The Sun.
London, England, 1822-09-26 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

ORDERS RESPECTING LEAVE OF ABSENCE TO
OFFICERS OF REGIMENTS AT HOME.
All applications from Officers belonging to Regiments in
Great Britain are, in the first instance, to be made through
their Regimental Commanding Officers, to the General Officer
commanding the brigade to which they belong ; if their appli-
cations meet his sanction, he is to forward them to the General
Officer commanding the District, by whom, (in all instances in
which the General Officers are not themselves competent to
decide) their requests arc to be communicated to the Adjutant-
General, in a letter of recommendation, for the purpose of being
submitted to the Commander-in. Chief.

All applications from Officers belonging to regiments in Ire-
land, are, in like manner, to be made, in the first instance,
through their Regimental Commanding Officers to the General
Officer commanding the brigade to which they belong ; if
their application meet his sanction, he is to forward them to
the General Officer commanding the District, by whom (in all
instances in which the General Officers are not competent
to decide) their requests are to be communicated to the Adju-
tant-General in Dublin, in a letter of recommendation, for the
purpose of being submitted to the Commander of the Forces
in Ireland.

Leaves of absence which are granted during the winter sea-
son, under the Commander in Chief's special authority, by
General or other Officers commanding, to officers belonging to
regiments at home, are to terminate on the 10th of March, in
South Britain, and on the 10th of April in North Britain anti
Ireland ; and no applications for leave beyond those periods,
are to be made until the summer exercises and reviews are over,
except in cases of the most urgent and indispensable necessity.
The indulgence of leave of absence will be altogether with-
held from the officers of any regiment, which is reported to be
deficient in its discipline, appearance, or movements in the
field.

The recommendatory letters from officers commanding regi-
ments on the subject of leave of absence, arc to contain in the
margin, the rank and name of the officer in whose behalf the
application is made ; the period of leave he solicits ; and the
particular cause on account of which the leave is requested ;
likewise a distribution of the officers of the regiment, showing
the manner in which they are employed, and the number who
are absent according to the following form [a blank form fol-
lows the order] : when the leave is solicited on account of ill-
health, a medical certificate is to accompany the application.

MILITARY RECORD
OF GENERAL OLIVER DE LANCEY,
Late Colonel of the 17th Light Dragoons.
This Officer was appointed; the Ist of October, 1766, Cornet,
and on the 12th December, 1770, Lieutenant in the 14th Light
Dragoons; and on the 15th of May, 1773, Captain in the 17th
Light Dragoons.
He was sent out, in 1774, to America, with dispatches for
the Commander-in-Chief, directed to provide accommodation
for his Regiment then under orders for that service, and also
to provide remount horses for the Regiment, for the Artillery,
and for the services of the Army.'
On his arrival at Boston he was sent to New York, to ac-
complish the objects of his mission ; but hostilities having com-
menced he returned to Boston, which he found invested by the
enemy, and continued there, during the blockade and bom-
bardment of the place, till February, 1775, when he accompa-
nied the Army to Nova Scotia, and the following June, to
Statem

' The Commander-in-Chief having determined to commence
his operations, landed on Long Island, and Capt. De Lancey,
who commanded the Cavalry employed on this expedition, was
engaged in a very smart action 'which took place, when the
enemy's advanced posts were driven in.
He continued with his Regiment, being constantly employed
on active service against the out-posts, until the Battle of
Brocklyn, when he formed the advance of the right column,
under Sir Henry Clinton and Sir William Erskine. This
action having compelled the enemy to retire from Long Island,
he remained with his Regiment till the Army took possession
of New York Island, when he accompanied it, and was en-
gaged in two actions, which took place in driving in the ene-
my's out-posts, and establishing those of the British Army.
The Commander-in Chief having engaged in further opera-
tions, Capt. de Lancey, with part of the 17th Dragoons, accom-
panied the army in its landing on Frog's Neck, where a smart
action took place. He was next engaged in the Battle of
White Plain ; shortly after in an affair at Fort Washington, of a
most serious nature, in which the Hessian troops suffered severely.
At the close of this campaign the 17th Dragoons were sta-
tioned at New York, and in te spring sent into the Jerseys,
where Captain De Lancey was in the actions of the Scotch
Plains, and in several of an inferior description. In the course
of the year the regiment was sent to Pennsylvania, and this
Officer was employed in an attack made by Lord Cornwallis,
upon Red Bank Fort ; he was afterwards in an action at White
illarsh, which took place in consequence of a movement of Sir
William Howe with the Army, from the right to the left of
the enemy's position.
On the 3d .June, 1778, this Officer received a Majority in his
Regiment, and Sir Henry Clinton, who then commanded the
Army, having determined to retire to New York, evacuated
Philadelphia, and Major De Lancey wai; appointed to com-
mand the rear guard of the right column of the Army, under
the command of General Knyphausen ; in the course of this
march he was in the general engagement that took place at
Monmouth.

On the arrival of the army at New York, he was sent, in
command of his regiment, with a 'corps under Sir William
Erskine, to the east end of Long Island, where he remained
during the, winter ; and early in the following spring was or-
dered to take up a position in front of the lines of New York.
This position was fbr the purpose of clearing the country of
the enemy, that they might not obstruct the supplies of the
army, and skirmishes occurred daily.
This Officer was next appointed Deputy-Quarter-Master-
General in the field, in South Carolina, and served during the
whole of the siege of Charlestown, and on several expeditions
under Lord Cornwallis, to whom he was appointed Aide-de-
Camp, on the return of the army to New York.
In the beginnin,, of the following year, Major Andre having
been put to death by the enemy, this Officer succeeded him as
Adjutant-General; and, on the 3d of October, 1781, received
the brevet of Lieutenant-Colonel.

On his return to England at the peace, much difficulty hav-
ing arisen in settling the multiplicity of military claims made
by persons who had served in America, he was ordered by
Lord Sydney, then Secretary of State, to undertake the ar-
rangement of this business, which he performed. Ile was also,
at this time, appointed at the head of a Commission for settling
all Army Accounts dring the American War ; and subse-
quently, Deputy-Adjutant-General to the army, with, on the
18th November, 1790, the brevet rank of Colonel.
Colonel De Lancey continued in his situation as Deputy-
Adjutant-General till 1792, when he was appointed Barrack-
Master-General to the forces. He held this appointment till
November, 1804. He obtained the Lieutenant-Colonelcy of
the 17th Dragoons, the 2d April, 1794. On the 3d of October,
1794,- he received the rank of Major-General ; on the 20th of
May, 1795, the Colonelcy of his regiment; on the lit of Jan.
1801, the rank of Lieutenant-General; and, on the Ist of Jan.
1812, that of General.

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MASONIC NOTICES FOR NEXT WEER'
ENGLAND.
Monday, Septernber3o, LONON. No.
7,
458.
COUNDTRY. Nos. 22 238, 246'
541, 680, 707- 316,
Tuesday, October 1, LONDON. Nos. 9, 240, 2811'
381. 3g 0 „,161'
COUNTRY. Nos. 21, 87, .-.9,1n
170, 180, 184, lut,
387, .41
285 340..385,
477,, 507, 512/
551, 557, 02' 1""

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Wednesday, --2, LONDON. Nos. 35, 75, ::".0'• 191, 11_„4'
COUNTRY. Nos. 54, 84, 95, LI? sth
139, 146, 164, rh.2' 481+
291, 339, 465, 47,,, A
491, 505, 513, S„F; 711,
563, 581, 585,
713, 725. 67,1
Thursday, -3, Loxnorr. Nos. 25, 34, 61, I'
277, 325. 10, 11e61
COUNTRY. Nos. 45 51, 51, 41uf
171, 182, 234, 384'4- '
440, 453, 461, 411'"' 06,
483, 506, 5457 519: 651'
561, 586, 587,
657, 67, t,
Friday, ---0 4, LONDON. Nos. 10, 210,71
or„lot
COUNTRY. Nos. 13, 30, 55'
538. •
Saturday, -5, LoNDox. No. 173. •
COUNTRY. '
IRELAND. •
Tuesday, October 1, CORK. No. 95. •
Wednesday, -2, Coax. Nos. 1, 41.
Thursday, -3, CORK. No. 3.

WARWICKSHIRE.
The Provincial Grand Lodge for the County of ST' Tr
meets on Tuesday, the Ist October, at the White 11°11:01
vern, Steelhousa-lane, Birmingham. The Hon. Wash'-ii;l
Shirley, the Provincial Grand Master for the Countl'
attend.

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