Star.
London, England, 1811-07-06 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

Yesterday eight officers and 150 rank and file, DR•
der 'the command of Captain Jameson, marched from
Colchester for Portsmouth, in order to embark and
join the 2cl battalion, 4th regiment, now at Gibraltar.
In consequence of the late Brevet promotion, a
change is to be made in several of the districts of Ire-
land. Lieutenant-General Sir CHARLES Asona, is to
succeed Lieutenant-General CAMPBELL, at London-
derry, to command the Northern district. Major-
General LE MARSHANT, ANSON, BARLOW, and BUR-
NEM, are appointed to the Irish Staff.
The Armide, 44, is appointed convoy to the trans.
ports ready to sail from Plymouth, with the 4th. and
'9th dragoons, for Portugal ; they will sail as soon as
their store of forage is taken on board the transports.
Three hundred of the 2d battalion of the 40th re-
giment, with a proportion of Officers, have been or-
dered to proceed to join the Ist battalion, now in
Portugal. They were to march from Clonmel on
the 28th ult.
The 15th Light Dragoons, commanded by the
Earl of WALDEGRAVE, have marched from Hampton
Court for Rumford, in Essex.
The Royal Meath Militia quartered in Cork, have
volunteered their services to any part of the United
Kingdom.
The South Mayo Regiment of Militia, quartered
at 4tratakne, under the command of Col. BROWNE,
have volunteered their services to any part of the
United Kingdom.
The Wicklow Militia, quartered at Killarney, the
city Cork Militia, quartered at Enniscorthy have vo-
lunteered their services to England.
The North Gloucester goes to Kent, the South
Gloucester is doing duty over the French prisoners at
Dartmoor ; and the Denbigh and Radnor Militias
have received orders to march to Bristol.
An article in one of the late French papers asserts,
that the British Government is in the habit of dis-
charging foreigners, who have spent the greater part
of their life, and are worn out in our service; landing
these miserable invalids on the Continent, and there
leaving them to shift for themselves. On this we
will only observe, that so far from there being any
foundation for this charge, an Act of Parliament has
passed this very Session for the benefit of this class
of men here alluded to. By the Act in question,
Government is empowered to give foreign soldiers,
on their discharge, a sum of money, if they prefer
having it so, equivalent to the value of their pensions.
In other words, Government purchases their annuities
at what they are worth in the mat ket. By this hu-
mane provision the foreign soldier, if he thinks pro-
per, is enabled to return to his own country, with a
sum of money in his possession sufficient to establish
hini in some way of providing for himself. Nor is
this all. Government takes care to furnish these poor
men with the means of conveyance to their own
homes, wherever that is practicable.

Yesterday, at a quarter past twelve, his MAJESTY
came on the Terrace for his morning's exercise, and
walked till near one, when he returned into the Cas-
tle to his dinner. His MAJESTY was accompanied by
Dr. WILLIE ; none other of the Doctors attended him
in his walking exercise.
Yesterday morning, Princesses AEA:VI:STA and So.
Pim, Dukes of KENT and CAMBRIDGE, took an airing li
on horseback through Windsor Great Park.
The QUEEN and Princesses ELIZABETH and MARY
took an tiring to Frogmore Lodge.
Thursday, the infant daughter of the Duke and
Duchess of RUTLAND was baptised by the Archbishop
lof CANTERBURY, at their Graces' house in Lower
Grosvenor-street. After the ceremony, a superb din-
ner was given to a large party of distinguished fa-
shionables.
At Covent-Garden Theatre, last night, Mrs. Jost-
DAN performed Violante, in the Wonder, to a brilliant
.audience, and seldom has that great actress proved
,more successful. C. KEMBLE, as Don Felix, was also
highly respectable, and the whole of the performance
went off with great eclat.
Yesterday morning the LORD MAYOR and Sheriffs
went in state from the Mansion House, accompanied
by the Aldermen, Recorder, &c. to St. Margaret's
hill, Southwark, where his Lordship held a Court of
Conservancy for the county of Stirrey, and afterwards
proceeded to the Swan Tavern, Westminster-bridge
Road, where a Court ofConservancy was held for Mid-
dlesex. They then took water at Westminster-stairs in
their state barges, and proceeded towards Richmond,
where they went on board the navigation bargeband
partook of an elegant dinner provided for the occasion.
An excellent band continued playing several martial
and other airs at intervals. His Lordship, in the
evening, visited Vauxhall Gardens on his return home,
and appeared highly gratified with the entertainments
of that delightful place of amusement.
On Thursday se'nnight a meeting took place a few
miles from Galway, in consequence of a previous dis-
agreement, between JOHN FRANCIS HUTCHINSON, Esq 1
of Galway, and ROBERT PERSSE, jun. Esq., of Rox-
borough, the latter gentleman seconded by ROBERT
D'Aitev, of Woodville, Esq. and the former by
PATRICK BROWNE, Esq. of Galway. MT. PERSSE
having discharged a shot, happily without effect, and
Mr. HUTCHINSON having fired his pistol in the air, a
reconciliation immediately took place.
Notwithstanding the hostility of the two nations,
English and French fishermen have, during the pre-
sent season, caught mackerel on the same bank, with-
out interrupting one another. It is not unusual for
the English boats to purchase the fish caught by the
French.

The Deputies from Spanish America, whose arriva,
we mentioned yesterday, will, after their audience
with the Spanish Ambassador in London, immedi-
ately leave this country via Portsmouth or Plymouth,
for the Cortes, at Cadiz.
The Niemen and Fortunie frigates sailed from Cork
in company, on Saturday last, on a cruize, in conse-
quence of some suspicion entertained by Admiral
TuottNnonouou, that three French frigates which had
1 taken out troops to the Mauritius before its capture i
Iwas known, were on their return to France. The
Admiral's conjectures upon this point justify his vigi-',
ilance, and be has-committed the service of intercept-
ing the Fiecchmen to two ships fully competent to
the duty. The Niemen is, during this cruize, com-
manded by Capt. YoUNG, Admiral THORNEOKOUGHei \
f lag Captain: Sir MICHAEL SEYMOUR having obtainedi
leave of absence for two months. Captain VANSit.
TART commands the Fortunee.