NAVAL AND MILITARY REGISTER. Jamaica for St. Jago de Cuba 6th of April and Cordelia for a cruise 8th of April. Reynard arrived at Rio Janeiro from Falmouth 11th of March, and sailed 14th for Buenos Ayres. Comet was at Sydney, New South Wales, 18th of December. Zebra sailed from Madras on a cruise 18th of January. The Seringapatam was at Valparaiso 23rd of January. Barracouta arrived at Barbadoes from Falmouth 12th of April, and sailed for Jamaica. Columbine sailed from Barbadoes 15th of April. Success has been repaired at Freemantle, Western Australia, and sailed 15th of January for India. The Ranger arrived at Bermuda from Jamaica 11th of April, Gannet from England 15th, and North Star from England 21st. Fusileer arrived at Mauritius from a cruise 28th of January. Speedwell arrived at Port au Prince 2nd of April. Clio sailed from Buenos Ayres for Monte Video and Valparaiso 17th of January. Briseis arrived at Halifax from Falmouth 10th of May. Frolic arrived at Monte Video from Falmouth and Rio 10th of March. Nightingale arrived at Honduras from Falmouth 11th of April. Hyacinth arrived at Jamaica from Carthagena 11th of April; Rose, from Santa Martha 14th; Kangaroo, from a cruise 18th; and Falcon, from St. Jago de Cuba, 19th. The Falcon, Commander Currie, sailed from Halifax on the 18th of May, to convey money to Bermuda; and on the 19th the Sapphire, Capt. Hon. W. Wellesley, sailed from Bermuda for Halifax, to protect the fisheries in the Bay of Fundy; and the same day the Ranger, Capt. W. Walpole, for Halifax, to protect the fisheries in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The Gannet, Commander Sweeney, sailed from Bermuda on the 25th of May. The Racehorse, 18, Commander Oldrey, ; The Samarang, Capt. W. F. Martin, The Hyperion, Capt. Mingaye, has The Blonde, 46, Capt. Sir Thomas Pasley, Bart. has been paid off into ordinary at Portsmouth. Orders have been issued, that ships directed to be paid off, and fit for re-commissioning, are not to be stripped, nor any thing removed, but to be kept in readiness to proceed to sea the day after being paid off, if required. The Chanticleer, surveying vessel, Commander Fitzroy, at Woolwich, is expected to return to the southern part of South America, to complete the survey of the late Commander Foster. The Windsor Castle, 74, was paid off into ordinary at Plymouth on the 20th of June. The Royalist, 10, was commissioned on the 20th of June at Plymouth, by Lieut. Williams. The Wasp, 18, Commander Popham, was paid off at Portsmouth on the 20th of June. An order has been issued to assemble a Court Martial, on board the Caledonia, (bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Codrington, G.C.B.) at Spithead, to try Capt. the Right Hon. Lord William Paget, for having ordered Capt. Ayscough, late Commissioner at Bermuda, to be excluded from the cabin allotted to him on board His Majesty's ship Winchester, by Vice-Admiral Colpoys, Commander-inChief on the Bermuda Station, and for disrespectful and unofficer-like behaviour, during the passage to England, in that ship. sailed on the 22nd of April; and the Co- PROMOTIONS & APPOINTMENTS. lumbine, 18, Commander Gabriel, on the The Ramillies, 74, Creole, 42, Iphigenia, 42, Dartmouth, 42, and Hussar, 46, are ordered to be fitted at Chatham as temporary lazarettes, in consequence of the recent quarantine order. The Pylades, 18, has been paid off at Plymouth, and re-commissioned by Commander Blanckley. NAVY. cimh to the Maguificent, vice Gill, invalided; Oldrey, to the Hyacinth, vice Jackson; Stewart, of the Winchester, to the Icarus, vice Corrie, to the Winchester; Allan Bertram, from the Revenge to the Tweed; Thomas Talbot, to the Procris; James Brasier (Supernumerary Commander) to the Wellesley; Osborne Foley, from the Asia to the Spartiate; R. Oliver (b), to the Asia; Drury, Hutchinson, and Cole, to the Coast Guard Service; Higgs, to the Revenge ; Webb, of the Medina, to the acting command of the Athol, vice Gordon, invalided; Fitzroy, to the Chanticleer; Alfred Luckraft, to the Revenge. LIEUTENANTS-R. Ratsey, to the Ordinary at Sheerness; G. Decœurdoux, to the Ordinary at Portsmouth; E. C. Miller, to the Victor; Richard Robinson and James U. Baker, both re-appointed to the Pylades; Joseph Bird, to the Galatea; A. Buchanan, to command the Pluto steam-vessel; Shortland, from the Kangaroo to the Skipjack, vice Roche, invalided; Hookey, to the Kangaroo ; Allen, from the Ranger to the Falcon; Hope, from the Falcon to the Hyacinth; Bagot, from the Icarus to the Sparrowhawk; Thomas Lyell and G. Kennedy, to the Tweed; Horatio Blair, of the Savage, to the Pallas, vice Trevanion; John Fletcher, Flag-Lieutenant to Rear-Admiral Parker; J. J. Sullivan, to command the Plumper gun-brig; R. Yorke, to the Donegal, vice Crawford; N. Dalway, C. Jobson, and J. Hains, late Supernumerary Lieutenant of the Talavera, to the Preventive Service; G. Green, to the Revenue cruiser Scout, vice Carter; L. Roberts, to the revenue cruiser Hornet, vice Beatty; W. B. M'Clintock, William Smyth, and J. C. Fullerton, to the Samarang; William Shepherd, to the Rattlesnake; J. Garrett, to the Racehorse, vice Reignier; J. Reignier, to the Mersey, vice Garrett; William Crooke, to the Ranger, vice Allen; J. J. Allen, to the Falcon, vice Crooke; N. Ratsey, of the Portsmouth Ordinary, and G. Decœurdeux, of the Sheerness Ordinary, have been permitted to exchange duties; J. Gutzmer, from the Harpy to the Magnificent, vice Hookey; St. Ledger Aldworth, from the Ranger to the Mersey, vice Collins; J. A. Abbott, from the Blossom to the Ranger, vice Aldworth; T. Hope, from the Falcon, to the Hyacinth, vice Dawson; J. W. Aldridge, to the Rattlesnake; R. H. Elliot, to the Briton; Horatio James, to the Viper; R. N. Williams, to the Royalist; S. Jackson, R. Taylor, E. Wylde, J. Lester, W. Finch, J. Burnett, R. Poole, C. Antride, Chapman Wise, R. Kelly, R. L. Stephens, F. Purchas, A. Maan, W. Congdon, P. Ralfe, and W. Aldred, to the Coast Guard Service; Robert A. Elliot, to the Briton, vice Codrington, appointed Flag. Lieutenant to Sir E. Codrington; F. Gray, to the Ordinary at Chatham; Castles, to the acting command of the Medina; - Servante, to the Athol ; Martin, to the Dryad ; Ramsey, to the Black Joke; J. Rainier, from the Mersey to the Hyacinth. SURGEONSJ. West, to the Victor; Price, to the Tweed; Launcelot Armstrong, to the Hospital at the Cape of Good Hope, vice Swayne; Sir J. A. Anderson, M.D. from the Roya! Sovereign Yacht to the Royal Charlotte Yacht; Prior, from the Royal Charlotte Yacht to the Royal Sovereign Yacht; Moxey, to the Samarang; H. Baillie, to the Astrea; John Greenish, to the Royal George Yacht; Fisher, M.D. to the Medina. ASSISTANT-SURGEONS- Henry Williams, of the Manly to the Asia; T. S. Taylor, to the Prince Regent; T. F. Cottram, to the Pike; John Rodgers, to the Charybdis; James Bankeer, to the Spartiate; Wilkes, to the Samarang; W. B. Marshall, to the Victor; N. Robinson, to the Pluto Steam-Vessel; Cunningham, to the Favorite; A Wiseman, to the Plumper; T. Neilson, to the Conflict; J. Andrews, to the Tweed. MASTER-J. B. Tucker, to the Tweed. PURSERS-T. M'Knight, to the Tweed; Lord, to the Sparrowhawk, vice Beale, invalided; William Drake, to the Pylades; Francis Lean, to the Pearl; J. Melvin, to the Samarang; H. Louth, to the Victor. CHAPLAINS-Rev. John Buchanan, to the Dryad; Rev. M. Beebee, to the Revenge, vice Hardy; Rev. W. Johnson, to the Stag; Rev. E Pettman, to the Dublin. ROYAL MARINES. PROMOTIONS. Brevet Lieut.-Col. Torrens, M.P. to be Major at Chatham, vice Snowe, dec. Brevet Major Wilkinson, to be Captain at Plymouth, vice Torrens. First-Lieut. Nicholas, to be Captain at Portsmouth, vice Wilkinson; First-Lieut. J. E. Jones, to be Capt. vice O'Neil, who retires on full pay. Second-Lieut. Wright, R. M. A. to be First Lieut. Second-Lieut. J. Woods, to be First-Lieut. Second Lieut. E. W. Churchill, to be FirstLieut. To be Second-Lieuts.: Mr. Byng Payne; Mr. Maltby; Mr. Henry Crespin, R. M. A.; Mr. Alexander Stevenson, R. M. A. vice Wright, promoted; Mr. J. D. Lamont. APPOINTMENTS. Capt. Hughes, to the Winchester. ARMY. WAR OFFICE, MAY 31. 1st or Gren. Regt. Foot Gds.-James Walker Drummond, gent. to be Ens. and Lieut. by p. vice Hope, prom. 4th Regt. Foot.-Ens. William Brabazon Ponsenby, to be Lient. by p. vice Alloway, who ret.; Robert Henry Mony penny, gent. to be Ens. by p. vice Ponsonby. 9th Foot.-Lieut. Colonel Holman Custance, from h. p. to be Lieut.-Colonel, vice Jeremiah Taylor, who exc. rec. diff. 12th Ditto.-John Hyndman Cameron, gent. to be Ens. by p. vice Villebois, who rets. 40th Ditto. Ens. Thomas Sidney Powell, to be Lieut. by p. vice Low, who rets.; James Frederick Elton, gent. to be Ens. by p. vice Powell. 55th Ditto.-Ens. George Abercrombie Robertson, to be Lieut. without p. vice Trydell, dec.; Henry Bayly, gent. to be Ens. vice Robertson. 69th Ditto.-Serjeant-Major Newel, from. 90th Foot, to be Adjt. with the rank of Ens. vice Bolton, prom. 90th Ditto.-Thomas Webb, gent. to be Ens. by p. vice Anson, who rets. 98th Ditto.-Ens. John Henry Armstrong, to be Lieut. by p. vice Freebairn, who ret.; Charles Stretton, gent. to be Ens. by p. vice Armstrong, DOWNING-STREET, JUNE 6. The King has been pleased to nominate and appoint Admiral the Hon. Sir Robert Stopford, 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 Admiral the Earl of Northesk, deceased. His Majesty has farther been pleased to nominate and appoint Admiral Sir Benjamin Hallowell Carew, Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath, to be a Knight Grand Cross of the said Most Honourable Military Order. WAR OFFICE, JUNE 7. 1st Regt. of Life Gds.-John Richard Blagden Hale, gent. to be Cor. and Sub-Lieut. by p. vice Bayntun, prom. 6th Regt. Dr. Gds.-Cor. Edmund Lally, from h. p. 4th Dr. Gds. to be Cor. vice Bankes, dec. 2nd Regt. Foot.- Lieut. George Dalhousie Jolliffe Raitt, to be Capt. by p. vice Graham, prom.; Ens. Thomas Gravatt, to be Lieut. by p. vice Raitt; Henry Robert Harrington Cary Elwes, gent. to be Ens. by p. vice Gravatt. 4th Foot.-Staff-Assist. Surg. James Henderson Rolland, to be Assist.-Surg. 30th Ditto.-Major Harry Smith Ormond, from 49th Foot, to be Major, vice Light, who rets. ; Lieut. Harvey Vachell, from 46th Foot, to be Lieut. vice Magee, app. to 45th Foot. 49th Ditto.-Major Henry Croasdale, from h. p. unatt. to be Major, vice Ormond, app. to 30th Foot. 57th Ditto.-Lient. John William Donelan, to be Capt. without p. vice Logan, dec.; Ens. Thomas Aubin, to be Lieut. vice Donelan; Henry Montagu Smyth, gent. to be Ens. vice Aubin. 58th Ditto.-Sec.-Lieut. R. E. Wilmot Horton, from Ceylon Regt. to be Ens. vice Mackenzie, app. to 68th Foot. 68th Ditto.-Ens. William Henry Gillman, to be Lieut. without p. vice Ring, dec.; Ens. Alexander Douglas Mackenzie, from 59th Foot, to be Ens. vice Gillman. 87th Ditto.-Lient. John Du Vernet, from 14th Foot, to be Lieut. vice Charles Greaves, who ret. upon h. p. 14th Foot. 95th Ditto.-Capt. Henry Churchill Tathwell, from h. p. unatt. to be Capt. vice Robert Cumming Hamilton Gordon, who exc. rec. diff. 96th Ditto.-Lieut. Henry Nixon, from 55th Foot, to be Lieut. vice Dalgety, whose app. has not taken place. Rifle Brigade.-Lieut. James Saumarez Came ron, to be Capt. by p. vice Ross, prom.; Sec.Lieut. Richard Snowden Smith, to be First-Lieut. by p. vice Cameron; William Henry Frankland, gent. to be Sec.-Lieut. by p. vice Smith. Unattached.-To be Majors of Infantry by p.— Capt. James Kerr Ross, from Rifle Brigade ;' Capt. George Graham, from 2nd Foot. To be Lieut. by purchase.-Cor. Samuel Adlam Bayntun, from 1st Life Guards. Brevet. Lieut.-Gen. Sir Edward Barnes, G.C.B. to have the rank of General in the East Indies only; Garrison Serjeant-Major H. J. Denny, Acting Adjt. and Riding-master to the Cavalry Depôt at Maidstone, to have the rank of Cornet while so employed. ་ Hospital Staff.-Assist.-Surg. William Wallace, M. D. from 80th Foot, to be Staff-Assist.-Surg. vice Rolland, app. to 4th Foot. Memorandum.-The undermentioned officers have been allowed to retire from the service, by the sale of unattached commissions:- Major George Ford, h. p. unatt.; Lieut. Charles Pratt Wyatt, h. p. 3rd West India Regt. Memorandum.-The half-pay of the undermentioned officers has been cancelled from the 7th instant inclusive, upon their receiving a commutation for their commissions, viz. :-Surg. Robert Alexander Chermside, h. p. Hospital Staff; Assist. Surg. Thomas Ward Jeston's h. p. 36th Foot; Ens. and Lieut. Richard Beamish, h. p. Coldstrm. Foot Gds.; Assist.-Surg. Thomas Charlton Speer, h. p. 56th Foot; Ens. John Vassall, h. p. 50th Foot; Lieut. Cornelius Hogan, h. p. 21st Light Drs.; Lieut. Patrick King Nolan, h. p. Canadian Fencible Inf.; Lieut. George Matcham Tarleton, h. p. 3rd Gar. Bat.; Ens. Duncan Macdonald, h. p. 14th Foot; Lieut. Edward Stephen George Marlay, ret. full p. 2nd European Gar. Comp. ; Hospital-Assist. John Smith, h. p. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, JUNE 8. The King was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood upon Colonel Stephen Remnant Chapman, of the Royal Engineers, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Bermudas. WHITEHALL, JUNE 14. The King has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom, granting unto Admiral Sir Thomas Foley, G.C.B. the offices or places of RearAdmiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and of the Admiralty thereof, and also of Rear Admiral of the Navies and Seas of the said United Kingdom, in the room of the Earl of Northesk, dec. WAR OFFICE, JUNE 14. 10th Regt. Light Drs.-Cornet Henry Frederick Bonham, to be Lieut. by p. vice Pyrke, who ret.; George Augustus Frederic Quentin, gent. to be Cornet, by p. vice Bonham. 1st or Gren. Regt. Foot Gds.-Ens, and Lieut. Charles William Ridley, to be Lieut. and Capt. by p. vice Jodrell, who ret.; Ens. Robert Blen. kinsopp Coulson, from 98th Foot, to be Ens. andLieut. by p. vice Ridley. 4th Regt. Foot.-Arthur Nicholson, gent. to be Ens. by p. vice Stanhope, who ret. 70th Ditto.-Henry Charles Whalley, gent. to be Ens. by p. vice Dyott, prom. --- 72nd Ditto. - Capt. John Watts, from h. p. unatt, to be Capt. vice Donald M‘Lean, who exc. rec. the diff. 98th Ditto. John Rainier, gent. to be Ens. by p. vice Coulson, app. to the 1st or Gren. Foot Gds. Ceylon Rifle Regt.-Richard Newenham, gent. to be Sec. Lieut. by p. vice Horton, app. to 58th Foot. Unattached.--Ens. Richard Dyott, from 70th Foot, to be Lieut. of Inf. by p. Memorandum.-Lieut. William Sibbald, h. p. 1st Foot, has been allowed to retire from the service, by the sale of an unatt. com. The h. p. of Lieut. Patrick King Nolan, of the Canadian Fenc. was cancelled from the 13th of May 1831, inclusive, and not from the 7th of June 1831, as stated in the Gazette of the latter date. ST. JAMES'S-PALACE, JUNE 15. The King was this day pleased to invest ViceAdmiral Sir Charles Ekins with the ensigns of a Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath. By command of the Sovereign, Sir Charles Ekins was conducted, with the usual reverences, to His Majesty, preceded by Sir George Nayler (the officer of Arms attendant upon the Knights Commanders), bearing upon a crimson velvet cashion the star, riband, and badge of the second class of the Order. The sword of state being thereupon delivered to His Majesty, the Vice-Admiral kneeling, was knighted therewith, after which he had the honour to kiss His Majesty's hand. Then Sir George Nayler, on his knee, presenting to the Sovereign the riband and badge of a Knight Commander, the King was pleased to invest Sir Charles Ekins with the same. The Vice-Admiral having again had the honour to kiss the Sovereign's hand, and having received from His Majesty the star of a Knight Commander, retired. DOWNING-STREET, JUNE 15. The King has been pleased to appoint MajorGen. William Nicolay to be Governor and Commander-in-Chief of St. Christopher, Nevis, and the Virgin Islands. WAR OFFICE, JUNE 21. 4th Regt. Light Drs.-Cornet Bryan Higgins Blake, to be Lieut. by p. vice Gibson, prom.; Justinian Vernon, gent. to be Cornet, by p. vice Pearson, who ret. 9th Ditto. Capt. Alfred Lord Harley, from h. p. to be Capt. vice William E. Fitz Maurice, who exc. rec. the diff. 4th Regt. Foot.-Lieut. Charles Rumley, from h. p. of the 22nd Regt. to be Lieut. vice Ponsonby, app. to the 7th Regt. 7th Ditto.-Lient. William Brabazon Ponsonby, from the 4th Regt. to be Lieut. vice Pitcairn, app. to 92nd Regt. 46th Ditto.-Capt. Thomas Thompson, to be Major, by p. vice Nairn, who ret.; Lieut. James Taylor, to be Capt. by p. vice Thompson; Ens. William Thomas Bremner, to be Lieut. by p. vice Taylor; Francis Lucas, gent. to be Ens. by p. vice Bremner. 47th Ditto.-Brevet Lient.-Col. James Jenkin, from the h. p. to be Major, vice Fade Heatley, who exc. 53rd Ditto.--Lient. Richard Dyott, from the h. p. to be Lieut. vice Edward Browne, who exc. rec. the diff. 69th Ditto.-Capt. Richard Wheeler Hooper, from the h. p. of the 3rd Dr. Gds. to be Capt. vice John O'Meara, who exc.; Gent. Cadet Charles James Coote, from the Rl. Mil. Col. to be Ens, by p. vice Hankey, prom. 72nd Ditto.-Lieut. William Henry Robinson, to be Capt. by p. vice Watts, who ret.; Ens. Charles William Meadowes Payne, to be Lieut. by p. vice Robinson; Alfred Harris, gent. to be Ens, by p. vice Payne. 85th Ditto. Lieut. Hon. Anthony Ashley Cooper, to be Capt. by p. vice Wilmot, prom. ; Ens. Augustus Coryton, to be Lieut. by p. vice Cooper; Arthur Robert Rose, gent, to be Ens. by p. více Coryton. 98th Ditto.-Charles Horatius Kennedy, gent. to be Ens, by p. vice Stretton, whose app. has not taken place. Rifle Brigade.-Major-Gen. Sir George Ridout Bingham, K.C.B. to be Colonel Commandant of a Bat. vice Lieut.-Gen. Sir Thomas Sidney Beckwith, dec.; Lieut. William Sullivan, to be Capt. by p. vice Kincaid, who ret; Sec.-Lieut. Edward Holt Glegg, to be First-Lieut. by p. vice Sullivan; Algernon William Billingham Greville, gent. to be Sec.-Lieut. by p. vice Glegg. Unattached. To be Major, without p. -Brevet-Major Haddon Smith, from the Ceylon Rifle Regt. To be Major, by p.--Capt. Eardley Wilmot, from the 85th Regt. Staff.-Major Andrew Leith Hay, on the h. p. of the 96th Regt. to be Dep.-Adjt.-Gen. to the Forces serving in the Windward and Leeward Islands (with the rank of Lieut.-Colonel in the army), vice Craig, who res. Memoranda.--The Christian names of Lient.Colonel Barnard, of the 1st or Gren. Regt. Foot Gds. are Henry William, and not William Henry. The Christian names of Ens. Monypenny, of the 4th Regt. are Robert Honywood, and not Robert Henry. Major John Spring Hamilton, h. p. unatt. has been allowed to retire from the service, by the sale of an unatt. com. The h. p. of the under-mentioned officers has been cancelled from the 21st of June 1831, inclusive, upon their receiving a commuted allow. ance for their commissions: Lieut. David Frederick de Bachellé, h. p. 8th Line Bat. King's German Legion; Assist.-Surg. John Richard Elmore, h. p. 5th Dr. Gds.; Lieut. Henry Peyton, h. p. unatt. |