The Press.
London, England, 1853-08-27 00:00:00

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This day week saw the final breaking up of the Camp at
Chobham, nothing in the shape of military being left upon
the heath except a few men to mount guard, for a day or
two longer, over such portions of the heavy baggage as
could not be carried off at once when the troops departed
on their several routes. The previous day a " memoran-
dum " was received by Lord Seaton front the Horse
Guards, in which the general Commanding in Chief con.
veyed to his lordship, and the division under his command,
the royal approbation of their military bearing on all occa-
sions when her Majesty has passed the troops in review.
Lord H ardinge added, on his own account, a similar ex-
pression of gratification at witnessing the energy and
ability with which the various movements had been di-
rected and performed, and stated that "the result of the
summer instruction had fully realised the expectations
formed of its success." These laudatory messages from
headquarters were duly communicated by Lord Seaton to
the officers and men in the following divisional order
" On the eve of the departure of the regiments placed under
the command of Lord Seaton for their respective quarters, he is
desirous of expressing his satisfaction at the perfect state of dis-
cipline of the corps encamped. and the order and regularity
which has been maintained by them.
" It is a circumstance reflecting the highest credit on the
army, that during the encampment of In.ono men but one in-
stance of serious misconduct on the part of the troops bas been
reported.
"The Lientenant-General requests that his Royal Highness
the Duke of Cambridge, commanding the Cavalry brigade,
Colonel Thornton, commanding the brigade of Guards. Major-
General Sir Richant England, X.C.B. and Colonel Lockyer,
eommanding the Ist and 2nd Infantry brigades; Lieute-
nant Colonel lhipries, commanding the Royal Artillery; and
Lieutenant-Colonel Vicars. commanding the Royal Engineers,
will accept his thanks for the assistance he has received from
them; and Colonel Torrent'. Assistant-Quartermaster-General,
and Lieutenant-Colonel Wood. C. 8., Assistant Adjutant-
General. for the edicient manner in which the duties of their
departments have been carried on during the whole period of
the encampment. "By command,
"IL B. Wow', Lieut.-Colonel, A.A.G."

WAR OFFICE. August 10.
Memorandum.—Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to
approve of the 33n1 Regiment of Foot bearing on the regimental
colour and appointments the crest and motto of the late Duke of
Wellington.
Atorsz 19.
Ttli Regiment of Light Dragoons—Wm. Standish Carr Stan-
dish, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vide De Willie, whose re-
tirement was antpunced in the Gazette of July 15. ISA 3.
29th Regiment of Foot—Lieut. John Mackenzie Lyle to be
Captain. without purchase. vice Brevet-Major C. E. Mac Donnell.
deceased ; Ensign Wm. Speke Dickinson to be Lieutenant, with-
out purchase. vice Lyle.
37th Foot—Lieut. Joseph Jones to be Captain, without pur-
chase, Tice Fader, deceased.

AUGUST 27, 1853.

64th Foot—Ensipi Thomas Archibald Mackinnon to be Lien-
tenant, without purchase, vice AluHoy, deceased; Ensign Rich.
Henry Willeocks to be Lieutenant. without purchase, vice Mac-
kinnon, whose promotion, without purchase, ou the 13th May,
11+13, has been cancelled.
96th Foot—Ensign John O'Neil Stewart Seagrave to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Frederick Jeasop Jones, who retires ;
George Irwin Thompson, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, rice

Seagrove.
('ape Mounted Riflemen—James Clepham Minto, Gent., to be
Ensign, without purchase, vice Somerset, promoted in the Slat
Foot.
St. Helena Regiment—John Joseph I'aterson Fox, Gent., to be
Ensign, without purchase, vice Cornwell, promoted.
ADMIRALTY, August 15.
Corps of Royal Matinee—Brevet-Major Thomas Hurdle to be
Lieutenant•Culougl, vice Fegen, retired on full pay ; Captain
Thus. Pearl Dwyer to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Cbilatily, re•
tired on hill pay; Captain Win. Clendon tube Lieutenant-Colonel,
vice Heerle, retired on full pay; Captain John Land to be Lieu-
tenant Colonel, vice M•Arthur, retired on full pay; First Lieut.
Julius Roberts to be Captain, vice Hurdle, promoted ; First Li•ut.
Fleetwood John Richards to be Captain, vice Dwyer, promoted;
First Lieut. Hugh Hamilton Gould to be Captain, vice Clentlim,
promoted; First Lieut. Arthur Butcher to be Captain, vice Land,
promoted ; Second Lieut. Joshua Rowland Brookes to be First
Lieutenant, vice Roberts, promoted; Second Lieut. John Ed-
ward Westropp Scott to be First Lieutenant, vice Richards, pro-
moted; Second Lieut. Francis Win. Thomas to be First Lieu-
tenant, vice Goold, promoted; Second Lieut. Henry Dickenson
Nightingale to be First Lieutenant, vice Butcher, promoted;
First Lieut. Philip Harris appointed Lieutenant and Quarter-
master, vice Butcher, promoted•

CoIIMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD LIEUTENANTS.

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Royal Berks Militia—Thomas Alderman Houghton, Gent., to
be Ensign; George Wm. Barker, Gent., to be Ensign.
Royal Radnor Militia—Win. Edward Prickard, Gent., to be
Second Lieutenant.
West Somerset Regiment of Yemnany Cavalry—Francis Geo.
Bernard, Gent., to be Cornet, vice W. Slade, promoted.
The Earl of Cheater's Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—
Edward Claudius Walker, Gent., to be Cornet ; Leopold Cuat,
Gent., to be Cornet, vice Potts, promoted.
Ist Regiment of Royal Cheshire Militia—Fred. Burnet Nel-
son, Esq., to be Captain.
2d Regiment of Royal Cheshire Militia—Captain Geo. Francis
Stuart, late of the 49th Regt. of Foot, to be Major; Captain Geo.
Cornwall Leg'', M.P., from the Ist Regt. of Royal Cheshire
Militia, to be Major; James Newton, Esq., to be Captain; Cle-
ment Swetenham, Esq., to be Captain.
Queen's Own Light Infantry Regiment of Tower Hamlets
Militia—Lieut. Henry Cooper to be Captain, vice Bentinck, who
retiree, retaining hie rank.
let Devon Regiment of Militia—Charles Henry Webber to be
Captain; Wm. Carew Rayer to be Captain: Richard Hall Clarke
to be Captain; Poltimore Ridgway to be Lieutenant; Thomas
John Dennis to be Ensign.
Devon Militia Artillery—Win. Hole to be Major ; George
Chichester to be Captain; John Francis Worth to be Captain ;
Bury Russell to be Captain; Thomas Harrison Harrison to be
Captain ; John Norris Marshall to be First Lieutenant ; John
Fronde Bellew to be First Lieutenant; Halifax Wyatt to be First
Lieutenant ; Edward Harwell to be Second Lieutenant ; Robert
Brent to be Second Lieutenant; Juhu Beavia Bignell to be
Surgeon.
The Victoria Rifles—The Most Noble Arthur Duke of Welling-
ton to be Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant; George Drummond,
Esq., Due de Melfont, to be Major; Henry Whittaker, Esq., to
be Captain and Adjutant; Edward Clifford, Esq.. to be Captain ;
Frederick Scipio Clarkson, Esq., to be Captain; Henry Win. Sole
Esq., to be Captain ; Henry Cook, Esq., to be Captain.
Ist or Royal East Middlesex Regiment of Militia--George
Augustus Jocelyn McClintoch, Esq., late Captain 521 Regt., to
be Captain.
2d or Edmonton Royal Ride Regiment of Middlesex Militia—
Edward John Ottley, Esq., late Ist or Royal East Middlesex
Regiment of Militia, to be Captain.
sth or Royal Eithorue Light Infantry Regt. of Middlesex
Militia—Richard George Grange, Esq., Captain Unattached,
Bengal army, to be Captain; Sir James Lawrence Cotter, Bart.,
from the London Militia, and late 27th Enniskillen Regiment,
to be Captain.
The Life Guards are to have a pistol served out to them,
and the cuirass taken away, as at present the carbine is
useless, the men not being able to put the butt-end with
any degree of firmness against the polished cuirass.
Moreover, the cuirass so hampers the freedom of the arms
that a sword-arm is almost useless.
The colonelcies of two regiments are now vacant—that
of the 21st Foot, by the death of General Sir Frederick
Adam : and that of the lud Foot, by the death of General
Lord Saltoun.
The annual return of unclaimed army prize money, from
18th January, 1809, to the 31st December last is given in
a parliamentary paper just printed. The debit side shows
1,412,0691. 2s. 5d., of which 1.139,050/. arose from forfeited
and unclaimed shares of prize money, grants, &c. On
the credit side, 723,3791. 15s. Oid. had been refunded to
claimants ; 30,000/. had been paid towards the Royal Mi-
litary Asylum. The balance is stated at 931. 3s. 114 d
Although the balance is as stated, yet there is in the
Three per Cent. Consols 97,891/. 13s. 2d. stock. The
existence of this amount arises from the investments in
the stock having been made when the funds were very low,
and from the sales thereout, as occasion required, having
been from time to time effected when the prices were consi-
derably higher.