Star.
London, England, 1803-12-29 00:00:00

IFET'AIOUTH, DEC. 27.

Yefterday morning the right fquadmn, with the
entire band of the regiment (eleven of whom are
Blacks) marched in here from Dorchener. The re-
mainder of the regiment are removed to Biandford
and the neighbouring towns, until the ele9inn at
Dorchefier is over. They are espeeed to return there
on Saturday nest.
The Weymouth Volunteers, confining of about
goo men, are on aaual fervice ever fence the begin-
ning of November, and receive the fame pay as the
infantry of the line, but not the meat and bread al-
lowances. They wear black belts, Re. like the Re-
ferve, and feveral of them are armed with Spanilh
firelorks, taken from privateer laR war. A num-
ber of thefe arms have been diaributed to other corps
in this country, but they are conitantly replacing by
arms from the Tower as faft as they can be got ready.
The Parses:A. (loop of war and another veal re
main Rai in Portland Roads. A Pruflian galliot,
the Young Peter, of Embden, from Rotterdam to
Lifbon, that was at anchor in the Roads, fprung her
mainmaß in the gale on Sunday. Yefterday ihe
worked into the harbour here, and now lies at the quay.
The wind continues t• blow fo Levee from the
foothwud, that no velfel can venture to fea.

EPIGRAM .-ON A UMW'S IaTCHEN.

■ Stare ow out wale sot r (good whalebone abler,
Where Servants are melds or apt to be aim).
In H 'a bitches* placed :
A Footman, while bosom& was been as bb
Thus lathed the old Deg, as beneath It be writ..
■ We cannot Ipare say to wafts r

11. t.

The New Pantomime at Covent Garden, after the
alterations which it has experienced. promifes to be
an attradive entertainment for the arliferar FiL r.

They talk a good deal at prefent of calling it the
filver currency. Some fl if pircepen lu the City, bow-
e v er, think it would be mach better to caU it eg, to
fupply the deficiency of change which they at prefent
fo much experience.
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The report of the Breit fleet being at fea, was very
prevalent on Satur day, but next day, it ate over.
A poor woman aged 52 years, was, a few days
ago, delivered of a fine boy, at Caine. Her hufband
is in the 74th year of his age.
About a fortnight ago, two perfons in the neigh-
bourhood of Ulndale, near Cockermouth, fora wager
of half a crown (with a fa of their acquaintances)
(wallowed (and by fair maitigation) dirtl.fix fill
berriap, and drank three peck of a (Wtnehefier
meafure) within the (pace of an hour I N. B. The
cook, being a huutourill, fried the lea moiety of the
herrings in half a teradlet 1
Among the prefents made to Exri Bar' on the
part of Government, were a hundred fakes from the
armoury in the Tower, and a curious feven•barrelled
gun, which he had admired, on examining that as-
done] repofitory.
At Southampton, on Chrifimas-Day, the wind
blew very violently, and particularly about noon.
Several chimneys were blown down, and aorehoufes
unrodfed in the town.

Sunday the heavy gale of wind from the South-
Weft, occafioned confiderable damage at Canterbury,
a garden wall was blown down, various honfes were
(tripped of their tilings, many windows broke and-
forced by its violence, and, in the country, trees were
torn up by the roots.

. .
The Earl of Urea& Ossoav's carriage was plun-
dered on its way to town on Thorfday left, of a large
trunk containing linen and wearing apparel. The
robbery was a very daring one, being committed in
Tottenham-court Road about the dufk of the even-
ing, and was accompliOnd under very difficult cir-
comßances. The trunk was placed in the front of
the carriage, and fecured by an iron chain, and two
leathern belts ; there were four Istafes to the catriage,
driving at a good round pace.
The late meteor has been put in requifition by the
Flair Coast's.. to aid his attack upon this country.
—The embroidered tapeflry of MATILDA, wife to
Witctast the Conqueror. reprefenting the conqueß
of England by that Prince. is now exhibiting at the
Mufeum at Paris, and the attention of the Parifians
has been drawn to it by an article in the Matittur, of
no lets than eight columns in length. The FIP.ST
CONSUL bimfelf went to fee this famous piece of em-
broidery. and was particularly &tick with one part,
which reverent, HAROLD oa his Throne, at the mo-
ment that he was alarmed at the appearance of the
Meteor which prefaged his defeat. He afked Meffrs.
Devoe and VISCONTI how long the appearance of
this Meteor preceded the ir.vafinn of Wicciasi, and
was informed that it was two months and a half.
or three months. The FIRST CoNtut, having rumi.
nated for Tome time, with great gravity upon this
croft important piece of infornsation, continued his
lattninaticn*