Star.
London, England, 1814-03-30 00:00:00

FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE.

ADMIRALTY-OFFICE, MAIOCH 29.

Copy of a Letter from Captain Sir Michael Seymour, of hie Ma-
jesty's Ship Hannibal, addressed to Admiral Sir Richard Bic-
kerton, Bart. and transmitted by the Admiral to John Wilson
Croker, Esq.

His Majesty's Ship Hannibal, at Sea, March 27.

SIR—I have the pleasure to acquaint you of the
capture of la Sultane, French frigate, of 44 guns and
330 men, at a qtrarter past three P. M. yesterday,
after an ineffectual endeavour to disable this ship.
When spread on the look-out from the Hebrus at
ten A. M. Isle de Bas S. E. twelve leagues, with a
light breeze from the S. W. it came very thick
weather, and guns were heard in the N.N.E. and on
its clearing up, proceeding under all sail, I found the
Hebrus near me, the Sparrow in the N. W. and two
enemy's frigates E. by N. five or siz miles distant,
one with jury topmasts and sails, and the other with
double .reefed topsails, apparently having suffered
from tempest or action. We neared them fast, but
on the wind's changing at eleven to the N.N.W. very
fresh, one hauled S.E. and the other E. by N. and
I directed the Hebrus, as the best sailing ship, and
the Sparrow to pursue the seemingly most perfect
frigate ; and I lost sight of them, going above ten
knots at two P. at. when the Hebrus was closing the
enemy very fast, and afterwards about three, four
guns were heard.
The other ship is l'Etoile, which with la Sultane,
lost each 20 killed, and about 30 wounded, in action
with the Creole and Astrea, off Isle of Mayo, two
months since, and each had 350 men on sailing from
the Loire.
I have given charge of the prize to Lieutenant
Crouch, an able Officer, who has served many years
with me, and I have the honour to be, &c.

(Signed) MICHAEL SEYMOUR, Captain.
MILITARY PROMOTIONS.
• WAR-OFFICE, MARCH 29, 1814.
Royal Regiment of Horse Guards—Cornet the Hon. G. J. Wat-
son to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Wynne, who retires.
sth Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Captain Hon. E. Cust, from
' the 60th Foot, to be Captain of a Troop, vice Knipe, who ex-
changes.
Ist Regiment of Dragoons, Stevenson, Gent. to be Cornet,
without purchase, vice Goodenough, promoted.
10th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Lieutenant R. Curtis, from
the 18th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, withont purchase.
13th Ditto--J. E. Irving, Gent. to be Cornet, by purchase, vice
Maclean, promoted.

Ist Regimeni of Foot Guards—Ensign T. Brown to be Lieute-
nant and Captain, by purchase, vice Miller, promoted.
Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards--Robert Bowen, Gent. to
be Ensign, by purchase, vice Baynes, promoted
3d Regiment of Foot Guards—Captain F. Home to be Captain
of a Company and Lieutenant-Colonel, vice R. Mercer, killtd
in action ; Ensign E. B. Fairfield to be Lieutenant and Cap-
tain, vice Holme; Thomas Fletcher, Gent. to be Ensign, vice
Fairfield.
Ist Regiment of Foot—Henry James Bichner, Gent. to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice Andtrson, promoted.
Bth Ditto•To he Lieutenants, Ensign W. H. C. Scarman, vice
Lloyd, dead of his wounds • Ensign J. Grey, vice Nicholson,
killed in action; Ensign R. Macnair, vice leers, deceased.
To be Ensigns—William M'ainwrigh6 Gent. vice carman;S
Charles Barry, Gent. vice Grey ; and Rutherford Thompson,
Cent. vice Macnair.
14th Ditto—Assistant-Surgeon Henry Terry, front the Wiltshire
Militia, to be Assistant-Surgeon.
15th Ditto—Lieutenant W. Didon to be Captain of a Company,
without purchase, vice Slade, placed upon half-pay. •
40th Ditto—Joseph Margitson, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Murray, promoted.
!'2d Ditto--John Poole, Gent. to be Ensign, without purchase..
45th Ditto—Ensign C. Macdonald to be 11.utenant, without
purchase, vice Tyler, promoted in the 93d Foot ; John I.eslie,
Gent. to be Ensign, vice Macdonald.
37th Ditto—Brevet,Lleutenant-Colond Thos. Arbuthnot, front
the sth West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant Colonel, with-'
out purchase, vice Macdonald, removed front the service.
60th Ditto—Captain John Knipe, from the sth Dragoon Guards,
to be Captain of a Company, vice Cs who exchanges.
66th Ditto—Henry Dodges, Gem. t 9 be Ensign, without pur-
chase, vice St. John, appointed to the 27:h Foot. •
71st Ditto—Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel G. T. Napier, from the
52d Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, vice
Sir N. Peacocke, removed from the Service.
73t1 Ditto—To be Lieutenants, without purchase—Ensign C. H.
Farren, vice Lundin, promoted in the York Chasseurs ; Ensign
D. Browne.
To be Ensigns—Aldworth Blennethassett, Gent. vice Fatten
E. J. Newton, Gent. vice Browne.
S9th Ditto—Captain W. (Barney, from the 3d Ceylon Regiment,
to be Captain of a Company, vice DIM!, who exchanges.
96tb‘Ditto—Captain C. Pratt to be Major, by purchase, vice
Lee, promoted.
31 West India Regiment—Serjeant-Major W. Frastr to be Ad-
jutant (with the rank of Ensign), vice Anton, who resigns the
Adjutantcy only.
Scl Ceylon Regiment—Captain J. H. Evatt, from the 89th Foot,
to be Captain of a Company, vice Barney, who exchanges.
lst Royal Veteran Battalion—Lieutenant R. Ml.eland, from
the 56th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Miller, placed upon the
Retired List.

To lie I.

BREVET.
As in the Arnw—Major J. Carncross,

of the Royal Artillery ; Major J. Gahife, of the 60th Foot ;
Major C. E. Conyers, of the 82d Foot ; Major W. Cowell, of
the 42d Foot; Major I. Mitchell, of the 92d Foot; MajorW.
Beattie, of the 64th Foot ; M.jur V. Desbarres, of the 87th
Foot; Major R. Gardiner, of the Royal Artillery ; Major W.
L. Hurford, of the 23d Foot.
To be Majors in the Army—Captain D. Campbell, of the 39th
Foot; Captain J. P. Oates, of the 88th Foot; Captain S. Tay-
lor, of the 6th Foot; Captain J. Cully, of the sth Foot; Cap-
. lain W. Green, of the 61st Foot • Captain G. Westcott, of the
77th Foot • Captain W. RusieiCettlie 20th foot; Cavtalu G.
' Miller ()eche 95th Foot; Captain C. Beckwith, of the 95th
Foot ; Captain B. Rowe, of the 50th Foot ; Captain W. Bir-
mingham, of the 29th Foot; Captain W. Rowan, of the .52d
Foot ; Captain J. Cafhpbell, of the 45th Foot ; Captain J. Lep-
per, of the 24th Feet; Captain N. Thorn, of the 311 Foot;
Captain A. Hamilton, of the 4th West India Regiment; Cap-
tain W. H. Sewell, of the 60th Foot.
The King's German Legion.
lst Regiment of Light Dragoons—Frederick Breymann, Gent. to
be Cornet, vice Rudolpf, superseded, being absent without
leave.

2d Ditto—Cornet E. Meier to be Lieutenant, vice Frlegroth, au-
peneded ; and Frederick de Wissell, Gent, to be Cornet, vice
Meier.
24 Battalion of Light Infantry—Cadet Serjeant Charles De
Goedke to be Ensign, vice Fraser, superseded, being absent

without leave.
Ist Battalion of the Lints—Geo:go Lodemann,Gent. to be En-.
sign, vice Best, promoted.
2d Ditto—Ensign C. Fischer to be Lieutenant, vice Wessel,
ceased; John l3lanckardt, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Nagel, pro.
moted in the 60th Fopt.
3d Ditto—To be Ensigns—Adolphus Breymann, Gent. vice Les-
chen, promoted; Frederick de Ronne, Gent. vice Kuckuck,
promoted.
sth Ditto--Ensign Lewis Jaenleke to be Lieutenant, vice Wan-
ning, who resigns; William Lewis Klingsohr, Gent. to be

Ensign, vice Jienicke.
Bth Ditto--A. Spiel, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Erdman, whose
appointment has not taken place.
The Third Provisional Battalion of Militia.
Ensign G. Taylor to be Lieutenant ; Ensign J. Bell, of the Royal
Westtuoreland Militia, to be Ensign, vice Taylor.
ssamonANDUM.
The appointments of Major Parkinson and Lieutenants Whan-
seland Ogle are in the sad Foot, and not io the 34th Reigmento
as s4ts4 to the Casette of the sed inst.

The appointtoest of Isaacson, Gent. to be Ensign In
the 65th Foot, as stated in the Gazette of the Bth January last,
has net takes place.
Ensign Dickson, of the 47th Foot, is superseded, being absent
without leave.

ERRATA in the Gazettes of the sth and 22d inst.

76th Foot—For Captain J. S. Banister, from the Sussex Militia,
to be Captain, &c. read Captain Saxe Bannister, &c.
95th Foot—For Second Lieutenant George H. Shenley to be First
Lieutenant, &c. read Second Lieutenant Godfrey H. Shen.
ley, am.
ERRATUM in the Gazette of the 92d inst.
2d Regiment of Life Guards—For Gentleman Cadet H. Hamil-
ton, from the Royal Military College, to be Cornet and Sub-
Lieutenant, &c. read Gentleman Cadet Henry Hamilton
Douglas, &c.
Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant-of the County of
Dorset.
Dorsetskire Regiment of Militia—Charles Emery, Gent. to be
Ensign, vice Oakley, resigned.
Western Battalion of Dorsetshire Local Militia—John Harvey,
jun. Gent. to be Ensign, vice Garlind, promoted.

Commissions signed by the Vice-Lieutenant of the Co. of Surrey.
Ist Regiment of Royal Surrey MiUtia—Lieutenant J. Beale to be
Captain, vice Balchin, appointed to the Liue ; Ensigns Cowan,
Green, and Bayfield, to be Lieutenants.
2d Regiment—Ensign Warner to be Lieutenant, vice Buchanan,
appointed to the Line; Ormsby Burton, Gent. to be Ensign,
vice Martin, promoted.
Ist Regiment of Surrey Local Militia—William Owen, Gent. to
be Ensign.
3d Regiment—Michael Joseph Le Marchant, Gent. to be Ensign.
4th Regiment—Edward Walpole, Esq. to be Captain; Alexan-
der Baillie, Esq, to be ditto.
Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the Co. of Essex.
Western Regiment of Essex Militia—Lieutenant George Steb-
bing Sadler to be Captain, vice Haselfoot, appointed to the 3d
Foot ; Ensign Anthony Nugent Irvin to be Lieutenant, vice
Sebborne, appointed to the 3d Foot; Ensign Samuel Blois
Copping to he ditto, vice Dennis, appointed to the 3d Foot;
George Macqueen, Gent. to be ditto, vice Wallis, appointed to
the 33 Foot; Henry Penton Gent. to be ditto, vice Sebborne,
appointed to the Buffs; John Hemble' Gent. to be Ensign,
vice Kingsbury, appointed to the 3d Foot ; Robert William
Weeks, Gent. to be ditto, vice Irvi.i, promoted; James Pal-
mer, Gent. to be ditto, vice Copping, promoted; Hugh Wm.
Barnett, Gent. to be ditto, vice Cooper, appointed to the 14th
Foot.
sth Regiment of Essex Local Militia—William Bridger Good-
rich, Esq. to he Major, vice Sivewright, resigned; Lieutenant
Joseph Jessopp to be Captain, vice Sivewright, promoted; En-
sign John Mackworth Wood to be Lieutenant, vice Jessopp,
promoted; Ensign Frederick Daniel Whaley to be ditto, vice
Gilbert,- resigned ; rhomas Williams, Gent. to be Ensign, vice
Wood, promoted.
Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of
Nottingham.
3d er Retford Regiment of Local Militia—Quarter-Masters Job
Conworth and George Thornton, to be Lieutenants; John
William Pickin, Gent. to be Ensign; George Thornton, Gent.
to be Quarter-aster.
4th or Newark Regiment—William Smith, Gent. to be Ensign,
vice Hole, promoted; William Botham, Gent. to be Ensign,
vice Kirkland, promoted.

PARLMMENTARr PROCEEDINGS.

HOUSE OF LORDS, MARCH 29.

The Royal Assent was given by commission to Grant's Indem-
nity Bill and two others.
Two Appeals were withdrawn by consent.—Adjourned.
HOUSE OF COMMONS.

A New Writ was ordered for the county of Waterford, in the
room of Wm. Power, Esq. deceased.
Mr. NORTON, seeing a Right Honourable Gentleman (Mr.
Ponsonby) in his place, knvired whether-he could now alter the
day fixed for his motion ? He wished to be informed, that he
might give notice of his own intention to move a call of see
House. • -

Mr. PONSONBY said he had not been able to see his Noble
Friend on the subject; but he would give the required informs•
don tomorrow.

The House then went into a Committee on the Acts relating
to the Gold Coin; and the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
moved chat a Bill shoal be brought in to revive and continue the
said Acts. Ihe House having resumed its sitting, Mr. Boon-
DE N, as Chairman of the Committee, obtained leave to bring in
such a Bill.

COLONIAL APPOINTMENTS.

Mr. CREEVEY, in pursuance of his notice given
yesterday, rose to move that an account of certain
appointments in the Colonies should be laid on the
table of the House. His motion arose nut of a Bill
which was now in progress through the House, whose
object was to enforce residence in the Colonies. Be-
fore such a Bill was passed, they should look at a
former Act which had precisely the same object in
view. That Act provided that all persons possessing
patent offices should reside. There were altogether
about an hundred offices of the sort in the Colonies:
ninety and upwards had been appointed since the
passing of the Act, yet not one of the ninety persons
resided. Five or six existed before the Act, namely,
the offices of Lord Braybrook, the two Messrs. Wynd-
hams, and two other Gentlemen. These were not
intended to be affected by the Act. As no complaint
had ever been made that the offices held by these
Gentlemen had been inefficiently administered in their
absence, he wished to transfer the profits of their use-
less places either to the Consolidated Fund or to
some purpose advantageous for the Colonies.—
With their offices, however,he did not mean to inter-
fere in the life-time of the present possessors ;--ex-
cepting with the other 95 places which had been ap-
pointed since the former Act. If they were patent
places, the possessors ought all of them to be at their
posts ; if they were places holden at the pleasure of
the crown, it was either in the power of the crown to
force those persons to reside, or it was in the power
of the House to abolish those offices. He wished that
the Learned Master in Chancery, who had broached
some new law yesterday, were now in his place.—
That Learned Master had compared these offices to
places held during good behaviour :—but that term
applied to situations where actual duty was to be
performed by the holders. In the instance mentioned
of an Officer of the Army, there could be no doubt
that if such a person was absent from the duties of
his, station his commission might be taken away, and
the Learned Master himself, if he should go abroad
and desert the functions of his office, would soon find
that there was a power to remove him from his dig-
nity and emoluments. His object was to ascertain
the nature of the appointments made since the last
Act, whether by patent or otherwise ; and for this
purpose he had made out a list of several persons
holding particular situations—He then moved, tbAt
an humble Address be presented to the Prince Re-
gent, praying that he would be pleased to order that
there be laid before the House an account, stating
under what circumstances, whether by patent or
commission, certain appointments in the Colonies had
been made, viz.—The offices of Sir E. Nepean, of
John King and his Secretary of Jamaica, of John
Sullivan and Charles Grenville of Demerara, of L.
G. Seymour and! Adam Gordon, and several others.
Mr. GOULBURN stated, that there was no ob.-
jection.to complying with the request of the Hen..
Gentleman, though it might cost considerable trouble..
—He begged& however" to correct it stake,