Star. — London, England, 1814-10-28 00:00:00

October, 1614, in the Seth year of his Majesty's Relgn.--By command of his Royal Highness the PRINCE It Roc xr, in the name and on the behalf of his Majesty, (Signed) " PALMERSTON. "To , Commanding in the District, or Officer appointed by him to disband the Battalion •f ReV." FROM THE SECRETARY AT WAR TO THE COMMANDING OFFICZ/t3 OF 2D BATTALIONS. " War-Office, October, 1614. " Sin—Referring to my letter of the lit inst. (which appeared in this Paper on the 14th inst.), I have the honour to transmit to you his Royal Highness the PRINCR REGENT'S Warrant for disbanding the Battalions of the Regiment of Foot under your command, which you will be pleased to carry into execution according to such orders as you shall receive from • the Officer appointed to superintend that service ; and in addition thereto, I am to convey to you the following instructions : " The Paymaster is to send to the Superintendants for Mill • tary Accounts, in Duke.street, Westminster, an Estimate, with a duplicate thereof for the Agent, of the Sunis which will be required on the present occasion, distinguishing the proportion for each head of service. The claims of every individual present with the battalion, are to be finally settled by the Paymaster: and incases in which the non-attendance of any of the officers and men of their bat talion, at the time of disbandment, may be unavoidable, the Pay master is to transmit to the said agent a statement of the balance due to each individual, In order that their claims may be settled Lev-after upon their application to the agent, without difficulty or delay : a duplicate of which statement - D to be sent to the Office for Military Accounts. si The non-effective and contingent allowances of Field Officers and Captains to be reduced, and also the Mess-allowance for the battalion are to cease from the day of disbanding iaclusive ; but the Palace REGENT has been graciously pleased to command that,with the view of enabling the officers liable to reduction to return to their homes, they shall be permitted to receive full pay up to the 514th of December, 18t1. " His Royal Highness has also commanded, that if any vacan ties should occur, pfe►ious to the 2Sth of next month, either with or without purchase, the senior reduced Officers of the rank in which the vacancies may happen, shall succeed thereto ; and that if the Adjutant of your Battalion should, from his stand* in the Regiment, be an effective Lieutenant or Ensign In the first Battalion, he shall be allowed the option of remaining on the full 'pay of such rank, or of being placed on half-pay as an Adjutant. 4 ' You will accordingly transmit to this Office a statement of the names of the Officers who are to be reduced on half-pay from the 2Sth of next month, distinguishing those who may hold any other commission er emolument, civil or military, under his Ml. jetty, disqualifying them from the receipt of half-pay. Care is to be taken that the dates on which the men are severally to be transferred or discharged, be inserted in the Regimental Pay List • in the column of Remarks. The usual casualty returns made up to the date of disband ing, are to be trammitted to this Office; and the sums remaining due on account of the effects and Credit. of deceased men, are to be immediately remitted by the Paymaster to the Agents. The sums due to men who hare deserted are, as usual, to be credited in the Paymaster's public accounts In the manner pointed out, is the form of regimental pay lists. The Paymaster is to balance Ids Anal accounts euctly with the Agent, and is to insert In the Pay List his intended place of abode; be is also to communfixe to the Officer fqr Military Accounts and to the Agent, orrery obtuse of his residence which may take place before the final adjustment of his regimental accounts. " I take this opportunity of mentioning, that it has lately oc curred. is many lastonces„_l4tat men producing discharges at , Chelsea have alleged that the discharge did not contain all the Trardtulars which they would have wished to have come regu larly tinder the consideration of the Chelsea Board. It is there fore extremely desirable that especial care be taken that the dis- charges of the men recommended for the out-pension may chew every proper ground of claim that each man may have on accoun t of his services, wounds, or other disability ; for which purpose, the men should be personally examined by the Surgeon, who s hould also sign each discharge. (Signed) " Pa:Alfas - rim." "To the Colonel of the Regiment of Foot, or Officer commanding the Battalion of said Regiment." Friday the Derby militia, on its route to be dis banded, received orders at Danbury to halt there till ferther orders from the War-Office. It is since as certained that they are not to be disbanded at pretent, and the regiment is under orders for Plymouth. Friday the whole of the 40th regiment disembarked at Cork, and proceeded in launches to Monkstown, on their way to Cork, having lost the whole of their baggage, Ste. in the Baring, at Bantry. The 28th are to proceed in place of the 4uth, on the intended expedition to the southward of America. The return to Cork Harbour of the expedition, con sisting of the 40th Regiment, and York Hussars, was not occasioned by any order for countermanding it, but by the loss of the Baring transport, with the greater part of their stores. Last week arrived at Portsmouth from Lisbon, de tachments of different Regiments, consisting of 56 Officers, 9 7 4 Non-comminioned Officers and servants, and 844 women and children, under the charge of Major BROWN, 23d Regiment, who so long and re spectably filled the situation of Commandant of the Depot at Belem. Friday se'nnight, the Royal Perthshire Militia landed at Dundee, after a passage from Ramsgate of only 66 hours. Next day they marched into Perth, after an absence of ten years. The regiment has since been disembodied. A detachment of the 36th Regiment of Foot has arrived at Plymouth from Sicily. Saturday se'nnight, a detachment of the 78th regi ment, forming the depot of the corps, marched into Aberdeen from Fort George ; and have since em barked for Ostend, on board the Henry schooner transport. When Sir Groacc PREVOST inspected the 82d re giment, on its arrival in Canada from the Peninsula, be observed to Colonel GRANT, now Major-General GRANT, that the regiment did not appear tit for ser vice. 46 That is very extraordinary," answered the Colonel, for Lord WELLINGTON reviewed it within these two months, and thought it perfectly fit."—Sir GEORGE then pointed to the men's clothes, which were a little patched and worn. The Colonel re plied, , g The arms and flints are very good, and the men more healthy than when seen by Lord %LUNG TON, having had several weeks rest on board ship." General PREVOST, not satisfied, observed, that the Colonel's own dress was contrary to order; to which the Colonel rejoined, that he had the honour of hav ing been shot in that coat at Toulouse, and of since dining in it with Lord WELLINGTON, and the latter Pound no fault with it. Here the conversation ended. The 82d was one of the most distinguished regiments ?a the Peninsula. THE EVENIGrSTAR. LONDON. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2S, 1814. ST. SIMON AND ST. 'VOL.-4-I°llday at the Stock Exchange. The partial successes which the enemy have had in Canada, will, we doubt not, prove ultimately bene ficial, in calling into full action the resources and energies of the Empire, and putting an end to all procrastination. The propriety—nay the necessity of bringing against the enemy such a powerful force as may at once annihilate his hope of destroying our troops in detail, as in the American war, struck us so forcibly, that we thought it our duty, in the STAR of Monday, to press the necessity of further delibe ration before disbanding the extra battalions of any of our regiments. That arrangements were train for the speedy disbanding of the whole is apparent from the copy of 'the Circular: inserted this day under the Army Article. But Ministers have now changed the whole system, and the country is entirely with them in their determination not to reduce, in any way, but to keep up—nay, to increase our national force, till our ene mies have been completely humbled, and the foul stain been entirely obliterated which has been brought upon our military character in the western hemisphere. The Circulars alluded to had been sent to different quarters, and were to be acted upon every 24th day of the month, till not only the 21 Battalions were dismissed, but the entire Militia reduced to their peace establishment. The public will rejoice to bear that an Order has been issued from the Office of the Secretary of State, to suspend the disembodying of the Dorset, Oxford, and Ist Somerset Militia. The Oxford is ordered back to Portsmouth, from whence it arrived on the 20th instant, at Oxford. The following Militia corps, which we have already noticed on their march for their disembodying quar ters, have been halted, and ordered to march to the following places :—The Bedford Militia to Colches ter, Berkshire to Liverpool, Cambridgeshire to Derby and Nottingham, Carmarthen to Milford Haven, Derby to Plymouth, South Lincoln to Chatham, and the Cumberland for North Britain. Expresses were sent off last night in every direc tion, to the Colonels of the extra battalions of infan try, conformed to this system of vigour, and we may soon expect to see every thing in full train for send ing to America precisely such an Army as delivered the Peninsula from the gripe of BONAPARTE, and laid the foundation for the overthrow of his entire power and the emancipation . of Europe from the chains he energy, and to hasten the moment fur complete tri umph, let the Hero of the Peninsula have the com mand in America. Some may think it would be hu miliating to oar military character to send such a commander against such a foe.—We reply—not near so humiliating as to hear that the warriors who fought and conquered under his command, have retreated before the undisciplined troops of JAMES MADISON ! The enemies of Britain should never be suffered a day's respite, when they have once provoked her to draw the sword in her own defence ; and it will ever be found that the most vigorous is, at the same time, the most economical mode of procedure in all mili tary contests. The successful and speedy termination of the war in America will not, however, be the only benefit that will result to this country, and to the world, from the vigour of oar measures. The views of France, in the present crisis, are too thinly veiled to escape the observation of men of the nineteenth cen. tury ; and her Ministers will see the necessity of mo deration in their pretensions, when they learn that Britain means to maintain, while necessary, the same dignified attitude which has marked her proceedings for the last twenty years. The French articles, and many which appear in the German Papers, emanate from the same bureaux, and are a part of a system perfectly understood by all the Powers in Europe. They may talk of the perfect understanding that subsists between the Mini-1 sters of Russia , and France at Vienna, because they wish it ; but it is not an understanding of that kind which will restore Belgium to France ; nor will it lead to any misunderstanding between Russia, Prussia and Austria I No, no. Those of the French Diplo matists who recollect the seeming cordiality with which these Courts complied with mandates which they were not then in a situation to oppose, deceive themselves if they imagine that the language of civi lity and good breeding with which they may now be treated indicates a disposition to second French views and interests—views and interests which stand as directly opposed to those of other States as ever they did. The deferring of the reduction of the Army and the prospect of increased exertions, has had the effect to lower the funds from an apprehension that money will of course be wanted by Government. Since our prices at one o'clock yesterday, the S per cents. have fallen about l per cent. Omnium has been done as low as 4i dis. and is now (one o'clock) 4i. Consols have been done as low as 64 for the account, and are now 64 for money and 641 for the account. This is a holiday, but there have been a number of bargain.. DUTCH PAPE RS. A Dutch Mail arrived this morning. It conveys intelligence of a bustling and lively niture. The various Powers who have an interest in the preserva tion of the real independence and true glory of Bel gium are covering that fine country with troops, to prevent any sudden surprise. Holland, England, and Prussia are the three nations upon which this sa cred trust has devolved; and their united exertions, flowing, as they must do, from an enlightened regard to the durable tranquillity of Europe, must ultimately be successful. Their troops are the finest in the world, and will, doubtles, be aided, as they may reasonably expect to be, by the public spirit of the Belgians, when they begin to drink of that generous source of affluence and national prosperity, which a participation in the commercial advantages with Great Britain can alone confer. The protection afforded by France to Belgium, has been that which is granted by the eagle, whedit takes the lamb under its wing ! The sufferings of Belgium, from the beginning of the wicked Revolution, which has overshadowed Europe like a pestilence for these twenty-five years, have been caused by her. passive obedience.anil non resistance against French tyranny; and to what pur. pose, forsooth, would France now apply the re3ourccs of Belgium, if they were placed at her dispos.ll ? The Belgians would once more see their sons swept off by a merciless conscription, to indulge the fancy of the tliirsters after glory, who, unhappily for civi lized mankind, are still permitted to flutter near the person of the French KING, bespangled with all the gewgaw emblems of their sanguinary trade ! We trust that the truths to which we have alluded will be duly and deeply inculcated on the minds of the Belgians—the Press ought to be called into ac tion to circulate the doctrines of Peace and tranquil. lity moss them, and to enlighten them as to their true interests—ambulatory committees of intelligent men ought to be sent among them to disseminate sound principles, and to correct, by salutary admoni tion, that strife-stirring and mischievous spirit from which the recent address to Lours XVIII. originated. The French have, no doubt, their intriguers already at work : why should not the friends of peace and good order be equally active ' BRUSSELS, OCTOBER 2% The troops lately landed at Ostend, consist of in. fantry, chasseurs, hussars, and artillery of the German Legion. Such measures are taken in England that these troops may in a short time be reinforced by 12,000 men, who have all made the campaigns in Spain. Meantime we have learned, with much plea. sure, that the Prussian troops that were encamped in different places between die Rhine and the Maese arrd cite• Musette,' have received orders clam to go into cantonments or return to their former garrisons. ZWOLL, OCTOBER 10. A corps of Hanoverian landwehr passed lately through Gronau along the frontiers of this province on their march to Belgium. They expect at Oiden zal a numerous division of French prisoners of war returning from Siberia. GHENT, OCTOBER O. The organization of our army 'proceeds with acti vity. The late measures taken by the Government have had a favourable influence on the recruiting ser vice. A great number of excellent officers, returning from the Austrian or French service, now offer to their country, which is again independent, their arms and their talents. The Belgians were always remarkable for military glory. Among those who have entered the service of his Royal Highness is Moja Rapiz, to whom the Emperor of Austria, on his quitting his service, pre. tented a military decoration. BRUSSELS. OCTOBER 92. The Officers of the English Rocket Company sta. tioaed at Velvoorden, celebrated, on the 18th, the first anniversary of the battle of Leipsic, called by the Germans, the 46 Battle of Nations." VIENNA, OCTOBER Is. Admiral Sir S. Smith is arrived here, with his lady and three daughters. .• The French Plenipotentiaries are exerting them selves to the utmost to procure the re.establiihment of the kingdom of the Two Sicilies, as well as for the restoration of the King of Saxony ; and many of the Allied Sovereigns are said to be much inclined to replace that Monarch on the throne. Though the conferences, properly so called. be tween the Representatives of the eight Powers who take part in the Congress, do not begin till the first of November, there are, and will continue to be daily private conferences between the members of each De putation, preparatory to the general deliberations.— The preliminaries concerning the affairs of Germany are in the same manner under consideration, so that nothing will retard the progress of the operations of the Congress. The well known dispositions of the august Sove reigns leave no doubt of the results being fortunate, and conformable to the wishes of the people of Ger. many; for the Monarchs are convinced that the Em pire must have a constitution which shall combine all its parts into one great body, and concentrate its strength against every enemy, whether foreign or domestic. Count Munster is ouch better, and already able to leave his bed. All who know the merit of this Mi nister take the warmest interest in the restoration of his health. HALIFAX AND NOVA SCO nA PAPERS. By a ship from II ilifaz, we have I).'en I - avowed with Nova S otia Gazette: to the 29th ultimo. Tile only article of intelligence which they contain is an account of the manner in which . our fleet was ha rassed in coming down the Chesapeake R;ver, 111 , 1. the memorable transactions- at Wash;ngtoa. Ti e Americans boast of having done nur shipping consi derable damage in their retreat by the forts and Bluff Battery. Dna- shots passed through the hull of the MANLY armed brig. A .fire-ship, with a party un,"er Commodore Roo- GEM, pursued the rear of the fleet, but could not over take them in time to do it much injury. The file ship was in a blaze, and was rnnliieg in a direct lit:e to the EUEYALUS, when she grounded on' the Point-- From six o'clock till d.trk, a firing was beard in the direction GI Indian Head. Some shot hit the SSA. HAASE, and her wizen-top-sail was seen to fall on the deck, and she was otherwise greatly injored. The TANANT, Sir ALSIANDSt: Cocnaasit, had ar rived at Halifax, in seven days, from the Che.apeake. BRIGHTGA, OCTOBER 2`. This. morning the QUEE PIWTIC R.EGENT, the PaiNcesses, the Royal DUKES, and thc:r sui•es, left the Pavilion, and proceed .d to Sianm , ..r, the seat of the 1:4:.1 of CIIICU4sTER. The yeotwanry were drawn up in the Park. Tit, Earl a!:(1 Countess receive(' her 2.l.aat.sTv, PUINCE RLoExr, and the rest of the Roy ,1 Patty, at the house, and conducted therm through the gardens : after which, they partook of a sumptuous breakfast. NAVAL IMMLLIGENCR. . FALMOUTH, OCTOBER 25. Arrived the Bee, Rees, from Cork.—Sailed the ACHATXS, Captain LAVOIAARNg, on a cr,.ize. PLYMOU OCTOBER. 2E. Atriied the Angelica, LUTKERY, from Ankh's' Islands; and the Active, from Fowey, bound to St. Ander°. Sailed the VENOEUIt, with the Expedition, supposed for America ; the PoDARGUE and Opossum, with the trade for the ports in the Bay of Biscay ; and the Oars sloop of war, with the ships bound to Ireland. RAMSGATE, OCTOBER 27. All the vessels that put into this harbour by"coa. trary winds and fir shelter, have sailed today; die weather is fine and moderate. Came in this mornnt the Constance, FISRMALIN, from London for Havre, to repair her rigging and sails, which have got mticls damage since she left the Thames. The Constamia, Feddes, from Mcmel t• Gottenburgh, Is lost with all the crew. The lane, Brooks, front Palau, is lost in the Baltic —crew, cargo, and materi.:ls saved. The Minerva, Da Costa, frcru --, and the Friendship, Tripter; from Peersburgh to Bristol, were driven on shore near Anholt, the 12th instates. The Ellen, Dolman, from Riga to Sheerness; Lord Welliac ton, Scares, from Riga to Lisboa ; Concordia, Date, front Rita to Holland; and the Christiana Eliza. Anderson, from Riga to tit' lama. ismer laws ease Rica, durum a gale, on tlso uk. The Moshwa,Rodde, bound to Hatuhurgh, put back to Arch angel about 15th ult. leaky. The Onverwaght, Vandermat, from Helvoet to Colchester, is put into the Helder, with lass of masts. The Forsivtigcheten, Wentzer, front Catishatn to Gotten burgh, is lost near Cottenburgh. • The Horatio, Ittriney, bound to Trinidad, and the Senhouse, Carmichael, front Prince Edward's Island, were driven on shore near Liverpool, on Tuesday morning The formerltas been got to an anchor in the River, with her bulwark: stove in. The Luta, Carthy, and Atlas colliers were wrecked on Hytbe beach on Tuesday. '1 he ALtander transport, Morton, is arrived at Plymouth front Hahfas ::ailed the nuth oltimo, with Wile vessels, under cu..voy of his Majesty's ship Acbar, and parted the 7th instant in a vex ipakc the transport No. 4C4, bound to Quebec, with loss of mizemmast and foretopma ; and the Paragiin, bound to Halifax, t:ismasted,aod in great distress, in lat. 47. lung. 37. and parted from the Paragou'on the litth June, after ass-sting her. We stated yesterday that the Merchants who have goods in bond, were allowed to the 14th of Novem ber to clear them, and that one month idditi.nal was granted to those who entered them for exportation.. We now understand that something like an intima tion was given that some further indulgence vriaild be granted in regard to•tnbacco, bark, indigo, and other descriptions of dry goods. Private letters from Paris state, that the Spanish General, MINA, and abvut thirty ad erents, had ar rived in that Capital. They were immediately ar rested by tl►e Police, upon an irregular order issued by the Spanish Minister. Greatly to the honour of the French Government, the Spaniards were set at liberty the instant their detention was made known, and the Agency of the Police severely reprimanded. Last night both Theatres performt•d the same Play (Ha►mlet), and the. Amateurs a cre divided between their attachment to Mr. KLUBLE and Mr. EVAN Nothing can be more dissimilar than the perlu►mance of these two great Actors in this part. They aro bath impressive, though in different ways, and it is delightful to see this contest of talent, by which the spirit of the Drama is maintained, and the attraction of the Theatres kept up. SHARPE, THg MIADERgRo.-ThiS morning Thomas Sharp, Cm the wilful murder of Elizabeth Dobbins, at her cottage, Millrield-lane, Kentish Town, took his trial at the Old Bailey, Wore Lord ELLENsnaouou. and a crowded Court, for that atrocious and abomi nable deed, of which he was found guilty, and order ed to be executed on Monday morning, and his body to be given for dissection. During the whcle of his trial he manifested a degree c f hardihood never be fore seen in that Court; and, on leaving it, impre. cated the most horrid curses on the Its.i.or.nEn, who bad justly passed cn him the sentence of condemna tion. CORN-MARKET', MARL OC I'OUER U. We had no fresh arrival* of Wheat this morning, but a col,. rable luge quantity of Wednesday's supply remaining over, the finest samples of which mrt resa4 s,le, whilst the ordinary qua lities hang uu hand, having but little demand for that descriptinc. Fine Barley supportsWeduesday's prices, having to* trash arrivals to-day. In Oat►, Beans, and other ricks, there !s no alteration* BMIN-LEELD MARKET, OCTOBER U . -- Beef 4% 8d to 5. bd I Veil 61 Od to 7s 6d Mattock 5. Od to 6. 0.: I Peek 6s Od to Is 44 Cattle at Matte. Beast. 1120—Sbeep and 1.11111.1. 4 760—Cahrse 160—P1p$90 HAY AND STRAW, PER LOAD. Meadow Hay 41 to 41 of p Clover SI 106 to 454 134 it:4w 11 Ws to el Os.