Star.
London, England, 1820-02-28 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

MILITARY PRO3IOTIONS.
WAR-OFFICE, FEBRUARY 25, 1820 s
3d Regiment of Dragoon Guard.—Assittant-Surgeon John
Williamson, M.D. from half-pay of the 7th Dragoon Guards,
to be Assistant Surgeon, vice John Coleman, who exchanges.
sth Ditto—Assistant-Surgeon John Foster, from half-pay of the
Regiment, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Daniel Wedgworth
Maginn, who exchanges.
4th Regiment of light Dragoons—Lieutenant William Fenda!l
to be Captain of a Troop, byynrcbase, vice Fryer, who re-
tires; Cornet George Dawkins to be Lieutenant, by pu.r-
chase, vice Fendall ; liobe:t De Lisle, Gent. to be Cernet,
by purchase, vice Hawkins.
Bth Ditto—Troop Quartermaster Thomas Donahoo to be Regi-
mental Quartermaster, vice Masters, deceased.
10th Ditto—Lieutenant:General Charles William Vane, Lc.:.l
Stewart, G.C.B. to be Colonel.
14th Ditto—To be Lieutenants—Lieutenant John Willi:7l
Gage, front the 31st Foot, vice Hamond, who exchanges;
Lieutenant irdward Hervey Foster, from half-pay of the
Light Dragoons, vice James Ormsby, who exchanges.
15ah Ditte--liestenant Henry Dixon to be Captain of a Troop,
by purchase, vice &liars, who retires ; Cornet Wilikun
El-
ton to be Lieutenant, by purchase, rice Dixon.
Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards—Lieutenant John
Francis Miller Erskine to be Lieutenant and Captain, by pur-
chase, vice Lord Charles Fitzroy, promoted in the 55th Foot ;
Lieutenant Francis Glanville; from half-pay-of the Regiment,
to,be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Erskine.
Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards.—Captain Henry John
William Bentinck to be Adjutant, vice Charles Bentinck,
who resigns the Adjutancy only.
Ist Regiment of Foot—General George Marquis of Wendy,
from the 424 Foot, to be Colonel, vice his Royal Highness
the Duke of Rent, deceased; Ensign Thomas Stephens to be
Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Vaughan, deceased; Ed-
ward Muller, Gent. to he Ensign, vice Stephens.
6th Ditto—Jobs William Stuart, Gent. to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Chambers, deceased.
sth Ditto—Ensign Charles Cotter, from half-pay of the- Regi-
ment, to be Ensign, vice William Wainwright, who ex-
changes, receiving the difference.
9th Ditto Captain Charles Bunwell, from balf-pay of the.Bßth
Foot, to be Captain of a Company, vice George Stirling, who
exchanges.
27th Ditto—Ensign Aubrey Beauclerk, from the 621 Foot, to
be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Mt Lean, prombted.
31st Ditto— Lieutenant Robert Cur Hamond, from the 14th
Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Gage, who exchanges.
37th Ditto—Captain Joseph Perry, from half-pay of the 56th
Foot, to be Captain of a Company, vice Robert Stephens,
who exchanges.
38th Ditto—Captain Charles James Hardman, from half-pay of
the tad Foot, to be Captain of a Company, viva John L.
Gainey who exchanges, receiving the difference.
42d Ditto—General John Earl of Hopetouo, G.C.B. from the
9td Foot, to be Colonel, rice Marquis of Ifuntly, appointed
to the command of the lot Foot.
44th Ditto--Lieutenant-General Gore Browne to be Colorei,
vice Earl cif Suffolk, deceased.
46th Ditto—Ensign John Campbell to be Lieutenant, without
purchase, vice Viocent, appointed to the 89th Foot ; Usarles
I.ongfield Leslie, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Campbell.
50th, Ditto—Major Emanuel Thomas Poe, from half pry of the
99th Foot, to -be Major, vice Thomas Wemysa, who ex-
changes ; lieutenant Connell James Baldwin, from the 8.7 d
Foot, to be Captain of a Company, without purchase, vice
Fortier, promoted in the 61st Foot; Lieutenant Richard
Steward, from half-pay of the Regiment, to be Lieutenant,
vice Shelto Douglas, whose appointment has not taken place.
55th Ditto—Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Charles Fitzroy/
from the Ist FoOt Guards, to be Major, by purchase, vice
Hog, 'who retires.
57th Ditto—Lieutenant Thomas Dix to be Captain of a Com-
pany, without purchase, vice Montgomerie, deceased ; Ensign
Eglintoune Montgomerie tole Lieutenant, vice Diu; James
William Taylor, Gent. tube Ensign, vice Montgomerie.
58th Ditto—Ensign Henry hlebden, from half-pay of the 2d
Garrison Battalion, to be Ensign, vice William Wogan
Baynes, who exchanges.
Gist Ditto—Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Fortier, frort
the 50th Foot, to be Major, without purchase, vice ()wet-,
deceased.
62d Ditto—Richard Power, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Beauclerk, promoted in the t7th Rot.
68th Ditto--lieutonant Severus William Lynam Streams, from
half-pay of the Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice James Slut a,
who exchanges, receiving the difference.
7)d Ditto--Lieutenant John Y.
Lloyd to be Captain of a
.urchase,
Com-
pany,ToipeLibeyutpenuracilllta,._se,w,vic‘eignCoheniaiie,rywNrkhoornecdr, without purchase, thout
vice Murphy, deceased ; Ensign F. T. Williamson, trotu tic
48th Foot, •• by purchase, vice Lloyd. ,
To be Ensign, without purchase—Phil. Primrose, Gent, vice
Mona-
79th Ditto-.-Lieutenant Lac*n 31‘Leao Cameron, from bAir_
pay of the Regiment, to be I,ieutenant, vice John Thomson.
who exchanges, receiving the difference.
84th Ditto—To be Lieutenants Lieutenant Charles Westle.
from half-pay of the Regiment, vice Francis St. Clare, we
exchanges, receiving the difference ; Lieutenant Julius Brock-
man, from half-pay of the Regiment, to be Lieutenant, v•-:-
Charles Bowsar, who exchanges, receiving the difference.
85th Ditto—Lieutenant George Ash Thompson, from half-F..!
of the Regiment, to be Paymaster, vice Biggar, eitaiderce.
90th Ukto—Captein Stephen I learnt', from half-pay of the
Foot, ,to be Captain of a Company, vice Holland, arpoir•ai
to the jot Royal Veteran Battalion; Lieutenant Henry Dui -

4al Vaclean, ("Tern., teiTroly of the root Guard', to be'
Lieutenant, vice John Grant,' who exchangea, reteiving the
difference.
Eat Diato---Ensign Thomas Giddy IV•lntyre, from half-payasaf
the 3d West India Regiment, to be Ensign, vice Jahn Camp,-
hall, who exchanges.
93d Ditto—Lieutenant-General John Hope to be Colonel, vice
Lord ilopetoun, appointed to the command of the 42d Foot ;
lieutenant Weniihana Madden, from the 4:ld Foot, to be
C; train of a Company, without purchase, vice Tnnes, deceased.
Rine Brigade—Captain Archibald Stewart, from half-pay of
the Regiment, to be Captain of a Company, vice Charles
Beckwith, who exchanges; Gentleman Cadet Giles Vande-
leur Creagh, from the Royal Military College, to be Second
Liaritenant, by purchase, vice Peel, promoted.
Ist We=t !tali i Regiment—fiertenant John Cornell Chads to be
Captain of A Company, by purchase, vice Iles, who retires;
Ensign Arthur Myers to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
rhath.
Ditto—Hospital Mate Bryan O'Beirne to be
-Assistant-Sur-
-.nn. e Dann, promoted to the Stiff.
vi^
Cape Corps—Lieutenant Andrew Stockenstronm, from half-
pas or the Cape Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Qrlof Goo--
fried Stock enstrnem, who exchanges.
liorti Veteran Battalion—Brevet Major William Tlolland,
from the 90th Foot, to be Captain of a Company, vice Chap-
man. whose appointment has not taken place.
To he Lieutenants—Lieutenant William Dean, from half-pay of
the Royal Waggon Train, vice Gilbert, whose
.appointment
Las not taken place; Lieutenant Joahtia Fothergill, from half-
pay of the 17th Foot, vice Fuller, whose appointment has
not taken rlace.
To be Bnsige—Ensign Roderick Mackenzie, from half-pay of
the Bth West India Regiment, vice Gordon, appointed to the
7th Royal Veteran Battalion.
To be Paymaster to a Veteran Battalion—Paymaster John
Briggs, from half-pay of the 58th Foot.
td Royal Veteran 'Battalion—To be Lieutenants—Lieutenant
Henry Bmb rick , frnni half-pay of the 4341 Foot, vice Alleis
Walker. whose Pppnititm...ut bas not taken pTate;*l.ieutamint
Robert Young, from half-pay of the 25th Foot, vice Dicken-
soa, whose appointment has not taken place; Lieutenant Mau-
rice O'Connell, from half-pay of the 82d Foot, vice Green,
whose appointment has not taken place.
To be Ensign—Ensign John Ella, from half-pay of 35th Foot.
5d Royal Veteran Battalion—Brevet Major Andrew Wood,
from the 90th Foot, to be Captain of a Company, vice-Mans.
whose appointment has not taken place.
To he Lieutenants—Lieutenant James Stewart, from half-pay
• Carrisnn Battalion, vice Atkinson, whose appointment has
not t.'ti•tl place ; Lieutenant Hugh Henry Lynch, from half-
pay Beth Foot, vice Challis, whose appointment has 'not taken
• ; Lieutenant John Fleming, from 90th Foot, vice Gas-
lett, whose appointment has not taken place ; Lieutenant
John 11l ick, from half-pay 50th Foot, vice FJliott, whose ap
pointment has not taken place ; Lieutenant Samuel McCall('
from hall.pay 1:4 Garrison Battalion, vice Bateman, whose
appointment has not taken place.
To be Quartermaster—Quartermaster William Buchannan, from
half-p y .Irh Garrison Battalion.
4th Royal Veteran Battalion—To be Lieutenants—Lieutenant
John Stohic, from half-pay Sicilian Regiment, vice Pigott,
whose appointment has not taken place; Lieutenant John
Cavendish, from half-pay-3d Garrison Battalion, vice Groves,
whose appointment has not taken place.
^th Royal Veteran Battalion—Brevet Major George Ross, from
ball-pay 6th West India Regiment, to be Captain of a Com-
pany, vice Gordon, whose appointment has not taken place; •
Lieutenant Robert Warren, from the 4th Royal Veteran Bat-
talion, to be Lieutenant, vice Perry, whose appointment has
rot taken place.
To he Ensigns—Ensign Gordon, from the lit Royal Veteran
Battalion, vice Alexander, whose appointment has not taken
place ; Ensign John Gardner, from the sth Royal Veteran
Battalion, vice Johnston, whose appointment has not taken
plac .
Bth Royal Veteran Battalion—To be Ensigns—Ensign David
Skinner, fr,,m half-pay 43d Foot, vice Martin, whose appoint-
ment has not taken place; Troop Quartermaster William
• Jackson, trim halt-pay 3.3 d Light Dragoons, vice Mac Math,
who's ~;:poil•tment has not taken place.
To be Adjutant and Lieutenant—Lieutenant and •Adjetant
James Crawford, from 90th Foot.

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Sth Royal Veteran Battalion—Lieutenant Henry Burke, front
half-pay 4Stk root, to be Lieutenant; Quartermaster John
Ilogan, from half-pay 14th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Nkkatm,
whose appointment has not taken place; Lieutenant Robert
Stewart to be Adjutant.
70th Royal Veteran Battalion-a-To be Ensigns—Ensign Duncan
Maclean, from the late 6th Royal Veteran Battalion, vice
Fraser, whose appointment has not taken place; Quarter-
master Henry Sloan, from half-pay 2d West India Regiment,
vice Komereck, whose appointment has net taken place.
1111411/7LiN.

Lieutenant-Colonel Honourable John Ramsay, on half-pay of
the Clanalpine Fencibles, to be Colonel in the Army.
STAFF.
Assistant-Storekeeper-General John Hare to be a Deputy Store-
keeper-General.
To be Assistant-Storekeepers-General---Thomas Broodbank
Pan, Gent. and Amos Lister, Gent.
Staff-Surgeon Michael Andrew Burmester, from half-pay, to be
Surgeon to the Forces, vice George Beattie, 241. D. who
eachanges.
General John Earl of Chatham, K. G. to be Governor of Gi-
braltar. vice his Royal Highness the Duke of Kent, deceased.
Lieutenant-General William Can, Lord Beresford, G.C.B. to
be Governor of Jersey, vice the Earl of Chatham.
Lieutenant-General Sir Brent Spencer, G.C. B. to be Governor
of Cork, •ice Lord Beresford.
Lieutenant-General George Vaughan Hart to be Governor of
Londonderry and Culmore, vice Earl of Suffolk, deceased.
The Christian names of Ensign Smith, 2iid Foot, are Edmund
Carrington, and not Edword C.
The Christian name of Colonel Woodford, of the Coldstream
Foot Guards, is Alexander only, and not Alexander George, as
heretofore stated.
The Christian name of Cornet Collins, of the 2d Dragoon
Guards, is Thomas.
The Christian names of Captain Lynch, of the 84th Foot,
are Francis Masse.
Manx Yeomanry Cavalry—Cornet Williarit Corlett to be Lieu-
tenant, vice Gelling, who resigns ; 'Van Gill, Gent. to be
Cornet, vice Corlett.
Commission in the Ist Regiment of Royal Surrey Militia, signed
by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Surrey.
Thomas Wilson, Gent. to be Ensign.
Commission in the Coquetdale Rangers Volunteer Cavalry,
signed by the Lord Lieutenant of Northumberland.
Walter Forster Kerr, Gent. to be Lieutenant, vice Ord, resigned.
The 79th Regiment, Colonel NULL DOUGLAS,
C. 13. has been ordered to return to Portsmouth Gar-
rison, from Guernsey and Jersey.—The duty at these
Islands is to be supplied by the 7th Veteran Battalion
from Chatham.
Monday night, Joseph Maskell, a private in the
.52d Regiment of Foot, stationed in Litchfield, went
to bed in his usual good health, was taken ill, and
expired in a few minutes. He was buried with mi-
litary honours.
The 10th Royal Veteran Battalion, now quartered
at Fermoy, consists of 1070 picked men, all strong
and actke, and fit for service. Most of these fine
fellows are married men ; and there are in Fermoy
barracks, belonging to the regiment, 760 women,
and 1300 children. Two hundred of the women
ate expected to lie-in before the Ist of next May,
for which purpose two of the buildings at the bar-
racks are appropriated as Lying-in Hospitals.

Tuesday, the Earl of Levew and NiztviLLE died
at Melville House, in Fifeshirc.

DESTRUCTIVE FlRE.—About seven o'clock yester •
day evening, a fire broke out in. the premises of Mr.
%maim, shipbuilder, Rotherhithe, which spread
with such rapidity that, in addition to these premises,
several adjoining warehouses, five private houses, one
public-house, a brig which was lying in Mr. WEST-
: Axes dock with a great quantity.of 'valuable pro.
perty of all descriptions, was completely destroyed.
The damage is computed to be not less than £50,000.
It