Star.
London, England, 1823-08-04 00:00:00

THE Artmr.

Monday, two Troops of the Ist Dragoon
from Piershill Barracks fur Perth.
Tuesday, a detachment of the Ist (Roy:
manded by General GA4.111, arrived at the lit
to replace the 3d Dragoon Guards, which
Mr:chester en I Birming'i:..n.
A detachment of the .If, te-to Cops is wai
Berland, for embarkation to Sierra Leone.
deserters from 0:h...r Regiments, who arc chit
racrers. Four of them attempted to escape
a few nights since, when b ins observed 1
summoned them to surrender, ssli'dt they ret,.
and pinned two to the wall; the foil' th escaped,
nuttily taken in the town. The sentinel is quite a lad, and the
coo!tiess o. his coraltkt h :s be:m much applauded.
The Commandants o: tiit: 17th, 21t), and t:'7ld Regiments are
actively employed in re-o:lanizing their Battalions, being just
arrivrd from India. The tt-lth is in garrison at Porisnriuth ;'
the 17th at Dorton Ba:racks; and the 574 at Ilaslar Barracks.' •
Lieutenant-Colonel Idervuratiav, of the 69&h Regiment. IS
appointed Commandant of the Provisional Battalion, now doing
duty in I'ortsmouth garrison. The depot of the 69th Regiment,
from the Isle of Wight, is to join the Provisional Battalion.
The last Division of the 43.1 Royal Illzhianders, consisting
of four Companies, under Lieutenant-Colonel Castratcr., kit
Limerick, oo Tu.elay to jo'n Dead-quartersat Buttevart, from
whence they send detachments to Charleville, and the other can.
tonments in the county of Cork, lately occupied by the 57th
Regiment.

MILITARY PROMOTIONS.
' WAR•OFFICE. AUGUST 1, 1823.
Royal Regiment of Horse Guards—Brevet Lieutenant-Cnloncl
Clement Hill to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Sir
Robert Hill, who retires; Captain William Richardson to be
Major and Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Hill ; Lieu-
tenant Lionel Edward Ileathcote to be Captain, by purchase,
vice Richardson ; Cornet Thomas Pigott to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, lice Heathcote ; Ensign Lord Albert Conytigham,
front the 57th Foot, to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Pigott.
4th Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant Charles Make-
peace to be Captain, by purchase, vice I)ougan, who retires ;
Cornet William Armit to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Makepeace ; Frederick Barne, Gent. to be Cornet, by pur-
chase, vice Armit.
sth Ditto—Captain Charles Walker to be Major, by purchase,
vice Irwin, who retires; Lieutenant Henry Hunter to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Walker; Cornet George Nixon
Ramsay to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hunter; John
Brymer, Gent. to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Ramsay.
4th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Brevet Major Edward
Byne, front the 17;11 Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice
Scott, Who exchanges.
Bth Ditto—Lieutenant Henry Heyman to be Captain, by pur-
chase, vice Harrington, who retires ; Cornet George Todd,
from the 3d Dragoon Guards, to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Heyman.
17th Ditto—Captain John Scott, from the 4th Light Dragoon:,
to be Captain, vice Byne, who exchanges.
6th Regiment of Font—Lieutenant Peter Donald Hahne, frorn
64th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Macbean, who exchanges.
11th Ditto—Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Tucker Montresor,
K. C. B. to be Colonel, vice General Sir Chaa. Asgill deceased.
14th Ditto-Lieutenant Kenneth M'Kenzie to be Captain,
without purchase, vice Rawlins, deceased; Ensign Arthar
Ormsby to be Lieutenant, vice M•Kenzie Bross ulow Vil-
liers Layard, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Ormsby.
20th Ditto—To be Lieutenants—Ensign Gdes Eyre, without
purchase, vice Gilbert, deceased • lieutenant William Mac-
alister, front half-pay of the 35th Foot, vice Amb rose Congreve,
who exchanges, receiving the difference.
To be Ensign—Stephen William Wybratits, Gent. without pur-
chase, vice Eyre.
22d Ditto—Richard Skuttleworth Streatfield, Gent. to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice Martin, appointed to the 85th Foot.
38th Ditto—Ensign Thomas Abercromby Tram to he Lieute-
nant, without purchase, vice Huston, deceased ; Gentleman
Cadet Henry B. Stokes, from the Royal Military College, to
be Ensign, vice Trent.
45th Ditto—Lieutenant George Minter, front lialf.p3l of the
Regiment, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Marsh
deceased.
57th Ditto—Gentleman Cadet Thomas Sidney Beckwith.; from
the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Lord A. Conyngliam, appointed to the Royal horse Guards.
64th Ditto—Lieutenant Alfred blacbean, from the 6:h Foot, to
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be Lieutenant, vice I lohne, who exchanges. .
72d Ditto—Captain Mark H. Drummond to be Major, by pur-
chase, vice Kult, promoted; Lieutenant Chalks Maxwell .
Maclean to beCaptain,by purchase, vice Drummond ; En- '