Star.
London, England, 1810-03-20 00:00:00

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NAVAL .INTELLIGANLE,
FALMI,U.TH, M/OCH i 7.
The fleet for Portugal, Spain, and the Mediteira;
nean, passed this port to-day, and were joined Ly the
ships- here:—Wind E.
PLYMOU 111, MARCH is:
Sailed the DOLPHIN, '22 guns, Captain PtPair, fci
.Jersey
PORTSMOUTH, MAR 'lf 19.
The ZENORIA is appointed convoy to the West
Indies.—Sunday the VICTORY went out of harbnur.
This morniug the GANGES made the signal to get out
of harbour, but the wind came round so far to the
southward as to prevent her.—Wind S.E.
• YARMOUTH, MARCH 19.
Sailed the MAW.; er_,_ Captain SMITH, do a cruize,Arrived the PAZ from Portsmouth ; the PRINCESS Au-
GUSTA from Leith ; and the Commerce, M. Amman,
from the Baltic, with a cargo of deals for a market.
The EDGAR, 74 guns, Captain Povwrz, will sail for
the Belt on the arrival of sit gun-brigs, which are to
accompany her, and which are daily ekpected.
DEAL, MARCH 19.
Sailed the ARIEL and RAVEN sloops of war, on a
cruize, off Flushing. Arrived the VIPPR cutter, from
a cruize, off Dungeness.—Wind S. S. E.
FROM LLOYD'S LIST.
Oftavisamo, Matte* 19.—Arrived the Fancy; Msre, from
Valencia; Brilliant, Lockland, from Smyrna; Atlanta, Pincher,
and Louisa, Moor, front Malta ; and the Charles, Llck, from
Palermo. Sailed the Preston, Sturroch, fur India • Linskell,
Hogg, for Quebec ; Young Charles, Pitcher, for St:Michael*, ;
and the Marena, Lambert, for Jamaica.

'of trial, the laws and constitution of the French em.;
Tire cannot dispense.
Letters to the 15th of October from India, repre-
sent our affairs in that quarter as in an improving
state of prosperity. The 8 per cent. paper; which in
1798 was at 17 per cent. discount, now bears a pre-
rnium of 4 per cent. and the GOvernMent is about to a Psi
lower the rate of interest on the public Loans.
• No.serious interruption to the public tranquillity is to the
expected; but it appears that the declining years of of ha
the PEISHWA, and a disposition to contend for the aal to g
succession to this 'nominal supreme authority, had ;c) far t
given rise to a few hostile indications on the part of E.
,the Mahratta Chiefs ; and it is said, that an irruption , tin a cr
into the territories of the Petstiv.rA might possibly PRINCESS
soon take place. In this case, it would be difficultp M. Atka
to avoid hostilities ; for, by tha_TreatY of Bassein, we for a mar
car
stipulated to uphold his authority ; and; if an attempt z, will sa
, which are
should be made to divert the succession to it from the ,xpected.
regular channel, it may become necessary that the
British Government should interpose. The affairs of is of war, on
the Mahrattas seem to be involved in some confusion, 'PR cutter, fro;
from the situation of HOLKAR, the most active, and, E.
next to the Rajah of BERAR, the most powerful of the Fancy, Mare, frort
Halvahs Chiefs. It appears, that HOLKAR has, for ;Atlanta, Pincher
from
some tirne, been in a state of mental derangement‘ :r India • Linskell,
, Some of the accounts state, that MEER KHAN, a ,tor St; Michael',;
• follower of HOLKAR, who was so roughly handled
by Lord LACE, has made his appearance in the ter-
ritories of the REJAIi of Bettan, the Mahratta Chief- I
tain, who has solicited the aid of the Company's forces. (CIRCULAR.)
Whitehall, March 10, 181 P.;
An army, amounting to nearly 20,000, and composed ' sta—t am directed by Mr. Secretary Rya r.R to transmit tor
principally of the subsidiary forces at Taulna and Hy- your information the enclosed copy of the 107th Clause° of the
General Militia Act (42 Geo. 111. cap. 90.) the provisions of
drabad, has been formed under Colonel CLOSE, and which are, by the 6th Clause of the Local Militia Act, made
is moving towards the frontiers of Derar, in order to equally tipplicable_to the Local Militia. Mr. Rtnaz wishes to
call your particular attention to that part of It which relates to
secure the tranquillity of the possessions of our allies, the constant residence of the Adjutant at Head-quarters, and to
the regular transmission of monthly returns to this Office; r.ncl the PEISITSVA and the Nizasr. This movement is re- he desires that the provisions of the Legislature may be duly and
presented as having been made more with a view to regularly complied with.
It Is also judged necessary titat the returns in question should
afford employment to our army than from any appre-
f be made on the Ist of every month, and according to the form
;pension of danger. herein inclosed, specifying the number of Non-cemmi,siored
Officers and Drummeti that may have been sick or absent dir:ng
In another column we have inserted a letter from the preceding month, and also the number of days during which
Canton, of the 29th of September, which presents they may have been so sick or absent.
• lam also directed by Mr. RIDER to suggest the prapriety of ,
some interesting particulars.
I not giving leave of absence at any one time to more than one.; •
fourth of the number of Non-commissioned Officers and Dna& '
mess retained at Head-quarters on permanent pay, and of limiting
such leave to 28 days In each year.
You will no doubt see the necessity of ordering the Adjutant
to make a daily muster of the Non-commissioned Officers an/
Drununers under his command.
I am, Sir, your most obedient humble servant,
(Signed) iILNRY GOULBURN.
The Commandant of the Corps of
Local Militia.
• The clause alluded to relates to the residence of the Adju-
tant at Head-qaarters' and his not being permitted to leave them'.
but for a short period in each year; and to the regulation of the.
Regiment during his absence.
The 2d battalion of the 14th Foot ivill march into
Portsmouth on the 21st and 22d instant, And embark
in transports for Gibraltar.
General Fox, Governor cf the garrison, arrived at
Portsmouth on Sunday : he inspected the fortifications
on this side the water yesterday, accompanied by the
Lieutenant-Governor ; this day he visited Gosport. ,
Friday the Ist regiment of Royal Edinburgh Vo-
lunteers, commanded by the Right Hon. CHARLES
HOPE, were reviewed and inspected on Burntsfield
Links, by Lieutenant-Col. Sir JAMES G. BAIRD, Dart.
We are happy to hear that the new Army Medical
Board has shewn every wish to correct the many abuses
which have, unhappily for the service, t,,0 long exi:;tA
in that Department. Their first public act has been to
nominate an experienced Army Physician, to go out
to Cadiz to take the direction of the medical arrange-
ments which it may be necessary to' make in that gar-
rison.—We understand that Dr. FELLOWES, who has
been appointed to this important duty, is at the head
of the Staff Physicians, and is well acquainted with
the diseases of Spain, having resided in that country,
and set ved in the campaigns of Flanders and Holland
—in the Expeditions to the West Indies, to the Hel-
der and Portugal :—and, when the fatal yellow fever
prevailed at Gibraltar in 1804, he was ordered there,
and lately to superintend the Military Hospitals of the
Wakheren sick at Colchester.—,By thus employing
men of professional experience, united to other indis-
pensable qualifications, the Medical Department of
the Army cannot fail to become respectable, and of
the first importance to the service.

THE ARMY.

The Election for a Member for the town of Hythe
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in the place of the late THOMAS GODFREY, Esq. came
on yeisterday at two o'olock : when the Mail left that
town, at four o'clock, the following was the state of
the Poll—
Sir JONN PERKING, Bart. - 51
WILLIAM Bum, Esq. - - - 30

J. H. BR T DGt 3, Esq.- - - - 18
There are not above 190 Voters in all.

A trading vessel arrived yesterday from Cadiz, and
a sloop of war from the Mediterranean.. A consider-
able quantity of merchandize was shipping off from
Cadiz, and the inhabitants were daily diminishing by
emigration.
Some letters have been received from Rio Janeiro,
Bahia, and Pernambuco, to the date of the '26th Ja-
nuary.
The PRINCE REGENT principally resided at
Santa Cruz. A change had taken place in one im-
portant
branch of the public service, the Conde d'AL-
MEIDA, who was formerly Ambassador at this Court,
having been appointed Mini,ter of Marine.
The commerce of Bahia and Pernambuco has
greatly improved, it not being liable to the same dif-
ficulties and exactions to which it is exposed at the
seat of the Portuguese Government.
Accounts were yesterday received from Holland,
which state that BONAPARTE had issued a decree or-1
dering all the American property in France to be con-
fiscated and sold, and the produce to be vested in the ,
Imperial Funds, until the nature of the relations be-
tween England and the United States should be ascer-
tained. The same letters add, that General ARM-
STRONG had presented a strong remonstrance against
this violent measure, in which he declared that he
could enter into no treaty, nor hold any intercourse
with the French Government, until the property con-
fiscated was unconditionally restored ; and concluded
by demanding passports. If this intelligence should
be confirmed, we may consider a rupture between Ame-
rica and France as unavoidable. We cannot give it as
ja fact to which implicit credit is due, but we are
assured that an account to the same effect has been
'received by one of the departments of Government.
It was objected to some of our Volunteers that they
were too fat for soldiers—that objection is pretty well
done with, as most of the corps are Lila eno:igh now.
Friday evening last, the late residence of General
MALCOLM, its Mansfield-street, was opened tothe world
of fashion, by the PERSIAN AMBASSADOR. The 6 ptin-
cipal rooms in that mansion were fitted up and illu-
minated, for the occasion expressly, with great taste.
The Ambassador received the company in great
form. His Excellency was dressed in a very rich
[ tissue ♦est of gold ; he wore many jewels of inestima-
ble value; he was much pleased with the•company; the
ladies he complimented on their beauty in very good
English. The company staid until nearly 5 o'clock.
CORONER'S INQUEST.—Yesterday, at two o'clock,
an Inquest was held, at the Grange Inn, Carey-street,
before Anthony Gell, Esq. Coroner far Westminster,
on two bodies that were dag out of the ruins of the
place where the fire happened, a few days ago, in
Holles.street, Clare-market.

CHELMSFORD ASSIZES.

John Wilson Robinson, a foot soldier, was indicted
for feloniously uttering three forged notes, purporting
to be notes of the Bank of England. The prisoner
pleaded guilty to the indictment, and was convicted.
Baron MACDONALD took frequent occasion to ob-
serve, in the course of the trials, that there was no
county in England so much disgraced by this species
of robbery, of servants upon their masters, as the
county of Essex ; the offence was so heinous and pre.
valent, that it became necessary to put it down by the
severity of the law. In the course of this Assize he
had sentenced one receiver to 14 years transportation,
because he considered the encouragement for rob-
bery held out by a receiver, rendered him worse than
twenty thieves. He had dealt by the thieves them-
selves, this Assizes, with a lenity they little deserved;
but he declared, that henceforth, and at every future
Assizes of the county where he should preside, he
should transport every such thief convicted betbre
James Heath, the driver of a north post chaise, was
capitally indicted for feloniously driving his post chaise
against Joseph Dawes, en the Bth of August last, on
the high road at Romford, who thereby lost his life.
The prisoner was acquitted, but received a strong
admonition from • Chief Baron MACDONALD for his
future conduct, as he had now a most narrow and
critical escape from capital conviction.
The following capital convicts received sentence of
death :
• Wm. Nichols and Thomas Dean. for stealing an
ox ; Charles Raven, for a sim;lar crime ; John Plum.
mer, for a burglary and a robbery : Henry Newland,
for stealing bank notes above 40s. in a dwelling house;
Wm. Payne, for stealing in a dwelling house to the
value of £5. 165.-641. ; John Wilson, for horse-steal-
ing ; and John Brown, for burglary and robbery.
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Though the bodies were in a dreadfully mutilated
state, their friends were enabled, by some small mi-
nutia, to identify their persons v---the one was sworn
to be the remains of Brodie, the tinman, on whose
wife an Inquest was held a few days ago ; and the
other those of Elizabeth Rake, a poor woman, aged
62, who lodged on the attic story as well as Brodie
and his wife. It is supposed that finding the lower
part of the house was all in flames, they were too
much terrified to attempt a passage that way ; and
that the roof at length fell in upon them, and preci-
pitated three or four unfortunate persons into the
very heart of the fire ; Mrs. Brodie happened to fall
on a beam on the two-pair floor, and her body, as
before stated, was prevented from falling into the
great mass of fire. The verdict of course was Accr-
DESTAL DEATH. There are the shattered remains of
another person (supposed to be a man) now visible
in the ruins.
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