Star. — 1810-08-02 (London, England)

NICOLLS.. with the Staff of the Kent District, and Major-Go. neral the Hon. CHARLES Hoeg, and the Staff of the •Cavalry Brigade. Major-General PAYNE, who corn• manded the Cavalry Brigade at Talavera, and Lieutenant-Colonel SEYMOUR, who commanded and led the 23d oa those honourable days, with Lord PORTA** LINOTON, its present Lieutenant-Colonel, were prevented by indisposition from attending. The toasts, after those of the King, Queen, and Royal Family, were peculiarly appropriate to the day —the first was, " Sir David Dundas and the Army," followed ky " Lord Viscntra Welling:on and his gallant Army." General Nicor.Ls then proposed, " General Payne and the 234 light Dragoons, with the !sopa that the gallantry displayed by the regiment at the battles if Talavera would be held in remembrance by futurity, and would be an Incitement fur young men to embrace the service in a corps which in its maturity had so honourably distinguished itself." The succeeding tbast marked how much and how well the merits of its late gallant Commander were estimated. It was, " The man, who by his seal and activity rendered the railI anent fit for such a service, whose interest was exerted to procure it to distinguished a destination, and who afterwards so gallantly led it into action on the plains of Talavera de la Reyna—Lkute' was-Colonel Seymour." I as  Anson." " The Hon. Saville Henry Lumley, late of the 23d."  ~ The late  Robert Gordon."  Yet while libations to the Laurel were thus poured, those of the Cypress were not omitted, and the first and foremost in this class, was  " The memories of Generals MI/Unite and Langworth, and an those heroes in arms who nobly and gallantly fell on the me. tuneable days of the 27th and 28th of July, 1809." This was followed by others of a more near and dear estimation. First,  "The particular memory of Lieutenant John King, who gloriously fell at that period, after a service of 16 years in every quarter of the Globe, tu the never-ceasing regret of all who knew him." Secondly—" The memory of their worthy comrade, Lieutenant Power."—After which, " Our gallant Associates now prisoners with the enemy." " The 66th Regiment, (General Nicholls) the old associates of the 23d, as well in peace as in war." A long series of toasts of minor moment, followed by copious libations, then succeeded, and were con. tinued till the dawn of the morning of Sunday admonished a departure from the festive board.  A few nights since, about twelve o'clock, a corps of Irish soldiers, quartered at Petersfield, behaved in a most unruly manner; not content with breaking each other's heads, they disagreeably annoyed the inhabitants for some time; till, at length, the fear of them was so great, that Captain !Awes called out the Volunteers, who soon assembled in sufficient strength to rout the gentlemen to their quarters, where the ringleaders were put into close confinement.  Yesterday se'nnight, an inquest was held at the Ship Inn, Sandgate, on the body of James Lewis, a soldier in the 38th Regiment, who was murdered, with circumstances of much brutality, early on the preceding Tuesday, in an affray at the same house, when, although the Jury sat from eleven in the morning till nine at night, during which many witnesses, who were present at the time, were examined, yet the evidence was so vague and contradictory that nothing could be discovered to criminate any of the parties; the Jury in consequence, after a long consultation, found a verdict of wilful marder against some fierson or persons unknown.--A farther inv . igation by the Magistrates of Folkstone took place on Friday and Saturday last, when three persons of the names of Pegden, Kennet, and Pates, were fully committed for trial. Several more, it is thought, will be apprehended. Misch credit is due to the Mayor and Magistrates for their exertions to discover the offenders.  viola,