The Sun.
London, England, 1823-12-22 00:00:00

THE ARM Y.

A detachment. belonging to the 40th (2d So-
Mersetsitire)'itez;iment of Foot, has received orders to embark
fUrthwith on board .the Castle Forbes. in the River Thames,
which is.ordered,,to proceed to Cork, for the purpose of con-
veying convicts from Ireland to New South Wales.
A detachnient of recruits marched on Saturday morning
from the Recrttiting Department, in Westminster, for Win-
chester, where the head-quarters of the 95th (now raising)
Regiment of Infantry is at present stationed.

A detachment of the 6th Foot arrived on the 19th inst. at
Glasgow, and a detachment of the same corps will arrive at
Edinburgh on the 22d inst.
The detachments which proceeded from Isle of Wight and
Portsmouth, on the 12th instant, arrived at Chatham on Satur-
day, preparatory to their embarkation for India.

',From the.LOXDONT GAZETTIT of Saturday.]
War-Office, Dec. 10.
2d Regiment of Life Guards.—Lieutenant Thomas Brett,
from the 87th Light Dragoons, to be Cornet and Sub-Lieuten-
ant, vice John Potter Macqueen, who exchanges.
Bth Regiment of Light Dragoons.—Sub-Lieutenant John
Potter Macqueen, from the 2d Life Guards, to be Lieutenant,
vice Thomas Brett, who exchanges.
Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards.—John Hum-
phries, gent., to be Solicitor, vice Wilkinson, deceased.
let. Regiment of Foot.—Ensign J. Clayton Cowell, to be
Lieutenant, vice E. Mainwaring deceased.
14th Ditto—Edward 'C. Lynch, gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice A. Donald, who retires.
20th 'Ditto —Captain Robert Edward 13urrowes, from the
Outh Foot, to be Captain, vice James Goldfrap, who exchanges.
30th Ditto.—Ensign Charles Rutnley, to be Lieutenant, vice
Duncan Henry Kennedy, deceased ; Gentleman Cadet Richard
Willson, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, vice
Rumley.
33d'Ditto.—John' Forbes, gent., to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Patterson, promoted.
34th Ditto—Brevet Major Edward Broderick to be Major,
by purchase, vice Barlow, promoted in the 61st Foot; Lieut.
Frederick Ifovenden to be Captain, by purchase, vice Bro-
derick ; Ensign Richard Airey to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Hovenden ; Alexander Houstoun, gent. to be Ensign, by
purchase,_ vice Airey.
65th Ditto—Captain James Goldfrap, from the 20th Foot, to
be Captain, vice Robert Edward 13urrowes, who exchanges.
67th Ditto—Ensign Thomas Byrne to be Lieut., vice Muir-
son, deceased ; J. B. Fleming, gent., to be Ensign, vice Byrne.
nth Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant John Hunter, from half-
pay 4th Dragoon Guards, to be Lieutenant, vice David James
Skene, who exchanges, receiving the difference.
7oth Ditto.—Allyor Henry Viscount Barnard, from half-
pay 2d Ceylon Regiment, to be Major, vice James Delancey,
who exchanges, receiving the difference.
78th Ditto.—Lieutenant Ewan 111•Pherson, from half-pay of
the Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Rose Lambert Price, who
exchanges, receiving the difference.
83d Ditto.—Lieutenant Charles Aubur, from the Ceylon
Regiment, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Richard-
son, deceased ; Henry Caulfield, gent., to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Brooke young, deceased.
95th Ditto.—Captain William Brownson, from half-pay sth
Garrison Battalion, to be Captain, repaying the differenee he
received on exchanging to half-pay.
lit Royal Veteran Battalion.—Lieutenant Wm. Henry Hill,
from half-pay 59th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Johnston,
whose appointment has not taken place.
139EVET.—Deputy-inspector of Hospitals, John Hermon,
to have the rank of Inspector.
To be Deputy Inspectors of Hospitals.—Dr. Joseph Skey,
Physician to the Forces ; Surgeon to the Forces, Stephen
Panting.
Ganntsoxa.—Major-General Sir John Cameron, K.C.8.,
to be Lieutenant-Governor of Plymouth, vice Sir Denis Pack,
deceased.
HOSPITAL Srayr.—Daputy-Inspector Alexander Baxter,
M.D., from half-pay, to be Deputy-Inspector of Hospitals, vice
Dr. James Stracban, placed upon hall.pay ; Hospistal-As-
sistant to the Forces, John Cocking, has resigned his corn-
mission.
nouANDA.—The commission of Ensign Slack, in the
32d Foot. has been antedated to the 30th of September, 1819,
which will place him in his original situation in that corps.—
The army rank of Captain Robert Preston Campbell, of the
Ceylon Regiment, has been antedated to the 81st of August,
1819, but lie is not to receive any additional pay.