The Sun. — London, England, 1811-10-11 00:00:00

TO WE EDITOR OF Tilt, SUN. Mr. Eptron, The cases' of 'failure 'published et different times in ytkii Nt er,. snice that vi Lord Grosvenor's son, contr itect all the defence of. the National Establish- Meng. I might add to them the itistanee of Mr; Betsforit's son in Devertut-court, near the Temple, and call Dr Powell to witness it ; as well as Mr. Sandy's, of Miseeden Park, and Mr. Gillman's, of tiie 134 It-buildings. But cases are to. be found every here, and the • Faculty now ptetty , generally aikitowleilge them. The 'intent of the Report which you have lately re-pr nted, being to defend the , practice of Caw Pox, by eroducieg instances Of the Smali Pox oc curring a second time, Ido conceive it necessary to guard the Public from being so egregiously, misted, for it is much more lil(ely that a body,of physicians should be deceived, than that the inscrutable laws of nature should be , contradicted three times , in one month, according to the Report of the 'National Feitablistiment. • AlloWing the 'Natural Small Piot -to be as the. C 01 .4 legeTnave represented it, the greatest of evils which it has phased Heaven to •atilee us with, we- are e to illy bound to acknoWledge the Inoculation of . it to be the mast perfect piece of practice the art of meelcirre has ever produced. The College are te,acknowletige, that with all the . disadvar, tag,-s of • young physicians, dosing apothecat ies, and iteerain mail-midwives, only one in three hundred, .die; while other calculators say only • one in one thousand ought to'dio'y allowing, I say, their own bill of mortality,' what., disease can-they paint out, 'where such success foll ows then practice ? In the -whole of this dispute among the faculty, has lasted longer than the 'siege of Troy, the simple queition has ,been, whether, inoculation, I,vhicli in this kingdom had arrived at simplicity and perfection, should be laid aside and soperseikd by t he experiment, called Vaccination-; about which neither the projector or his adherents seemed to know 'any. , acing ? Failures in 'abundance were alleged and edniitted, but they 'were said,to be owing to the ig norance of the teculty ; eruptions,' glandular dis eases, and deaths, were proVedby the London Col lege of burgeons, hut these, it 'was alleged, arose frOm the use of spurious lyMph.. 'Before a certain day the , lymph was pure and genuine ; after that given'day, it Was ‘noelousand malignant. Ti) cor rect this misfortune, Parliarrient, after having sprit Meouol. on the experithent, granted 3,0001. a year to the Cellege of Physicians to supply the Faculty with geroatite lYmph, net to enforce the practico, and to Swot her the truths', 13ut to. take care no tiptiriteis matter V7W3 ib.ued forth'. ' Let any, man celleet the printed Reports of this . E.tabl.shment, and he will hod their Director was et,liged to publish an excuse for the coutinual failure of this genuine parliainentary lymph, the cause of wh ch he attributed to the - stupidity of the mrdleal pi uct iiioners, for the clergy. and the ladies seem to be conscious it is Hut within their province, and to be sorry for the misctief they have done, and there -fore the bishops' 'Hie not taken notice ' of the cards they leCelVed tram the Establistuneet, nor the coin rnoweeople of the hand-bills disseminated among then. 'Chat the opposition to such' a well received ex petimeet btu,tiltl have consisted of only thief gen tlemen in the faculty of Physic, is not less remarka: ble, than that only enc. Member' in the House of Commons Stioriii.l have risen to 'make arty remarks On the various Reports presented to the House. It is not, therefore, striprisieg that this member - should annually have carried a vote for 30001. a year, to Ciontinoe the seep:) , of genuine lymph, and had not the Case of Lord Grosvenor's son occurred to render it impossible in prevaricate any longer; the public Vroul,l not have believed any future could happen, bet tidal the mistakes of some blUndering tiouer ; here, however, ; the projector hitnielf, with all seprerne powers,.. was diceveted to be as much al fault as any -Lady •bountitbl, orrneddling - Tier last reseerce which the College have recourse to itt this extremity, is to alarm the ignorant by publishirg their opinion, thoethere 'is no more se curity in Inoculatiou than .in Vett ination-; (or, to humble the pride. of man, Heaven, they - say, oft. tirit, visit's_ the human frame with a repetition of et its, ant they ndduce three cases of the repetition H of Small Poi,, which it has pleased God to send in • oti month after leis visitation of 'Lord Grosvenor's end Sir H. Martin's families. • Now, Sir, I will leave it to the judgment of any honest , man, whether it would.not have been more to the h o nn,y,--nalre to the dignity of theoßoyal Colleges fairly ,to. have cotifeised, that the pro. jetAur had led them rota error, and that the rxperi inent of Val:C:ll36on dii not appear to answer thu widies and .ho t es of the Parliament. Why tile , shoctid feel a rthialance or a shame to tell 1111., ti eth, I am at a loss to account, for their Drecte,r, rvir. rviont.., in a pleasant pamphlet, sup. .pnsvo in be co., , position, declares (Reply to the p. " .11 tnediCal men were as re.tcly to own their errors as • chetnists, they would tint newel witure of - being so, Wpriciotis ate they do ! " And Dr. Lee, in a Sisrittob preached at Edin. bur,J,, for ,benefit of the Cow Pox. Society, declarrs ; " nnanitnity of the Faculty', if shewn to be delusive, must . 1,740 .'llle greatest disgrace 'on, the protiAsicri. It Ittu-t have proceeded from tirtiversil atiipidity or universal dishonesty', and a species of r`i-horre.sty, 'ol unprecedented, folly and enormity.; 1001:sh, because its e:posure must rstinibi'ir popu. 1:u h nd eti ormouv, b,tcanse it rinist, in all . proba. storitice the lives of thousands. " If it proceeds from ~e reclulity,, thocriminality, nis ot : the ohainacy,ol persisting in '• it dt error is a proof weikrre9 and moral ( 4 t r*Vil) alrlinit as-dceisive. as the .commission of a wilful ruistake:' ; . shouhl not liLvc thought it necessary to say nnythin up - in t4iFt lbw:id-bale subjea, if the. Col.. le , ;os hal:not spicail through , the kingdom their weak &fence:of tile Grovesnor and Martin cases, as ii view iwo . were the only cases which had been ea Os f.. 1 orriy vroved. • • Meruting fi:r requesting you .to , carry cm tne Subj. .rs to cotilteTodt- the poi,oll Which t hitt de - felicc Iwo the tender bosom of many . - , , • -. rrons strving in the Or;lerlan'il, proVidea.the Gil. taro-Kajor thinks be is enable tb carry arms. The effeaive strength of every cOmpany is t Captain, I *rjeant, I Officer, called " Merienho," le Ca. porals, and 250 men. These 'companies are for Med Of the lroVer to dai s e s ; ; the higher ranks , a nd all who are able h ors e, .being fotined into trOOps, are c alled the gor:telt Orrienorre,a. • These troops and companiss are ,trained &ice or twiee in every month ; and "tvic,e in every year the whole force is inspeaed by toe Captain-M3 or of, the Distri6t. The manner in which they are Assembled on emergency somewhat resembies that in use with the ClatlS in the High lands of Scotland, in feudd times. Every man in the kingdom is a soldier of soma description, and obliged tcohaVe Ka, in bito Posei"' slum Those who have not fire•arMs have pikes, or a long pole, with a bayonet fixed at the end.' .Diaring the last year, the Ordenanxtrcut offiel immense number of F re nch -troops in Polt a v a; . twx........sposaMlM, ...........!...10.0.1• MAM,BOROUGLI-_STREET..--YeSterday, the person who stands charg ed ' with stealing a box contatuing tr i n kets and jewels to an enormous amount, the pro* -petty of Lady Campbell,- and a jeweller, with whom the , prisoner lodged, who is charged with haVilig received4he same, knowing it to have beep stolen, Were yesterday finally exatnined. A novel circum stance occurred yesterday during the examination- A person who had nroved on the first examinationb..if. having purchased a ring of the jeweller, ,wilich 7 part ot the stolen property, had it left in his pn so : sion, but it %V as di scovered by the officers he lod 6 0 %_ a (lc .sin -tile ma de, which, on being prodeeeat 41. up*h,, resembled the original, that none 'bu t t i . lo . trade could distinguish the one trot:tithe Otliert - was was not again entrusted with the ring, but 0 bound over•to give evidenee against the priso ne T l who were fully committed for trial. b , C c,u_ii:oiaoup;:eri..):l, CANisae AIADNESS.-.- Last week a Mad dog oven •••••••••.... he 3 red the pal itadoes of Colonel .kiiinesa's 'Sib: kennel, and instantly communicated that ttol''',' _disorder_ which he possessed .to the whole keno" (J r. !' . r riday last they exhibited a singular and ter:, gitilflng apeaade ; - the- whole pack were ratiog tli rc ?(ln . e ,, 55... tearing and laceratiog each other , A n ,. .nudirtl, the sky with frightful and larnentabl/: 1 10 ? .t :lige! The gate Of the kennel vim' Iteiit close, ; hail,, rendered so that no, sects; Got . ,so th at - they Wight C.iCa 6 and slaral,l"7 A ,,x b . 0: 9 - t b t e e t o n n . IA aureire:B-°lslf:•43 Wednesday :cit.:ling 1111:/3 "4.,1 arts .uoeived in .distress between Peorli'll' and persona assembled 1 „L. 1 . 1 ,.. to the east of Hayle bar, and shertly a it it i n i l l i • 1u',35 Davis," 1Q ether with the mate and ov° en wi.l4bed,,•overboard and di:owned: frw j o h n,) „; tinnedm_a Pigging„ t 1 l o rae : 6 I ntlt: same l°DlElen4 t tat: °t m tll e tf : ()1 e er is d t 'e ; n e t erh r; f:t vi bi 31 ' e a l:a v iii r' c e ° t alt°::::°l)6niret ttvl el: T el: 'iYI I: ;1111c.' '' (it)tlibl:lida" v__ .. t. h and l u ng them; the main,aust soon we nt by id d i 4 ,1 43 1 l esolutely ..3.rrt..yitt-7, 8. wit 11-. it the unlortureate seatilall v i i ,'.:,,e af ‘()::::16, ctok:joalolite,%vsen i(lit‘.v.ohno.i:lithoroo",;: 1 .,,, a 9 tefuge on it. •Just at this time' , a i l ',,,i,ped , Ives, who is .. a very expert- swintoter)l %e',epf, beach, end to the astonishinent a 3b.P" ~ovog ropeitountains high, carrying With hint the end Plunged into the waVes, til' tl ,I' o o ~_ _which be purposed to fasien 'wield the 01.,4„ uurtriatr: thus citable the petsoos on sho re I ' l ll4 icate them trona . their perilous situana. 304 it.intrepid and,hunasne individual .had n early re llos o i!"vessel,. when the end of the rope sliPrti,ig .'lln, and he was seen for some time •ellde,'' 1 , I t t lia almosttit's drownett:mariner still clueg, At I'• t 'g o at • , !cached. it, _and ,as..each wave washed (011:0 him on the shotilder. On seeing the u a ',Ton 0 1 , which i illt three were now exposed' YOulg •, 6 al he name of B in - .. rr father s Who trembled .for the safety, or " e b i. 4 and plovidentiallystaCeeeded in lot° til ,_, his ►)1 s-opposition to the efliiti3Ll poi braced the flit:) , of CIAO len red . 1 ilw I,w-8 ,.- ... storm, p. b _,toi ..rope to the ti -rat adventurer,. whO ittiolecliatelY 7 1 , i ,. d is roun.l,l .the..almost ealaustid .sUfferer 0, ro " ve main-mast, and hay'also f tened to hirl i 4 gs from t& their intrepid deliverers. - ' . stun, he was drawn on shore y .: so o " the belch. The other ;orlon 30 1 11° '„ / ,t or Or was got on. shore in the itatne OWWar 0"-. Collvo, i,,,sto! . ............ . .. marl' Last Saturday the bodiei, of .100 001000 ',-,4 ,e, polay tiers; that had been washed ou shora,:vg.:' ear Q up on the beach near Wrest-Deao.;•alla an- 00'1, fEel4ccilb, 'en view of which' inquests.ote• _Foos "11' 'aturday. The respeothie vertlifils we(e'fiaated droned. Several ,casks of . oil havit4 .06 ashore, • near to where the above bl i i l ie 0 &mitt feats are 'entertained, • bear id a itt.tb 6 boisteroos weather, sortie vessels Wunder', ailing.. , . . • ........---- .. . Major • m /44R g/80 , IA Ar(3l°ll.' , . At Ervietickton, , New Brunswick., on tile - • rid!': to tt1',1(.60,1 ,' Sproule, dsughter of Tliumis Sproutc, ilse. 50,v.:,...c,100, ,hlo4die, of the to tit regnocnt , cal of the .Province i and, on the 12th use ii"! 5100 }Talker, ,Of the tames regiment, to bliss.Ge.44;l3llA • Pr of tlIlluee&I Affig'S O WO prAoons, )1' grand -daughter. • ~.pitnia,jorl At .tvorcester; on the %,t ult. 'Thomas J,:.t.,u,..,0r, deo inla, or aranst.wn, courtlY,ro;a,,pct iji.,7/ Bridget, s.; ventii daiiglitcr of the laittiphat lc i 1 to o) i . Of Sanriy, "reitiple.l4ate and Latighliosr°''"' ' ' 'Fst of Dublin, . , „' ccollYi 401 eldest son of: _1 ; :i-, v lor a 7m Pn Ow fit it inst. at her ta.the I's hotole# I ° '''' ' d31401`. Of, D county Tirper,try; to Kate, ci(01.,„, toi:•0 lotin Moore, of Kiltitairdiainl.odiS, cininty 1)? 0. 1 ( 7 hi tin Tuesday last, joint A-licioicott- VidaffOr "" to Harriet Cliti:ortie, Ooth or ',is ziotoi • . . miociAti 0 on Wednesday last, at I.titie Starnhorcii ~.1 4 Ftorw Rci• K. Yuhu:gh, Vicar o t Nevi sl4!:iforur f,,,, Topiii),• .4 ti, city of .I..ii.eolit, to :Miss 1401,..►,-,- Statteue - e. . , . • 0 1 - •• • Daid , es 10.41‘91t Of Parr( i, - , ad tigi` • C 0) .1) dt...4,, iit$llOlllAAT. P.,4' ',... County of ,o f 11 , Shake:cy, ,or .ornertorif flail, iii foi•„, ~,soy ,hist 1 . Latgly, Mrs. Bucloiorth reo 'of 'Clia.r ~or 1.. ksti. I ter rtntains wag interred on ,1 us' . .1/ 10 tautly v:Antx, in Sprung ilia tifihrch., ' morice,,, ,iii tii,.• oil that o f a typitio'rer.!,,b4,2,s:pi4ree. 4 Mr. tv „ maariiie,.shr.geon, ot 111611. w..- 1.0,01 -''"----'----." LI N y it 10111; tili-G,H 1.4/ .3. IF. li. '.‘i I.* ~01•".11.,) . -,, t A OC ( P' to) W • Namig, g'min. After . 10 , 1 E-v. 0441 57.....--111.7:4' __.,_;..,....,..------...........r. , , [Or 14114". ''''.,? f,l ' .; A.branles to do gaitisb n kaii. It has 5 . :11e been stationed in garripn at Elva% it). The 10th, or Santarem regiment, bas ben completely reinrtned since Marshal BeEesford tool( the cotittmod of the army. It js in excAtent order, and has been brigaded, under Viscount 13-irbacc,a,. with the 4th. .' The t Id), or Almeida regiMent, ,though not , in- compete order, has been actively employed in Upper Beira, and on the frontiers with the army; under-General The t2lll, or Miranda regiment, h3s.remain , ed dismounted at Lisbon, since its return from the froptiers in March, 1810. From this statement it will be seen , that of twehla regiments of Portuguese cavalry, only rix are attuAly conipleie; which, taking the complement of each regiment at b2O, gives a total of liitle More than 3,000 cavalry in the native army of Purina'. ARTILLERY. In the organization of the Portuguese, artil lery,, Count Lipitt was materially assisted by the b'reneh ntr6hal Villerois, and the English Colonel Yerilar. • Count Lippe formed tour regimenti of regular ar tillery', besides the independent companies which • were stationary at their respective forts. ,Marshol lieresloid took the command in Portugal, he ordered detachments from the several ienimenta to be loriiird . into brig ades, which were attached to the several divisions of . the army. In the first arrangement ine-1 had only three aril six pounders, twelve of which were considered as 'form ing a battery., It has since been ordered, that they should also have light nine-pounders. These bli gildes of flying ,artillery have born joined to the artillery, and are dispersed with it among the ditferent diviiioui of the allied army. At Bu s;tet) and Albucra, and en every occasion Itt've had an .opportunity of Coining into aetion, the Portuguese artillery have very much distinguished themselves. • In the original organization of, the artillery corps, the British Ordnance Biltartment appears to have been taken as a model. The Artillery and engineers are under the sante dirt:6l4m, and are commanded by a General - Officer holding a tank in the State, somewhat similar to that of our Master-General of Ordnance. CACADORES ;.OR, LIGHT TROOPS OP THE LINE. This is the fAvourite service of the bativqs. The nrst battalion of the present' Cacidores was, in a great nteasore, organized by Major Algeo, late of the 34th regiment, and . Eill,vays, in con'- junction with the 3d battalion, been in advance with the lir,ht divigion of the British army, under Briga di,-r-Gs•tit:T. baWford. During 'll4assena's retreat, till's battalion frequently engaged the enemy, and received the particular thanks of Lord 'WellitigtUn, The second battalitin 'was formed by Colonel Bilston, aid has been since organized by Lieutenant - - Coloihtl Nixon, h not complete in point of cipline. Tnis hattalipn is attached to the brigade of 'infantry, composed of the 17th and rents. The third battalion is admitted to be tdene a bcdy of light troops as exists in the coontry,. and is commanded by Litutenant-Colonel Elder, late. of the 95th regiment. At the `.Cea, at 13.usaco, end Retimh.t, this bAttalion eminently . distinguished it. self. I . t bas iils i ,vays,aaed with the light division of the KritishAroy, The' fourth battalion is also a very fine corps, and was 'organized by Major Wiiiiams. 'lt is attached to General• Pack's brigade. • The fifth battalion was,iit.at organized by Lieute nant-Colouel Stewart, ot the:Buffs ; bur is„now coin 'mantled by Lieutenant-Colopet M'Creagh, and is attached to the 51h, or If.ivits re4itnent of infantry. The tith battalion is a very. line body of men, and was-organizvd by M 7jor White, ot, the 27th regi ment, who died at Torres Verbas, iri Mar..h, titt i. It is now commanded by Lieutenant-ColoneLSe baithin Tinto, and attached - to the Ooorto Brigade. LOYAL. LUSITANIUI LEGION. Thistegion was organized by Sir Robert Wilson, . On his •appc.iintinent to a command. P has been formed into three battalions of Cagadores, num bered 7, 8, and 9, and in the Ist instance took the: field without either pay or :resources, The gallan try of this corps has been conspicuous on .many oc casions, and Sir Robert Wilson conceival an inten bon of increasing it to 10;000 men, but 'was.: prevented by want of' funds and adequate „en couragement. At the latter 'end of tsug', Sir .R. Wilson gating Portugali,Ahe cotntband of the Le gion devolved upon Baron diEben, under whom it 'has maintained its former reputation. It was Then formed into- two regiments, or 6(1 ulore battalions, the first of which was Commanded by Lieutenant- Culotiel Ofiley, of the 23d regiment,, and the (attached to Major General Cole's division) bylfien let-tam-Colonel Hawkesino,y, late of the '3lst tegi. ment. Both battalions are in excellent order. ,The Second,' in.particular, is eite_emcd - the fittest body. .at Men in Portugal. They 2re chiefly young men, from.the Upper Donna. Three battalions of Coca dares, iu addition to those already' formed, to be tiuhibered 10, 1i; and 12, are organiiing, and. otpedcd to be very speedily brought into the field'. IBREGULAH ARMY , OP P0371.W4. The Irregular Foree of Portugal is composed of the Militia and Ortlenanza. The ,first is formed of such of the inhabitants, capable of bearing arms, att can be removed with the least inconvenience to agriculture while the latter . comprehends every.' male vassal who bas attaiped the age of manhood, and who is not a Member of the Church, live Re gular .Army, or the Militia. There are, at preient, 48 regiments of Militia, divided hat) three grand divisions. Miirshallferesford 1135'110t interfered, much with the Militia, so that they are yet upon the old sys tem: 'They' have,„ howei er„ been rendered very useful--; and during the last t tvo years, been otten 6:might into aCt.nn with the enemy; At the be griming of the ,caniNign, the want of organization rendered - them delettive in confi dence ; but they hav4 since very much improved, whtch, their gallant' conduct, under General on' the retaking of Coimbra, tarnishes -ample pi oot. , Every person above sixty Years of age fa excused LoN vut , l r rinstfl by 11 74 ; 1;1S. c; 4, .tl3ttlett . .. ir:e4 byVILLIAM Ait it4l(; h .SC RIPP S. S GLlts Mt.:tuts -stsect, Ci." 34 : 61) A t t h e si lk ., I 12, Str4pa,, ildvertistmovi, o c i cri 1 01 L h e , L e tacrs f ar A rdi tor , t p oc i.p r ia), mu si be addtesst; een tiOtuakleti rashiou or seduced hy false argument to leaie the trodden -path. Po, Illr. Editor, assure them, that the laws of God ate, inunulable, that no philosopher can tell why ‘`iie gre" only once liable 'to certain dis Orders; and those mostly during infancy, and that if nature can once hicali.througli these wise regulatipns, she can as • rhdily repeat the attar k a third dr (puttli time ; and as hearsay evidence hat never been ad mitted in any proof against Vaccination; . so in the, proofs of Small 'Pox oceurring a second time, we Inuit beg the, belie7ers to produce a single' person 2ompetent to jUdge, who ever himself wituesNed the two occurrences. The eyes'of the faculty in the metropolis seetrl to be open to convialion; by the nomber of children who hare been inocolated since Lord Grosvenor's mislornine ; your publcation will remove the veil from those at a distance, and PArliament will sorely refle&t most seriously before they grant any fur her supplies to an experiment against which John 801 l roars so loudly, that in every alley and court you may hear motbers . curnpiaining, for their infants had neither blotch nor Blain till this animal poison was infused into their veins‘ • • .10 short, time has proved, that every propoiition made to the first COMlllitiee. of the House of Com mons, he advertisement in. t h e Morning Herald, loth 1800, signed by most respettohle physi cians and sutler - 11s, and , the accounts delivered in at carious times by the projector, are all erroneous. Dr. ienner has been, eonviated of inoculating his own son with Sinai'. Pox„ after having publiihed his book, to recommend Vaceina;ion in prtleretice to it. The experiment has.so repeatedly failed, and been produCtive of so much new mischief, that Parliament has twice inquired into the reason of the dihapplo bation of it. '.11.1 Small it Hospital, :lite% lia%)ng adopted Vaccinttieo, is -obliged -to fetioqui , ,ll ttte pradice, and the. National 44ablishmtent, under the. Presidentship of,Sir Lucas Pepys, are driven. to such a defence, as need only to be attentively perused !o convinCe any man ofstc!ar ond T rstanding, that Cow Pox expired at Grosvenor Honse, Ann° i 8 1 1 . Your oLedie . nt servant, N. D. POB7'4IGUESE ARMY. CAVALRY OF. THE UNE. When Mar.hal Bereiford took the. command of the army, the regimeUts of Portuguese cavalry, twelve in number, were in a wretched state; acid; although the Marshal 'nal bestowed great at tendon upon this branch at the Military Force of pd. tugal, their progress has not been equal to that of the Wary, except in some regiments, which have bc..4.:11 under the iiiiniediate direction 'it British Officcrs.....; The ditfictilty of procuring liorsLir has rrodered the extension of this force impossible ; and be vc nil re• gimennt remain still dismounted. Bat the regiments' which hav-. been regularly organized are in excellent , orueri acid, whereter they have hatl an opportunity of engaging with the epqmy, have . distinguished themselves. Wtrett Beresford set about organizing this forte, he appointed Count 'de Sampayo, a very dr,tinguished Officer, Inspector-General of the Cr.r vary and tha,e British Officers. who had joined the Prince Regent's service were distributed among. the different reg;ments. A few rules and re gala. lions, similar to the British Cavalry Regula'ions, were drawn up, anti printed, for the guidance of the Officers of 614 service; arid the organized re• gluten's are now, in every resped, .fiimdar to the 13ritish cavalry, and tnanizavre uptin the same prin. &pled. The establishment of the different regiments, winch at first was very low, .has been increased 19 b2O, and the whole are very complete in men. But tht. Portuguese are not Calculated to excel in this species of service, the men being . toO indolent to attend to their horses, and the country,not producing. forage in sdhlicient abundance for the suppart of any considerable body of cavalry. • • The first regiment; known by the name of the Alcautara Dragoons, is in a very etfeotive state, and was originally brigaded with the7th. The brigade is now tinder the conituand' of Colonel Otway, late of the 18th. Light Dragoons, and has very much dts , tinguished itself in ninny affairs with the French ca 'airy. This brigade is attached to the light cavalry division of the British army.. 2. The 24, or Mourn regiment, being deficient in horses, has never yet been able to take the field with the allied army. • .3. or Olivenza regiment, is also in- complete. 4. The 4th, or regiment of Meckleitburgh, was amongst the first regiments to take the field. By the exertions of Lieutenant-Colonel Campbell, Iwo of the 7th Light Dragoons, to whom the command was given, it was recrnited in Lisbon, and joined the army very early. in 18 tO. The 4th and 10th are brigaded together, and also under, the orders of Col; OtWay, and are on duty with the cavalry divisiOn, under the command of Gen. Slade. 5. The sth, or Evora regiment, as completed and rendered capable of taking the field, by Lieu tenakit-Co!onel John Brown,, late of tt.e 7th "Light Dragoons, whp has sinte, been removed to the stli, together v►itkthe sth, is brigaded under Brigadier-General Madden, who, without any present Briton rank, was , :sent - as a Brigulier to Portugal. ' 6, The G or Braganza reginwot, has been, „.. lately, employed. in active :service:; but, being in coniplete in-horses, has been ordered to ,Lisbon to . recruit., • 5:;...Tne-7111, or Lisbon rcginvnt, is in-art excel= :leni%state ut discipline, and one of the,tuost corn plete,regiments in the service. It'is commanded by Lieut.-Colonel Watson. • 8. The Bth, 'formerly known as alp regiment of Elvas, is also a ,very complete corps. .In an aifiir near Badajaz, ‘vlien the army of the late Marquis itotnana .0 as cut off' by the Wench,. this .regirnent, led on by Colonel Brown, cut its way .through • the columns of the'enemy. • 9. 'I he gth or rei,irnent of Chaves, was kept on the notthem frontiers till the spring of 1810, when it wat Gent with the 6rh and I inn tO Lisbon to be or ganized. Being co , nplete ill men, but deficient w Horses, this.tvgiment was dismounted, and sent to P V .~ { q ~~, ~~ st , i ' 4 'o' F I -i, f.A t