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.---IWe 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.

4rrangenrents 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 rear,
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