The Sun.
London, England, 1841-10-16 00:00:00

„THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16 1641.

•
CHIN A.
•,(From Galigliani's Messenger.).
I - send: you an extract from' a letter written, by a
young officer engaged in the late attack on the 'forts at
Canton, addresaedto'arelatire:at Paris: His account
is animated and lively, but, of course, the chiefilacts of
his letter have been made known 'through:' the- usual
channels. The writer mentions that-General Gough,
on receiving :the letter froth the Superintendent, arrest-
ing his further proceedings agaiest Canton; threw down
the order, and'atainped upon it With rage. ..
" We bava just retutned 'from a successful. and
glorious
.attack upon Canton, from • which,l;escaped
untouchedt' 'I will try and giVe you as near an account
of it as I can. We were just on the point of starting
again for thetiortb, when news came down that they/
had broken out again at Canton, attacked the factories;'
plundered them, and driven the merchants away.-- We
immediately_ ot orders to proceed up the river to attack
'Canton, and the .Plenipo (Elliot) for once did trot inter-
fere. We were tbe leading skip up the river, and were
one day ahead of the fleet,. when we got aground and
stuck fast.: - We worked day and night for three days,
and could not stir her ; so the steamer was sent down,
and we'were transhipped. • The morning 'of the 24th
May, the Queen's birthday; the boats of the flest em-
barked us, and we reached the place of landing that
night, and slept in the boats, having previously flied
rather more than a royal salute, with shot'and shell, at
the forts near Canton. We disembarked -the next
morning, the 25th; at four o'clock, . and moved
forward to attack four largo forts, which' command
the city, being situated on high hills overlooking
the town,' and two large fortified' camps, con.
taming' from 4,000' -to 5,000 . men each. • We 'were
delayed.' rot. some ".tirne,: • ' vraitintf The Pur ' 'gams' 'and
rockets to come up, al the'grotend they, had to ,go
throneh- was heavy paddYlidti; itearlyaiver the wheels
in water.. Abouta' iii ' o'elock,-. Ode ken, at' howitact
and the rocket tubes, were got into position. All ;this
time the guee' from the forts and city walls were - not
idle, but kept opal hot fire on ns, 'but ther-' &omit"
Luckily enabled us to keep "ix g'ond dear under cover.
About half-past seven, our gues opened their -fire,''bot
apparently did not much damage. The-Genera); flit
Hugh Gough(my old Colonel.in:the 87th), then"thame
up, and ordered us (the /Bth)' to storm the"fert .-opPo-
site to us,' Which was a 'round one, on ahigh bill. We
were then about half a mile friitrife." "We weir obliged
to advance through'tho paddy fields in single file, under
a very heavy' fire of grape androdnd Shot,: my com-
pany, the 'grenadiers, leading. 'When we got to the
bottona' of the hill, my 'company ' halted, formed in
skirmishing order, and advanced': they came- out' to
meet us, ' but we gave them si couple of volleys,""and
drove then from the hill. The regiment . then formed
in line, and charged up and took the fort, and
we hoisted our Queen's colours on the top (the
first time it bad ever been under fire): - Sir High
then put himself at our head, and We-rattlaeff 'at
our beat pace for the second ferr,. the old man rdimingi
at our head, waving his hat with one hand,' and his
stick with the other—he had no ewer& ' We took it
with ease, and they ran when ' they saw us'comine in
such style ; only two of my company were 'Ant there.
It astonished' me very much that they male 'So little
resistance, for till we came to dose quittersttiheY stead
to their guns and fired splendidly. At first they found'
they could not hit us, on account of the bad construc-
tion of their embrasures, but-they soon found that Pat,,
and knocked them down, so IS to be able to 'train the
guns upon us ; in the meant:idle' the brigade of icemen
;had stormed and taken the ether twolorti with Sonia
loss. Immediately after this my company was *sent out
again, to drive in another party that 'was advancing,
and to remain out and skirmiih, as bur light infantry
Were protecting the artillery. I had some 'beautiful
shooting for about two or three hours, I got' leaye
from my captain to take ten men, and 'go round
a hill to surprise some fellows who were' firing at us -in
front ; he' kept up a 'very heavy 'firing at them in'Order
to keep up their attention while I got upon theta. I got
round. the bill without being' ken, and came Ppoti them
lying doWn; keeping, out of the way Chile shot 'in their
front. . I instantly fired ou'them, but our 'men 'Arci
blown, and snenxious that they nisliecl thent';'lGy.
started to their feet, fired a few shots at ' us, which
missed, and we then shot them down deliberateff.ti'l.
got so elose is. to be 'able to get a shot with my Pieta!,
but
(missed ; we killed ten or twelve ofthem ; the rest
:
_ That was the only Plose fieht an? one had
Vas lute in -get pat nay,- as they are arnica as-ati a
large sort of matehlOck on three legs, which carries
three times ai'far as our. Muskets, so that they keep out
of our reach, and yet pepper away at ul: After that 1
rejoined the company, and then we had some hot WO'rl4
of it. The bugler sounded the advonce to us, :when it
Was intended that he should !bend 'the retreat ; we
were then in a critical situation, being unsupported,
and only 50 men in the company. However; we had
nothing for it but to go ahead., We moved on as hard
as we could, and had to cross two or three fields ex=
posed to a heavy fire from. the city walls. We lost
two men, and only saved ourselves by the pace we went
, at_ We.had some sharp banitinct_h4i c0u1d...-. drive
them back, as they had got into a vilLiole -on our left
~,
flank,
and were beginning to riddle u 3 ; we (lOWA not
Aow nhend abave,the bank but a volley came at i
54,(apfain then carne to me and said--L' We halvb
nothing for it but to charge, and drive t'he'n froM the
village,, and, send for . support,' which ''we, -did,
0., droye them out in great style, . for W1101.'114:
I got -great praise. Another company then came to our
essistanee, but we, were obliged to retire a little, whicli
.prevented our having the honour of gettinee, first into
the camp, which ..we_
.etherwise . _should have ' been,
as we had stood the runt of the day, till the regiment
advanced and stormed the camp unaer a heavy fire from
the guns of the city ; we hist in about a hundred
,yards
of causeway, leading from the village to- the camp,
three officers and twenty-one men.; we inintediately.set
fire to the tents and houses, for Med up cloie column in
the centre, and completely destroyed it. It was not the
General's intention to have stormed it t.ll, night, but
we had gradually edged near it, and at last made a
dash at it arid :carried it. Our regiment's loss that
day was the most of any--7-three officers and twenty-one
men wounded, and three men killed ; the .-total loss of
our force, which was only 3,000 men, arunuPted to
ninety killed and wounded.. The. -Chinese own; to
1,200 killed and wounded., We then returned to. the
fort we had takes, and remained there for the night,
within 150 yards-of the city. We were under fire froth
five o'clock in the morning until,eeeven..,nseleck at'
night ; they ceased firing from the :city- about eight.
Next day,. the 26th, we did nothing, as the ammunition
had net come up, except to station men under cover to'
fire at every one who showed his bend on the city,.Walli,'
our fort completely overkokng the town; we prepared
the sealing-lid:L.7s and got everything ready far, the
at ack. On the morning of the 27th„at.eigbt o',:lock,'
our guos being ready to breaeh,and, the .rocket brigade"!
tot.burn,.just as- we were going. to
.open our
:fire, -they:,
showed white flags on all;.the; wells opposite ,ui., .Sir
Hugh -Gough himself advanced unarmed, with 044 one
.interpreter, and under tbe- very. city, walls,. which ;was.
a courageous thing of him toxlo, as we-have hod-:plenty.
,of proof already- that the Chinese only respect the fi
- of: -truce when-it suits them. ,Tl.ey asked for
of tw? days to the Plenipo, which was gr..
our disgust, as we were wound up r-
General was-not -sorry to grs-

a trice
—iced, math to
at the attacks The
,ac this delay as all the
, 'title thinking what was to be
the morning °ldle 2'9tlr, the ~iCYIC
-.timers! zalked down to the I±,ltte:-iel, 'to
~..rders for the attack. Some small delay,
~ok Owe in altering the position of one of the
rocket tubes, when an officer cal, 'up with a letter
from the P:enipo, saying he tat made terms with them,
and ordcr.ng us to epAre the city. The General
stamped the lett-,r-inder his feet with rage. Of course
there was 50 remedy, as he 'iv Plenipo. The terms
were that they would pay down six millions of dollars it
they would spare the' t%iwh ; that the' whole of th'e
Tartar troops shoal Ity down their arms, and march
60 miles from the city without the honours of war,
and that wa should occupy the commanding position
we held till the money was-paid, These terms Elliot
accepted, although the General objected. We re-
-1111=17.4d in the fo:ta till the Ist of June, which -was
tii7ghty pleasant, as we he'd. no 'shelter, 'and the days
were tremendously hot,'and at night the rain Came in
torrents.

ammunition was not up '
the consequence.
being up, tb,

give v'

I. ..... . ....
*.I never changed my things the whole time, except
.my shirt, as I luckily brought ,a clean one, but r.ever
took off .boots or trousers for seven days, lying on the
ground, yet I never was better in my life ;.the.exciternent
kept us all right. The men are sickly, now it.is all.
over. It was a hot week's work for young soldier's,
I can assure you the-sensation of being - shot at is or, c,
pleasant at first, though it soon wears off, -especislly
when you are going ahead. My cempany bad the
hottest of it ail day, as We led the way (fo much for.
being a grenadier). . .
" We expect to get, the six millions, pr .at least part,
as prize-money, but nobody can tell ; if, we do, it
it will give me 2001. or 3001.—not a bad day's work:
We none of us thought of making our wills before
going into action, as we had no idea it would Nava
been such sharp work, but-now some of us have thought
prozier to do it, as we expect to be at it again in about
a fortnight (at Amoy). Our fellows behaved bite.
Irishmen—tbat's saying enough : the only difficulty
was to rettrain them. The Quartermaster-General-
of the 18t'a dropped dead in the field ; the great.heat
and fatigue occasioned apoplexy. Poor old imtn!
we buried him nrivwely near the forts. It was a so+. ,
lenin sceoe, none but Akers attending. It.ras darks'
An officer read the service over ,him, by the light of a,
single candle. We were afraid of attracting the notice
of the Chinamen, who would have dug him up after we).
had left, as there is a large price offered for an officer's
head. I aaw the head Mandarin of Canton and all the
other great men, at a conference under the wall'', our
company being the General's guard of honour. What-
ever the Chinese may think of our fighting, I am sure
they could not eel:l4re our dress ; my trousers were
split right across behind ; I, had to tie a handker.
chief round my waist t one knee cut across, and the
other log torn, and showing evident marks of where the
night had been passed, viz., in the mud. None of us
were much better. We bad a brigade of seamen tieing '

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duty on shore. Jack confesses he did net much ad-
mire.doine soldier. We start for Amoy in about as
week. We are Fare of having any thing to do that is
to be. done, as Sir Hugh is an Irishman, and stands by
his boys: I have not told him I belonged to his old
regitTlect ;-rrhaps if I did be might give" me some-
thing, present all places are fulr.",!

HORRID MURDER DAR-
• TIELD, .`EAR BARNSL'EY.'
•
(From, the Doncaster GazetteAllAday,)
The following are the particulars connected with one
of the most diabolical and coolly`-premeditated murders
that had•'4.ver been committed in this part of the coun-
tfy. 'What renders 'the event more Aliiitkintg, is the
act that the unfortunate victim 'was assassinated by
mistake, :owing, it is supposed, to hii being in age, ap-
pearaece,•and dreas, very similer to, the person marked
out by the murderers. The deceased was a young man
named Thomas Depledge, about 21, a• farming servant,
in the employ of Mr.'[. Heptenstall, of Billingley, near
Darfield.
The murder was committed on the:turnpike road be-
tween the- two places, and very. near the cross roads
leading 'from Darfield I') Doncaster, Pontefract, and
Rotherham.
li.appea.rs that, on Monday night, two boat haulers,
named Joseph and William Lodge, residing at Womb-,
well, .Were returning from Barnsley Fair, and when they
had got as far as-Nhasborough Hill, -a short distance
from Barnsley, they became engaged in a quarrel with
two men, named Marsden and Mills; who were walking
on the road. Jaseph Lodge got off his horse, and at-
tacked-tbe two men, giving one a severe bite on the
cheek, and almost biting the fingers off the hand of
the. othdr.'". 'He'reecivei himself some very severe
scratches and bruises, Whi.:fr seem to have.exasperat2d
him, arid • roused him,. to a "determination of deadly
revenge, Drlarsdee and: Mal, havia,g picked, up the.
hat which„Joseph Lodge had -lost in the ,scuffle, pre-•
areeded;owtheir road home, and called at the Ring. of
Bells public-house »at•Darfielthßridge, where they met
with eThortral Deldedge .ned some companions, who
were also returning from the 'fair. In 'the meantime
the two Lodges, "who are brothers, had gone :back to
.fairbOiy ee.identlY, with the intention of collecting a
force' tor' the, purpose of as,iytio.g in their revengeful
purpose. They called, with
,their companions, one of
whom was—a
,nephew, named -John Lodge, at all the ,
beerhouees . and public-houses on the, road, and at
length, their friends haying left them, the three Lodges
entered the public-house a, Barfield-bridge; where
they found Joseph's 'hat on thetable, and saw the two
men with whom they' had quarrelled.' Some suspi-
cious expressions fell from theit there; and they were
perceived to be watching for Marsden and Mills leav-
ing the house. Some evil purpose was so apparent,
that Mills was strongly advised 'tat to, leaye the house
that night.
.At length, however, Meriden and Mills, along with
Depledgeend several others, left the house, and pro-
ceeded' homewards towards i3illing'ey. When they
bad got to. the Milnhouses, a short distance from Dar-
field,•the two former -went forward, before the others.
At Ave cross roads they had gained ''ground a good
'deal ;'and near-this. place Dspledge; it is supposed; in
ifbiliblinenee of hearing friotsteps behind, and wishing
to •laiiprise,:ilra men of some danger, left his friends
and proceeded forward at a quicker pace. Joseph
and William Lodge then came up, spoke to the
party behied,,,an& walked sharply past. One was in
his shirt sleeves, which were doubled up, and carried
a large hedge-stake. When they had gone about a
hundred yards further, a very severe blow was heard
-by those who were. in the rear. They hastened
forward,' and 'found -their companion,- Depledge, lying
bleeding on the- road. On raising him up ha
ately 'expired. His mouth and nose were bleeding pro-
' fusely, and it wes found that he had received a dread-
ful blow on the face, which bad broken the bones of
his nasp,.aed completely flattened it. The lifeless body
was,immediately _conveyed by •hts companions to Milli-
houses. Almost directly aftm the murder, the." two
Lodgee,'lunning. et lull speed, passed 'Marsden and
Mills on the road ; one of them dropped a large hedge
tat-like; which was afterwards' flitted by the constable ;
. and they then turned down a lane leading to Womb-
well, where they were both taken into custody the same
night. Lodge., the nephew, had left them at Dar-
field Bridge.
A• . .
n Intl epee erat.:4ela'ailion the body of the ill-fated
man on WednesdaY.,=,et,the,Ring,ef Bells public-heuse;
before Mr2rhornas Badger, the Cor(.ner. The gre.44,1
. _
excitement prevailed in the sequestered of.
Darfield. The Jury heard eviden.a. of the facts above
sated Until five in the aftereeon; when theinquest was
adjourned until the,_faimwing day. On Thursday the
inquiry was resumed; and after some additiOnal evidence
,had hem taken, the 'Coroner summed up, and the Jury
returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder," against Joseph
and William Lodge, who were fully committed to take
their trial at the ensuing assizes.

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11.308.NLA WS ,
A phlilic meeting was held lait evening in-the King's-
t 'Cross 'Theatre, for the purpose of forming a Young
J Men's AntirMonopoly. Association.. The. room was
4 ' -
I tilled before the.hour appointed for the meeting, which
we eight o'Clock, and by that hour standing roorntould
I ,net,il?e obtained. -, •
I;i4lPtra.an. TAYLOR, Big., having been proposed;
:tool: the cliair:"amiO4; great applause,, and:, said he
1 'CCtilehave :wished that a more influential person had
taken, the: chair,!
,but as the Committee had appointed
him, he was most happy to render his small assistance in
the fortberacce of so laudable an object as that for*
whiCh..they •fiad met.---(Cllcers.) The circumstances
which goiern the increase or decrease of the prosperity
of our. btloved country, he was sure was one of the
most important, 'subjects that could exereise.the under-
standing.—(Hear.) The' question which had been so
much agitated—the question of the. Corn-laws—
was peculiarly one which was deserving of the study
of all men, and more especielly the younger part
of the community. At first sight this • would 'seam
so simple a question, as to require no argument with
respect to it ; but they saw so many interests opposed
to that question ands: much sophistry brought to bear
upon ituthat•it was. necessary to take the subject into
mest,serious consideration ; and this could only be done
by application, With this object, then, had-they met,
for the;purpose of forming an Association ; and resolu-
tions, etmbodying the feelings of the promoters, would
be submitted to their attention, and he hoped they
would:receive due consideration from all present. He
shottl‘therefore; call upon ,Mr. Foster to propose the
reselsstion.—(Cheers.) •
Mr. PosTeit said he scarcely: need state- what was'
perfectly understood, that that was irpublic meeting to
all„intessas akid.purposes—a meeting formed let'abolia6 ,
all„mon,qpolies,•-,apd they therefore did -Di"
tllC,itfs ;!•#l,3h to estattlish a monopol,- ";f doY.
sentiniotit -with respect, to,tho , expression of
propounded to them. r :7 ;,,,seutions that would .be
expiless man would be allowed to
.eifdr 7 ill proviried he did .so fu'ly
• = Fostet then briefly alluded to' the
latet7 ' held in the City -en 'this sugect,
trtint *lalch the present one, he saikliiid taken its rise.
He understood that it *as the opinion of many that.they
could not seceissittlly, attack this question, as they bad
the ettiktito bpposett. to them, He, did not think so,
• for they had many. Chartists upon their Committee,
" He begged to read the first resolution :
" Thatthis meeting deeplylaments the prevailing dis-
tresif and fully 'approves of the strenuous etfortS now
makipg to obtain the entire abolition of the bread-tax.
"and all other monopolieS, to the effects of, which, in their
opinion, this distress is to be 'attributed."

Lora Stanley had made long speeches about over-
production, and he had been followed by Sir P.. 'Peel ;
but conceding, to them that there wai that ever:produe•
Lion, and that our customers could I:iv:lake that over-
PreduCtiOn,, hew was it that they went to their markets
for the same Article I)..(Hear, bear.) BUt.elthoueh the
Cabinet contained a P,ucltingham and a Keatelibull, he
thought—it,,,was not combined .in its principleS, He
booed that if .there was any gentleman. who differed
from him in sentiment, be would be allowed. a full and
• fair, heroin,:
' GobriArtn'rose, and.iaid that he perfectly con-
•Ftirred in what had fallen from the. gentleman who had
just sat &win; Not only was the manufacturing, but
. hkewise,the agricultural, interest in a state of 'ainpre.7
..
ita;oled'.(lepre4Mn, and therefore it became their duty
tlo,ouugsne,their best exertions tdiant an end to such a state
0'14,'
of t''. the ;*present 'meeting was styled " The
Alen'S Anti-Corn-law ASsoeiation," but its ob-
. Jects were.such
tOWaco persons of all aged and
all elassee to join in. cffeCting its ultimate:ohjects.
It, had been : said by Some:. that machinery was
the cause. of much of the distress amongst the opera-
five, but. machinery was only the second cause.
The pritne,and moving cause was the monopolists and
'aristocrats. After cominer,t.ng in strong terms on the
miseTryhaatnclihvii:etnee'aeutaine: by the present system of Corn-
-laws, he Concluded by Moving the following resolution
vailing distress, and .app(rieeceila)ityeala, turenettlsbtrhe ts pnroewsenaltalfirneg-
to bet rid a the Bread-tax, and all other monopolies, to
the eßiets, Of which, in their opinion, was to be ascribed
the present diAres:Sed_state 0r the country."
•: A. person named Wall next:rose to address tbo meet-
ing, and said he was a Chartist ,apd considered it would
be,impossihle to &lira a repeal of the Corn:dews during
the present state of the representation of the people.
Daring his spzeeh, wh:ch was chiefly a. rhodcmon!ale
:rgaiese machinery; and le;ted upwards of an hour, he
lijilioriet by cortinued hisse9, and, after being repeatedly
killed to order by the Chairtnau, concluded by moving
na amendment to the effect that the only way to get rid
of the Corn-laws and all other monopolies was by pass.
log the reople's Charter.
A.scene of indeFrtibable confusion. 'here arose. The
feeling of the meeti-i was . manifested very strongly
against the amendment, when several Chartists who
were in the front of the pit jumped upon the platform,
and a regular row ensued, during which the Chairman
managed to effect his escape to the back of the stage
with some difficulty, and for upwards of it quarter of an
hour, however amusing the scene might be to those in
the galleries, it was far otherwise to the less fortunate
wights it) the pit ancl upon the stage.

The CHAIRMAN hlviuL, tia-dn reurnel his seat, ma-
navd, with much ex-rii.)n, to re•tore order i-arri;Wv,
when thr...e or four 00 er speakers addressed tie meet,
but from the plaudits of the one side and marks of
thsaoprobon on the other, they werc almost inaudible.
The Aleet;ng then separated.

FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE.'
DOWNING-STREET, OCT. 14, 1841
The Queen has been graciously pleased to nominate and
appoint Major- General „ Sir Hugh Gough, Knight Com-
mander of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath,
to be a Knight Grand Cross of the same Order.
Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Captain
Thomas Herbert, of the Royal Navy, Companion of the Most
Honourable Military Order of the Bath, to be a Knight Corn.,
mender, and
Colonel G. Burrell, of her Majesty's 18th Regiment of Foot,
Lieutenant-Colonel Morris, of her Majesty's 49th Regiment of
Foot,
Lieut.-Col. Adams, of her Majesty's 18th Regiment of Foot,
Lieut.-Col. Mountain, of her Majesty's 26th Regiment of
Foot; and
Lieut.-Col. Pratt, of her Majesty's 26th Regiment of Foot,
To be Companions of the said Order.
ADMIRALTY, OCT. 15.
With reference to the Gazette Extraordinary of the Bth inst.
the following Naval Promotions have taken place, dated on
that day :
Lieut. NV. W. Chambers, her Majesty's ship Welleley, to be
Commander.
Lieut. H. Ceryton, her Majesty's ship Conway, to be Com-
mander.
Lieut. J. M. Hayes, her Majesty's sloop Cruizer, to be Com-
mander.
Lieut. P. W. Hamilton, her Majesty's sloop Columbine, to be
Commander.
Lieutenant William Cotterell Wood, her Majesty's surveying
vessel Sulphur, to be Commander.
Richard Lawrence Bryan, Mite, her Majesty's sloop Cruizer,
to be Lieutenant.
Isaac Newton Thomas Sanlez, Mate, her Majesty's sloop Pyla-
des, to be Lieutenant.
Henry Need, Mate, her Majesty's ship Druid, to be Lieutenant.
William Stewart Miller, Mate, her Majesty's sloop Colum-
bine, to be Lieutenint.
George Skene Taylor, Mate, her Majesty's ship Calliope, to•
be Lieutenant,
Thomas White Parver, Mate, her Majesty's sloop Nimrod, to
be Lieutenant.
William Thornton Bate, Mate, her Majesty's ship Blenheim,
to ba Lieutenant.
WHITEHALL, OCT. 13.
Tlse Queen has been pleased to grant unto the Rev. John
Ryle Wood, Master of Arts, the place and dignity of a Canon
or Prebendary of the Cathedral Church of Worcester, the
same being void by the death of Doctor Townsend Forester,
late Prebendary thereof.
WAR OFFICE, OCT. 15.
17th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Assistant-Surgeon A.
Leslie, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Gibson,
promoted to be Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class, Oct. 15.
Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards—Lieut.-Col.
Lord W. Thynne, from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain
and Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Torrens, appointed to the 23d
Foot, Oct. 15.
Coldstream Regiment of Foote Guards—Lieut. S. Perceval
to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Horton, who
retires ; Lieut. the Hon. C. L. Fitzroy, from the 60th Foot,
to be Esign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice, Perceval, Oc-
tober 15.
Ist Regiment of Foot—Lieut. J. Mullen to be Captain,
with purchase, vice Macnicol, deceased; Ensign A. Anderson
to be 'Lieutenant, vice Mullen, Aug. 19 ; Ensign F. Wells,
from the 25th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Anderson, Oct. 15.
23d Foot—Lieutenant-Colonel A. W. Torrent, from the Ist
or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards, to be Lieutenant-
Colonel, vice W. Ross, who retires upon half-pay Unattached,
Oct. 15.
25th Foot—D. B. Johnston, Gent., to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Wells, appointed to the Ist Foot, Oct. 15. • ,
.51st Foot—Lieut. A. 'l'. Rice to be Captain, by purchase,
vice Rolles, who retires; Ensign F. C. Doveton to be Lieute-
nant, by, purchase, vice Rice ; H. H. Oxley, Gent. to be En.
sign, by purchase, vice Doeeton, Oct. 15.
53d Foot—Lieut. W. Stewart to be Captain, by purchase,
vies Walond, who retires ; Ensign W. J. Verner to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Stewart; J. Shiffner, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Verner, Oct.. 15.
60th Foot—Major C. Markham to be Lieutenant-Colonel,
without purchase, vice Ellis, deceased; Captain the Hon. G.
A.lSpencer, to be Major, vice Markham, Aug. 17; Captain D.
Fitzgerald, to be Major, by purchase, vice Spencer, whose
promotion has been • cancelled, September 24 ; Lieutenant
the Honourable H. L. Powys to be Captain, vice Spencer;
Second Lieut. C. W. H. Sotheby to Le First Lieutenant, vice
Powys, Aug. 17 ; Second Lieutenant A. R. Saunders to be
First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Sotheby, whose promo-
tion, by purchase, has been cancelled ; Second Lieut. W. Gren-
fell, to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Fitz Roy, appointed
to the Coldstream FOot Guards; E. Coxen, Gent., to be Se-
cond Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Saunders, Oct. 14 ;
E. R. Forman, Gent., to be Second Lieuteant, byl purchase,
vice Grenfell,.oo. 15.
Rifle Brigade—Second Lieutenant F. F. J. Morrice to be
First Lieutenant, by resshees, ‘-;ee we""., who retire..
Gentleman Cmiet A. A. Cartwright, from the Royal Military
Cotlss'' to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Alorrice,
Oct. 15.
BREVET. —To be Lieut.-Colonels in the Army—Major T.
Stephens, of the 49th Foot; Brevet Major J. Knowles, of the
Royal Artillery ; Brevet Major S. B. Ellis, of the Royal Ma-
rines, May 26.
To be Majors in the Army—Capt. J. J. Sargent, of the
18th Foot ; Capt. J. B. Gough, of the 3d Light Dragoons ;
Capt. J. Grattan, of the 18th Foot, May 26.
To be Lieutenant-Colonels in the East Indies only—Major
Roger Williamson Wilson, of the 65th Regiment of Bengal
Native Infantry ; Major Francis Spencer Hawkins, of the
38th Regiment o Bengal Native Infantry, May 26.
To be Majors in the East Indies only—Capt. D. Duff, of
the 37th Regt. of Madras Native Infantry ; Capt. G. A. Mee,
of the 58th Regt. of Bengal Native Infantry ; Cart. P. An-
sttuther, of the Madras Artillery ; Capt. 1-1. Moore, of the
34th Reg!. of Bengal Native Infantry, May 26, 1841.
Hospital Staff—J. Tonnere, Gent., to be As.istant-surgeon
to the Forces, vice Loinaworth, who resigns, Oct. 15, Is4l.
MEalortasnuar.—The date of Ensign and Adjutant J.
M`Court's remotion to the rank of Lieutenant, in the Ist Re-
g•ment of hoot, is 10th Sept., 1841, and not 18th Aug., 1841.
The promotion of Lieut. R. Aldridge to be Captain, by pur-
chase, in the 60th Foot, on 24th Sept. 1811, is vice Fitzgerald,
promoted.