Star.
London, England, 1810-03-12 00:00:00

ADMIRALTY-OFFICE, MARCH 10, Islo.

Vice-Admiral Lord Collingwood has transmitted
to John Wilson Croker, Esq. a letter from Captain
Ferguson, of' his Majesty's sloop Pylades, giving an
account of his having on the 14th of December last
captured the French privateer of ten carriage
guns and four swivels, with a complement of eighty
men : and one from Captain Harvey, of his Ma-
jesty's sloop Ccpbalus, stating the capture, on the
11-th of January, of the French settee privateer le
Scipi,,n, of four guns and sixty-nine men, on her
first cruize from Genoa.

Copy of a Letter from Captain Prescott, of his Majesty's sloop
Weazle,toVice-AdmiralLordCollingwmd,CommanderinChief
of his Majesty's Ships and Vessels in the Mediterranean, dated
off Toro, the '2sth December, 1809, and transmitted by his
Lordship to John Wilson Croker, Esq.
My Lord—l have great pleasure in acquainting
your Lordship, that his Majesty's sloop under my
command, has this moment captured a Polacre rigged'
corvette privateer, of Marseilles, called l'Eole, pier-
ced for twenty gulls, but mounting fourteen long
eights and sixes, and 140 men, after an anxious Chace
of nine hours, and a gallant and obstinate resistance
of one hour and a halt. The conduct of Mr. Davis,
the First Lieutenant, and that of the other Officers,
Petty Officers, and Crew of the Weazle on this oc-
casion, was such as to merit great praise. I have
stated underneath an account of the killed and
wounded in the Weazle and l'Eole. I have the ho-
nour to be, &c. (Signed) H. PRESCOTT.
Wes Freke, private marine, killed; George
Sear, able seaman, badly wounded.
L'Eot a—Five killed, nine wounded.
MILITARY PROMOTIONS.
WAR-OFFICE, MARCH 10.
2d Regiment of Life Guards—Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant Alex:
ander M'lnnes to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice St. Felix,
who retires; Win. Paxton Jervis, Gent. to be Cornet and Sub-
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice M'lnnes.
13th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Captain Mansell Bowers, from
the 48th Foot, to be Captain of a Troop, vice Whittingham,
who exchanges.
14th Ditto—Lieutenant Daniel Capel to be Captain of a Troop,
by purchase, vice Stirling, who retires.
19:h Ditto—Lienteuant L. B. Buckle to be Captain of a Troop,
by purchase, vice Wilson, promoted in the 17th Light Dra-
goons.
224 bitto—George John Moore, Gent. to be Cornet,by purchase{
vice Slegg, promoted.
Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards—Captain Alexander G.
Woodford to be Captain of a Company, by purchase, vice
Dyke, who retire; Ensign John Boswell to be Lieutenant,by
purchase, vice Woodford.
tcl Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant George Nicholson, from the
7th Garrison Battalion, to be Lieutenant, vice Ross, placed on
half-pay of the 7th Garrison Battalion.
4th Ditto—William Power, Gent. to be Ensign, without pur-
chase, vice Fitzgerald, promoted in the 2d Garrison Battalion.
4th Ditto--Licuttnant_ Wm. Bradford; from the North Down
Militia, to be Ensign ; Ensign Alexander Bourke, from the
Westmeath Militia, to be Ensign.
10th Ditto—Captain H. A. Sutherland, from the Bth Garrison
Battalion, to be Captain of a Company, vice Hutcheon, placed
or. hall-pay of the Bth Garrison Battalion.
11th Ditto—James O'Kelley, Gent. to be Ensign, without pur-
chase, vice Hudson, who resigns.
18th Ditto—Surgeon Thomas Duncm, from the 99th Foot, to be
Surgeon, vice Cummings, deceased.
21st Ditto—Captain Clerk Caldwell, from the 7th Garrison Bat-
talion, to be Captain of a Company, vice J. L. Campbell, placid
on half-pay of the 7th Garrison Battalion; Lieutenant Henry
Patter,dn, from the 96th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice De Car-
teret, who exchanges.
27th Regiment of Foot.
To he Lieutenants,-without purchase,
Lieutenant the Hon. Esme Stuart Erskine, from the 2d Garrison
ilittalion, vice Hastings, who exchanges; Ensign John Betty,
vice Egan, who resigns; and Ensign Thomas Moore.
Tel be Ensigns—James Adair, Gent. vice natty; and Henry
Beaufoy, Gent. vice Macre.
33d Ditto--Frederick hope Pattison, Gent. to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Beauclerk, promoted.
40th Ditto—Lieutenant Abraham Wilkinson, from the London-
derry Militia, to be Ensign.
+lst Ditto—Lieutenant Price Edwards, from the Wiltshire Mi-
litia, to be Ensign.
48th Ditto—Captain S. Ford Whittingham, from the 13th Light
Dragoons' to be Captain of a Company, vice Bowers, who ex-
changes; Lieutenant William N. Watkins to he ditto, without
purchase, vice Watson, promoted ; bnsign John Sharp to be
Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Waugh, promoted; Ensign
Richard Mousell to be Lieutenant, vice Watkins; William
Norman, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Sharp; Benjamin Smyth,
Gent. to be Ensign, vice Mansell.
50th Ditto--Lieutenant Charles Brown, from the East Middlesex
Militia, to be Ensign.
52d Ditto—Ensign FrancisWhalley to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Lord James Hay, promoted in the 4th West-India

gitnent.
16th Ditts—Lieutenant P. S. Norman to be C;Ttain of a Com-
pany, without purchase, vice Frye, appointed to the 9d Ceylon
Regiment; Ensign Richard Armstrong to be Lieutenant, vice
M•Coy, deceased ; and Ensign Itiiichael Henley to be Lieute-
nant, vice Norman.
57th Ditto—Ensign Beti,arnin Hobhouse to be Lieutenant, by
purc.hase, vice Kirby, pi orioted.
60th Regiment of Foot.
To be Lieutenants, without purchase,
_Ensigns John Sterne, from the Bth West lnda Regiment; John
Beam, front the 3d ditto; Peter Kennedy, from the 6th ditto ;
Alexander Rule, from the Bth ditto; James Miller, • from the
Mt Ditto; Thomas Sheridan, from the Bth ditto; Thomas
I.,ck, from the 6th ditto ; Thomas :::mir4r, from the Ist ditto ;
Hector Downie, from the 2:1 ditto; Muytte de Ravarier, from
the 6th ditto; ldward litzgeral I, front the lit ditto; 4obert
Ellison; G. F. Sterne; Clement Sadlier, from the 9d West-
India Regiment ; John Mackay, from the 4th ditto ; Benjamin
Webster, and ..adreyr Leitch, 1 rom 'the Bth ditto ; Richard
Gore, from the 4th ditto Abraham Myers; John Trewren,
front the 2a WM India Reginient.
To be Ensigns— Van de Bergh, Cleat. vice Ellison;
Charles Joseph de Franciosi, Gent. vice Sterne.
16th Ditto-lAesttenant Thomas Magennis to be Captain of a
Company, vice Corry, deceased.
sd DittoCaptsin Henry Coanr, from the 78th Foot, to be
Captain et a Unnpany, vice Ellis, deceased.
76th Ditto—Nathaniel Janlbs Scott, Gent. to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Benson, promoted. •
82d Ditto—Lieutenant It. H. S. Malone, front the 75th Foot, to
be Captain of a Company, withent purchase, vice Pynne, pro-
moted; Ensign 11. S. Donnellan to be Lieuter.ant, by purchase,
vice Barton, promoted.
Sith Ditto—Lieutenant E. W. Martin to be Captain of a Com-
pany, by purchase, vice Forster, who retires.
Oath Ditto--.Majot Christopher Vowel', front the 7th Garrison
Battalion, to bi Mt*, vice Colquhoup, placed on half-pay of
the 7th Garrison Battalion ; lieutenant James Moriarty, from
the Roszommon Militia, to be Ensign. lb
?Sth Ditto—sesond Lieutenant Robert Beckwith tobe First Lieu-
tenant, try purchase, vice Carr, appointed to the 15th Light
Dragoons ; Lieutenant Arthur Cary, from the Bth Garrison
Battalion, to be Lieutrant,svice Maclean, placed on Kali-pay
of the Ott, Garrison Battalion.
416th Ditto—Lieutenint J. de Carteret, from tha 21st Foot.. ta
be Lieutenant, vice Paterson, who exchanges.
94th Ditto—Aoistant-Surgeon Samuel Bernard, from thi
Royal Veteran Battalion, to be Sorgeon, vice Duncan,
Pity the lath Fast.

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