Star.
London, England, 1804-05-07 00:00:00

DYSTIUIUTION OP TRIMMONST,
The Phzton, and the following asips entitled to there with laer
by agreetnent, Mu. Miootaur, Santa Dorothea, la Morino. Came-
icor, and l'Entreprenante cutter, will be paid for the St. Ratak.
at No. 9, New Broad-ftrect, on Wednefday the 236 loft.
The Pomone, for the capture of la Bella Aurora, (in company
with his Majelly's hoop Vificego and Pigmy cutter, vied the Eu-
Hofo privateer) will be paid, on Friday the stth infant, at the
Griffin, in Villier's.ftreet, Strand.
The hoop Snake, for the French brig les Antis and cargo, will
be paid on the loth loft. at No. at, Arundel-Brat.
The Paimosss Ctisatovva frigate at Plymouth is
ordered into Commillion. Capt. GARDNER, of the
GELYILHEID, of 64 guns. is to have the command.
and Capt. WOOLLEY to fucceed him in the latter (hip.
Captain TOWRY is appointed to the command of
the ROYAL CHMLLOTTE Patch, and alfo to the com-
mand of the feveral veffels Rationed for the defence
of the Thames at Gravefend.
Captain Woontev LOSACK is appointed to the
command of the HELENA !loop, recently launched at
Yarmouth.
Lieutenant CARPENTEr. is appointed to the com-
mand of the MitatooK fchooner, and Lieutenants
MITCHELL and Kum to command the HAUGHTY

and 13LAZEIL gun•veffels.
Captain W. Bt.low, who dillinguifhed himfelf in
the actions off CopenhAgen and the Dogger Bank,
has been appointed to the Weeatoe, of 74 guns, at

Plymouth:
Captain FSELDING, late of the Citcs (loft in the
North Sea), has been appointed to command the
Sea .Fencibles at Qleenborough.
Lieut. PELLEW to promoted to the rank of Com-
mander, and to the command of the FLY (loop, at
Portfmonth.
The veffels which have been Come time building at
Bermuda, are to be fent to the Weft Indies, to be at•
cached to the fleets at the different Wands. ,
The yatch that is to be launched fhortly at Dept-
ford, is ordered to be called the Sovsasion.
Captain LA14.7%T Baasszos is appointed to the
command of the Dorfet yacht.
An important improvement to the navigation of
Cork harbour has taken place by putting buoys at its
entrance, over the Harbour Rock and Turbot Bank,
the necellity of which bas been long obvious ; and
we are indebted to our prefent Naval Commanders
for their adoption—the advantage they will render
the line of battle flips, is beyond defcription, as
there are pot more than fifteen feet water over the
Harbour Rock.

We infert the following for the better information
of Volunteer Corps, whilti on permanent duty :--Vcs,
lunteers are entitled to fend and receive letters, under
the fame reftriaions as privates in the army, when
fueh Volunteers are performing aBual fervice, and
are abfent from their homes, and are receiving the

KiNO23 pay.
The Royal Dublin ??lilitia, quartered in Antrim,
have volunteered to fel ve in any part of the united

kingdom.
Tuefday the sth Dragoon Guards, commanded
by Lieutenant-Colonel Pow sonar, were reviewed on
Portobello Sands by his Excellency the Earl of
Morita, accompanied by Generals VYSE and Sir
James Sr. CLAIR Edema. The regiment went
through their evolutions much to the fatisfaSion of
the Commander in Chief.
Wednefday morning, the Royal Mid-Lothian Vo-
lunteer Artillery, commanded by Major H. It.
Brows, marched to Faher-row Sands to praSice
throwing bombs, from fix pound brafs field pieces.—
The target was placed at 800 yards Mance, and
what (hews the profictency of the corps, from 24 (hells
thrown (filled with nuaket balls), upwards of ;so
balls pierced the board.
One hundred and ten convios, on board the hulks
at Woolwich, have been pardoned on entering' the
army, and the Crown tranfport has received a mili-
tary guard, and orders to convey them round to
Portfmouth.
ENGLISH PRISONERS IN FRANCL—The !follow-
ing is an extras of a Letter, Dated Valenciennes,
April 4, from a young Gentleman, detained a pri-
loner at that place. He writes thus to his friends :
'• It is in vain I pleilded that my age (under t 8) ea-
empted me from the Confular Decree ; I was told
that circumflances required I fbould be kept a prifo-
ner with the fell of the Englah at this place. Thi►
part of the country is extremely unhealthy ; an epi-
demic fever has raged for s confiderable time pall;
and has proved fatal to a degree. Fifteen or Sateen
of the inhabitants were carried off daily, and upon
an average, eight or ten a week of the poor Eng-
lilh There are 236 prifoners ill in the
hofpital, though the fever, thank Goo, has fubfided
in a great degree. There are between 7 and 800 of
us in this town, moll of them are in a fickly Rate.—
We daily fumigate our rooms with tobacco, and have
hitherto found the cullorn extremely beneficial in re-
pelling the contagion."
THIATRI,DeURY-LANC-011 Saturday night Mr.
Lit, the gentleman who Come time fence made his
firft appearance, as a finger, in the Duenna, came for-
ward in the part of Bekille, in Pfina. His voice, as
we before obferved, poffetTes great fweetnefs and corn-
pals, and with cultivation he may become an excel-
lent vocal performer, but at prefcnt he has much to
learn; he was moreover on Saturday night overcome
by diffidence.—Mr. G adios., in Captain Bdoille, gavel
the (hooting long with great effeet, and was loudly
applauded; he alio acted the part very refpetiably.
On Thurfslay leveret matches, made by the officers
Rationed at Canterbury, were run for on Barham
Downs. In the evening there was a grand garriton
ball, given by the military, at the Affembly Rooms
in that city. The trials for the annual sol. were run
for at Old Wives Leafe, on Monday lan, which were
won by a Serjcant of the Derby,and a young woman
of "firrowley.
Saturday a trotting-match took place on the Bath
ro id, from Knightfluidge to Slough, betwixt a geld-
ing and a mate. The mare was the vidor, and trotted
over the ground in one hour and eleven minutes, a
ditlance of nineteen miles and a half.
Early on Saturday morning St. Stephen's church,
in Salford, was broken into, and the Communion-
cloth and Bible Rolm thereout.
Six journeymen cabinetmakers were on Saturday
charged at the Public Office, Marlborough-ftreet,
with confpiring to T life their wages. Four of them
were committed to prifon for two months.
Mr. Huarsa, fen. the Ki so's Mcifenger, was
relcafed on Saturday, it appearing that he was
wholly runocent of the charge a115d6.7.41 aLaluil