The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-10-24 00:00:00

MILIT.MY PROMOTIO.VS.

WAR-OFFICE, Orr. 90.
ht Regiment of Life Guarde.--Cornet t'. !fall, from half-
pay tith Dragoon's. to be Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant, riee J.

Dill, who etchanges.
14tb Light Dragoons—Brevet Lieut.-Col. lion. 11. Perey,
to be Major,by purchase, vitro Brotherton, promoted its the
till Lied Dragoons; Lieut. St. Jnhn Charlton to he Capt,
by poi chase. vier Percy; Corset E. S. Douai, to be Lieut.
by purchase, tire Charlton.
Ysd Ditto.—Brevet Lieut.-Col. T. W. Rrntherton, from
14th Light Dragoons, to be Lieut.-Col.-by purchase, vier
Travers. who retires.

lith Regiment 8T Foot.—llospital-Asaistant J. Tregonee,
to be Assistant-Surgeon, rice Anne), promoted io the not

Foot.
With Ditto.—T.teut. .1. Arookshank, from the 21th Foot, to
be Captain, by purchase. rice Tripp, who retires.
113th Ditto.—Vaptain G. Teuton. from half-pa) snth Font,
to be Captain, vier C. ChM). who exchanges, receiving the
difference:

63th Ditto.—Surgeon A. Stewart, front the 714 Foot, to
bb Surgeon, vice Burrell. deceased.
71st Dltto—Assistant-Sergeoa O. Ardley, from the 17th
Foot, to be Sirgeon, vies Stewart, appointed to the Cart
Foot.
tiSth Ditto.—Ensign M. Clarke, to be Lieutenant, witboat
pnrchase, vice Hilliard, appointed to the 4th Royal Vetere'
Battalion ; W. E. llartopp, Dent. to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Cthrke.
9d West ladle Regiisteist.—Rospital-Assfstatte Palo-
lanathlan to be Asslatant-Berpoo, ow omoiliadp4
pothtlrd on- fhrf Molt
4th Royal Version Battalion.-I.letst. C. Hilliaa, 6111111
the Stith Foot. to be Lieut. vice VVeatherhead, appoihted 111
the 7th Royal Veteran Battalion.
7th Royal Veteran Battalion—field. A. Dreghorts, froth,
half-pay Ntlt Foot, to be Lieut. sire Webster, who returns
to his former situation on the Retired List.
10th Royal Veteran Battalion—To be Lieutenants. Lieut.
IV. 11. .Irostrong. from 91st Foot. vier Rowsar, whole ap-
pointment has not taken place; Lieut. H. Nixon. from half-
pay 0.911 Foot, vice Snodgrea, who returns to his former
hhif-pay.
HOSPIT ‘I. STAPP-Dr.i. \Jebel'. Surgeon to the Form,
to be Deputy-Inspector of Hospitals only •, Assistant-Sur-
geon Bryan O'Beirne, from Id West India Regiment, to be
.IssistarstAargeon to the Forces, vice Hoskins, promoted
in 2d West India Regiment; W. Doherty. (lent. to be ilos
pilot- Assistant to the Forces, vice klaelauehlan, preseled
in 2d West India Regiment.
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BlEVlT.—l'avtain H. Make, of the 6th Garrisse
talion, to be Major In the Army.
Manortanna.—Paymaster R. D. O'Connor to be Me&
seder!. having deserted flow his Regiment.
Cgorninissions signed by the Lord lieutenant of the Cagily
of Netdegberg.
Royal Sherwood Fo onoNottingbans hillitkiimt
W. B. Martin, Ere. to be • •
Loyal Nottingham Trim, ' Cava/yid—M.
ditiaW
Lacey, gent. to be Cermet, •
esslerielL
Ciumber Corps of Yee/awry Ilium pd•
to be Veterinary Surgeon. • . • i 1 ,
Ilentesiselent In the KirkendbellgettsealliViown Rellkilvllt a
Militia, signed by the MIK 111 liberlif albs
lithef i Rifest or Btewartry Of
R. 11. Crsik the younger, tile or, ',IA Mum re-
signed.

Commission in the Lantrissaot Troop of °codeine. and
Yeomanry Cavalry. signed by the ♦'ice-Lieatesant of the
County of Glamorgan.
T. Thomas, Gent: to be Cornet.

DEFAMATION of the DUKE WELLINGTON.

A young man WNW' John Groves, acrompat.ied by
a number of his friends, was brought up from St.
Martin's watch-house, yesterday morning, to the
Public Office, Bow-street, having been given in charge
the preceding Saturday evening by a serjeant of the
Wards for having used inflammatory language.
Serjeant Wilson, of the lit Grenadier Guards,
" being first duly sworn," deposed, that on Saturday
night he went into a public-hone, in St. Mai tin's-
lane to take a pint of porter cora rtahly. Ile there
found the prisoner and several other persons drinking,
and talking of the Peninsular war, and making many
very disrespectful remarks on time conduct of the
Dike of Wellington. He, the deponent, interfered,
by observing, that he had served smiler the illustrious
Duke in the Ist Gnarls *Imo:: the whole time of that
war, and therefore lie was able to speak to Isis conduct:
and lie was certain, that a braver uman or better Gene-
ral, never took the field against an enemy. To this
the prisoner replied coutempttion.ly...." The (Mardi:
every one knows they run away at Bayonne." This
was very irritating to deponent, but he bore it pa-
tiently and, kept his tesaper till the prisoner began to
speak of the Onke of Wellington's conduct at the hal- '
tle of Salamanca, which he repreaented as any thing
but what it should have been.
Here the deposals began to give the lial.Tistrate a
isiinute detail of the Salamanca affair, hnt )lr. Birnie
interrupted him, sod begged he would confine himself
to the circumstances for which he bad gives the pri-
soner in charge to the constable. •

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