Star.
London, England, 1812-09-26 00:00:00

THE A'RMY.

N.

Last nign dispatches were fotivarded from the
'Foreign Office to the Islarquis of WELLINGTON.
Tie French eagles, that were taken at Salamanca,
pill he deposited in Whitehall Chapel, on Wednes-
day m• ruing,. ing, with the usual ceremonies. ,
• By let ers ti om Lisbon! we learn that General
LEITH had arrived there from Oporto ; and that
Marchal BICRESF, 0013 was at the same city, ready to
En b .rk tor the Taps.
When t'ie Packet was leaving Lisbon there was a
str, I,g rei ore of a fire having broken out in our Hos-
ota',,, at Salamanca, but no particulars of the con-
sequences could be ascertained.
This morning a part of the skeleton regiment
of Old Buffs, commanded by Colonol CAMPBELL,
parched from Town on their route for their Depot
at Hungerford, in Wiltshire. These fine veterans
appeared in excellent spirits, after the dangers they
had undergone in the service of their Country.
By Command of the PRINCE REGENT, the Earl of
BARRINGTON and General STANLEY have been di.
'sicced to meet and consult on the Accoutrements
and Equipments for the Heavy Cavalry under orders ,
for foreign service, and to report, without delay, tl.e
result to his Royal Highness the Commapder-in-Chief.
The following is the number of the Brigade of Life
Guards going to the Peninsula :—Two Field Officers,
8 Captains, 8 Lieutenants, s.q nets, 32 Corporals;
$ Trumpeters, 16 Furriers, 2 rank and file.
A detachment of ten 0 _ s and 450 ine&were
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embarked last week, in three-transports, from lilhury
Fort, to be forwarded on foreign service from the
army depot in the Isle of Wight.
The greatest exertions are now making to reinforce
the Marquis of WELLINGTON, both with cavalry and
infantry. Six squadrons of Heavy Dragoons are
hourly expected to embark from,Portsmouth ; and
detachments, amounting in all to nearly 4000 men,
are preparing to strengthen all the regiments of in-
fantry now in Spain.
A detachment of 200 men is ordered to embark
immediately at Portsmouth, to join the 77th Regi-
ment, in the Peninsula.
Lieutenant STOPPER, of the 4th Garrison Battalion,
is appointed Staff Adjutant at Hereford, under the
command of Colonel KNIGHT.
Colonel SEERRETT, who commanded the British
troops at Seville. is the son of the veteran General
SKERHETT, who distinguished himself during the Irish
Rebellion, at the battle of Vinegar-hill.
Captain CLINTON WYNYARD, so honourably men-
tioned in the dispatches from Major-General CooKE,
is the eldest son of General WYNYARD.
The Officers commanding cavalry dep6ts and ca.
inky regiments, have been recently ordered to furnish ,
Or men under their command with every article of
equipment necessary for foreign service.
Tuesday, draughts from the 2d battalions of the
79th and 92d Regiments, at present quartered in
Glasgow, marched to join their first battalions in
Spain. Better looking young men never left Glasgow.
Monday se'unight 200 of the 2d garrison battalion,
'ho had Volunteered for general service, marched
trot Drogheda for Bandon.
The Anglo-Sicilian army have landed at Alicant,
and there was an expectation that the Marquis of
WELLINGTON and General HILL would advance to
support them, if Soul. moved torn and to suppott
&CHET—something must be ieft to watch Joseen's
army, and the wreck of SuuLT's.
Tlie Garrison of Madrid consists of the 5:11, 43d,
456, 52d, 74th, 83d, 88th, the Scotch Brigade and
Ross, some Porthguese, and likewise some Spanish
troops, all under the command of thnt gallant Officer
the Baron ALTEN. •

Wednesday the Somerset Regiment had a field day
before Government House, PI) mouth-Dock. All the
regimenti in garrison there have field days in succes-
'ion, as they are shortly to be reviewed.
His Majesty's troop ships Diomeoe and SUCCE'S,
and the Malabar transport, have embarked the 91st
Regiment sit Sheerness, for the Peninsula.
The detachment of the S3d Regiment, now at
Chat:Am, is ordered to Hull.
The undermentioned General Order relative to Game
is arplicahle to the present season, and has been com-
municated to the troops accordingly :—" The Ge-
neral Officers command;ng Districts and Brigades,
are directed by the Commandar.in-Chief to adopt
every possible prec.tution for the Preservation of
Come, and to lot bid the encroachments of Officers
anti t lftiers on Manors, or their interference with the
Manorial Rights of Individuals, and also to 'ecure
the farmers from any inconvenience and damage,
which might arise from Officers or Soldiers trespas-
sing over their grounds."
A private letter front Madrid, dated 30th Sept.
sayst—" Recruiting for the Spanish corps of Don
CARLOS and Don JuLr.IN goes on briskly ; it is said
that these leaflets will take 12,000 mon from the ca-
pital alone. They arc rai,ing a Militia for the city,
horse and foot likewise, and taxei are demanded to
be paid."

The price of silver is ;it present fis. Bid. per ounce :
the value of the circulating metal therefore as
follows :

An ISt!. Earls Tolico, weight d s
4 19 is worths 1 d 7
A Ditto 9 - - 3 2
A 61.stanti•id -17 9 591
A :Alining of 1767, 11. tr:wOrn 3 '2l - I ,
Tti"daY, Jacob Capatan, private marine, belong-
-111.4 to the. Mercurius slorp of War, was ti ied on board
the Raisonnbl!, Sheerness ha: hour' fin sleeping, cm
ins post, and being insolent to the M,
aster, the Officer
ut the watch. The first charge only being proved,
the Court sentenced him to receive lashes on board
the,. Mercurius, at such time as the Comnianding
Officer thimks fit.
LIMEIiICIII SEPT. 1 S.—Last night WilVant Jackson,
John Roche, John Nl,Corm'c, and John O'Brien,
confined in tour gaol for petty offences, effected their
escape by digging up part of an arch where they were
confined, andittting themselves down to a kitchen
underneath. Prior to leaving their place of confine-
runt they fastened some jack•line to a piece of stick,
dad placed it across the bars of the window, with
lihich they were enabled to climb up and get on the
n they suddenly leaped down and over-
Powered the sentinel. A fifth person was secured by
the assistance of ancpther sentinel, whom the noise
,brought to the spot. A private of the Galway Mi-
litia had his It !at cken by a s:one, in his efforts to
secure tlie fellows,