Star.
London, England, 1803-10-12 00:00:00

MARGATE, 00'. 9.

A brig has lain in this harbour for the laft three
weeks, the deftination of which is unknown. She is
f om Newcattle, and the Captain Rates that he was
bound for fume port on the Kentilb coati. but having
lost his letter of inilruaions he waits here until he
bears from the owners.

The Charlotte boy was drove from her cables on
Friday, with two men only on board, but happily
they fucceeded in getting her into Ramfgate pier
without fultaining any material injury.
It has blown very hard here for the !aft three days,
and yet the ladies were to be feen parading in every
dire lion. Many of them ventured on the cliff and
the pier, in the hope that the breeze would light up
a rofy complexion. Some, however, took care to
provide themfelves with that before they came out.
OCT. to.—Lord KEITH is returned to the Downs
from his cruize off the coalt of Prance. It is laid
that his Lordlhip has examined with great attention
the Ilate of the French fortifications. In the harbour
of Calais he raw no gun boats, or any appearance of
naval preparation. In the harbour of Boulogne
there ate not more than 5o gun boats, although they
wet e form time fincc reported to amount to too and
upward=.
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The orders yellerday delivered by Lord Kr ITH to,
the velrels Rationed along this coati I underfland to
be, that the moment the enemy are difcovered at fea,
thofe thips on the north fide of the Foreland are to
flip their cables and join the Commander at the Note;
and thofe on the fouth fide of the Foreland are alfry
to flip their cables and to join their Commander at
the Downs, and there to wait for limber orders.

AU the Margate packets are taken up by Govern-
ment, and are to be converted into armed cutters.-
Their guns arrived in the Pier yetterday. They are
to be manned by the Sea Pencibles, uhn in the Pie
of Thanet amount to above cos men, and ate ci-
tremely well difciplined.
The Naval Officers here complain of the paucity
of frigates Rationed at the Downs and the Note. In
their opinion thirty at lead fhould be Rationed at each
place ; one half of them to be continually watching
the enemy, and to be occalionally relieved by the
other.

The Volunteers of Margate, Ramfgate and Broad.
(lairs are to be this day infpcacd by Mr. PIT r At Sr,
Peter's. •

The Duke of CuMBPRLAND gave a grand dinner
on Sunday to a large parry of Field Officers in his

The fpeech of the Duke of CLARENCE to the Ted.
dington Corps, ought to be written in charaders of
gold, and publifhed throughout the country : " My
friends •and neighbours!—Wherever our duty calls
us, I u ill go with you ; fight in you► rani:, and never
return home without you !"

A fignal houfe is about to be ereiled on the Cliff
at South End, for the purpofe of correfponding with
the Admiral's Ship at the Nore, and with the tele.
graph at Sheernefs.

A beacon, confining of craw, faggots, and tar-
barrels, is eretled in the Harp Field on the South
fide of Colchefter, to be fet on fire in cafe of invafion.
in order to fpread the alarm throughout the environs
of that town.

Fire beacons are alto crated on Galleywood and
Danbury Commons.

Orders have been ;Inca from the War (Ace, for
the feveral corps of Effez volunteer cavaltry to march
immediately on the firft fignal of the enemy's ap-
yroach, to Chelmsford and Colchefter.
The Loyal Colchefter Volunteers, commanded by
Colonel Bavrrass, have received orders from Gent-
ral Sir Jamas Casio, K. B. to hold themfelves in
readinefs to march at the thorteft notice.

The Light Horfe Volunteers, are preparing for
alma fervice. They had three reconnoitring parties
of horfe and riflemen, in Etrex, on Saturday, march-
ing with regular van and rear guards, and Bankers,
who cleared every hedge and ditch in their way, and
they fired ball at a target wherever they found a con-
venient fpot.
The Fourth Regiment of the Loyal London Vo,
lunteers, we underhand, are to take the Tower duty
on Saturday next.
Within there few days a very great number of pikes
have been landed at Leith, from a velfel which brought
them from London. They have been fent to the cattle.

On Friday evening a train of fifteen 24 poun.
ders, a large fupply of powder, Tome waggon loads of
round, cafe, and grape (hot, were landed at Margate
from Woolwich, in addition to the other artillery be-
fore mountcd upon the Old Fort and North Clif,
which are to form new batteries upon the Pier .and
other commanding points of the entrance to the bar-
boor.

Major• General THosuros is to command one of
the United Brigades in the neighbourhood of Chat•
barn.

Yeflerday the ninth Regiment of Light Dragoon;
marched from Rumford barracks on their route to-
wards the Eattern coati ; they halted at Chelmsford
lail night. 'A brigade of Volunteer Cavalry are im-
mediately to occupy the barracks at Rumford.
The soth, 2t R, and :ad, are the three days ap-
pointed by the Commander in Chief to brigade in
Hyde Palk, the Bloomfburl. the Duke of York,
Royal MAI y-la-Bonite, the Prince of Wales, and the
St. James's Volunteers. The whole Cc rps when Bil-
gAded will be reviewed by his fdlajarry and the
Commander in Chief.

Three Infpeeting Field Officers for the Yeomanry
and Vo:unteer Corps, who are to have the tempo•
racy rank of Lieutenant Colonel, are jua appointed
in the &drift of Hull. They are to be continually
employed in vifiting and fuperiotending the drill and
field exercife of thefe Corps, and every MO months
they are to make a fpecific report on the number
under arms, affigning caufcs for the abfence of thole
whu du not appear.
The 8111 Regiment commanded by Gimbel Ha.
MILTON, which arrived in May from the Cape of
Good Hope at Jerfey, failed thence the nth, 2126
lauded on Saturday at Plymouth. They are in good
Lahti and fpirits, and look remarkably well after five
years fervice in the Eel ;—they are yoo prong. and
will be immediately pilled by 400 of the Arai vi
Referee.