The Sun.
London, England, 1824-03-24 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

The Field Exercise and Evolutions of the
Army as revised by Major-General Sir HENRY
To►tiExs, K.C.B. and K.T.S. Adjutant-General
to the Forces, which are now directed by the
COMMAND N-CIII EF, by the Ccntmands of his
MAJESTY, to be promulgated for the use and
guidance of the Army, are prefaced as follows :

" Thirty-three years have elapsed since the late General Sir
David Dundas conferred upon the country the essential benefit
of introducing a system of Tactics, calculated to combine and
unite the Field Movements of the Forces, and the fundamental
principles laid down by the distinguished Veteran, must ever
form the basis of subsequent systems and ensure to his memory
•
the lasting gratitude of the British Army.
" Improvements, however, have been suggested, by prac-
tical experience, during the late eventful war ; which, al-
though important and essential in the abstract, were partially
adopted, without adherence to any general or fixed principle
of formation. The result was a practice at once desultory
and disunited, and the advantages to he derived from these
improvements were liable to become nugatory by the revival
of that discordant variety of system, with its consequent evils,
which had called forth the labours of Sir David Dundas ; and
to the remedy of which the science and accuracy of that emi-
nent Officer had been so successfully applied.
" Under these circumstances it was deemed necessary by
the Commander-in-Chief, to take advantage of a period of
peace for re-establishing uniformity, by prescribing to the Army
a regulated system ; which, while it rests on the leading prin-
ciples introduced by Sir David Dundas, shall combine the ad-
ditional formations, with increased celerity in the mode of
executing all movements, which have been partially practised
for the last few years, at the uncertain discretion of Command-
ing Officers : and for the attainment of this desirable object,
the attention of his Royal Highness has been given, to what
appeared to him best calculated to unite simplicity with utility
and precision with celerity.
" The execution of this task having, at the same time, been
intrusted to me, as belonging to the situation in which the King
has been pleased to place me, I have proceeded in my humble
endeavours to fulfil the important duty so assigned tome, under
the gracious protection of his Majesty, and the auspices and
instruction of his Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief.
—Thus encouraged and supported in the prosecution of my
labours, the following Revision of the General Regulations for
Field Exercise and Movement has been prepared ; and having
been confirmed by practice, submitted by the Commander-in-
Chief to the King, and finally approved by his Majesty, is now
promulgated for the use and guidance of the Army.

" H. TORRENS."

[From the LONDON GAZETTE of yesterday.]
War-Office, March 22.
Ist Regiment of Life Guards, Cornet and Sub-Lieutenatt
Thomas Millard to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Locke
promoted ; Ensign Arthur Algernon Cape), from the 43ti
Foot, to be Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Millard.
7th Regiment of Dragoon Guards, William Payne, Gent. to
be Cornet, by purchase, vice Greenland, promoted to the lith
Light Dragoons.
Ist Regiment of Foot, Lieut. Michael Rafter, from half-pay,
84th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice 31`Conchy, appointed to the
48th Foot.
28 Ditto, Ensign Samuel Cooper, from half-pay 78th Foot,
to be Ensign, without purchase.
13th Ditto, Lieutenant Patrick Bain, from half-pay 38th Foot,
to be Lieutenant, vice Campbell, appointed to the 99th Foot.
18th Ditto, Lieutenant Angus 111'Pherson, from half-pay
35th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Lord Wallscourt, appointed
to the 98th Foot.
20th Ditto, Lieutenant John Ovens, from half-pay 27th
Foot, vice Darroch, appointed to the 24th Foot; Lieutenant
William Ousley Warren, from half-pay 30th Foot, vice Arm-
strong, appointed to the 90th Foot.
24th Ditto, Lieutenant Duncan, Darroch, from the 20th Foot,
to be Lieutenant, vice Stuart, appointed to the 98th Foot.
25th Ditto, Lieutenant William Cary, from the 89th Foot,
to be Lieutenant, vice Scott, appointed to the 97 Foot.
27th Ditto, Lieutenant Robert S. Ridge, from the 47th Foot,
to he Lieutenant, vice Beauclerk, appointed to the 99th Foot. '
30th Ditto, Lieutenant Samuel Tresidder, from half-pay
60th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Ramus, appointed to the
98th Foot.
31st Ditto, Captain Thomas Skinner, from half-pay 16th
Foot, to be Captain, vice Shaw, appointed to the 97th Foot ;
Lieutenant Thomas Beckham, rom half-pay 7iith Foot, to be
Lieutenant, vice Plumbe, appointed to the 98th Foot.
44th Ditto, Brevet-Colonel John H. Dunkin, from the half-
pay 34th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Hardinge, ap-
pointed Lieutenant Robert lvyciellin
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tttho 99 t 99th Foot,
7:tyth2l2,dooFt.oot, to be Lieutenant,
48th Ditto, Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Gilbert Cimitiere to
be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase ; Brevet Major
Thomas Bell to be Major, vice Cimitiere.
Lieutenant John Cuthbertson; Lieut. John William Duke;
Capt. Peter John Willats, from half-pay Royal African Corps,
vice Bell, to be Captains without purchase—Ensign Thomas
Lewis; Ensign Chas. Henry Roberts; Ensign Edward Ring ;
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Lieut. Hender Mounsteven, from half-pay 49th Foot ; Lieut.
Robt. Jones, from half-pay 14th Foot; Lieut. Mars itlorphett,
from the 87th Foot ; Lieut. Thos. Lillie, from half-pay 23d
;hoisai.eigul
Foot; Lieut. James M'Conchy, from the Ist Foot • Lieut.
John Atkinson, from half-pay 738 Foot ; Lieut. Geo. L. Boult-
bee, from the 69th Foot, vice Cuthbertson ; Ensign Robert
Alex. Andrews, from the 60th Foot, vice Duke, to be Lieu-
tenants, without purchase.—Ensign Robert John Napier,
Kellet, from the 77th Foot; Ensign James Ward, from half-
Fay 59th Foot; Ensign William Fotherg,ill, from half-pay 12th
oot, vice Lewis ; Gentleman Cadet William A. M'Cleverty,
from the Royal Military College, vice Roberts ; William Bell,
Gent. vice King; Thomas John Grant, Gent. vice Codd, to be
Ensigns, without purchase.
49th Ditto, Lieutenant John Sewell to be Captain, without
purchase, vice Bartley.
54th Ditto, Lieutenant George Palmer Hawkins, from half-
pay 3d West India Regiment, vice Mitchell, appointed to the
97th Foot.
57th Ditto, Captain Westenra Warner Lewis, from half-pay
58th Foot, to be Captain, vice Chambers, appointed to the 99th
Foot.
60th Ditto, Ensign Charles Binstead, from half-pay 26th
Foot, vice Caldwell, appointed to the 99th Foot; and
Nesbitt, Gent., vice Andrews, promoted to the 48th Foot, to be
Ensigns, without purchase.
67th Ditto, Lieut. David Campbell, from half-pay 34th Foot,
vice i%taillene, appointed to the P9th Foot ; and Lieut. George
Gun Munro, from half-pay 42d Foot, vice Ilalcott, appointed
to the 87th Foot, to be Lieutenants.
74th Ditto, Captain William White Crawley, from half-pay
17th Foot, to be Captain, vice Pattison, appointed to the 97th
Foot.
77th Ditto, Captain Nicholas Wilson, from the 28 West
India Regiment, to be Captain, rice Wilson, appointed to the
98th Foot ; and Ensign Wm. Castle, late of Meuron's Regi-
ment, to be Ensign, vice Kellett, appointed to the 48th Foot.
87th Ditto, Lieutenant Matthew Charles Halcott, from the
67th Foot, rice Reade, appointed to the 97th Foot ; and Lieu-
tenant John Edward Heard, from half-pay 71st Foot, vice Nor-
, phett, appointed to the 48th Foot, to be Lieutenants.
89th Ditto, Lieutenant Henry Duncan Keith, from half-pay
238 Foot, vice Cary, appointed to the 25th Foot ; and Lieute-
nant henry Harding, from half-pay /Bth Foot, rice Williamson,
appointed to the 99th Foot, to be Lieutenants.
93d Ditto, Lieutenant William Lockyer Trestum, from half-
pay sth Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Hamilton, appointed to the
99th Foot.
97th Ditto, Major General Sir James Lyon, K.C.C.' to be
Colonel—Lieut.-Colonel Christopher Hamilton, from half-pay,
to be Lieutenant-Colonel—Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel John
Austin, from the half-pay ; and Major Thomas Bradgate Bam-
ford, from half-pay 7th West India Regiment, .to be Majors—
Brevet Major William Morris, from half-pay Royal New-
' foundland Fencibles ; Brevet Major Robert Haddock, from
the half-pay; Captain Nicholas Lawson Darrah, from half-pay
79th Foot ; Captain Thomas Shaw, from the 31st Foot ; Capt.
John Peddie, from the half-pay 38th Foot; Captain Thomas
Smith, from the half-pay ; Captain Robbert Innes, from half-
pay 2d Dragoons; and Captain Alexander Hope Pattison, from
the 74th Foot, to be Captains--Brevet Captain Thomas
Livingstone Mitchell, from the 54th Foot ; Lieutenant John
Reynolds, from the 73d Foot; Lieutenant William Cannon,
; from halt-pay 94th Foot ; Lieutenant Charlton O'Neill, from
half-pay 84th Foot ; Lieutenant Charles Kelson, from half-
pay 103 d Foot ; Lieutenant William Austin, from half-pay
52d Foot ; Lieutenant George Erving Scott, from the 25th
Foot ; Lieutenant Alexander Carmichael, from half-pay Ist
Line Battalion King's German Legion ; Lieutenant George
Courtney, from halt pay 79th Foot; and Lieutenant Joseph
APReade, from the 87th Foot, to be Lieutenants.—Lieute_
nant Robert Prior, from half-pay 53d Foot (with temporary
rank) ; Ensign Lewis Xavier Leslie, from half-payti 95th Foot ;
82d Foot
Ensign Hector Harvest, froma half-pay ;
98,1
Hoot ; Ensign
Joseph Vincent, from half-p y EnsigC. Burlton,

from hair-ray 22d Foot ; and Ensign Edward Cheney, from
half-par 19th Foot, to be Ensigns.
98th Ragiment of Foot, Major-General Henry Couran to be
Colonel—Lieutenant-Colonel Mildmay Fane, from the half-
pay, to be Lieutenant-Colonel--Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
John Dunn, from half-pay 88th Foot ; Major Charles Bayly,
from half-pay Ist Garrison Battalion, to be- Majors—Brevet
Major Henry Croasdaile, from half-pay 97th Foot; Captain
Holland Lecky Daniell, from half-pay 73d Foot ; Captain
Austin Neame, from half-pay Bth Foot; Captain Edward
Vaughan, from half-pav Royal African Corps; Captain Peter
Stone Baton, from half-pay 34th Foot ; Captain Barry Fox,
from half-pay 97th Foot; Captain John Wilson, from the
77th Foot; Captain John 11`Iver, from half-pay 78th Foot, to
be Captains—Lieutenant Charles Augustus Stuart, from the
24th Foot; Lieutenant Robert Logan, from half-pay 55th.
Foot ; Lieutenant Joseph Douglas, from half-pay 73d Foot
Lieutenant James Davidson, from half-pay 89th Foot ; Lieu-
tenant George Duncan Drummond, from half-pay 824
Foot ; Lieutenant Francis Bernard Fielding, from the Ist
Royal Veteran Battalion ; Lieutenant Henry Ramos, from the
39th Foot; Lieutenant Hector Macquarie, from half-pay-
48th Foot ; Lieut. Joseph Lord Wallscourt, from the 18th
Foot ; I.ieut. Thomas Richard Plumbe, from the 31st Foot, to
be Lieutenants—Ensign Robert Dutton, from the Ist Royal
Veteran Battalion ; Ensign William Roberts, from half-pay
104th Foot; Ensign James Whyte, from half-pay Bth Foot
Ensign Henry William Graham, from the Ist Royal Veteran
Battalion ; Ensign .Jonathan Cuppage Nicholls, from half-par
72d Foot ; Ensign Arthur Charles Gregory, from half-pay 71st
Foot, to be Ensigns.
99th Regiment of Foot, Major-General Gege John Hall to
to Colonel ; Lieutenant-Colonel George Hardinge from the
44th Foot, to Lieutenant-Colonel—Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
Balviad, from half-pay Rifle Brigade; Major Samuel Patrick--
son, from half-pay 67th Foot, to be Majors.—Brevet Major
James Johnson, from the half-pay; Captain Thomas Mur-
ray Crooke, from half-pay Ist Garrison Battalion ; Captain
jobn Napper Jackson from half-pay 43d Foot ; Captain
Gilias Macpherson, from half-pay llth Foot ; Captain
Henry Cooper, front half-pay 3d Ceylon Regiment; Captain
Nicholas Colthurst, from the half-pay; Capt. Thomas Robert
Shervinton, front the half-pay; Capt. Courtney Chambers, from
the 57th Foot, to be Captains.—Lieut. Henry Rickards, front
the 3d Royal Veteran Battalion ; Lieut. Robert Hamilton, front
the 93d Foot ; Lieut. Bryan Gaynor, from half-pay YorkChas-
seurs; Lieut. John Manning Mailleue, from the 67th Foot ;
Lieut. Archibald Campbell, from the 13th Foot; Lieut. John
O'Leary, from half-pay 91st Foot; Lieut. Benjamin Warton,
from half-pay York Chasseurs • Lieut. Wns. Mackenzie, from
the 3d Royal Veteran Battalion,- Lieut. John Armstrong,
from the 20th Foot; Lieutenant Aubrey Beaucleik, from the
27th Foot, to be Lieutenants—Ensign Edward, last from the
2d ]loyal Veteran Battalion ; Ensign Matthew Patison, from
half-pay Stith Foot; Ensign William Bletterinau
from the t3Oth Foot ; Ensign Edmund Carrington Smith, from
half-pay 57th Foot; Cornet Ormsby Phibbs, from half-pay I9th
Light Dragoons; Ensign John Lord Elphinstone, front half-
.pay 69th Foot, to be Ensigns.
2d West India Regiment, Capt. Harvey Welman, from half-
pay 3d Garrison Battalion, to be Captain, vice Wilson, appoint-
ed to the 77th Foot.

Ist Royal Veteran Battalion, Captain Antoine Ramsay,
from half-pay 4th Foot, to be Captain De Barrallier, appoint-
ed to the 95th Foot; Lieutenant Walter Butler from lialf-pay
98th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Fielding, appointed to the
98th Foot ; Ensign Charles Phibbs from half-pay 100th Foot,
vice Bickerton, appointed to the 94th Foot; Ensign. Donald
Hugh 11‘Kay, front half-pay 60th Foot, vice Dutton, appoint-
ed to the 98th Foot; Ensign James Ritchie, from half-pay 67th
Foot, vice Sired, who returns to his former situation ou the
Retired hist, to be Ensigns.
2d Royal Veteran Battalions, Ensign John Parry Elliott,
from half-pay 72d Foot, vice Last, appointed to the 99th Foot ;
Ensign Thomas Raynes, front half-pay 57th Foot, vice Peter Nugent Daly, who exchanges, to be Ensigns.
3d Royal Veteran Battalion, Lieut. John Al`Causland, from
half-pay 80th Foot, vice Samuel M`Caul, who returns to his
former situation on the retired List; Lieut. James Sweeney,
from half-pay 53d Foot, vice Mackenzie, appointed to the 99th
Foot ; Lieut. Jeremiah Wilkes Dewson, from half-pay of ?.d
Foot, vice Rickards, appointed to 99th Foot, to be Lieutenants.
II oSPITAL STAFF—Staff-surgeon Edward Eagle, 51. D.,
who was commissioned for local service in Ireland, to be com-
missioned for general service.
MEMORANDA.—The appointments of Lieut.-Colonel Cas-
sidy from the Ist West India Regiment to the Cape Corps,
and Lieut—Colonel Brown, from half-pay 6th West India
Regiment to the Ist West India Regiment, as stated in the
Gazette of the 13th instant, have not taken place.