24th do. Ensign William D'Acre to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Fraser, promoted in the 1st Ceylon Regiment. Dated as above.-Benjamin Everard, Gent. to be Ensign, vice D'Acre. Dated as above. 26th do. Charles King, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hamilton, promoted in the 101st Foot. Dated as above. Ensign J. R. Drew to be Lieutenant, vice Leacroft, deceased. Dated as above.-Volunteer Richard Clunes, from the 50th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Drew, Dated as above. 27th do. 34th do. Serjeant-Major Sampson Pickett to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Jones, who resigns. Dated as above. 40th do.-George Hibbert, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Malone, promoted. Dated as above. 42d do.-Lieutenant Alexander Wishart, from the 55th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Sinclair, who exchanges. Dated as above. To be Lieutenants, without purchase. 43d do.-Ensign Thomas Beckham, vice Ridout, dead of his wounds. Dated February 23, 1813.-Ensign N. Cundy, vice Mayne, deceased. Dated February 24, 1813. Ensign the Honourable Charles Monck, vice Pollock, promoted. Dated February 25, 1813. To be Ensigns. Richard Fowler, Gent. by purchase, vice Grubb, promoted. Dated February 22, 1813. Volunteer Edward Rowley Hill, vice Beckham. Dated February 23, 1813.-William Allan, Gent. vice Cundy. Dated February 24, 1813.-Richard James Shaw, Gent. vice Monck. Dated February 25, 1813. 44th do. Volunteer Benjamin Whitney, from the 43d Foot, to be Ensign, vice Christie, deceased. Dated February 25, 1813. 48th do.-Lieutenant Edward Charles Close to be Adjutant, vice Steele, who resigns the Adjutantcy only. Dated as above. 50th do. Surgeon John Carter, from the 85th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Williams, who exchanges. Dated as above. 52d do. Ensign G. Campbell to be Lieutenant, vice Coates, deceased. Dated as above. Josiah Eyles Deere, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Campbell. Dated as above. 55th do.-Lieutenant Neil Sinclair, from the 42d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Wishart, who exchanges. Dated as above. 57th do. Ensign K. Waller to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Cairncross, who resigns. Dated as above.-Volunteer Hugh M'Kenzie to be Ensign, vice Waller. Dated as above. 58th do.-Lieutenant William Davenport to be Captain of a Company, by purchase, vice Donnellan, who retires. Dated as above. 61st do. Serjeant-Major George Tyrrell to be Quarter-Master, vice Fortune, deceased. Dated as above. 68th do. John Lewis White, Esq. to be Paymaster, vice Wood, deceased. Dated as above. 77th do.-Volunteer . . . . . Austen to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Hughes, whose appointment has not taken place. Dated as above. 79th do.-Ensign E. Kennedy to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice M‘Ra, promoted in the 27th Foot. Dated as above. To be Ensigns. Serjeant John Noyor, from the Coldstream Guards, vice Archer, deceased. To be Quarter-Master Dated Dated Feb. 25, 1813. Quarter-Master-Serjeant Archibald Sinclair, vice Hamilton, dec. Dated as above. 83d do.-Volunteer P. Nugent, to be Ensign, vice Macken, dec. Dated as above. 84th do.-Ensign M. Thackwray to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Prendergast, promoted.-Dated as above. $5th do-Surgeon Rees Williams, from the 50th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Carter, who exchanges. Dated as above.-Assistant-Surgeon William Griffin, from the 30th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Lukis, appointed to the 9th Light Dragoons. Dated as above. 92d do:-Lieutenant Samuel Bevan to be Captain of a Company, vice Hill, dec. Dated November 26, 1812.-Ensign G. Gordon to be Lieutenant, vice Bevan. Dated February 25, 1813.-Serjeant . . . . . Turner, from the 3d Foot Guards, to be Ensign, vice Gordon. Dated as above. 95th do. Second Lieutenant J. H. Kirkley to be First Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Baldock, who resigns. Dated as above. To be Second Lieutenants. George Drummond, Gent. by purchase, vice Fitzmaurice, promoted. Dated February 25, 1813.-Charles Rochfort, Gent. vice Kirkley. Dated Feb. 26, 1813. 97th do.-Lieutenant Alexander Walker to be Adjutant, vice De Courcy, promoted. Dated February 25, 1813. 5th West India Regiment-Ensign Edward Codd, from the 62d Foot to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Sutherland, appointed to the 4th Royal Veteran Battalion. Dated as above. 6th Royal Veteran Battalion-Lieutenant Donald Cameron, from the half-pay of a Provincial Corps, to be Lieutenant, vice Taylor, whose appointment has not taken place. Dated as above. BREVET. Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Arbuthnot to be Lieutenant-Colonel, and to serve as such in Portugal, under Lieutenant-General Sir William Carr Beresford, vice Brown, appointed to the 45th Foot. Dated as above.-Brevet-Major John Austin, of the 58th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army. Dated as above.-Captain John Prior, from the 39th Foot, to be Major in the Army, and to serve as such in Portugal, under Lieutenant-General Sir William Carr Beresford, vice Arbuthnot. Dated as above. STAFF. Colonel Henry Davis, of Meuron's Regiment, to be Adjutant-General to the Forces serving in Sicily, vice Major-General Campbell. Dated February 19, 1813.— Deputy-Assistant-Commissary-General E. C. Robinson to be an Assistant-Commissary-General to the Forces. Dated January 26, 1813. HOSPITAL STAFF. Staff-Surgeon A. Menzies, M. D. to be Physician to the Forces. Dated February 25, 1813. To be Surgeons to the Forces. Surgeon Jacob Bath, from the 1st Ceylon Regiment. Dated as above.-Surgeon Henry Robertson, from the Portuguese Service. Dated as above. The King's German Legion. 1st Battalion of the Line-Staff-Assistant-Surgeon Gottlieb Wetzig to be Surgeon, vice Kessler, appointed to the Veteran Battalion. Dated February 12, 1813. Veteran Battalion-Surgeon George Kessler, from the 1st Battalion of the Line of the King's German Legion, to be Surgeon. Dated February 11, 1813.-AssistantSurgeon Frederick Hartzig, from the 1st Battalion of the Line of the King's German Legion, to be Assistant-Surgeon. Dated February 12, 1813. The Duke of York's Greek Light Infantry Regiment.—To be Ensigns. Quarter-Master-Serjeant . . Sansonetti. Dated February 25, 1813.-George Newsom, Gent. vice Liberopulo, who resigns. Dated February 26, 1813. MEMORANDUM. Brevet-Colonel Maxwell, Major of the 7th Dragoon Guards, who was superseded, as stated in the Gazette of the 12th ultimo, is reinstated in his rank.-The appointment of ..... Schulze, Gent. to be Cornet in the 2d Light Dragoons of the King's German Legion, as stated in the Gazette of the 16th ultimo, has not taken place. Northumberland Regiment of Militia-Cuthbert Shafte, Gent. to be Ensign. Dated February 12, 1813. Northern Regiment of Local Militia-Captain Henry Howey to be Major, vice Hughes, resigned. Dated March 1, 1809.-Lieutenant John Nicholson to be Captain, vice Bell, resigned. Dated September 5, 1810.-Lieutenant William Lowrey to be ditto, vice Sanderson, resigned. Dated as above.-Lieutenant William Andrews to be ditto, vice Bell, resigned. Dated October 28, 1812.— Lieutenant John Smith to be ditto, vice Hogg, resigned. Dated as above.-Lieutenant Nicholas Weatherly to be ditto, vice Kirsopp, resigned. Dated as above.-Lieutenant Thomas Smith to be ditto, vice Harbottle, resigned. Dated January 20, 1813.-Lieutenant John Trotter Brockett to be ditto, vice Rowland, resigned. Dated as above.-Ensign John Anderson to be Lieutenant, vice Nicholson, promoted. Dated September 5, 1810.-Richard Wallace Wood, Gent. to be ditto, vice Gregson, resigned. Dated November 22, 1811.-Nathaniel Dodds, Gent, to be ditto, vice Reed, resigned. Dated as above.--Ensign Thomas Henderson, to be ditto, vice Anderson, promoted. Dated October 28, 1812. -Ensign Christopher Howey to be ditto, vice Smith, promoted. Dated as above. -Ensign Edward Henderson to be ditto, vice Weatherly, promoted. Dated as above. Ensign Joseph Green to be ditto, vice Fraser, resigned. Dated January 20, 1813.-William Forrester Cocharane, Gent. to be ditto, vice Brown, resigned. Dated as above.-Abraham Dawson, Gent. to be ditto, vice Smith, promoted. Dated as above.-James Landies, Gent. to be ditto, vice Brockett, promoted. Dated as above.-William Thompson, Gent. to be ditto, vice Bell, resigned. Dated as above.-Thomas Smith, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Atkinson, resigned. Dated as above.-Thomas White, Gent. to be ditto, vice Smith, promoted. Dated January 29, 1813.-Henry James Ellis, Gent. to be Adjutant, vice James, deceased. Dated June 18, 1811. Southern Regiment-Adam Atkinson, jun. to be Captain. Dated February 8, 1813. Stephen Reed, Esq. to be Captain. Dated as above.-Ogle Wallis, Esq. to be Captain. Dated as above.-Thomas Finley, Esq. to be Captain. Dated February 13, 1813.-George Frederick Manners, Gent. to be Lieutenant. Dated January 29, 1813.-John Lowes, Gent. to be Lieutenant. Dated February 8, 1813. Nicholas Lowes, Gent. to be Lieutenant. Dated as above.-John Machell, Gent. to be Lieutenant. Dated as above.-William Falconar, Gent. to be Ensign. Dated January 29, 1813. North Hants Militia-Ensign William Viney to be Lieutenant, vice Williams, resigned. Dated February 10, 1813. Winchester Battalion of Volunteers-Lieutenant William Cave to be Captain, vice Blake, resigned. Dated January 21, 1813.-Ensign Henry Wells to be Lieutenant, vice Cave, promoted. Dated as above.-Ensign William Barns to be Lieutenant, vice Knight, resigned. Dated as above. Fordingbridge Yeomanry Cavalry-Joseph May, Esq. to be Captain Commandant, vice Hulse, resigned. Dated February 1, 1813.-Edward Taylor, Gent. to be Lieutenant, vice May, promoted. Dated as above. 2d Regiment of Royal Surry Militia-Charles Duncumbe Warner, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Warner, resigned. Dated January 25, 1813. Canterbury Volunteers-John Lushington, Gent. to be Ensign. Dated February 8, 1813. Bedford Regiment of Militia-Adjutant William Hardgrove to be Captain, by Brevet. Dated October 15, 1812. Linlithgowshire Regiment of Local Militia-Captain Thomas Liston to be QuarterMaster, vice Salmond, resigned. Dated July 10, 1812. Fife Militia-Ensign James Ray to be Lieutenant, vice Stuart Lindsay, deceased. Dated January 23, 1813. 1st Fife Local Militia-Lieutenant-Colonel George Aitken to be Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant, vice Wemyss, resigned. Dated January 23, 1813. 38th or Ayrshire Militia-Robert M'Kean, jun. Gent. to be Ensign, vice Smith, resigned. Dated February 7, 1813. The LONDON GAZETTE.---Published by Authority. From TUESDAY, March 2, to SATURDAY, March 6, 1813. Downing-Street, March 3, 1813. DISPATCHES, of which the following are copies, were this day received by the Earl Bathurst, one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, from LieutenantGeneral Sir George Prevost, Bart. Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief of the Forces in North America. Head-Quarters, Chambly, November 21, 1812.-MY LORD, I have the honour to acquaint your Lordship, that the efforts of the enemy at Sackett's Harbour, on Lake Ontario, enabled them to send out, on the 16th instant, seven sail of armed vessels, manned by the crew of one of the American frigates, and commanded by some of their naval officers, having on board a considerable detachment of troops for the purpose of carrying the Port of Kingston by surprise, and of destroying His Majesty's ship Royal George, then lying there. I have much satisfaction in reporting to your Lordship, that the vigilance and military skill of Colonel Vincent, who is in command at Kingston, frustrated their designs, and after many hours of ineffectual cannonade, the American flotilla hauled off, and on the following day returned into port: I have also the honour to report to your Lordship, that, having received information of the advance of the enemy with their whole force of regulars and militia encamped at Plattsburgh, from that place to the village at Champlain, about six miles from the province line, with the avowed purpose of penetrating into this frontier, I directed the brigade of troops at Montreal, consisting of two companies of the royals, seven companies of the 8th or King's, four companies of the Montreal volunteer militia, and the 5th battalion of the embodied Canadian militia, with one troop of volunteer cavalry, and a brigade of light artillery, the whole under the command of Colonel Baynes, to cross the St. Lawrence and advance to the support of Major-General De Rottenburgh, whose front was threatened by this movement of the enemy; the troops crossed with uncommon expedition on the evening of Thursday last, the 19th instant, and reached La Praire that night. I am happy to inform your Lordship, that, immediately upon the alarm being given that the enemy were advancing the sedentary militia flocked in from all quarters with a zeal and alacrity which I cannot too much praise, and which assures me that I shall derive essential assistance from them when the occasion shall require it. The enemy, since the advance to Champlain, have made several reconnoisances beyond the lines into the province; one in particular, on the night of the 19th, with a detachment of cavalry, and a body of about one thousand of their regular infantry, the whole under the command of Lieut.-Col. Pike, who is esteemed in the United States an able officer, but falling in unexpectedly with a small party of Voyageurs and Indians, one of our advanced picquets, by whom they were fired upon, they were thrown into the greatest confusion, and commenced a fire upon each other, which was attended with a loss of about fifty of their men in killed and wounded, when they dispersed. Our picquet made good their retreat unmolested, and without a man being hurt; by several deserters who have since come in to us, and some of whom were of the reconnoitring party, we have ascertained their loss, and that but a small proportion of the militia accompanied them that night to the lines; the others having wavered respecting advancing beyond them. Earl Bathurst, &c. &c. &c. (Signed) GEORGE PREVOST. Head-Quarters, La Praire, November 28, 1812.-MY LORD, Since my last report to your Lordship from Chambly, the vigour of the enemy's operations against Lower Canada has gradually declined, and terminated on the 22d, at noon, in a complete retreat, which was effected in two divisions on that and the following day, upon Plattsburgh, Burlington, and Albany; at which places, I am informed, they propose to take up their winter-quarters. I beg leave to transmit to your Lordship copies of the General Orders I have issued to the militia of Lower Canada upon this occasion, as I cannot more properly bring their active loyalty and their desire to maintain the rights of their Sovereign before your Lordship, for the consideration of His Royal Highness the Prince Regent. Earl Bathurst, &c. &c. &c. GEORGE PREVOST. Adjutant-General's Office, Head-Quarters, La Praire, Nov. 26, 1812. GENERAL ORDERS. His Excellency the Governor-in-Chief and Commander of the Forces, cannot dispense with the services of the detachments of sedentary militia, which have come forward to join their brethren in arms, without paying a just tribute to the animated zeal and spirited loyalty which have been so universally displayed on this occasion. His Excellency has witnessed with the highest satisfaction the enthusiasm and ardent courage with which all classes of His Majesty's subjects have eagerly pressed forward to rescue their happy soil from the pollution of threatened invasion, zealous to sacrifice their lives in defence of the rights and dignity of a revered and beloved Sovereign. Such genuine pledges of loyalty are as honourable to the subject as they are gratifying to the Monarch; and, when combined with the tried valour and discipline of British troops, cannot fail of commanding that brilliant and glorious success, which has crowned His Majesty's arms in every quarter of the globe. His Excellency, in the most assured confidence that none will fail at the first summons again to fly to arms to the defence of their country, should the temerity of the foe a second time threaten to disturb the peace of our frontiers, is pleased to order, that the detachments of sedentary militia be relieved from permanent service, and be permitted to return to the social enjoyment of their peaceful homes. EDW. BAYNES, Adj.-Gen. (Signed) Adjutant-General's Office, Hend-Quarters, La Praire, Nov. 27, 1812. G. O.-Major-General de Rottenburgh will be pleased to give the necessary orders respecting the winter-quarters to be occupied by the troops in the Montreal district. G. O. His Excellency the Commander of the Forces takes this opportunity of expressing to Lieutenant-Colonel de Salaberry his entire approbation of his conduct in the management of the advance, as well as the high sense he entertains of the alacrity with which the corps of voltigeurs, voyageurs, the battalions of embodied militia, Captain Platt's troop of light cavalry, and the Montreal battalion of volunteers and flank companies, and 2d and 3d battalions Montreal militia, repaired to their different posts to repel the threatened invasion; and which, had it taken place, His Excellency feels confident, from the tried valour and discipline of His Majesty's regular forces, and from the enthusiastic loyalty and courage of all classes of His Majesty's Canadian subjects, would have terminated in the defeat and disgrace of the enemy. The extraordinary exertions which have been made on this occasion, and which thus call forth His Excellency's notice and commendation, cannot fail of producing the most happy consequences to the future tranquillity and prosperity of the country. The General Orders of this day and those of the 26th instant to be entered in the General Orderly Books, and read at the head of all corps on parade Head-Quarters, Quebec, December 17, 1812. MY LORD, I have the honour to transmit herewith, for your Lordship's information, the copy of dispatches I have just received express from Major-General Sheaffe, commanding in Upper Canada, containing a report of another attack made by the enemy, on the 28th ultimo, upon the Niagara frontier, between the posts of Chippawa and Fort Erie, which I have the satisfaction of announcing to have been repulsed in a manner highly creditable to His Majesty's arms, and the militia employed upon this occasion, with trifling loss. The enemy has suffered considerably in killed and wounded; and one captain (King) and thirty-eight men were taken prisoners. The particulars of this affair are detailed in General Sheaffe's dispatches, and the report accompanying them from Lieutenant-Colonel Bisshopp, who, with the force under his orders, was more immediately engaged with the enemy, and to which I beg leave to refer your Lordship. I have to lament that Lieutenant King, of the royal artillery, and Lieutenant Lamont, of the 49th regiment, have been wounded severely; the former fell into the hands of the enemy, but, I trust, will have been released. I annex, for your Lordship's further information, a copy of the General Order which I have in consequence directed to be published to the army under my command. I have the honour, &c. GEORGE PREVOST. To the Right Honourable Earl Bathurst, &c. &c. &c. Chippawa, November 30, 1812. SIR, I have the honour of reporting to your Excellency, that very early in the morning on the 28th an attack was made on our batteries opposite Black Rock; they were wrested from us for a time by superior numbers, but Major Ormsby, of the 49th regiment, with a body of troops from Fort Erie, having formed a junction with Lieutenant-Colonel Bisshopp, who had moved up with great celerity from Chippawa with reinforcements; these of the enemy who had not retired to their own shore, amounting to nearly forty, were made prisoners, with Captain King, who had commanded in the attack. On receiving information of the attack I went up, having previously ordered a movement of some troops, to strengthen those posts from which reinforcements had been detached to the right flank. On my arrival there I found the enemy in grea force, of which he seemed to make an ostentatious display, some on shore, some in boats, and, perhaps, with the hope of its giving effect to a summons which Licutenant-Colonel Bisshopp had received to surrender Fort Erie. When I approached the ground opposite the Black Rock, several large bodies of the enemy were seen moving downwards; I suspected their intention to be, either to advance from the bottom of Squaw Island, in aid of a direct attack above it, in front of Black Rock, or that a design against this post, or some lower point, was in contemplation: I therefore caused some detachments that I had passed on the road to be halted opposite the foot of Squaw Island, and I remained there till night approached, when I set off for |