The Sun.
London, England, 1827-05-16 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

(From the London Gazette of last night.)
War-Office, May 14, 1827.
2d Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Captain Felix Vaughan
Smith, from the 21st Foot, to be Captain, vice Caldwell,
who exchanges.
6th Ditto—Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel James Jackson,
to be Major, by purchase, vice Rutledge, who retires;
Lieutenant William Joseph Berens to be Captain, by pur-
chase, vice Jackson ; Cornet Joseph Deane Browne to he
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Berens ; Francis D. Brown,
Gent. to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Browne.

9th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Sergeant Major
Robert Cooke, to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Willis, pro-
moted; Cornet Robert Cooke to be Adjutant, vice Grant,
who resigns the Adjutancy only.
11 th Ditto—Cornet Frederick Darley George to be
Lieutenant by purchase, vice Hare, promoted.
14th Ditto--Gentleman Cadet Henry Evans, from the
Royal Military College, to be Cornet by purchase, vice
Kennedy, promoted.
Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards--To be
Captains and Lieutenant Colonels—Lieutenant Colonel
Robert Oswald, from half-pay Ist Greek Light Infantry,
vice Sir Henry Hardinge, K.C.B. who exchanges; Lieut.
and Captain Francis John Davies, by purchase, vice Os-
wald, who retires.—To be Lieutenant and Captain--En-
sign and Lieutenant George Edmund Nugent, by purchase,
vice Davis.—To be Ensign and Lieutenant—Francis Gros-
venor Hood, Gent. by purchase, vice Nugent.

Ist Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant-Colonel John Carter,
from the 24 West India Regiment, to be Lieut—Colonel,
vice Macleod, who exchanges ; Ensign William Bacon
Johnston to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Fraser,
promoted ; Edmund Blachford, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Johnston; Hospital-Assistant Fred. Good-
win to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Russell, appointed to the
54th Foot.

6th Ditto—Captain James Archibald Campbell, from
the half-pay, to be Captain, vice Thomson, promoted.
7th Ditto—Lieut. John Bythesea Williams, from the
half-pay, to be Lieutenant, vice Seton, promoted.

Sth Ditto--Lieutenant Edward Hudson Clarke, from
half-pay 14th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Forman, pro-
moted.

10th Ditto—Ensign George Wright to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Crosbie, promoted ; William George
Downing Nesbitt, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Wright.
13th Ditto—To he Lieutenants--Lieutenant Richard
Stapleton, from the 60th Foot, vice Croker, who exchanges;
Lieut. Clarke Maries Caldwell, from the half-pay, vice
Graham, appointed to the 42d Foot. To be Ensign, by
purchase—Johnston Darlot, Gent. vice Device, appointed
to the 62d Foot.

16th Ditto—Ensign William Ashmore to he Lieut. by
purchase, vice Hide, promoted ; Ensign D. U.- Urquhart,
from the Ist West India Regiment, to be Ensign, vice Ash-
more.

19th Ditto—Serjeant-Major George Tolson to be Quar-
termaster, vice William Morris, who retires upon full pay.
21st Ditto—Captain A. James Caldwell, from the 2d
Dragoon Guards, to be Captain, vice Smith, who exchanges.
23d Ditto—Captain John Bloomfield Gough, from the
half-pay, to he Captain, vice Edmund Waller, who ex-
changes, receiving the difference.
26th Ditto—Lieutenant Wentworth Croke, from the
half-pay, is he Lieutenant, vice Robson, promoted.
30th Ditto—Hospital-Assistant John Knightly Adams
to he Assistant-Surgeon, nee Campbell, appointed to the
15th Foot.

32d Ditto—John Corner Gamble, Gent. to he Ensign,
by purchase, vice Burgoyne, promoted in the 33d Foot.
S3d Ditto—Lieutenant George Benjamin Tathwell, from
the half-pay, to be Lieutenant, vice Robertson, promoted.
35th Ditto—George Ross, Gent. to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Christmas, promoted.
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37th Ditto--Ensign John Cuppage to he Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Browne, promoted ; Gilbert William Frank-
lyn, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Cuppage.
42d Ditto—Lieutenant Thomas Graham, from the 13th
Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Stewart, promoted.
45th Ditto—To be Lieutenants--Lieutenant Charles
Deane, from half-pay 67th Foot, vice Irwin, promoted ;
Ensign Edward Thomas Coke, by purchase, vice Read,
promoted. To be Ensign, by purchase—Andrew Clen-
(tering, Gent., vice Coke.

52d Ditto—Ensign Henry Samuel Davis, from the 13th
Foot, to he Ensign, vice Norton, promoted.
56th Ditto—Captain Lord Charles James Fox Russell,
from the half-pay, to be Captain, vice Hill, who retires ;
John George Strachey, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Coke, promoted.
58th Ditto—Captain Robot Markham, from the half-
pay, to he Captain, vice Henry Hebden, who exchanges,
receiving the difference.
69d Ditto—Ensign Walter Campbell, from the half-
pay, to be Ensign, vice Philip Le Conteur, who exchanges.
60th Ditto—To be First Lieutenants—Second Lieut.
Charles O'Donoghue, by purchase, vice Dalyell, promoted ;
Lieut. Richard William Croker, from the 13th Foot, vice

Stapleton, who exchanges. To be Second Lieutenant.—
Henry Bingham, Gent. by purchase, vice O'Donoghue.
65th Ditto—Ensign. Gerard Baillie Hamilton, from the
59th Foot,-to-be-Ensign, vice Digby, promoted.
66thDitto—LLieut.' John Loftus Nunn, from half-pay
18th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice James May-
nard Goodiff, who eychanges, receiving the difference.

74th Ditto---,Lieut. Luke Alen, froin the half-pay, to be
Lieutenant, vice King, promoted. Henry Grant, Gent.,
to be Et!isi,gu, by purchase, vice Alen, promoted.
77th Ditto—Lieut. Breon Charles Bordes, from the half-
pay, to be Lieutenant, vice Palmer, promoted.

78th Ditto—Lieutenant Ewen Macpherson to be Cap-
tain, by purchae, vice Macleod, who retires; Ensign
Francis Montgomery to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Macpherson. To be Ensigns, by purchase—John Burns,
Gent. vice Macleod, promoted ; Arthur Buxton, Gent.
vice Montgomery.
81st Ditto—Brook Taylor, Gent. to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Heyland, promoted.
83d Ditto—Lieutenant Joseph Wynn to be Captaiu, by
purchase, vice Thompson, who retires; Ensign John Kel-
sall to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Wynn ; Edward
De Visme, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Kelsall.
89th Ditto—William Henry Bayntun, Gent. to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice arahani, promoted.
90th Ditto—Captain Thomas Woodward Eyles, from
the half-pay, to be Captain, vice Dixon, promoted.
91st Ditto—Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Dalyell, from the
half-pay, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice John Macdonald,
who exchanges.

93d Ditto—Captain William Ache, from the Cape
Corps, to be Captain, vice Henry Connop, who retires on
half-pay Cape Corps.
95th Ditto—Ensign William Wood to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Trant, promoted ; George Martin Higgins,
Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Wood.
97th Ditto—Captain Richard Fitzgerald Holmes, from
half-pay 16th Foot, to be Captain, vice Morris, promoted.
Royal Staff Corps—Captain Francis Bond Head, from
half-pay sth Foot, to be Captain, vice William Dumaresq,
who exchanges.
Ist West India Regiment—Ensign hmes Aubin Tho-
rou to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Wemyss promoted.
To be Ensigns by purchase—Luke Smith O'Connor, Gent.
vice Urquhart, appointed to the 16th Foot; John Winn,
Gent. vice Thoreau.

2d Ditto—Colonel Norman I.ll`Leod, fiom the Ist Foot,
to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Carter, who exchanges.
Royal African Colonial Corps—John Shenham, late
Quartermaster-Serjeant 6th Foot, to be Quartermaster,
vice William Brown, placed upon half-pay.
UNATTACHED—Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Earl
of Uxbridge, from the Ist Life Guards, to be Lieutenant-
Colonel of Infantry, by purchase.
To be Captains of Infantry, by purchase—Lieutenant
Henry Lowth, from the 9th Foot; Lieutenant George
Browne, from the 37th Foot, vice Lord Charles Jam Fox
Russell, appointed to the 50th Foot ; Lieutenant Charles
Deane, from the 45th Foot.

To be Lieutenants of Infantry, by purchase—Ensign
Wentworth Croke, from the 56th Foot ; Ensign Charles
Francis Norton,' from the 52d Foot ; Ensign Luke Alen,
from the 74th Foot, Ensign Langford Heyland, from the
81st Foot ; Ensign Jasper Creagh, from the 27th Foot.
The undermentioned Officers, having Brevet rank supe-
rior to their regimental commissions, have accepted pro-
motion upon half-pay, according to the General Order of the
25th April 1826 :
To be Majors of Infantry—Brevet Major Charles Crans-
ton Dixon, from the 90th Foot; Brevet Major James
Thomson, from the 6th Foot.

The under-mentioned Lieutenants, actually serving upon
full-pay in Regiments of the Line, whose commissions are
dated in or previous to the year 1811, have accepted pro-
motion upon half-pay, according to the General Order of
the 27th Dec. 1626 :

To be Captains of Infantry—Lieutenant George Seton,
from the 7th Foot; Lieutenant George Palmer Hawkins,
from the 9lst Foot.

COMMISSA ItIAT. —TO be Deputy Assistant-Commis-
saries-General—Commissariat-Clerk William Robinson ;
Commissariat-Clerk Benjamin Snow; Commissariat-
Clerk Robert Wharton Tweddell ; Commissariat-Clerk
William Sainsbury Sclater; Commissariat-Clerk John
Stuart Leney.

MEMORANDA.-The under-mentioned Officers have been
allowed to dispose of their half•pay :
Major-General Sir William de Domherg, K.C.B. half-
pay Ist Dragoons King's German Legion ; Paymaster John
Campbell, half-pay 6th West India Regiment ; Captain
Robert Russell, half-pay 18th Light Dragoons; Lieutenant
Richard O'Meara, late 4th Royal Veteran Battalion ; Lieu-
tenant James Reid, half-pay 56th Foot; Lieutenant Henry
John Burn, half-pay 10th Light Dragoons ; Lieutenant
William Pears, half-pay 104th Foot.

9ffice o 4 Ordnance, May 11, 1827.
Ordnance Medical Department.—Second Assistant-
Surgeon James Barlow to be First Assistant-Surgeon;
Second Assistant-Surgeon William Sproull to be ditto;
Second Assistant-Surgeon Stewart Chisholm to be ditto;
Thomas Prestwood Lucas, M.D. to be Second Assistant-
Surgeon, vice Barlow ; William Richardson, Gent. to be
ditto, vice Sproull.
Corps of Royal Engineers.—Gentleman Cadet William
Stace to be Second Lieut.