Star.
London, England, 1824-05-21 00:00:00

TH1•: ARMY.

Captain 111Acl Areoi.O., of the Royal Engineers, died lat, ,
Portsmouth, on hts arrival from the West Indies, w;u•re
been for nine years on service. llis Lady, whe wa, comin;
gland in the same ship with him, died at sea, some time bef ,r,
ship reached England.
The remainder of the 54th Regiment of Foot re,irkrd 01'
nesday, at Portsmouth, on board the Princess Royal transport, pp
Dublin.

GENERAL ORDER.
Aram 5, !'it
It has been represented to his Royal Highness the Prit,,:e
that lieutenant Thomas Hasker, and Ensign Eilw ird
have tecently been placed upon the half-pay front t;•ti i., it
ment, have grossly insulted and challenged Lieuten.tnt.C.ku:,ll.,.
derick, co s,rnanding that Regiment, upon the greinuu. rot al. QM.
duct towards them in his capacity of Commanding 0.11c;r, trip
they were on full ',ay under his orders.
As it would he highly injurious to the discipline ct thestrvke, rs
permit the notion to pas: with impunity, that when an °dice;
placed upon halt-pay, he shall feel at liberty to set ~isle al! tit: N.
straints of decorum and subordination, by indillging tedic2.,„,
sonal resentment towards his former Commanding (6Tic r, hi,
Highness the Prince Regent, in the name znd ur. tee of
Majesty, has been pleased to command that his dill:aside uput
this flagrant act of misconduct shall be market'. by erJsirg the :tin,,
of Lieutenant Thomas Ilasker and Emcigit Edward Ring fioin the
list of th.- Army.
The Prince Regent, in the name and on the behalf or his M.
has also been pleased to command, that as 'Aeon tiart lii, kr,i
William Lambreelit, on the half-ray of the 7.d Willson
who was the hearer of the challenge front Ensign Iting to Liehr,..
nant-Celond Frederick, appear; to have been equitly
name shall in like manner be erased front the list of the Arnie.

The Commander-in-Chief has received the Pi ince Ittplit'srm,
mantis to promulgate to the Army tilt: above der:at-410a
Royal Ilighties's pleasure on the ~übject of Lieutenant
Il.ts!ter and Ensi7ts Edward Ring, and of !acuteoat. t ItlChArd tint,
Lambrecht, in order that Office's on haif-pity may be :•eitsil)le, :It
whenever they so far forget their duty as to give vent to feelioi.s
personal animosity and resentment against their former Continua-
log ofliccr, on the grounds of his conduct towards them in 11.•
cial capacity th.rMg the time they were serving under his coratoarl,
they will not fail to draw upon tli..m.selves the Royal displeasi.re
the same VX(I-.112 as is hereby expressed against the individuals to
whom this older evecially applies.
lire Commander in-Chief has it further in commend to exTre,s
his Royal Highness the Prince Regtnes approbatioo of the lute of
conduct adapted on this occasion by Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick,
an I to declare, that anyOlfieer who •hall prove so tilMl!lttl.ul of what
is d..:e to his station, and xr reprtlless of military discipline, Ai ti
sewn' r chalk ng... given on grounds similar to those on which these
Ultieers presi,med to clia!lenge their tormet Commander, will incur
his flop; llighrie 0.1 !'rir.ce ltegeat's displeasure.
' By command of his Royal Fligluicss the Commalukr-in.ellicf.
II A It ii Y CA I.V Adjutant-Genctal.
IMPROVED SYSTEM.—TO TILE RALLYING
SQUARE..
_ INSTRUCTION OR Tit E COMPANY.
- - -

The following original directions for forming the !Wm.-a
SQUARIL (a most important movement), are co:imam:he. to be eb
served, in Part viz.
OF THE COMPANY.

I. The inspector of the drill baying caused the recruits to f.II
nut and disperaie to a certain distance, will give the word—Fora
THE RALLYI.IO SQUARE, at the sante time facing the supposed ene-
my ; the recruits hasten to the person so posted. bsing bayonet:,
anti shouldering their arms as they r. at+ him. The two first
join him form on his right and left, facing outw.ods. (I).—Tht
three next place themselves iu the front of those p (ti), at:d
three others to the rear facing to the rear, thus torrai! g .square of
three (3). The instructor will cause the next fot,r men to take
post at the several angles, which will form a square of live. It
the front rank of either of the faces of the square shoui.: he incota.
plete, the instructor will fill the vacancies from the rear t .. a.
2. A square thus composed of twenty-four men ;lie per-
son who is to rally) and formed two deep, may be augnie..• I to a
square of seven, three deep, by four men taking posts at the .ngler,
and others coming up to complete the faces as before ; the square
will then consist of forty-eight inen, and may be .lugmeiled in the
came manner to a square of nine, four deep, by the irglts being
occupied by four more men, ant the faces filhd up as before; and
the square will then b: compos .t.l of eighty men.
3. If a mounted Wirer is la rallj C:e dispersed men, he will give
the words—Foam rue: RALLYING SQUAKE, and !we men will form
in his front, five in the rear, and three on the fi mks; the rest of
the formation proceeds as betcre.
4. When the Square us to 3/nreb.—To order to move with the
cessary regularity, previously to putting the square in motion, the
instructor will cause the faces to be dressed ; and altsr the caution
that THE SQUARE Will

More to the Front, Rear, Pi ;la, or Up, he will give the words
InwA RD FACE, and it will fact to the !weird fate of the Squart, and
step off accordingly at thesvotel—QUlCK AlAncir.
_

3. To resist ;•aby.— Upon the word ILs i.r, the Squiire will
halt and face outwards, and wh,n it is prepared to resist Cavalry,
upon the word Reminr, the front rank oz,iy (if the Sqii:,re is twn or
three deep) will kneel ; if four deep, the two trout ranks wal kneel,
and plant their bayonets. It ordered to fire, the itanding ranks
only will commence an indepei.dent fire, bringing the file:lack ra-
dually up to the preseht.
In this manner small dive reed parties, from eight to eighty men
may be formed to resist an Ott ck of cavalry in an open country,
where, either from fatigue or other causes, soldiers may be sepa-
rated from the column of march. 'the formation must be fre-
quently practised in squad and company drill, so that soldiers
thoroughly instructed, may always be enabled to protect tltetttselv:•s
from an emergency.

MR. BATTIER AND SIR HENRY HARDINGE.

We are authorised by one of the parties to state, that
Mr. Battier sent a message to Sir H. Harclinge on Sun-
day, requiring him to state that be did not, in his lately
published statement, attribute to Mr. Battier falsehood,
but merely misinformation. Sir Henry refused any ex-
planation on this point. Mr. Battier's friend then de-
manded a meeting for Mr. Battier. This was also re-
fused, and refused with insulting language, Sir Henry
llardinge desiring Mr. Battier'; friend to take
th in writing, that " he, Sir Henry, considered Mr.
Battier guilty of an infamous calumny ; that he looked
upon him as a calumniator, and unwotthy of his no-
tice." He added, verbally, that he would meet any
Gentleman who would ccme forward for Mr. Battier;
but that he would not meet Mr. Battier.

On Tuesday, at about half•past four o'clock, Mr.
Battier met Sir H. Hardinge in the neighbourhood rsf
Westminster, and going up to him, asked it lie hal
really sent the insulting answer to his message as above
described, and if he perr.isted in it as his final reply ? To
both these questions Sir 11. Hardinge replied 4( Yes."
Mr. Battier then told him, that he had sent a gentle-
manlike message, and that Sir liens} Ilard;nge's answer
had been most ungentlemanlike ; that Mr. Butler would
not commit actual violence upon him, but that Sir 11.
Hardinge might consider himself horsewhipped (at the
same time shaking his 1, hip ove.• Sir H. H.trdinges
shoulders), and that Sir IL Hardinge knew wheie to
find him." Sir 11. ILirdinge walked Lff, and din not,
as stated in one of the Mu:Mug Papers, offer Ins catd.
Morniug Poper.