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London, England, 1850-06-13 00:00:00

GENERAL ORDER.

Deputy Adjutant• General's Office, Woolwich,
June 4.

No. I.—Her Majesty has been pleased to approve of
the following promotions in the Royal Regiment of At-
tillery, viz. :
Brevet-Major Thomas Arscot Lethbridge to be Lieu-
tenant-Colonel, vice Wright, retired on full pay.
Brevet-Major Henry Robert Eardly Wilmot to be
Captain, vice Lethbridge.
First-Lieutenant George Thomas Field to be Second-
Captain, vice Eardly Wilmot.
Second-Lieutenant Thomas Longworth Dames to be
First-Lieutenant, vic,,
Brevet-Mi,j,ir William How Bennis to be Lieutenant-
Colonel, vice Bent, retired on full pay.
Second-Captain William Bethnal Gardner to be Cap-
tain, vice Ilennis.
First-Lieutenant Arthur Comyn Pigou to be Second-
Captain, vice Gardner.
Second-Lieutenant Charles Carpenter to be First-
Lieutenant, vice Pigou —Dated May 23, 1850.
No. 2.—ln consequence of the above promotions, the
undermentionel officers are posted to battalions as fol-
lows, viz.:—
Li,:utenant-Colonel Bloomfield, to the sth battalion,
on Lieutenant-Colonel's pay.
Lieutenant-Colonel Palliser, to the 11th battalion, on
Lieutenant-Colonel's pay.
Lieutenant-Colonel Lethbridge, to the sth battalion,
on Major's pay.
Lieutenant-Colonel Ilennis, to the 6th battalion, on
Major's pay.
No. 3.—111 s Lordship the Master-General has ap-
pointed Lieutenant H. Bent to be Subaltern-Inspector at
the Riyal Military Repository, vice Field, promoted.
H. D. Ross, Deputy Adjutant-General.
GENERAL ORDER.

Deputy Adjutant-General's-office, Woolwich,
June 6.
No. I.—Her Majesty has been pleased to approve c,f
the following promotions in the Royal Regiment of
Artillery, viz.:—
Brevet•M.,jor Daniel Thorndike, to be Lieutenant-
Colonel, vice Story, retired on full pay.
Second-Captain John Lefroy, to be Captain, vice
Thorndike,
First-Lieutenant David M‘Dowal Fraser, to be Captain,
vice Lefroy.
Second-Lieutenant William Jones St. John, to be
First-Lieutenant, vice Fraser.
Brevet-Major Harry Stow, to be Lieutenant-Colonel,
vice Bent, retired on full pay.
Second-Captain Charles James Buchanan Riddle, to
be Cupteie, vice Stow.
First-Lieutenant James Drummond Telfer to be Cap-
tain, vice Riddle.
Second-Lieutenant William Gilly Andrews to be
First-Lieutenant, vice Telfer.—Dated May 27, 1850.
In consequence of the foregoing promotions the under-
mentioned officers are posted to battalions as follows, I
viz.:—
Lieutenant-Colonel htacbean to 4th battalion, on Lieu-
tenant-Colonel's pay.
Lieutenant-Colonel Garstin to 4th battalion, on Lieu-
tenant-Colonel's pay.
Lieutenant-Colonel Thorndike to 7th battalion, on
Major's pay.
Lieutenant-Colonel Stow, to Btlti battalion, on Major's
No. 2.—llia Lordship the bfe►ster-General has been
pleased to make the following appointments:—
' Lieutenant G. L. M. Tupper to the Royal Horse Ar-
tillery, vice Fraser promoted.
Lieutenant H. 0. Fitzhugh to the Cadet Company,
vice Telfer. Lieutenant St. John is therefore posted to
Captain Mitchell's company, 10th battalion, vice
Tupper, and Lieutenant Andrew a to Captai❑ Ormsby's
company, 6th battalion, vice Fitzhregh.
11. D. Russ, Deputy Adjutant-General.
The whole of the lieutenant-c c lonels who have re-
tired on full pay have seen considerable service.
Lieutenant-Colonel Wright spry( ci in Spain from the
Ist of January, 1810, to the 31st' of December, 1812,
including the defence of Cadiz, M:s tagorda, and Tarifa,
and was 42 years on full pay. Lieutenant-Colonel
Bent was in the expedition to Wairleren and tie bom-
bardment of Flushing; in the Peninsular campaign;
from October, 1810, to June, 1813, including the siege of
Badajoz, battle of Albuera, covering the second siege of
B tdajoz, capture of General Geral s corps at Arroyo de
Manes, covering the third siege o.':l3adajoz, retreat from
Madrid into Portugal, and the diff ent affairs connected
therewith. He was severely woun. lesel at San Mimes, and
was 42 years on full pay. Lieut.-C )lonel Story served in
the Peninsula and France from Nos 'et ober, 1812, to May,
1814, including the siege of Gan S, !b astian and passages
of the Bidassoa and Adour; his riod cf service ex-
tended to 41 years of full pay. :Lieutenant-Colonel
James served in the Peninsula and -Er mace from October,
1812, to May, 1814, including th tie','teatt:es of Vittoria,
the Pyrenees, Nivelle, and Oakes, ul td subsequently in
the American war.