WAR-OFFICE, Aug. 26. ARMY. 1st Foot-Ensign D. G. A. Darroch to be Lieut. by purch. vice Jones, who retires; E. C. Mullen, Gent. to be Ensign by purch. vice Darroch. 35th Foot-Ensign T. G. Harding to be Lieut. by purch. vice Peirse, who retires; J. T. Crosbie, Gent. to be Ensign, by purch. vice Harding. 65th Foot-Lieut. M. H. Warren, from h.p. 43rd, to be Lieut, vice Taylor, appointed Paymaster to the 78th. 67th Foot-Lieut. C. A. Dean to be Capt. by purch. vice Stewart, app. to the 77th; Ensign G. W. Nicolls to be Lieut. by purch. vice Dean; H. Collette, Gent. to be Ensign, by purch. vice Nicolls. 77th Foot-Brevet Major G. Stewart, from the 67th, to be Capt. vice Raines, who retires. 78th Foot-Lieut. M.G. Taylor, from the 65th, to be Paymaster, vice Chisholm, dec. 80th Foot-Lieut. J. Smith to be Captain, by purch. vice Browne, who retires; Ensign W. H. Bradford to be Lieut. by purch. vice Smith; C. H. M, Kelson, Gent. to be Ensign, by purch. vice Bradford. 86th Foot-J. H. Thursby, Gent, to be Ensign, by purch. vice Smyth, promoted in the 1st West India Regt. 1st West India Regt.-Ensign J. R. C. Smyth, from the 86th, to be Lieut. by purch. vice Hierlihy, who retires. WAR OFFICE, Sept. 2. 1st Life Guards-Troop Corporal-Major W. Falkiner to be Regimental Quartermaster, vice Taylor, dec. 7th Dragoon Guards-Lieut. W. Sandilands to be Capt. by purch. vice Crossley, who retires; Cornet W. H. Peters to be Lieut. by purch. vice Sandilands. 4th Light Dragoons-Cornet P. Kemp to be Lieut. by purch. vice Knox, appointed to the 15th Light Dragoons; J. R.J. Coles, Gent, to be Cornet, by purch. vice Kemp. 9th Light Dragoons-F. J. Isacke, Gent. to be Cornet, by purch. 15th Light Dragoons- Lieut. C. Sparling to be Capt. by purch. vice Wakefield, who retires; Lieut. R. Knox, from the 4th Light Dragoons, to be Lieut. vice Sparling. 1st Foot-Capt. A. C. Skynner, from h.p. Unat, to be Capt. vice J. N. Ingram, who exch. receiving the difference. 32nd Foot-R. Jones, Gent. to be Eusign, by purch. vice Balfour, prom. 65th Foot-Ensign J. Sealy, to be Lieut. by purch. vice Warren, who retires; J. W. Marshall, Gent. to be Ensign, by purch. vice Sealy. 99th Foot-Second Lieut. T. H. Burgh, from the Ceylon Regt. to be Ensign, vice Hamilton, who exchanges. Ceylon Rifle Regt.-Ensign G. L. Hamilton, from the 99th, to be Second-Lieut. vice Burgh, who exchanges. Unattached-Ensign W. Balfour, from the 32nd, to be Lieut, by purch. Memoranda-Lieut. W. Green, h.p. 18th Light Dragoons, has been permitted to retire from the Service by the sale of an Unatt. Lieutenantcy, he being about to settle in Canada. His Majesty has been pleased to approve of the Ensigns of the 5th Regt. or Northumberland Fusiliers, being commissioned as Second Lieuts. Worcestershire Yeomanry Cavalry-John R. Cookes, Gent, to be Cornet, vice Robeson, resigned. Fifeshire Yeomanry Cavalry-W. Hunt, the Younger, Gent. to be Cornet. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, Sept, 13. Royal Regt. of Artillery-Serjeant-Major John Alexander to be Quartermaster and Commissary of Stores, Royal Horse Artillery, vice Reid, dec. DOWNING-STREET, Sept. 16. The King has been pleased to appoint MajorGeneral William Thornton, Companion of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath, to be a Knight Commander of the said Order, in the room of Lieut.-General Lord Aylmer. WAR OFFICE, Sept. 16. 3rd Dragoon Guards-M. T. Forde, Gent. to be Cornet, by purch. vice Shrapnel, who retires. 9th Light Dragoons-F. D. Willoughby, Gent. to be Cornet, by purch. vice Meiklam, who rets. 1st Foot-Capt. H. Thompson, from h. p. 66th, to be Capt. without purch. vice Cowell, prom.; Lieut. W. M Pherson to be Capt. by purch.vice Thompson, who retires; Ensign T. S. Hawkins to be Lieut. by purch. vice M Pherson; W. H. Courtenay, Gent. to be Ensign, by purch, vice Hawkins. 7th Foot-Lieut. W. Balfour, from h.p. Unat. to be Lieut. vice C. Spencer, who exchanges, receiving the difference. 9th Foot-Ensign A. Cook to be Lieut. without purch. vice Spring, dec.; Ensign V. V. Ballard to be Lieut. by purch. vice Cooke, whose promotion by purch. has not taken place; Gent. Cadet F. D. Lister, from the R. M. C. to be Ensign without purch. vice Ballard. 10th Foot-Brevet Lieut.-Col. W. Cochrane to be Lieut.-Col. without purch. vice Freer, dec.; Capt. S. Broom to be Major, vice Cochrane; Lieut. R. W. Shinkwin to be Capt. vice Brown; Ensign A. B. Cane to be Lieut. vice Shinkwin; Gent. Cadet H. E. Longden, from the R. M. College, to be Ensign, vice Cane. 41st Foot-Ensign A. R. Whittell to be Lieut. without purch. vice Burlton, dec. 44th Foot-Lieut. T. Swayne to be Capt. without purch. vice O'Callaghan, dec.; Ensign A. Hogg to be Lieut. vice Swayne. 48th Foot-Ensign J. Massy to be Lieut. by purch, vice Gibbs, who retires; G. Hasilrigge, Gent. to be Ensign, by purch. vice Massy. 50th Foot-Ensign the Hon. E. G. Monckton to be Lieut. without purch. vice Otway, dec. ; Gent. Cadet H. Needham, from the R. M. College, to be Ensign, vice Monckton. 56th Foot-E. Norton, Gent. to be Ensign, by purch. vice Burke, who retires. 60th Foot-Lieut. R. Atkins to be Capt. by purch. vice Collins, who retires; Second-Lieut. J. K. Mackenzie to be First Lieut. by purch, vice Atkins; the Hon. C. Maude to be Second Lieut. by purch. vice Mackenzie. 63rd Foot-Ensign T. M. Haultain, from the 88th, to be Ensign, vice Sawrey, who exchs. 75th Foot-Ensign and Adjutant W. Brookes to have the rank of Lieut. 76th Foot-Ensign R. W. Hopkins to be Ad 286 jutant, vice Cockcraft, who resigns the Adju- 80th Foot-Lieut. R. A. Lockhart, from the Rifle Brigade, to be Lieut. vice Bradford, who exchanges. 88th Foot-Ensign H. B. Sawrey, from the 63rd, to be Ensign, vice Haultain, who exch. 92nd Foot-Assist.-Surgeon M. Neale, from the Staff, to be Assist.-Surgeon, vice M'Grigor, who exch. 96th Foot-Gent. Cadet R. R. Currer, from the R. M. College, to be Ensign, without purch. vice O'Brien, prom. Ride Brigade-Lieut. W. H. Bradford, from the 80th, to be First-Lieut. vice Lockhart, who exch. Unattached-Capt. H. C. Cowell, from the 1st Foot, to be Major, without purch. Brevet-Major-Gen. Sir E. Blakeney, K.C.B. to have the local rank of Lieut. General in Ireland only. Hospital Staff-Assist.-Surgeon A. M'Grigor, from the 92ud, to be Assist. Surgeon, vice Neale, who exch. Memorandum-The date of the appointment of Lieut. William Russell Lucas as Adjutant of the 8th Foot, is 2nd October, 1835, and not 30th October, 1835. The name of the Corporal-Major appointed Regimental Quartermaster in the 1st Regt. of Life Guards is Robert Falconer, and not William Faulkiner, as stated in the Gazette of the 2nd Sept. 1836. North Somerset Regt. of Yeomanry CavalryPhilip Skinner Miles, Gent. to be Cornet. WAR OFFICE, Sept. 23. 16th Light Dragoons-Ensign G. Rosser, from the 69th Foot, to be Regimental Quartermaster, vice D. Pratt, who retires upon h.p. Coldstream Foot Guards-Battalion-Surgeon G. Smith to be Surgeon Major, vice Maynard, deceased; Assist.-Surgeon W. Hunte, M.D. to be Battalion-Surgeon, vice Smith. 22nd Foot-Capt. E. Mayne, from the h.p. Unat. to be Captain, vice J. Emerson, who exchanges, receiving the difference; Gent. Cadet H. J. Coote, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purch. vice Kyffin, prom. in the 89th. 41st Foot-Serjeant-Major A. Patterson, from the 85th, to be Ensign, without purch. vice Whittell, prom. 44th Foot-Capt. E. L'Estrange, from the h.p. of the 37th, to be Capt, vice Jacob, ap. pointed to the 80th; Ensign D. T. Grant, to be Lieut. without purch. vice Wetherall, appointed to the 17th; Ensign J. C. L. Carter to be Lieut. by purch. vice Grant, whose promotion by purch has been cancelled; Gent. Cadet W. G. Raban, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purch. vice Carter, prom. 56th Foot-Capt. E. W. W. Pawsey, from the h.p. Unat. to be Capt. vice G. Forman, who exchanges, receiving the difference. 60th Foot-J. H. E. Ridley, Gent. to be Second-Lieut. by purch. vice Phipps, appointed to the 76th. 69th Foot-Ensign A. Geddes, from the h.p. of the 103rd, to be Ensign, vice Rosser, appointed to the 16th Light Dragoons. 76th Foot-Ensign and Adjutant R. W. Hopkins, to have the rank of Lieutenant; Ensign L. M. Jones to be Lieut. by purch. vice Fountaine, who retires; Second-Lieut. E. Phipps, from the 60th, to be Ensign, vice Jones. 80th Foot-Capt. H. H. Jacob, from the 44th, to be Capt. vice Moore, whose appointment has not taken place. 81st Foot-Capt. C. H. Edmonstone, from the 91st, to be Capt. vice Boyd, who exchanges. 85th Foot-Capt. B. Kerr, from the h.p. Unattached, to be Capt. vice G. B. Matthew, who exchanges; Assist.-Surgeon G. Home to be Surgeon, vice Fiddes, deceased. 89th Foot-Ensign J. W. Kyffin, from the 22nd, to be Lieut. without purch. vice Egerton, appointed Adjutant; Lieut. C. R. Egerton to be Adjutant, vice Granville, deceased. 91st Foot-Capt. J. Boyd, from the 81st, to be Capt. vice Edmonstone, who exchanges. Unattached-Lieut. E. W, Wilton, from the 78th, to be Capt. by purch. Commissariat-Deputy Assistant Commissary General E. A. F. Cowan to be Assistant Commissary General; Commissariat Clerks J. de Smidt and G. Miller to be Deputy Assistant Commissaries General, Memorandum-Capt. R. Stephens, upon h.p. of the 56th, has been allowed to retire from the Army with the sale of an Unattached commission of Captain, he being about to become a settler in the colonies. Royal Montgomery Militia-J. Turner, Gent. to be Second-Lieut. Royal Wilts Yeomanry Cavalry, Swindon Troop-J. J. Calley, Esq. to be Capt. vice Goddard, resigned; O. C. Codrington, Gent. to be Lieut. vice Calley, promoted; A. L. Goddard, Gent. to be Cornet, vice Codrington, promoted. Devizes Troop-J. T. Compton, Gent. to be Cornet, vice Estcourt. 2nd West York Militia-J. Dyson, Esq. to be Southern Regiment of West Riding Yeomanry Yorkshire Hussar Regiment of West Riding BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. BIRTHS. July 28, at Quebec, the Lady of Capt. W. A. Riach, 79th Regt. of a son and daughter. At Grosse Island, Quebec, the Lady of Lieut. T. Rainsford, 66th Regt. of a daughter. Aug. 20, at Hoddesden, Herts, the Lady of Capt. D. H. O'Brien, R.N. of a daughter. Aug. 22, at Datchett Vicarage, the Lady of Capt. Moncrieff, Scots Fus. Guards, of a son. At Castlegregory, Kerry, the Lady of Lieut. Jacob Simmons, R.N. of twin sons. Aug. 27, the Widow of the late Lieut. Charles Burlton, 41st Regt. of a daughter. Aug. 29, at Gosport, the Lady of Lieut. Hope, R.E. of a daughter. Sept. 3, at Inhurst, near Newbury, the Lady of Lieut. Thomas Kirby, R.N. of a son. At Cork, the Lady of Lieut. T. Row, R.N. of a son. In Dublin, the Lady of Capt. Marshall, R.E. of a son. Sept. 4, at Tralee, the Lady of Lieut. J. D. G. Tulloch, 90th Regt. of a daughter. Sept. 6, at Southsea, the Lady of Lieut. C. Holbrook, R.N. of a sou. Sept. 7, at Edinburgh, the Lady of Capt. Basil Hall, R.N. of a son. At Ballincolig, near Cork, the Lady of Lieut. L. W. Martin, 3rd Dragoon Guards, of a son. At Craigie House, near Ayr, the Lady of Capt. A. B. Handley, 1st or King's Dragoon Guards, of a son. At Dalkeith, the Lady of Capt. R. Tait, RN., of H.M.S. Dublin, of a daughter. At Drogheda, the Lady of Major Burn, 91st Regt. of a daughter. At Kinlough, Ireland, the Lady of Col. Hugh Barton, of a daughter. Sept. 22, in Upper Seymour-street, Portman. square, the Lady of Lieut.-Col. Walton, Coldstream Guards, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. Aug. 23, Capt. E. S. Farmer, 11th Regt. to Jane, only daughter of James Cunningham, Esq. of Battramsby Lodge, Lymington. Aug. 25, at the Isle of Wight, Capt. H. B. Wyatt, R.N. to Miss Bennett, of Appleby, near Ryde. In Dublin, Lient. R. Jocelyn Otway, R.N. nephew to Sir R. W. Otway, to Anne, daughter of the late Sir Hugh Crofton, Bart. of Mohill, Leitrim. Aug. 29, at Dover, Lieut.-Col. Bowyer, C.B. to Caroline, daughter of Capt. Hopkinson, R.N. At Plymouth, Richard Douglas, Esq. Surgeon R.N. to Amelia, fifth daughter of the late Sam. Paramore, Esq. of H. M. Dockyard. At Holwell, Capt. G. S. Digby, Grenadier Guards, to Emily, daughter of the late Hon, A. B. Danvers. At Fiddon, Kilkenny, Lieut. C. P. Costobadie, 51st Regt. to Elizabeth, daughter of W. Wilson Currey, Esq. of Thornton, Chester. Sept. 7, at Christ Church, Marylebone, Lieut. J. Chaytor, R.E. to Annie Martha, only daughter of the late T. Greatorex, Esq. Sept. 15, at St John's Chapel, Edinburgh, by the Venerable Archdeacon Williams, William Stuart Walker, of Bowland, Esq., to Eliza, daughter of the late William Loch, Esq., of the Bengal Civil Service. At Stoke Damerell, near Devonport, Capt. H. Vaughan Brooke, 32nd Regt. to Augusta, only daughter of Major-Gen. Sir Willoughby and Lady Augusta Cotton. DEATHS. In the Madras Presidency, Capt. Neil Sinclair, 55th Regt. Ensign Clark, 55th Regt. On passage to New South Wales, Major J. Messiter, 28th Regt. April, at New South Wales, Lieut. H. M. Ot. way, 50th Regt. April, at sea, Major Wm. Johnston, Unat. May 23, at Trinidad, Assist.-Surgeon Bruce, 1st West India Regt. June 16, at Berne, Major-General De Watteville. June 29, at Boulogne, Capt. Grace, late Invalids. July 1, Lieut. Luddington, R.M. July 9, at Boulogne, Lieut. F. French, h.p. 18th Dragoons. July 9, at Jersey, Lieut. W. Campbell, h.p. 71st Regt. July 13, at Calais, Capt. M'Bean, h.p. 2nd West India Regt. Capt. the Hon. W. F. O'Callaghan, 44th Regt. July 28, at Broadstairs, Lieut. Ketchley, h.p. 95th Regt. At the Ionian Islands, Lieut.-Colonel W. G. Freer, K.H. 13th Regt. On board the Stakesby transport, on passage from Cork to Halifax, T. Fidddes, Esq. Surgeon, 85th Regt. Aug. 25, in London, Lieut. James Reid, R.A. Aug. 26, at Pap Castle, Cumberland, Major Skelton, late 19th Lancers. Aug. 26, at Ashbrittle, near Wellington, Lieut. Henry Tucker, R.N., aged 43. Sept. 1, at Drylaw, Capt. Charles Hope Watson, R.N. Near Carrickfergus, Capt. Macalister, late 77th Regt. At Chatham, Lieut. Lloyd, R.M. Sept 1, at Broadstairs, drowned while bathing, Lieut. and Adjutant C. R. B. Granville, 89th Regt. At Sligo, Lieut. Colonel Elliot, late 47th Regt. At Castleview, Kilkenny, Capt. Percy Bagwell, R.N. Vice-Admiral Robert Lambert. The late Capt. Sir Christopher Cole, K.C.B., whose death we recorded last month, commenced his naval career on board the Royal Oak, 74, in 1780; being subsequently removed to the Princessa, he was present in that ship in the actions off Martinique and the Chesapeake in 1781, and in Rodney's battles of the 9th and 12th April, 1782. At the peace of 1783, after serving a short time in the Trepassey, a small vessel commanded by his brother Capt. Francis Cole, he joined the Atalanta sloop, under the late Sir Thomas Foley. He afterwards served in the Winchilsea, commanded by the late Viscount Exmouth, and accompanied Commodore Cornwallis, in the Crown, to the East Indies. After thirteen years' active service as Midshipman, he obtained his Lieutenancy in 1793. Having accompanied Lord Hugh Seymour to the West Indies as Flag-Lieutenant, he was by him promoted to the command of the Surinam, a fine corvette captured at the reduction of the Dutch colony of that name. He was next appointed to the Southampton frigate, which ship he paid off in the peace of 1802. We next find him, in June, 1804, in command of the Culloden, bearing Sir Edward Pellew's flag on the East India station; from which ship he removed to the Doris, and in company with the Psyche escorted the late General Malcolm, as Ambassador to the Persian Court. He remained a considerable time on the East India station, performing many important services, In 1810 he removed to the Caroline, of 36 guns, and in this ship captured the island of Banda in a very spirited and gallant manner, and greatly distinguished himself in the operations against Java. He arrived in England in 1811, and was honoured with a medal for the capture of Banda. Early in 1812 he paid off the Caroline, when the following gratifying and characteristic epistle was addressed to him by his late crew: "We the crew of H. M. S. Caroline, wishes to give you our most gracious thanks for the care and favour you have shown to this ship's com. pany, by making you a present of a sword amounting to 100 guineas, for your noble and brave conduct when you led us to the storm of Banda, and likewise the zealous bravery in landing our troops at Batavia; and by excepting of this present you will gratify the wishes of your most obedient ship's company. (Signed) "THE CAROLINES." On the 29th of May, 1812, he obtained the honour of knighthood; and early in 1813 was ap. pointed to command the Ripon, 74, in which ship he intercepted the Wesci, a French frigate; and he continued serving until the close of the war, a period of thirty-four years from his entrance into the Navy, a very short space of which he had been on shore. In 1815 he was nominated a K.C.B,; and having married Lady Mary Talbot, of Margam Park and Penryn Castle, he sat in Parliament for the county of Glamorgan until her Ladyship's eldest son became of age. He had arrived at nearly the head of the list of Post-Captains, and was a Colonel of Marines. METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER, KEPT AT THE OBSERVATORY OF CAPT. W. H. SMYTH, AT BEDFORD. W. light airs, variable N.E. fresh breezes, fine N.N.E. fr. br. variable N. moderate br. cloudy N.N.E. It. a. threatening N.N.E. It. breezes, fine N.E. nearly ca. beautiful N. fine, clouds rising N.N.E. calm, magnific. E.N.E. gentle br. fine N.N.E. mod. br. fine N.E. light airs, fine N.N.E. calm, beautiful N.N.E. calm, overcast W.S.W. It. w. clearing S. W. light airs, clear W. moderate br. fine S.S.W. fresh br. cloudy N.W. moderate w. clear W. nearly calm, clondy W.S.W. It. a. very fine S.W. st. w. clouds rising N.N.E. mod. br. cloudy N. by E. variable, fine S.W. It.airs, very cloudy N.W. mod. br. cloudy N.W. by W. squ. & sho, W. by N. lt. br. fine W.N.W. fr. br. cloudy N.W. var. threatening N.E. by N. fr. br. fine ON THE RELIEF OF CORPS ON FOREIGN SERVICE. WE hail it as an indication of speedy improvement in the condition of our Army, that the attention of the public is now so readily awakened to military subjects, and that the welfare and comforts of a hundred thousand of our fellow-soldiers are at length beginning to create some degree of interest among those for whose benefit they undergo a life of suffering, privation, and exile. It is pleasing to observe that there are few suggestions now made for the amelioration of the soldier's lot which do not meet with the honest advocacy of the respectable portion of the press; and even the clamour of mistaken philanthropists finds a ready echo in the breasts of their countrymen, if exerted merely in behalf of the most unworthy and most depraved of our profession. Among other topics, there is one to which we have been happy to see the attention of the public of late particularly directed, as it is that on which, perhaps, more than any other, the well-being of our Army depends, viz., the establishment of such a succession of reliefs on foreign service as shall obviate the cruel necessity of sending the worn. out remnants of corps which have escaped the baneful climate of the East, to fall victims to the all-devouring pestilence of the West, while others are allowed to enjoy, in favourable climates, a succession of service involving no more hardships, and perhaps less deterioration of constitution, than would result from an equal period of residence in their native land. The unequal share of the burden of foreign service which has thus been entailed on some unfortunate corps is a topic which has at various periods been canvassed in this Journal; and we have for. years endeavoured-by regular publications of the quarters of regiments, the period of their departure for and return from foreign service, accompanied by a note of their previous station-to keep the subject constantly before our military readers and the authorities as one of paramount importance. We have been gratified to find the efforts, both of the weekly and daily press, of late co-operating with us in the same object; and if we have refrained from adverting to the subject as frequently and as earnestly as some of them have done, it has been because, in the practi-. cal spirit which has ever animated our exertions, we were more anxious to apply ourselves to the discovery of an unexceptionable remedy than merely to join in deprecating a system which the sternest necessity alone can justify. The question, it must be allowed, is one of considerable delicacy; but within the limits to which we purpose to confine ourselves is, we conceive, by no means beyond the legitimate sphere of military discussion. We shall not be guilty of the folly of pointing out where any particular corps should be sent to, or where another ought not to have gone; for the merest tyro in our profession must be aware that it is quite beyond the province of any periodical thus to assume the tone of dictation to those authorities who alone have the means of judging when and where reliefs are most necessary; but we shall endeavour to take a more comprehensive view of the subject; to point out generally the defects in the U. S. JOURN. No. 96, Nov. 1836. U |