Star.
London, England, 1812-04-30 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

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Lieutenant Colonel CHARLES MACLEOD, who so
gallantly fell at the head of the 43c1 regiment, in the
late storming of -Badajoz, was a native of Kent.—
He was the eldest son of Major General MACLEOD.
Adjutant General of the Royal Artillery. Lieute-
Want Colonel MActeon had not attained the MI
year of his age ; he possessed a noble heart, an affec-
Donate disposition, and every quality that could ren-
der him estimable in public or private life.
Captain MAW, of the 23d Regiment, or *Royal
Welch Fusiliers, (killed at the siege of Bada-
joz) was the eldest soft of Joan HENRY MAW,
Esq. of Belle Vue, near Doncaster. In him the ser-
vice has lost a zealous and intelligent officer ; and
his friends have to lament a most hoaourable well-
disposed young man, and a good Christian. He was
at the siege of Copenhagen, and had been employed
on the Quarter Master General's Staff; in Scotland,
tinder :Lord CA-rue/ter, and at different periods in
"-rtugal and Spain, under Sir Jona Moone and the
E .1 Of WELLINGTON.
An extract from the letter of the Major of the 74th
friend, Captain
tdaa:tied
1.3 a2sesell:. ofCril.l%; March,
says=-..- killed in Y .
00r
storen.
•in a redoubt in front of B a'ajoz last night ('lsth),
. with many others. A finer fellow or more dashing
. • soldier *Pahl not the. He was beloved by all, and
his -fell • is' sensibly felt in our regiment. He was
killed:on the point of est. tering the redoubt—the shot
went througlahis heart. He had but just recovered
• from wounds received in storming Ciudadßudrigo."
Theasitole of the reinforcements of cavalry, which
. were 'embarked lit PlyinouthaDock-yardi have suc-
cessively dropt round to Catwater, where they are
now busily engaged in taking in forage, preparatoty
to sailing; 1;o convoy is as yet appointed.
Five transports are now waiting at Cowes, in the
Isle of Wight, to take the ath Battalion of the 60th
Regiment to the West Indies.
The 7th Dragoon Guards are now on their march
from the 'coast of Kent for Romford and Chelmsfurd,
and it is expected will be replaced on the coast duty
by the Third Light Dragoons, of the King's German
Legion.
The 2d battalion of the 46th Regiment are ex-
pected in Dumfries next week, there to remain till
further orders.
The 2d battalion of the 25th regiment, about 160
strong, marched from Glasgow barracks on Tuesday,
on their way to Berwick.
Yesterday afternoon the North York Militia passed
through the City in waggons. They came from Croy-
don, and are on their Way to the Nati).
A Regiment of Dragoons passed through the City
yesterday for Nottingham.
The Edinburgh Militia ate ordered to Norman
Crass.
Extract of a letter front an Officer, dated Badajnz,
April 7 When I wrote last I hinted to you the
length of time which, in my opinion, it would take to
reduce this fortress, but I was out in about tee days ;
the rapidity of our operations -was beyond all prece-
dent. The 4th division and the Light Division, to
which, as you know. I belong, suffered the most.—
Fever shall I forget the scene that ensued, when from
the ditch we ascended to the breaches of Li Trini-
dad and Santa Maria.—Whole ranks were swept
down at a time—now We mounted, down again we
were sent—indignantly again we ascended, but hu-
man valour could not overcome the difficulties that
were opposed to us—we did all that men could do—
. the ditch was filled with brave dead men. Poor
C)NIPBELL fell close by me—a better soldier never
. dived. The Portuguese fought nobly—not a man
gin.ched from his duty. Our officers of rank were co-;
estantly in the front—the privates trodc close.on their
tallastt leaders—all was emulation."
On Sueday evening, Serjeant
.REVNOLDS, of thel
74th Regiment of foe's, preached at the new Metho-
dist Chapel in S kipton, (in ftAl military uniform) to
the largest congregation ever remembered in that
town. After a most admirable discourse, a liberal
collection was made for the Sunday School of that
place. •
The 'following copy of a letter, written by a sal-
' dier of the 51st regiment, to his wife, in Devonshire,
gives a curious and rather unexpected description of.
the situation of our army in Portugal. We lay it
before our readers ithout comment :
4, PENA MACOR, FEB, 1812.
a My dear Wife —lt is with great pleasure that I
write to inform you that I am in good health and
spirits.. I have'had a long and tiresome march from
Lisbon to this place. I met our regiment on their
way to iladajoa. I staid but one Right in Lisbon,
but short as my stay was I paid dearly for it, as the
Portuguese stole my new boots, my new shirt, and
several other things. I got a new pair of shoes, but
they are wornanit, and lam going without any. I
am sorry to say thatone half of our army is- march-
ing entirely without shod or stockings. The de.
struCtion of the country is very great; a great part of
the houses are de:Attlee!, and n t one in ten that arc
standing is inhabited,• and the inhabitants are most
wletched ; they appear to wart the nezessarics of
life. Our rations are- tolerable as to quantity, but
the beef is very 'thin ; a man could make use of three
men's shares if be -could get thera. E-ery thing here
is so amazingly dears that leis impossible to open your
mquth for less than a dollar, Butter is *s. a pound;
cheese 3s. a pound ; potatoes are five-pence a pound a
:-ice ls. a pound, bread, I am certain is Is. a pound,
and eags 3d. each. The ree.;meut never received
their first year's clathing %eta the day I joined them,
and I assure you the poor fellows wanted it very
• much ; for you could scarcely tell which was the
first piece Oft their jackets, or what wa's the original
colour. Our strength is nearly three hundred men,i
we have about the same number sick and absent, and
we have buried about the sane number tine sve
have been in this country."

Two French Officers; who had broken their parole,
and were apprehended inliest, were brought to town
irr a poit .chaise and four on Tuesday afternoon,
guarded by two light horsemen. They were con-
.-veyed to the Thames Police Office, and afterwards
committed to Bridev♦ell. This circumstance gave
rte to a report Of 4 committment to the lower.

HIRE 4T DIITON MIA:

Tuesday night, about 10 o'clock, a fire broke out at
the west end of the mansion of the Right Hon. Lord
MONTAGU, a(Ditten Park, near Datchet. The flames
communicated with astonishing rapidity to every part
of the edifice, which being of great antiquity, wains-
cotted throughout, and intersected with numerous
staircasts, presented little opposition to the devouring
element. The engines of Windsor were sent with ail
possible expedition, and a large party of the 29th re-
giment there stationed, rendered every assistance , of
intrepid perseverance. Before 5 o'clock, however,
the whole of the interior was consumed, leaving only
a part of the outer walls standing. By the exertions
of all present, the greater part of the furniture and
other sutllles of value were preserved. The acci.
dent is supposedto have originated in the excessive
heat 'toe Hues which passed through the apart-
ments for the purpose of airing them. This house
was built by Sir Ralph *Winwood, Secretary of State
to James I. on the scite of a palace which had been
occupied by Cardinal Wolsey ; it was for many years
the residence of the late Lord Beaulieu, at whosc de-
cease it came into the family of Buccleugh.