Star.
London, England, 1810-10-18 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

'We understand that it is the intention of Govern.
ment so send British Wicers to Minorca, for the pur-
pose of training, disciplinini, and organizing the de•
setters from the French armies and other recruits col-
lected in that island, after which, it is said, they are
to be sent to Sicily. ' _ _

Major NamEn, 50th regiment, is severely wounded
in the face. but we are happy to hear not dangerously ;
he wrote to his family on the fourth day after the
action.

The 4th, or King's own, is immediately to embark
for Portugal. A considerable quantity of the.spherical
case-shot is also to be sent out by the same convoy.
Tuesday, the 12th, or Prince of Wales's Light
Dragoons, were reviewed by Major General BOLTON,
on Romford Common, wlien. the Major General was
'pleased to desire Colonel BROW NE to express to the
officers and men, his entire approbation of the very
excellent appearance of the men and horses, and to
'assure them that he would not fail to make a most
favourableseport to the Comma ..der in Chief. The
regiment mustered GOO strong, and executed the dif-
ferent manoeuvres with great exactness and rapidity.
Two matches for 450 each, were run on the town
moor, Newcastle, on Tuesday se'rmiglit : the first was
won' by Lieutenant TRAFFORD, of the 4th Dragoon
Guards; the second by Mr. BOWLEY, of the Royal
Artillery. ,
The extravagant sums given to substitutes for the
Militia are generally complained of; but we have
not heard of a, greater sum given than in the follow-
ing instance :--A young man,. a private. belbnging.
to the detAchinetit of die Forfai Militia, now -guar-
tered in Carlisle, having a few days ago completed
the period of his service returned to the place of his
nativity ; when lie. again consented to enter the ser-
vice, as substitute for a gentleman in that neighbour-
hood for the ctinsideratmn of .l 0 per stone. The
bargain was crietry•cciiiiplled.with, and the man, who
declared he would.sell his-flesh as dear as he could,
i received £llO.

Last Thursday morning a Gentleman, after order-
ing his breakfast, at the Hotel, at Worthing, prome.
naded before the door some little time, and until the
waiter informed him that his breakfast was ready;
when he walked in, complained of being rather in-
disposed. and returned to his bed-room, where he was
Soon afterwards found a corpse. We understand he
had been an East India. Captain in the Company's
service.

At the Plymouth Quarter Sessions, Temperanie
Liakohns, wife of Edward Littlejohns, was indicted
for keeping a disorderly house, and sentenced' to sit
months imprisonment.
Two unfortunate Cyprians are reported to have
been washed off Mount Edgcumbe ItocksAnd drown-
ed, on Sunday evening.--They were on board one
of the men of war, when, for some improper conduct,
a boat was ordered to take them on shore; but shortly
after leaving them on the rocks, a sea washed them
both off, and doomed them to a watery grave.
A few days ago, a woodcock was taken at Brox-
mouth Park, Scotland, the first that has been seen
, this season.

Last week, two apprentice shoe-makers, in Inver-
ness, having quarrelled, one wounded the other with
a knife, in such a manner that he is not expected to-
recover. His companion has been lodged in jail.
The following extraordinary circumstance took
place in Antrim, nine years ago, it has something of
the air of romance, and deserves to be made known :
is About the Ist of July, 1801, the wife of Daniel
McKeon, a fisherman in the employ of Eail O'Neill,
lay in of a dead child. The Woman who attended
her was, on or nearly-the same night, summoned to
Ithe house of one Patrick WAtother, a labourer, to
assist at the delieery of a 'lady, who had suddenly ap-
peared there a day or two previous. This lady, who
was a stranger, and whose name was not disclosed,
lay in of twins, one of which died; and it be-
came a matter of solicitude wilt the mother to provide,
a nurse for the young stranger. The accouchee did
not omit to recommend the- wife of M'Keon, partly
froth the necessity or the case ; and being joined in ;
the request by M'Atocher, who urged the great ge-
nerosity of the unknown Lady, who seven years ago
had lain in at his hooe, where the child died, and the
mother acted liberally: Wrenn and hii wife were
prevailed upon to'receive the infant, at the stirintated
sum of two guineas per quarter. The lady; hating
the child baptized Elizabeth, staid' about ten days in
Antrim, paid two guineas in advance, and departed
to Belfast, regidring the attendance bf M'Keon for
nearly ten miles of the journey whom she dismissed
in the middle of toad"."—Ai:The close of the guar-
ter the lady appeareitigain,:ialst two-guineas, ..re-
ma•led a day or two, and de t a .returned
again at the dose bf the two sOcceing,quarters, and
has never since been:hearl cf. M 4 eon.and his wife
have now living; and under thi! saine.rriof,4*.
dren, this little Elitabetb istakii:g the eleveedtp;,
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YeAerclay artived the Barash; Lletit. BANTYI4,,
and has Captured and brought in with her a Dutch',
schooner privateet, mounting twelve 12-pound carro-
nades and two long 4-pounders, and about 05 men :
Ishe ran alongside the Blunts on Sunday evening)
about nine o'clock, on the N. E. part of the Dogger
Bank, and expected to carry her by boarding,
which the privateer attempted three times—during
these attempts, the crew of the gun•brig were busily
employed in lashing the privateer to, to prevent her
escape ; after which they bearded her immediately ;
in boarding we had the Master's-mate, Captain's clerk,
one petty officer, and one seaman killed, and 10 men
wounded ; the privateer had none killed, but the Cap-
tain and 18 men were severely wounded ; they are
landed here, with our own, and sent to the hospital.
The crew of the privateer are also landed, and escorted
to prison by a parry of the Wiits Militia. The above
privateer left Amsterdam on Thursday last, in com
party with one carrying 18 guns, and 120 men, and
had not made any captures.
•, Arrived the PAZ and QUAIL schooners. Sailed the
VANGUARD for Portsmouth, to be repaired."