Star.
London, England, 1810-04-20 00:00:00

GUAMILOUPE.

The last arrival from Barhadoes brought us some
particulars connected with the caps re of Guada-
lupe, which we consider it our dutf to lay before
nublic. We had learnt by the public dispatches,
published in a Gazette Extraordinary on the 16th
'ult. that " the Grenadier Companies of the '2d and
4th Battalions of the 60th Regiment, notwithstanding
every exerti.,n of their gallant Officers, did not ccn-
duct themselves to the satisfaction of General .1-lAn-
COURT"-but we were not informed of the fact which
-we have now to publish. The following statement is due
to the Br:zish Officers who had the command of these
cowatds, and to the native British troops engaged in
that service :

The dastardly fellows to whom we have alluded,
si:ively deberted their Officer (Captain HOWARD)
at a moment too v. .hen the most decisive oppor-
i.-aity presented it,,clt of overwhelming that part
-!ve enemy's force to which they were opposed.—
F the credit of our country, we have to state a fact
. h fully explains this singular phenomenon. The
•-• liiirs of the 60th are not Burrisn :—they are
-p:- . Germans, with some Italian! and Poles!-
1:: is L Li-zainly proper, that in giving the following
Divisional Orders, doing justice to the British Offi-
cers, we should make this fact known, that our rulers,
if not already informed, may know what dependance
can be placed on foreign troops.

DIVIgON.AL ORDERS.

" Heights in front of &air, Guadeloupe, Feb. 5, 1809.

" Brigadier-Ceneral Harcourt takes the earliest opportunity
bit duty has permitted hits, of expressing his perfect satisfaction
of the general conduct of all the troops 17ngard cn those Heights
on the Sd insiant ; but he feels it pirticularly requisite to record
his admiration of the g.illantry displayed by the grenadier com-
pany of the 46th Regiment, and the coal and steady conduct of
the rifle csorpanies of the Royal West-India Rangers. It is pain-
VW, hut r.o less indispensable, to remark, that the grenadier com-
panies of the '2d and 4th Battalions of the 60th Regiment, were a
exception to the intrepidity evinced by the rest of the
troop.; but, it 6 due to the officers of those companies to add,
that the Brigadier-General attaches no ali.lduw of censure to them
—those of the 4th Battalion Grenadiers having been obliged to
retire wounded; and Captain Howard, commanding the Grena-
diers of the 2d Battalion having displayed a spirit, zeal, and skill,
which entitle hint to every praise."

An erroneous account having appeared in the pub-
lic papers, (stated to have been received by a Lee-
ward Island Packet) relative to the death of the
lamented Captain Cameron, of the Hazard sloop of
war, who 16st his life in the attack on the French
forts, and frig,ates, at Basseter.-e, Guadalonpe, in
December last, we have communicated the following
authentic particulars, as given by the Carpenter of
the Hazard, who fought by the side of Captain Ca-
meron, during the whole of the business :
" Captain Cameron had headed the storming party
that took the fort, and drove the enemy from it, and
was coming down the hill, after having completely
destroyed the battery, with a French jack in his left
hand ; when, just before stepping into the boat, while
brandishing his sword over his head, and cheering
his brave followers, he received a ball from a French
rifle through his right arm, which Ile bound up with
-his handkerchief ; but the blood gushing through
profusely. he requested the carpenter to tie round the
jack. This done, he took his sword in his left band,
and jumped into the boat, exclaiming, 64 Come on,
my lads ! We'll carry the frigate in ten minutes !"
Scarcely had he uttered the last words, when an ill-
directed musket-ball from the Sceptre struck him in
the forehead, and passed through his head. It is
needless to add, he fell and instantly expired. As
soon as Admiral Cochrane was informed of the me-
lancholy event, he ordered a vessel to carry the body
to Antigua, where Mrs. Cameron and family then
were. Mrs. Cameron was far advanced in preg-
nancy, and the sudden shock at learning the fate of
her lamented and beloved husband, brought on her
premature delivery of a dead child ; and when the
Hazard sailed, no hopes were entertained of saving
her life."

At Taunton Assizes an action was tried before a
Special Jury, brought by G. Balch, Esq. against Mr.
Poole, a gentleman of considerable property, fin- hunt-
ing and killing a deer, which had escaped from Mr.
Balch's park, at St. Andries in Somcrsetshire, wherein
a verdict was given for the plaintiff. The verdict
shows that the opinion generally entertained, and
which has been 'coo often acted upon, that deer which
break cut of a park cease to be the property of the
original owner, and that any gentleman has a right to
hunt and kill such deer, is erroneous ; indeed, the de-
fendant's Counsel did not even set up such a right on
the tri:Al.

An action was tried at the Warwick assizes, of con-
siderable import:lnce to inn-keepers, brought by one
Woodward, against Mr. Wood, who keeps the George-
inn, Birmingham, to recover RPn, the value of a
box, containing Nottingham laccoervant's caps, and
habit-Shirts, which the plaintiff brought to the house
of the defendant, where he staid more than a fortnight,
at the end of which the ostler, by his directions, took
the box to Bull-street, to go by some coach, but -not
having been told what coital, the ostler returned, and
put the trunk down at door of ►he George-inn,
near which the plaintiff .vas Standing, when, it is sup-
posed, some person took it away. The Judge ob-
served, that landlords had. quite enough of business in
their houses, and it could not be expected they should
be accountable for property, after it had been by the
owner's orders removed from their• custody.—The
plaintiff was nonsuited.
The prisoners who had been committed for trial at
the next Quarter Sessions for the cou•tty of Stafford,
were in high luck at the late Assizes. We understand,
that Mr. Baton Wool) held, that the Assizes being
a general gaol delivery, all who were in custody at that
time were entitled to be tried. The prisoners, there-
,re, who were circumstanced as above Mentioned,
having no bills of indic-.ment preferred against them,
were all ordered to be discharged.
ROYAL. HUNT.— Saturday, a remarkably fine deer
was tinned out on Tower Hill, near Swinley, which
ran with great swiftness across the forest towards
L3gSI),I. and Farnham ; and making a double back to
the right through the Heath to Hartford Bridge,
through the water at Evv-sley Mills, where he ran
with gicat.speed across the Heath into the inclosures
to the left of Wokingham, by Lord Rivers's at Strat-
field-Say, and was at length taken near Hartford-
13z idge, after a run of near 70 miles.