The Sun.
London, England, 1823-05-31 00:00:00

THE' ARMY.

GENERAL ORDER, May 27, 1823.
His Grace-the' Master General has received his Majesty's
commands to allow a limited number of Field Offieersand Cap-
tains on full pay, of the Royal Artillery, who may have served
not less than 20 years, to sell at the regulated prices of the In.
fantry, their Commissions, of Field Officers or Captains respec-
tively, to Officers ofthe Line (to be selected by his Royal High-
ness the-Commander-in-Chief), who, when promoted, would
t ezonie unattached.
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The vacancies of the Officers of the Artillery thus allowed
to return from theservice, will be filled up in the first instance
from the seconded list, and afterwards in the usual course.
The objects -of this arrangement are, by making provision
for certain Officers of the Artillery, who may be desirous of
retiring in this manner from the service, to enable the Master.
General to reduce the list of seconded and half-pay Officers,
and thus eventually to accelerate the promotion in the corps.
It is, however, to be clearly understood, that this plan does
not in any respect alter the nature of the promotion, or the or-
dinary rules for the retirement of Officers of the Artillery, nor
give any. Officer of the Artillery hereafterany right or claim to
sell his Commission.
It is adopted at present solely with the view of remedying an
existing inconvenience and evil ; and no Officer is to consider
himselt in future entitled to found -upon this arrangement any
claim to sell his Commission.
Those Officers who may be inclined to avail themselves of
this_plan to retire from the service, will send their names to
the Deputy-Adjutant-Generd of the Artillery, and the Master.
General will select those who will be permitted to sell, accord-
ing to his view of the public convenience, and of the respec-
tive claims and merits of those who shall' have sent in their
names.
(Signed) JOHN MACLEOD,
Lfeut.-Gen. Dep.-Adj.-Gen. Royal Artillery.

The 2d division of the 10th Regiment of Foot embarked at
Sheerness, on the 28th instant, for Ireland.
A division of the 52d Regiment of Infantry will, on the ar-
rival of the 2d detachment of the 10th Foot in Ireland, embark
*t Cork for Halifax,
The remainder of the 9th Regiment of Lancers will embark
on the Bth or 10th of June, at Bristol, for Ireland.
The Ilth Regiment of Light Dragoons (Hussars) has arrived
at Ipswich from Chathiun.
The 58th Regiment of Infantry has arrived at Weedon front,
Chatham. •
The 85th regiment of Foot is ordered, on the arrival of the
58th regiment at 'Weedon, to march from that station to Hull.
to relieve the 73d Regiment of Infantry, which is directed to.
proceed to Scotland.
Wednesday the oth Lancers, under the command of Colonel
Moreland, marched into Bristol from Radipole Barracks, on
their route for Ireland. The transports are all ready, and the
wind fair, so that it is expected they, will be embarked forthwith.
The 17th Lancers, which lately arrived iu England front
India, is now stationed ut Chatham, with the exception of five
men and a few officers, who are expected shortly to arrive on
board the .Barkworth free trader front Bombay.
The 2d division of the 12th Regiment of }oat has arrived at
' Sheerness from Guernsey.
It is reported that a considerable reduction will soon take
place in the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich, principally
among professional persons attached to that department, and in
future it will be required that candidates for the Ordnance Mili-
tary Corps will be educated at their own expence for that ser-
vice, by which reduction a very great saving will be effected in
the Ordnance.
CANTERBURY, MAT 30.—The Barracks In this city, have
lately been surveyed by Mr. Groom, of the Ordnance (Mice,
London, previous to their being put in complete repair for the
reception of the garrison. We understand it is in contempla-
tion to pull down the Maidstone barracks, and remove the
cavalry depOt here, as a more central situation.--(krafigh
Gazette.)