Star.
London, England, 1812-04-29 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

That excellent Officer Major-General the • Mo.
towable EnwAtto PAKENHAII, has sailed in the
packet froth Falmouth, to join the army in Portugal.
Generals MURRAY, Ong, and FANE, are expected
shortly to-embark.

A detachment of the sth Dragoon Guatds marchet
on. Monday from the Cavalry Depot in Canterbury,
tor Portsmouth, to embark fir Portugal, and were
Wowed yesterday by another detachment, consist-
-14411 of 80 filen, 3 officers, and 120 h. rses of the 3d
(King's Own) Dragoons, on the same service.

Besides the reinforcement for the light cavalry,
serving in Portugal, now embarking at Plymouth,
us mentioned in former papers, reinforcements to
about the•sanre amount for the heavy dragoons there,
are expected to arrive at Portsmouth in the coursed'
the present week, for embarkation.
The second battalions of the 6th, 40th, and 81st,
are among the reinforcements for Portugal.
The 2d battalion of the 50th, under the command
of Major ARCIMALE, has arrived at Portsmouth from
Garrn,ey. it is to proceed to Eastbourne, leaving ft
strong draft for the Ist battalion, which is serving in
Portugal.
The 10Sd regiment under the command of Liente-
mant-Colonel SccrrT, has also arrived at Portsmouth
from Guernsey. It is immediately to proceed for
north America. The 97th regiment has relieved the
103 d at Guernsey.

The 4th battalion 60th, is immediately to embark
from the army depot, Isle of Wight, for Jamaica.-...
It musters 1000, mostly young Germans. This re-
giment, returned from the West Indies only nine
;months ago.
The West Kent militia have marched from Hull,
for Leeds and Huddersfield.
Captain Morino, of the. 42d regiment, though not
included in the Gazette amongst the killed, at B
jos, was one of the heroes whotell in that exploit.—
That zealous young officer had lately left IC situa-
tion as Aid-de-Camp to Lieutenant-General WHE-
THAMI at Portsmouth, on obtaining a Company in
his old regiment, the 42d, and was on his way to join
the division to which his regiment belonged, when,
passing near the busy scene of action, he yielded to
the noble impulse of partaking in the dangerous at-
chievement. He fell In the moment of Victory, at
Me top of the breach. Having served as Aid-dc-Camp
to General SHERBROOK at Talavera, and having a
commission of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Spanish
service, he was well qualified, from a knowledge
of the language acid of the country, to have been of
very material service to the cause in which we are
engaged, but alas, he is no more ! One letter states,
that at the time of his death he was also an' extra
Aide de-Camp-to Major-General 'Wier.
Some idea may he formed of the extent to which
desertion from the French ranks has prevailed, from
the following account, extracted from the Gibraltar
Chronicle of the 7th of March, being an official vete-
nrent of the arrival and distribution of Foreign Re.
emits, deserters frrm the French Armies in Spain, at
and. f morn the Foreign Depot in Gibraltar, from the
14th June, 1810, to the 24th December, 1811, viz.
SO Officers, 275 Serjeants, 342 Corporals, 4267 Prirates—Tetal
4954. Wbieli were thu4 distributed :
York Light Infantry 628 Di'lnn's Regiment
ring's German Legion 1140 Expedition to Malaga
Brunswick Regiment 207 To England -
10th Reement - 595 I'o Spain
Wattevilly's Regiment 200 Dead
Girsican Rangers 309 Deserted
Macron's Real ment 120 Transfared
Chasseurs Britanniques 208 I Remain at the Dcpot
Total-4954.

$43
'486
- 12

2
• - - 50
... 28

998

Total men who arrived in the Bay and did not land, that have
come-within the knowledge of the Commantilog Officer of the
Depot, 354 t 2—Total, 8366. (Signed)
L. Mactazvm, Captain 4th R. V. B. Cummarding F. R.

The following is an interesting letter from a gal-
:lain, young Officer who N• as killed in the breach at
ladajoz. It is dated the day before he fell
• CAMP, BEFORE BADAJOS,-APRIL 4.

MY DEAR FATHER A Mail leaving this to-mor•
row for England affords me an opportunity of saying
toy brother and self continue both well and unhurt,
a continuance of which, I trust in PROVIDENCE, to
grant us. The siege of this place still continues, and
I believe is now nearly at its close, as report says we
storm tomorrow night--at all events the night after.
1 he breach is nearly practicable, and a very tremen-
dous one it will be, as there have been eighteen 2.1%-
pounders within about 200 yards playing on it these
three days, and, as the batteries throw their shot in
continued vollies, you may readily conceive the rapid
way the wail has tumbled, although considerably
stronger than flat ,of Ciudad-. What has tended
most matei ially towards facilitating the arpprdach of
the breaching-batteries, was the storming and taking
of a very strong fort called Picurini, which was car-
sic& in the most gallant and daring. manner almost
ever witnessed. Upon examination of the fart
it seems incredible how it could have been carried
.with so much success ; the walls upwards of 200 feet
high, pallisaded On the top, amply supplied with
men, and every means of defence, and a deep and
strong ditch round it. It also appears that although
we had been endeavouring to breach it little or no
impression had been made, nor was it escaladed on
the side battered. Eighty-four prisoners, including
some officers, were taken, and upwards of 200 put
to the sword. Ido not believe a single man made.
h:s escape. 'Our loss has been severe, 5 officers killed
and wounded. • We suffix considerably in the siege
of this place both in officers and men ; however, I
hope, it will please GOD to grant us victory, when
:this great undertaking does take place, and spare our
airmy as much as possible. As I surivized to you in
my last, the French, under Marshal Soult, are advan-
cing to succour it, with what force we cannot correct-
ly ascertain, but I imagine he is now too late, and may ,
save himself 'the pains, unless he wiihes to try an-
other Albuera. General GRAHAM' has, it is said,
fallen back on Villa Franca, towards Albuera. The
sth division has left the siege here to join him. The
French rascals here are extremely bold, and frequent-
ly come outside the walls in small parties,,to skirmish.
'They sentsome cavalry out, about 40, the day be-
fore yesterday, at the back of the town, to reconnoitre'
some works we have, but were fired on by a picket,
stud suffered some loss. The duty is very hard, I
am 'in the trenches every second night, JOHN the
mime, a 4 he is acting as Captain.

FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE.

. ,
CARLTON HOUSE, APRIL 97.
His Royal Highnen the Put NCZ R has been pleased, In
the name and on the behalf of his Majesty, to appoint Lieutenant-
Colonel Mellish to be one of his Royal Highness's Equerries.
ADMIRALTY-OFFICE, APRIL 21.

Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Pellew has transmitted
to John Wilson Croker, Esq. a letter from Captain
Sir Peter Parker, of his Majesty's ship the Menelaus,
giving an account of the boats of that ship having,
under the directions of Lieutenant Rowland Main-
waring, captured, on the 29th of February, near
the Bay of Frejus, a new French brig of war called
the St. Joseph, pierced for 16 guns, but none moun;-
ed ; on her first voyage from Genoa to Toulon,
laden with naval stores. The brig *as" moored
within pistol-shot of a battery, (to which she had
hawsers fast), and flanked by another, as also by
musketry from the shore, notwithstanding which
the service was performed without a man being either
killed or wounded on our side. One of the'enemy's
batteries is stated to have suffered severely from the
fire of the launch of the Menelaus.

•
Sir Edward Pellew has also transmitted a letter
from Captain Manley, of his Majesty's sloop the
Badger, giving an account of the destruction of the
Countess d'Emerieau French privateer, of 11 guns
and 110 men : she upset when in the act of hauling
her wind in action with the Badger, and only 14 of
her crew, including the Commander, 'Could be saved
Iby the sloop's cutter, the gig and jolly-boat having
been shot through.