The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-06-12 00:00:00

MOVEMENTS IN THE ARMY.

A greater number of soldiers are now in this town, and a
greater number have recently passed through it, than we
remember for some years. The following is a list, with the
dates of arrival, departure, &c. :
May 25.—Head-quarters and three troops of the 6th Car-
bineers, from Manchester, en route to Dublin.—Colonel
Jackson.

May 29.—Head-quarters and four troops of the Scotch
Greys, from Dublin, for Birmingham.—Col. Wyndham.
June 3.—Head-quarters and eight companies of the 86th
Regiment, from Bolton, Haydock Lodge, &c., and two com-
panies from the Barracks, Liverpool, for Dublin.—Colonel
IVl'Crea. The 79th Highlanders relieved the two companies
which had been stationed here.
June 4.—Head-quarters and two companies of the 20th
Foot, from Stockport ; remained till the Bth, and embarked
on board her Majesty's steamer Vesuvius, for Dublin.—
Colonel Thomas.

June 6.—Cheshire Yeomanry, for field exercise.—Colonel
Egerton.

-- One troop of the 6th Carbineers, from Burnley, and
June 7.—Remaining two troops ditto, from Manchester.
Embarked on the Bth, for Dublin.
June 11.—Remaining eight companies of the 20th, per
railway, from detachments near Manchester, for Dublin ;
marched direct to dock, and embarked.

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Arrived (yesterday) four troops of the 12th, or Queen's
Own Lancers, from South Wales, for Dublin. Would em-
bark at five this morning.—Head-quarters at Brighton ; ex-
pected to march from thence on the 18th instant. Prince
George of Cambridge is doing duty with the head-quarters.
A depOt of the 23d Welsh Fusileers was expected last
night from Dublin.
In consequence of the stabling usually available for billets
having been pre-occupied by the Cheshire Yeomanry, there
was considerable difficulty in providing quarters for the 6th
Carbineers on Sunday, and in one or two instances the doors
of the stables were forced in by the troopers, the proprietors
having refused to accommodate them. Similar inconveni-
ence was experienced in quartering the Lancers yesterday.
There has been a general complaint amongst the publidins
and livery-stable-keepers, of the unusual numbers quartered
upon them. Mr. Bretherton, livery-stable-keeper in Wood-
street, appealed to Mr. Rushton yesterday against a billet.
He stated that he had eight horses belonging to the Cheshire
Yeomanry already billeted upon him, and a billet had been
presented to him for eleven horses of the 12th Lancers. He
thought it was more than his share. The billet-master said
that the number of cavalry in town was unusually large,
whilst the quantity of stabling available for billeting had de-
creased. He had used every means to billet them fairly.
Mr. Bretherton's was not a singular case ; Mr. Lucas had
had thirty-seven horses, and in some instances every stall
belonging to public-houses had been taken. When he heard
that the 6th Carbineers were coming on Saturday last, be
foresaw the difficulty there would be in providing them with
quarters whilst the Cheshire Yeomanry were in town ; and
he wrote to Colonel Falconer to request him to halt them at
Prescot, which he (Col. F.) immediately ordered by express;
but the commanding officer, being of opinion that it would
be injurious to the horses to embark them when heated by a
march, marched them in on Sunday, the day previous to
their embarkation. Mr. Rushton said he was quite satisfied:
every thing appeared to be dune with the greatest fairness on
the part of the Billet-master, and if Mr. Bretherton could
prove the reverse, he would be glad to hear him on any fu-
ture occasion.