4th Regiment Native Infantry. Ensign I. H. Hamilton to be lieutenant; date of commission 9th May, 1803. Capt. Allan Grant having arrived at the presidency, has succeeled to the charge of the office of town major of Fort St. George, in conformity to the general orders of the 7th inst. On the resignation of that office by captain Mark Wilks, the right hon. the governor in council is pleased to express in this public manner, his entire approbation of the attention and regularity with which the important and confidential duties of that office have been conducted by captain Wilks; and his lordship, at the same time, desires captain Wilks to receive the assurance of his lordship's entire satisfaction at his firelity, zeal, and integrity; together with his lordship's public thanks for the spirit of honorable attachment, manifested by captain Wilks under circumstances of the most trying nature. Lieutenant Thomas Little of the 3d regiment of native infantry, to command the escort of the resident of Mysore. Messrs. Samuel Gascoigne Mansly, and William Stuart Smith, cadets of the year 1800, to be lieutenants; date of commission 20th July, 1801. Messrs David Ross and William Hargrave, cadets of the year 1800, to be ensigns; date of rank 20th July, 1801. 15th Regiment. Ensign T. S. Paget, to be lieutenant; date of rank 2d July, 1803. Ensigns David Ross, George Sydenham, William Ormsby, and William Hargrave, to be lieutenants; date of rank 2d July, 1803. ‹ Mr. surgeon Watson having produced a certificate of his permission by the hon. the court of directors to return to the medical establishment of this presidency, is re-admitted on the establishment accordingly. Lieut -col. Dodsworth, of his majesty's 34th regiment, is confirmed in the command of Poonamallee. 3d Regiment Native Infantry. Capt. Alexander Allan to be major, vice Kennet deceased; date of rank 24th June 1803. Captain lieut. Charles Lucas to be captain of company, vice Allan promoted; date of rank 24th June, 1803. Lieut. Thomas Little to be captain lieutenant, vice Lucas promoted; date of rank 24th June. Madras European Regiment. Capt. Lieut. George Custance to be captain of a company, vice Covenant, transferred to the non-effective establishment; date of commission 13th July, 1803. Lieut. Henry Yarde to be captain lieutenant, více Custance promoted; date of commission 13th July. Lieut. Gilbert Waugh to be quarter-master, vice Yarde promoted. 19th Regiment Native Infantry. Captain lieut. John Wisset to be captain of company, company, vice Taylor deceased; date Medical establishment. Mr. John James, NAVAL PROMOTIONS. Lieutenant Dobbie to be commander in H. M. navy, and governor of the naval hospital at Madras, vice captain Lambert, appointed to the Wilhelmina. Mr. W. F. Carroll, a licutenant of the Centurion. Mr. Barber, of the Trident, licutenant of the Wilhelmina, vice lieut. Orchard, invalided. AUGUST. The 'undermentioned gentlemen having produced certificates of appointment to the infantry at this settlement, are almitted cadets accordingly. Infantry. Messrs William Henry Fielder, Henry Massey Cooper, Pringle Fraser, Henry York Martin, Nicholas Graham, David Dundas Hamilton, and Charles Langton, August 8, 1803. The honorable court of directors having permitted ensign William Garrard of the engineers, and lieut. Wilson Fernyhaugh of the infantry, to return with their rank on the establishment of Fort St. George, the right hon. the governor in council is pleased to re-admit these officers on the establishment accordingly. The undermentioned. gentlemen having produced certificates of their appointment by the hon. court of, directors to be cadets on this establishment, are admitted on the establishment accordingly. The hon, court of directors having permitted the rev. Richard Leslie to return to India, the right hon. the governor in council is pleased to readmit Mr. Leslie on the establishment of Fort St. George, as senior chaplain. The rev. J. E. Atwood to resume the situation of chaplain of the garrison of Vellore. Messrs. Archibald Douglas Stewart, G. Anderson, and Duncan Brodie, having produced indentures of their appointment by the hon. court of directors, to be assistant surgeons on this establishment, are admitted accordingly on the medical establishment of this presidency. The following appointments to take place in the native infantry: 3d Regiment. Lieut P. G. Hill to be adjutant of the 1st battalion, vice Little promoted; date of commission 24th June, 1803. Lieut John Baxter to be adjutant of the 2d battalion, vice Evans deceased; date of commission 1st August, 1803. 14th Regiment. Lieut. R. H. Yates to be adjutant of the 1st battalion, vice Elliot deceased; date of commission 9th August, 1803. 19th Regiment. Lieut. J. C. Hurdis to be adjutant of the 1st battalion, vice Davis promoted; date of commission 1st July, 1803. The right hon the governor in council is pleased to revoke such part of the general orders issued by the govern ment on the 23d Dec. 1802, as may have reference to the Lascars establishment, which shall contiuue, as fixed by the general order dated the 4th August, 1802. The commander in chief having returned to the presidency, and resumed the immediate command of the forces in the Carnatic, the right hon. the governor in council is pleased to publish in general orders, his approbation of the conduct of major-general Smith, while holding that command in the absence of lieut.-gen. Stuart. Major-gen. Smith is to resume the command of St. Thomas's Mount. The following gentlemen having produced certificates of their appointments by the hon court of directors, to be cadets on this establishment of Fort St. George, are admitted on the establish ment accordingly, as cadets of infantry. Messrs Messrs. T. W. Dawson, H. Ross, the hon. E Lindsay, Charles De Carteret, Thomas Maret, Andrew Macqueen, David Stewart, William Godley. Mr. Walter Shairp, cadet of artillery, to be lieutenant of artillery; date of commission 22d May, 1803. SEPTEMBER. Serjeant George Buttery to assist in the examination of grants of ground, under the orders of the secretary to the military board. The right hon. the governor in counei is pleased to publish, for the information of the army, the following extract of a letter from the hon. the court of directors, dated 27th April, 1803. Paragraph 2" We have resolved to appoint twenty-eight additional cadets this season, for the infantry on your establishment. 3d-"Lieut. col. Thom. Coke, and Mr. Valentine Connolly, head surgeon, retired from our service; the former the 16th of January, the latter the 2d of February last. 4th."We have permitted the following military officers to return to their rank on your establishment, viz. capt. Nathaniel Thornton Showers, captain lieut. James Rowles, ensign William Mr. Andrew High, having produced indentures of his appointment by the hon. the court of directors to be an assistant surgeon on this establishment, is admitted accordingly on the medical establishment of this presidency. Col. Urban Vigors, and major Ridgeway Mealy, having returned to India with the permission of the hon. court of directors to resume their rank on the establishment of Fort St. George, are re-admitted on the establishment accordingly. The undermentioned gentlemen are admitted as cadets on the establishment, in conformity to the certificates of their appointment by the hon. the court of directors: CAVALRY. Messrs. William Chatfield, W. D. Baille. INFANTRY, Messrs. George Ogilvie, Joseph Chillingworth, West Tertius Hill, F. A. Ľ. Oste, E. R. Smyth, R. J. Tabois, Allan M'Leod, Peter Fenouhet. Messrs. James Baillie Pender, and John Balmain, having produced indentures of their appoinments by the hon.court of directors to be assistant surgeons on the establishment of this presidency, are admitted on the medical establishment accordingly. OCTOBER. Lieutenant Charles Hawes, to be adjutant of the 2d battalion, 10th regiment of native infantry, vice Stanley, permitted to resign, in consequence of ill health. NOVEMBER. 5th Regt. Native Infantry-Captain lientenant J. Stuart, to be captain of a company, vice Scohy, deceased, date of commission, 23d October, 1805. Lieutenant Robert Barclay, to be captain lieutenant, vice Stuart, promoted, date of commission, 22d October, 1803. Lieutenant Clark, of his majesty's 84th regiment, to be major of brigade to the British troops serving at Goa. Lieutenant Bernard, of the 2d regiment of Bombay native infantry, to be deputy commissary of stores at Goa. Mr. Richard Hassard, cadet, is permitted to resign the service of the honorable company. DECEMBER. Lieutenant Antill, of his majesty's 78d regiment, to be fort adjutant of Pondicherry. Lieutenant Garnet Warburton, to be deputy secretary to the military board. Lieutenant John Bushby, to be assistant secretary to the military board. The undermentioned gentlemen cadets to be ensigns of infantry on this establishment; date of rank, 27th April, 1803. Messrs. John Elam. Thomas M'Lean, David Binny, F. M. Whitehead, C.W. Yates, H. M. Cooper, F. W. Dawson, David Stewart, Charles Langton, A. Sweedland, F. R. Smyth, James Louther, John Read, E. L. Burnam. Madras European regiment-Ensign John Elam, to be lieutenant, date of rank, 16th November, 1803. 3d Regt. 3d Regt. Native Infantry-Ensign David Binny, to be lieutenant, date of rank, 3d July, 1803. 5th Ditto-Ensign J. M. Whitehead, to be lieutenant, date of rank, 16th 3d July, 1803. 10th Ditte-Ensign Duncan Stewart, to be lieutenant, date of rank, 16th November, 1803. 13th Ditto-Ensign C. W. Yates, to be lieutenant, date of rank, 23d September, 1803. Dodd Greaves,-4. John Andrew,5. James Annesley,-6. John Best,7. Gregory Mackenzie,-8. Jaines Patterson,-9. Charles M' Cabe. 1st Regt. Native Infantry-Captain lieutenant J. W. Collins, to be captain of a company, vice Barker, deceased; date of commission, 15th December, 1803. Lieutenant Robert M' Dowall, to be captain lieutenant, vice Collins, promoted; date of commission, 15th December, 1803. JANUARY 1804. GENERAL ORDERS BY GOVERNMEN T The right honorable the governor in council has been pleased to appoint captain Allan grant, to be Aid-de-camp to his lordship, and to direct, that the appointment shall be considered to have taken place from the 1st of September last. The gov. in council having received, through the channel of the commander in chief, a report of the gallant conduct of Jemidar Shalk Modeen, of the 1st battalion 6th native regiment, who with a small party of native troops, in opposition to a considerable force of the enemy, preserved a post of importance on the Godavery, and attacked the ene my with success; his lordship, in council, has been pleased, in testimony of his approbation of the conduct of Jemidar Shaik Modeen, to direct, that he shall be promoted to the rank of Subidar, and be borne and paid as su pernumerary on the Ist battalion of the 6th regiment of nativé infantry, until a vacancy shall afford for placing him on the strength of that corps.i With Regt. Native Infantry Captain lientenant Charles Mandeville, to be captain of a company,vice Read, deceased, date of commission, 19th v October, 1808. Lieutenant J.D. Greenhill, to be captaino lieutenant, vice Mandeville, promoted; date of commission, 19th October 1803. Captain Francis Thompson to be deputy quarter-master general of the subsidiary force at Hydrabad, vice Read, deceased; and captain Allen William › Campbell, of his majesty's 74th regt. to be secretary, to the officer commanding the northern division of the army, in the room of lieutenant J. M. Campbell, killed in the battle of Assaye. Major Colin Macaulay to resign the situation of barrack master, in the southern division of the army, and lieutenant John Duncombe to be appointed to that situation, vice Macaulay. Mr. Macaulay, assistant surgeon, to be attached to the residency of Travancore. and to do duty accordingly, under the orders of the resident at that station Rank of assistant surgeons of the sea. son, 1J99-1, Richard Crosier Sherwood,-2. John White,-9. William VOL. 6. اهر Mr. Robert Heming, cadet of infantry, to be an ensign on the establishment, date of rank to be settled hereafter; that officer to proceed to Europe, on sick certificate. Lieutenant J. Smith, wo to be quarter-masier of the 6th regt. of native cavalry. Lieutenant A. M. Barnbay, to be adjutant of the 7th regt. of native cavalry. Lieut, T. Longan, of the 14th native regt. to be fort adjutant of Vellore, vice Duncombe. Lieut. James Waheb, to be adjutant of the 2d battalion, 17th regt. native infantry, vice Greenhill, promoted. Captain William H. Hewit, of the 17th regt. of native infantry, to be major of brigade to the officer commanding the northern division of the army, vice capt F. Thompson. MARCH G.O. By the Government. Fort St. George. Major general Hay Macdowall, having been appointed, by his majesty, to the staff of India. the right honorable governor in council has been pleased, at the recommendation of the commander in chief, to appoint that officer to be a major general on the staff of the army, serving under the presidency of Fort St. George. 5th Regt. Native Infantry --The following correction of the date of rank assigned to officers. Captain lieutenant A Molesworth, to be captain of a company, vice Martin, promoted; 24th August, 1803. Lieutenant J. Stuart, to be captain lieutenant, vice Molesworth, promo ted; ted; 24th August, 1803. Captain lieutenant J. Stuart, to be captain of a company, vice Blofield, deceased; 23d September, 1803. Lieutenant Robert Barclay, to be captain lieutenant, vice Stuart, promoted; 23d September, 1803. Captain lieutenant Robert Barclay, to be captain of a company, vice Scohy, deceased; 22d October, 1803. Lieutenant Gennys, to be captain lieutenant, vice Barclay, promoted; 22d October, 1803. APRIL. The following promotions to take place. Major Thomas Parkison, of the 18th regiment of native infantry, to be lieutenant-colonel, vice Innes, deceased; date of rank the 24th April, 1804. 18th Regt. Native Infantry-Captain Andrew M'Cally, to be major, vice Parkison, promoted; date of rank, 24th April, 1804. Captain lieutenant Richard Marriott, to be captain of a company, vice M'Cally, promoted; date of commission, 4th April, 1804. Lieutenant Jeffrey Prendergast, to be captain lieutenant, vice Marriott, promoted; date of rank, 24th April, 1804. Mr. surgeon Alexander Watson, to do duty in the southern division of the army, vice Richardson, promoted. 12 Regt. Native Infantry- Captain Samuel Crane, to be major, vice M'Cally, deceased; date of commission, 11th March, 1804. Captain T. Pollock, to be captain of a company, vice Crane, promoted; date of commission, 11th March, 1804. 19 Regt. Native Infantry Ensigns A. Hay, and J. Dunn, to be lieutenants; date of rank, the 22d February, 1804. Ensigns D. C. Smith, to be lieutenants; date of rank, the 1st March, 1804. Lieutenant J. M. Coombs, of the 1st regiment native infantry, to be adjutant of the 1st extra battalion, vice Trewman, removed to the 1st battalion of the 7th regiment. Captain Allan Grant, confirmed in the situation of town major, of Fort St. George, and captain J. St. George, of his majesty's 80th regiment, to be his lordship's aid-de-camp, from the 1st instant, vice Grant, resigned. APRIL. G.D. By Government. Fort St. George. 1st Regi. Native Infantry--Captain Tho. mas Marriott, to be major, vice Jones, transferred to the non-effective establishment; date of commission, 14th April, 1804. Capt. lieut. P. Browne, to be captain of a company, vice Marriott, promoted. Lieutenant David Miller, to be captain lieutenant, vice Brown promoted; date of commission, 14th of April, 1804. 12th Regt. Native Infantry-Ensign W. P. Cunningham, to be lieutenant, vice Milward, promoted; date of commission, 11th March, 1834. Mr. surgeon James Richardson, to be third member of the medical board, vice Main, deceased. The following determination of the relative rank of certain subaltern officers of artillery, as fixed by the honorable the court of directors, in their letter of the 17th August, 1803, is published to the army, and those officers will, in consequence, take rank as follows: Lieutenants M. H. Court, S. Cleaveland, 7th March, 1800. Lieutenants J. J. Mackintosh, C. Gahagan, 19th April, 1800. Lieutenants W. Poignand, J. Pasko, F. M. G. Showers, C. Hopkinson, Thomas Kinsey, G. J. Goreham, 12th December, 1800. Lieutenants W. Morrisson, J. Morehouse, H. Purvis, 31st December, 1800. Lieutenant F. W. Palmer, 31st March, 1801. Lieutenant B. Bishop, 4th February, 1802. Lieutenant W. M. Burton, sih January, 1803. Lieutenant William Shairp, 224 May, 1803. APRIL. Lieutent-colonel Wallace is to command the subsidiary force, serving with his highness the peishwah till further orders. Lieutenant Agnew, to be deputy adjutant general, to the said force. Captain Johnson, of the Bombay engineers, to be deputy quarter-master general. Captain Noble to be commissary of stores. Mr. Gilmont, staff surgeon. Lieutenant Bellingham, paymaster, and commissary of provision. Major Robertson, commissary of grain and bullocks. Lieutenant Hamilton. of the Bengal estabtishment, now serving with the es cort, with the resident at Poonah, Persian interpreter to the commanding officer of the subsidiary force. Captain Boswell Campbell, paymas ter. Captain Welsh, 1st battalion, 3d regiment, judge advocate. Mr. Rashleigh, to be a cadet on this establishment. Lieutenant |