The Sun.
London, England, 1846-04-04 00:00:00

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ROYAL ARTILLERY.
Deputy Adjutant-General's Office, Woolwich, April 2.
GENERAL ORDER.
I. The Master-General has received the sanction of her
Majesty's Government for an augmentation to the Royal
Regiment of Artillery of one battalion and of one sergeant
and eight gunners and drivers to each of the existing seventy-
two companies ; and her Majesty has been pleased to approve
of the following promotions accordingly.—[The promotions
referred to will be found in our extracts from the Gazette.]
11. The Master-General has been pleased to make the fol-
lowing appointments, viz. :—Captain John Tylden to be
Deputy-Assistant Quarter-master-General, vice Sandilands,
promoted.
To the Royal Horse Artillery—Lieutenant-Colonel Har-
dinge,lK.H., vice Cobbe ; Captain Teesdale, vice Higgins;
Captain Lake, vice Strangways ; Second Captain Cleave-
land, vice Grant; Second Captain H. G. Ross, vice Frazer;
Second Captain Hon. R. C. H. Spencer, vice Warde ; Lieut.
11. Lempriere, vice Price; Lieutenant F. B. Warde, vice
Young; Lieutenant J. R. Gibbon, vice Maude; Lieutenant
J. It. Anderson, vice Cator ; Lieutenant C. D. Duplat, vice
Ross; Lieutenant W. F. F. Lennox, vice Hon. F. Saville;
Lieutenant C. S. Henry, vice 'Witten ; Lieutenant J. D.
Shakespeare, vice Hon. R. Spencer; Lieutenant L. G. Paget,
vice Thomas.

111. In consequence of the above appointments, the under-
mentioned officers are posted as folloe-s, viz. :—Lieutenant-
Colonel and Colonel Macdonald is raised to Lieutenant-Colo-
nel's pay Royal Horse Artillery, vice Cobbe ; Lieutenant-
Colonel Hardinge to Horse Artillery, on Major's pay; Lieu-
tenant-Colonel Brereton to the 10th battalion, on Lieutenant-
Colonel's pay ; Lieutenant-Colonel England to the 6th bat-
talion, vice Mercer, on Lieutenant-Colonel's pay; Lieutenant-
Colonel Whitty to the 10th battalion, en Lieutenant-Colonel's
pay; Lieutenaut-Colonel Sweeting to the 10th battalion, on
Lieutenant-Colonel's pay; Lieutenant-Colonel Sandilands to
the 7th battalion, vice England, on Major's pay; Lieutenant-
Colonel Willis to sth battalion, vice Whitty, on Major's pay;
Lieutenant-Colonel Arbuckle to 9th battalion, vice Sweeting,
on Major's pay; Lieutenant-Colonel Higgins t (~6th battalion,
vice Ilardinge, on Major's pay; Lieutenant-Colonel Strang-
ways to 10th battalion, on Major's pay ; Captain Poulden to
9th battalion, vice Teesdale; Captain M'Coy to sth battalion,
vice Lake ; Second Captain Wodehouse to Bth battalion, vice
Cleaveland ; First Lieutenant Chermside to 9th battalion,
vice Lempriere ; First Lieutenant Blakely to 9th battalion,
vice Warde ; First Lieutenant Blosse to 2d battalion, vice
Gibbon ; First Lieutenant Hughes to 2d battalion, vice An-
derson ; First Lieutenant Anson to 4th battalion, vice Du-
plat ; First Lieutenant Boothby to 9th battalion, vice Lennox ;
First Lieutenant J. T. E. Travers to 7th battalion, vice
Harvey; First Lieutenant Bayly to sth battalion, vice
Shakespeare; First Lieutenant G. Barstow to Ist battalion
vice Paget.
IV. The orders which have already been given relative to
the promotion and transfer of non-commissioned officers con-
sequent on the above augmentation, are to be-carried into
following effect
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6th batt 0 •..... 4
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9th Batt 0 .••••• 4

Total 2 33 24 32
The Staff Non-commisSioned Officers for the 10th Bat-
alion.—To be Sergeants-4ohn Wolfe, sth Battalion, to be
'iergeant-Major, and John Sargent, Bth Battalion, to be Quar-
ter-master Sergeant.
(Signed)

IL D. ROSS,
Deputy Adjutant-General.
The following officers have been appointed to the eight
companies of the 10th Battalion :
To the First Company—Captain E. F. Grant, Woolwich ;
Second Captain Hon. F. Savile, Woolwich; Lieutenant J. E.
Thring, Ceylon ; Lieut. W. Dumaresq, Guernsey.
To the Second Company—Captain J. Wray Mitchell,
Woolwich ; Second Captain W. H. Montressor,-Gibraltar, ;
Lieutenant W. M. King, Port Victoria, Cape of Good Hope;
Lieutenant G. L. Tupper, Barbadoes.
To the Third Company—Captain G. J. Beresford, Bermuda ;
Second Captain William, Woolwich ; Lieutenant H. L. F.
Greville, Corfu ; Lieutenant H. Hayman, Woolwich.
To the Fourth Company—Captain R. F. Crawford, Devon-
port ; Second Capt. C. Dickson, Woolwieh ; Lieutenant S. R.
B. Swinny, Mauritius; Lieutenant A. Dew, Leith.
To the Fifth Company—Captain St. George, Royal Ar-
senal, Woolwich ; Second Captain Hon. C. R. H. Spencer,
Woolwich ; Lieutenant H. Bent, Quebec; Lieutenant G. S.
Robertson, Gibraltar.
To the Sixth Company—Captain W. R. Needham, Wool-
wich ; Second Captain H. J. Thomas, Woolwich_,. Lieu-
tenant F. R. Glanville, Canada ; Lieutenant E. H. East,
Jamaica.

To the Seventh Company—Captain A. H. Fraser, Wool-
wich ; Second Captain C. Graydon, Dublin ; Lieutenant H.
J. W. Jervis, Ceylon ; Lieutenant D. E. Hosts, Corfu.
To the Eighth Company—Captain E. C. Ward, Wool-
wich ; Second Captain A. Oldfield, Woolwich ; Lieutenant
J. S. Atkinson, Cape of Good Hope ; Lieutenant E. Tamell,
Woolwich.
The names of the places given above are the stations of
the companies and troops of Horse Artillery from which the
officers have been transferred on promotion. The whole of
the captains of the eight companies are at present at Wool-
wich, and have commenced their duties as commanding
companies. The other officers not at Woolwich will join on
their arrival at head-quarters. The eight companies have
been placed on the lower part of the roster of the companies
at home stations, to give the men enlisted into them time to
acquire a knowledge of the exercises and duties of artillerymen.