Star.
London, England, 1813-08-07 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

Exclusive of Lord WELLINGTON, there are at this
time forty-four British General Officers serving in the
Peninsula—in Jamaica and the Leeward Islands there
are twenty-five—while in both the Canadas there are
only six ! We are glad, however, to learn, that by
the convoy which is now assembling at Spithead, de-
tachments will be sent out to every British regimen;
serving in North America, viz.
Ist Foot, Ist &stilton I 89th Regiment

Bth Ditto% Ist Saltation 109th Ditto
13th Ditto iosd Ditto
41st Ditto Wastestk's Regiment, aDi
49th Ditto Meuron's;
Besides several Officers for the Canadian and Glen.
gary fencibles ; with large supplies of Military and
Marine Stores.

The COMMANDER in CHIEF has directed, by a Ge-
neral Order, that no person bound to the sea service
under any indentures, nor any person furnished with
an Admiralty trotection, shall for the future be enlisted
into his Majesty's regular Forces.
The remains of the 2d Battalion of the 88th Re-
giment, or Connaught Rangers (About 190), lately
arrived at Plymouth from the Peninsula.-.-They pre-
ceed immediately to Cork.
LIFE GUARDE.—Yesterday this regiment, which
has enlisted many recruits since the late drafts to the
Peninsula, did duty in London, in place of the 7th
Hussars, who have left town for Portsmouth, to em-
bark for Lord WELLINUTON'A army. The Life Guards
are now in appearance a very different body of men
from what they were two years since. Their long
coats are exchanged for light jackets, and the heavy
cocked hats for Roman helmets. Their appoint.
ments, on the whole, give them a glartial appearance.
Intelligence has been received of the death of Cap-
tain DCBOURRIEU, of the Royal Artillery--the (Mi-
xer so honourably mentioned by Lord WistaaNcrore
for his conduct at the Battle of Vittoria, and for
which service he had by the Noble Marquiss's recom-
mendation, obtained a pension of five shillings per day_
He met his honourable fate by R cannon-shot in the
trenches before St. sebastian's.
Lieutenant-Colonel RIDEWOOD, of the 45th regi-
ment, died lately in Spain, in consequence of the
wounds he received at the evermaemorable Battle of
Vittoria. By his death the service has lost a most
zealous and active Officer, of great merit and future
promise. Educated to the profession of arms from
his youth, lie in,tiibed, at an early age, all those manly
and honourable virtues which distinguish the Gentle-
man and the Soldier; while the amiable and generous
qualities of his nature never failed to gain him the
love and esteem of his companions in arms, by whom
he was much respected. and at all times cheerfully
obeyed by all who were so fortunate as to be under
his command. In him the character of an upright
soldier, and a sincere and valuable friend, was com-
pletely blended; and his loss will be deeply felt and
lamented by his Corps.

The Counsellor DORASAIit a gentleman well known
throughout Russia by many useful discoveries, has
lately succeeded in a very interesting experiment upon
the grains of the basella ruba ; he his produced from
them a colour equal in brilliancy to that of cochineal.
This plant may be cultivated 'with little trouble in
the southern parts of the Russian empire; and already
one pound of the colour it gives may bz bought at
the rate of one ruble and twenty-five copecks, while
a pound of cochineal costs fifty rubles.
Query..—. 44 May not this discovery contain the secre;
hitherto known only to the Tartars, of imparting Ai
brilliant red to the pith of trees, which when boiled
and cut into given shapes, forms those beautiful beads,
to which we give the name of Tartar cord."
The greatest Galvanic battery ever constt ucted,ll.4s
lately been put in action by .1. C. CHILDREN, Esq. It
consisted of twenty pair of copper and zinc plate,:,
each plate 6 feet in length, and '2 feet 8 inches in
breadth. Each pair was connected at the top by
pieces of lead, and suspended in separate wooden cells
filled with water, and containing a mixture of nitric
and sulphuric acid. It ignited 0 feet in length of
thick plitinum wire, of which it was found a grew:: t'
length could be burnt than of Win of the same IncLAI
of a muck smaller size.