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London, England, 1808-09-05 00:00:00

MILITARY PROMOTIONS.

WAR OFFICE, SEPT. 3, 1808.-
dth Regiment of Dragoon Guards--lohn Goidle, Gent. to be
Cornet, without purchase.
7th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Thomas Wildman, Gent. to
be Comet, by purchase, vice Schrnidern, promoted.
10th Ditto—Lieutenant Thomas Smith to be Captain of a Troop,
by purchase, vice Bouverie, appointed to the 12th Light Dra-

goons.
toth Ditto—Major Thomas Hawker to b. Lieutenant-Colonel,
without purchase, vice Taylor, deceased; Captain Thomas
Parker Butlet to be Major, vice Hawker.
4-91 Ditto—George Thorpe, Gent. to be Comet, by purchase, vice
Waiter, who retires.
Ist Regiment of Foot—Ensign Donald M'Donald to be I Lute-
naut, without purchase, vice Newton, promoted in the 64th
Foot.
9th Intto--Lieutenant Frederick Gibbons, from the 16th Foot,
to be Lieutenant, vice nproule, who exchanges.
9th Ditto—Major George Molie to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice
Stewart, deceased; Captain Thomas B. Aylmer to be Major,
vice Molle ; Lieutenant George S.uiderson to be Captain of a
Company, vice Aylmer ; Ensign James Wigton to be Lieute-
nant, vice Sanderson ; Eniign Ford to be Lieutenant, yke
Daly, deceased; Ensign Challis to be Lieutenant, without
purchase, vice Maguire, appointed -tcrjutant to a Recruiting
District; James Stephens Mitchell, Gent. to h.: Ensign, vice
Wigton; Gentleman Cadet Alexander Fraser, from the Royal
Military College, to be Ensign,wice Ford; Dallas, Gent.
to be Ensign, vice Challis.
11th Ditto—Assistant-Surgeon Robert Gilchrist, from the 11th
Light Dragoons, to be Surgeon ; Assistant-Surgeon James
Scott, from the sth Garrison Battalion, to be Assistant-Sur-
geon.
16th Ditto—Major-General Sir Charles Green, Bart. from the
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York Light laintry Volunteers, to he Colonel, vice Central
Bowyer, deceased; Lieutenant Thomas Sproule, from the 7th
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Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Gibbons, who exchanges.
90th Ditto—John Gilbert, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
• Lewis, promoted in the Seth Foot.
t3d Ditto--Richard Richards, Gent. to be Second Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Lewis, who resigns.
47th Ditto--Lieutenant Frederick Harding from the Leitrim Mi-

lido, to be Ensign.
29th Ditto—Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Daniel White to be Lieu-
tenant-Colonel, vice Lake, deceased ; Brevet Major Thomas
Egerton to be Major, vice White; Lieutenant Birmingham to
be Captain of a Company, vice Egerton ; Ensign Alexander
Young to be Lieutenant, vice Birmingham ; Votunteir James
Evans, from the 40th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Young.
31st Ditto—Lieutenant Howard Patersun, from the Leitrim Mi-
litia, to be Ensign.
s2dDitto—Cornet E. C. Windsor, from the Ist Dragoons, to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Molloy, promoted.
35th Ditto—W. Farrant, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Ratcliffe, promoted in the 94th Foot.
Sikh Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant James Matthews to be Ad-
jutant, vice Wiltshire, who resigns the Adjutancy only.
79th Ditto—Lieutenant Henry Emswortls, from the Limerick
City Militia, to be Ensign.
73d Ditto—Ensign Lyons Enraght to be Lieutenant, without
purchase.
45th Ditto—Volunteer Marsh to be Ensign, vice Dawson, de-
ceased.
48th Ditto—Lieutenant Francis Armstrong, from the King's
County Militia, to be Ensign.
53d Ditto—Assistant Surgeon Thomas Sandell, from the Bth
Foot, to be Sargon, vice Emery, appointed Surgeon to the
Forces.
58th Ditto—Ensign Charles Vickers to be Lieutenant, by Pur-
chase, vice Finsscane, who retires.
59th Ditto—Lieutenant William Wilkinson to be Captain of a
Company, without Purchase.
To be Lieutenants—Ensign I. Erasmus Spier, from the 50th
Foot; Ensign Richard Litton, vice Bruton, appointed to the
76th Foot; Ensign Simon G. Kenny, vice Wilkinson; Ensign
William F. Mayne.
To be Ensigns—Alexander Macpherson, Gent. vice Litton ; Ed-
ward Duncan, Gent. vice Kenny ; Archibald Campbell, Gent.
vice Mayne. •
69th Ditto—Assistant-Surgeon D. P. Noble, from the 43d Gar-

Aeon Battalion, to he 4-cesistant-Surgeon.
76th Ditto—Ensign Philemon Conitman to be Lieutenant, with-
out Purchase, vice Bright, promoted in the 87th Foot.
48th Ditto—Assistant-Surgeon Neil Currie, from the 39th Foot,
to be Surgeon, vice Draper, appointed urgeon to the Forces.
118th Ditto—Cornet Boyes, from Use 22d Light Dragoons, to be
Lieutenant, by Purchase, vice Buller, promoted: Lieutenant
William H. Rutherford, from the Lebrm Militia, to be En-

sign Lieutenant Simon Fairfield, from the Leitrin.
to be Ensign.
4th West India Regiment—Ensign Henry Kelly to be Lieutenant,
without Purchase, vice Elwes, deceased: George Miller,
Gent. to be Ensign, vice Kelly.
2d Ceylon Regiment—Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel T. J. Hardy-
man, from the let Garrison Battalion, to be Captain of a Com-
pany, vice Stackpook, who exchanges.
York Light Infantry Volunteers—Major-General Edwin Hew-
gill, from the 19th Foot, to be Colonel, vice Sir Charles Green,
appointed to the Command of the pith Foct.
Ist Garrison Battalion—Captain J. M. Stackpoole, from the 2d
Ceylon Regiment, to be Captain of a Company, vice Hardy-

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man, who exchaors.
4th Ditto-411°meg Wilkinson, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Harley,
appointed to the 47th Foot.
Stb Ditto -- Dodwell, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Wilson, who

resigns.
7th Ditto—Robert Wallace, Geat. to be Ensign, vice Cash, pro-
moted in the 11th Foot.

BREVET.

Captain Colin Campbell, of the 75th Foot, to be Major in the

Army.
Captain Charles A. Quist, principal of the Riding House Depart-
ment of the Ordnance, to be Major, with temporary rank in
the Army.

STAFF.

John Erskine Esq. to be Commissary in Chief to the Forces serv-
ing in Spain, Portugal, and the Mediterranean.
Deputy Cornmissat v James Drummond to be Commissary of Ac-
compts to the said Forces.
George Baker, Gent. to be an Assistant-Commissary of Stores,
Provisions, and Forage to the Forces.
Alexander Pitman, Gest. to be an Assistant-Commissary to the
Forces serving in the West-Indies.
John Popplevrell, Gent. to be an Assistant-Commissary to the
said Forces.