Star.
London, England, 1819-11-10 00:00:00

CERTIFICATES—Nov. 27.

J. Peel, C. Harding, and W. Willock, Tamwortb, cotton-
manufacturers. E. and J. Gregson, Liverpool, perfumers. J.
Parker, Norwich, bombazine-manufacturer. W. Miller, West
Teignmonth, victualler. R. Gilson, Bawtry, victualler. J. C.
W.dlis, White Horse-yard, Coleman-street, farrier. J. Mayers.
Yarmouth, merchant. J. Alillies, Saddleworth, woollen-ma-
nufacturer. G. Harris; Birmingham, japanner. R. Dyke, Bays-
water, jeweller. J. Androus, Edgeware-road, corn-merchant.

MILITARY PROMOTIONS.
WAR-OFFICE, NOVEMBER 8, 1819.
Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards—Ensign and Lieutenant
Henry Gooch to be Lieutenant and Captain, without pur-
chase, vice Clifton' who retires; Ensign and Lieutenant John
Simon Jenkinson, from half-pay of the Regiment, to be En-
sign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Gooch.
13th Regiment of Foot—George othe, Gent. to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Stewart, appointed to the 28th Foot.
14th Ditto—Captain Edward Raynsford, from 18th Foot, to
be Captain of a Company, vice Maitland, who exchanges.
11th Ditto—Captain John DI. Maitland, from 14th Foot, to be
Captain of a Company, vice Raynsford, whis exchanges.
28th Ditto—Ensign William Maxwell Stewart, from the 13th
Foot, to be Ensign, vice Dalgleish, promoted.
40th Ditto—Ensign Joseph eurten, from half-pay of the 4th
West India Regiment, to be Ensign, vice William Browne,
who exchanges.
58th Ditto—Captain Donald M'Gregor, from half-pay of the
95th Foot, to be Captain of a Company, vice Lionel John
Weatropp, who exchanges.
64th Ditto—Brevet Major Henry Bishop to be Major, by pur-
chase vice Pears, who retires.
67th Ditto—Lieutenant Robert Cockerel' to be Captain of a
Company, without purchase, vice Browne, deceased; Ensign.
John .Bolton to be Lieutenant, vice Cockerell ; Charles Lang-
worth, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Bolton.
70th Ditto—Lieutenant William Mercet; from half-pay of the
- .

10th Fact, to be Lieutenant, vice John Austin; Who ei-

• changes, receiving the difference.
Cape Corpo---Williani Lovell Heatficote' Gem to be Connie,
without purchase; Assistant-Surceon Thomas Clarke, from
half-pay of the 72d root, to be Assistant-Surgeon.
HOSPITAL STASI,.

Dr. John Dwyer, M.D. from half-pay, to be Physician to the
Forces, vice William Robson, who retires upon half-ray.
'REVS?.

Major-General Sir Tames Kesnpt, G.C.B. to be Lieutenant•
General in North America only; Captain Donald McGregor,
of the 58th Foot, to be Major in the Army.

Wesley Doyle, Gent to he a Barrack-Master In Great Britain,
vice It. E. Hunter, superannuated.
MINIOIANDA.

The removal of F.esign Stewart, from the 59th to the 28t4
Foot, and the appointment or Mr. George Rothe to the En-
sigocy in the former Corps, as stated in the Gazette of 16th ult.
have not taken place.
Commissions in the Clumt•er Yeomanry Cavalry, signed by the
Lord lieutenant of the County of Nottingham.
His Grace the Duke of Newcastle to be Major-Commandant ;
Henry Simpson, Esq. to be Captain; the Most Honourable
the Mat quis of Tichfield, to be ditto ; Philip'Richard
Falk-
ner, Gent. to be Cornet.

A CASE OF PECULIAR DISTRESS
To each his sufferings, all are men, '
Condemn'd alike to groan ;
• The tender for another's pain,
Tle.nnfeeling for his own! .
Ma. EorroarAt a time when thousands are placed in a state
of comparative poverty by the reduction of the Army, it may
appear difficult, nay almost invidious to select any one case, more
strongly calling on the better feelings of our nature than another;
yet the following particulars I think (with you and a generous
Public) will claim an interest, and justify me in laying it before
them :—A Lieutenant (late of the Line) who had served with
honour and credit to himself against the enemies of his country,
in various parts of the globe, found himself, on his return, by an
accumulation of. " tow ea-per:so,. op a triflitigAeht contracted
previous to his quitting England, involved in.difficulty ; he was
thrown into the King's Bench Prison, in the•rtles of which hie
wife died broken hearted Tu pay his hand-hearted creditor, he
was compelled to sell his Commission. In consequence of the
death of leis wife, be became insane, and was for three monthe
c,onfined in a receptacle for lunatics at Horton: on recovering
his reason, be supported himself and his motherless children on
the miserable remnant arising from the sale of hisCommisaion, till
the last uhilling was expended, and he was compelled to seek shel-
ter for himself and his Buys in a common workhouse !—in this
situation, I, who had known him and his worth for many years,
addressed a letter to a General Officer, who kindly suggested an
application to a"StmeriorQuarter"never k nown to discard unheed-
ed the petition of a soldier in distress, and was from thence refer-
red, with "Strong liecontmerulatiJa" for a favourable attention, to
those more officially connected with the military department,
but here, alas! it was must " euldty" received, and ultimately
most cruelly rejected!—Stung with a disappointment which
came with double severity, from the hopes and expectations
naturally arising from a recommendation, emanating from so
" high" a source, and which might have been considered almost
" a Command," the shock was too mach for the scarcely settled
reason of the unfortunate Gentleman, it tottered, and in a mo-
ment of •desperatiun, led him to atterr.pt self•destructina!—fer-
tunately is vain ; but he r.ow lies a patient in an hospital, and Es
unfurtunate children are the inmates of a work-house! Yet it
is not too late to pour the balm of comfort into the wounds of
this son of affliction, to restore kis mind and body to that state
which shall enable him to recover his rank in society, and,to yet
term the duty of a parent to his offspring, and form their minds
to virtue and to hones's%
Let not the affluent turn in cat eless indifference from this tale
of distress; let not the strong in mind condemn his weakness;
let nut the secure in virtue start from the exercise of charity, in
the fear of giving encouragement to crime; let them Ipok with
parental affection at their own children, and consider these; and
even with a " Min" stretch feed; the band of benevolence,*
aid of a suffering fellow-creature. •
Mr. Wirtnow of Craig's-court, Charing-Cross, has most kind'
allowed Subscriptions to be received atthis Office.
By inserting this plain aiatenaest tots, you will cite •
most obedient,

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