The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-07-21 00:00:00

THE EXPEDITION.

Ponca lOUTU, JULY 19.—This afternoon, at
three o'clork, Ailtni7al Otway debarked on
board the ilonarch, 71, Captain Lee, which i.
considered as the Figital for every Officer to repair
on board. Soon after, Sir Eyre Cuote eiobark,d
on board the Intinqueur, 7-1, Captain I,anfort: ,
General I‘l'Ketizie Fraser, un board the Hero ;
General Pictun, on board the Aboukir; G..nerat
Houston, on board the Ganges; General Wow.,
and General Terror, on board the lifoncirai, with
their respective staffs. The wind blows fair at.'?
strong, and the Expedition sill sail at itav-liteit.
to-morrow. The troops w hich are put into trans.
ports are divided into two divisions; the first,
consisting of the etl Regiment of German Dra.
goons, and the 11Th itegimesit, sailed this morn.
jug, under convoy of rie Kangarou ; and ti.e
other, consisting of the 9th Light Dragoons,
the Stst Regiment, are under the orders of Capt.
Fcrriere, of the Thais; And they mill sail to-mar.
row for the Downs.

RA INMATE, JULY 19.—This has been the bu.
siest day we have experienced since the commence.
meat of the embarkation at this place. The II
(King's Own) and 12th regiments of Dragoons,
with a large proportion of the Waggon Train,
were embarked this mornit.g in twetily.three sail
of ships.
Many officers of distinction and persons of rank
are assembled, either from interest or euriqsi...
and the place is very much croutled Mllll IlerS01; •
of •almost every description. The embargo is
continued upon all coasting vessels here; but tt
passage-vessel to London, 'said to have been scot
back, proceeded next day.
DEAr., Jrw,. 19. A—The boatmen of Deal arc en-
titled to much praie for voluntarily coining for-
ward and tendering their services, and the use of
their boats, to embark gratuitously any lumber of
troops Government might send here. Their olicr
was accepted, and at daylight nu the morning of
the 16th instant, the embarkation cotionenced :
about 2400 of the 4th regiment were oken off
from the shore, and safely ddirertd on board the
respective ships in less than an hour, not above one
half the boats being empl.iyed ; and, about till
(o'clock, on the artival of those fine regiments. the
92J Highlanders, ilfstl 20th of the lin., amounting
to near 1,500, the whete-of them were taken off
in as short a period, scarcely a man getting a net
shoe.

On the 17th, the 43d, 5c d, and 95th L;ght In.
fantre Rep:rival marched in, and Nero ininiedt.
ately taken on board in as good order; and
morning, the Ist battalion of the Gentian Light
Infantry were also embarked.
The boats are now in readiness for ab rut 100 J
more, who are expected in the course of the ,I • y
The embarkation took place under the
ate superintentlance of Cun►modore Owen, Nhu•e
judicious arrangements met the Ligi commendation.
6f the parties intermied, and of the *boost innu-
merable spectators who lined the shore..
The dispatch with n hich these troop• were ern_
barked, has clearly demonstrated, io wea.
ther, ao army or 40,000 men could be shipped
Irani lwnce by the Dee/ boats in one ilay...a con.
sideration of much importance; in any cases where
expedition is required.
The King's ships employed ore this grand Ex-
pedition, will amount in the whole to upn arils of
100 sail.
The following is a list of the ships in the Downs,
on Wednesday evening :
Ain thyst ' Rolla
wades Rinaldo
Thalia
Circe • Pariniao
GlURilia Ca/tiger
Hussar lodignaot
nand Onyx
De‘astatitaa Deeper:de
riaviw Mariner
P4adora blond mound
k.acoaatter
Raven Attack
Crocus Peacock

Agin -.tun
Veer r4ule
*iisperb
York
Pon erful
Nluannutli
Clyde
Lin tnia
!,lt wrens.,
Salvette
!Weep halms
ilercone
Luryalui

I inort

Fr ..rlryr
P. uyitur
Cel~
Ch4tot.. t
Mist
M.igtlet
P°rgeY
Curb.uft
5y nFittl7
Danng
!Willard