The National Register. — London, England, 1809-07-23 00:00:00

Lord Cochrane is here—his ship, the• 1.1.10'11C11.e. goes 1111 the Expedition with another Captain.—Admirnl Otway went on hoard this aftern4on. General Graham and General 'fermi t , have likewise gone on board. DEIL,JULY 91. Rovril Highness the Duke of Clarence went on hoard the Superb, of 'l4 guns, Renr-Admiral Sir It. O. Keats, where he dined. No movement of the Expeditiln Las )et taken place, the wind being- quite adverse.--- I We have now in the Downs, nearly eight hundred sail of ship. MARGATE, JULY 21. The skips of war and gun-boatc have all proceeded round the land. as is supposed for tiu• Down', as are algi) the transport-. so that our road.; are now clisAr.-- Au order hits been receivsft by the Captain of the Sea re.i , to collect as many of the Feneibles and vessels as ale tit fur service, to join the Expe dition. R A NISCATE, JiLY 20. Lord Chatham arrived here this morning. The infantry in tended to emhark at thi . s place, it see n 4, arc nil on board. Six troops of the 12th Light D moons, nud ri x trop of the 3d, (or King's Bettvy Dragoons) embarked esterdas and to-da%, and are all sailed for the Do n ns. The CoMmis,arint, and nearly the %lade of the bolters, coopers, Liar,_ are all or board. A few transports are remaining unoccupied, and it is this afternoon - I:aid that the 2d Regiment Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bap), are to he eintetrked here. T hi, regiment has not been named before, that %se have heard of, for this service. A large fleet ZO or 60 sail of vessels from the river, Re tame round the N or; a An eland Neoerdatv. and this morn* ark brought up iu the' Dull n6—they are bloreaShipS, artillery, vi.lll - nknwicn JULY 21. The ueet or transport!,4ith the troops on board, still reiriai... in our ItoadF. The Daryahis frigate k every hour expected Co take the Staff Officers, &c. &c. when the beet will, it is positively sail. 4rran g enrents adapted to Exletssire Embarkations of Tromps in his 411:rjest9's Ships or Transports, principally applicable to Transports. As the army is classed in brign.les, the ships on board of which it is in he embarked should he cl'essed in divisions eqult to the accommodation of the brigades ; but no precise rule c;io be laid for this arrangement, as the regiments vary consider:o)l% in their strength, and ships of Ilse same class, in some degree, ' iu their capacity of stow big': bat this should he corrected by the addition of a frigate or sloop, as the embarkation of men of different reg,iments on board the same ship ought to be avoid. ed' a- much as possible. Whenever it is Of conseqpence that the Brigades should hr landed in perfect order, and in complete equipment for immedi ate action, the Brig,ades of Field Artillery should he embarked Isla* the Bt igades of the army, hut it will not be necessary to carry any tumbrils or ammunition waggons in the men of re ar, as each gun (one of w hith only •w ill be on board each ship) carries forty rounds. By talking the lower deck guns out of the men of war, and making other suitable arrangements, a greater proportion of troops can he embarked ; and as it may adviscable, when the service does not extend beyond the coast of Spain and Por • toga!, to carry a sufficient number of horses for the brigades of artillery - , as well as the statand reginiental horses, there will then be more room to stow the harness rind appointments requi site upon such occasions. There are many advantages in carrying the horses on the deck, as ,there will be no occasion to take "out the upper tier of .water; the horses will be airy and heakhy, and' less risk and 'clanger in hoisting them in and out, besides avoiding the dirt which they will make in the hold,*and Which may oblige the ship to be um...towed to clear it. The greatest. care must be taken of the arms, ammunitiOn, and appointments, of the troops, that they way always be in perfect order for actioq. The signals awl arrangements are principally made for •the , Conduct and regulation of the transports, but. they are to be coo isidered in all cases as applying to the men of war also, parlit. , laxly when uddrete•ed to them by their pendants. I (is of great consequence that the divisions of tratisrierts should he placed under the direction or.aome men of war, suppose two frigates, and a sloop to each division, she' *valor takitog all the respoasi bility of his division. The Masters of the transports are most positively ordered to titer the viva's. awl ausagementsfrosk the raiment they arc pat A REGISTFR. in pw•se-'inn of them, rind if there is any part of them whic h triev do uot perfectly unrierstand, they are inomeitiwri to apply to the enpnitt: of ;he men or war of their csi,i , ions for tot ex ',lntuition or . them ; .us :kr live in:my individuals ' , nay he sa crifveA, and eyed , !!te sip 'eest (H . 'ht Expedition become sines tionable, by any mi-cnesseption or 'ai ly execution of them in sight o! the /mem% . SIGNALS, CS,'ZNG S AND P.EGIMENTS. As it mac he found nece!.;::, , Htembark the army by hri. grades ur re. intents in different placee, the following brirde or di visio:all flags , !re meant toe%tore: . s Cie brigades or regiments ta %% tiny signal may tee eir• f..r for disembarking or altering their position : :rate o w it . :eti any brigade or egi;ovnt is to be moved w ill he try tot I -edezvous flag, and the number of the place, accor.iing to the annexed arrange. ments, under the head of rendezvous. With a view of giving facility to such convnunication: as .-iav he necessary through ursti.pected circuit) tinces, the Gene '. Officers will he furoi•heil with trlegtaph books ani w hen. ~ v er a telegraph me.•iige is comveett from the Commander in Chief to them, the it-1111)(ms C4imposing the brigade of that f,;esiertil are to pass s% Win' hail of the senior officer of the di vi .ion (where the General of the Brigade ought to be embarked), the livision is under weigh, or to send a boat immediately, she is at anchor, to receive such orders us are _intended by that .elegraph message. If it should he m‘cessary to reinforce either the ,division of men of ‘Var t% it h troops, or the division of transports, the ship •Iti ps' pendants intended to 1w added to the division, wi:l be •xliihited nith the divi-ional flag. The Senior Officer, after ;lie reinforcement is made, will of course take the comwand of he %hole di% or divip.iow:. [iiere follows a list lathe brigades. and the different flags by which eac . • is to he aittinguiahed. The 66g:ides are fuurtceu in number.] The different places where it is probable the regiments or bri gades may di-embark, w ill be noted in numerical order, and the . place descrilwd as nearly as, possible; but when a signal is made for a rendezvous w hiclrcannot 'be particularly described. a ship will be sent to lie there, and she will hoi;t the number of the rendezvous with the rendezvous flag. When it is only intended to make a ilemonstration of &Sign to disembark at or near any particular rendezvous, the number of that place n ill he wide with a -- hoisted under the -- flag, when the division to which it is aedressed is to pi-nee...ed opposite the rendezvous, making every preparation for landing, keeping sutler weigh at the same time, unless otherwise dirocted MOs, and taking special care not to approach too near the bat , . tePleS. ( army rode of signals accompanies these arrangements, to gether nith directions relative to the disembarkation in boats.) Dispatches have been received from Sir A. WELLESLS-Y4 which . contain the very important intelligence of hit junction with Genewal CV ESTA . The united arnv said to be on its morel' towards Madrid. We are inclined to believe that the occupation of the capital by a Army, and the Spanish Patriots, will tend to consolidato the power which represents the Mnnarchy of Spin, and exercises its functions. An itinerant government, a wan dering Scythian sort of administratipti t will rarely com mand respect, however it may deserve it. We sh a ll b e glad to observe the heart of Spain beat in its occustnited place, and send vital blood with energy and effect, to the • most extended ramifications of the empire. His Excellency Sir A RT MIR Wrtt.t.Esr,Tv has. addressed the following letter to the Supreme Junta of Barlajoz " Ahrantes, Jnn. , 18. " MY Loans—l had the ?amour to receive sour Excelkin. cies' last letter et the I6th of Jnne, and feel concerseed to tilts, that foetid it impossible to answer sooner, Staving iholigkt it right first to"gi've the necessary orders to the (mops under my corn nand. it is my 'lntenlion to march by the road of Castello , e-libluco, and Corea to Placentia, and to Banas through 'Deft's. I requeat your Excelleucies will direct the Alugistr ! , t• vide quarters on tbat march for 30,000 men, and 6,100 bone', iocludalg cavalry, artille.r36 infantry, and ba ggage. I have the I bailout, &c. atc. 4 WaLLESLaY."