as
Captain of Grenadiers, in the public Orders of the
Army, by Prince FERDINAND, in consequence of the
report of the then Hereditary Prince of BauNswtcx, I
i for his behaviour under his Serene Highness's costa-
lmand, at the affair of Zierenberg.

RAMSGATE, OCTOBER 25.

Mr. CARROW gave a petit soups to his Royal High-
ness the DUKE of CLARENCE and :t few fashionable.;
at his beautiful Villa near Pegwell Bay, ou Saturday
evt•ning. . .
'rue elegant hospitalities of Rear Admiral and
Lady 1.20 CY FOLEY LOIIS Royal Highness and friends
on their recent visit to Admiral Yoctcc, in the Downs,
are spoken of in teims of the highest commendation.
This day being the anniversary of his MAJESTY'S
accession to the Throne, the guns on Dover Castle
were tired, as were those of the ships of war in the
• Downs. The ships in the Downs ere extremely nu-
I merous at present, and, decorated with their various
colours, tOrmed altogether one of the grandest sights
i that is any where to be seen on the world of waters.

MAR GATE, OCTOBER 21..

Last night his Royal H:glmess the Duke of CLA-
RENCE honoured our Rooms with his presence, and
Mr. LE BAS had the honour of ushering his R.)yal
Highness into the Bail Room, who appeared highly
gratified at the politesse of our accomplished Master
of the Ceremonies. The Ball WAS opened at half-past
nine, by his Royal Highness, with Mrs. M,ManoN,
to the tune of " Paddy O'Carol." The second and
third dance was led off by his Royal Highness, with
the beautiful and accomplished Miss THONIPSON, to
the tunes of " La Blaize Berber" and " We'll gang
nae more to yon Town."
We noticed amongst thenobility the Earl and Coun-
tess of MAYO, Lord Astinttoox, Lord ALVCNY, Co-
lonel and Mrs. M,MAitoN, Sir DRUNIMOND and Lady
SMITH, and the same list of Nobility as were at Broad-
stairs, as we cannot remember their names or titles.
The company consisted of nearly 300, composing a
great portion of the beauty and gentry of the Isle of
Thanet. The room was brilliantly illuminated with
variegated lamps, forming the initials of his Royal
Highness's name, which reflected great credit on Mr.
HowE, of the Royal Hotel ; and the chandeliers were
beautifully ornamented with wreaths of laurels and
roses ; the whole forming a'most pleasing effe: t. His
Royal Highness left the lnilliatit circle in good spit its,
and highly pleased with the evening's amusement, at
his nsuai hour of one o'clock.

His Royal Highness was greeted with welcome
and hearty cheers by the populace on his arrival.

The Duke of CLARENCE honoured Mr. MooßE's
night with his presence at the Margate Theatre, last
week, when tLe house was crowded to excess. After
the play, on going through the box-lobby, which was
completely blocked up with females, his Royal High-
ness jocularly remarked ; Mr. MooRE has collected
lot: of Ladies at his benefit;"—alluding to the cha-
racter of il/ing/e, which Mr. M. had played in the po-
pular farce of The Beehive.
Three hundred persons were employed yesterday at
the ruins of the late Drury-lane Theatre. The car-
penters are erecting a workshop on the west-end of
the premises ; the bricklayers are preparing the foun-
dation, and the labourers clearing away the rubbish.
Several waggon-loads of bricks, lime, and sand, have
been sent in, and also a quantity of timber. The
neighbourhood is all in a bustle ; and several of the
public-houses, which had been for a length of time
closed, have re-opened.
Not one Englishman was permitted to walk the
streets, or to be at large when BONAPARTZ was last
at Dunkirk ; and ever since that period the situation
of these who were previously regarded as privileged
Englishmen, has been extremely unpleasant.

NAVAL LVTZLLIGENCE.

FALMOUTH, OCTOBER 93.
Arrived the Darlington packet from the Leerard
Islands, in 33 days—she left St. Tliomas's 23d ult.

_PLYMOUTH, OCTOBER 24.
Last night it again came on to blow a heitvy gale
at W.S.W but it fortunately moderated in a few
lihrs. It still blows hard in the same direction, and
the MENELAUS remains wind-bound in Cawsand Bay.
The SAN JOSEF, which I stated to be going down to-
Cawsand Bay, was obliged to bring to again, as the
Wind suddenly shifted against her.
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PORTSNIOUTI-1, OCTOBER 25.
Sailed the Turkish frigate Africa for the Red Sea.
A Court Martial was this morning assemble.d on
board the GLAuta.rott, for the trial °fediMain BARRIE,
Officers, and crew, of his Majesty's late ship the
POMONE, which was lost in attempting to come through
the Needles. After minute investigation, the Court
acquitted Captaiti BARRIE, Officers, and crew, except
the Master, who was ordered to be reprimanded.

DEAL, OCTOBER 25.

Arrived the IDAs cutter, with dispatches from off
Flushing, and sailed again for the same destination.
Arrived the BEAGLit sloop of war from off Boulogne.
Sailed his Majesty's ship EMI ONT.—The ship DAsnot
that was on shore on Deal Beach, has been got
of, and carried into Ramsgate, with apparently
little or no damage.—Wind S.W.

HARWICH, OCTOBER 15.
Sailed the DEFENDER lugger, with a large fleet
of transports, etc. for the Downs.— Remain in Hosely
Bay, the Aboukir, Zealous, Tremendous, Hanni-
bal, and Audacious.

A large smuggling lug-sail boat, with 300 casks
of spirits, got on shore in the night, near Languard
Fort, which was discovered soon after, and taken pos-
session of by the troops—the smugglers made their
escape.
CORK, OCTOBER 22.

It was expected last night, owing to the wind hav-
ing shifted, that the VIRAGO, Lieutenant Pt rmAx, and
the fleet of transports under her convoy, would have
sailed early this morning ; but the wind has again re-
turned to the southward, and blown as hard as ever.
The RESOLUTE gun-brig, Lieutenant KEENAN, sailed
yesterday. The VIRAGO takes the Admiral Mar:in
French privateer with her to Portsmouth. All the
French crew, except the boatswain, were taken out of
her, and equally divided between the SALDANIIA and
FOItTUNEE. NIENIEN, Sir M. SErsnocrt,.is taken
from this station. The HAUADIIYAD, Sir T. 'STAINES,
may be hourly looked tor. Remain his Majesty's
ship Jalouse, Captain Moaner; Helena, Capt. MON
TitE.sott, and Earl Spencer cutter, Lieut. BOTHWELL:

The flowing Masters of Merchant vessels landed
yesterday at Deal, having escaped from Prince:—
Captain Wistuir,i4vbf Liverpool ; Captain SMITH, of
Wells ; Captain WATTS, of London, of the brig Mary
Ann, taken on her voyage from Conic:3a, bound to
London.

N:it less than twelve ships of the line have been
launched in the course of the last summer at Antwerp.
The late plan aioptei in building many of his
Majesty's ships and vessels, of laying the timbers in
triangles instead of right angles, has most fully am-
sweled all expectation. The Tremendous, Captain
CAMPBELL, is the first ship, and has been employed
in the Baltic, being considered a service tlmt would
try the alteration. She has-worked remarkably well,
and will run any vessel of her own burthen out ut
sight in five hours. The saving in timber, workman-
sill!), and other expellees, particularly in the plan of
her keel and sheathing, is immense ; independent of
the great advantage of keeping all filth away, as
well as of admitting a free circulation of air, and by
that means avoiding the dry rot, &c. The Ramilies,
and some other ship, have been ordered to be rebuilt
on this plan.

EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM KILLALA, DATED BTH INST.

" On Friday, the 27th ult. the galliot Anna Hulk
Klas Boyr, MEINERTZ master, from Christian Sound,
laden with deals, for Killala, was drove on shore at
a place called Porturlin, between Killala and Broad-
haven. The Captain and crew providentially saved
their lives by jumping on shore on a small island or
rock. At this time the stern and quarter were stove
in. The crew remained two hours on this rock, when
they were taken off by a boat, and brought to the
main land. Shortly after, the Captain's trunk, with
all the sailors' clothes in general, came on shore, when
tile country people inaniediately began to plunder,
leaving the unfortunate sufferers nothing but what
they had on their backs. The plunderers repaired to
the wreck, and cut away every thing they could come
at of the sails, rigging, &c. whiie hundreds were
taking away the deals to all parts of the country.—
Though the Captain spoke good English, and most
pitifully inquired to whom he might apply for assis-
tance, yet he could ndt hear of any for 14 hours, when
he was told that Major D. BINGIIAM, was the nearest
and only person he could apply to. With much dif-
ficulty he procured a guide, and proceeded to Mr.
BINOnAM's, a distance of twenty miles, through the
mountains. In the mean time, after thirty-six hours
concealment of this very melancholy circumstance,
Capt. MORRIS, of the,TowNsesn cruizer, who lay at
Broadhaven, a distance of about ten miles from the
wreck, slipped one of his cables, proceeded directly to.
wards the wreck, and, approaching it, landed with
twenty men, well-armed, kc. In coming near the
wreck, he first fired in the air, in order to disperse the
peasantry, which had no effect; he therefore ordered
his men to tire close, which had the desired effect,
when he immediately pursued them to the interior,
from three to five miles distance, dividing his party in
different directions, when, by great exertion and
fatigue, they saved about 1800 deals, and a remnant
of the wreck. Captain MORRIS had some of the rob-
bers taken, but his party being so scattered, they were
rescued by a large mob of the country. The unfor-
tunate Captain and his crew are taken by Captain
MORRIS on board his cutter, where they have got a
change of clothing, and are taken every possible cue
of. Captain Monxis and his crew used every exer-
tion •to recover the Captain's and sailors' clothes,
without effect."--Costgasigi Josowl.
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Sr. THOMAS'S, SAPTEMBER 2. -,•••AIIII •
By an arrival last night tiom the city of St. John'?;
Porto Rico, we learn that a French privateer is
zing in the Sombrero Passage. She brougly to
last Tuesday a Spanish schooner and a Packl
rom Cadiz, and after taking away some articles
sulTered them to proceed. The P•oc t atrivedthe
ntxt day at ;he City. It is sail that the privateer is
fr,m France, and that nine t'f nearly the same size
sailed together to cruize in the West Indies. The
Packet from Cadiz sunk the Mail before she wag.
brought-to by the pt ivateer.

Sear. 9.—The Bariza, DA wsom, arrived yesterday
from Norfolk, in 30 days. The Master rzports, that
he was brought to on Saturday, by a Freitch priv4-
teer, su2posed to be the Duke of Dantzic.

FRENCH PRISONERS.

Bow-svitarr.—By the activity and perseverance of
Lavender and Vickery, several French officers have
been detected in endeavouring to make then escape,
and also those whir where assisting them in that rib-
ject. On the evening of Sunday fortnight, the tits-
, cers, in consequence of private information, met with
a cov..ed cart, with two horses a-breast, near Thame,
in Oxfordshire; aad having no doubt but there were
Frenchmen in it, seized the horses, and instan:ly
jumped into the cart, and handcuffed all in it, c n-
sitting of a man of the name of Stephens, who was
driving the cart, whom they knew to be a smuggler,
residing at Folkston?, in Kent ; a boy, who assisted
hint ; and two Frenchmen. The Officers drove the
cart to London. The boy, in conversation with La-
vender, acknowledged that their conveying French.
men away was greatly impeded by the Jobeny R.ivr,
meaning the countrymen, who are rewarded with a
guinea for every Frenchman they detect beyond their
boundaries. During the last fortnight, Lavender
and Vickery have been traversing the county of Kent
night and day, in expectation of meeting with a num-
ber of Frenchmen en the crossroads, particularly
from Devonshire, from private information which
they had received. The difficulty of meeting with
them is occasioned by those. who make a practice of
conveying French prisoners out of this country always
travelling by cross-roads, and in the night ; during
the day-time they conceal themselves in woods and
bye-places. During the Officers' search and stay In
Kent, their conduct was considered very mysterious
by the Innkeepers and others, as they were out so
much at nights, and frequently had a party of sol-
diers attending them. With all their industry they
were not able to detect any till last Monday night, at
die hause of a man of the name of Webb, at Hithe,
who has long been suspected of such practices.— The
Officers having received information that Webb had
arrived'at home in the course of the night, with a co.
vela cart, with four Frenchmen in it, two from ere.
diton in Devonshire, and two from Morton
stead% they proceeded to Webb's Lowe, and endet- '
voared to gain admittance by fair means, and hay-
hag no doubt but the Frenchmen were there, they
were under the necessity of using force, and entered
the house, assisted by some soldiers, and tiund four
Frenchmen in bed, and Webb also in bed. They
secured them, and conveyed them to the barracks.—
It is supposed Webb travelled Eve hundred miles in
'the course of 14 days he was out with his cart, 1
which he was enabled to do by cross-roads, being a De-
vonshire man, and knowing the country and road, well.
—While they were detained in the barracks, Liven-
der and Vickery went in pursuit of another man, who
travels to fairs to sell gingerbread, with a covered
cart, and is this vehicle conveys French prisoners to
the coast, without suspicion ; the officers, however,
I did not succeed in detecting him. They then pro-
ceeded to London with Webb and the four French
officers, who arrived at the above Office on Thursday,
and were committed to Tothill-fields Bridewell.

The annexed article appears in the Morning Papers
of to-day : we must confess, however, that to us it
savours of the marvel/ow !
BARBAROUS MURDER.

" The following instance of atrocity occurred on
Tuesday evening, in a field near St. Alban's :--A
young woman, who lives servant with an inhabitant
of that town, went on Tuesday to spend the evening
with an acquaintance in similar circumstances, resid.
ing in a gentleman's family, about two miles distant.
On her return at night, she was accompanied about a
mile by her friend, who then turned hack towards her
home. The former, on het way to St. Alban's, called
at a public house, with the landlady of which she was
acquainted, and remained chatting there for about
half an hour, when two labourers entered the tap.
room, one of whom had a bundle, which the young
woman instantly recognized to be the same which her
female friend had when she left her. She acquainted
the landlady of the circumstance, and expressing
strong desire to know how they 'came by it. There
being at that time, however, no other men in the
house, she was induced by her friend to restrain her
curiosity from prudential motives. Soon after, h iw.
ever, two neighbours came in, and being inf. Titled of
the circumstance, they immediately asked them
where they got it ? The man who held it replied—
' 4, We have just picked it up on the road, but you are
I welcome to have it--we don't want it :"-4, No, (s Lid
the querist) I must have a more satisfactory account
of the transaction," and immediately seized him by
the collar, while his neighbour stcured the other fel.
low. Both instantly betrayed signs of fear, and their
spirited assailants proceeded to search them. Horror
instantly usurped the place of suspicion, when from
I the pocket of one of them was brought forth .1 p tir of
ears, with the ear-rings, suspended from them. Little
doubt now remained that some unfortunate calamity
had happened to the other young woman ; and while
one of them remained in the house, to prevent tie
lescape of their prisoners, the other, accompanied ray
the young woman, went in search. They had pro.
ceeded about half a mile, when, casting a look into a
I ditch by the road-side, the young woman beheld the
lifeless body of her friend, with her head conipLutly
severed from the trunk.; the blood still slowly ss ring,
and her earless head lying by her side. Under these
circumstances, the prisoners were removed to thecouuty
gaol, to abide the issue of a Coronet's Inquost."

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WESTMINSTER SESSIONS, OCT. 25.
W.
Tayler was indicted for an assault on J. Riley.
The prosecutor, who is a publican, drew a pot of
beer for the defendant, which was given to him by
the prcsecutor's wife, and which he refused to take,
saying the pot was greasy, and insisted on its being
changed, which Riley refused to do ; and on his
wife returning it to the defendant, some altercation
ensued, in consequence of which Riley into fired.—
At that time he had a pitch-fork in his hand, which
Taylor wrested from him, and wounded him in the
leg with it. In defence, the prisoner said that he
was struck by Riley pith the pitch fork, and in wrest-
ing it from him, he was /wagged a little in the leg.—
This the prosecutor denied, and shewed his leg,
which appeared to be tolerably well itrogged indeed.
—Verdict—Guilty. Three Months Imprisonment.
IV. Blaney and J. Andrews were brought up (hav-
ing been, before convicted by Mr. Nares, at Bow-
street), to have their conviction confirmed under the
Vagrant Act. Gilman, the Officer, stated, that on
Sunday the 14th instant, he saw the prisoners, whom
he knew to be bad characters (having often seen
them in company with known thieves, &c.( in St.
hlartin's-lane. They followed a Gentleman, into
whose pocket Andrews put his hand ; but Blaney
observing Gilman, called to the other, and they both
ran off. The Officer, however, succeeded in secu-
ring them both. Conviction confirmed. Sentence—
Six Months Imprisonment.
Margaret Cranston was indicted for stealing two pint
pots, the property of S. Smith. The prisoner was
found Guilty ; and on being asked by the Chairman
how often she had been tried for similar offences, she
replied only three times. In consequence of her age
(apparently about 70 years) she was only sentenced
to Three Months Imprisonment.
J. Bate: was indicted for stealing two pint pots.—
He-was sentenced to 3 Months Imprisonment.
G. Lit:le was brought up to receive confirmation of
his conviction, under the Vagrant Act, by Mr. Field-
ing- of Queen's-square. Humphries, Lavender, and
Lack, the Officers, stated the prisoner to be a most
desperate character, and whom they 'had seen in
many of theftash houses, and with many notorious
thieves. The prisoner's Counsel took some objec.
tions to the conviction, which were over-ruled by the
Court. The prisoner denied, in the strongest terms,
that he had been guilty of any depredation of any
kind. He was, at the period of his being appre-
bended, in the employment of Mr. Straban, the
King's Printer, who had given him a character in
writing to the Magistrate before whom he had been
examined, and who, or his partner, would have
appeared in his behalf to-day, had they not been
prevented by indisposition. He strongly begged that
he might be set at liberty to enable him to go to
Edinburgh to a situation which he conk! now obtain
in that place. This, however, the Court refused to
consent to, and the prisoner was sentenced to 6 months
Imprisonment from the time of his commitment.

two Thursday
ajoys who
1 ingva-ermeapniloyi.linlotorisnebaachkricckam:Lp to
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' . ' the back of Earl's-court, KeNtingto, and offered 6J.
to either of them to shew him the war to Brompton,
which one of them, whose name is J. 'Cox, undertook
. to do. The man then placed the boy before him Gil
the horse, and Went along the road till he came to a
Line that leads to Kensington, when he dismounted,
and taking the boy upon his knee, made two deep in-
c:sions with a knife on his posttriors ; he then re-
mounted his horse, and rode furiously away. The
place where the ruffian committed this inhuman act
being little frequented, the poor boy was not disco-
vered till late in the afternoon, when some gardeners,
returning from their work, found him, and conveyed
him to Kensington Work-house,in a very exhausted
s'ate : he is now conceived to be in a fair way of re-
covery.
AVOCIOUS ASSAULT.—Saturday morning List, as
the nursery-maid of a family. in Gloucester-place,
New-road, was walking with her master's children,
in Mary-la-bonne Park, towards Pi imrose-Hill, she
was accosted by two sailors, apparently foreigners,
who requested her to slow them the way to Kiltrirn,
which she did ; they then went a short distance, and
returned, saying they should not be able to find their
road, and that she must conduct them. This she re-,
fused, but consented to shew them part of the way,
which she accordingly did. When they got within
about 2(X) yards in the rear of the Artillery- Barracks,l
at St. John's Wood, the men having conversed toge:.l
ther in a foreign language, told her to stop, and then
made a proposal to her, too indelicate to be detailed,
and threatened her with violence if she refused.—
Finding that she did not agree to their proposal, one.
of them threw her down, notwithstanding her cries,
and behaved to her in the most brutal manner. The
monster, however, was not able to effect his purpose;
her screams were fortunately heard by two honest
Hibernian artillerymen, of the names of Mac Carthy
and O'Connor, who ran to her assistance, which the
sailors perceiving, reluctantly left their prey, pouring
on her a volley of execrations; and, although they I
were pursued for a considerable distance, succeeded i
in effecting their escape. The unfortunate girl was I
conveyed home almost lifeless, and, notwithstanding
the best surgical assistance has been afforded her, she
is still considered in a dangerous state.
Thursday last, the 16th inst. an inquisition wasl i
taken at March, Cambridgeshire, before Mr. PRATT,
• Coroner of the Isle of Ely, on view of the body of''
Francis Wilkinson, a banker (labourer), who died the
preceding evening whilst in the act of .fighting with
a person of the name of Joseph Murphy. It appeared
that the quarrel took place at a dance at March Fair,
when there were many people together. Blows were
exchanged between Murphy and the deceased, when
the interference of the landlord made them leave the
house to have it out in the street ; that after two or
three rounds the deceased knocked down his opponent,
and then fell himself, never to speak or rise any more. 1
There were no marks on the body which appeared
likely to he the cause of his death, but upon the body
being opened, the small vessels of the lungs were
found to be ruptured, and the opinion of the surgeons,
that such rupture was caused by his own exertion,
were so far predominant as to cause the Jury to find
a verdict "Died by the rupture of some of the small
vessels of the lungs, and not through any hurt or in-
jury received from any person or persons whatso.'
ever ;" to which was added, by the Coroner's recom.
mendation, 44 to the kitowledge of the said Junes."

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