CAPTAINS --Lord James Townshend, to the Dublin, vice Henry Hope; J. Clavel, to the Ordinary at Plymouth, vice Pilfold; P. Blackwood, to L'Aigle. COMMANDERS W. Richardson (b), to the Preventive Service; E. Blankley, to the Pilades; Alex. Ellice, to the Victor; T. Talbot, to the Phocris; Hon. F. J. J. De Roos, to the Algerine. LIEUTENANTS-A. F. Parr, Second-Lieut. of Haslar Hospital, vice Marshall, app. Warden of Portsmouth Dock Yard, vice Derby, dec.; Thomas O. Knox, to the Royal George Yacht; J. Noble, to the Pallas, vice Butterfield; G. Goldfinch and J. Heysham, to the Pearl; W. Sturgess, from the Ordinary at Sheerness, to the Ordinary at Portsmouth; G. Wilson (a), to the Ordinary at Chatham; R. Coates, from the Ordinary at Portsmouth, to the Ordinary at Plymouth; F. Crozeir and Lord F. J. Russel, to the Stag; G. Byng, and J. G. Crosbie, to the Rattlesnake; S. Marshall, to be Warden of Portsmouth Yard, vice Derby, dec.; A. Parr, to Haslar Hospital, vice Marshall; P. Ambrose, to the superintendence of the Semaphore at Portsmouth; R. Parrey, and H. O. Nolloth, to the Gallatea; W. M. J. G. Pascoe, and R. S. Robinson, to the Dublin; W. J. Williams, to the Seringa patam; E. Norcott, to the Druid; E. Foley, to the Brisk; G. V. Hart, to the Victor; H. Blair, to the Pallas; R. B. Crawford, from the Donegal, to command the Charybdis; H. Henderson, of the Barham, to the Dublin; C. Edmonds, of the Talavera, to the Barham; C. Birkett, to the Talavera; J. R. Wilson to the Telegraph at Putney Heath, vice Eldridge; H. J. Codrington, to be Flag Lieut. to Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Codrington; J. V. Fletcher, to be Flag-Lieut. to Rear-Admiral W. Parker, C.B.; R. Yorke, to the Donegal. The following have been appointed to the Preventive Service on the Coast of Kent:-G. Drew, W. Beckett (b), H. Lawless, J. Kiddle, C. A. Johnston, G. Humphreys, H. S. Laston, J. Stephen, E. Nicholl, J. M. Bate, T. S. Hall, W. Whitfield, G. A. Leary, T. Ross, G. S. Baker, W. G. Pearne, C. E. Blissett, W. Squire, A. S. Wright, Zach. Mudge, J. Jeaves, C. Puckett, T. P. Wheeler, H. Batt, J. Duffill, T. A. Butler, J. M. Langtry, G. Gahan, R. Hunter, H. E. Wingrove, J. R. Benson, V. P. Hunter-all from the Talavera-S. Wilkinson, E. Jull, W. H. Dickman, C. W. Poynter, W. Seaward, W. Curlewis (Hyperion), J. El. win, R. Morgan (b), W. Henslow, J. Knight, R. Edevain, G. Campbell, E. Pace, and J. Baker. SURGEONS-A. Lane, to the Pearl; P. Suther, WAR OFFICE, APRIL 29. 3rd Regt. of Dr. Gds.-Lieut.-Gen. Samuel Hawker, to be Colonel, vice Gen. Sir William Payne, Bart. dec. 47th Regt. Foot.-Brevet-Major Fade Heatley, to be Major, without p. vice O'Donoghue, prom. Garrison.-Major-Gen. John Waters, to be Capt. of Yarmouth Castle, vice Lieut.-Gen. Hawker, app. to the command 3rd Dr. Gds. Memorandum.-His Majesty has been pleased to command that the 3rd Regt. of Foot Gds. be styled "The Scotch Fusilier Guards." WAR OFFICE, MAY 3. 4th Regt. Dr. Gds.-Cornet Lionel Place, to be Lieut. by p. vice FitzRoy, who ret.; Arthur Bastard Easterbrooke Houldsworth, gent. to be Cor. by p. vice Place. 13th Regt. Light Drs.-To be Lieuts. by p.Cornet Thomas Garde Durdin, vice Wetherall, prom.; Cornet Robert Hackett, vice Ogilvie, prom. To be Cornet, by p.-James Edward Bradshaw, gent. vice Hackett. 1st or Gren. Regt. Foot Gds.— - Capt. Lord Charles Wellesley, from the Rifle Brig. to be Lieut. and Capt. vice Hulse, who exc. 11th Regt. Foot.-Ens. Bertram Charles Mitford, to be Lieut. by p. vice Fyers, who ret.; Alexander Browne, gent. to be Ens. by p. vice Mitford. 12th Foot.-Capt. James Paterson, from h. p. to be Capt. vice Edward Hugh Hunt, who exc, rec. the diff. 22nd Ditto.-Hardress Waller, gent. to be Ens. by p. vice Flanagan, app. to the 76th Foot. 33rd Ditto.-David FitzGerald Longworth, gent. to be Ens. by p. vice Graham, prom. 40th Ditto.-John Judkin Morris, gent. to be Ens. without p. vice Wood, app. to the 48th Foot. 44th Ditto.-Ens. John Pennington, to be Lieut. without p. vice Scott, prom.; Ens. William George White, from 48th Foot, to be Ens. vice Pennington; Lieut. Alured William Gray, to be Adjt. vice Scott, prom. 46th Ditto.-John Gore Ferns, gent. to be Ens. without p. vice Campbell, prom. 48th Ditto.-Ens. John Stewart Wood, from 40th Ft. to be Ens. vice White, app. to the 44th Ft. 57th Ditto. Gent. Cadet Frederick Henry Worsley, from R1. Mil. Col. to be Ens. by p. vice Tranter, prom. 69th Ditto.-Capt. Robert Brookes, to be Major, by p. vice Johns, who ret.; Lieut. Edward Bolton, to be Capt. by p. vice Brookes; Ens. George James Barnard Hankey, to be Lieut. by p. vice Bolton. 76th Ditto. Ens. George Frederick Cooper Scott, to be Lieut. by p. vice Hildebrand, who ret.; Ens. John B. Flanagan, from 22nd Foot, to be Ens. vice Scott; Lieut. Samuel Blow Ross, to be Adjt. vice Hildebrand, who res. 81st Ditto. Capt. Robert Logan, from h. p. to be Capt. vice John Ogilvy, who exc. rec. the diff. 93rd Ditto. Edmund George Nicolay, gent. to be Ens. by p. vice Jephson, who ret. Rifle Brigade.-Lieut. and Capt. Charles Hulse, from 1st or Gren. Regt. Foot Gds. to be Capt. vice Lord Charles Wellesley, who exc. Ceylon Regt. Sec.-Lieut. Simpson Nelson Burriss, to be First-Lieut. by p. vice Delancey, prom.; R. E. Wilmot Horton, gent. to be Sec.Lieut. by p. vice Burriss. Unattached. To be Capts. of Inf. by p.-Lieut. John Wetherall, from 13th Light Drs.; Lieut. Oliver Delancey, from Ceylon Regt.; Lieut. John Gilbert Ogilvie, from 13th Light Drs. Memorandum. The undermentioned officers have been allowed to retire from the service, by the sale of unattached companies:-Capt. Thomas Jones, h. p. unat.; Capt. Richard Despard, h. p. Nova Scotia Fenc.; Capt. Edward Favel Davis, h. p. 8th Foot. Lieut.-Gen. Sir William Houstonn, G.C.B. to be Lieut.-Governor of Gibraltar, vice Gen. Sir George Don. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, MAY 5. RI. Regt. of Art.-First Lieut. Lynch Talbot, to be Sec. Capt. vice Pattullo, dec; Sec.-Lieut. Alfred Tylee, to be First-Lieut. vice Talbot; Sec.Lieut. Charles James Dalton, to be First-Lieut. vice Pickard, ret. on h. p. 10th Regt. Light Drs.-Brevet Major Arthur Kennedy, from h. p. 18th Light Drs. to be Capt. vice Macdonell, dec. 17th Ditto.-Troop Serj.-Major William Hall, to be Quar.-mast. vice Nicholson, dec. 1st or Gren. Regt. Foot Gds.-Lieut.-Colonel Fleming Thomas Roberts, from h. p. of Roll's Regt. to be Capt. and Lieut.-Colonel, vice Charles Parker Ellis, who exc. 17th Regt. Foot.-Ass.-Surg. James Smith, from h. p. 29th Foot, to be Ass.-Surg. vice Fraser, dec. 33rd Ditto.-Lieut. John Williamson, to be Adjt. vice Paterson, who res. the Adjutancy only. 37th Ditto.-Lieut. Robert Honyman, from 62nd Foot, to be Lieut. vice O'Callaghan, app. to 41st Foot. 40th Ditto.-Staff-Surg. John Ramsay, M.D. from h. p. to be Surg. vice William Jones, who ret. upon h. p. 45th Ditto. Lieut. Henry Wemyss Magee, from 30th Foot, to be Lieut. vice Craik, app. to 70th Foot. 70th Ditto.-Lient. John Hamilton Craik, from 45th Foot, to be Lieut. vice Roeke, whose app. has not taken place. 90th Ditto.-Lieut. William J. Owen, to be Adjt. vice Mackenzie, who res. the Adjutancy only. 95th Ditto.-John M'Donald, gent. to be Ens. by p. vice Hull, who ret. Rifle Brigade.-Capt. James Kerr Ross, from h. p. unat. to be Capt. vice Charles Hulse, who exc. Hosp. Staff.-Apothecary William Thompson, to be Ass.-Surg. Garrison.-Lient.-Gen. Hon. James Ramsay, to be Gov. of Carlisle, vice Major-Gen. Sir George Adam Wood, dec. The King has been pleased to appoint the undermentioned officers to be Extra Aides-de-Camp to His Majesty, with the rank of Colonel in the Army : Lieut.-Colonel Archibald Campbell, 46th Foot; Brevet Lieut.-Colonel John Bell, h. p. Permanent Ass.-Quar.-mast.-Gen.; Brevet Lieut.-Colonel Samuel Benjamin Auchmuty, h. p. 8th Gar. Bat.; Brevet Lieut.-Colonel Thomas Lightfoot, h. p. 45th Foot; Lieut.-Colonel Alured Dodsworth Faunce, 4th Foot; Lieut.-Colonel George Brown, Rifle Brig.; Lieut.-Colonel Frederick FitzClarence, 7th Foot; Lieut.-Colonel George Prescott Wingrove, RI. Mar. Brevet. Capt. Everard William Bouverie, of RI. Horse Gds. to be Major in the Army. Memoranda.-The name of the Cornet app. to the 4th Dr. Gds. on the 3rd inst. is Holdsworth, and not Houldsworth. The Christian names of Lieut. Ker, of the 37th Foot, are Richard Hall. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, MAY 11. The King was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood on Joseph Whatley, Esq. Groom of His Majesty's Bedchamber, Knight Commander of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphie Order. WHITEHALL, MAY 12. The King has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignities of Baron, Viscount, and Earl of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, unto George FitzClarence, Esq. Colonel in the Army, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the names, styles, and titles of Baron Tewkesbury, Viscount FitzClarence, and Earl of Munster. WAR-OFFICE, MAY 17. 4th Regt. Light Drs.-Philip Blundell Nesbitt, gent. to be Cornet, by p. vice Anstey, who ret. 13th Ditto.--Ens. John Hamilton Gray, from 15th Foot, to be Cornet, by p. vice Durdin, prom. 1st or Gren. Regt. Foot Gds.--Lieut. and Capt. William Henry Barnard, to be Capt. and Lieut. Col. by p. vice Roberts, who ret.; Ens. and Lieut. John Adrian Hope, to be Lieut. and Capt. by p. vice Barnard. 2nd Regt. Foot.-Lient. Peter Grehan, from 2nd West India Regt. to be Lieut. vice Edward Lynch Daniell, who ret. upon b. p. 7th West India Regt. 6th Ditto.-Lieut. Charles Stuart Barker, from h. p. to be Lieut. vice William Harrisson Hill, who exc. 15th Ditto.-John Hope Wingfield, gent. to be Ens. by p. vice Gray, app. to 13th Light Drs. 28th Ditto.-Walter Carmichael Hailes, gent. to be Ens. by p. vice Trelawney, who ret. 41st Ditto.-Capt. John Wetherall, from h. p. to be Capt. vice Allan Henry Maclean, who exc. rec. the diff. 47th Ditto. Capt. John Sandes, to be Capt. without p. vice Heatley, prom.; Ens. William Wise, to be Lieut. by p. vice Sandes; John Caillaud Stuart Mangin, gent. to be Ens. by p. vice Wise. 48th Ditto. Capt. William Johnson Campbell, from h. p. 82nd Foot, to be Capt. vice Agnew, prom. 57th Ditto.-- Ens. Frederick James Taggart Hutchinson, from 74th Foot, to be Lieut. by p. vice Putnam, who ret. 68th Ditto. Capt. Robert Gregan Craufurd, from h. p. to be Capt. vice Peter Bernard, who exc. rec. the diff. 72nd Ditto.-Lieut.-Col. Thomas Francis Wade, from h. p. to be Lieut. Col. vice Arbuthnot, app. to 90th Foot. 74th Ditto. Gent. Cadet George Thomas Evans, from Rl. Mil. Col. to be Ens. by p. vice Hutchinson, prom. in 57th Foot. 90th Ditto.-Lieut. Col. Charles George James Arbuthnot, from 72nd Foot, to be Lieut.-Col. vice Lord George William Russell, who ret. upon h. p. 92nd Ditto.--Capt. John Gilbert Ogilvie, from b. p. to be Capt. vice John Routledge Majendie, who exc. rec. the diff.; Ens. Archibald Neil Campbell, to be Lieut. without p. vice Lofe, dec. 94th Ditto. Staff. Ass.-Surg. William Henry Burrell, M.D. to be Ass.-Surg. vice Bulteel, who exc. - from 94th Foot, to be Ass.- Surg. to the Forces, vice Burrell, who exc. Memoranda. The Christian names of Capt. Cowell, h. p. 71st Foot, are James Gifford. The rank of Cornet M'Donough, of the 4th Light Drs. has been made permanent from the period of his appointment as Riding-master and Acting Adjutant at the Cavalry Depôt, 6th of March 1828, but he has not been allowed any additional pay. The name of the gentleman appointed to an Ensigncy in the 42nd Foot, on the 26th of April 1831, is Stewart, and not Steward, as formerly stated. DOWNING-STREET, MAY 19. The King has been pleased to nominate and appoint Admiral Sir Henry Trollope, Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath, to be a Knight Grand Cross of the said Most Honourable Military Order, vice Vice-Admiral Sir William Johnstone Hope, dec. His Majesty has been further pleased to nominate and appoint the following officers to be Knights Commanders of the said Most Honourable Military Order, viz. :— Vice-Admiral Edward Griffith Colpoys and ViceAdmiral Edward James Foote. WHITEHALL, MAY 24. The King has been pleased to grant to Frederick FitzClarence, Esq. a Colonel in the army; to Adolphus FitzClarence, Esq. a Captain in the navy; and to the Rev. Augustus FitzClarence, respectively, the title and precedence of the younger son of a Marquis of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; and also has been pleased to grant to Sophia, wife of Sir Philip Sidney; to Mary, wife of Charles Richard Fox, Esq. a Lieut.-Colonel in the army; and to Augusta, widow of the Hon. John Kennedy Erskine, respectively, the title and precedence of the daughter of a Marquis of the said United Kingdom. And also to command, that the said grant be registered in His Majesty's College of Arms. WAR-OFFICE, MAY 24. 1st Regt. Life Gds. Cornet and Sub-Lieut. Thomas Bulkeley, to be Lieut. by p. vice Every, who ret.; Lord Thomas Charles Pelham Clinton, to be Cornet and Sub-Lieut. by p. vice Bulkeley. 1st Regt. Drs.-Cornet Hon. William Rollo, to be Lieut. by p. vice Desborough, who ret.; George King Adlercron Molyneux, gent. to be Cornet by p. vice Rollo. 4th Regt. Light Drs.-Lieut. Edgar Gibson, to be Capt. by p. vice Spooner, who ret. Colds. Regt. Foot Gds.- Duncan Macdonell Chisholm, gent to be Ens. and Lieut. by p. vice Hugh Forbes, prom. 39th Regt. Foot.-Arthur Charles Morris, gent. to be Ens. without p. vice Stewart, app. to 81st Foot. 48th Ditto.-Capt. James Robertson, from h. p. to be Capt. vice Campbell, who ret. 81st Ditto.-Ens. John Hamilton Stewart, from 39th Foot, to be Ens. vice Liston, dec. 92nd Ditto.-Lord Walter Butler, to be Ens. by p. vice Campbell, prom. Unattached. To be Capt. by p. Ens. and Lieut. Hugh Forbes, from Colds. Regt. Foot Gds. 46,952 East Indies (four regiments of Dragoons, and fifteen regiments of Foot) 20,145 460 84,386 Ditto to make good excess of Extraordinaries beyond Estimates of 3,600,000 660,000 £18,580,000 Ordnance RECRUITS RAISED DURING THIS YEAR, EXCLUSIVE OF FOREIGN AND COLONIAL CORPS, Ordinary Recruits. £4,457,000 Additional Force. 4,187 Total. 10,923 9,042 MILITARY ACHIEVEMENTS AND OCCURRENCES, AND CHRONOLOGICAL EVENTS OF THE ARMY. January. After the fall of Deeg,|| in the East Indies, Lord Lake's army moved to the siege of Bburtpoor. It was invested early in this month, and the siege was protracted to the beginning of *For the year 1804, see page 425 of last volume. + In temporary command, owing to the death of Sir William Myers, and until the arrival of his successor, Lieut.-Gen. Harry Bowyer in March 1806. In June 1808, Gen. Bowyer retired from the command of the army in the West Indies, and in October following Major-Gen. Beckwith was appointed to succeed him. Of this number were stationed in Ireland, Cavalry 6336, Infantry 34,106; together 40,442. | See Annals 1804. * March, during which interval it was stormed four times unsuccessfully, and with very considerable loss to the besiegers. Aggregate of our loss in killed and wounded before Bhurtpoor; 1 LieutenantColonel, 2 Majors, 20 Captains, 1 Captain-Lieutenant, 45 Lieutenants, 1 Adjutant, 1 Cornet, 2 Ensigns, 1 Quarter-Master, 173 Petty Officers, and 782 Private Europeans; 294 Native Officers, and 882 Sepoys, &c. in all 2205 men. In the General Orders by the Commander-in-Chief, after the failure of one of the attempts made to carry the place by storm, he observes, "Notwithstanding the distinguished and persevering gallantry displayed by the troops in the assault of yesterday, and that the colours of the second battalion 12th Native regiment, were three times planted on the top of the bastion, the obstacles were such as not to be surmounted."+ February 21. In the House of Commons, Mr. Windham ‡ (formerly Secretary at War) moved for a Committee to review the several acts passed in the two last sessions, for the defence of the country. The motion was lost by a considerable majority.-22. Dominica attacked by a French armament of one three-decker, and four other line-of-battle-ships, three frigates, two brigs of war, and a schooner. The Governor of the Island, Brig. Gen. Prevost, immediately made the best dispositions for its defence, and opposed, with the small force under his command, the landing of the enemy inch by inch. At length the whole of the enemy's force, consisting of above 4000 men, having effected a landing, and made such a disposition as threatened to cut off the retreat of the Governor and his few remaining troops from the town and fort of Prince Rupert, and thereby reduce the whole island, the BrigGeneral, with great promptitude and presence of mind, directed the regular force, under Capt. O'Connel, to make a forced march across the island and join him at Prince Rupert's, which place, attended only by his staff, he reached in twenty-four hours, and the troops arrived there with their wounded after four days' continued march through a most difficult country. The fort was immediately placed in the best state of defence, and the French Commander, after having in vain summoned § the Brig * Notwithstanding these failures, arising from the great population of Bhurt poor, the natural difficulties of that extensive fortress, but principally from the extreme deficiency of the means which the besieging army possessed, the Rajah foresaw that the place must be ultimately taken, and accordingly early in March he sued for peace, which was granted by Lord Lake, on terms highly honourable to the English Government. Such was the paucity of our means and materiel at Bhurt poor, that there were not above three or four mortars of any useful calibre; nor of battering guns above eight or ten at the beginning. Several of these run at the vent from the effect of incessant firing, so as latterly to leave but few of them fit for service, and the dire expedient was resorted to of getting some of the battering guns taken from Holkar, breeched at Muttra, to patch up the miserably crippled and defective means of persevering in a siege which was deemed indispensably necessary for bringing the war to a conclusion. + On this occasion, when a retreat was ordered, it was with great difficulty the men could be prevailed upon to withdraw; they yielded at length to the reiterated orders of their officers, after having repeatedly exclaimed "We must take the place or die here." Too fully was their determination verified, for in several of the corps employed, more than half their number were either killed or wounded. In the course of his speech he illustrated the inadequacy of the mixed and varied forces of the military system of the period. He said, that the volunteers looked like an army was very true, but still they were not an army. Nothing was more like a man than his picture, but the picture was not a man. The number of men who had entered by the circuitous routes of the army of reserve, afforded no proof whatever of its efficacy. It was a kind of turnpike where soldiers did not pay, but were paid for passing through it. The Army of Reserve Bill he compared to a great boiler or digester, with innumerable capillary tubes, running into every parish in the kingdom. It could no more raise men by means of the parish officers, than it could make a horse drink by taking him to the river. It was like harlequin's horse, which had but one fault, and that was, that he was dead. As to the manner in which our present military system might be remedied, he considered the military life a trade, and government the trader; as such it was the business of the trader to hold out all the inducements in his power to make his trade flourish. Men were found to go down and work in damp and unhealthy mines in Cornwall and Derbyshire, by giving them proper encouragement. A soldier, indeed, was not sure of a very long life, but his occupation was healthier than most others, and had great attractions for the young, ardent, and high-spirited. As to the officers, he thought their ranks, honours, and distinctions, should be confined exclusively to themselves, instead of being indiscriminately given to Militia, Volunteers, &c. Military distinction was of intrinsic value, because it implied intrinsic merit in the person who possessed it. He also recommended enlistment for a limited time, and an improvement in the pay and condition of the inferior officers, &c. &c. Brig-Gen. Prevost replied to the summons" that his duty to his King and Country was so superior to every other consideration, that he had only to thank him for the observations he had been pleased to make on the often inevitable consequences of war." That the highest rank and command do not avert the shafts of misfortune, is evinced in the case of this officer, (the late Lieut.-Gen. Sir George Prevost, Bart. Captain-General and Commander-in-Chief in North America, and Colonel of the 16th Foot.) From 1770 till 1814, with a small exception, he passed through an active service in the West Indies with distinction: in that interval, 1806 to 1808, he enjoyed the honourable appointment of Lieutenant-Governor of Portsmouth. He had received the highest honour that can be conferred on a British officer, the thanks of his country through its Parliament. Sir George died early in 1815, having, it is believed, suffered from the censures incurred by an unfortunate retreat. His Majesty, |