The Sun.
London, England, 1824-10-25 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

(FrOhl SATIT (MAY'S (GAZETTE.)
War Office, Oct. 22, 1824.
Royal Regimentof Horse Guards--Xornet Henry ThOmas
Lord Pelham, from the 6th Dragoons, to be Cornet, by pur-
chase, vice Arbuthnot, who retires.
Ist Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Cornet William Corbett
Smith, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Heaviside, who re-
tires; Second Lieutenant Dudley Christopher Carey Elwes,
from the 23d Foot, to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Smith.
3d Regiment of Foot Guards—Hon. Montagu Ijenley Ong-
ley tc he Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, ..micelloustoun,
whose appointment has not taken place.
23d Regiment of Foot—Gentleman Cadet Baldwin Losh,
from the Royal Military College, to be Second Lieutenant
by purchase, vice Elwes, appointed the first Dragoon Guards.
28th Dittn—William Sullivan, Gentleman, to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Lord Sussex Lennox, promoted;in the 32d
Foot. _

29th Regiment of Foot—Surgeon William Milton, from half.
pay Cape Regiment, to be Surgeon, vice James A. Stanford,
who exchanges.
32d Ditto—Ensign Lord Sussex Lennox, from the 213th Foot,
to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Ives, who retires.
60th Ditto—Captain John Kyle, from half-pay 26th Foot,
to be Captain, vice Arthur Pigott Browne, who exchanges.
60th Ditto—Cptain Henry Herbert Manners, from.the half.
pay, to'be Captain, vice Augustus Frederick Muller, who ex.
changes, receiving the difference ; Ensign George Pigott, from
half-pay 39th Foot, to be Second Lieutenant, vice Alexander
Paterson, who exchanges, receiving the difference.
62d Ditto—Frederick Kerr, Gent. to be I:nsign, by purchase,
vice Damerum, promoted ;Surgeon David Linn, from half-yay
of the 95th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Christopher Richard Al-
derson, who exchanges.
75th Ditto—Lieut. John Methcad, from the 4th Light Dra-
goons, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Taylor,- who retires.
93d Ditto—Ensign George M'Kay Sutherland to be Lieute-
nant, without purchase, vice Sutherland, promoted in the 26
West India Regiment; George Drummond, Gent.,to be En-
sign, vice Sutherland.

JBth
Ditto—Lieut.. Charles Augustus Stuart to be Captain,
without purchase, vice. M'lver, deceased; Ensign Robert Dut-
ton to be Lieutenant, vice Stuart ; Hon. John Henry Roper
Curzon to he Ensign, vice Dutton. "
2d West India Regiment—Lieut. Wemyss Erskine Suther-
land, from the 93d Foot, to 11e Captain, without purchase, vice
Winter, deceased.
'Royal African Colonial Cerps—,Major James Chisholm to be
Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase; Second Lieutenant
John Alexander Campbell, from the Colonial Company at the
-Mauritius, to be'Lleutenant, without purchase, vice Maeiean,
deceased.

UNATTACHED—Major George Russell D.7.are, from the Bth
Light Dragoons, to be Lieut.-Colonel of -Infantry, by pur-
chase, vice illajor-General Barry, who retires; Lieut. Hon.
Wm. Lennox Lascelles Fitz Gerald Roos, from the Ist
Regiment of Life Guards, to be Captain of a Company, by
purchase, vice Charles Wilson, who retires.
HOSPITAL STAPF.—HOspilai-Assistant Alexander Nelson
to be As4istant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice O'Beirne, promoted
in the 2d Nlrest India Hegitnenti John Fraser, ent. to be
Hospital-Assistant to the Forces, vice Nelson.

Commission in the West Somerset Yeomanry Cavalry, signed
by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Somerset.
Jostas Gard, Gent. to be Lieutenant.

,MrEYSIOUTIL, OCT. 19.—0 n .Friday last Major-General
Lord Edward Somerset, K.C.B. arrived here, and dined with
his brother, Lord Wm. Somerset. The next morning his
Lordship, accompanied by his Aide-de-Camp, and several
other Generals and Field Officers, inspected the Bth Royal
Irish Hussars, under the command of Colonel Virestenra, sta.
tioned at 'Dorchester Barracks. The regiment paraded in
marching order at eleven o'clock, and his Lordship inspected the
parade very minutely. The regiment marched past by half
squadrons, filed past, and trotted past, formed lines, and went
through the sword exercise ; after which the regiment was ex-
ercised in six squares under the respective Officers, who put
their troops through a riding drill lesson. His Lordship then
adjourned to the Riding House, and inspected rides of Officers,
Non-commissioned Officers, .recruits, and young horses, and
was pleased to express his high approbation of the manner in
which the drills had been inspected. After which his Lord-
ship, Lords John and William Somerset, together with se-
veral other General and Field Officers, partook of a most mag-
nificent dinner-with Colonel Westenra and the Officers at their
mess-room, which was served up on one of the richest services
of plate Of any regiment serving under the Crown. In the
evening his Lordship, ike. returned to Weymouth.

ROYAL NAVY, &c.

T 1
,ORTSMOVTIf, OCT. 23.--Ilis Majesty's ship Ganges,•B4,
Capt. Edward Brace, C. 8., has arrived here, after a long and
boisterous passage of thirty-three days from Bermuda, having
left that place on the 14th ult. in company with his Majesty's
ship Superb, 74, Capt. Sir .Thomas Staines, K.C.8., which
ship was proceeding to join the squadron in the Tagus. Both
ships left Barbadoes on the 91st July, intending to pass the
hurricane months at Bermuda, but orders arriving shortly after
they left, changing their destination to England, the Scout
. was dispatched_ by Capt. Lawrence, C.B. of the Eden, senior
Officer on the station, to Bermuda, with the orders :
ut that time the squadron were all very healthy in the West
Indies.—The Ganges encountered a continued series of strong
easterly gales, one of which was of great severity in the chops of
the Channel, during which (three days) she lay to under a try-
sail. The severe weathes.proved, as well the good qualities of
the shin as of the new main mast, which is constructed on the
principles of Sir Robert Seppings. 'We understand the Captain
and Officers speak in high terms of it, and of the excellent pro.
perties of the ship. Two transports, with a detachment of
Royal Alarinesoinder the command of -Lieut.-Colonel Lewis,
to reinforce the garrison, arrived at Bermuda on the 6th ult.—
all well. The Sovereign, Lieutenant .Kelsall, Agent, was
about to embark from the garrison, a portion of the 60th Regi-
ment, and convey them to Halifax; whence, it was understood,
they were to go to the West Indies. The Loyal Briton, Lieu-
tenant Athbrose, Affent, was to embark naval and ordnance
condemned atoms, for England. There were no ships of war
at Bermuda. The Argus arrived with a mail from Halifax on
the 3d, and sailed with the return mail on the 6th ult. The.
Rifleman had gone to Quebec, to convey some military officer
of rank to Jamaica ; the Sama3rang, with Sir Howard Douglas,
to New Brunswick ; the Menai was in the Bay of Fundy ; the
Jupiter 'at Halifax. The Ganges spoke in ling. 7. 40. W. on
the 13th Instant his Majesty's packet Freeling, Cunningham,
one day from Fahnouth, with the West India mails—an well ;
on landing the Jamaicatnail she beto proceed forthwith to Car.
thagena, with some important dispatches. The Lady of Com-
missioner Briggs and four children, James Holland, Esq., his
Majesty's Attorney-General for the Colony, and Mr. Patten,
late Surgeon of the Scout, invalided, came passengers in the
Ganges, Lieutenant .1. J. Mallock exchanged into the Scout,
at Bermuda, from the Ganges, with Lieutenant S. Shairp.
The Ganges came into harbour on Thursday, to be paid off
and re-commissioned.

When the Sparrowhawk left Rio Janeiro, all was tranquillity
at that place. Lord Cochrane had gone with a force to reduce
the refractory authorities 'at Pernambuco. The Emperor of
Brazil had conferred the rank of Rear-Admiral on •Capt. John
Taylor,' of the Netheroy, for his services at Bahia.
The Shipley transport, Lieutenant J. W. Pritchard, agent,
'caffein on 'Wednesday from Deptford, with contrary winds.—
She is bound to Rio Juneiroand Valparaiso, With provisions tar
our ships stationed round Cape Horn.
The.Dartniouth tailed from Cork for Jamaica on the 11th
inst. The Eden arrived at Trinidad on the. 4th August, and
the. Ringdove.on the atli ; the latter sailed on the 18th August
for Demerara, and the Scout for Bermuda. The Tweed ar-
rived at Bahia on the 14th August, and sailed on the 17th for
Pernambuco. The Arachue arrived at the Mauritius on the
7th July, from England. The Surinam arrived at Jamaica on
he 8:k August, the Grecian on the 21th, and the Helicon sailed
on the llth August for the ilavannah.
Cominolore Sir James Brisbane, lint. K.C.B. appointed to
the command in the Dist Indies, will proceed thither either in
the Forteor Madagascar. Captain Francis Brace is appointed
to the Gannet.; Lieut. Jellicoe, to be First of the Thetis ;
Lieutenants Wright and Smith, re-appointed to the Ganges;
Lieuts. Herbert and Dilate, to the Herald; Mr. Fitzgerald,
Purser,. to the Britannia„ vice Henderson, • Mr. A. 1 rattle,
Purser, to the Egeria, vice Stigant ; Mr. C. D. Unwin, Purser,
to the Gannett.

Lieut. John M'Causland, who commanded the Falmouth
mortar-vessel at Algiers, is promoted to the rank of Com-
mander.—Mr. E. B. Nash, of the Maidstone, to the rank of
Lieutenant. Mr. Moxon, Secretary to Commodore Charles
Pullen, C.B. (and who served i 3 years as Clerk to Captain S.
Warren, C. 8.) to be Purecr of the Maidstone, vice Benifold,
invalided.

Captain William Cumberland is appointed to command the
Genoa, IW, at Plymouth. Lieutenants Thomas Smith (b),
Henry Richard Smith., Benjamin J. Smith ; Frederick
'Wood, and W. Morris (b); Mr. Walker, Surgeon ; Mr. C. E.
Andrews, Purser; and the Rev. Thomas Ferris, Chaplain, are
also appointed to that ship.

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.
(From the Etoik of Sunday, Oet. 24.)
COURT NEWC—The King heard mass in the
chapel, of the Castle.
The 'Change will be shut on Monday next,
being the day of the interment of the remains of
the late King.
The Gazette of Augsburg of the 18th gives a