Star.
London, England, 1803-01-25 00:00:00

GIBRALTAR. DEC. 27.

On the Loh, in the evening, the garrifon was
alarmed with the repose of a mutiny having broken
out in the ad Battalion of the Royals, which how-
ever was room fopprelled without any ferious con.
fecmenees. -

The circumflances were as follow :—The men
of that Regiment bad been extremely diffatasfied
with what they conceived to be unnecelfary fey erity
in a new Adjutant who had been lately appointed,
and againft whom they had been much prejudiced
before his arrival from England. On that day it
happened that all the men of the Regiment were
off duty, and had been paid the balances of their
accounts, and it being Chrillmas eve, many of
them had drank freely, and had got liquor into the
Barracks. To prevent their obtaining more, and
to keep them from firaggling out, the Adjutant
direeled the gates of the Barracks to be locked;
on this, a number of them feized their arms, and
palling out of the doors and windows, threatened
to murder the Adjutant wherever they could find
him. They had proceeded as far as the Efplanade
to the number of about :so, when General BAR-
parr overtook them, and harangued them on the
impropriety of their conduift, requefting them to
go back to their Barracks, and affunng them,
at if they had any lull complaints. they &odd
be redrefed in the morning. They liftened to him
with the greateß refpea, and were on the pointed'
returning. when unluckily the Adjutant appeared
among them ; at the fight of him their fury (tem-
ed to revive, many crying out, Kill him ;" and'
he with great difficulty &aped into a houfe, fere-
ral blows and thrufts having been aimed at him.
Shortly after this, the greater part of the men,
after Come fbouting and huaxaing in the &mu,
were perfnacted to return to their Barracks t but
about thirty of the worn characters amongll them,
chiefly Mat, who appeared to have lime further
mifchid in view, proceeded to the South Barracks,
about half a mile from the town, where the 54th
Regiment were quartered. wholly compofed of
Irilhmen, Come of whom were fuppofed to be diC
affeeesl: thefe thirty from the Royals, in confe.
quence, expeOed to be joined by them. In this,
however, they were completely difappointed; the
infant they called upon the 54th to join them,
that moment they received a volley from the Gre-
nadiers, who were immediately oppofite the road
by which they advanced, and the whole regiment
joined in one thou of g, Loyalty, and good difci-
pline for ever." The mutineers immediately fled,
and returned to their Barracks, and in lets than an
hour from the commencement of the bufineti all
was quiet. From the darknefs of the night, only
five or fix were wounded by the firing of the Gre-
nadiers of the 54th Regiment.
The condue of allthe other regiments in garrifon
was, on this occafion, highly to their honour and
credit; as, in five minutes time, after the fire
labrm, every man was under arms on parades
ready to aft when.called upon, and they unanf-
moufly expreffed the utmoft fidelity and attach-
' aunt to their officers.
On the following morning a revere example
would probably have been made of fome of the.
ringleaders, had not the regiment paraded without
their arms, and requelled General Bee.msrr to
intercede with His Royal Highnefs the Duke of
K.sur, and to allure him of their entire fubmif-
lion, and fincere repentance of the exceffes into
' which they had been betrayed, and promifing the
molt exemplary behaviour in future. To this,-
, His Royal Highnefs, after Come deliberation, too.
tented, and ordered the Regiment to appear un.-
der arms before him, when he, in the moll forci-
ble terms, pointed out to them the far:al confe•
quences of fuch diforderly condua, which, in them
was the more unpardonable,--as ins foldiers in his I
Regiment could fay, that he had ever made a juft
complaint, without"pbtaining redrefs.
Alter this, his Royal Highnefs proceeded to the
other Regiments, and thanked them feparately
for the Item:liners, fittVity, and difcipline they had
(hewn, and he was redeived by them all with three
cheers, and the warmer enthuliafm and applaufe.
Laft night the Garrifon was again alarmed,
owing to a drunken riot of Come foldieri of the
zsth Regiment. The. Regiment had that evening
received the balance of their accounts, when molt
of them, as too often happens on that occafion,
got extremely drunk and noify ; and about ten at
night, about forty or fifty of the molt riotous
(allied into the fireets, fhoutin%, and firing their
mufkets in the air, though without offering vio-
lence to any one.
The Garrifon on hearing the noire, and ignorant
of the caufe, immediately got under arms, when
the ad Battalion of the Royals, anxious to wipe
off the difgraee of their late conduct, respelled
their Officers to folicit his. Royal Highnefs's per-
miffion, for.their going to quell the riot. A firong
party of them were accordingly detached for that
purpofe, who, meeting with about thirty of the
rioters, near the King's Baltion, drove them before
them towards their barracks without oppofition.—
In their way thither, they unluckily, in the dark,
came upon a party of the artillery, who had taken
poll between the King's Baltion and the Barracks.
who, feting the rioters advancing that way with
their arms, and not perceiving that the detach.
ment ;of Royals were in their rear, immediately
fired upon them, by which two of the rioters were
killed, and unfortunately, at the fame time, one
of the Royals was killed, and three or four were
wounded.

This wonting. thirteen of the chief rioters were
delivered upby the Regimens. and a General Court
Martial is now fitting apon them, and it is fnppo-
fed that an example will be made of tome of them,
as though their condo& appears chiefly to have
originated from drunkennefs, yet the exciting of
fuch an alarm, after what had lately happened,
and which has been attended with loch fatal coo.
fequences, cannot be pallid over with impunity.—
All is now perfealy quiet in the garrifon.

AlloTllll. &ATM 01 TIM DATIL
It appears that the ad Battalion of the Royals,
principally compofed of Volunteers from the late
Yencible Infaktry, baring made too free wit li-
quor fin confequence of baring their balances paid
them . at the mail% of the sith of December.

forted open The Barrack gates, and feizing their
arms, vowed vengeance on the Adjutant, who had
ordered that they thould not be (offered to go into
the town. To this officer, it appears, they had an
inveterate hatred ; not finding him, they ran to
the Barracks of the asth Regiment, and endea-
voured to perfuade that corps to join them. Fail-
ing in this attempt. they fent a large party to the
54th Regiment, where they were received by the
Grenadier Company of that Corps with a pretty
(mart and galling fire, which wounded five of them.
In lefs than an hour all was quiet, and the next day
they appeared fo perfectly contrite, that his Royal
Highnefs the Governor, after animadverting for.
cibly upon the enormity of their conduit, forgave
it.—But on the z6th of December, the ssth Re-
giment (which had behaved fo well on the 24th
of the month), having now received their balan.
ceh and having got drunk, behaved in the fame
manner as the Royals had done on the 24th. A
party of the Artillery, in firing upon tome of them
who were very difordetly and mutinous, unfor-
tunately hit a detachment of the Royals: who were
approaching to MGR the Artillery in quelling the
mutiny, killed one man, and wounded fire; be.
fides killing two of the ssth Regiment. On the
slth of December. thirteen of the ring-leadrs were
taken up in order to be tried for mutiny. The
garrifon was then perfectly quiet, and a general
fentiment of abhorrence for what bad pared,
teemed to prevail.

Yeflerday morning, about eleven o'clock, Her
MAJISTY and the FRINCESSES paid a vifit to the
Princefs of Wai.a", at Charlton, and in the after•
noon returned to the Queen's houfe to dinner. Oa
account of the dam poets of the weather His Ma.
jury did not go out.
His Royal Highnefs the Commander in Chief
has appointed Colonel Srsmcaa, of the late asd
light dragoons, to be infpc&ing Field Officer for
the counties oiCumberland,Wellmoreland, North.
umberland. and Durham.
Laft night, Lady Pura had a grand mufical
party.
Paz ISOT, the charming dancer, is rapidly reco.
vering, and will loon be able to fli‘w our Mini.
tiers how to affume an impel:: altitude.
Dauer Laws,—Lait night Mr. Fsaiwit again
appeared in the charatter of Richard the Thirt4
which he performed precifely as laft week, in a flute
anJ manner peculiarly his own. His reading of
the text of Shakefpeare is cone& and imaffeaed,
but of the fine ceramic of the part he appears to
have but a faint conception. A rapid utterance and
inceffant belle dellroys all the fubtility of the
fcene • 'and moreover, the portly figure and fair
round face of the aftor, form an unfuperable bar to
his fuccefs in Tragedy. We have Paid Tbr Abp,
as we underhand Mr. F. means ferioufiy to quit
the quarter-deck for the hags; wifhing him-them
fore all fuccefs in his undertaking, we as ferioufly
advife him to court the Comic Mufe, who we era
inclined to believe would give him gracious an.
thence. Rarmomo,laft night was very refpeitablit
as Barkiszletan, but rather too rough for the RialiwiL
Coviar-Gaatisa.,—The &edict appearance of
Mr. Csatess, as 044, tall night, was very pro-
miring : he was much more at his cafe, and be
manifefied throughout the play great powers of
difcrimination, and a very cone& and elegant,
tail,. All that he wants is a more thorough
knowledge of the mechanical bufinefs tithe flags,
which is only to be acquired by time and Rally. Both Theatres- were left night well attended.
'The Jamaica Papers were received in town ye
terday, up to the roth of November. By them we
learn, with pleafure, that the late tains in that
Ifland had fallen fo feafonably, as to afford the
1600 flattering profpe& of abundant crops.
-Tfutle-PiPets are entirely filent as to any land.
ing
.haviny been.effeeted by either the Spaniard&
or'Frencli:la We were therefore right in our Bs
conjellure. that the whale flory was without any
foundation, •
The new regulatipos which, by a Charter front
this country, was to new model, in fume degree,
the municipal laws of the 'hand of Jamaica, are
fah putting in force. The Mayor and s 4 Alder-
men, together with the prefcribed number of Com-
mon Councilmen, &c. have been chofen and have
commenced their funflions, ra ecru. The following
is a lit} of the names of Mayor, Aldermen, and Com-
mon Councilmen, as returned at the Eleellon which
took place at the Court-Houfe, Kingfton, on uhf
tsth of November :
Mayar.-.Tbe Has keaw eon,
Aldeneco—Geseis W:thrtege. Stewart Ileum
Robin Iltideforil. Isis Onammer, Tames &m 1.
Joie fa. 77amn Amos, W. lak Blejaente we:drip:aft.
and Almada 7lamefisy Etve.
Commas Oeusellms—johe amseww. oL:wesedD=.:.,."
pb.m-
himot, pea. Gamut. j, Mei:,
kin, Wm. 161655. Thom am P
aft. Ro-
bert Hamilton. th
qawfte Khalsok .14" 11104
The following (even fail of the line, of ye guns
each. are Paid to have arrived on the Jamaica Ra-
tion, to reinforce the fquadrou under the command
of Rear-Admiral Sir J. T. Docawoaris 57-
Cum
71ereberland Il I I ellisrephas !Wince Ganges
ss Vanguard GALA
On the gib of October, a negro man, named
William Fuller, was tried on two indiaments; the
one for adminiflering poifon to five negro'', two
of whom died ; and the other for pra&ifing
for a number of years. He was found guilty, and
fentenced to be hanged, and his head to be (tuck
upon a pole.
We are concerned to hate, that as Dr. litall,
Phyfician of the Fleet at Jamaica, was going od
fhore at Port Royal, accompanied by two Sur-
rons, the beat was run down by a fuser deggert
Every perfon on board were drowned. It blow.
ing frefb at tbe time the dogger could sot rendei
them say affißance.
It is fettled that in future the Packets from Ja-
maica, 'are to call at Crooked Ifland, with a Kai;
for Bermuda and the Bahama Islands.'
From olifervations made in the botanical garde,
at Arafterd.ani, the cold was, by PIM SSSSS
Peale, on the tsth of January, at 7 A. Pet at i 0
degrees; on the :66.6 degrees; and on the t7tis
ta degrees. The Texel and the Vlie are fo frozen*
that no veffel can either go out or come in : fever
ral (hips in the rivers have talked great ilijes7
by the in..