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I ADMIRALTY OFFICE,'ANtir. 24, 1827. NOTICE is . hereby given , - That a SES.. SION of OYER and TERMINER and GAOL DELIVERY, for the TRIAL of OFFENCES committed on the HIGH SEAS, within the Jurisdiption of the AD MIRALTY of ENGLAND, will be held at JUSTICE HALL, in the 'OLD 'BAILEY, LONDON, on Tors- . bAT, the 29th day of May next, at Eight o'Clock in the Morning: --And all Sheriffs, Gaolers, and Keepers of Pr is ollB , in whose custody any Prisoners, charged with Offences committed on the High Seas, or within the said J urisdiction, may be, are hereby required to transmit a Copy of the Commitment of every such Prisoner to Mr. 13 lexists.t.r., the Solicitor of the Admiralty, on Spring Garden Terrace, London, in order that the necessary mea laces may be taken, for removing all such Prisoners to His Majesty' s Gaol of Newgate, for trial at the said intended Session : And all Mayors, Justices, Coroners, and other Officers, before whom any Inquisitions, Informations, Ex asainations, or Recognizances, may have been taken touch iPP,' any such Offences, are required to transmit the same forthwith to Mr. THOMAS SHELTON, the Clerk of Ar raigns of the High Court of Admiralty of England, at his ( lite*, at the Sessions House in the Old Bailey, London. J. W. CROKER. , w th rv e h in al g f- i p n a p y, ort to ug t Deputy Judge' 4 4ll4seate 2 f?'? - 2:: 41*. i 2, HOSPITAL STAPp...—Aasigtsint-4, 414 nips - - N: • r• 1; 0 ,, from 78th Foot, to be Aveistant-Siir •to th 1.4-114 A To be Hospital-Assist a nt a so the Lidneee.--1 - Gent. vice Ross, appointed to the 16t)..igi John Donald Grant, Gent., vice Overton, irpel Foot; James Clephane Minto, Gent., *fee , \Z t C hger e : ; 7; r, pointed to the 11th Foot ; Christopher Maxwell ,t . .• Vr% 4 Gent : vice Gillice, : 11 1-P4-41V4 4. , tiO 310 - i; , 'T ll‘!) appointed to the 12th F ,4,2kr-Forieg Thu . l* . gon. ^: thi. Forte*. 4jic;."3l/.90c1e, riii4)ogoetha ; inted to the td 4)_ Vowell, Joot ; Andrew _ Halliday Hall, Gent., vice Burger, appointed to the 60th Foot ; Robert Laing, Gent., vice Breelin, appointed to the 63d Foot. SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 28, 1827. No. 10,806. PRICE 7D. EAST INDIA HOUSE, APRIL 95, 1827. PUBLICATIONS. MEMORANDA.—The undermentioned Officers have been THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the UNITED COMPANY of MERCHANTS of ENGLAND Trading to the EAST INDIES do hereby give Notice, That a QUARTERLY GENERAL COURT of the said COMPANY will be held at their House in Leaden hall-street, on WIDNEADAY, the 20th June next, at Ele ven o'Clock in the Forenoon, foi the purpose of declaring a Dividend from Christmas last to Midsummer next. That the TRANSFER BOOKS of the said COM PANY'S STOCK will be SHUT on THURSDAY, the 7th of June next, at Three o'Clock, and OPENED again on THURSDAY, the 12th of July following. This day was published, price Is. allowed to dispose of their half-pay : Lieutenant Andrew Miller, half-pay Royal Waggon Train ; Lieut. Simon Fairfield, half-payB9th Foot ; Major William Pomeroy Cotter, half-pay Unattached ; Captain Thomas Pratt Barlow, half-pay 19th Light Dragoon. ; Captain Francis Louis Burgeois, half-pay Meuron's Regi ment ; Paymaster John Manley, half-pay 66th Foot ; Captain Saxe Bannister, half-pay 76th Foot ; Lieutenant Colin Campbell, half-pay Bourbon Regiment; Lieutenant Wm. Thomas, half-pay 77th Foot ; Paymaster Edward Prentis Henslow, half-pay 15th Light Dragoons; Captain Martin Williams, half-pay 10th Light Dragoons; Lieut. John Joyce, half-pay 60th Foot. The appointment of Mr. Edward Harris Donnithorne, to be Cornet, by purchase, in the 16th Light Dragoons, is vice Burges, promoted, and not vice Blood, promoted, al stated in The Gazette of the Sd instant. A CLINICAL REPORT of the ROYAL X- DISPENSARY for DISEASES of the EAR, from 1817 to 1827, containing an Account of the Number of Patients Admitted, Cured, and Relieved ; illustrated with Cases and Practical Remarks. By J. HARRISON CURTIS, Esq., Aurist to his Majesty and their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, Surgeon to the Dispensary, &c. Printed for the Institution, and sold by T. and G. Un derwood, (2, Fleet-street. And that the DIVIDEND WARRANTS on the field COMPANY'S STOCK, due on the sth July, will be reudy to be delivered on FRIDAY, the 6th July next. JOSEPH DART, Secretary. The appointment of Apothecary George Hume Reade, from the half-pay, to be Apothecary to the Forces, stated to hare taken place on the 12th October last, has not taken place. SOCIETY FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF MENDICITY. PRDSIDENT. His Grace the Duke of NORTHUMBERLAND, K.G. &c. &c. TREASURER. The Christian names of Ensign Waldron, of the SOth Foot, are Francis Charles. NAVY-OFFICE, Aram 26, 1927. THE Right Honourable the Lords Commis sioners of His Majesty's Treasury, having ap pointed Money fur the PAYMENT of HALF-PAY to EA-OFFICERS, from the Ist January to the 31st March last, according to His Majesty's Establishment in that beh alf; these are to give Notice that the several Payments Will be g i n to be made at the Pay-Office, by the Trea surer of His Majesty's Navy, at Ten o'Clock in the Morn ing on the following Days, viz. : On the.7th, Bth, and 9th of May, to Admirals, Cap tains, and theirAttornies. On tlit' 10th, 11th, 14th, 15 th , and IGth of May, to Lieutenants and Chaplains, and their Attornies. O n the 17th and 18th of May, to Masters, Surgeons, and Pursers, aad their Attornies. After which the Lists will be recalled the first and third Wednesday in every Mrinth, that all Persons may then, and there, attend to receive, what may become payable to them ;' and, not only bring with them the Affidavit re quired, touching their not having enjoyed the benefit of any p u blic Employment either at Sea or on Shore, during th e time they : are to be paid their Half -pay, but also to produce Certificates that they have subscribed to the Test, and taken the Oaths of Allegiance required by Act of Par liament, to his present Majesty; and in case any of the said Officers should not be able to attend themselves, but employ Attornies for that purpose, that the said Attornies do Produce the like Certificates and Affidavits from the Persons they are employed by. Where Officers are abroad on leave, their Agents are to produce attested copies of such leave, before the Half-pay can be paid. And, a s b y A ct o f P ar li ament passe d i n t h e 35 t h year °f His present Majesty's Reign, intituled, " An Act for estp ayment a more easy and expe d it i ous met h o d for the. of Officers belonging to His Majesty's Navy," it is enacted by the 20th Clause of the said Act, " that if 44Y Commissioned or Warrant Naval Officer, who shall be *stifled to receive Half-pay, and shall be desirous to re eid,ive arid be pa:l th e s a me , at or near the place of his re tence, he may apply t o the Treasurer of His M a j es ty' s they in Lo n d on , t o h ave suc h H a lf-p a y p a id a t or near sPlace of his residence, &c. in the manner pointed out gthe said A c t." A n d by a f ur th er A c t, p asse d i n th e - 4 6 : t 11 for enablingheir the Officers in His Majesty's Navy, and representatives, to draw for and receive their Half pay," it i s enac t e d, b y th e I s t an d 3d Cl auses o f t h e sa id e et ? " that if a ny Officer in His Majesty's Navy, who all be entitled to receive any sum of money for or on teso ir • ot of his Halt-pay, shall be desirous of drawing a t p of E xc h ange f or t h e same, upon t h e C omm i ss i oners o f 13 lklajesty' s Navy, instead of receiving the same by Re kittance Bill, he shall signify such desire, by Letter to the Tre asurer of his Majesty's Navy ; and that if any Officer 14 Its Majesty's Navy who shall be entitled to receive kn Y *um of money for or on account of Half-pay, shall be desirous of having his Half-pay paid to him by extract, at 4 , 11 Y of His Majesty's Dock Yards, where Clerks for the 7Yroest of Wages for' the Navy shall reside, instead of re -sevinethe same by Remittance Bill or Bill of Exchange, la toply either to the proper .Clerk at the Navy Pay "ffice in London, or at the Pay Office at such Dock Yard, tgoifying s uch hi s d es i re ." N o ti ce i s h er eby fu r th er g i ven , at the Half-aar•entlin_the.aist Mara, will commence d pa ying on the '7th May next, and all persons desirous of ~Wing for, or of haying their Half.pay remitted to them, ." 5 3' apply as above directed. BEM._-Bills of Exchange drawn under or by virtue ~, the Act above recited, are not liable to the Stamp Duty. No persons residing out of s Majesty's Dominions are *stifl e d to the privileges of the Hi Act. SUPERIOR BEAVER HATS. CHARLES COVINTON begs to express f his gratitude to his numerous friends and the public, f : r the very liberal patronage with which Le has been y eured ; and he takes this opportunity of stating, that in %14e9uenee of the increased demand for his NEW and ' be SHORT-NAPPED BEAVER HATS, "e hada it absolutely necessary to remove to more extensive r4sn'isee 132, CHEAPSIDE, two doors from Gutter no, which he has opened with a splendid variety of shapes 1 .1 4 d fashio n , w h ere b y th e purcha s er cannot f a il to find a at ja every respect suited to his taste. C. C. again calls the attention of his friends, and the Publi c to his IMPROVED SHORT-NAPPED BEAVER AT ; and he feels confident, that from its great lupe „,°titY to every o th er Hat, it only has to be kno wn , t o b e general ly appr ove d o f. It is well adapted to every ki n d o' Wear, being perfectly water-proof, and in conseq uence I. a Peculiar method of disposing the Nap or Beaver (which tt remarkably short and thick), will not be affected by the d ( Tugboat weather. This H at i s li g ht, an d o f as t on i s hi ng rabil itY ; and although elastic, as a good Hat ought to retains its shape to the last. ' l s * Gentlemen's Dress and Livery Hats. Carpe diem Be promptly wise. WHEN Science began to explore the com ,• plicated machinery of Man, she was . speedily -- "tigied in a labyrinth of mysterious confusion, from intellntual perseverance alone emancipated her. Ignorance and empyricism, however, still oppose their veno ln"s hostility, and the prejudice of weak minds, in some i_neasure, encourages their audacity. As Truth is to False ird—sn- may our public statements be compared with eh: unqualified pretensions, and to expose their fallacies, Hie have net hesitated to avow ourselves as practitioners in a class of Diseasee wh ichendanger the of Nature. To be brief: of the London College of Surgeons, ca n mystic evolutions w e are Members establish the integrity of our Character upon the success of Twenty Years' practical experience, and announce the grateful testimony of those in whom long suffering had newly extinguished every hope of relief. ite We pledge ourselves t o th e removal of Syphilus, f rom incipient symptom s to the remotest stages, aiarecterised by ever y doubt, and whatever malignancy. The intricate and much neglected diseases of the Urethra have been carefully and studiously considered, as have also those delicate and important sympathies which refer to the Fe male Sex. 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Is. and on Large Paper, Price 1/. 16s. PART XX., of THE ENCYCLOPIEDIA METROPO LITANA.—Contents : I. Pure Sciences : Alge bra, completed ; Geometrical Analysis.--IL Mixed and Applied Sciences; Light.—lll. Historical and Biographical Division ; Sextus Empiricus; The Pyrrbonists ; History, ch. xxxi. ii. iii. iv. v. ; Apostolic Age—Preaching to the Jews—to devout Gentiles—to Idolators—Ministry of the other Apostles and Ministers—Early Heresies.—lV. Mis cellaneous Division : English Lexicon, ENT—EX', in cluding Epiphany ; Equus; Erivan ; Erz-rum ; Essex ; Estretuadura ; Ethiopia; Eucharist; Eumenides; Europe; Excommunication; Exeter. Printed for J. Mawinan ; C. and J. Rivington ; Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy ; Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper ; J. Duncan, London; J. Parker, Oxford ; J. and J. J. Deighton, Cambridge; and may be had of all Booksellers in the United Kingdom. CHEVALIER RUSPINI'S MEDICINES. THE CHEVALIER RUSPINI begs to inform the Nobility, Gentry. and the Public, that he has appointed Mr. Charles Butler, 4, Cheapside, Agent for the sale of his Medicines, viz, the Dentrifice and Tincture for beautifying and preserving the Teeth and Gums, and fastening those Teeth that are loose; his Elixir for curing the Tooth-ache, and the Balsamic Styptic for stopping all Bleedings, external and internal. They are now prepared by the CHEVALIER from the original Receipt of his Father. Sold by Butlers, Chemists, 4, Cheapside, corner of St. Paul's, London ; 54, Sackville-street, Dublin ; and 73, Princes street, Edinburgh ; Smyth and Nephew, Per fumers, New Flond-strect ; and the principal Medicine Venders throughout the United Kingdom. The above Medicines cannot be Genuine unless the name of the Chevalier J. B. Ruspini. is engraval on the Government Stamp which is attached $o each Box and Bottle. PORTUGAL. BRITISH HEAD-QUARTHRS AND POSITION OF THE BRITISH TROOPS-BATALIIA, ALCOBACA, TORRES YEDRAS, AND 3IAFFRA. As the appearance of head-quarters naturally suggests the position of the army, I enclose you the following outline of it, on the accuracy of which you may rely. At Coimbra, which was at first head -quarters, there still remains a brigade of infantry, consisting of four regiments, the 4th, the 10th, the Rifles, and the 23d. A troop of cavalry of the 10th Hussars is attached to this brigade, alOng with some Portuguese artillery. At Thomar, and in the neighbourhood, is ano ther infantry brigade, consisting of three regi ments, and a regiment of cavalry. This portion of the troops is very much scattered among the villages in the neighbourhood of the above-men tioned town, and towards the town of Abrantes, on the Tagus. A brigade of Guards occupies Cartaxo: Three batteries of artillery, consisting of 12 guns, occupy Villa Franca, and the vil lages towards Rio Mayor, in the interior, and those immediately up the Tagus. Two troops of the 10th Hussars, consisting each of 65 men, the Staff corps, and the head of the Commissa riat, occupy Leyria. A troop of the 10th Hus sars occupies Batalha. Our small army of not more than 7,000 men is thus scattered over a line of more thin 80 miles between the Tagus and the Mondego. The reason why so large a portion of it was placed at the two extremities towards the North, and . doWn towards Abrantes, is that General Clinton was desirous of at once supporting the Constitutional army which ex pelled the rebels, and slowing force against the Spanish troops assembling lately near Elvas. The difficulty of procuring forage and provi sions for our small army in a cc .atry so poor as the interior , - )f Portugal;and of transporting them from one place to another on roads .so neglected, renders necessary an amount of commissariat sufficient in other circumstances for.quadruple the force. It would scarcely be believed, if it were not stated on the best ,authority, that the corn which feeds the troops of the 10th Hussars at head-quarters, is obliged to be sent round from Lisbon to the port of Figuera; at the mouth of the Mondego, and is thence transported by oxen, or on the backs of mules, to Leyria, Batalha, and Rio Mayor. The town of Leyria is beautifully and picturesquely situated in the midst of a narrow valley. It is the see of a Bishop, in whose palace General Clinton has his apartments. This prelate suffers so much from bad health, that he never yet has been able to proceed to Lisbon to take his seat in the House of Peers. The revenues of his bishopric are col lected in kind. The granaries or magazines near the episcopal palace are extensive, and when I looked into them on Tuesday, were filled with people buying the Bishop's corn, or accounting fbr their rents with the Bishop's steward. In the town there are no less than five or six convents, any one of which, together with its church, would be nearly sufficient to contain the half of the inhabitants. The French, in their retreat under Massena, committed dreadful ravages in this city, setting fire to many houses and con vents, few of which have since been repaired. The convent of Batalha, the finest Gothic structure in Portugal, and perhaps one of the most striking in the world, is distant about two leagues from Leyria, and about half a league from the northern high road to Lisbon. The grandeur of its design arid the delicacy of its ex ecution confer as much honour on the genius of the architect, as its expensive erection, in the midst of a desert, reflects disgrace on the super stitious extravagance of the monarch who founded it. It is pleasing to think that the number of monastic drones whom its revenues now main tain is only about sufficient to look after the pre servation of the building. This is the last place on the road towards the west in which any British troops are stationed. Alcobaca, about the distance of 12 miles, is the richest monastic establishment now in Portugal, or in the world. Erected by Alfonso 1., the founder of the monarchy, to commemorate the great victory by which its independence was se cured, it has survived all the shocks to which the monarchy has been exposed. The magnificence of its kitchen alone, more than 100 feet long, and traversed by the water of eight fountains, would, in the absence of better topics, supply a subject for an ordinary volume of travels ; but I must satisfy myself at present with saying, that even in the present diminished state of its monkish po pulation, it shelters under its roof, and maintains by its revenues, upwards of 70 fathers, and about 600 domestics and labourers of all sorts ; that its domains extend more than 20 miles in one direction and 15 in another ; that it includes in the circuit of its sway 13 market-towns and large villages ; that it has two sea -ports, and as many fortresses, within its territory ; that its monks are generally Fidalgos, and that these Fidalgos are considered in their corporate capacity more richly endowed than the representatives of the Royal Family of Portugal. From Alcobaca to Maffra, through Caldas and Torres Vedras, is a distance of about 60 miles, but the badness of the roads to Torres Vedras makes the journey as tedious as if it were triple the length. At Maffra, the monastic es tablishment, which in the time of its founder, John V., amounted to more than 300, is now reduced to 42. They are Franciscans—have no revenues but a pension from the Crown, which they complain is now reduced to 12,000 new crowns, and they possess the range- of the Royal Tapada or park, which is 12 miles in cir cumference. Their revenues do not much ex ceed their allowance. Hoping to be able to re turn upon the latter part of this interesting tour, I beg to conclude at present with only a remark or two. In the first place, we see in those three splendid establishments of Batalha, Alcobaca, and Maffra, erected and still maintained by super stition, a powerful enemy with which the charter has still to contend. The Monks of Alcobaca may be as good landlords and as noble Fidalgos ag if they did not hold their lands by the tenure of praying for the soul of their founder, or administer their revenues by a superior and a chapter. Where property of this kind has long been allowed to be sacred, when the original object was out-grown, this monastery might reckon itself secure. But it is evident that the fathers dread a change, if the Charter takes root, and they are consequently against it. It may be easily guessed what members their opinions must influence. In the last place, I must con fess that in the whole of this journey of five days, in Which I entered many houSes, and con versed with many persons, I neither heard a Constitutional feeling expressed, nor saw a poli tical journal to read. The constitutions of La mego, and the history of the five Moorish kings, whose defeat this act of independence was inten ded to commemorate, seemed to be as much in the minds of the people as Don Pedro's charter or the victories of Villa Flor. Nor probably is this a great objection to the Charter, which has . been of too short duration, and too moderately administered, to have excited any violent feeling of love or hatred. Had the two Chambers, in stead of avoiding irritating language, or mena cing conduct, ordered our Lady of the Rabbit hole to work no more miracles, and confiscated the greater proportion of church property, they might have made themselves talked of indeed ; but they themselves would not have enjoyed the power of talking legislatively much longer. THE ARMY. (From the LONDON Gszterra of last night.) War-Office, April 26. _ . Ist Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Henry Stafford Thompson, Gent. to be Cornet, by purchase, rice Handley, promoted. 7th Ditto--Captain Edward Barrett Curteis, from the half-pay, to be Captain, vice Francis Dunne, who ex changes, receiving the difference. let Regiment of Dragoons—Francis Moore, Gent: to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Luxford, promoted. Sd Regiment of Light Dragoons—John Eden Spalding, Gent. to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Congreve, promoted. 4th'Ditto--James Llewellyn Paxton, Gent. to be Cor net, by purchase, vice Ogle, promoted. 9.th. Ditto--To be Captains--Captain William Mille, from the half--pay 22d Light Dragoons, vice Wright, de ceased ; Lieutenant Richard Fleetwood Shawe, by pur chase, vice Mills, promoted. To be Lieutenant, by purchase—Cornet Frederick Willis, vice Shawe. ] ,th Ditto—Lieutenant Joshua Simmonds Smith to be Captain, by purchase, vice Gooch, who retires; Cornet John Kennedy to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Smith. Ist Regiment of Foot' Guards—Lieutenant-Col. Edw. Pery Buckley, from the half-pay, to be Captain and Lieu tenant-Colonel, vice Charles Alix, who exchanges. Ist Regiment of Foot—Ensign John Mayne to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Ogilvy, promoted ; James William Henry Hastings, Gentleman, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Mayne. 2d Ditto—Ensign William Nicol Ralph to be Lieu tenant, vice Robertson, deceased. To be Ensigns-.—Jamey Hill, Gent. vice Ralph, pro moted ; Henry Thomas Hutchings, Gent. vice M'Mahon, appointed to 87th Foot. 4th Ditto—Thomas Faunce, Gent. to- be Ensign, vice Massey, deceased. 76 Ditto—Edmund Henry Pery, Gent. to be Lieute tenant, by purchase, vice Skynner, promoted in 2d West India Regiment. 9th Ditto—Ensign Henry Bathurst, from the 94th Foot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice St. John, pro moted. 11th Ditto—Ensign William Fyers to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Westropp, promoted ; Gentleman Cadet Be tram, Charles Mitford, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Fyers. _ _ 12th Ditto—Frederick Bell, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Tathwell, promoted. 13th Ditto—Brevet Lient.-Colonel Matthias Everard from the 14th Foot, to be Major, vice Thornhill, who ex changes. To be Captains—Captain Nicholas Chadwick, from the 59th Foot, vice Triphook, who exchanges; Captain George Fothergill, from the half-pay, vice Knox Barrett, who ex changes, receiving the difference. To be Lieutenant, by purchase—Ensign Thomas Gra ham, from the 17th Foot, vice Howard, promoted. To be Ensigns—Horatio Nelson Vigors, Gent. by purchase, vice Moorhouse, promoted ; Henry Davis, Gent. without purchase; vice Sibley, promoted in the 46th Foot. 14th Ditto--Major George Thornhill, from the 13th Foot, to be Major, vice Evcrard, who exchanges ; Captain Benjamin Whitney, from tho 46th Foot, to he Captain, vice Ainsworth, who exchanges ; Lieutenant Charles Dor mer, from the 31st Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Bower, who exchanges. 17th Ditto—Richard Arthur Fortescue Northey, Gent. ohe Ensign, by purchase, vice Graham, promoted in the 13th Foot. 20th Ditto—Captain Foster Fyans, from the 67th Foot, to be Captain, vice Brooks, who exchanges; Francis Michael Fraser, Gent, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Childe, promoted in 46th Foot ; Quartertnaster-Ser jeant Patrick Conolly to be Quartermaster, vice Dodd, de ceased ; Assistant-Surgeon George Knox, from the Ceylon Regiment, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Wood, whose ap pointment has been cancelled. 25th Ditto—William APDonald, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Staunton, promoted. • 29th Ditto —Lieutenant Andrew Hathorn, from the half-pay, to be Lieutenant, vice John Lacon Akers, who exchanges, receiving the difference. 31st Ditto--Lieutenant Charles Shaw to be Captain, vice Stafford, deceased. To be Lieutenants--Ensign Asaph Shaw, vice Hayman, deceased ; Lieutenant George James Bower, from the 14th Foot, vice Dormer, who exchanges. To be Ensign—Thomas Fender, Gent. vice Shaw. 34th Regiment of Foot—Lieut. St. George Cromie, from the half-pay, to be Lieutenant, vice Sturgeon, whose appointment has not taken place. 36th Ditto--Lieut. George Ruddle, from the half-pay, to be Lieutenant, vice M'Leod, promoted ; Ensign James Douglas Hamilton • Hay to be Adjutant, vice Shenley, who resigns the Adjutantcy only. 37th Ditto—Gentleman Cadet Hon. William F. O'Cal laghan, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, vice Worth, deceased. 3Sth Ditto—To be Captains—Lieut. James Pattoun Sparks, vice Wilson, deceased ; Captain Robert Hamilton, from half-pay Ist Foot, vice Fothergill, appointed to the 67th Foot. To be Lieut.—Ensign Bunbury Blake, vice Sparks. To be Ensign—William Martin, Gent. vice Blake. 40th Ditto—Ensign Thomas Miller to be Lieut., vice Lewis, deceased. To be Ensigns without purchase— Rawlings, Gent.; Henry Griffin Alsop, Gent., vice Miller. 41st Ditto—Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Latouche Cham bers, from the 87th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Godwin, who exchanges ; Lieut Richard Butterfield to be Captain, vice Boulton, deceased. To be Lieutenants—Ensign John Arata, vice Butterfield ; Ensign William Dyer, from the 81st Foot, by purchase, vice Guinness, promoted. To be Ensign—William Morris, Gent. vice Arata. 44th Ditto—Captain Joseph Bancroft Ainsworth, from the 14th foot, to be Captain, vice Witney, who exchanges ; Ensign George Douglass, from the 66th Foot, to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Ogilvie, promoted. 46th Ditto—Lieutenant William Campbell to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice Willock, who retires. To be Lieutenants—Ensign Walter Jones, vice John Campbell, deceased ; Ensign William Child, from the 20th Foot, vice Fraser, deceased; Lieutenant John Al‘Gregor, from the 59th Foot, vice Mahon, deceased; Ensign Ed ward H. D. E. Napier, vice Gray, deceased ; Ensign E. NIT. Sibley, from the 13th Foot, vice Simkins, deceased. To be Ensigns—Volunteer Leonard Smith, from 41st Foot, ♦ice Jones ; Edward Denny Day, Gent., vice John stone, deceased ; William Green, Gent. vice Napier. 48th Regiment of Foot—Ensign Archibald Erskine, to be Lieutenant, vice Nixon, deceased ; Volunteer Wm. F. Stubbs, to be Ensign, vice Erskine. 51st Ditto—John Scriven, Gent. to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Clayton, promoted. 54th Ditto—Ensign Frederick Parr, from the 99th Foot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Dodd, whose promo tion, by purchase, has not taken place. 56th Ditto—James Pringle Baillie, Geut., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Finiiiass, promoted. 57th Ditto—Ensign Charles Henry Darling, from the 3d Foot, to he Ensign, vice Caldwell, promoted. 58th Ditto—Lieutenant Frederick Wimbledon Priestley Parker, from the half-pay, to be Lieutenant, vice Thomas Goultern Matteson, who exchanges, receiving the difference. 514 h-Ditto—Captain Thomas Triphook, from MO* V§tb Foot, to be Captain, ♦ice Chadwick, who exchanges ; En sign Edward Bolton, to be Lieutenant, vice M'Gregor, re moved to the 46th Foot ; Gerard Baillie Hamilton, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Bolton. 60th Ditto—To be Captains—Capt. Walter Trevelyan, from the half-pay (paying the difference to the Half pay Fund), vice Fawcett, promoted; Capt. Charles Rarnsden, from the half-pay, vice R. Braddyll Heslop, who exchanges, receiving the difference. 67th Ditto—Major Hon. Henry Richard Molyneux, from the half-pay, to be Major, vice William Ilore, who ex changes, receiving the difference. To be Captains—Capt. Edward Basil Brooke, from the 20th Foot, vice Fyans, who exchanges; Capt. Henry Fo thergill, from the 38th Foot, vice Bunce, promoted. To be Lieutenant—Lieut. William Loraine, from the half-pay, vice Benjamin Beaufoy, who exchanges, receiving the difference. 69th Ditto—William Blackburn, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Codd, promoted. 70th Ditto—Lieutenant Gerard Lake Harvey, from the half-pay, to be Lieutenant, vice Stevenson, promoted ; James Cockburn, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Rose, deceased. 72d Ditto—Captain Hervey Francis de Montmorency, from half-pay, 18th Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice Maclean, promoted. 76th Ditto—Lieut. George Thompson, from the half pay, to be Lieutenant, vice Stephenson, promoted. 78th Ditto—Ensign John Macleod, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Gore, promoted ; Assistant-Surgeon James Young, from the 50th Foot, to be Assistant-Sur geon, vice Thompson, appointed to the Staff. 79th Ditto—Lieut. George Johnston, from the half-pay, to be Lieutenant, vice Campbell, promoted. 80th Pitto—Ensign Francis Hay Graham, to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Jeffrey, who retiree. To be Ensigns by purchase—Richard Thompson Hop kins, Gent. vice Graham ; Richard Talbot Sayers, Gent. vice Knox, appointed to the 88th Foot. 81st Ditto—To be Lieutenants—Ensign Louis Guy, from the Cape Corps, vice Manning, deceased ; Ensign George F. de Rottenburg, by purchase, vice Reeves, pro moted. To be Ensigns by purchase—George William Evelyn, Earl of Ilothesi, vice Dyer, promoted in the 41st Foot; Gille.rt Clinton Symonds, Gent. vice de Rotteuburg. 87th Ditto—Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Godwin, from the 41st Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Chambers, who exchanges ; Lieut. James Kennelly to be Captain, vice Wailer, deceased. 89th Ditto—To be LieutenantsL—Ensign C. Macan, vice O'Neil, deceased ; Ensign James Graham, vice Mac leod, deceased. To be Ensign—Gentleman Cadet Henry T. Griffiths, from the Royal Military College, vice Macau. 91st Ditto—John Thornhill, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Vereker, promoted. 94th Ditto—William Hoyle Fielding, Gentleman, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Bathurst, promoted in the 9th Foot. 97th Ditto—Brevet Major J. Tyler, from half-pay 53d Foot, to be Captain, vice Lynch, promoted. 9Sth Ditto—Captain Robert Toovey Hawley, from the half-pay, to be Captain, vice Vaughan promoted. 99th Ditto—Lieutenant Thomas Shuldham O'Hallaron, from the 44th Foot, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Colomb, promoted ; Henry Thomas Crompton, Gent. to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Parr, promoted in the 54th Foot. Rifle Brigade—Quartermaster-Serjeant Hill, to be• Quartermaster, vice William Surtees, who retires upon full-pay. Ist West India Regiment—Lieutenant Henry Brocklass, from half-pay of the Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Cornwall, who retires. 2d Ditto—Lieutenant Augustus Chas. Skinner, from the 7th Foot, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Bluett, Will retires; Ensign Edward Elmore Nicolls to be Lieutenant. vice Henry, deceased; John Russell, Gent.• to be Ensign, vice Nicolls. Ceylon Regiment—Hospital-Assistant George Rumley. M.D. to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Knox, appointed u the 20th Foot. Royal Malta Fencible Infantry—Lieutenant Paolo Ellul to be Captain, with local and temporary rank. To be Lieutenants, with local and temporary rank-- Ensign Mederico de:Marchesse Alessi ; Ensign Antonio Maltei, vice Ellul. To be Ensigns with local and temporary rank—Vo lunteer Cadet Felice Pizzo, vice Alessi ; Volunteer Cadet Guisseppe Gouder, vice Maltei; Volunteer Cadet Luigi Consolal. UNATTACHED.—To be Majors of Infantry, by purchase —Captain William Mills, from the 9th Light Dragoons; Captain George Thomas Colomb, from the 99th Foot. To be Captains of Infantry, by purchase—Lieutenant George J. Smart, from the 52d Foot, vice Henry Wilson, whose promotion has not taken place ; Lieutenant Willian. Hyde, from the 16th Foot, vice H. Vyner, whose promo tion has not taken place ; Lieut. G. Marmaduke Reeves. from the 81st Foot; Lieutenant Thomas Abercrombl Trant, from the 95th Foot ; Lieutenant Bernard Tophan, sjj l oo O nih : nn r A d ipco ß rry so o 7 Vbe Gore, :fef f tnt hhl t e h et 131e0d 6 t7Fh t 81 Foot 78th I F to 0 : Ft o o t o Foot; Lieutenant Lieutenante i u e t u . teHnenann Lieutenantot t . by e rWAt Ander son Georgedlaiearrn rom from the 11th Light Dragoons; Lieutenant John Parsons Westropp, from the 11th Font. To he Lieutenants of Infantry, by purchase:—Ensign Clark Marie, Caldwell, from the 57th Foot ; Ensign Ed ward Saint Vincent Dighy, from the 65th Foot; Ensigi William Douglass, from the 12th Foot ; Ensign Francis Clayton, from the 51st Foot; Ensign John Edward Code', from the 69th Foot ; Ensign Thomas William Jackson, from the 66th Foot. The undermentioned Officers, having Brevet rank supe rior to their regimental commissions, have 'accepted pro motion upon half-pay, according to the General Order of the 25th April, 1826 : To be Majors of Infantry—Brevet Major George Bunce, from 67th foot; Brevet Major William Morris, from 97th Foot. The undermentioned Lieutenants, actually serving upon full-pay in Regiments of the Line, whose commissions are dated in or previous to the year 1811, have accepted pro motion upon half-pay, according to the General Order o! the 27th December, 1826 : To be Captains of Infantry Lieutenant Washington Carden, from the 30th Foot; lieutenant David Campbell, from the '79th Foot ; Lieutenant Edward Stevenson, from the 70th Foot; Lieutenant S. Ridd, from the 3d Foot ; Lieut. A Sharma, from the 35th Foot ; Lieut. A. Halt hide, from the Ist West India Regiment; Lieut. Crosbit Morgell Christian, from the 27th Foot ; Lieut. Franci. Kearney, from the 86th Foot; Lieut. Charles king, from the 74th Foot. STAFF.—Lieutenant Colonel John Hastings Mair, from The Christian names of Ensign Hill, 'of the Qd West India Regiment, are William Augustus. The name of the Ensign appointed to the 55th Foot, on 14th December, 1826, is Chaproniere, and not Chain proniere, as stated. The Commission of Lieutenant M'Clintock, of the 88th Foot, has been antedated to sth July, 1826, that being the date it ought to bear, but he has not been allowed Rey back-pay. Deputy Commissary-General Frederick Drennan having failed to pay over any part of the large balances due on his accounts, whilst in charge of the Commissariat Depart ment in Jamaica, and afterwardithtNew Sifouth Wales, has been dismissed his Majesty's Service. A PORTUGUESE INN.—Next to the dangers and annoyances of the roads are, to some, the no less formidable terrors of a Portuguese inn, or estalagem. One must be imbued with the tastes or prepared for the sacrifices of a gipsy or a pilgrim, to support with patience the nuisances which he must here encounter. The only thing which the traveller finds ready in the way of food is some hard fish and coarse bread. If dis posed to_ rest till something more palateable procured, the only temptation which the estalas geiro can offer to his appetite is a fowl killed after his arrival. If he consents to this treat, a chase immediately commences round the yard, the cry of murder is heard in the kitchen, and in two hours the galinha, smothered in rice, ap pears on the table. You are fortunate if you can get a chair to sit on, or a clean knife and fork to employ in attempting to make an im pression on the obstinate and tasteless fibres of this product of Portuguese cookery. An epicure would certainly die of starvation, or commit sui- tide in three days, if limited to the fare of a country estalagem.. The scene of dirt and filth in which this unsavoury mess is served up, would prevent him from touching it, were not his taste, like the garrison of a blockaded town, taken by famine. When obliged to halt for the night, your accommodation for repose is even worse than your bill of fare. You are led int o a room like a hay-loft above the stable, (which generally occupies the lower floor of the house), the win dows having generally wooden shutters, but no glass, and the floor gaping with chinks, through which you can keep up your intercourse with the faithful animals which have carried you during the day, or enjoy the music of their bells. You are enabled to witness the sweeping of your apartment—to see the boards brought in to sup port your bed, or the mattress extended on the floor, and the complete improvisation of your night's comforts. The muleteer, who sleeps in the stable, and his master and his mules, are thus placed in comfortable contiguity ; but of the three parties the mules have generally the best of it, as there is no evidence of their suffering from the little black " bed-fellows " that insist upon shar ing the society of the weary traveller, and leaving upon his body such unequivocal memorials of their tormenting presence. Then the dogs are unfortunately as great favourites with the inha bitants of the country, and as vigorous howlers at the moon, as in Lisbon. What, therefore, with beds as little Macadamized as the roads— with vermin devouring you—with bells tinkling below you, and curs howling at your window, if you enjoy an hour's repose you may ascribe it more to the excess of your fatigue than to the blessings of your accommodation. PORTUGUESE ROADS.--The distance be- tween Lisbon and Leyria (the British head quarters) is only about 20 Portuguese leagues, or 80 English miles ; but let not those unac quainted with travelling in Portugal imagine that there is no courage or enterprise in undertaking it. To traverse such a space on English roads, and with English post-horses, would be an affair of eight or nine hours ; but in Portugal it be ' comes a toilsome march of two days, not unac companied with danger and hardship. The road, which is one of the great highways of the kingdom, and which may even be called the " Great Northern Road" of Portugal, connect ing its two commercial capitals together, by pass ing through its only university, is probably more rugged and formidable than a merely English imagination can conceive. Many parts of it had once been badly paved, but they seem not to have undergone any repairs since the expedition of King Sebastian to Africa, and, probably, with out a change of Government, would not be touched till his return. In some places, the tra veller is obliged to abandon the ancient line alto gether, and $:) find a new track for him se lf th e best way lie can, by cautiously picking his steps over bare rocks, or treading knee-deep among barren sands over the steep mountains, and through the extensive pine groves, in which he must steer his course. The only benefit in such cases which he derives from the labours of his ancestors, or the care of cotemporary authorities, is the use of a ruinous bridge over the rivulet or stream of some deep ravine, which, without such, an accommodation, would be impassable. The jolting of a carriage among the loose stones, which seem rather the materials collected for making a road, than a road, or over the exposed and elevated roots of trees, from which the tor rents have washed away the earth, requires con siderable skill to avoid broken bones. The cross-roads which we had to pass in returning are still worse if possible. Between Batalha Torres Vedras, we were trice overturned— oftener in danger of being so—and several times turned back to select a new path. It is the more galling to see such _neglect in the: latter case, because the surrounding country is rich and po pulous—because the materials of road-making are at hand—and because a few days' labour in the year would be sufficient to keep them ill perfect repair.