Star.
London, England, 1814-10-28 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

The following Circular of the Palms Runewes
Warrant, orders and instructions for disbanding cer-
tain 2d Battalions of Regiments of Foot, has within
these few days been issued :

" C. R. Whereas we have been pleased to order the Battalion
of our Regiment of Foot, commanded by our truss} and
well-beloved , to be disbanded and discontinued tot
the Establishment of the At my: our will and pleasure then fore
is, that you do proceed to disband our said Battalion ac•or-
Jingly, an the llth instant ; and that in the execution of this ser-
vice the following Rules be strictly observed:
" Muster—l. You are to cause an exact muster to be talon by
the Paymaster of the several Companies of the said Battalion up
to the day of disbandment inclusive.

" Transfer-2. The Non-commissioned Olcen, Drummer:.
and Private Men, who are i• every respect & for service, are to
be selected, and transferred to the Ist battalion of the said Rep.
ment, with their arms, clothing, accoutrements, and great coats.
" Arms, ece..—.3. The spare arms end tents are to be returned
into the Stores of Ordnance, and acquittances to be taken for the
same from such persons as shall be appointed to receive them.

" Quarters-4. The quarters of each company are to be &11,
cleared, and the accounts of the men made up, and all their just
pretensions completely satisfied, to the time of their being tzars.
ferred or dismissed.

is Clothing of Discharged Men—S. It Is oar pleasure that earn
Non-conunissloned Officer, Drummer, and Private Man, herkby
to be disbanded, be permitted to carry away with him, his knap-
sack and other proper regimental clothing for the present year:
but if from any circumstances the clothing has not been, and
cannot now be delivered to the men, before the date of the dis-
bandment, then, and in such case only, the men are to receive
compensation in lieu thereof, for the periods of their several
claims, at the rate prebcribed by the regulation for clothing, dated
ISth July, 1812, the amount of which is of course to be paid by
the Agent, on the part of the Colonel, and is not to be charged
by the Paymaster in his public accounts, viz.
Each Serj' ant at the rate of - is 0 per Ann.
Each Corporal, Drummer, or Private, 1 13

" Great Costs-6. The great coats in wear will also he allowed
to be taken away by the Nomconamlssioned Officers and Max
who may be discharged, if the same shall have actually been worn
for the space of two pars, but if not they are to be packed up,
trgetber with any other camp necessaries in possession et the
battalion, and forwarded to such place as shall be pmeted out by
the Storekeeper General, to whom an inventory tl.ereof should
be sent.

tt Marclfr.g Money-7. The men who shall be discharged, and
not recommended fur the Chelsea Pension, are to receive march-
ing money, Is. iod. per diem beyond the dates of discharge, ac-
cording to :be distance which they shall have to travel by land,
by the nearest route to town or place in which they were invec-
tively entitled, reckoning 10 miles a-day's march, without halting
days. If in dividing the cumber of miles by ten a fraction should
remain, such excess niay be considered as an additiimat day's
march. The Non-commissioned Officers and Men recommended

for the out-pension of Chelsea Hospital, are to receive an advance
of money sufficient to carry them to London, the amount of
which is to be reimbursed to the Regimental Paymaster of de-
tachments at Chelsea, who will alms subsist the men accordin
to their respective ranks, up to the dates of their passing an exa-
mination before the Chelsea Board. The men sent to Chelsea,
whether admitted on the pension list or not, are to receive atm.'s-
mg money, from Chelsea to the place of their intended residence,
at the rate and ander the rules above specified; but if placed on
the pension list, their out pension will not begin until the day
subsequent to that up to which the said marching money shall
have been advanced, and the pension, instead of being issued at
Chelsea, will be paid to them at their own lames. A statement
of their names is to he transmitted by the Regimental Paymaster
to etc Agent. Passages by sea will be granted as hereinaf.er
mentioned.

" Allowances to Families of Discharged Men-11. We are fens
thee pleased, that an allowance shall he granted to the families
of the men to be discharged, whether recommended fur the
Chelsea pension or not, at the rate of three halfpence per mils for
each of the wives, and one penny per mile for each is' ti.e
dren, for the distance to be necessarily travelled by land, t.) ena-
ble them to proceed to their homes. The allowance for the fa-
mulles of men who will have to pass the Board at Chelsea, is to
be paid for the distance to that place ; and the remasnin; pro-
portion of the allowances to carry them home wail he issued on
their leaving London, by the Paymaster of detachments, who is
to reinshurse the advance made by the Regimental ravines:cr.
le passage by Sea-9. la all cases in which the men or 'kit
families can conveniently proceed partly by sea, they are to Ise
sent by that conveyance, and of course are not to receive the al.
lowauce per mile for such proportion of their journey.
" The following rules in respect to Passage Money, are fobs
observed, but it is not to be understood that whenever passages
can be provided, the same is to be done In preference to paying
money to the individuals, via.
" If discharged in England, and proceeding to Ireland, they
are to be provided with free passages, in vessels for conveying
soldiers, from Bristol to Liverpool.
" If discharged In Scotland and proceeding to Ireland, passage
money from Port Patrick to Dmiaghedee will be allowed, a: the
rate of Ss. each fur themselves, and 94.6 d. for each of their wises
and children.
" If discharged In England and proceeding to Scotland, an
allowance will be granted for providing passeges from London
as follows Berwick, one guinea for each of themselves and
wives, and half a guinea for each child. To any part North of
Berwick, Al. I Is. 6d. for each of themselves and wives, and
15s. 9d. for each child. •
" The like allowance will be granted on account of such :nee
discharged in Scotland as may have to proceed to London en the
way ao their respective homes.
" If discharged in Jersey or Guernsey, the proper expense of
passages to Weymouth or Southampton, according to the ulterior
destination of the individuals, will be allowed.
" The Passages from London to Scotland are to be procured
and paid for by the Regimental AsPnts concerned; who will be
reimbursed the amount of their advances by use Regimental Pay-
iii.sstcr, or Paymaster of Detachments, according as the march-
ing Allowance shall have been paid through one or °Art of the
said Officers.

" Accompts-10. If upon represetnation of the Coloael, or
Commanding-Officer of the said Battalion, you should mit
rapedieut to retain the Serjeant-Major„ Quartermaster-Ssijeact,
Paymaster-herjeant, or Vay-Serjeant of a Company, loyond thy

day of disbandment of the Bistuiwn, fnr the purpose of assisting
is finally closing the Accompts, the said Noo-commissinlx4
Officer will, while so detained, be petntiqed to receive the!:
usual pay and allowances, provid,d the iwitod of dete..tiou kid
out exceed seven days from the date of the disbandment.

" It. And to the and, that be said Non•coatmi4moed 00•
cers, drummers, and private men, may be sensible or the Cat Mg
have taken of them upon their dischar .is, you err to cause thew
directions to be read at t►e head of each ciimpany.
Glveta a: olir Court at Larlton doe day ii

October, 1614, in the Seth year of his Majesty's Relgn.--By
command of his Royal Highness the PRINCE It Roc xr, in the
name and on the behalf of his Majesty, (Signed)
" PALMERSTON.
"To , Commanding in the District, or Officer
appointed by him to disband the Battalion •f ReV."
FROM THE SECRETARY AT WAR TO THE COMMANDING

OFFICZ/t3 OF 2D BATTALIONS.

" War-Office, October, 1614.

" Sin—Referring to my letter of the lit inst. (which appeared
in this Paper on the 14th inst.), I have the honour to transmit
to you his Royal Highness the PRINCR REGENT'S Warrant
for disbanding the Battalions of the Regiment of Foot

under your command, which you will be pleased to carry into
execution according to such orders as you shall receive from•the
Officer appointed to superintend that service ; and in addition
thereto, I am to convey to you the following instructions :
" The Paymaster is to send to the Superintendants for Mill •
tary Accounts, in Duke.street, Westminster, an Estimate, with
a duplicate thereof for the Agent, of the Sunis which will be
required on the present occasion, distinguishing the proportion
for each head of service.
The claims of every individual present with the battalion,
are to be finally settled by the Paymaster: and incases in which

the non-attendance of any of the officers and men of their bat-
talion, at the time of disbandment, may be unavoidable, the Pay-
master is to transmit to the said agent a statement of the balance
due to each individual, In order that their claims may be settled
Lev-after upon their application to the agent, without difficulty
or delay : a duplicate of which statement- D to be sent to the
Office for Military Accounts.

si The non-effective and contingent allowances of Field Officers
and Captains to be reduced, and also the Mess-allowance for the
battalion are to cease from the day of disbanding iaclusive ; but
the Palace REGENT has been graciously pleased to command
that,with the view of enabling the officers liable to reduction to
return to their homes, they shall be permitted to receive full pay
up to the 514th of December, 18t1.

" His Royal Highness has also commanded, that if any vacan-
ties should occur, pfe►ious to the 2Sth of next month, either
with or without purchase, the senior reduced Officers of the rank

in which the vacancies may happen, shall succeed thereto ; and
that if the Adjutant of your Battalion should, from his stand*
in the Regiment, be an effective Lieutenant or Ensign In the first
Battalion, he shall be allowed the option of remaining on the full
'pay of such rank, or of being placed on half-pay as an Adjutant.
4' You will accordingly transmit to this Office a statement of
the names of the Officers who are to be reduced on half-pay from
the 2Sth of next month, distinguishing those who may hold any
other commission er emolument, civil or military, under his Ml.
jetty, disqualifying them from the receipt of half-pay. Care is
to be taken that the dates on which the men are severally to be
transferred or discharged, be inserted in the Regimental Pay List •
in the column of Remarks.

The usual casualty returns made up to the date of disband-
ing, are to be trammitted to this Office; and the sums remaining
due on account of the effects and Credit. of deceased men, are to
be immediately remitted by the Paymaster to the Agents. The
sums due to men who hare deserted are, as usual, to be credited
in the Paymaster's public accounts In the manner pointed out, is
the form of regimental pay lists. The Paymaster is to balance
Ids Anal accounts euctly with the Agent, and is to insert In the
Pay List his intended place of abode; be is also to communfixe
to the Officer fqr Military Accounts and to the Agent, orrery
obtuse of his residence which may take place before the final
adjustment of his regimental accounts.

" I take this opportunity of mentioning, that it has lately oc-
curred. is many lastonces„_l4tat men producing discharges at,
Chelsea have alleged that the discharge did not contain all the
Trardtulars which they would have wished to have come regu-
larly tinder the consideration of the Chelsea Board. It is there-
fore extremely desirable that especial care be taken that the dis-

charges of the men recommended for the out-pension may chew
every proper ground of claim that each man may have on account
of his services, wounds, or other disability ; for which purpose,
the men should be personally examined by the Surgeon, who
should also sign each discharge. (Signed) " Pa:Alfas-rim."
"To the Colonel of the Regiment of Foot, or Officer
commanding the Battalion of said Regiment."

Friday the Derby militia, on its route to be dis-
banded, received orders at Danbury to halt there till
ferther orders from the War-Office. It is since as-
certained that they are not to be disbanded at pretent,
and the regiment is under orders for Plymouth.
Friday the whole of the 40th regiment disembarked
at Cork, and proceeded in launches to Monkstown,
on their way to Cork, having lost the whole of their
baggage, Ste. in the Baring, at Bantry. The 28th
are to proceed in place of the 4uth, on the intended
expedition to the southward of America.
The return to Cork Harbour of the expedition, con-
sisting of the 40th Regiment, and York Hussars, was
not occasioned by any order for countermanding it,
but by the loss of the Baring transport, with the
greater part of their stores.
Last week arrived at Portsmouth from Lisbon, de-
tachments of different Regiments, consisting of 56
Officers, 974 Non-comminioned Officers and servants,
and 844 women and children, under the charge of
Major BROWN, 23d Regiment, who so long and re-
spectably filled the situation of Commandant of the
Depot at Belem.
Friday se'nnight, the Royal Perthshire Militia
landed at Dundee, after a passage from Ramsgate of
only 66 hours. Next day they marched into Perth,
after an absence of ten years. The regiment has since
been disembodied.
A detachment of the 36th Regiment of Foot has
arrived at Plymouth from Sicily.
Saturday se'nnight, a detachment of the 78th regi-
ment, forming the depot of the corps, marched into
Aberdeen from Fort George ; and have since em-
barked for Ostend, on board the Henry schooner
transport.
When Sir Groacc PREVOST inspected the 82d re-
giment, on its arrival in Canada from the Peninsula,
be observed to Colonel GRANT, now Major-General
GRANT, that the regiment did not appear tit for ser-
vice. 46 That is very extraordinary," answered the
Colonel, for Lord WELLINGTON reviewed it within
these two months, and thought it perfectly fit."—Sir
GEORGE then pointed to the men's clothes, which
were a little patched and worn. The Colonel re-
plied, ,g The arms and flints are very good, and the
men more healthy than when seen by Lord %LUNG-
TON, having had several weeks rest on board ship."
General PREVOST, not satisfied, observed, that the
Colonel's own dress was contrary to order; to which
the Colonel rejoined, that he had the honour of hav-
ing been shot in that coat at Toulouse, and of since
dining in it with Lord WELLINGTON, and the latter
Pound no fault with it. Here the conversation ended.
The 82d was one of the most distinguished regiments
?a the Peninsula.

THE EVENIGrSTAR.

LONDON.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2S, 1814.
ST. SIMON AND ST. 'VOL.-4-I°llday at the Stock Exchange.

The partial successes which the enemy have had
in Canada, will, we doubt not, prove ultimately bene-
ficial, in calling into full action the resources and
energies of the Empire, and putting an end to all
procrastination. The propriety—nay the necessity
of bringing against the enemy such a powerful force
as may at once annihilate his hope of destroying our
troops in detail, as in the American war, struck us
so forcibly, that we thought it our duty, in the STAR
of Monday, to press the necessity of further delibe-
ration before disbanding the extra battalions of any
of our regiments.

That arrangements were train for the speedy
disbanding of the whole is apparent from the copy
of 'the Circular: inserted this day under the Army
Article. But Ministers have now changed the whole
system, and the country is entirely with them in their
determination not to reduce, in any way, but to keep
up—nay, to increase our national force, till our ene-
mies have been completely humbled, and the foul
stain been entirely obliterated which has been brought
upon our military character in the western hemisphere.

The Circulars alluded to had been sent to different
quarters, and were to be acted upon every 24th day
of the month, till not only the 21 Battalions were
dismissed, but the entire Militia reduced to their
peace establishment. The public will rejoice to bear
that an Order has been issued from the Office of the
Secretary of State, to suspend the disembodying of
the Dorset, Oxford, and Ist Somerset Militia. The
Oxford is ordered back to Portsmouth, from whence
it arrived on the 20th instant, at Oxford.

The following Militia corps, which we have already
noticed on their march for their disembodying quar-
ters, have been halted, and ordered to march to the
following places :—The Bedford Militia to Colches-
ter, Berkshire to Liverpool, Cambridgeshire to Derby
and Nottingham, Carmarthen to Milford Haven,
Derby to Plymouth, South Lincoln to Chatham,
and the Cumberland for North Britain.

Expresses were sent off last night in every direc-
tion, to the Colonels of the extra battalions of infan-
try, conformed to this system of vigour, and we may
soon expect to see every thing in full train for send-
ing to America precisely such an Army as delivered
the Peninsula from the gripe of BONAPARTE, and laid
the foundation for the overthrow of his entire power
and the emancipation .of Europe from the chains he

energy, and to hasten the moment fur complete tri-
umph, let the Hero of the Peninsula have the com-
mand in America. Some may think it would be hu-
miliating to oar military character to send such a
commander against such a foe.—We reply—not near
so humiliating as to hear that the warriors who fought
and conquered under his command, have retreated
before the undisciplined troops of JAMES MADISON !
The enemies of Britain should never be suffered a
day's respite, when they have once provoked her to
draw the sword in her own defence ; and it will ever
be found that the most vigorous is, at the same time,
the most economical mode of procedure in all mili-
tary contests.

The successful and speedy termination of the war
in America will not, however, be the only benefit
that will result to this country, and to the world,
from the vigour of oar measures. The views of
France, in the present crisis, are too thinly veiled to
escape the observation of men of the nineteenth cen.
tury ; and her Ministers will see the necessity of mo-
deration in their pretensions, when they learn that
Britain means to maintain, while necessary, the same
dignified attitude which has marked her proceedings
for the last twenty years.

The French articles, and many which appear in
the German Papers, emanate from the same bureaux,
and are a part of a system perfectly understood by
all the Powers in Europe. They may talk of the
perfect understanding that subsists between the Mini-1
sters of Russia, and France at Vienna, because they
wish it ; but it is not an understanding of that kind
which will restore Belgium to France ; nor will it
lead to any misunderstanding between Russia, Prussia
and Austria I No, no. Those of the French Diplo-
matists who recollect the seeming cordiality with
which these Courts complied with mandates which
they were not then in a situation to oppose, deceive
themselves if they imagine that the language of civi-
lity and good breeding with which they may now be
treated indicates a disposition to second French views
and interests—views and interests which stand as
directly opposed to those of other States as ever they
did.

The deferring of the reduction of the Army and
the prospect of increased exertions, has had the effect
to lower the funds from an apprehension that money
will of course be wanted by Government. Since our
prices at one o'clock yesterday, the S per cents. have
fallen about l per cent. Omnium has been done as
low as 4i dis. and is now (one o'clock) 4i. Consols
have been done as low as 64 for the account, and are
now 64 for money and 641 for the account. This is
a holiday, but there have been a number of bargain..