Star.
London, England, 1829-11-21 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

The Colonelcy of the Ist (Royal) regiment of Dragons has be-
come vacant by the death of General Thomas Garth.
A detachment belonging to the 12th (Fast Suffolk) regiment of
Foot. arrived in toast on Thursday from Chatham, on route to
Templemore.
A detachment belonging to the 81st re latent of Infantry arrived
in town on Thursday from Chatham, on route to Jersey.

STAFF OF SCOTLAND.
General Officer Commanding, Major-Gen. the Hon. Sir R. W.
O'Callaghan K.C.B. nation, Edinburgb.—Aid.de Camp to ditto,
Lieut. the don. A. F. Cathcart, 9th Foot. Major of Prigade, lit.
Major Lindsay, h. p. A'sistant Adjutant-Gen.ral, Major Lord
R. Kerr, h.p. Staff Adjutant, Lieut. Nunn. Assistant Quarter-
Master General, Major H. G. Brooke.
The late General Thomas Garth, whine death was recorded in
our paper of yesterday, entered the Army on the 12th of August,
1762, as a Cornet in the Ist Dragoons. He served in the cam•
paign of 1762, in .Germany, In the Allied Army under the corn-
' mend of his Serene Highness Prince Ferdinand. In 1765 be ob-
tained a Lieutenancy, and in 1775 he was appointed Captain in
his Regiment. In 1779 he exchanged into the 20th Light
Dragoons, and went to the West Indies in the intended expedition
to the Spanish Main, which failed, having been anticipated by
Lieut. General Sir J. bailing, Lieut. Governor of Jamaica. In
1792 he returned to this country, and was reduced to half-pay
with other Officers of the 90th Light Dragoons. In the same year
he obtained the Majority of the 2d Dragoon Guards; and in 1794
he was appointed Lieutenant Colonel of the ht Dragoons.
and served in the campaign of that year in Flanders. He was
present at the greater part of the actions from the 17th of April,
1794, to the close of the campaign. He was next appointed Co-
lonel of the Some Fencibles, and afterwards. on the death of
Lord Fielding, to the late 22d Light Dragoons. raised by Earl
Sheffield. On the 7th of January,lBol, be was appointed Colonel
of his late Regiment, the Ist Dragoons. He received the rank of
Major-General, January 1, 1798. that of lieutenant-General in
1905, and that of General the 4th June, 1814.
It is not. we believe, generally known, that the Army half-pay
amounts to more than half the charge of our effective Land Forces
...the latter for the present year being A 5226,770, the foulest
"967.733.
LIMERICK, Nov. 18.
The Sylvia transport, with the first division of the 68th Regi.
meat from Quebec, arrived at Cork on Monday. Two transports
with the tentainder of the Regiment are hourly expected.
The Ann, Amelia, and Wellington transports, with the six ser-
vice companies of the 54th Regiment from Cork, disembarked at
Halifax, Nova Scotia, the 18th of October last, and immediately
took on board the Ist Battalion of the Rifle Brigade. en way to
New Brunswick.
On the arrival of the Ist Rifle Brigade at New Brunswick, the
81st Regiment, commanded by Col. Creagb, of this city, will em-
bark in the same transports for Bermuda, where they relieve the
74th. The 74th Regiment will return to Cork, on being replaced
by the ill st at Bermuda, and may be expected before Christmas.
The last division of the 65th Regiment sailed from Cork on Mon-
day, for Batbadoes, in the Amity transport.
The 14th Regiment of Light Dragoons, commanded by Colonel
Townsend, and Major Dynely's Troop of Artillery, were reviewed
at Leeds on Thursday by Major-General Sir Henry 13ouverie, in,
presence of a multitude of spectators. The Dragoons and Artillery
performed a variety of marketwise in a most superior style, and at
the conclusion Sir Henry Bouverle expressed kis marked approba-
tion of the movements.
The detachment of the 66th Regiment, which some time since
marched for Manorhamilton, rejoined the depot at Boyle on
arrived at Brighton,

Tuesday.
The division of theist or'l

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is commanded by Laent -Col. Higginson.
Col Trench, one of the Members of the Board of Ordnance,
arrived in Mantel on Friday, where he inspected the Barrack-
mute.' stores, as well as the whole state of the barracks--and
espressed much &ablution on finding them in an diets details in a
perfect state of order and regularity.