The Sun.
London, England, 1822-09-18 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

ArG,D.
REL EXCHANGES, PROM OTIONS, &c.
ATIONS (DIRECTED BY ORDER) TO BE OBSERVED
GI:ITENTAL OFFICERS, ON THEIR APPOINTMENT,
, 31°VALI EXCHANGE, OR PROMOTION.
uflicers, on being newly appointed to Commissions in the Arm
Y, are to join their regiments or depots within two months
frani
the dates of their appointments, or at such periods as may
be directed by the Adjutant-General.
The p
two 4,3, of Officers newly appointed, who fail to join within
Months from the dates of. their appointments, or to comply
with the directions they receive from the Adjutant-General, is
to be
tor` • directions
if their absence is not speedily and satisfac-
oYffiaccecounted for, their appointments will be cancelle.d.
tn(3avers who exchange—or are removed from one regiment to
„trhe----or obtain promotion in another corps—or arc alwoint-
'. Otri the half-pay, are to have recourse to the readiest means
'l,?irthig the regiment or depots to which they are appointed
ofte-eertn°ved. It is expected that few cases can occur wnere an
~selc.‘cted from the half-pay, shall not be prepared to join
on appointment.
atel
ease.s.where Officers do not join their regiments, Or
retnodePdLlv2within two months from the date of their. appointment,.
be •dt, exchange, or promotion, their Regimental Pay. is to
iht
ceeileds (oafs
idlirraete)ted in the fifth article of sixth section of
until a satisfactory explanation shall
oinin
r • e been given, thro,ugh the Commanding Officers of their
regiments or depots, as to the cause of their delay in
by and a notification of the same shall have been made
Adjutant-General to the Secretary at War.
the half_ a who are newly appointed to commissions, or from
Pay, or who are exchanged or promoted to other corps,
6fise reported in the Regimental Returns in the column of
of
their ces absent with Leave," for two months from
.the dates
• This appointments, removal, exchange, or promotion.
her:_ 3 authority is not, however, to prevent such Officers. from
itnntene.rtefgoLerecourse to the readiest means of joining their regi-
rights:, or
depots, as before directed, nor to be construed as a
leave of absence to be claimed by them ; nor is it to.
rriernse. with any orders which Commanding Officers of reg!-
oeees 'l' depots may, under particular circumstances, deem it
or at 3arY to transmit, requiting such Officers to join forthwith,
7,11:11Y specific period within the two months.
above Period of two months is allowed to Officers under the
the tectraumstances, to enable them to providethemselves with,
to an cesarY equipments and to join their regiments or depots biliefti?::itpotnahrs
jeti4rof the United'Kingdom ; and the authority. for thenir,
.ered on leave, during that period, is to prevent
_a )
Y ansing in the issue of their regimental pay on their
respective regiments or de.pots.
iwon ule event of an Officer failing to join by the expiration of
hetiall:°ntils, he is to be reported in the subsequent Regimental
Point-14, " Absent without leave," from the date of his ap-
Port tr)t, exchange, removal, or promotion, and a special rq-
at rho ms absence is to be transmitted to the Adjutant-General,
Poirltnelnd of the following, or third month after the date of ap-
obtai order tliat, if no satisfactory account can be
Iled as to the cause of his absence, his appointment may
ef"lCAl,ed
.teine, • ,
4tetl)lo-41 on joining- their regiments, or dets, are to report
gh:eves personally' to the Commanding-Officers,' and are also
the AdPotice of their arrival, either personally or in writing, to
jairiirliTtant. The sme rule is to be observed on an Officer
any garrison oar military station.
4.e
Ita
r?Pears doubtful whether Lteut.-13en. Lord Combermere,
although named as Commander of the Forces in Ireland,
e
T
the eL"lle lateto
Lieut.-Gen. Sir Samuel Auchmuty, will assume
y-,, ~
vrith 1"'-'llicers.of the Royal Engineers and a Civil Draftsman,
c.tnin„,e,taahment of the Royal Sappers and Miners, under the
1ig0,74 of Major Thomas Colby, Director of the Ordnanc.e
Prot-°rnetrical Survey, are now actively employed in their
ofs,n.,'slooal duties, in the island of Jura and the western coast
teturiiar.id, where they will remain a few weeks longer, and then
Arioth_aa customary, during the winter months, to London.—
tleighvs7 Party of three Officers of the same corps are in the
"uorhood of Ayr, and employed on a similar service.
•

-----STMUGGLING.
[Pro
Gael• ''' a Scotch Paper.l—On the 30th ult._ the brig Fortune
ieilized by Mr. llawkins, commander of tdheore_venu.e cutter
fauna le' in Burntisland roadstead, on boar f which were
40, 11 c h" bales, containing from 81b. to 531 b. and in all 4,1391 b.
02 a°l,caa; one bag containing 114 ditto, ditto; one ditto,
,41b. si:' "°.; one do. 96 do. do. ; two paper 9els containing
91b na,g-tabaceo ; in all, 5,1531 b. tobacco. One keg containing
144.4" srlliff; 283 kegs containing three and three-fourth.- gals.
raitiib,,' and
in all 1,061,} gallons foreign genes,: ~, 20 kegs con-
-14 etll6 "a and three-fourth gallons in each, do. do. ;
and 213
tb4R, 'ol'°96l gra/ons foreign Geneva ; . .
Livw iteetitainngl,sl2lb. black tea; one box containnigaseevwenwtyas-
1741VaYini, cards• On Thursday the whole
43 ter tof ab. Magistrate. at Leith, when Adam Oates,
tothti. ch the brig, and 'William Lewis, the mate, were
of looped to
Therison: till they shall severally pay the enalty
tat th • ~, Place of concealment in the brig, contrived.
Ally e .-7,ntraband trade, was accessible from the stern exter-
.'ialse 'nu' internally there was no mark of any sec.ret place;
and be-
'WeetlZn had been made, and a false stern-post,
ca,„ntrab t and the•true stern were two places through 'which the
4he fn;th, d goods were conveyed into the lower pa_rt of the brig.
l'elltetr"ings by. which access to the concealed places was pre-
-4:11 bolts re Carefully made to appear like. the treads of corn-
-I;t•ez.e4:l4/10st to be cut away, that
1413 e s?'ll3' and it was not till Mr. Hawkins had caused the
would seem
the contrivance. was dis-
3, if th. 411 a apparent cargo was wood, and it w
l' on 1,?, tflast uncouth and rugged pieces had been selected, as
411'43 tcfPase to prevent the 'facility of search. So confident
fat hi.' niutster that his real cargo could not be discovered,.
in ";hiay °Fr Burnt'-island a day and a night, witoohodust.
1,.--'a al,i-•Y ineasures to land or secure the contraband. g
—r,, tilel:arAin before the Magistrate, the crew said nothing
,---2Ilt• - A'..etane; but pleaded ignorance of any . conceal-
Ac 1414 itbc persons on board were liable to 1111"priwere
41 a 'ate Act, unless they could show that tey
the
Att iigra ; but the Magistrate would not construe.
ct„ iv *44 3trictest sense, and because it appeared that the
01°4 tc,,e er?gag. ad after the vessel had been loaded, he looked
7- any iu''"' In the light of passengers, who could know nothing
11rodriouthrei iiigitle
otroalnys.actAilorn., and proceeded to convict the master
Hawkins, the'revenue officer, to
.his
the " not interfere in the least to procure the conviction
44"
te3t' though he would have been allowed. 201. per mon. "he ohelj "e af the , ds id nothin to prejudice their cas . '
i.tery tr.ved tbat hinp ' aont idado his own duty, and would leave.
"j tli ellg' else Io the W'
Magistrate. We understand
.that this
Id ;. ft'itsctohne fi vicrtsito,nattlaeat 1 • place on this Act in Scot-
.
1 stliiin this part of Scotland.
Ciiii • -----------
4Cie lsl's HOSPITAL—On Saturday next,
.we
.1° 4 rStn'
being St. Matthew's day, according
h•Slierntr"4l custo, the. Lord Mayor, Aldermen,
41(-,(1s1 :i 4nd Governors of the several Royal
'bui3reibts' will attend Divine Service at Christ
'lts if• After a Sermon by the Rev. Wm. Bun-
'l'eit /P:?c, A. M•, they will adjourn to the
.t.en5t,',4,411 in Christ's Hospital, where two ora-
-41111,"1 be delivered ; in Latin by SAMUEL
tli two in English by JOSHUA WELCH ;
41.;,°,senior scholars of the Grammar School.
it,s," ‘-.O.uT.Ts, with her usual benevole,nce, has
tillTins;.ettled a comfortable annuity on the ye-
,,ne fr,,,lTzEn, who had but a very small in-
l'''licli :rn the Theatrical Fund, the claims upon
',tit ajtre extensive. WEWITZER, was an excel
3Pectee,r in suitable characters, and always re-
°urse °Y the theatrical community; who, of
stleh 45 iWill The
to hear that he has obtained
P"ltl,„-fibe.ral provision to cheer his advanced
Citt . life.
1' th,„‘°acs, SEPT. 16.—The Tread Mill,
'I er sihlau,r Pose of affording labour to the Pri-
\vas b ' trie House of Correction, in this town,
r.
therpnrUegsht into operation on Wednesday last;
r. et 'nee of a Committee of Magistrates.
°r,) and ills,'
of Ipswich, the ingenious invent-
!lso pr lioppcit, the county-surveyor, were
‘lesign:s,ent• Exclusive of the utility of the
ehatds tne Mill itself is a beautiful piece of me-
tll . !ll' band-rail is fixed, by holding which,
th Prksoners * ' '
hap revel
~ .e,ain their upright position upon
e bizig
'wheel, to the interior of which they
1-, no
,% "e'effe • eSs) and all risk of injury is prevented.
sendinc` to every individual is simply that of
Ilteight gan endless flight of stepstheir combined
.10,, actin i,
P oar
.1 ) Pree* 3. upon every successive stepping •
the
oitt h_ isely as a stream of water upon
'Vards of
, a Water wheel. _ i