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keeper's room, and packed up in 

 a card cloth all the plate they could 

 lay their hands on. Nothing, 

 however, has been missed, with 

 the exception of a small box they 

 found in the escritoire, containing 

 twenty or thirty guineas in gold. 

 The whole plan of these robbers 

 evidently showed that they acted 

 from good information, as they 

 found out keys where no stranger 

 could have done so, and by this 

 access directly to the 



places where valuable articles wer« 

 kept; they had a dark lantern ; and 

 it is remarkable that the boy, 

 while the villains were struggling 

 with the butler, was present, and 

 managed the lantern so as to throw 

 all the light on the butler's face, 

 and hide the persons of the robbers. 

 The buller behaved with great 

 courage : he received several cuts 

 on the hands, besides that on the 

 throat, and was much bruised. 



means got 



Return of the effective Strength of the Regular and Militia Forces, on the 

 25th of June, 181 1, and the 25th Dec. 1811. 



Adjutant- General's Office, Feb. 11, 1812. 



At Home, on the 25th of June, 1811. 



INFANTRY. 



Brit 



CAVALRY. 

 For. and 

 Colonial. 



13,575 2591 



Foot 



Gds. 



63*4 



Biit. 



For. and 

 Colonial. 



47,442 2,192 



Militia. 



77,424 



Gen. 



Total. 



146,568 



Total 

 Regulars 

 69,144 



Abroad on the 25ih of June, 1811. 

 10,196 1140 I 3350 j 98,076 34,851 | 147,613 | | 147,613 



TOTA L» 



23,771 3731 I 6694 | 145,510 37,043 | 216,757 | 77,424 [ 294,181 



At Home, on the25th of Dec. 1811. 

 12,050 1865 I 3748 | 45,501 2,745 | 65,909 | 77,159 | 143,068 



Abroad, on the 25th of Dec. 1811. 

 11,719 2136 I 3130 | 99,735 36.320 | }53,040 [ | 153,040 



TOTAL. 



23,769 4001 | 68T8 I 145,236 39,065 | 218,949 | 77,159 | 296,103 

 Return of the number of recruits raised quarterly, by the ordinary modes 

 of recruiting,— Jinally approved, for the regular army {^exclusive of fo- 

 reign and colonial corps) in the year 1811 : — 

 Men.— For a limited period, 1,639. For life, 7,893 7 t t 1 n 4."?l 

 Boys.— For a limited period, 360. For life, 1,580 J AotailJ,*a 

 The number of desertions from the regular army at home, from 

 the 25th of December, 1810, to the 24th of December, 1811, was 

 3,631. 



11. On Friday se'nnight, Mr. 

 Batley, of the Old Park, near 

 Wellington, Shropshire, was found 

 murdered in a stone- quarry near 

 that place : there was a deep 

 wound on the crown of his head. 



rently made with a large sharp in- 

 strument, and two deep gashes 

 across his throat : his head was 

 dreadfully fractured in several 

 places. His house was ransacked, 

 all the drawers, &c. opened, every 



another over his eyes, both appa- thing of value taken, and the keys 



were 



