Star.
London, England, 1824-11-08 00:00:00

MILITARY PROMOTIONS.

WAR-OFFICE, NOVEMBER 5, 1824.
sat Regiment of Light Dragoons—Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
Lord George William Russell to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by pur-
chase, vice Wrstenra, who retires ; Brevet Major Lovell Benja-
min Badcock, from the lith Light Dragoons, to be Major, by
purchase, vice Lord George William Russell.
14th Ditto—Lieutenant Henry Gage to be Captain, by purchase,
vice Badcock, promoted in the uth Light Dragoons.
To he Lieutenants, by purchase—Cornet Christopher Musgrave,
vice Willes, who retires; Cornet John William Simmonds Smith,

vice Gage.
To be Cornet, by purchase—Charles Mime, Gent. vice Musgrave.
Ist Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant Lachlan Mackay, from half-
pay of the 42d Foot, to b.: Quartermaster, vice Thomas Grif-
fith, who exchanges.
ICth Di.to--To he Lieutenants, without purchase—Lieutenant
George Ileckison, from halt-pay of the Royal Staff Corps of
Cavalry, rite Rigney, deceased ; Ensign Michael Henley: vice
O'Har., de:eased ; E sign Robert Luxmore, vice Wall, deceaaect.
To be Ensigns—George Mylius, Gent. vice Henley ; William Sid-
ney Smith, Gent. vice Luxmore.
34th atto—Major Thomas Faunt to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by
purchase, vice Dickens, who retires; Captain 'Timothy Davies
to be M iior, by purchase; vice Faunt; Lieutenant Richard
Graves f on 7th Foot. .0 be Captain, by purchase, v. Davies.
73d Ditto--Ensigo Edward Townsend. from the 75th Foot, to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lyttleton, who retires.
75th Ditto—Captain Lord Char7es Spencer Churchill, from half.
ray of the 85. h Foot, to be Captain, vice William Frederick
Forster, who exchanges ; Gentleman Cadet James John Graham,
from :he Royal Military College to be Ensign, 14 purchase, vice
Townsend, prom.t, d in the 734 Foot.
Slst Ditto--Litutenant David Duval to be Captain, by purchase,
vice JelikMs, who retires ; Ensign Philip Candler Marsh to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Duval; Abraham Splaine, Gent.

to be 14.1isign, by purchase, vice Marsh.
rad Ditto—Lieutenant Charles McKenzie Campbell, from the Co-
lonial Company at the Mauritius, to be Lieutenant, vice Samuel
Dolllsworth, who retires upon half-pay of the Colonial Company

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at the Mauritius.
115 d Ditto—Ensign John Tlariton, from the 45th Foot, to be Lieu-
tenant, without purchase, vice SummerfiAd, deceased.
95:h Ditto--Lientenant Henry Dundas Maclean, from the 90th
Fort, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Fox, promoted.
99th Ditto—Ensign William Bletterinan Caldwell to be Lieute-
nant, by purchase, vice Hamilton, promoted in the ‘.2d West
India Regiment ; Somerville William Harcourt Ramsbottom,
Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Caldwell ; Paymaster
Henry Irwin, from the half-pay of 5 ltk Foot, to be Paymaster.
Ceylon Regiment—Lieutenant William Malcolm to be Captain,
without purchase, vice Dunne, deceased; Second Lieutenant
!Witty Nlylius to be First Lieutenant, vice Smith, deceased;
Vahan] Garstin, Gent. to be Second Lieutenant, vice Mylius.
!loyal African Colonial Corps—Quartermaster-Serjeant William
Brown, of the late Royal West India Rangers, to be Quarter-
niaAer, vice Mahon, deceased.
UNATTACHED.

To be Majors of Infantry, by purchase—Captain Charles Richard
Pox, front the 95th. Foot, vice Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel John
Long, who retires ; Captain Arthur Chichester, from the
Life Guards, vice Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel George Dunsnsure,

who retires.
To be Captain of a Company, by purchase—lieutenant lion.
William Thomas Graves, from the Coldstream Foot Guards, vice
Dougal Stuart Dalzell, who retires.
CMATLAINI.
Rev. Robert John Hatchman, A. B. to he Chaplain to the Forces,
vice Rowland Grove Curtois, who retires upon half-pay.
OFFICIL OF ORDNANCS, NOW. 4., 1821 .
Corps of Royal Engineers—Second Captain S unuel Camplin Mel-
huish, from the half-pay, to be Second Captain, vice Macdonald,
retired ; Captain John Oldfield, from the half-pay, to be Captain,
vice Kihrington, retired.

DUBLIN, Nov. 4.—King WILLIAM'S birth-day was
celebrated at two o'clock this morning, by a few persons who ap-
peared near the statue and gave some loud shouts. Nothing else
occurred on the occusion.

The Durham County Advertiser gives the letter of a
Dr. MARSHALL, claiming the authorship of the Ode on
Sir Joiis Monne, which first appeared in a London
Paper, arr.! adds the following note: 44 This H. Mar-
shall, M.D. is an eccentric being, who resides in this
city, where he is generally known as 4 Veterinary Doctor
Marshall.' Ile has long been celebrated for his dog-
giel rhymes, but we were not before aware that he has
ever wrote even a single couplet of poetry."
A Dublin Paper, in noticing the theatrical perform-
ances, confounds Moncreiff's whimsical parody of Don
Cauvunni in London, with Mozart's opera at the King's
Theatre, :and then tells ns that it is, 6' as the readers
'mow, founded on the celebrated poeM of Don Juan, by
Lad Byron." The Editor surely never saw the piece
or read the poem, or he would not blunder thus.
A frightful event took place on Friday se'n night, at
11. e Bout bon Palace. An enraged man was discovered
at the door of the apartments of M. de Patini, Intendant
at the Household of the Duke of Bourbon, armed with
mols and a sword, and meditating assassination. At
".e moment when M. de Patini was about to open the
ci(.or, his servant appeared on the saircase, and seeing
e armed assassin, cried out—" Monsieur, don't open
it tltey intend to murder you." At that Moment the
tl.adman fell upon the unfortunate servant, on whom
e inflicted serious wounds, and afterwards Made his
escape,—French Paper.
Sortie very extensive sales, both of English and foreign
Stock, were.made during Friday and Saturday last, for
%%Lich, as no general scar city of money existed, nor any
otitical intelligence received, the reason was not at first
alialetic• It has since been ascertained that most of the
sales have originated in the principal banking-houses at
the west end of the town, on which there has been a very
considerable run, in consequence of the late failures, and
still more by the rumoursof others. These are now ascer
tained to have been without foundation, and exertions are
making to discover the source in which they originated,
there being some suspicion entertained, but, we trust and
believe, erroneously, of malicious and interested motives.
The sales of stock made were chiefly Consols, French
scrip, and Mexican bonds. Bank-notes, resulting from
these sales, have been forwarded to the banking houses
question, who will be fully prepared against the effect
Li a run, should it continue this day. The want of con-
fidence to which we adverted on Saturday, must be un-
derstood to relate to those persons who make deposits of
luney in banking-houses: on the part of the great
capitalists, who, of course, have the means of ascertain-
ha early and promptly the real state of the houses
*hose stability has been questioned, there has never
existed any: they have, in mcst cases, tendered their
sistance to stem the approaching difficulty, which they
were convinced could only prove a temporary one.