in the army, Captain in the 3d Regiment of Foot Guards, and Quarter-MasterGeneral to the Forces serving in Spain and Portugal, His Majesty's royal licence and permission that he may 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 him, in testimony of the high sense which that Prince entertains of the distinguished courage and intrepidity displayed by that officer in several actions with the enemy in the Peninsula: Provided nevertheless, that His Majesty's said licence and permission doth not authorise, and shall not be deemed or construed to authorise, 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 said concession and especial mark of the royal favour be registered, together with the relative documents, in His Majesty's College of Arms. Edmund Bourke, Gent. to be Adjutant to the Pevensey Regiment of Local Militia, in the county of Sussex. Dated April 15, 1813. South West Regt. of Hants Local Militia-Lawrence Sullivan, Esq. to be Captain. Wiltshire Regt. of Militia-Charles Blake, Gent. to be Ensign. Dated April 24, 1813.-William Irvin Bailey, Gent. to be do.-Dated May 3, 1813. Cheltenham Troop of Yeomanry Cavalry-William Wood, Gent. to be Surgeon, vice Minster, deceased. Dated May 5, 1813. Southern Regt. of Northumberland Local Militia-George Edward Sawyer, Gent. to be Lieutenant. Dated May 4, 1813.-Jacob Ord, jun. Gent. to be Ensign. Dated as above. Lydd Troop of Yeomanry Cavalry-Henshaw Russell, Gent. to be Lieutenant, vice Cobb, promoted. Dated May 11, 1813.-David Denne, jun. Gent. to be Cornet, vice Gilbert resigned. Dated as above. 2d Regt. of Carmarthen Local Militia-William Llewelyn, Gent. to be First Lieutenant, vice W. Rees, resigned. Dated May 3, 1813.-John Stevens, Gent. to be do. vice Raby, resigned. Dated as above.-William Hopkins, Gent. to be do. vice R. Rees, promoted. Dated as above. Nottinghamshire Regiment of Militia-Lieut. Charles Edward Gould to be Captain, vice Else, appointed Paymaster. Dated April 28, 1813.-Ensign Francis Beardsley to be Lieutenant, vice Gould, promoted. Dated as above.-Lyttleton Westwood, Gent. to be Ensign. Dated as above.-James Anders, Gent. to be Surgeon, vice Heseltine, resigned. Dated as above. Ist, or Nottingham Regt. of Local Militia-Lancelot Rolleston, Esq. to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated April 28, 1813.-Captain Frederick Robinson to be Major. Dated as above.-Lieut. John Stephen Howitt to be Captain. Dated May 4, 1813.-Lieut. William Hurst to be do. Dated as above.-Lieut. Kirke Swan to be do. Dated as above.-George Tomlin, Gent. to be Lieutenant. Dated as above.-George Sculthorpe, Gent. to be do. Dated as above.-Robert Toplis, Gent. to be do. Dated as above.-John Marshall, Gent. to be do. Dated as above. Charles Allcock, Gent. to be Ensign. Dated as above. 2d, or Southern Regt. of Oxfordshire Local Militia-Thomas Stone, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Townshend, resigned. Dated April 26, 1813. 3d, or Northern Regt.-John James Perry, Gent. to be Ensign. Dated April 26, 1813. 4th, or Eastern Regt.-Thomas Wyatt, Esq. to be Captain. Dated as above. 1st Regt. of Royal Surrey Militia-Robert Allison, Esq. to be Captain, vice Vowell, deceased. Dated May 3, 1813.-Ensign George Garthwaite to be Lieutenant, vice Sanderson, resigned. Dated as above. ERRATUM in the Gazette of the 8th inst. 1st Regt. of Surrey Local Militia-For Richard Mills, Esq. to be Captain, vice Norwood, resigned. Dated May 15, 1813,-read Richard Mills, Esq. to be Captain vice Norwood, resigned. Dated April 13, 1813. The LONDON GAZETTE.---Published by Authority. From SATURDAY, May 15, to TUESDAY, May 18, 1813 War-Office, May 18, 1813. Royal Regiment of Horse Guards-Brevet Lieut.-Col. Sir R. C. Hill to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase. Commission dated May 13, 1813.-Captain R. C. Packe to be Major, vice Hill. Dated May 13, 1813.-Lieut. John Jebb to be Captain of a Troop, vice Packe. Dated as above.-Cornet W. H. Grubbe to be Lieutenant, vice Jebb. Dated as above.-Lord Wm. Pitt Lennox to be Cornet, vice Grubbe. Dated as above.-Corporal Jonas Varley to be Quarter-Master, vice Moore, who resigns. Dated as above. 1st Regt. of Dragoon Guards-Hospital-Assistant R. Pearson, from the Irish Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Brailsford, who resigns. Dated as above. 5th do. Cornet W. A. Dobbyn to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Houghton, promoted. Dated as above.-Henry Higginbottom, Gent. to be Cornet, vice Dobbyn. Dated as above. 2d Regt. of Dragoons-Charles Wyndham, Gent. to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Wemyss, promoted. Dated as above. Staff Corps of Cavalry-Lieut. Thomas M'Dermott, from the 21st Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, without purchase. Dated as above. 3d Regt. of Foot-Capt. M. Latham, from the Canadian Fencibles, to be Captain of a Company, vice Taylor, who exchanges. Dated as above. 5th do.-Ensign William Pratt to be Lieutenant, vice Haggarty, deceased. Dated May 12, 1813.-Ensign and Adjutant Thomas Canch to have the rank of Lieutenant. Dated May 13, 1813.-Walter Harris, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Pratt. Dated as above. 10th do. Ensign N. Wrixon to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Mansell, promoted in the 4th West India Regiment. Dated as above. 11th do.-Lieut. A. Sutherland to be Captain of a Company, without purchase, vice Tripp, promoted in the Royal African Corps. Dated as above. 18th do. Ensign J. B. Graves to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Gooday, placed upon half-pay. Dated as above.-George Manners, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Graves. Dated as above. 20th do.-Lieut. James Battersby, from the Westminster Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase. Dated as above. 21st do. James Brown, Gent. to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Pigou, promoted. Dated as above. 22d do. Hospital Mate James Black to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Hodson, promoted in the Bourbon Regiment. Dated as above. To be Assistant-Surgeons. 23d do.-Assistant-Surgeon A. Macfadzean, from the Ayrshire Militia. Dated May 13, 1813.-Hospital-Mate John Williams. Dated as above. 26th do. Capt. James Dunlop, from the 72d Regiment, to be Captain of a Company, vice Jones, who exchanges. Dated as above. 27th do. Serjeant Hugh Burn, from the Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards, to be Adjutant (with the rank of Ensign), vice Harris, promoted in the 13th Royal Veteran Battalion. Dated as above. 33d do.-Lieut. William Thain, from the Northumberland Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase. Dated as above. 34th do.--Ensign Richard Chambers, from the East York Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, Dated as above. 35th Regt. of Foot-John Hewetson, Gent. to be Ensign, without purchase, vice O'Brien, who resigns, Dated as above. 36th do.-Ensign To be Lieutenants, without purchase. ...... Butler, vice Rackster, deceased. Dated May 12, 1813. -Ensign George White. Dated May 13, 1813. To be Ensigns, without purchase. George Sleeman, Gent. vice Butler. Dated May 12, 1813.-Volunteer J. Weir, from the 42d Foot, vice White. Dated May 13, 1813. 37th do.-Ensign George Milne Stevenson, from the Royal Lanark Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase. Dated April 21, 1813. teer ..... 45th do. Ensign William Hunt to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Phillips, appointed to the 13th Royal Veteran Battalion. Dated May 13, 1813.-VolunEdmonds to be Ensign, vice Hunt. Dated as above. 47th do. Ensign J. R. Nason to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Snow, promoted in the 9th Foot. Dated March 17, 1813.Young, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Nason. Dated May 13, 1913. 49th do.-Lieut.-Col. Jonathan Yates, from the 1st West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase. Dated as above. ...... To be Captains of Companies, without purchase. Captain E. Hackett, from the 2d West India Regiment. Dated May 11, 1813. Lieutenant T. Dillon, from the 76th Foot. Dated May 12, 1813.-Lieut. W. B. Hobart, from the 55th Foot. Dated May 13, 1813. To be Lieutenants, without purchase. Ensign John Otter. Dated May 10, 1813.-Lieut. Samuel Kough, from the 28 Ceylon Regiment. Dated May 11, 1813.-Ensign W. Hambly, from the 48th Foot. Dated May 12, 1813.-Ensign James King, from the 6th Foot. Dated May 13, 1813. To be Ensigns, without purchase. Maclachlan, Gent. vice Otter. Dated May 10, 1813.-Colin Walker, Gent. Dated May 11, 1813.-M. Saunders, Gent. Dated May 12, 1813.James Simpson, Gent. Dated May 13, 1813.-Robert Innes, Gent. Dated May 14, 1813. 52d do.-Volunteer ... ... Radford, from the 28th Foot, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Cargill, promoted. Dated May 13, 1813. 56th do. Ensign J. Sparkes, from the 1st Surrey Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase. Dated April 7, 1813. 65th do.-Hospital-Mate P. Mackenzie to be Assistant-Surgeon. Dated May 13, 1813. 68.b do. Quarter-Master-Serjeant ... ... Ross, to be Quarter-Master, vice Wilson, deceased. Dated May 13, 1813. 72d Regt. of Foot-Capt. T. O. Jones, from the 26th Foot, to be Captain of a Company, vice Dunlop, who exchanges. Dated as above. 81st do.-Lieutenant R. Hipkins to be Captain of a Company, without purchase, vice D'Aguilar, promoted in the Greek Light Infantry. Dated as above.-Ensign John Lutman to be Lieutenant, vice Hipkins. Dated as above.-Lieut. W. C. Betteridge, from the Warwick Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase. Dated April 7, 1813. 85th do.-Ensign Gascoyne, from the 39th Foot, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Davidson, appointed to the 89th Foot. Dated May 13, 1813. 88th do.-Lieut. P. Rutledge, from the 3d Garrison Battalion, to be Lieutenant, vice Hopwood, who exchanges. Dated as above. Assistant-Surgeon William Kettle, from the half-pay of the 4th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Purdon, appointed to the 9th Light Dragoons. Dated May 13, 1813. 95th do. Second Lieutenant E. Madden to be First Lieutenant, vice Robertson, deceased. Dated as above. 2d West India Regt.-Lieut. Abraham Shaw, from the 52d Foot to be Captain of a Company, without purchase, vice Hackett, appointed to the 49th Foot. Dated as above. Royal African Corps-Lieut. William Masters, from the 102d Foot, to be Captain of a Company, vice Beaton, deceased. Dated as above. Royal Waggon Train-William Hopwood, Gent. to be Cornet, without purchase, Dated as above. To be Assistant-Surgeons, 2d Ceylon Regt.-Hospital-Mate A. M. Queen, vice Jones, appointed to the 15th Foot. Dated as above.-Hospital-Mate Henry Tedlie, vice Marshall, promoted in the 1st Ceylon Regiment. Dated as above. 3d Garrison Battalion-Lieut. J. D. Hopwood, from the 88th, to be Lieutenant, vice Rutledge, who exchanges. Dated as above. 4th Royal Veteran Battalion-Capt. John Lutman, from the 81st Foot, to be Captain of a Company, vice Atkinson, deceased. Dated as above. ...... Canadian Fencibles-Capt. Josias Taylor, from the 3d Foot, to be Captain of a Company, vice Latham, who exchanges. Dated as above.-Ensign de Lorimiere to be Lieutenant, vice Dewar, deceased. Dated February 6, 1813. -Henry Armstrong, Gent. to be Ensign, vice de Lorimiere. Dated Feb. 6, 1813. Glengarry Light Infantry Fencibles-Lieutenant A. R. Johnson, from the Canadian Fencibles, to be Captain of a Company, with temporary rank. Dated May 13, 1813. BREVET. Captain Augustus Andrews, of the Hon. East India Company's service, to be Major in the East Indies only. Dated January 1, 1812. STAFF. The Rev. Orfeur William Kilvington, A. M. to be a Chaplain to the Forces. Dated April 8, 1813.-Major William Warre, of the 23d Light Dragoons, to be Deputy Quarter-Master-General to the Forces at the Cape of Good Hope (with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army), vice Arbuthnot, who resigns. Dated May 13, 1813. To be Deputy Assistant-Commissaries-General to the Forces. William de Reden, Gent. Dated April 15, 1813.-William Barron, Gent. Dated April 15, 1813. HOSPITAL STAFF. To be Apothecary to the Forces. Assistant-Surgeon W. R. Burrowes, from the 55th Foot, vice Clough, deceased. Dated May 13, 1813. To be Hospital-Assistants to the Forces. John Smith, Gent. Dated May 10, 1813.-John Purcell, Gent. Dated as above. -Hugh Fraser, Gent. Dated as above.-William Bingham, Gent. Dated as above. Hugh Orr, Gent. Dated as above.-Patrick Hay, Gent. Dated as above. Hugh Jones O'Donel, Gent. Dated as above.-John Wharrie, Gent. Dated as above.-Beresford Tedlie, Gent. Dated as above.-George Leich, Gent. Dated as above.-John Scott, Gent. vice Tedlie, promoted in the 2d Ceylon Regiment. Dated May 13, 1813. The King's German Legion. 2d Battalion of Light Infantry-Ensign Benedetto Kienburg to be Lieutenant, vice Colburne, deceased. Dated May 7, 1813. 2d Batt. of the Line-Ensign William Dawson to be Lieutenant, vice Wyck, deceased. Dated May 6, 1813. 3d do.-Frederick Schlütter, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Kuckuck, promoted. Dated as above.-William Anderson, Esq. to be Paymaster, vice Anderson, who resigns. Dated May 13, 1813. 4th do. William Luning, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Ludewig, promoted. Dated May 7, 1813. 7th do.-William Losecke, Gent. to be Ensign. Dated May 8, 1812. The Duke of Brunswick Oels' Corps. Light Infantry-Serjeant ...... Spahn to be Ensigu, vice Broemsen, promoted. Dated May 13, 1813. Meuron's Regiment-Ambrose St. John, Gent. to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Dombré, promoted. Dated as above. Chasseurs Britanniques-.... Le Court, Gent. to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Gunther, appointed to the York Light Infanty Volunteers. Dated as above. Royal Corsican Rangers-Surgeon M. Alexander, from a particular service, to be Surgeon, vice Halpin, appointed to the 44th Foot. Dated as above. To be Ensigns. ..... .. Gunther, from the Chasseurs BriDated May 12, 1813.-Ernest Jehring, Gent. York Light Infantry Volunteers-Ensign MEMORANDUM. Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces W. R. White, who was superseded, as stated in the Gazette of the 23d of March last, is reinstated in his rank. The appointment of Mr. William Forster to be Cornet in the 1st Dragoons, without purchase, as stated in the Gazette of the 23d June, 1812, has not taken place. The date of Mr. William Wetherman's commission, as Deputy-Assistant-Commissary-General to the Forces, is the 12th March, 1812, and not the 12th March, 1813, as stated in the Gazette of the 6th ultimo. ERRATA in the Gazette of the 20th ultimo. 9th Foot-For Lieutenant Richard Storey, from the 2d Somerset Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase-read, Lieutenant Robert Storey, from the 2d Somerset Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase. 4th West India Regiment-For E. W. Stewart, Gent. to be Ensign—read, E. B. Stewart, Gent. to be Ensign. South Lincoln Militia-Charles Probart, Gent. to be Ensign. Dated April 24, 1813. Whitehall, May 17, 1813. His Royal Highness the Prince Regent has been pleased, in the name and on the behalf of His Majesty, to give and grant unto George Anson, Esq. a MajorGeneral of His Majesty's Forces, Lieutenant-Colonel of the 16th (or the Queen's) Regiment of Light Dragoons, and one of the Representatives in Parliament for the city of Litchfield, His Majesty's royal licence and permission that he may 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 him, in testimony of the high sense which that Prince entertains of the distinguished courage and intrepidity displayed by that officer in several actions with the enemy in the Peninsula: provided nevertheless, that His Majesty's said licence and permission doth not authorise, and shall not be deemed or construed to authorise, 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 said concession and especial mark of the royal favour be registered, together with the relative documents, in His Majesty's College of Arms. Whitehall, May 17, 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 Honourable Thomas William Fermor, Colonel in the army, and Captain in the 3d Regiment of Foot Guards, His Majesty's royal licence and permission that he may 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 him, in testimony of the high sense that Prince entertains of the distinguished courage and intrepidity displayed by the said Colonel Fermor, in several actions with the enemy in the Peninsula: Provided nevertheless, that His Majesty's said licence and permission doth not authorise, and shall not be deemed or construed to authorise, the assumption of any style, appellation, rank, precedence, or privilege appertaining unto a Knight Bachelor of these realms : And His Royal Highness has been further pleased 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, May 18, 1813. His Royal Highness the Prince Regent has been pleased, in the name and on the behalf of His Majesty, to give and grant unto William Maundy Harvey, Esquire, a Colonel in the army, Lieutenant-Colonel of the 79th Regiment of Foot, and Brigadier-General in the Portuguese service, His Majesty's royal licence and permission that he may 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 John Prince of Brazil, Prince Regent of Portugal, has been pleased to honour him, in testimony of the high sense which that Prince entertains of the great courage and intrepidity displayed by the said William Maundy Harvey in several actions with the enemy in the Peninsula: Provided nevertheless, that this His Majesty's licence and permission doth not authorise, and shall not be deemed or construed to authorise, the assumption of any style, appellation, rank, precedence, or privilege appertaining unto a Knight Bachelor of these realms : And also to order, that this His Majesty's concession and especial mark of His royal favour, together with the relative documents, be registered in His Majesty's College of Arms. SUPPLEMENT to the LONDON GAZETTE of TUESDAY, the 18th of May, 1813. Downing-Street, May 18, 1813. A DISPATCH, of which the following is a copy, was this morning received by Earl Bathurst, from Lieut.-General Sir John Murray, Bart. Castalla, April 14, 1813.—My Lord, I have the honour to inclose to your Lordship a copy of a Dispatch addressed this day to General the Marquis of Wellington; and I am happy it is in my power to lay before your Lordship so convincing a proof of the gallantry and spirit which pervades this army. |