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de )st he 1 THE ARMY. ~~ H. CALVERT, Adj.• Gen. - as .e, Is °AMY -- • X 1,119,967 9 71 X i. d. Extraordinaries - 2,753,645 13 11 ( 3,873,613 3 6 Otdinary and Extraordt. 118 I 0 120,556 1 varies Unprovided. 181 1 54,654 S 173,210 19 0 Total for Great Britain - - . - 4,04'4,824 3 0 Inland of re, N, Total kr the United Kingiom 4,500,710 1 2 nt In, its DA >it 9S to ad Ms he ad in a I' ii.,. en or uo 0, In d, .I) GENERAL ORDERS. Horse-Guards, January is, )812. t o order to gaud against the losses which have in various irr occurred to the Colonels of Regiments, and ro the Public, to the accoutrements and regimental appointments not being f orked; the Commander-in-Chief commands, that every w oof either description, shall have conspicuously marked on lo b e number or appellation of the Battalion and Regiment to ilia i t may belong, as well as the number or letter of the .r m op or Company. The marks are to be carefully and legibly ; and this order is to be carried into effect by every Corps • bi s m a jesty's service, with the least postible delay, in what es, m atey it may be serving at the time of its receipt. By Command of his Royal Highness the gr/IACT OF A GENERAL ORDER, DATED HORSE GUARDS, JANUARY 18, 1812. « It is the Commander-in-Chief's pleasure, that the Confitlen tig Reports shall hereafter specify what has been the dile :dance Chaplain,er EV:lating Chaplain, at the Regimental and other Hospitals o f each Station and District; what has been the accom °dation for each Corps fur attending Divine Service; and whe tter Divine Service hat, or has not been regularly performed on earl Sunday, and duly attended by all tae Officers, Non-commis sloped Officers and soldiers of the regiment. " If there has been any omission in the perbrmance of this at!, his Royal Highness requires the omission to be specified. _ it The Certificate required from the officiating Chaplain (to *letter and spirit of which the Commander-in-Chief enjoins the strictest conformity) is to specify, that in addition to the anal duty of Sunday, he has visited the sick twice in the week ; 'ere may, however, be cases, in which, from casualties and e ther circumstances, some deviation may become unavoidable is such instances, the omission must be entered, both with their elites and causes on the back of the Certificate. If the General o f t he Brigade has reason to be dissatisfied with the conduct or dander of the officiating Chapkin, be will report the same to the Chaplain GeneraL" ORDNANCE ESTI mArEs.—The est i mate of the charge of the Office of Ordnance, for the land service of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, as laid before the House of Commons, amounts to the. fol lowing sums : The new regulations for Officers wearing caps and rackets, instead of cocked hats ar.J long coats, are to be generally adopted on the 4th cf June next, in all regiments at home. in future, white pantaloons and short boots will be considered a proper dress on parade; but on re views, guards, inspections, &c. white breeches and black gaiters are to be worn as heretofore. The volunteering of the Milit'a into the Line, for the year, 1812, is to take place about the 10th inst. when all soldiers on furlough am ordered to repair to their respective head-quarters. Sixty men of the 2d battalion of the 92d regiment, have been embarked on board th.: Resolution smack at Banff, for Gravesend. Ihe 46th Regiment of Foot, stationed at King's bridge Barracks, in Devonshire, has received orders w embark for the island of Jersey. Monday, theWcstmeath and Derby Militias made in exchange of situations—the former from Dover Heights to Hythe Barracks, and the latter from Hythe Barracks to Dover Heights. Colonel CHICHESTER, of the Cardigan Regiment of Militia, commands the Garrison of Limerick for the present. • Major -General Ttundas, late of the 41st regiment, at present stationed at Plymouth, is said to be the successor of Major-General MONTRESOK in the com mand of the Limerick District. The evidence of the prosecution against Captain Mr.asamt, of the 85th Regiment, on the General Court Martial at Hythe, closed on Tuesday se'rmight, when the Court adjourned until MOnday, to allow time to prepare for the defence. Letters from Verdun state that the officers there are in anxious expectation of ar. exchange of priso ners in the Spring. Every article of life is reasonable, Mae equally so--Champaigne, 2s. 6d. a bottle, Bur gundy Is. 3d. Claret Is. Id. The following is a correct statement relative to the march of the two divisions of French prisoners takea at the action of Arroyo de Molinos, on the tltith or October last, from Purtalegre to Lisbon, on the 6th 7th November : lit Niiion.—Under the command of Captain W. A. Gottnow, Seth Ittgltnent-550 rrisoner,.. Ldbivisien.—•Ludo• the {:onuiland of CirtAiti Ca:.ot.nn, 50th Regirrent-416 Prisoners. In the two divisions above stated are not included the officers or sick and wounded.—The two divisiwns which formed the escort were from Major-General HOWARD'S Brigade, viz. the 50th, 7 I st, and 9 4 2 d Re gilnenti. Captain BARCLAY, of the 71st Regiment, 'loon* of the escort of the (..!LI Division, but acted modes the orders of Captain CANDLED / 50th Regi. lie answere A Correspondent enquires (and the question should d) why the prize-money, however nulY be, tor Wald:eh:it, has not yet been paid ? The following is an Extract of a Letter from a Gentleman in one of the convii.t ships which left Ezzlartcl List September : " Rio Limiter), Ociosile JO, 1811. "We lei Spithead on the of September, and came to an alder at Yarmouth on the same evening; iroin which place we Pocceded, with a fair wind and remarkaliiy fine weather, to this Ave, having performed the voyage in seven e. , eeks and four 4 1t. We shall leave this again about the Bth of November, fur ?oft hatOLI which place, i assure you, lam extremely anxious to reach. During the passage we discovered, several times, a strung iccination on the part of the prisoners to be refractory— arid this suspicion was confirmed by a private communication t hat '4O ..f them had conspired to seize the ship, and run her into F rench port. Many of them bad their irons cut in two, which tk eY had effected so neatly, as to be scarcely perceived : however t broolk the goodness of Peovinast ex we were enabled to coon ti j eract their evil designs, and have kept theni in excellent order. the whale we have been very comfortable, and tolerably 11 4467." • 11 7 .1 L INTELLIGE.VCE. FALMOUTH, MARCH 2, - Arrived the RAPID schooner, from the Eastward. Sailed his Majesty's ship ROVER, with a convoy, for Portugal and the Mediterranean ; among them are the Sir Francis Baring, WHITE, for Gibraltar and Malta ; Rose, Boost ; and Ann, RIVETT, for Malta ; Betsey, RICKARD, for Lisbon ; and Temima, WIN TER, for St. Michael's. The Dispatch packet, for Gibraltar and Malta, is detained until Friday. TORBAY, MARCH 3. Put back by contrary winds, the Harry transport, No. 116, bound to Plymouth, with Government stores; also several others, names unknown. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 3. Came up harbour his Majesty's ship PEARLEN, to refit. Sailed last night at seven o'clock, his Majesty's ship INTELLIGENT, of 14 guns, in chase of the French privateer that captured a British brig yesterday morn ing off the Start. Came in the American brig Han nah, of New-York, from Savanna, WAS taken on the Ist instant off the Start by a French privateer, and used very ill, and retaken by his Majesty's ship PER SIAN. The French privateer that the SENIARINIIS sent in yesterday, is called le Grand Jean Bart—has 11 guns and 130 men. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 4. • Arrived his Majesty's ships MAnr.nonoucit and WAunion, from off Cherbourg ; Aitoo, PARTRIDGE, PORCUPINE, and GosnAwKE, from a cruize. Sailed the Glut'LlN, with a convoy for the Downs. DEAL, MARCH 4. Remain all the ships as per last.—Wind S.W. YARMOUTH, MARCH 4. Arrived this morning from the Note, the LEVERET sloop of war and BLAZER gun-brig. The HEARTY gun-brig, Lieutenant NVICKLIAM, has sent into this port a foreign. sloop laden with spirits. Arrived from Heligoland the Bee and Emily of this port, under convoy. The Charles Fox, of and from this port fur Heligoland, sailed on the 36th January, laden with sunth its, had not arrived when the above left Heli goland on Friday last ; she is supposed to have been captured. Ships in the Roads with the above ••• SOLEBAY and RAvEN. The. Juno, KIDD, from Teneriffe to London, with part of her cargo on board, was run away with from Santa Cruz, in January last, by some French prisoners, and has not since been heard of. Our readers will recollect the intrepid bravery and active humanity of Lieutenant VERVLER, who saved a part of the crew of the MANILLA on the coast of Holland : we are informe(: that he has a brother a prisoner of war in one of our country stations, we believe at Reading. It is sufficient to hint this cir cumstance to a liberal Government. 1ND1A....-.EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM A BRITISH OFF!. C Ells DATED, CAMP IROTAII, SEPT. 10, 1811 " For some days we had heard that tile troops of the Grand Boondeilah Marauder Gopaul Sing, were increasing fast ; and his forming a junction with other disaffected Chieftains was apprehended. It imme diately became an object of the greatest importance to endeavour to frustrate his intentions, to prevent his renewing his depredations in the ensuing cola season. In consequence of authentic intelligence re ceived, Captain A. Watson, at this time commanding above the Chains, determined, if possible, to surprise the enemy's strong hold at Chargong ; and accor dingly marched from Byrasore on the banks of the Cane, on the morning of the sth, with die detachment immediately under his command, consisting of one squadron of the Ist regiment native cavalry, and four companies of the Ist battalion, 22d native infantry, under Lieut. H. G. Maxwell, direct to Chargong, via Shawnagur ; and after severe marching, which occupied two nights and a day, came up with the enemy on the morning of the 7tb. Gopaul, however, was too good a soldier not to try the effect of a stand against the British troops, in a place naturally so strong, that he never could meet our troops to more ad vaiitage. " Chard ng may be called an epitome of all Bun diecund, from the deep and earensive jungles, inter sected by innumerable nullahs, ravines, small hills, &c. , it is a place, of all others, in which irregular troops may stand to advantage against regulars. Gopaul at the same time knew, that if he tied before our troops, and suffered his own to disperse, which must have followed a persevering -,rarsutt on our part, Le would be disabled for action i 4 a long time. Many other reasons combined to determine him to this da ring and unexpected measure; and Captain Watson was informed, in the course of a night's march to Chargong, that the enemy was determined to meet the British troops. About seven o'clock in the mor- I ning, when within half a mile of the place, the ca valry advanced in two bodies-, round the ravines in either flank of the village, in order to gain the one- IMN 's rear, white the infantry advanced in a most gal lant manner, led on by Lieut. Maxwell, towards the village in which the enemy had taken post-. The steadiness of their advance, under the smart tire of the enemy, together with the noise of the cavalry already engaged with same parties in the rear, staggered their resolution, and our infantry had scarce tune to fire a volley before the enemy retreated across the ravines, and through the jungles; when coming near the ca valry, and finding themselves close pushed on all sides by both, they collected and made a resolute stand to the charge of the cavalry, who, from the disadvan tages of the ground, would have sustained consider able loss, had not the enemy been closely followed by our infantry, which, advancing in the rear with fixed bayonets, at length entirely broke them, when our cavalry separated to pursue, and cut up, dispersed, or destroyed the whole of the enemy's force. We are now in close pursuit of the Chief in person, but shall most likely, as usual, be brought up by some inde pendent territory, which we are prohibited to enter : nothing, however, but the last necessity, will stop the pursuit. Three troopers and six horses are killed, wounded, and missing.' A great deal of plunder has fallen to the victors." LAW INTELLIGLYCE. ' ADMIRALTY COURT, MARCH S. J'Aits Frau Catbarina, Bougtnan master.—'This vessel, under Prussian colours,laden wi!h cheese, from Varel to London, was captured on the Bth of January by the Desiree.—Restored. Manlius, M 4 Connell master.—This vessel, under American colours, was laden with colonial produce, from Baltimore to Bourdeatix—ConderranA—Ma,- ter's private adventure restored. RosalN, Jansen master. —This Pt ussi vessel was laden with pitch, tar, and mats, anti was coming to this country.—Ship and cargo restored, with freight and expenses. Milan, M'Connell master.—This American vessel was laden with various merchandize from Baltimore to Bourdeaux.—Condemned, and all the private ad- ventures restored, except the master's. Abigail, Pivhorg master.—This was a question of salvage. The Court pronounced one-sixth to be due to the salvors. Johanna, Noble master ; Two Brothers, Dixey master ; and Dolphin, Nich-lls master.—These A me. rican cases coming unOer the principle which the Court held in the case of the Fox, with respect to the Milan and Berlin Decrees, were condemned, and the private adventures restored. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, MARCH 3. EVANS v. MARQUIS O}• 1IRAM:011T. The Jury were no sooner sworn, th.in the parties agreed to discharge them tiom giving any verdict, by withdrawing a juror. ANDREW v. ROBINSON. This was an action brought by an assured against his broker, for money had and received, upon a po licy of insurance, effected by the detimdant, the sig nature to %%Melt appeared to be struck through, and the policy was indorsed as settled with the under. writers as for a loss of £lOO per cent. Mr. Paatc, for the defendant, contended, that the plaintiff could not bring his action for money had and received, without sheaving that the defendant did actually receive the amount of the loss : here it %vas only carried to account. But Lord Ellenborough was clear, that it had been settled over and over again by Lord Kenyon, that this action was main. tainable. The circumstance of the underwriter hav ing struck his name out of the policy was evidence sufficient that the money had been received by the broker,•at least quo ad the assured, who was by that circumstance stopped from all action upon the po licy. If the assured was not to be paid under this action, then, bow else could he recover ? Certainly not against the underwriter. Mr. PARK submitted, that this case was still open to the defence of the underwrter upon merits ; but' Lord Elleuborough held not between C:e parties.— The action should have been brought by the bracr against the underwriter, if he had been impudent Enough to briy,g it. The plaintiff had a verdict— Damages ..:,'`2CYJ. a.WTON AND WIFE J. EVERARD AND OTHERS. This was an action for running down the his, by the Mary and Elizabeth, on the night of the 11th of DecemLtr last, where the Thames was three miles broad. The Captain and ship-boy of the plaintiffs'. vessel'havin ,, proved that the Isis was lying at an• chor—that the Elizabeth and Mary was sailitg down •the river with both w ind and tide—that the night was moonlight—that there was plenty of room to pass on' eithr side—...nd that the Captain called to the de fendant's sloop before she ran foul of the plaintiffs' vessel : the first Mate of the defendants' sloop was called to prove, that if the plaintiffs' vessel had put her helm a-port, the accident would not have happeneJ. But Lord ELLE:MC/ROUGH would not receive this evi dence : he was not prepared to e. y that it was neces sary that every small vessel lying at anchor should keep watch all night ; and if the defendants' sloop had ample room to pass on either side, she must take the consequences of her preference to run foul of a stationary vessel. The defendants' witnesses contra. dicted the evidence on the part of the plaintiffs in al most every particular, and said that their vessel was moored in the centre of the River, the usual place of lying at anchor ! Lord ELLENDOROUGH reprobated such incredible testimony ; and when the witness said that his Cap tain behaved like a Gentleman to the plaintiffs' crew, his Lordship observed, that he had conducted his ves sel too much like a geralonan, and should have &hewn himself a little more of the sailor. The ownership of the vessel could not be proved by the mere production of the ship's rzgistcr, as had been decided in a recent case ; but the plaintiffs proved by a witness that Everard was one of the owners ; Lord ELLENBOROUGII said, that the defendants' wit nesses would most probably fix the other owners, for they would be called at the peril of such an examina tien upon the voir dire. The First Mate actually did prove the interest in al: the other defendants, elcept one, against w hom, as the evidence was doubiftil, Mr. ()miaow, to the plaintiffs, consented that a verdict of Not Guilty should be entered. The other defen dants were found Guilty ; the amount of the damages having been agreed by r. CAsu•nnu., on the other side, to be referred. MARCH 4.—ITAGEDORN V. BELL. This was a cause sent down fornew trial, uonn the question of the neutrality or POD neutrality of Ilam burgh at the time of the insurance, the licence being to the plaintiff and other British or neutral merchants. It was agreed to turn the question into a case, on the Orders in Council, and the following evidence : —A native of Hamburgh proved, that in the year 1806, the gates of thAt city were shut against :100 Frenchmen, but that afterward, 60(X)!erced an entry. The v izness resided there during the years 1866, 7, 8,9, and thr•Aigh the whole of the year 1810, when the French always zontintod in the possession of the city, sometimes in greater numbers and sometimes in less, but the government was always exercised by the Senate of Hamburgh. Few et' the British factory resided there, hut many British merchants who car ried on correspondence, but it was nA so extensive as before. The first arrest of British merchants was in 1806. Those were not put into gaol, but under the superintendance of a few ccntinels, for about five weeks. On the 9th of February, 1311, a Governor appointed by the French Emperor to preside over Hamburgh and the Hans Towns, arrived in that city : and on the 13th the Senate of Hamburgh was deposed, they haring till that moment exercised full power and nothoi ;ty ° over the Government of le city. About that time, or two days bet . ..re, two French Counsellors of State arrived in Haniburgh, who immediately took upon them the erecution of .the government and finances. Two Fiamburgli standards with the city arms were then taLn down from the Senate-House, and the arms were taken from the stamps and the newspapers. About March 1 th, a conscription of all the young mm bet ween the ages of 19 and 20 was ordered, as in Franc,e. The members of the houses in %Omni interest watt averxd, were domiciled in Hamburgh. IiCCKI:It V. GRECS% - This was an insurance upon the Fortun2, which was sent down for new trial, upon the supposition that the rep.tirs for which !le put into Car'sham were not necetsury. They were now p:oved to be so, and the plsintiff had a verdict. RUCKER v. COLOGAN. This was an insurance on goods on board the Tu. gen, which met with the same fate as the list ship. Tf:a first question was, 'whether she. had a tight under the terms of the policy to wait in the port of Car's ham for orders ? the decision of which Lord Et.i.LN monot:tat reserved, as the subject was otherwise under the consideration c f the Court. But upon th- next question, whether the delay in that port from the Btlt Nov. to the ith Dec. was not unreasonable? the Jury found fur the defendant. RECKER V. ANDREWS. This case abided the event of the last. Ftt:tur o. LARKING. This was agreed to be turned into either a case, or a special verdict, the question being stated by Mr. CARS to be nearly the same as that in Fkndi v. & 0 3, now pending. The interest was in Russians (ene mies), Knd the condemnation was by an act of their own state. Lord arEvtionounn expressed his impression that the words a on behalf of themselves and others," in the license granted to British merchants, must mean to ethers in par] jure, and did not extend to all the world. The ATTORNEY GENERAL said, that the direct con trary had been decided in the Court of Admiralty. and that there was a great part of the license which was not before his Lordship. Lord ELLENBOROUGII knew that that Court had held some licenses stricth.timijurit ; aild surely, when it was contemplated to cover an enemy's interest, the eyes of the Government ought to be opened, and they should at least see what was meant. The ATTOBNEY GENERAL said, that the wards in licenses, ig to whcnusoever the goods shall appear to belong," had been in the Admiralty always construed to cover an enemy's goods. Lord EussuoaCt:cas doubted if the common law could sauc.ion such hidden intensimeats. ALlluts wiLiON. This was an insurar.:e from London to Archangel, in which the only question was, whether the goods had been aartionised before they were seh.ed and condemned ? and it appered that they were put into the Custom-house warehouses, because all the ware !louses at Archangel belonged t) the Government. The Aproam:v-G., , sFattix, for the plaint'ff, desired the Jury to consi.ler the uoc'erwriltr's risk as not having expired, .la.tcause the Captain had not beet paid Its fr..ight to which he wcuid have been entitled as soon as the goods were satc:y warehoused : but Lord ELLLNI.IOI:OLUII said, that was a clue Lion be tween other patties, and the Captain might still have an action fdt his which there was n' great temptation to pay him when the goods were host. The ATTORNZV=GENERAL chime to bknon-suited. COURT OF COMMON . I'LF.AS, MARCH S. kutwAN V. rAWINGTuS. This was an action on a policy of insurance, on a ship laden with cedar, from the Baltic to London. It appealed, that the ship sailed ftom her port with out convoy, under Hamburg!' collurs, and, being met in the Sound by a Fiench privateer, was cap tured.. It was contended, Olt the part of the under writers, that the Captain had been guilty of a gross negligence, in not waiting at Carlscrona • for convoy; also, that he had run into certain destruction, 13i going into the Sound at a time when the enemy had completely infested it with privateers. It was argued, that he might have gone through the Belt with less danger than the Sound, if he had not chosen to wait for the sailing of convoy. Verdict for the plaintiff. A qiiestion has been lately decided in the Court of King's Bench, respecting the right of the younger sons . of Burgesses in the town and county A Haverfc?rir 7 west, to the freedom of that ancient and respect] pij that Corpora t ion; and the result w as , a confirmation olf The misdemeanour on which a true bill has been found against a certain Nobleman, w.is the getting a certain number of Liberty Men (ihat is min cf war's men, who had permission to go on shore), on board his pleasure yatchr, in the Mediterancan, and sailing with them to a distant' port. Monday te'nnight J. Hatfieli.', of ShAeld, was brought before the Magistrates of Arbroath, charged with having tin.t.l a pistol on the Sunday preceding, on the rocks near low.water.mark, a little east of the town, f,Jr which he was fined AZ. ss. and 10s. 3d. exp-nces. J. Mitchell, of Glasi,ow, was Aso fined the stria rf :is. rnd 10s. Ss!. expenccs, for being present en il.e oceits;On. RaortnErt's REport r.---Yetterd4Y the Recorder made a Report to the Prince Regent, of the f, flow ing capital Convicts, Kite, stu. ling Bank -notes, value 45, the property if ld.i g h Jo G. Lester, for stealing goods, rabic *lO, :e roper ty of J. and T. Croft ; T. Wells, for rolibing T. Smith, on the hi g h wa y ; W. Foler, for ste-iling goods, the property of R. B:Plow an..l J. Alf; E. James, for returning from transportation ; T. Hunt, for robbing W. Green, on the highway; Mary Car rel, for stealing goods, the property of J: Lamming, privately in his shop ; 'l'. Weo.l, tor ste.iling Bank notes, value £lO, the property of J. Genii!, in his dwellirg-house : P. Barnard, tot stealing goods, va lue £7, the property of J. Frazer and R. Price, pri vately in their shop ; C. King and T. Culliver, for stealing goods, value .€lOO, the property of J. Tucker, in a barge on the River ; R. Woodhatch. for return. ing from transportation ; G. Ostardo, for stealing Cs, value £l6, the property of Messrs. Love ana l i er, privately in their shop ; and Sarah Slater. far putting off counterfeit money when his Royal High ness vas pleased to respte them during pleasure.