danne, with a body of troops from an advance to the southern bank of the Tagus into Spain.

They were followed by the Ordenanza, who did them much mischief on the march, and took much baggage from them. The enemy destroyed many horses and mules which could not keep up with them; and this march, if it was ordered by superior authority, and is connected with any other arrangement, had every appearance, and was attended by all the consequences, of a precipitate and forced retreat.

Capture of the French privateer Le Hero du Nord, off the Texel, by captain Douglas, of his majesty's ship Bellona. December

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PROMOTIONS in the year 1810.

War-office, Jan. 2. LieutenantColonel George Vigoreux, of the second royal veteran battalion, appointed lieutenant-governor of the Scilly Islands, vice Majorgeneral Hewgill, deceased.

Foreign-Office, Jan. 9. Charles Stuart, esq. appointed to reside at the seat of the provisional government of Portugal as his majesty's envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary.

Whitehall, Jan. 9. Rev. George Gordon, B. D. Dean of Exeter, promoted to the deanery of the cathedral church of Lincoln, and also to a residentiary's place in the said cathedral, both vice Kaye, deceased.

War-Office, Jan. 20. Garrison. General the hon. Henry Edward Fox, to be governor of Portsmouth, vice Pitt, deceased.

Whitehall, Jan. 27. Rev. John Parsons, D. D. appointed Dean of

the cathedral church of Bristol, vice the Rev. Dr. B. E. Sparke, promoted to the see of Chester.

Treasury Chambers, Jan. 27. The king has been pleased to appoint Thomas Alcock, esq. to be treasurer of the ordnance, vice Joseph Hunt, esq. resigned.

Treasury Chambers, Feb. 2. Alex. Osborne, esq. to be a commissioner of the customs in Scotland, vice Alex. Cochrane, esq. deceased.

Whitehall, Feb. 10. Rev. John Garnett, M. A. deanery of Exeter, vice Gordon, resigned.

Treasury Chambers, Feb. 13. Wm. Manley, esq. a commissioner of excise, vice Maling, deceased.

War-Office, Feb. 27. His majesty has been pleased to approve of the following officers being appointed, and formed into a board for superintending and conducting the whole medical business of the army, viz.

John Wier, esq. from half-pay as inspector of hospitals, to be director-general.- Charles Ker, M. D. an inspector of hospitals, to be principal inspector.-Theod. Gordon, M. D. from half-pay as inspector of hospitals, to be principal inspector.

War-Office, March 10. Rev. Archdeacon John Owen, chaplaingeneral of the forces, vice Gamble, resigned.

Foreign-Office, March 10. Sir Gore Ousley, bart, ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary at the court of the King of Persia.

Foreign-Office, March 14. James Morier, esq. secretary of embassy to the King of Persia.

War-Office, March 24. Rev. Wm. Whitfield Dakins, LL. D. chaplain to the forces.

March 3. At a chapter of the most noble order of the Garter,

marquis Wellesley invested with the blue ribband, vacant by the death of the duke of Portland. Whitehall, April 7. Peter de Haviland, esq. bailiff of Guernsey, vice Robert Porrent le Marchant, esq. resigned.-John Dumaresq, advocate-general of Jersey, vice Joshua Pipon, esq. resigned. Right hon. Francis Napier, high commissioner to the general assembly of the church of Scotland. War-Office, April 7. George Jenkins, clerk; and Sam. Briscall, clerk; chaplains to the forces.

Downing-Street, April 16. John Henry Newbolt, esq. a judge of the supreme court of judicature at Madras.

Admiralty-Office, April 21. Sir Richard Bickerton, bart. majorgeneral of marine forces, vice Collingwood, deceased.

Downing-Street, April 27. Hildebrand Oakes, esq. major-general, his majesty's commissioner for the affairs of Malta.

Whitehall, April 28. Right hon. George earl of Glasgow, lieutenant and sheriff principal of Renfrewshire.

Whitehall, May 1. Right hon. Henry Baron Mulgrave, mastergeneral of the ordnance.-Right hon. Charles Yorke; sir Richard Bickerton, bart. vice-admiral of the Red; Robert Ward, Esq. James Buller, esq. William Domett, esq. vice-admiral of the Blue; Robert Moorsom, esq. and viscount Lowther, commissioners for executing the office of lord high admiral.

Downing-Street, May 2. Robert Gordon, esq. lieutenantgovernor of Berbice.

Downing-Street, May 4. Viceadmiral sir John Duckworth, K. B. Governor and Commander-inchief of Newfoundland.

Foreign-Office, May 10. John Phil. Morrier, esq. secretary of legation to the United States of America.

War-Office, June 2. William Granger Cautley, clerk, late chaplain of brigade at Madeira, a chaplain of the forces.-Thomas Williams, clerk, late garrison chaplain at Landguard Fort, a chaplain to to the forces.

Queen's Palace, June 20. Captain James Lucas Yeo, R. N. commander of the royal Portuguese military order of Saint Bento d'Avis, knighted.

Whitehall, June 23. Right hon. Spencer Perceval, right hon. John Forster, chancellor of the Exchequer in Ireland, hon. William Brodrick, hon. William Elliot, Snowden Barne, esq. and hon. Berkeley Paget, commissioners for executing the office of treasurer of the exchequer.-Right hon. Charles Yorke, sir Richard Bickerton, bart. viceadmiral of the Red, Robert Ward and James Buller, esqrs. William Domett, esq. vice-admiral of the Blue. Sir Joseph Sydney Yorke, knt., and hon. Frederick Robinson, commissioners for executing the office of high admiral.

Board of Green Cloth, June 27. William Kenrick, esq. master of his majesty's household.

Whitehall, June 30. Right hon. Robert Dundas, earl Camden, earl of Liverpool, right hon. Richard Ryder, marquis of Wellesley, right hon. Spencer Perceval, lord Lovaine, lord Teignmouth, right hon. Thomas Wallace, and viscount Lowther, commissioners for affairs of India.

Downing-Street, July 3. Vice admiral the hon. sir Alexander Forrester Cochrane, K. B. gover

nor and commander-in-chief of the island of Guadaloupe, &c. Whitehall, July 14. Captain R. Moorsom, R. N. surveyor-general of the ordnance.

War Office, July 25. His majesty has been pleased to appoint major-generals P. Sinclair, W. O. Huddlestone, G.Fead, J.Sowerby, sir T. Blomefield, bart. G. Mann, D. M'Donald, J. Pratt, F. Champagné, J. Champagné, H. Calvert, G. Cockburne, E. Dunne, J. Drummond, W. Dowdeswell, A. Mackenzie, G. Moncrieffe, T. Meyrick, T. Graham, C. Craufurd, G. H. Vansittart, hon. C. Fitzroy, and F. Hugonin-to be lieutenant-generals in the army.

Staff-To be aides-de-camp to the king, colonel H. Davies, twenty-second light dragoons; colonel D. Pack, seventy-first foot; colonel lord R. E. H. Somerset, fourth dragoons; colonel G. Wilson, thirty-ninth foot; colonel F. W. Buller, Coldstream guards; and colonel R. Ross, twentieth foot. Foreign-Office, July 27. J. Parke, esq. consul in the island of Iceland.

Admiralty-Office, July 31. This day, in pursuance of the king's pleasure, the following flag-officers of his majesty's fleet were promoted, viz.

Admirals of the White-Skeffington Lutwidge, esq. George Montagu, esq. right hon. George lord Keith, K. B. James Pigott, esq. right hon. William lord Radstock, Thomas Mackenzie, esq. and sir Roger Curtis, bart.-to be Admirals of the Red.

Admirals of the Blue-William Young, esq. right hon. James lord Gambier, Phillip Patton, esq. sir Charles Morice Pole, bart. John VOL. LII.

Leigh Douglas, esq. William Swiney, esq. Charles Edmund Nugent, esq. Charles Powell Hamilton, esq. Edmund Dod, esq. sir Charles Cotton, bart. John Thomas, esq. James Brine, esq. sir Erasmus Gower, knt. John Holloway, esq. and George Wilson, esq.-to be Admirals of the White.

Vice-Admirals of the Red-Sir Charles Henry Knowles, bart. hon. Thomas Pakenham, Robert Deans, esq. James Hawkins Whitshed, esq. Arthur Kempe, esq. Smith Child, esq. Thomas Taylor, esq. sir John Thomas Duckworth, K. B. sir Robert Calder, bart. hon. George Cranfield Berkeley, Thomas West, esq. James Douglas, esq. Peter Aplin, esq. Henry Savage, esq. Bartholomew Samuel Rowley, esq. sir Richard Bickerton, bart. and George Bowen, esq. —to be Admirals of the Blue.

Vice-Admirals of the_WhiteR. Montagu, esq. John Ferguson, esq. Edward Edwards, esq. and sir John Borlase Warren, bart. and K. B.-to be Admirals of the Blue.

Vice-Admirals of the White.Edward Tyrrel Smith, esq. sir Thomas Graves, K. B. Thomas Macnamara Russel, esq. sir Henry Trollope, knt. sir Henry Edwyn Stanhope, bart. Robert M'Douall, esq. Billy Douglas, esq. John Wickey, esq. John Fish, esq. John Knight, esq. Edward Thornborough, esq. Sampson Edwards, esq. George Campbell, esq. Henry Frankland, esq. Arthur Phillip, esq. and sir William George Fairfax, knt.

to be Vice-Admirals of the Red.

Vice Admirals of the Blue-Sir James Saumarez, bart. and K. B. Thomas Drury, esq. Albemarle Bertie, esq. right hon. William earl of Northesk, K. B. James

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Vashon, esq. Thomas Wells, esq. and sir Edward Pellew, bart.-to be Vice-Admirals of the Red. Vice-Admirals of the Blue.-Sir Isaac Coffin, bart. John Aylmer, esq. Samuel Osborn, esq. Richard Boger, esq.John Child Purvis, esq. Theophilus Jones, esq. William Domett, esq. William Wolseley, esq. John Manley, esq. George Murray, esq. John Sutton, esq. Robert Murray, esq. hon. sir Alexander Cochrane, K. B. and John Markham, esq.-to be ViceAdmirals of the White.

Rear-Admiral of the Red.-C. Stirling, esq.-to be Vice-Admiral of the White.

Rear-Admirals of the Red. Henry d'Esterre Darby, esq. Edward Bowater, esq. George Palmer, esq. William O'Bryen Drury, esq. William Essington, esq. John M'Dougall, esq. James Alms, esq. Eliab Harvey, esq. sir Edmund Neagle, knt. John Wells, esq. Richard Grindall, esq. and George Martin, esq.-to be ViceAdmirals of the Blue.

Rear-Admirals of the Red-Sir Richard John Strachan, bart. and K. B. sir William Sidney Smith, knt. Thomas Southeby, esq. Nathan Brunton, esq. William Hancock Kelly, esq. John Schank, esq. and hon. Michael de Courcy-to be Vice-Admirals of the Blue.

Rear-Admirals of the White William Bentinck, esq. Paul Minchin, esq. Philip d'Auvergne, prince of Bouillon, and John Hunter, esq.-to be Vice-Admirals of the Blue.

Rear-Admirals of the White Fr. Pender, esq. William Albany Otway, esq. George Lumsdaine, esq. sir Samuel Hood, bart. and K. B. Henry Nicholls, esq. Herbert

Sawyer, esq. Davidge Gould, esq. sir Richard Goodwin Keats, K. B. Robert Devereux Fancourt, esq. sir Edward Buller, bart. hon. Robert Stopford, Mark Robinson, esq. Thomas Revell Shivers, esq. Francis Pickmore, esq. John Stevens Hall, esq. and John Dilkes, esq.-to be Rear-Admirals of the Red.

Rear-Admirals of the BlueWilliam Lechmere, esq. Thomas Foley, esq. Charles Tyler, esq. and Robert Carthew Reynolds, esq.to be Rear-Admirals of the Red.

Rear-Admirals of the BlueRobert Watson, esq. right hon. Alan Hyde, lord Gardner; Manley Dixon, esq. George Losack, esq. William William Mitchell, esq. George Hart, esq. Thomas Bertie, esq. Rowley Bulteel, esq. William Lake, esq. Isaac George Manley, esq. John Osborn, esq. Edmund Crawley, esq. Charles Boyles, esq. sir Thomas Williams, knt. Thomas Hamilton, esq. sir Thomas Boulden Thomp. son, bart. and George Countess, esq.-to be Rear-Admirals of the White.

And the undermentioned captains were also appointed flag-officers of his majesty's fleet, viz.— John Laugharne, esq. William Hargood, esq. George Gregory, esq. John Ferrier, esq. Richard Incledon Bury, esq. Robert Moorsom, esq. sir Charles Hamilton, bart. hon. Henry Curzon; Lawrence William Halsted, esq. Edward Oliver Osborn, esq. sir Harry Neale, bart. sir Joseph Sidney Yorke, knight, hon. Arthur Kaye Legge, Francis Fayerman, esq. right hon. George, earl of Galloway, Thomas Francis Fremantle, esq. sir

Francis Laforey, bart. Philip Charles Durham, esq. and Israel Pellew, esq.-to be Rear-Admirals of the Blue.

The king has been pleased to appoint Benjamin Hallowell, esq. George Johnstone Hope, esq. the right hon. lord Amelius Beauclerk; and James Nicholl Morris, esq. to be colonels in his majesty's royal marine forces, in the room of William Hargood, esq. Robert Moorsom, esq. sir Charles Hamilton, bart. and the hon. Henry Curzon, appointed flag-officers of his majesty's fleet.

Queen's Palace, Aug. 8. Right hon. Richard lord Chetwynd, one of the clerks of the privy-council, vice sir Stephen Cotterell, who -retires.

! Whitehall, Aug. 18. Lieutenantgeneral W. Loftus, lieutenant of the Tower of London, vice Vernon, deceased.

War-Office, Aug. 18. Rev. E. Raynes, B. A. chaplain to the forces.

Queen's Palace, Aug. 29. Right hon. sir John Sinclair, bart. sworn of his majesty's privy council.

War Office, Sept. 7. Rev. J. Hughes, a chaplain to the forces. Horse Guards, Sept. 9. His majesty having been graciously pleased to command, that, in commemoration of the brilliant victories obtained by divisions of his army over the enemy in the battles of Roleia, Vimiera, also in the several instances where the cavalry had an opportunity of distinguishing themselves against the enemy in Spain, and in the battles of Corunna and Talavera de la Reyna, the under-mentioned officers of the army, present on those occasions, should enjoy the pri

vilege of wearing a medal; and his majesty having approved of the medal which has been struck, is pleased to command that it should be worn by the general officers, suspended by a ribbon of the colour of the sash, with a blue edge, round the neck; and by the commanding officers of corps (not being of rank inferior to lieutenant-colonel) and the chiefs of military departments, attached by a ribbon of the same colour to the button-hole of their uniform.

His majesty has also been pleased to command, that the medals which would have been conferred upon the officers who have fallen at, or died since, the above-named actions, shall, as a token of respect for their memories, be deposited with their respective families.

Lieutenant-Generals.-Sir John Moore, K. B. sir David Baird, sir John Hope, K. B. Mackenzie Frazer, lord Paget, and viscount Wellington, K. B.

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Major-Generals. - Sir John Sherbrook, K. B. William Payne, lord William Bentinck, hon. Edward Paget, sir Brent Spencer, K. B. sir Stapleton Cotton, bart. Rowland Hill, Coote Manningham, William Carr Beresford, Ronald Craufurd Fergusson, Warde, James Leith, John Randoll M'Kenzie, Christopher Tilson. Brigadier-Generals.--John Slade, Moore Disney, William Palmer Acland, Miles Nightingall, Alex. Campbell, Henry Frederick Campbell, Richard Stewart, hon. Charles Stewart, Ernest baron Langworth, Alan Cameron, Bernard Foord Bowes, Henry Fane, Robert Anstruther, George Anson, James Catlin Craufurd, and Edward Howarth (artillery.)