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sage free in the steamer; but any taking a passage in her,
merely from one place to the other, should pay 201. for
the cabin, and 101. for steerage accommod•.tion, one-half
of which the commander of the steamer should retain, to
cover his expenses, and the other half he should remit to
Captain King on the Government account; and the com-
mander of the sailing packet should pay to the commander
of the steamer 101. cabin, 5/. steerage, for each passenger
removed from his vessel, and for each one brought to him
from Buenos Ayres. .

The North American packet which now proceeds from
Falmouth, first to Halifax, thence to Bermuda, and back
to Halifax, and thence returns home, has too much work
to execute, and in the winter months a very hazardotn
service to perform. Her going to Bermuda at all (and she
cannot go there and return to Halifax in less than twenty-
five days) seems to answer no important purpose; and
her further detention too, of ten days at Rrlifax for the
Washington mail-boat, appears to be quite unnecessary;
the Vic., Admiral proposes, in consequence, that this
packet should go only to Halifax, wait there eight days for
all letters coming for her in that time, and then return to
Falmouth direct. On her arrival at Halifax, the Wash-
ington mail-i,oat and a small schooner from Bermuda
should he there to take on their mails; and the answers
from those places would be brought home by the succeed-
ing packet, and would certainly reach England in about
the same time as they do under the present arrangement.
This change would enab'e Captain King to execute the
service with duce instead of f, or packets.
Now with regard to the Mexican packet, there can be
no doubt that her going front Vera Cruz to Tampico, and
back to Vera Cruz is a complete waste of time; the Vice-
Admiral therefore submits, that she should wait at Vera
Cruz long enough for the mail from Mexico, and then go
to Tampico; thence to the Havannah, and from the latter
place sail for England. This packet calls also at Belize,
and in doing so loses a great deal of time and risks her
safety, the coast about it being extremely dangerous; the
Vice-Admiral has not been able, however, to ascertain satiss
factorily the importance of her touching there; but it is
clear to him, that instead of her doing so, a small vessel
from Jamaica should take down the mail, and return with
the answers. By this arrangement, and by the change
proposed in her route, five instead of six packets would
perform the service cleverly, and would cause a further
saving of expense.
In addition to the various papers already referred to the
Vice-Admiral annexes several others relating to the Packet
Service, which may be useful and interesting to their
Lordships. (Signed) PUTNEY MALCOLM,
London, Jan. 16, 1832. Vice-Admiral.

FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT.

ST. JAMES'S PALACE,MAscH 14.

This day the Baron de Langsdortf, 'Minister Plenipotentiary
from his Royal Highness the Gram! Duke of Hesse, and from
his Highness the Electoral Prince and Co-Regent of Hesse
Cassel, had a private audience of his Majesty to take leave pro
fonor : to which he was introduced by Viscount Palmerston,
his Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and
conducted by Sir H. Chester, Knt., Master of the Ceremonies.

WHITEHALL, FEB. 23.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Thomas Atkins, of Tor-
[uay, in the county of Devon, Gent. to be a Master Extraor-
linary in the High Court of Chancery.

WHITEHALL, MARcti 10.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed John William Butterton,
of Drayton in Hales, in the county of Salop, Gent, to be a Master
Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery.

WAR-OFFICE, Martcri 16, 1812.
3d Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Captain William Warbur-
ton Huntley, from the half-pay of the 9th Light Dragoons, to
be Captain, paying the difference between the full-pay of Ca-
valry and Infantry, vice Warrington, dated March 16, ir?:3.2.
I:ffh Regiment of Light Dragoons—Cornet G. J. Walker to
be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Tnurold, appointed to the Ts3d
Regiment. J. Cox, Gent. to be Cornet, by purchase, vice
Walker, March 16.
15th Light Dragoons—Lieut -Col. J T. Lord Brudenell, from
the half-pay, to be Lieut -Colonel, vice J. Thackwell, who ex-
changes, receiving the difference, March 16.
Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guarcs—Capt. P. S. Stan-
hope to be Captain and Lieut.-Colonel, by purchase, vice Charle-
wood, who retires ; Lieut. Hon. A. F. Foley to be Lieutenant
and Captain, by purchase, vice Stanhope ; Hon. J. Lindsay to
be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Foley, March 16.
35th Regiment of Foot—Lieut. H. D. Griffith, from the half.
pay, to be Lieutenant, vice D. L. Cox, who exchanges, receiv-
ing the difference, March 16.
41st Foot—Ensign E Darvall, from the half-pay of the 60th
Regiment, to be Ensign, vice Kemble, appointed to the 67th
Regiment, March 16.
56th Foot—Captain T. 0. Partridge, from the 77th Regiment,
to be Captain, vice Nelley, who exchanges, March 16.
63d Foot—Lieut It. Lane to be Captain, by purchase, vice
Vicary, who retires ; Lieut. F. Thorold, from the 13th Light Dra-
goons, to be Lieutenant, vice Lane, March 16.
66th Foot—Lieut. J. M. Russell, from the Sikh Regiment, to
be Lieutenant, vice Healey, who exchanges, March 16.
67th Foot—Ensign G. A. Currie to be Lieutenant, without pur-
chase, vice Thomson, appointed Adjutant of a Recruiting Dis-
trict ; Ensign H. Kemble, from the 41st Regiment, to be Ensign,
vice Currie ; March 16.
70th Foot—Lieut. S. Whyte to be Captain, without purchase,
vice Samson, deceased Ensign J. L. Vvilton to be Lieutenant,
vice Whyte; T. C. Timins, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Wilton; Lieut. J. G. Corry to be Adjutant, vice Whyte ;
March 16.
73d Foot.—Gentleman Cadet W. B. J. O'Connell, from the
Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice
O'Brien, promoted to the 74th Regiment, March 16.
74th Foot.—Ensign A. O'Brien, from the 73d Regiment, to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Pocock, who retires, March 16.
77th Foot. —Capt. J. P. Nelley, from the 56th Regiment, to be
Captain, vice Partridge, who exchanges, March 16.
79th Foot —Ensign T. !sham, to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Fulton, promoted •; Henry Lord Cardross to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Isham, March 16.
81st Foot—Major C. F. Maclean to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by
purchase, vice Creagh, who retires; Capt. R. H. Willcocks to be
Major, by purchase, vice Maclean; Lieut. A. Splaine, to i.e
Captain, by purchase, vice Willcocks ; Engign J. Gilby to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Splaine ; E. Bowyer, Gent. to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Gilby, March 16.
89th Foot—Lieut. R. T. Healey, from 66th Regiment, to be
Lieutenant, vice Russell ; Ensign and Adjutaut C. Lee to have
the rank of Lieutenant, March 17.
96th Foot—l'. W. Taylor, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Blencowe, promoted, March 16.
UNATTACHED.—Brevet Lieut.-Col. Lord A. W. M. Hill,
from the 2cl Dragoons, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without pur-
chase ; Lieut. It. Fulton, from the 79th Regiment, to be Captain,
by purchase; Ensign E. W. Blencowe, from the 96th Foot, to be
Lieutenant of Infantry, by purchase.
STAFF.—Lieut. J. Thomson, from the 67th Regiment, to be
Adjutant of a Recruiting District, vice Hill, deceased.
GARRISONS.—Captain A. Halfhide, on the half-pay, to be
Fort Adjutant at Honduras.
MEMORANDUM.—Lieut. W. Mackenzie, half-pay Nova
Scotia Fencible Infantry, has been allowed to retire from the ser-
vice, by the sale of an Unattached commission.