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London, England, 1828-12-16 00:00:00

lIOULATIONI TON THE COMMAND. GEXIRAL

rramooloorr. or TIM SERVICII AND Morava commons or RE•
GIGUE'S ON FOREIGN MELON% _ _ _

Horse Guards, Dee. SI

Regiments on foreign stations have been formed into six servke
companies and four reserve companies, for the purpose of affording
the most effective means of rendering those aids to his Majesty's
Government, for which the military force is required, both abroad
and at home.
The service companies being employed for the protection of the
colonies abroad, must be kept as complete as circumstances will
admit, by annual reinforcements from the reserve companies; and
the reserve companies, while they are intended to afford the ready
means of supplying the deficiencies occurring in the companies
abroad, must also be rendered available for duties at home.
It is therefore highly important that the strictest attention on
the part of officers should be paid to the formation of the soldiers
at the reserve compaties, in order to render them as efficient as
possible, sod applicable to the duties required of them
It is obviously necessary that a due proportion of Officers should
at all times be effective with the reserve companies, for the care,
superintendence, and instruction of the men, and other general
duties. All Officers newly appointed are requited to join the re-
serve companies.
With respect to the command of the service and reserve compa-
nies, respectively, it must be consid, red as a standing rule (a. ex-
pressed in former orders) that the post of the Commanding-officer
is with the headquarters of the regiment ; and although the Gene-
ral commanding iu.cbiet will be disposed to grant due considera-
tion and indulgence to the cases of such Commanditig.officer. of
regiments as may return home in consequence of ill health, or after
long-continued duty on foreign stations, yet every deviation from
the principle laid down must be considered one of it temporary
nature only, arising from the necessity of the case, and on no ac•
count to be drawn into a precedent to the disadvantage of the
service. •
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The senior Major will, in the first instance, be appointed to the
charge and command of the reserve companies, and be will be held
responsible that all details are carried on, and all regulations ea-
forced in the same manner as in the companies abroad; but it Is to
be understood that the Major appointed to that duty is net to con-
tinue to be so employed beyond two years, when be will be re-
quired to join the service companies, and the other Major of the
regiment will be authorised to return bome,in ostler to assume the
charge of the reserve companies.
With a view to the regular and impartial distribution of the
other Officers of the regiment, to the prevention of unnecessary
ripens, to the public, by too frequent an interchange of Officers
between the service and reserve companies; and to the maintaining,
by every possible means, the efficiency of both portions of thy
irps, the following regulations are prescribed—viz.
A due proportion of Officers and Non-commissioned Officers
will always be required to embark with the detachments which
are sent out at fixed periods of the year to complete the service
companies, b 0 II to admit of those whose health 'may require a
change of climate being permitted to return home.
Officers obtaining perminion to return home through ill health,
on medical certificates, are to report themselves, immediately on
their arrival. to the Adjutant-General. in order that the General
Commanding in Chief may, opera a medical report on their respec-
tive cases, determine what extent of leave of absence shall be
granted flu m. or require them to join the reserve companies, and
that other Officers may be sent out, when proper opportuni-
ties offer. to replace them with the service companies, according to
the exigencies of the service.
Officers who are permitted to return home from the service
companies on specific leave of absence on their private affairs, or
at their own requests, are requested to rejoin the service compa-
nies, at their own expense within the periods for which leave of
absence may be granted them.
Officers who are permitted to return home from the service
companies for the purpose of retiring on half pay, or of quitting
the service, are to report themselves, immediately on their arrival,
to the Adjutant-General, and also to the Military &cretary, and
to state the purpose for which they have returned ; but such per-
mission is in no case to be granted to Officers who apply to receive
the regulated difference on exchanging from tell to half pay :
no specific leave of absence is to be granted to Officers who are
permitted to return home for the purpose of exchanging from their
Regiments, or of quitting the Service, as such result will be imme-
diate, if a successor be forthcoming. It that should not be the case,
the period of leave to be granted to such Officers will be decided by
the General Commanding in Chief, according to the circumstances

of the service, after theft- arrival, and the grounds on which they
wish to exchange, or to retire, shall have been reported.
With a view to prevent any misunderstanding or delay, when
orders are received fur Officers to proceed to join the Service Com-
panies, and in order that every Officer may be prepared to take his
tour of duty on foreign service, it is directed, that a roster shall be
kept of the Officers of the several ranks with the Reserve Com-
panies, and that it be considered as a general rule, that such Pacers
as may have been for the longest period at home, or absent front
the Service Companies, whether on leave, or with the Reserve
Companies, shall be the first to proceed abrgad, when required to
accompany Detachments, or to supply vacancies which may occur
in the Service Companies.
To ensure a due observance of these orders, it is directed, that
on the left side of the names of the Captains, Lieutenants, and En-
signs, respectively, in the Monthly Returns of the Reserve Com.
panies, the figures 1,2, 3, 4. &c. shall be inserted in red ink, which
shall denote the regular succession of the 06cers of each rank fur
duty abroad, when they may be called upon for embarkation.
In cases of sickness (properly certified), or other very urgent and
sudden emergency, preventing the Officer, of either rank, Met for
duty, from proceeding oa Service, the acer next in turn of that
rank must be substituted.
The Subaltern °Seers, acting as Paymasters and Adjutants to
the Reeeeve Companies. are considered as exempted from the ope-
ration of the roster fur foreign duty, so long as they shall be acting
in those situations. It must be specified in the Returns, against
the names of such Meets, in which capacity they are acting.
. la the selection of men to complete the service companies, MA
men especially those stationed in hot climates, attention must be
void to the age and constitution of the individuals, so that the
draught may consist, as far as possible, of the oldest and most sea-
soned recruits and therefore best qualified to bear the effects of •
change of climate. The opinion of the medical Meer must of
course be consulted in the selection..
By command of the Right Honourable General Lord Hill, Corn
handing-in• Chief,
HERBERT TAYLOR, Adjutant• General.
GENERAL ORDER.
Hone Guards, N0v.22.
The Master General and Board of Ordnance having represented
that considerable damage is done to the ceilings of the lower stories
of the soldiers barrack-roman, by the careless and violent manner

in which the iron bedsteads are turned down the Boors above,
the General Commanding in Chief enjoins ding OiScers
to cause due caution to be observed in this respect, and apprises
them, that henceforth, all damages which shall appear to have
been dame to the barrack ceiling by a costinuance of the careless
practice herein complained of, will be elmsged against the troops.
To obviate this evil, the Naossomiedsmed Officer in charge of
each room must be ordered ist seperistand the turning down of
the bedsteads at a Axed hour In the main.
By order of the Right Ham. General Lord Hill,

HER RRRT TAYLOR, Aditaat-Gener

Dispatches were yesterday received from Lord STU•
AST DI ROTHSAY.
Mr. PEEL has taken a great, but hitherto unavailing,
personal interest in the discovery of the recent depredators at the
French Ambassador's.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of
amines, Comet and Countess Mumma, Mr. and Mrs. Pan,
Lord Esausaroan, Lord Wsu.sca, Earl and Countess Newmann,
Lady Aucta GORDON. and many more most distinguished persons,
dineskoo Friday with the Earl and Coenteu of Caesium, at their
hospitable seat of St. Margaret's.
TN I TH RIB PATRIA UCH/ •--JOHN JAI, Of New York.
Is the only surviving Member of the First American Congress, that
of 1774.—Csasseuls Custom, of Maryland, is the only one re-
maining of the Congress of 1776, that adopted the Declaration of
independence.—lsmss Disassoss, of Virginia. is, It is believed,
the only surviving Member of the National Convention of 1787,
which formed its Constitution of the United States.

DARING BURGLARY AT QUEEN-SQUARg
POLICE OFFICE (THIS DAT).
Early this morning, some daring villains brae into
the residence of DAVID WILLIAM tinionata, Esq. the
resident Magistrate at Queen-sqoate Police Office.whiab
they plundered of considerable property. The thieves,
it appeared, hid climbed a„ wall adjoining Sr. James's
Park, and got into a garden; from thence they got over
some outbuildings, and dropped from them into the
yard. Having gm so far safe, they forced open the
pantry window with a crowbar, and gained an entrance
.nto the kitchen, where they broke open a desk belong-
ing to the housekeeper. wlich they rifled of about 604
in sovereigns and notes; they also carried off the whole
of the plate whit h was in the pantry, of considerable
value; fortunately, the greater part r f the plate had
been locked in a chest up stairs. It is supposed that
the thieves were disturbed, as they left the kitchen, and
got out of the house by the front door. 0 r the servant
coming down stairs in the morning, she was surprised
to find the street door open, and a bundle of clothes in
the passage ; on enter.ng the kitchen, some house-
breaking implements were found, with which the bur-
glary had been committed. An alarm was instantly
given, and the officers Trete immediately on the alert,
who, after some time, succeeded in apprehending several
noted characters on .uspicion. This dating burglary,
at the very seat of Justice, has arcked the greatest
astonishment, mongst the r !fleets. who are decidedly
of opinion that it must have 'ken effected by the most
experienced cracksmen.

FRIGHTFUL TEMPEST.
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71011 THE LIMERICK ENONICLE OE WEDNESDAY.
Saturday evening, this city and neighbourhood wets
vfiiked by a dreadful gale from W.S.W. which raged
with increased fury until three o'clock on Sunday morn-
ing, when it assumed all the violence of a perfect hunt-
cane, every loud blast rocking to the centre the strongest
onildings, and producing an inconceivable scene of c011..'
usi n and dismay among the shipping in the dock. The
entire was rendered still more terrific by the darkness c f
the night, and the unusual height of a powerful spring
tide, which the storm lifted over the verge of the quays.
We lament to learn that some accidents on land and
water have followed close upon this dreadful war-
ring of the elements, but net d a descrif Lion
involy-
ing the loss of human life, as far as eau be yet ascer-
tained. The Janet, of this pc rt, from London, with
sundsier, is stranded at Moneypoint, near li.lrush,
with loss of keel and forefoot, and must discharge
there. The Irene, for London, has lost two boats at
Beagh Castle, and the Quehec packet, an anchor and
seat tat fathoms of cable. The Industrious, Davis. has
had her bow stove in at Busses's-quay. The Union.
Strathan, is a good deal inju:ed in the hull, but did riot
shift any plank; and the Cho, of All"a, lost her jib.
boom. The other ve,sels is port suffered very slightly,
having rode out tf e gale in comparative safety by the
help of addition 41 fastnesses. There is a report of a
vessel from America for this riser being log off the
coast, but we hope it will prove unfounded. Some
large timber rafts, forming at the lower quays, were torn
asunder by the wares and carried about the river, in
endless variety, while many of the greatest beams were
forced high and dry upon the New Bsidge.work,. ani .
Long Dock. At the extremity of S ,ansion-quay one cit the
large stakes to which shipping are moored was wrenched
by strain of the cables out of the solid stone work, in
which it was bedded a depth of eight or ten feet. But
inland the mischief was much more serious, the lowlands
and morasses about Ballitsacutra, Tervoe, Cratlee, and
Clare, were inundated to a vast extent ; several sheep,
41so some horned cattle, and a considerable quantity of
hay and potatoes de,trnyed. The banks were forced
early in the night, and next m itning the country for
miles presented a large unbrsken sheet of water, covering
the toads,so that even the usual land mat ks were invisible
for a great dibidnce, and surprising, in marry instances*
the c ttagers iu their beds. Tr e Ennis toad was inun-
dated in parts to the depth of three to four feet, and be.
tween Cr atloe and the nearest pike at this side, the mail
coach on Sunday narrowly escaped. horses and all,
being lost in a dske.• The coach was so deeply bedded
that it required several men and horses to extricate the
vehicle, which did trot arrive here before Monday. The
driver, exerted himself in the most intrepid mats.
Der to save the horses, and but for him four•valuable
animals would have perished in the flood. The mail-
bags acre seepaeted with some difficulty, and conveyed
into loan on horseback. The new line of mail-told
hence to Askeatots, near Courtbrsdge, was overflowed,
and passengers had to wade through the water for a
mile, unties an immersion r f three, feet.
A house in Old Clare-street was thrown down by the

fury of the"storm, but the inmates were saved, in almost
state of nudity. Most of the kitchens in the streets
contiguous to the quays were fl .oded one and two feet
deep. The gale, *WO abated during Sunday, returned
in the evening, when it blew rather fresh, but without
any further i, jury, and we have now I nix to hope the
apprehensions entertained on the sea-coast may not be
realized.
The awful gale of Saturday and Sunday extended its
ravages to Cork and Kerry. Several large trees were
levelled, and houses stripped in the former place. At
I ch Bay, west of Ballycotton, the rreck of a schooner,
the Joseph and Dorethea, of Hull, ve,4l,rilisc,,vered: the
spars and masts had MIRO ashore, but all hands are
supposed to have perished. ' .

DOVER. DEC. 15.—YesterdAy atternron th • Attila&
trite transport, A.K. which has been so long wind•hound. with the
detachments or depots of the .lUth and 47th Regiments, WAS
towed out of this harbour this evening by his Majesty's packet
Crusader, and sailed with a fair wind fur Cowes, which it Is

expected she will reach to morrow morning From the circum-
stance of the transport having been detained so long in the bar.
hour, the attraction of the bugles of the 30th Regiment drew
together a vast concourse of spectators and upon the bugles striking
up " Little Britannia" at the point of the harbour, they were greeted
with the cheers of the assembled multitude. Arrived his bLiesty's
packet Crusader, from Calais, with di.patches and passengers. AU
vessels which have been so long waiting fur a fair wind to proceed
to the westward, kft the harbour this evening.
LIVISPOOL, SATURDAY.—By a letter from Constan-
tinople. addressed to a respectable Gentleman of this town, dated
Nov. (0, and received ibis morning, the Porte has fully refuted
her finnan to English vessels for the Black Sea ; in cmsequesqt
of which, the Lanais Rookb, Captain Jones, had sailed on the PA
of November fur Smyrna ; and the Sylvia, Captain Pappleadett,
was preparing to leave Constantinople, for Smyrna in Alexandria,
in the course of the week.
The deceihe of Colonel IlannAnn. N.P. for the

King's County, was noticed at the Awociation.yesterday. It was
also announced that already four candidates had st.rt.al fur the
representation of that county—the lion. Captain W►srmlia, 34 •
Dragoon Guards (son of Lord itossasoas); Lord I ULLANOti
(uMNI KM Of the Earl of CHARLIMILLI); 111 r. CAISIOT; of bloom.
terevan, a Roman Cathuhc, and a member of the Pulisopair
DOA* fbper.
Accounts from Fayal. dated the 26th ult. state thit

the island remains clam:rill under the sway of the M
guelites. The Brazilian frigate had appealed off the
coast. The Captain proposed to the Governor th ttb
latter should set at liberty all the prisoners taken in the
late attempt upon that island. and promised that he ,
would, oa his part, forbear tiring upon the fort. 'llk
was agreed to, and the frigate has nut since appeared off
he island.