Star.
London, England, 1810-03-09 00:00:00

• THE ARMY.
•
LOCAL MILITIA.
(CntcDLAL.) War-Dice, March 6, 1110.
" Sir—ln pursuance of directions which I have received from
His Majesty's Secretary of State for the Home Depattmeut, I
have the honour to acquaint you, that the King has been pleased
to erder that the several Corps of Local Militia in Great Britain
should be assembled for twenty days training and exercise is the
present year ; and to enclose a copy of the regulations under which
the several Corps are to be assembled.
" I am at the same time to apprize you, that those Local Mi-
litia-men who may be resident within the place where the regi-
ment to which they belong shall be assembled for training and ex-
ercise, are to receive pay and allowances as in stationary quarters,
for the day preceding the commencement, and the day subsequent

to the termination of the twenty days exercise which they have
been ordered to perform during the present year.
" I have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient
" humble servant, (Signed) PaLsteasroti.
" Commandant of the Militia."

The following are the Regulations under which the
several Corps of Local Militia in Great Britain are
to .be assembled for Training and Exercise in the
year 1810 :

Every Corps to be assembled for 20 days, exclusive of the days
of arriving at, and departure from, and marching to and from the
place of assembly►

The whole of the Serjeants, Corporals, and brummers, to be
assembled at the Head-quarters of their respective Corps for sevea
extra days; being the seven days next•preeeding the assembling of
the rest of the Corps for exercise.

No Corps to be permitted to assemble before the Ist day of
April, or subsequent to the let day of October.

'fhe Exercise above-mentioned to be performed at one period.
Every Corps to be assembled at its own Head-quarters, or as
near to them as circumstances will permit.

No Corps to be assembled by Divisions, unless under particu-
lar circumstances and by his Majesty's permission.
The time and place proposed for the assembling of each Corps
to be submitted, in the first instance, by the Commandant to the
General Officer, commanding in the District within which such
Corps is to be assembled ; and his written sanction having been
first obtained and annexed to the proposal, it is then to be sub-
witted, through the Lord Lieutenant of the County, for his
' Majesty's approbation ; and no Corps is to be actually assembled
until the Commandant shall have received from the Lord Lieute-
nant of the County, a notification in writing, that kis Majesty
has been pleased to approve of the time and place of assembly so
proposed.

No Officer, Non-Commissioned Officer, Drummer or Private
man, to have leave of absence during the period of assembly, ex-
cept in cases of the most urgent necessity.
The Commandant of each Corps to transmit to his Majesty's
Secretary of State for the Home Department, on the day previous
to the termination of the period of Exercise, a correct return (ac-
cording to the inclosed form) of the number and rank of the
Officers Non-Commissioned Officers, Drummers, and 'Private-
men, who have been assembled.

Five hundred of the 95th rifle corps have embarked
for Cadiz.

About 1200 of the Guards are expected at Ports-
mouth, under the command of Colonel DUKES, On
the 10th, 1 lth, and 12th of this month, to embark
immediately. The Expedition is to be increased to
10,000 men ; and the stores necessary for this army
are ordered from London by land-carriage.
A Correspondent who subscribes himielf " A Su-
baltern Oficer," approves of the new dress. The want
of the Epaulette would, he thinks, prove a source of
emulation to the Subalterns, if no rank under that of
Captain was permitted to wear that distinctive mark;
and he illustrates his idea by an allusion to the navy,
where none below Captains have the Epaulette.—We
cannot agree with this Correspondent—nay, we have
always thought that Lieutenants in the navy should
wear Epaulettes, were it only to procure them the
respect to which they are entitled in foreign ports ;
for foreigners have no other means by which to form
an opinion of the respect.due to every British Officer.
On the new Itegulations respecting the Dress of
Officers, we have receistikso many communications
that we cannot possibly frid.room for them all. In-
deed, as might be expected on a subject so generally
interesting to the Army,'there is in many of them
such a coincidence of thought and expression, that to
give the whole would appear to be mere repetition.—
We are therefore, from time to time, obliged to con-
fine our selection to those which present variety in the
most condensed form ; and in some instances to corn.
press into one the substance of several communica-
tions. All our correspondents shall be attended to—
when they do not see their communications published
verbatim, it is because in some of their thoughts they
have been anticipated, and the substance of the other
parts compressed.
--. • 4:
6 The total of the Ordinaries and ExCm. • aries of
the Ordnance of Great Britain and Ire s laid by
estimate before the House of Commons;," 4 • • unts to
X 3,810,466 4s. 10d.

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Monday, the sth instant, a very splendid and
Supper were given by Major CROSS, and the rs
of the 2d battalion of the 36th Regiment, to the
bility and Gentry of the City and vicinity of Wconk
cester. On this festive occasion upwards of 170,
partook of a most elegant supper, consisting of every
delicacy of the season • the merry dance which sue-
ceeded, continued with unabated spirit till morning.
Tuesday se'nnight, at Berwick-upon-Tweed, a grand
masonic procession took place, on the occasion of lay.
ing the foundation stone of a new pier intended to be
erected for that harbour ; the day was ushered in by
the ringing of bells, &c.
MORE HOAXlNG.—Slinday the banns of marriage
of two couple were published by the Minister in the,
Parish Church, Brighton, which have since been for-
bid, the parties therein mentioned being scarcely,
known to each other. The, son of as • respectable,'
tradesman, who was announced as soliciting permi4
sion to unite his fate with thtnraid of all work of a
butcher, feels himself not a litiliC. nettled on the occa-
sion, and has offered a consifetable reward for the
discovery of the hoaxer. rt seems that the Parish
Clerk had received the written.documents for the Mi-
nister only the night preceding their publication, each
accompanied with a shilling, from a little girl; who
received them from a woman, a stranger, who got
her a sixpence to dispose of -

During the late frost a nt.
of the parish of Currie, near
part of the day to the ancient
of curling ; and, what reflect
humanity, they sanctioned their

in it subservient to the ,nobL
playing each day for' .so many
which yieldcd a great and s.'
ie y of indigent !mules.

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into