Star.
London, England, 1819-07-28 00:00:00

TILE ARMY.,

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Lieutenant-Colonel CORDEw has arrived in Ireland,
to assume the command or the Royal Engineer De-
partment, in the bark District. •
Liutenant-General Sir Mass lklusurtwomar., pre-
vious to taking leave of the Bombay Army, issued•
the foll Owing General Orders : •
" Hean-quativeits, Bostsav, JAM t t.
" Lieutenant-General Sir Ain.sa Nuatrimait.s canape pay a
better compliment to the Army serving under.this Presidency,
than by an Act of Urace to the very kw individuals who have
merited the sentence of the law by uusoldier-like conduct during
the last twelve months: ft is therefore in c•nisequence of the
templary conduct of the Army at large, that privates &
lianas, S. Bradbury', M. Reyes, and S. Geary, of the Honourable
Company's European Regiment, now' under sentence, of solitary
ccedinement, are pardoned, and directed to join their corps :
and the Commander-ht-Chief trusts this act of lenity will Induce
them to behave like good soldiers for the future.
" Sir M. VIOHTINGA lac cannot rake leave of the Bombay Army
without assuring the Officers and men he had the honour and
good fortune to command, that be shall ever consider the period
he has been at their head as the happiest of his professional life :
the many brilliant acts of gallantry and good conduct which have
been displayed in the field, added to the strict discipline, order,
and regularity by his Majesty's and Companys' troops, daring
the last three years, surpasses all praise, and entitles them to his
warmest and most sincere acknowledgments."
General NicrrriNGA LE embarked on board the Ho-
nourable Company's cruizer Teignniouth, attended by
the whole of his Staff, as well as many private friends,
who, on taking leave, expressed their deep regret.—
" As Commander-in-Chief," say the Bombay Papers,
" his loss cannot but be deplored by the Army ; for
in him they have lost a firm and impartial friend,
and under whose administration the eAablishment of
the Military Fund took place, an act that will carry
more consolation to his heart than all the trophies of
the well-flight field—an act that will call down the
blessings of the warrior, the widow, and ,the orphan:
and the augmentation of the Bombay Army will
often call him to the remembrance of the soldier,
and be still more endeared by the perusal of the pre-
ceding General Orders."
The following Circular to Army Agents, for the
information of half-pay Officers, has just been issued
horn the War-Odice, dated July L 3:
Sot—lt having been determined that Officers entitled to Half-
pay may, in certain cases, receive an allow ince equal thereto,
together with emo'uments of places or employments of a civil
nature ; I am directed by the Secretary at War to acquaint you,
for the information of Half-pay Officers to whom you are Agent,
that any such ()nicer holding any place or employment of profit.
under the Crown, the net annual emoluments of which do not
exceed three times the amount of the highest rate of Half-pay
attached by regulation to the rank in virtue of which ha is en-
title:) to llaltpay, may, upon application to the Secretary at
War, be permitted to receive a military allowance equal to,
and instead of his Half-pay, upon making an Affidavit in the
following form, viz.— _ _ _

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I, A. 13. do swear, that I bad not between the day
of , and the day of , any military
place, or any employment of profit, in any military department
under his Majesty, besides [here specify the military commis-
sion or employment on the Staff, or in the Garrisons, or in the
Colonies], nor any civil place or employment of profit under his
Majesty, except [here specify the civil place or employment],
and that the net annual emoluments of [here repeat the civil
place or employment] do not exceed [here state the annual
amount of three. tines the highest rate of half-pay attached to
the rank in virtue of which the Officer receives Half-pay].
You will fur:her apprise them, that if they hold any such
civil place or employment, the net annual emoluments of which
exceed three times, but fall short of four times, the amount of
such Hall-pray, they may, upon application to the Secretary at
War, at the end of the year, receive so Much of their military
allowance as, together with those net annual emoluments, may
be equal to four times the amount of such Half-pay, upon making
affidavits in she following km, viz.
I, A. B. do swear, that I had not between the
day of and the day of , any military
place, or any employment of profit in any military department
under his Majesty, besides [here specify the Military Commis-
sion or employment on the Staff, or in the Garrisons, or in the
Colonies], nor any civil place or employment of profit under his
Majeoty, except [here specify the .Civil Place or Employment],
and that the net emoluments received, or to be received, by me
in respect of [here repeat the Civil Place or Employment] from
day of , to the day of , toge-
ther with the portion of my military allowance now claimed by
me, do pot exceed [here state four times the amount of the
highest rate of Half-pay attached to the rank in virtue of wki.h
the Half-pay is claimed].
I am directed to add, that this arrangement is not to have a
retrospective operation beyond the 25th of December, 1818.
I am, Sir, your most obedient humble Servant,
(Signed) W. Masan.
A clause has been inserted in the Militia Pay Act,
which entitles the Subaltern Officers of the Irish Mi-
litia, in future to the retired allowance as Subalterns
of disembodied Militia. • • •