Star.
London, England, 1822-06-17 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

Friday se'nnight, a Troop of the 3cl Dragoon Guards, com-
manded by. Captain Itlauxsect, marched from Perth, for Piers-
hill Barracks. The conduct of this Troop, during the six nionti9
they were stationed at Perth, was in every way most ye:ceable
and exemplary.
Same day, a Troop of the same Regiment, commander hr
Captain STORM, arrived at Perth from Piershill, to replace Cp.
tain Mainssma.'s Troop
Friday, the 2d Dragoons, stationed in Carlisle, left that place
for York.. Their conduct while in Carlisle was very exemplary.
The 61st Regiment of Foot, lately landed at Plymouth Dock
from the West Indies, was originally formed from the 2d Batta-
lion of the 3d Foot, or Buffs, in the year 1758, and, shortly after
its formation, proceeded to the Island of Guadeloupe. In 1770
the Regiment was employed in the defence of 31inorca, when
that island was attacked by an army of French and Spaniards,
under the command of the Duke de Canatox ; and, in 17it4, agzin
in the West Indies, when, having suffered severely from the
nature of the service in the field, the corps returned to England
in the year 1796, to recruit, and, on being completed to its
perfect establishment, was sent to the Cape of Good Hope.
In 1801, the Regiment embarked at the Cape, and proceeding
by the Red Sea, landed at Suez, in Egypt, and marching across
the desert to Grand Cairo, finally passed Town the Nile to llex-
apdria. On the evacuation of that country by the Fro;ch army,
the 61st Regiment was ordered to Malta, and, in 1805, formed
a part of the British force which, in conjunction with a body of
Russians, landed on the Neapolitan territory. In 1806-7, the
corps was employed in Sicily and Calabria, and, in the litter, i-s
flank companies were engaged with the enemy at Alaitia. la
June, 1809, the Ist Battalion, from Gibraltar, joined the army
of the Duke of WELLINGTOW ; and in the action which took
place shortly afterwards at Talavera, 13 Officert, and 250 No:i.
Commissioned Officers and privates, were killed and w0u0.!,..1 ;
in the battle of Salamanca, 24 fficers • and 310 Non-com-
missioned Officers and privates, killed and wounded ; and
the last action of the Peninsular war, which was fought near
Toulouse in France, the Battalion, in the attack of the en-emy's
range of redoubts, had 19 Officers and about 200 Non-commis-
sioned Officers and privates killed and wounded. In addition to
the above-mentioned general actions, the corps was present .t
the battles of &nem, the l'yrennees, Antroa, Passage of the
Nivel, Orthes, beside! nuMerous affairs of posts, &c. The total
loss of the Ist Battalion in the Peninsular campaigns, amounted
to not less than 70 Officers and 1035 Non-commissioned Officers
and privates killed and wounded. In 1816, the Regiment pro-
ceeded to Jamaica, in which colony it has been stationed upwards
of five years, denoting by the small loss (comparatively speaking).
it has sustained from the effects of the climate, the unremittieg
attention directed to the health and comfort of the soldier.
WAR-OFFICE, JUNE 14, 1822.
51st Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Hislep,
Bart. and G.C.13. from the 93d Foot, to be Colonel, vice Ge-
neral W. Morshead, deceased.
93d Ditto--Major-General Sir Hudson Lowe, K.C.B. to be
Colonel, vice Sir Thomas Hislop, appointed to the 51st Font
OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, JUNE 14, 1822. .
Royal Regiment of Artillery-s-First Lieutenant David John
EdWardes to be Second Captain, vice Oldham, deceased ; Se-
cond Lieutenant John Sanchie Shaw to be First Lieutenant,
vice Edwardes ; Gentleman Cadet William Smith to be Se-
ctind Lieutenant, vice Shaw ' • Second Captain George B.
Fraser, from half-pay, to be Second Captain; First -
nant John Johnson, from half-pay, to be First Litutensin ;
Brevet Major and Captain John Wilson Kettlewell, front
half-pay, to be Captain, vice Sandharn, retired on half-par.
Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of Middlesex.
William George Daniel Tyssen and Richard Henry Cux, Esqrs.
to be Deputy Lieutenants.
Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of Essex.
West Essex Militia—Jeremiah Foaker, Esq. to be Captain, vice
Soame, promoted.
East Essex Militia—Major Jeremiah Kersteman to he Lie,,te-
nant-Colonel, vice Carne, deceased; Captain the Hon. .1ol!et
James Strutt to be Major, vice Kersteman, promoted; Itiat-
ard Digby Neave, Esq. to be Captain.
Commission In the Prince Regent's 2d Regiment of Chcs?-iro
Yeomanry Cavalry, signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the
county of Chester.
George Heade, Gent. to be Lieutenant.
Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of D:rbysbite.
North Derbyshire Yeomanry Cavalry—Thomas Payser, Gear.
to be Surgeon.
Derbyshire Yeomanry Cavalry—Cornet John Gell to be Lieu-
tenant, vice Pole, resigned ; Francis Bradlhaw, juh. Gent. to
be Cornet, vice Gell, p:tanuteil.