Star.
London, England, 1814-10-20 00:00:00

THE CORK EXPEDITION.

A considerable sensation was created in Cork
during a part of Thurstlay last, in consequence of a
report, that a vessel on which a large division of the
4Uth Regiment, including the St4tf of that corps,
which sailed from that port on Monday last, had been
embarked, was lost off the Coast of Bantry, and none
of the crew or passengers saved.—The following
letter proves the report to have been very much exag-
gerated :

a Bantry, October 12.
4' I beg leave to inform you, that his Majesty's ship Sultan, of
74 guns, with some transports under couvuy, having troops on
board fur America, were put into this Bay on Monday night, in
consequence of the severity of weather, when one of the trans-
ports got on some rocks, having 300 men of the 40th Regiment
en board, who all got on shore, except three men, who were
gowned in making the attempt."

Colonel Bitoox, who succeeded the gallant General
Ross, in the command of the troops in the Chesa.
peake, is of the respectable family of that name in the
county of Fermanagh.
The 102 d Regiment have left Bermuda, and are
stationed at a small Island in the Bay of Fundy.
The detachment 4th Garrison Battalion does the gar-
rison duty of the former place, they are near 600
strong, they have formed grenadier and light infan-
try companies, and expect shortly to be made a se-
parate corps.
Notwithstanding the General Order of the 25th
ult. which appointed •the head-quarters of the Kent
district at Dover, we understand they are to remain
at Canterbury, Major-General PACK, the Comma;
der in Chief of the District, having fixed his residence
at St. So p!ien's, near that city.
The So R. N. B. Dragoons or Scots' Greys are,
under orders to march from Canterbury to Exeter.
The 16,11 Light Dragoons are also under orders to
remove -fiom die Kent District, it is conjectured for
Hounshr.v.—The 11 di Light-Dragoons are to supply
their places on t!,e coast duty and in that city.
The 10th regiment of Light nussars,whichlatterly
consisted. of 12 troops, 80 men to a troop, is now re-
duped tp..eight ,troops..6o• men to each, including
Officers, and 54 horses.
~. A reduction of' the Royal Artillery Drivers, con-
sisting of tour captains, fifteen first lieutenants, and
two second lieutenants, is to take place on the Ist of
November, preparatory, it is supposed, to the re-or-
ganization of that corps.
?bur companies of the 24th infantry have been
landed at Ramsgate, where they at present remain in
Barracks. .
The Yeomanry Cavalry of Kent, it is presumed,
ire 'to remain permanent, as an Adjutant from the
eighteenth' Light Dragoons was last week appoint-
ed to the East Kent Regiment ; which, indepen-
dently of one troop for the Cinque Ports, consists
of six troops under the command of Colonel Sir
EDWARD KNATCIISULL. The West Kent Regiment
forms eight troops, under the commlnd of Colonel
the Marquis CAMDEN.
The Commander in Chief, by a General Order, has
announced that Brighton shall be the head-quarters
of the Sussex Military District.
Wednesday se'nnight, the 2d battalion of the 79th
Foot, or Cameronian Highlanders, Marched into
Edinburgh Castle from the west country. They re-
lieve the depots of the Royals and 94th Foot, ordered
for Ireland.
Two Companies of the Berkshire Militia arrived
on Wednesday se'nnight at Liverpool, they were nine
days on their passage, the remainder of the regiment
were expected in a day or two after. The march
train Liverpool to Reading will take three weeks.
Monday se'nnight, a party of the troops at the
Ljmington Depot, with their stores, &c. were em-
barked on board the Britannia transport, for Harwich,
for which place they sailed on Wednesday. The re-
mainder will leave Lymington as soon as transports
come down. The Royal Foreign Artillery, stationed
there, have also received orders to hold themselves in
readiness for a removal, it is said, to Woolwich.
Last week embarked at Cowes, onboard the tran-
sport ships Nautilus, Caln.lio HERBERT, and Duke of
Bedford, Captain Mootte, for the River Weser, the
Duke of Brunswick Gels' regiment, consisting of
about 500 men. It is supposed they will be disbanded
on their arriving in their native country, they having
experienced a great deal of hard service in Spain, and
always have been victorious.
Major JIMVOISI6 Aide-de-Camp to Lieutenant-Ge-
neral DRUMMOND, passed through Durham, on Wed-
nesday se'nnight, on his way to Brancepeth Castle,
the seat of WILLIAM RuesELL, Esq.
The depot of the 66th Regiment, about 300 men,
under the command of Major Ross, landed at Gos-
port yesterday se'nnight, from Jersey, and marched
immediately to Southampton, on their route to Bris-
tol, to join the 2d battalion.
Arrived at Spithead yesterday se'nnight, a fleet of
transports from Cork, last from Scilly islands, having
on board the 12th, 24th, and 31st Regiments of in-
fantry, and theOxfordshire and Derbyshire regiments
of militia. The vessels having on board the Dorset-
shire and Somersetshire regiments of ruilitia parted
company at Plymcnith.
The Oxfordshire regiment, under the command of
Lieut.-Colonel WALL, disembarked at the same time',
at Gosport, and marched to Fareham, &. on its route
to Oxford. This regiment having been quartered at'
Gosport above five years ago, conducted itself so nauchl
to the satisfaction of all the inhabitants, that on land-
ing they were greeted by a most hearty welcome.
Invalided soldiers arrived at Pcrtsmouth froM Gi-
l...altar last week, from which place they sailed on the
ith ult. in the Melantho and Brailfurd transports.
These ships sailed under convoy of thesSparrowhawk
and Scout, and were joined off Cadiz by the Jasper.
The convoy consisted of 28 sail of transports and mer-
chantmen, which with the exception of the above,
have passed on to the Downs with the ships of war.
The soldiers are landed at the depot in the Isle of
Wight, as soon as released from quarantine.
PortchesterCastle has last week undergone a minute
inspection, preparatory to its being made a depot for
deserters. Its insular situation renders it a most eli-
gible depot for such a purpose; attached to the castle
are stores, offices, and hospitals of every description,
with a fine military barracks. Two detachments of
Marines, under Lieutenants Csowe, and Saran, are
stationed at Horndean, and Fareham, to intercept de-
• serters from the garrison. They will be placed as
scouts from the Sussex eastern road to the western
road, thus encompassing the Island on the land side.