Star.
London, England, 1807-06-13 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

Government drave, for the prefent, given up the
idea of fending off the minor Expedition, under thofe
gallant Officers Sir JOHN DOYLE, lioucurom,
ROTTRNBURGH, and DORRIEN. Lieutenant General
Sir JoHN Dort' returns to his Government of
Guernfey, as Commander in Chief there, to the
great joy of all tanks in the ifland, civil as well as
military.
The preparations for the Grand Expedition are
by no means flackened. On the contrary, they are
haflened fince the accounts arrived of the fall of
Dantzick. The Staff is now completed, and Lord
C►THCART is hourly employed in Glouceller Place
with arrangements from morning to evening. The
ftores are all embarked; the tranfports almoft all
collected ; great bodies of troops are on their march
to the Kentiih coaft ; and many corps on the eve of
embarkation.
Some further additions have been made to the
Staff; and it is faid, that the truly noble the Marquis
of Howrtsv, and two more Major Generals are to
go, together with the Deputy Infpedor of Hofpitals,
80/mows ; Dodors DE►N, BUCHAN, and two other
Phyficians, with Staff Surgeons, Apothecaries, and
Hofpital Mates.
The Hon. Colonel Gisvit.ta goes out to South
America, with 200 recruits for that fine corps the
38th. between this corps and the 4oth, we under-
(land that there is a great rivalihip in point of ex-
cellence, at Monte Video : both there corps will ever
acquit themfelves with exampiary gallantry.
It is expected that the MALABAR man of war,
Captain Tara PLE, Kill fail in a few days for South
America. Very large detachments are going out
nnder his convoy for the 2111 Dragoons ; the 38th,
40th, 47th, 75ft, 87th, 88th, 89th, and 9111, Regi
ments. A number of Officers are taking their paf
Page thither ; among them, Generals CL►VERrNO and
TURNeR.

Not lefs then 300 troops are going out to India
by the fleet naw under difpatch : the two entire tegi•
ments are the r4A Foot, Lieutenant Colonel Viral.-
sort ; and the zd Blttaiion of the Pompadours,
Lieutenant Colonel KEATI'..O. The zd B tttali )n of
the 34th, Lieutenant Colonel PARKHILL, are detained
for the prefent. Many of the King's and the Com-
panies Officers are going out to Ceylon and all the
Settlements in India.

Among the Officers g ing to t!'e Cape, are, Gene-
ral WET He RA lA, and Dr. Hussey, Deputy Infpeftor
of Hofpitals.
The Swifs regiment, De Meuron, are about to fail
for Gibraltar, where they will for fume time remain
in garrifon.
The loth Veteran Battalion, Colonel Zotrca, are
about to fail to Canada, there to remain Ilatilnary.
The gallant 76th regiment, which fhone with fo
much didinetion under Lord Lane, are going to
Jerfcy, for the purpofe of being completed.
Monday, a party of recruits, amounting to about
80, arrived in Greenock, on their way to Dublin, to
join theirregiment, the 2d battalion of the 92d.
The Wilts Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry, com-
manded by Lord Banc F, completed the ten days duty
for which they had affembled at Marlborough and
Devizes, on Wednefday LA, when the fcveral troops
returned to their refpeEtive homes.
It is reported that the Militia Regiments are to be
reduced, on the fame plan and ellablithment as they
flood in the year 1799, via.

12 Companies, into to
Regiments of /to Ditto, into 8
8 Ditto, int) 6

and fo in proportion. The men will be allowed to
volunteer into the line. Supernumerary Officers will
receive an advance of three months pay on retiring.
Immediately on their leaving the dreadful confla•
gration at Chudleigh, in Devonfhire, the firft Regi
mint of Lancafhire Militia, Rationed at Exeter, not
only fent the whole of their camp equipage to fhelter
the unhappy fufferers—but the officers made a liberal
fubfcription, and the non commiffioned officers and
privates contributed each one day's pay towards their
relief.

The igth Dragoons are filling up their numbers
with great celerity. The igth Dragoons, better
known, of old, as. ElliXs Light Hcrfe, are on the