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London, England, 1815-08-14 00:00:00

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THE ARMY'.

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THE ILLUirIIOUS DUKE 011 WELIANOTON.
In a Biography of His OR ACE, recently published.
he is said not to have received his first commissen
until his 18th year, and was then appointed to the 4lst
Exit. The following' more awl:tonic bi..graphical
account of the Militant life of ins Git Ace. taken from
Nide/Jan": Royal Military Calendar, proves, however;
• thst he bad been in two regiments before he was re-
rnoe.d to the 4ls:
1787. March 7. Appointed Fnsign in tint 73d Foot.
December Apprnoted Lieutenant in the :01:1s toot.
3788. January 29. Eaciafiged into 41st Regiment..
1189. June 85. hichanged into the 18th Dragoo..s.
3791. wept. 11$. Received a Company I. the .Stith Fs
1:02. Oct. 31; Ag sin exchanged to the I Sib Dr6gotitte-.ii4p.
pointed Major in the 391 Foot. ''ti"
379,t. Ap: il 50. Appointed I.letrettaut-ralmet.
17114. Commanded a liri,,aele of Int:virile deriog Load ?slakes
r,ttear through Handers. Shortly afterwards was em
yioyeJ in the expedition, under Admiral Ciirisitan, di s
tined for the West Indies-and then accompanied his
Regiment to India.
1798. May 3. Receive I the rank of Colenel brevet_
3799. May 4. Cokstiel Wellesley at arid took Serinrips-
- tam, for which he received thanks in public orders from
General Hattie.
1800. Sept 5. lit• intercepted DliondisWatres'e force at Conag
hull, whrn Ohneidia bimsel and a great number cal his
followers wet( killed, and the whole t.oely rho erwd-
for rh s Col. Waesley received the thanks of Genera:
Brathwatte, thest in entaii.and of the fuses at hladtas,
and also of the Governor General in Council.
1802. Aprtl Obtaie -el the rank nfklajur-General.
11103. April . Alter a f.nced march of 60 aulcs entered Pon.
nab, po-s• sum of wh bad been taken by
Sept. 23: Major-General Wellesk7, with an a: me
slotting only of si 0 men, di wheatabouttooo.were
Europeans, attacked and defeated, at Assaye, Sabi:l4o's
army, coomstiog of 314,5041 cavalry, 10,5'A regular in-
famy, 400 matchlocks, 500 rocket•reito, and 00 piece,
of ordnance. Ile nest turned his attention to the Rajah
of Berar's army, which he defeated ou the Plains o.
Agralrl. •
Dee. 14. Carried by storm the almost impregnable fortress
of Gawilghar.
Dec.. ti. S:1/fled a rresty of Peace with the Rajah of Derar.
Dec. Ditto ditto with 6cindeab.
1804. Appointed a Knight of the Military Order of the Bath.
1305. Early at this yi ar Is • returned to England, when a sword,
valued at XlOOO, was presented to him by the Inhabi-
tants et Calcutta : thanks were voted to him by both
Houses of eariament ; and Ins comisluions in arms pre-
sented Pim with a sold vane, valued at 20th) Guineas
In the autumn sir A.BlVeiityle; accompant. d Lord Cat.,
can to eiauover, acrd on the return of the army was
appointed to a Daunt,. _
3808. lat.. 30. Receive (I the Colonelcy of the 33d Regiment.
3!.007. Defeated a detachment 'ot Dare. near Kioge.
1008. April 25. Attained the rank of j,ie.itenaili-General.
August IT. Fought the battle of stoma
21. That of Virncisa, and &hotel, afterwards re-
turned to Ergiand .
VIOL Mardi 28. Bitterne I to Portugal, and appointed by the
Prince Regent of Partugal,MatsLai-General or ills Por-
tuguese I :tilos.
Mir 11. Y.ssial the Douro, and captured Oporto.
3:4.49. rot gin the' battle of I alaver.i.
in teais year be was ere wed Viscount Welliogton.
1910. Sept. 2. Fought the battle of ilusaco.
1811. May 5. I bat el Fuentes de Hetior, iir Almeida.
tri this year his l ordship was erected by the Prince Re.
gent of Portugal, Conde de Vraiet44 and oa the 11.5
July received the local rank of ritual la Ayala and
Portugal.
3111. 128. 19. Ciudad Itoirte carried by story.
Ninth 16, fiailajoe also carrion by
July se, fought the batik of Sdamat la. In this year his
Lordship was treated Martjuis Wellutron.
1813. January 1. was appointed Cannel of the prom Guards.
• June •41, the battle of Vi:tor.a.---appointed Field Matausl,
' and saute year a Knight of the. Game.
Alageht 11, the beats 44 thr l') I rfivra.
1914. May 3. be was created Marines. Douro and Duke of
Wellington.

Major FERRSZIN, of the 53.1 regiment, is to have
the immediate care of BONAPARTE, ►n the island of S.
Helena. The Major speaks the French, Italian, and
Cur,iorn languages, with facility on,' elegance.
The Royal Waggon Tr4iu, Crr ydou, are under
orders for foreign service.
The 97th IL.giment have marched into Cork
Barracks horn Cuve. They are to be quartered in
Fermoy. •
The 6th Dragoon Guards, under the command of
Colonel FRENCH, have left Dublin for Donaghadee,
where they will embark for Sco►land.
The 7th Dragoon Guards has replaced the 6th in
Dublin garrison.
the 4th Regiment marched from Limerick on
Tuesday and Wednesday last for Dublin, where
they will remain to de duty. -
Lieutenant-Col ,nel Baru Farina, late Assistant
Adjutant. General on the Staff of Lieutenant• General
Count WALLMODEN. and I..entettant-Colonel of the
.Ilremwoide Battalion of Hanoverian Light Infantry.
is appinted Secretary-and Clerk of the Crown of the
Island of A❑,igoa.

The 11 st .1.17ie, being the anniversary of the memo.
cable B.ittle taf Viroris, t! e 2i aittarion of the 871. i•
or Prince of W AleAterns Irish Regiment, commanded
by Lietre ant•Culenel Gomm, were reviewed by the
Lieutenant-Governor- of Guernsey, his Excellency
Lieutenant-General Sir ions Donn, Bart. and
K.G C.B. who, in a very eloquent address, expressed
his fulie.d approbation of their aprearance and move-
ments. Immediately after the review tke Officeri
met at their Mess Room, when a 11,indsonie Cof
hid been unanmntssly voted) was presented
by Ma DAVINw 'fa, with it shoat address in ne..riy
the following terms, to Lieutenant-Coknel Gotintt :
" lei the name of the Officers of the second Battalion, I big
leave to present you with this Vase, as a small testimony of the
high opinion they entertain of your cen:loct Audits the arduous
campaigns atul in the various actions they had the humor et
serving under you in the Peninsula, and ot your uniferin attar
lion to the inter, sit of every individual of the Corps."
To which the Lieutenant-Colonel made the follow-
ing reply :
Gentkmers.--I feel greatly at a low for adequate language to
convey to you the sense 1 entertain of this flattering proof of your
regard, which I accept With heartfelt pleasure, as a lasting me-
mento of the affection of a Carps ot Officers whose good opinion I
value so highly.'this mark of your attachment is doubly endeared
to me from the mantle? it was proposed to have had it presimted,
and from the flattering inscription ou had placed on at,
which, while it far exceeds my endeavours, onlyspeaks facts as
to my anxious swishes to do justice to the illefitO of my gallant
'comrades.
" if throughout six campaigns and as many general actions
the second battalion of the Prince's own Irish have merited the
favourable opinion of the illustrious Perron of the Corps, our,
Country, or the General Officers under whorn IT has been our good
. fortune to have served,it irprinelpally attributed mew uniformly
seaiuue and cordial support I have received from my Officers.
6! This mark of your affection I will hand darn to my clall-
dren as a proof ot my exertions in the cause of my country, and
if they inherit one spark of my feelings,• they will estimate its
value as I do, and will preserve it with bearttelt pride and.boaett
.exultation."
in the evening Sir Joint Doris, with Lis Staff,
and the 'Attics of the 87th Regiment, dined with the
(Ifficets.

Agana r PRomfrIONS.

WAR 01111C16 Avaust 12.
et Rniment of Life tuards--Llantenant Edward Flub, of the
Bth FOOT, To be Corr..•t and Sub-Lteutenaro, by purchase, vice

, It ic.,arduiti, promoted.
2d Ditto—Job. vit C:lxeraft, Gent. to be Cornet anal Sub•ldeute-
,Cr ligrtoll, promoted.
tt.ionwill of vragi.on Ouards—Captain John B. Orde, from
the ::Ittt Ligltr Ur tgnoiii. to he Captain of a Troup, •ice Eli,
wkd excitaug.a•; Comet Edward Buffo to be Lieutenant,
without p•ilCailte ; William Enery, Gent. to be Curate, vice

Rao.
WI Unto —1 lugli rineh, Gent. to be Cornet, by pur

chase, vice itaike4, promoted.
17tha Reg •nt t 4 Draeoons—Surgeon Will; %Vybrow,
bons the a itit Fwoo, to he Surgeon, vice Younv, eeceattql.
list Unto—Captain William ructli, from the td Oragooli Guards,
to i•ts ('opt.iin .)f 4 I rap, vice Orde, who exchanges.
24.11 1).• W. U. West, Gent. to be Cornet, hi purchase, vice

t 1.1 tsl G...ardq—Charles Newly, Gent. to be As-

svai---iime.io, vice I latirint, who resigns.
d toci.:--2Livuteisant-General air Henry Clinton,
O C. U. hum the tit,th foot, to be Colonel, vice General Leigh,'
deceased.
4th Nair—Major Roli,•rt Anstruthow, from half pay of :he 42d
Fun., to be Major,. vice Burke, who exchmiges ; Lieutenam
John Brown, to bo.Captaiii of a .Compaity, without purchase,
vice Williamson, be
in Veteran Battalion ; En.igt.
Hl grave to be Lieutinahr, without purchase, vice
White. who resigns; Henry Noble Murton, Gent. to be En-
sign, vice Blagrave.
7th Unto--Lietnetiatit EdwaritsDundee, from half-pay of the
Royal Waggon Train, with temporary rank, tube I.Tutenant,
vice Miller, who exchanges upon the'satne ra!ik
14th Ditto—Ensign Francis R. Tane to be Lieutenant, without
purchase; Williamson, Gent. to be Ensign, v:ce 1 ate,
promoted.
15th Llitto—Ensign John M'Duff, from half-pay of the 92-t1 Foot,
to be Ensitti, vice !kiwis., who exchaugc..
19tt: Ditto—AssistasitEurpt on W. B. Parker, from the 14th Root,
to be Surgeon, vice Wybrow, appointed to the 17th Light

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Dragoons.
I:4.lll.)tito—Bnsign Alezander Ckild to be Lieutenant. without
purcbaw, vice Stack, promntinl io the Ist Garrt,on Battalion;
Francis Spencer Hawkins. t;enr. to b. En.igii, ince Child
34th Ditto--W. W. Homan, Gent. to be Eloisn, wiihuut per•
chase, vice WhittakLr, promoted.
Seth Dittu--1 ieutenant Litn..tkeell, from half-pay of the 24ti
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foot, to i.e Lteu:ettain, v•ce Waifiwit.,.lit, wi,o exchanges
38th Di to—Captain Wit ia,n Ince, front i•aifi.ay of the Regi-
ment, to be ('again ot a l'ompany, vice Fu tattoo, apoostneel
to the 6th Royal Veteran Battalion.
42d Ditto—Lieuntaii: Dro,can Stewart to be Captain of a Com-
pany. vice Davidson, dea i of hi. wound.; en, sit At,xateler
Brown to be neutecatn, vice Z... 1. W Art ; V011i•I err Chrigoplier
Clarke, front :he 69th Foot, to be Bisiget, rice Bi u .en
-esti Ditto—Lieutenant itlevand.. Stelae to be Adjutant, vice
Lawrence bLeck, who resign. the At juratitcy only.
47th thuo—Capta.a William Rutledge, from isaif pay of the Re-
gimeot. to h. Captain of a Coinelany, vie... Mathews. who ex-
changes ; Eosign W. R. Mango to be Adjutant.
.5.11 I)itto—,lotin isenthasnealena to be Ensign, without purchase,
vice Hunter, whose aipointment has not taken place.
533 Litt.- --I o be Captains of Companies, without purchase—
Lteut, n.in:, Mathew Young and Frederick H. Foler.
To be lieutenant, without purchase—Ensign P. k. Cameron.
To have the rank of Lieutenant—Ensign atid Adjutant J. Wilton.
I. be neutrinots, witbout purchase--Ensign E. S. Prideaux ;
Ensign George Hamilton, vice Young; Ensign G. S. Jettvy.
. ice Fuller.
l'o be Ensigns—John Lawfurd Kingston, Gent, vice Cameron ;
Richard Bennie? Usher, Gent. vice Prideaux ; William Wu-
gan Baines, Gent. vice Hamilton; P. liackhouse, Gent. vice
Jeffrey.
Still, Ditto—Surgeon William Daunt, from the Canadian Fen-
dimes, to be Surgeon, vice Moore, who exchanges.
'lt h Ditto--Lieutroant-General sir W. P. Acland, K.C.B. to
be Colonel-Commandant of
.a Battalion, vice Sir Henry Clin-
ton, appointed to the command of the 1.1 Regiment; Lieute-
nant Edward D'Arcy, from the o3d Foot. to be Captain tit a
Company, withoet purchase, vice. Deektier, placed upon h: If.
pay ; Ensign Thomas liessey, from Dillon's Regiment, to be
Lk-sitenant, withont purchase; Hospital-Assistant Robert
Dundee to be Assistant margeon.
dist!) Ditto Lieutenant Arthur G. !Awls, from the Sib West
India Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vier Daw.li, who exchanges.
7311 Ditto—Brevet-Major J. Murray to be Major, vice I`.l'l..can,
dead sit his wounds.
To be Captain, of Companies—Lieutenant Thomas Skottowe,
vice Robertson, kilted In action ; Lieutenant Richard Leyu...
vice Murray; lieutenant' Frain:is Eager, vice Kennedy, killed
-In action.
To be Lieutenants—Ensign R. G. Heselridge, vice Strachan,
killed in action; Ensign William Macllean, vice Hollis, killed
in action; Ensign Thomas Deacon, vice Skottowe; Ensign t..
B. Eastwood, vice Leyne.
To be Ensigns—Barritig.oa Haswall,.Geet. vice ileteirige; Jobie
Atkinson, Gent. vice Macßean ; .Mathew 1.1.1v:ell, Gent. vice
Deacon; William Costynghant Cowie, Gent. vice Eastwood.
74th Ditto—Lieutenant W. Freebairn, front half-pay of the 50th
Foot, to be lieutenant, vice Black, who exchanges.
Sigh Ditto—Captain J. RI Drewe, from halt-pay of the 2d Gar-
rison Battalion, to be Captain of a Company, vice Standard,
who exchanges.
69th Ditco—Lieuienant Francis Milos to be Adjutant, vice Hop.
per, who resigns the Adjutancy only.
90th Ditto—Blevet Lieutruant•Colonel Benjamin Preedy, to be
Maj .r, vice Currie, killed in action. • •
934 Ditto--To be Lieutenants, without purchase—Ensign Ales-
ander Douglas' vice an'Leau, promoted; Ensign Peter Cheap.,
vice Hedderick, promoted.
To be Ensigns—Ensign John OM, from half-pay of the 42.41
Foote, !ice Walker, who exchanges; G. Mackay butherlaulk
Gent vice Douglas; John Reynolds, Gent. vice Cheops.
9Uth Ditto—Coons» Brows, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase,
eke Kennedy, promoted. •
Ist West India Regimens—Edward Lennan, Gent. to be Zael"
without purchase, vies Backhausen, promoted in the Royal
Waggon f rola
sd !tau—Francis Macfarlane, Gent. to be Ensign, without pur-
chase, vice Gerdes appointed to the 47th Foot.
• ith bitto—Lientenent Daniel Maclean to be Captain of a Coin.
...A.4, wkhout peraiwie, vice Reed, promoted.
jilt Ditto—Lieutenant David Dawes, from the Seth Foot, to be
Lieutenant, vice Lewis, who exchanges.
York Clurseurs—CeeneUJeseup, Gent. to be Ensign, with Out
. purchase, vice O'Farrell, who resigns. •
Corps of Foreigners, attached to the Royal Waggon Train —G.
Lindemann. Esq. to be Captain of a Troop, with temporary
rank; Ensign Augustus Barkbausen, front the let West India
Regiment, to be Litinenant.
tat Garrison liattalion—Eitaign Benjamin Bayley, from half-pay
ot the isle ih Garrison Battalion, to be Ensign, vice Mackay,
'placed upon half-pay.
34 Ditto-I'o be Ensigns—James Dickenson, Gent.; Charles
Cooke, Gent.
To be Assistant-Surgeon—Assistant-Surgeon William Parrott,
from lialf.pay of the late 7th km ji Veteran Battalion.
Ist Royal Veteran Battalion.—Commissions to be dated July 7,
leis.—Major A: Rose, from the 6th Royal Veteran Batta-
lion, to be Major.
To be Captales of Companies—Captains W. Porter, from the
late ild Royal Veteran Battalion ; J. Morrison, from ditto ; J.
Reynolds, from the late 6th Royal Veteran Battallod; W.
Adams, from the late let Royal Veteran Battalion ; W. Cres-
well. front the late Mb Royal Veteran Battalion ; G. Willa-
beefy, from ditto; G. Coltman, from the late did Royal Vete-
ran Battalion.
'lO be Lientehanta--tieutenant F. M'Cullocb, from the Retired
list of Invalids; W. Ross, from the late sth Royal Veteran
• Battalion; J.D. M'Arthur, from the late fad Royal Veteran
Bananas; LT Which, from the late 7th Royal Veteran Batta-
lion) W Spinks, from the late itsl Royal Veteran Battalion;
. Jas. Watson, from the late Stb Royal Veteran Battalion; C.
-.Moss, from the lite 9d Royal Veteran Battalion.
To be /insigne—Ensigns J. Martin, front the Lite let Royal Ve.
teran Battalion; P. Handasyde, from the late 7th Royal Ve-
teran Battalion; D. M'Keown, from the late Sip Royal Vete-
no Battalion; J. B. Poe, from the late nd Royal Veteran Bat-
talion; J. Nies, front ditto; ha. Lock, from the late 6th
Royal Veteran Battalion; John M'Koy, from the late 7th
Royal Veteran Battalion ; l'homas Bush, from the late id
Royal Veteran Battalion.
To bet Adjutant—Lieutenant Crooke, Was tin 14. elk-ReVal
Vann& Battalion.

MNIMMEN