I inclose Colonel Harrison's report, from which your Lordship will observe that the Colonel mentions the good conduct of the 50th regiment, and 6th Cacadores. The enemy have lately collected at Benavente about five or six thousand men from their garrisons on the Douro; and made last week an incursion beyond the Esla towards Puebla de Sanabria. There has been no other movement that I have heard of. Extract of a Report from Lieutenant-Colonel Harrison to Lieutenant-General Sir Rowland Hill, dated Bejar, 20th Feb. 1813.-I have the honour to report to you, that a little before day-break this morning, our picquets were attacked, and after some smart firing were obliged to fall back; but, on being reinforced by some companies of the 50th regiment, and 6th Cacadores, the enemy were driven back, leaving some dead; they retired across the bridge on the road to Congosto, and were for some time followed by Major Mitchell with the 6th Cacadores, to whom I am much indebted for the assistance he has afforded me on this occasion. I beg leave also to mention Captain Moraz, of the 6th Cacadores, who particularly distinguished himself in checking the progress of the enemy's advance, and was slightly wounded. I have every reason to be satisfied with the good conduct of the officers and men of the 50th regiment, and 6th Cacadores, who compose the garrison of this place. Whitehall, March 11, 1813. His Royal Highness the Prince Regent hath been pleased, in the name and on the behalf of His Majesty, to give and grant unto Sir Stapleton Cotton, Baronet, an Extra Knight of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath, Lieut.-General of His Majesty's Forces, Colonel of the 20th Regiment of Light Dragoons, and Representative in Parliament for the borough of Newark-upon-Trent, His Majesty's royal licence and permission that he may accept and wear the insignia of an Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Portuguese Military Order of the Tower and Sword, with which His Royal Highness the Prince Regent of Portugal hath been pleased to honour him, in testimony of the high seuse which that Prince entertains of the great courage and intrepidity displayed by that Officer in several actions with the enemy in the Peninsula. And also to command that the said concession, and especial mark of the royal favour, together with the relative documents, be registered in His Majesty's College of Arms. Whitehall, March 11, 1813. His Royal Highness the Prince Regent hath been pleased, in the name and on the behalf of His Majesty, to give and grant unto Sir Charles Stuart, an Extra Knight of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, and His Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in Portugual, His Majesty's royal licence and permission that he may accept and wear the insignia of an honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Portuguese Order of the Tower and Sword, with which His Royal Highness the Prince Regert of Portugal has been pleased to honour him, in testimony of the high sense which that Prince entertains of the distinguished services of the said Sir Charles Stuart, in the performance of the important functions of one of the governors of the kingdom of Portugal, in the name and by the appointment of His said Royal Highness the Prince Regent of Portugal. And also to command that the said concession and especial mark of the royal favour be registered, together with the relative documents, in his Majesty's College of Arms. Whitehall, March 11, 1813. His Royal Highness the Prince Regent hath been pleased, in the name and on the behalf of His Majesty, to give and grant unto the undermentioned officers, His Majesty's royal licence and permission that they may respectively accept and wear the insignia of an Honorary Knight Commander of the Royal Portuguese Military Order of the Tower and Sword, with which His Royal Highness the Prince Regent of Portugal has honoured them, in testimony of the high sense which that Prince entertains of the distinguished courage and intrepidity displayed by those officers in several actions with the enemy, in the Peninsula; provided, nevertheless, that His Majesty's said licence and permission doth not authorize, and shall not be deemed or construed to authorize the assumption of any style, appellation, rank, precedence, or privilege appertaining unto a Knight Bachelor of these realms. And His Royal Highness hath been further pleased to command, that the respective royal concessions and declarations, together with the relative documents, be registered in His Majesty's College of Arms Denis Pack, Esq. Colonel in the Army, one of His Majesty's Aides-de-Camp, Lieutenant-Colonel in the 71st (Highland) Regiment of Foot, and a BrigadierGeneral in the Portuguese service. John Wilson, Esq. Lieutenant-Colonel in the Royal York Rangers, and a Brigadier-General in the Portuguese service. Robert Edward Henry Somerset, Esq. (commonly called Lord Robert Edward Henry Somerset) Colonel in the Army, one of His Majesty's Aides-de-Camp, Lieutenant-Colonel of the 4th (or Queen's own) Regiment of Dragoons, and one of the Representatives in Parliament for the County of Gloucester. Sir Richard Fletcher, Knight and Baronet, Lieutenant-Colonel in the Corps of Royal Engineers, and Chief Engineer with the Army in Spain and Portugal. Sir Thomas Sidney Beckwith, Knight, Colonel in the Army, Lieutenant-Colonel in the 95th Regiment of Foot, and Quarter-Master-General of His Majesty's Forces serving in Canada. Robert Arbuthnot, Esq. Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army, and Colonel in the Portuguese service. Thomas Noel Hill, Esq. Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army, and now serving with the Portuguese Army. William Williams, Esq. Lieutenant-Colonel in the 13th (or the 1st Somersetshire) Regiment of Foot. Gregory Holman Bromley Way, Esq. Lieutenant-Colonel in the 29th (or the Worcestershire) Regiment of Foot. J'ar-Office, March 16, 1813. 2d Regiment of Life Guards-Lieutenant A. M'Innes to be Captain of a Troop, by purchase, vice Welby, who retires. Commission dated March 1, 1813. Royal Regiment of Horse Guards-Corporal John Speed to be Quarter-Master, vice Dukes, who retires. Dated March 11, 1813. 3d Regiment of Dragoons-Lieutenant V. Jones, from the 18th Light Dragoons, to be Captain of a Troop, by purchase, vice Heywood, who retires. Dated as above. 7th Regiment of Light Dragoons-Cornet William Grenfell to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Wildman, promoted. Dated as above. 8th do.-William Shotter Rickwood, Gent. to be Veterinary Surgeon, vice Burrowes, who resigns. Dated March 11, 1813. 9th do.—..... Korke, Gent. to be Veterinary Surgeon, vice Gain, placed upon half-pay. Dated as above. 11th do. Surgeon James O'Meally, from the 50th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Gilchrist, deceased. Dated as above.-Hospital-Mate John G. Smith to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Watkins, appointed to the 13th Royal Veteran Battalion. Dated as above. 14th do.-Cornet C. G. Humphreys to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Caswall, who retires. Dated as above.-Regimental Quarter-Master ..... be Cornet, without purchase, vice Humphreys. Dated as above.-Troop QuarMcCarthy to ter-Master Henry Smith to be Regimental-Quarter-Master, vice M'Carthy. Dated as above. 16th do. Cornet Anthony Bacon to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Penrice, promoted in the 60th Foot. Dated as above. 6th Regiment of Foot-Hospital-Mate Robert Goodriche to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Dwyer, promoted. Dated as above. 7th do. Justin Brenan, Esq. to be Paymaster, vice Armstrong, who resigns. Dated as above. 9th do.-Hospital-Mate William B. Clements to be Assistant-Surgeon, viee Bulkeley, promoted in the 48th Foot. Dated as above. 16th do.-George Rivers Maltby, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hurring, appointed to the 17th Light Dragoons. Dated as above. 18th do.-Ensign F. E. Steele to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Fletcher, appointed Adjutant of a Recruiting District. Dated as above.-Edward Juge, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Steele. Dated as above. 21st do.-Second Lieutenant Harry Pigou to be First Lieutenant, by purchase; vice Ferrier, promoted in the 92d Foot. Dated as above. 22d do.-Lieutenant G. W. Lay to be Captain of a Company, by purchase, vice Wauchope, promoted in the Regiment of Meuron. Dated January 14, 1813.— Ensign William Ball to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lay. Dated March 11, 1813. To be Assistant-Surgeons. 24th do.-Hospital-Mate John Fawcett, vice Bently, deceased. Dated as above. Hospital-Mate Denizis Kearney, vice Elkington, promoted in the 30th Foot. Dated as above. 26th do. Quarter-Master-Serjeant M'Gregor to be Quarter-Master, vice Miller, deceased. Dated as above. 30th do.-Assistant-Surgeon J. G. Elkington, from the 24th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Hughes, deceased. Dated as above. 33d do.-Lieutenant J. M. Hartz to be Captain of a Company, by purchase, vice Jeffries, who retires. Dated as above.-Ensign A. Gore to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hartz. Dated as above.-James Forlong, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Gabagan, promoted. Dated March 11, 1813. 35th Regiment of Foot-Captain Thomas M'Niell, from the 74th Foot, to be Captain of a Company, vice Andrews, who exchanges. Dated as above. 38th do.-George Mitchell, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Campbell, promoted. Dated as above. 48th do.-Hospital-Mate Richard N. Starr to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Henderson, appointed to the 42d Foot. Dated as above. 50th do.-Assistant-Surgeon Baillie Ross, from the 94th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice O'Meally, appointed to the 11th Light Dragoons. Dated as above.-HospitalMate Colin Sievwright to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Morgan, deceased. Dated as above. 51st do.-Hospital-Mate Percy Fitz Patrick to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Ried, promoted in the 68th Foot. Dated as above. 53d do. Ensign J. C. Brodie to be Lieutenant without purchase. Dated as above. Serjeant Major. To be Ensigns. . Wilton, without purchase, vice Hardcastle, whose appointment has not taken place. Dated as above.-Edmund Saunderson Prideaux, Gent. vice Brodie. Dated March 11, 1813. 60th do.-Lieutenant Matthew Moore, from the 39th Foot, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Du Bourblane, promoted in the Regiment of Meuron. Dated as above. 65th do. Ensign H. F. Sharp to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Dun, appointed to the 12th Foot. Dated as above.-Adam Cuppage, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Sharp. Dated as above. 69th do. Lieutenant Joseph Deighton, from the West Norfolk Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase. Dated as above. 74th do.-Captain Thomas Andrews, from the 35th Foot, to be Captain of a Company, vice M'Niell, who exchanges. Dated as above.-Hospital-Mate Thomas Napier to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice King, deceased. Dated as above. 78th do.-Charles M. Macleod, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Marquis, promoted. Dated as above. 86th do. Richard Dalhousie Ramsay, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hale, who retires. Dated as above. 87th do. Lieutenant James J. Moore to be Adjutant, vice White, appointed to the Royal Staff Corps. Dated as above. 92d do.-James Robert Hart, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Smith, who retires. Dated as above. 94th do.-Hospital-Mate John Cross to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Ross, promoted in the 50th Foot. Dated as above. 95th do. William Wright, Gent. to be Second Lieutenant, without purchase, vice M'Kenzie, who resigns. Dated as above.-Hospital-Mate James Armstrong to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Ridgway, promoted. Dated March 11, 1813. 96th Regiment of Foot-Ensign M. Fitzgerald to be Lieutenant, vice Archer, de ceased. Dated as above.-James Brand, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Fitzgerald. Dated as above.-Quarter-Master-Serjeant Cornick Burns to be Quarter-Master, vice Smith, deceased. Dated as above. 101st do. Wm. Fry, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Lintott, appointed to the 50th Foot. Dated as above. 1st West India Regiment-George Wm. Henry Miller, Gent. to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Kerr, whose appointment has not taken place. Dated as above. 8th do.-Lieut. T. Anderson to be Adjutant, vice Taylor, deceased. Dated as above. Royal York Rangers-Ensign Wm. Hunt to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Heddle, appointed to the Royal African Corps. Dated as above.-Humphrey Clugston Gray, Gent. to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Hunt. Dated as above. Royal West India Rangers-C. Gurley, Gent. to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Long, deceased. Dated as above. 19th Royal Veteran Battalion-Surgeon John Lear, from the 5th Foot, to be Surgeon. Dated as above.-Assistant-Surgeon T. Watkins, from the 11th Light Dragoons, to be Assistant-Surgeon. Dated as above. Glengarry Light Infantry Fencibles-Lieutenant Thomas Powell, from the 24th Foot, to be Captain of a Company, vice Shaw, deceased. Dated as above. BREVET. Major John Gardiner, of the 6th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, in the Army, he having been appointed Deputy Adjutant-General to the Forces serving in the island of Walcheren, vice Walsh, who resigned. Dated October 29, 1809. STAFF. To be Deputy Assistant-Commissaries-General to the Forces. William Amey, Gent. Dated February 23, 1813.-Thomas B. Trotman, Gent. Dated as above.-William Duke, Gent. Dated as above.-Henry Curll, Gent. Dated as above. HOSPITAL STAFF. Dr. Sir James Fellowes to be Deputy Inspector of Hospitals. Dated March 11, 1813.-Hospital-Mate James Dease to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice Curly, deceased. Dated as above.-Acting Apothecary John Carter to be Apothecary to the Forces, vice Travers, deceased. Dated as above.-John Ferguson, Gent. to be Hospital Mate for General Service, vice Kennedy, promoted. Dated as above. BARRACKS. Philip Van Cortlandt, Esq. Town Major of Halifax, to be Deputy Barrack-MasterGeneral to the Forces in Canada, vice Thesign, deceased.-Dated February 20, 1813.-Warwick Hill Tonkin General to be Barrack-Master to the Forces in Great-Britain. Dated February 23, 1813. The King's German Legion. ed Regiment of Light Dragoons-Troop Quarter-Master Henry Fricke to be Cornet, vice Schultze, whose appointment has not taken place. Dated March 3, 1813. 3d do.-Eberhard Gerstlacker, Gent. to be Cornet, vice Horn, who resigns. Dated March 4, 1813. 4th Battalion of the Line-Lieutenant Frederick Hotzen to be Captain of a Company, vice Dolge, appointed to the Veteran Battalion. Dated as above.-Ensign Ernestus Brinckmann to be Lieutenant, vice Hotzen. Dated as above. To be Ensigns. Watteville's Regiment-Charles May, Gent. vice Rigaud, promoted. Dated March 10, 1813. Ferdinand Hecken, Gent. vice Pelican, promoted. Dated March 11, 1813. York Light Infantry Volunteers. Ensign Thomas Stopford to be Lieutenant, vice Donelly, deceased. Dated as above. Veteran Battalion-Captain Frederick Dolge, from the 4th Battalion of the Line, to be Captain of a Company. Dated March 5, 1813.-Serjeant Charles Dedcoke, from the 1st Light Infantry Battalion, to be Ensign. Dated as above. MEMORANDUM. Second Lieutenant Bayly, of the 2d Ceylon Regiment, is superseded, being absent without leave. The appointment of Augustus Faulkner, Gent. to be Ensign in the 77th Foot, vice Thorp, as stated in the Gazette of the 24 February 1813, has not taken place. ERRATA in the Gazette of the 24th of November last. 61st Regiment of Foot-For Captain Oke to be Major, without purchase, vice Downing, dead of his wounds-Read Captain Oke to be Major, vice Royal, promoted.-For Brevet Major Owen to be Major, vice Royal promoted-Read Brevet Major Owen to be Major, vice Downing, dead of his wounds. Chatham and Dartford Regiment of Local Militia-Lieutenant Edward Boys to be Captain, vice Hussy, resigned. Dated March 2, 1813.-The Honorable Edward Bligh (commonly called Lord Clifton) to be Lieutenant, vice Boys, promoted. Dated as above.-Ensign James Simmons to be ditto, vice Broadly, resigned. Dated March 3, 1813.-Ensign Edward Twopenny to be ditto, vice Gordon, resigned. Dated March 4, 1813.-Edward Boys, jun. Gent. to be Ensign, vice Simmons, promoted. Dated March 2, 1813.-Charles Rosher, Gent. to be ditto, vice Twopenny, promoted. Dated March 3, 1813.-Francis Dickens, Gent. vice Percy, deceased. Dated March 4, 1813.-Charles Kennett, Gent. vice Gibbons, resigned. Dated March 5, 1813. Gosport and Alverstoke Battalion of Volunteer Infantry-James Hoskins, Gent. to be Ensign. Dated March 4, 1813.-Charles Whitcomb, Gent. to be ditto. Dated as above.-Henry St. John Neale, Gent. to be ditto. Dated as above. Loyal Whitchurch and Highclere Battalion of Volunteer Infantry-Captain Thomas Bingham to be Major Commandant. Dated March 4, 1813.-Lieutenant Henry Hayter to be Captain. Dated as above. Portsmouth Victualling-Office Volunteer Artillery-John Foster, Gent. to be First Lieutenant, vice Chillingsworth, resigned. Dated March 12, 1813.—John Meredith, Gent. to be Lieutenant, vice Foster, promoted. Dated as above. The LONDON GAZETTE.---Published by Authority. From TUESDAY, March 16, to SATURDAY, March 20, 1813. Whitehall, March 20, 1813. His Royal Highness the Prince Regent has been pleased, in the name and on the behalf of his Majesty, to nominate and appoint James Gilchrist, Esq. to be Commissary of Dumfries, in the room of Thomas Goldie, Esq. resigned. Office of Ordnance, March 18, 1813. Royal Regiment of Artillery-Second Lieutenant William Cozens to be First Lieutenant, vice Collyer, resigned. Dated February 25, 1813. Corps of Royal Artillery Drivers-First Lieutenant Thomas Berington to be Captain, vice Smith, deceased. Dated February 20, 1813.-Second Lieutenant Joseph Wilson to be First Lieutenant, vice Berington, promoted. Dated as above.Thomas Jack, Gent. to be Second Lieutenant, vice Wilson. Dated as above. 1st Regiment of Surry Local Miiltia-The Honourable Frederic Douglas to be Major, vice Cooks, promoted. Dated March 4, 1813.-Wheeler Gibson, Gent. to be Lieutenant, vice Mucklou, resigned. Dated as above.--John Elyard, Gent. to be ditto, vice Dally, promoted. Dated as above. Princess Charlotte of Wales's Regiment of Volunteer Infantry. Captain John Jackson to be Major. Dated March 4, 1813.-Lieutenant Thomas Dowley to be Captain. Dated as above.-Lieutenant H. B. Newton to be ditto. Dated March 5, 1813. East Kent Regiment of Militia-Jeremiah Brattle, Esq. to be Captain, vice Snoad, resigned. Dated May 26, 1812.-Charles Henry Tyler, Esq. to be ditto, vice Deacon, resigned. Dated July 25, 1812.-Ensign W. H. E. H. Kittoe to be Lieutenant, vice Granger, deceased. Dated October 12, 1812.-John Bruce, Gent. to be Ensign. Dated July 25, 1812.-Edward Mount, Gent. to be ditto. Dated October 12, 1812.-Henry Matson, Gent. to be ditto. Dated February 18, 1813. West Kent Regiment of Militia-Joseph Hales, Esq. to be Captain, vice Jackson, |