The Sun.
London, England, 1809-10-25 00:00:00

PROCLAMATION;

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FOR rASDONING DESERTERS. Ittykiia &A'S-MAJESTY'S
LAND FORCEE.;
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t"Oftc, oa. 24, IBc9.
Whereas it has been most hUtiably submitted to
the King, whether, on the jpy(iel .occasion of his
M tiesty's entering into the 50th Year of hiS reign, it
rnigl;t not be desirable to distieguish 'so memorable
epich by an Ad of Grace to all. Deserters; and.
his ;:jaieity having graciously approved, of his . Free
liardtie being extended to all such deserters from his
land forces as Shall deliver thenagelves
.up.within two
moeths from the 25th instant : These are publicly
to declare his Majesty's benevolent intention, and to
;.-11-e6l that all Deserters;surrendering themselves to
the Cdrnmandirk Officer: of any Regiment, or to
any of the Superintending Field Officers 'of the Re-
cruiting Service-,- whose stations-are mentioned in the
rani-eh; * hereof; to the Commandant of the army
4kpiic in the-iste of weget ; or; witere there- is no
military pixl! to a Nagi,trote, shall' be pardoned,
and they are hereby pardoned accordingly.
Such. Deserters, if from the regular forces, being
able-.bodied men and fit'for service, shall be sent to.
the regiments. to. 'which they regpeElively deserted,
or be appointed to such regiments in the United
Kitigdorn as his Majesty may be pleased to 'corn-
/nand; and, when so placed, shall not be liable to
be claimed by any other corps to which they may
:formerly haVe belonged; and if from 'the militia,
be.sent to the regiments to which they- re-
m:ett ieely belonged. •
And Whereas many of the said deserters may have
enlisted m other corps,. and. ate now serving therein,
his Majesty is graciously pleased abHextend to such
Deserters th 6 benefit of this pardonT and to dire&
that continue to servea:indvhdOrps where-
in they now are, upon declaring thitthselves to their
respeaive Commanding Officers,eori or: before the
Feriod above-mentioned : and they' shall not. be ha-
ole, et any future time, to be clairned.by the regi-
ments in which they formerly served:::
• The Magistrate, to whom any DeSeeter, as above,
may. surrender himself, is out iterizeil and' required to
certify the day on which such Deserkierrinrrendered
himself; which 'certificate. is to:ea-Wine in _force
Until the arrival of the Deserter at the nearest mili-
tary post, provided he proceed at the rate of ten
miles a day, unless prevented by sickness, to be cer-
tified by some Medit.al Praditioner on the back of the
43gistrate'a cerrificale ; -or to be otherwise proved
to the satisfaCtion of the Officer commanding at
steel) Military post.
His Niajesty has further been pleased to dire&,
that Deserters now aelnally in confinement as such,
stall have the benefit of this his Royal PardOn.

By his Majesty's Command,

GRANVILI:E LEVESON GOWER.

* Durham.carlisle. Leeds, Manchester, Nottingham. Ips-
wich, Shrewsbury, 13irmingharn, kleretind, Bedford, Alai&
itone, Gloucester, SouLlistnpron, Wells, London.

If'gr.Offut,Ca . 24, ISO 9.

344 Majesty been pleased to appoint Lieutenant-Gene..
rals-R4.,bl:rt Dunkin, lames:Balfour, Sir jarnesDulte, Knt.
Henry Lord Mulgrave, G rice Blakeney, to be Generals in
the Army. • `' •
Vlajor-Generals George Elliot, Baldwin Leighton, Ric'.., rd
Coffin, Richard Armsticorig,'John Murray;
Sir Charles Gwen, Bart, William St. Leger Rt.ehard
.I•lQritiey HUl)tans, Thomas Harlcup, to be Lieuteri.mt-
c eiterals iii the Army.
COLONELS,
john Hamilton, of the Best Foot,
j,toberVaticiley !Lake; on Halt: Pay of the gth•Garric.on Bat.
'' ration, ,
john Barnes, Royal Invalid Artillery,
Xobert Douglas, Royal Artillery,
Hod. Robert Meade, of the 3i st Foot,
William HoirstOu, of the 58th Foot, '
1-!tiee, of the 6th Dragoons,
G
eorge Michell,. on Half- Pay of the 3ist Liat. Dragoons,
honOs'llislop, of the Stir West !Lima Regiment,
rolin Macleod, of the Royal Artillery,
Waiter. Crate, On Half-Pay of the yth Foot,.
Wynyard, of the Royal' West tnkliw Rmgers,
Archlaiider Wood; on Half:Pay of the-17.9th Fbot,-
Alexander Diron-i, of the 14th Foct, '
ntt-,t"ty Eevvis on4talt l'ay of the:Atli-font,
Trlumas E2irl of Ligin, on of a
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loLn lrarl. f Drexlaikbane, on Half-Pay pf a Regime 4 of
• • --‘ ••• • , .

Icahn Slade, of the rst Dragoons,
Wm. Spencer,on Halt-Pay of the 23d tight Dragons, •
Samuel Graham, of the ayth Foot,
James Montgomery, the Foot, Ata
Frecletjelvlugustus Wctherall, of the Nova Scotia eentibless
Wm. Wirghti of the late Royal IrishArtiliery,
John Daniel A:abin, ditto, •
William Buchanan, ditto,
Hoopurable William Lumley,: on Half-Pay of the 3d Gull, -
sdn Battalion,-
Robert Brereton, of the 630 Foot, - .•
Moore Disney, of the rst Regiment of Foot Guards,
John Mackenzie, on Half. Pay of the 78th Foot,
A lexander G-rahartrttirting; on:Half-Pay of the laid Foot,
..Wm. Thomas, of the first -Foot,.
Julio Michel, on half- Pay of the t4.th Light Dragoons, •
To be Major,Generals in the Army.
-LIEUTENANT-COLONELS,
Harry Chester, of the Coldstream Foot Guards, •
Francis William Grant, on the Half-Pay . of the tett ;Argyll
Fencibles,
Evan Lloyd, •of the 17th Light DragOons,
• G. Duncan Drummond, of the 24th Foot,
Maithew Sharpe, on Half-Pay ot the 28th Light Dragoons,
John Lindsay,'on Half-Pay ot the 46th Foot,
David -L.:Tinling Weddrington, on • Hail. Pay of the 27th
. Foot, - •.- •
P icnaro Pllnt, of the 3d Foot, ,
Henry Bayley, Of the Coldstream Foot Guards.
Richard Fltilse, Of ilitto-'
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Francis Slater Rebow; of the rst Regiment of Life Guards, .
George Leigh,.of the loth Light Dragoons,. - -
George Stracey South, .of the-3d Garrison Battalion,
.•
Win,Fuard, of the-45th- Foot,- v •
Hon. E. -M. Pakenharn, of. the 7th Foot,
Herity M‘Kintion,.of the 'Coldstream Regiinent, of Foot
Guards, •
Sir Thomas Richard Dyer, Baronet, •of the Royal York
Rangers,, .
lames Wyn,ch, of thel.th Foot, ' •
Robert Roll Gillespie, of the lath Light Dragoons,
Henry Cowran. 'of the Royal Regiment,
Joseph Baird. of the 83d. Foot,
Whetley,.of the ist Foot Guards,
Witt iaiti Henry: f Inspeel Mg Field Officer
,of, Militia
. in Canada,
• James Hare, ofthe 220 Light Dragoons. .
Oliver Thotnat 'tones, ot the rBth Light Dragoons,
Philip K. Slanner.,,Of the vs6th Foot, •
. To be, Colonels in the A tmy. • •

Lieutenant. Colonel Ross, of the 7oth foot, tabe Aid:.-de-
Camp to the King. .

MAIORS, , .•
John Potter Hamilton, of the 4th Garrison Battalion,
Wm. tones, of the sth Dragoon Guards, • '••
James R. Coates, of the 69th Fodt; • • -
William I ohnson, of the. 47t41.F00t,
Philip Vainorel, of the 3,,th Foot, .
Cavendish Sturt, of 't he 39th. Foot,
Francis Dunne, of the 7tli Dragoon Guards. , •
fames Magrath, of the 3d Garrison Battalion, •
Charles Darrah, of the 21st Foot,
To be Lieutenant. Colonels in the Army.
CAPTAINS
L. S. Ridge, of the 47th Foot, • •
Kane -Bunbury, of the 7th Dragoon Guards,
Edwa,d Daliing, ot the Coldstream Guards,
William Fraser, of the 60th' Foot,
I. T. Prentice, of the Cape Regiment.'
Palms Westropmf the Royal Marines,
-De Villicy, of the Royal Foreign Artillery, •
john Edwards, of,the Soth Foot, •
Price Robins, of the 69th Foot, -
Arthur Wilkinson, of the t3th Foot,
John Gooslridge, ot the 624 Foot,
•
Philip Dorville, of the ist Dragoons,
john Currey, of the 6th Foot,
Charles O'Gorman, of the dth. Foot,
'to be Majors in the Army.

Commissions signed by the -Lord Lieutenant of the West
Riding of the County of York, City and County of the
City (,r York. '
Ist West York Militia.
To be Lieutenant—Ensign Alexander Steel.
To be Ensigns—Philip Danvers Hic.tett, Cent. J. Wood-
ward, Cent.

•ad West York-Militia.
To be Captain—Henry Priestley; Esq.
To, be L►eutenants—Ensign William Sturges. Thomas
IVlastie Thackwiay.
3d West York 141ilitia.•
To be Ensign—William Greaves, Gent. James Marshall,
Gent. Thomas Wrightson, Gent. fohn Tennant, Gent.
Morley Regiment of Local Militia. •
To. be Lieutenant-Colonel—Walker Ferrand, E-q.
To he Majors—'Thomas Mason, Esq. Lepton Dobon, Esq.
To be Captains— Joseph Hollings, Esq. Thomas Hollings,
Esq. Hardly, Esq. tosdph Heaton,' Esq.

ma; Cockhl Esq."' WilliamGcirbersall, Esq: George
Dobson, Esq. Francis Vincent, Esq. john Clayton, Eq.
To be Lieutepants—Benjamin Flesher, Gent. Benjamin El-
- lison, Gent. Edward Gomersall, Gent. William Wood,
Gent. Thomas Fairfax Carlisle, Gent.• William Henry'
Vincent, Gent. Lukc Horstall, Gent. - William Beasley

Wade, Gent. John Johnstone, Gent. (by Brevet) Ensigtt
Richard Blakey.
To be Ensigns—Edward Ellison, Gent. RiChird Blakey,
Gent. Jonathan Poi.plewell, Gent. Isaac HeatonrGent.
To be
.Quarter.rnaster— ohn Johnstone, tent.,•
To be Surgeon—George•Mossmin, Gent.

Leeds Regiment of Local Militias •
Ist Battalion. -
To be Lieutenant-Colonel—Thomas Ikin, Esq.
To be Major--,Christopher Beckett, Esq.
To be Captains—Henry Hall, Esq. Richird Wormald,
Esq. 'John Bischoa, Esq. fames Robson, Esq. Ro-
ger Bolt Leigh,-Esq. Robert -John Coulman, Esq. Ed-
win Smith, Esq. George. Coltam, Esq. loseph Henry
Oates, Esq. Isaac Rimington, Tetley, Esq. .
To be Lieutenants—Robert Pickering, 'Gent.. Jamei BoYn-
ton Allinson, Gent. Edward Hemingway, Gent, Joshua
Hoiroyd, Gent. William Smith, Gent. Joshua Still,

_ . .
Gent.' Robert Pickering, jun. Gent. ' Thomas Hamilton,
Gent., :W.P.lkam Baiston Smith, Gent.
To be EnSigns—Hastings Pickering, Gent.. William Wat-
kinson, Cent, John Wade, Gent. Thcrnas Robinson,
Gent. • , • - .
To be Quarter-master--lames lames Kershaw, Gant.
To be Surgeon—Thomas Charley, Gent. . '.: ' • ,

2q Battalion.
To bej-ieutenant-Colonel. 'Thomas Wolrich StansfteldaEsq,
To be Major, John Hill, Esq.
To be Optains—Thomas William Tottie, Esq. Cee>rge
Walker, Esq: Ale?cander,'Furnet, jun. Eiq. George Stans-
field, Esq. losepii Smithson, Esq. Samuel LapagejtviL
Esq. William Atkinson, Esq. Francis Bummer, Esq.
William Hall, Esq. Michael Thomas Sadler, Esq. Ad-
jutant William Jackson.
To be Lieutenants—Tliornas Motley, Gent. William Frank-
land Paley,. Gent. Robert Richie, Gent. Henry Bate,
son, Gent. 'Christopliec-Bolland, Gent. Robert Benson,
Gut il darn Waite, Gent. John Lupton, :Gent.. John.

Carr, Gent. GeUrge:Oates,. Gent. kichaid Couprand;

Gent. Edward Coirpland, Gent.
To be Ensigns—George Priestley, Genf. Thomas Hebdin,
Gent. Wm. Petterson, Gent..
To be Quarter4idasterHohn Butterworth, Gent. -. •
To be. surgeon=-Maurice Logan, Gent. •

Northern Regiment of Yorkshire West Riding Yeomanry
• Cavalry.
To be: Captain—The 1-lon. Charles Stourton.

To be Lieutenants—Cornet Tbornas.Shawe. Sandford Ne-
ville, Cient.

(To 64- conlinfecd.)