Memorandum.-The half-pay of the undermentioned officers has been cancelled from the 22d instant, inclusive, upon their receiving commuted allowances for their commissions:

Lieut. Richard Barnett, h. p. 62d Foot; Ens. Alleyne Sacheverell Bateman, h. p. 44th Foot; Ens. John Court Lett, h. p. Royal African Corps; Capt. Maximilian De Foster, h. p. Brunswick Hussars; Ens. William Crossley, h. p. 38th Foot; Hospital-Assistant Temple Pearson, h. p.

The undermentioned officers have also been allowed to retire from the service, receiving commuted allowances for their commissions:

Lieut. Henry M'Fadden, of the 88th Foot; Staff-Assist.-Surg. Philip O'Reilly, of the Hospital Staff.

3d Regt. of Lancashire Militia.-Commission signed by His Majesty.-Capt. J. Woodford, to be Adjut.

Norfolk Corps of Yeomanry Cavalry.-J. Banks, Gent. to be Surg. vice Rudge, res.

BIRTHS.

At Devonport, the Lady of Capt. Hawkins, 89th Regt, of a daughter.

Oct. 20, at Langstone, the Lady of C. Andrews, R.N. of a daughter.

Oct. 25, at Glasgow, the Lady of Major H. Herbert Farquharson, Royals, of a daughter." Oct. 28, in Hertford Street, May Fair, the Lady of Major the Hon. George Keppel, M.P. of a daughter.

At Portsmouth, the Lady of Capt. Thos. Fred. Hart, 94th Regt. of a son.

In Dublin, the Lady of Capt. J. Harrison, 83d Regt. of a daughter.

Nov. 9, in Liverpool, the Lady of Lieut. R. T. Furlong, 30th Regt., of a daughter.

Nov. 11, at Nottingham, the Lady of Lieut. James Salmond, 2d Dragoon Guards, of a son. In Dublin, the Lady of Capt. Johnston, 83d Regt., of a daughter.

At Tynemouth, the Lady of Lieut. Young, 24th Regt. of a son.

On the 15th inst. at his residence, Pond House, Twickenham Common, the Lady of Joseph Chap pell Woollnough, Esq., Commander in the Royal Navy, of a son and heir.

In Montagu Square, the Lady of Capt. Rose Henry Fuller, R.N. of a son.

At Tor Point, near Devonport, the Lady of Capt. Rodney Shannon, R.N., of a daughter. MARRIAGES.

In Bengal, Capt. T. Blundell, 11th Light Dragoons, to Quintilla, daughter of Lieut.-Col. Kennedy, 5th Native Cavalry.

Oct. 17, at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Lieut. J. Telford, 96th Regt, son of William Telford, Esq, of Greenville, King's County, to Caroline Frances Maria, daughter of the late Col. Welsford.

At Clifton, Capt. T. de la Condomine, unat. to Janet Mary, daughter of the late William Agnew, Esq.

At Sidmouth, Commander Alfred Matthews, R.N. to Emily Rosetta, youngest daughter of the late Rev. James Bernard, of Sidmouth.

Captain Francis Ringler Thomson, Royal Engineers, to Selina Harriett Cotton, widow of the late G. H. Macartney, Esq. and niece of W. A. Brooke, Esq. Chief Judge of Benares.

At Celbidge, Capt. A. W. Cradock, h. p. 15th Regt., to Georgiana, third daughter of the late Capt. Erasmus Browne, of Elm Villa, county Kildare.

Oct. 29, at Topham Church, Capt. W. J. D'Urban, 25th Regt. son of Major-General Sir Benjamin D'Urban, K.C.B., to Mary Elizabeth Stewart, only child of the late Samuel Mitchell, Esq., of Newport, Devonshire, and of Hope Vale, in the island of Grenada.

At Lamesly Chapel, in the county of Durham, Capt. Trotter, 2d Life Guards, and of Dyrham Park, Hertfordshire, to the Hon. Char.A. Liddell. At Wash, Lieut. Colonel Ashworth, to Harriet, only daughter of Sir Bellingham Graham, Bart. By special licence, at the Palace Chapel, Lieut. Gerald Bailie Hamilton, Royal Fusileers, to Augusta, fourth daughter of the late Colonel A. Morshead, of Widley Court, near Plymouth.

Nov. 5, Capt. Richard Learoyd, late of the 62d Regt., to Miss Elizabeth Whitlark, of Leeds.

Nov. 6, at Ippollitts, Lieut.-Colonel Shawe, Coldstream Guards, to Jane Grace, second daughter of Peter Horvey Lovell, Esq. of Cole Park, Wilts, and Ippollitts, Herts.

In Londen, Lieut. John M. Hewson, 89th Regt. to Genevieve, relict of the late John Beaumont, Esq. of Madras.

Nov. 9, at Dublin, Lieut. Crofton Thomas Vandeleur, 34th Regiment, to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of the Right Hon. M. Fitzgerald, Knight of Kerry.

Nov. 12, at Booterstown Church, Lieut. Francis Brown, 6th Dragoon Guards, to Charlotte Augusta, daughter of the late W. Ransford, Esq. of Elm Park.

Nov. 13, at Dublin, Lieut. Melville Gore Matson, 59th Regt, to Charlotte, daughter of the late W. Butler, Esq. and grand-niece of Cæsar Colclough, Esq. of Tintern Abbey, Wexford.

At Marylebone Church, Capt. John T. Talbot, R.N. to Christian, eldest daughter of the late Wm, Kidd, Esq.

DEATHS.

LIEUT.-COLONEL.

Sept., Congreve, h. p. 70th Foot, Dunkerque.

CAPTAINS.

March 4, Downing, h. p. R. Mar.
July 18, Koch, h. p. 2d Huss. Ger. Leg.
Aug. 2, Wylde, h. p. R. Mar.
Aug. 13, Simpson, late of do.
Forshall, h. P. do.

Sept. 21, Gould, h. p. 77th Foot.
Sept. 24, Rumanney, h. p. 24th Drag.
Sept. 28. Meighan, h. p. 32d Foot.

Oct. 7, Mac Leod (Adft.), Ross, Mil. Dingwall.
Oct. 13, Fullarton, h. p. 30th Foot.
Oct. 22, Murray, R. Mar.

LIEUTENANTS.

Dec. 5, 1832, Kentish, h. p. R. Mar.
Feb. 9, Scott, h. p. R. Mar.
April, Vincent, 16th Drag.
April 10, Ogden, R. Mar.
April 13, Cahuac, h. p. R. Mar.

April 24, Garrett, 16th Drag. Cawnpore, Bengal.

May 8, Knight, 6th Foot, Bombay.
June 16, Taylor, h. p. 82d Foot.
June 24, M Farlane, h. p. R. Mar.
June 29, Joseph Mariin, h. p. R. Mar.

Aug. 18, Cleeve, R. Art, St. John's, New. Brunswick.

Sept. 8, Hopper, h. p. Nova Scotia Fencibles, Grenville Canal, Canada.

Sept. 16, Creaghe, h. p. 7th Gar. Bat.
Sept. 18, M Leod, h. p. 71st Foot.
Sept. 19, Pigon, h.p. 3d Drag. Guards, Torres.
Sept. 24. Cargill, h.p. 52d Foot, Perth.

Oct., Colepepper, late 1st R. Vet. Bat. Loudon.
Oct. 8. Duff, hp. 64th Foot.

CORNETS, SECOND-LIEUTENANTS, AND ENSIGNS.

May 15, Lord, 6th Foot, Bombay.

Sept. 19, Wainwright (Adjut.), 2d Life Guards, Windsor.

Aug. 30, Edlman, h. p. 19th Drag.
Wynn, h. P. R. Mar.

Johnstone, 88th Foot.

ASSISTANT-SURGEON.

Doherty, 49th Foot.

COMMISSARIAT DEPARTMENT.

Oct. 22, Depty-Com.-Gen. Manby, h. p.

June 3, at Berhampore, Lieut.-Col. S. Mit-
chell, C.B. 3d Buffs.

Aug. 31, at sea, Lieut. Robert Alexander
Hunter, 2d West India Regt.

Sept. 12, at Newfoundland, Lt. J. Bulger, R.N.
Oct. 20, at Southampton, George Ridsdale
Basden, Esq. Purser, R. N.

At Luhan, Dublin, Capt. W. Blair, late 2d
Life Guards.

At Bishopstone, Major Farncombe, late of
the 76th Regt.

At Trowbridge, Lieut. T. Linthorne, R.N.

In Ireland, Capt. W.J. Stewart, ret. h.p. R. M.
Oct. 29, Sir William Franklin, K.C.H., Prin-
cipal Inspector-General of the Army Medical
Department.

Suddenly, of apoplexy, Major-General Samuel

Warren.

Nov. 1, at Naas, co. Kildare, Capt. Benjamin
Carter, R.N. in his 61st year.

Nov. 7, at Chertsey, C. Stirling, Esq. Vice-
Admiral of the White.

Nov. 12, at Limerick, Lieut. John Rose, h. p.
96th Regt.

Nov. 13, at Bath, Admiral Sir Hubert
Sawyer, K.C.B. in his 70th year.

At Walworth, Commander Robert Pettit,
R.N. aged 67.

At Norwich, Commander Barwick, R.N.
Commander Bentham, R. N.

At Edinburgh, Lieut. the Hon. Charles Henry
Murray, R.N. brother of the late Lord Elibank.
Nov. 18, at Kilkenny, Capt. the Hon. F. G.
Howard, 90th.

Major-General William Binks (whose de-
cease was announced in our last Number,) en-
tered the service as Second-Lieutenant Royal
Marines, 11th July, 1776; First-Lieutenant, 2d
August, 1778; Captain, 26th April, 1793;
Brevet-Major. 29th April, 1802; Major, Royal
Marines, 21st December, 1803; Lieut.-Colonel,
23d March, 1807; Brevet Colonel, 4th June,
1814; and Major-General, 19th July, 1821. He
was on unattached pay.

Lieut.-General John Croker (whose decease
at his house in Baggot street, Dublin, was
noticed in our last,) became a Lieut.-Colonel in
the army 28th January, 1796; Colonel, 1st
January, 1805: Major-General, 25th July, 1810;
and Lieut.-General, 12th August, 1819. He
served in the West Indies for some years, and
was on the Staff at St. Vincents.

of reserve companies, on the ap-

pointment of, 541

Affairs at Home and Abroad, 117, 265,
411, 549

Affleck, General Sir J., memoir of, 227
Agincourt, visit to the field of, 160-de-

scription of, 162-village of, 163-ac-
count of the battle of, 164-discovery of
relics at, 167

Alexandria, some account of, 312, 520
Algiers, number of troops in, 92

Amelia frigate on the coast of Africa in
1813, 258

Amphitrite, account of the wreck of the, 15
-conduct of the Captain of, 157-extract
from the "Annotateur" concerning the,

158

André, Major, exhumation of his remains,
303-grave of, 305-present made by
his sisters to J. Buchanan, Esq., 310
Anecdotes of the Fourth Regiment of
Horse, by an eye-witness, 515
Annals of the British Army, 129, 267, 567
Annuals, reviewed, 384

Appointments and Promotions, 139, 284,
428, 572

Architecture, Naval, inquiry into, 355-
neglect of, 523-erroneous views upon
its present state, 526-various plans for
its improvement, ib.

Army and Navy Appointments, strictures
on the Report of the Committee on, 449
of Sweden, 232

Estimates, 128
of Germany, 231

of India, remarks on, 540
perfection of an, 74

-, Spanish, re-modelled, 518
stations of the, 138, 283, 427, 566
Arrow-head, ancient, described, 168
Artillery, French, new arrangements for
the, 518

Astronomy, nautical, 208-the new Ephe-
meris, ib.-requisite tables, 209-Janet
Taylor's Luni-solar and Horary Tables,
212

Austrian troops, review of, 518, 554

Bibl age, Mr., his calculating engine, 543
Badajoz, sacking of, 32-appearance of
the castle, ib.-the spirit stores ran-
sacked, 33-brutality of the soldiers, 34
Bars and sandbanks, causes of, 109, 398
Bayonet, on the use of the, 406, 444
Belgian soldiery, 302

progress of population and price of grain
in, 498-speech of the King of, 552
Belmore, Lord, remark of, 26
Berlin, monument at, 377
Biographical Memoirs of distinguished
Officers :-General Sir James Affleck,
Bart., 227-Major-General Nathaniel
Blackwell, C.B., ib.-Major-General
George Bowness, 228

Births, 142, 286, 431, 575

Blackler, Col., his abrupt dismissal, 549
Blackwell, Major-Gen., memoir of, 227
Blake, R. F. S., his plans for the improve-
ment of Naval Architecture, 526
Bourmont, Marshal, his attack on Oporto,
123-said to have quitted Miguel, 409
Bowness, Major-Gen., memoir of, 228
Brabant, height of the militia in, 498
British Enlistment for the Wars of Por-
tugal, 299

Brotherton, Colonel, extract of a letter
from, 16

Buchanan, J., Esq., his narrative of the
exhumation of the remains of Major
André, 303

Buffalo-hunting, 57, 60

Bulwer, Mr., his "England and the Eng-
lish" reviewed, 234

Burnet, John, his painting of the Green-
wich Pensioners, 96

Burton, Captain, on the parabola from a
circle, 514

Byron, Lord, his opinion of the modern
Greeks, 18

Cabinet Cyclopædia, the, noticed, 239
Annual Register, 239

Cadiz, attack on, 339

Calvi, attack and surrender of, 327
Campbell, Sir Colin, directions of, 10
Cavalry, heavy, at Salamanca, 351
Chassé, General, medal presented to, 519
Cholera, specific against, 115
Clothing of the Army, question of, 418, 560
Comic Offering, the, noticed, 381
Corporal punishment in the Army, 126
Correspondence, General, 104, 233, 392,536
from the principal Ports
and Stations, 97, 241, 385, 529
Courier, an overland, 519
Courts Martial, practice of, reviewed, 240
Crime, inquiry into the cause and repres
sion of, 342-definition of, 343-M.
Quetelet's letter on, 345, 492
Crisis at Waterloo; Major Gawler's an
swer to Sir Hussey Vivian's Reply, 1—
-Sir H. Vivian's Reply, 145
Currents of the ocean, observations

2 P

on,

501

Deaths, 142, 287, 431, 575
Deccan, Scenes and Sports in the, 55
-shooting the buffalo, 57, 60-a tiger
killed, 59

Devonport, correspondence from, 101-
naval occurrences at, 248
Dinner, Turkish, 465

Donna Maria, fleet of, 119-her visit to
Portsmouth, 241, 246

Douaniers, French, their cruelty, 150
Dragoons, double service to be done by, 232

Editor's Portfolio, or Naval and Military
Register, 117, 265, 409, 549
Egyptian Marine, sketches of a year's
service in, 311, 459

Navy, strength of, 319

England and the English, reviewed, 234
Enlistment, British, for the civil wars of
Portugal, 299
Ephemeris, the new, 208

Ferdinand, King of Spain, account of his
death, 409

Finden's Illustrations to Lord Byron's
Works, 96, 528

Fontenoy, incident at the battle of, 516
Foreign Miscellany, 92, 230, 377, 517
Fourth Regiment of Horse, anecdotes of
the, by an eye-witness, 515
France, artillery of, 92-colours of, ib.
cost of the troops, 93-adult population
of, 230-organized force of, 233-Ge-
neral officers of, ib.-ministry of war,
ib.-fire-arms, ib.-Field-officers of, 377
-National guards of, 517
French Privateering in the West Indies, 65
Sketches of their war in Spain in
1823, 180, 335, 468
Friendship's Offering, noticed, 384

Garrison appointments, remarks on, 450
Gawler, Major, his answer to Sir Hussey
Vivian's " Reply" relative to the Crisis
at Waterloo, I-Sir Hussey Vivian's
remarks thereon, 145

General Correspondence, 104, 253, 392, 536
General Orders, Circulars, &c., 270, 416,
557

Germany, army of, 231

Gibraltar, rambles from, 367

Gordon, Sir Willoughby, on the clothing
of the Army, 418
Graham's Island, survey of, 556
Greece, Modern, 17-National standard
of, 233-military tactics of, 433"
Grievances of a Veteran, 536
Guards, Russian, 94

Ganners, practical, on the terms employed
by, &c., 78

Gunnery, naval, remarks on, 82-beds
and quoins, 115-terms in, 259
Gustavus Adolphus, his system of tactics,

519

Harrison, Mr., his improvement on Huy-
gens' timekeeper, 216

Helvetic Confederation, army of the, 378
Hénin, warning given by him, 152
Henry V. at Agincourt, 163

Henwood, Wm., on naval architecture, 355
Herschel, Sir John, his Treatise on Astro-
nomy, noticed, 239-sails for the South-
ern Hemisphere, 551

Hesse Cassel, army of, 521

Hill, Lord, his communication to the Duke
of Wellington, 277
Holland, population of, 519
Howard's steam-engine, 222
Hyderabad and the Army of the Nizam,
notes on, 320, 486

exercise, new, 513
Jackson, Quartermaster, his reverse of for-
tune, 516

Jamaica, account of the insurrection in, 26
Japan, towns in, some account of, 521
Jones, Colonel, his Journal of Sieges, 513
Jourdan, Marshal, his death, 553
Juries, change in the formation of, 492

Kanaris, exploits of, 17-his bravery, 21-
his daring conduct off Hippo, 22-burns
a Turkish ship offTenedos, 24-destroys
a Turkish frigate, 25-character of him,
26

Keepsake, noticed, 528
Knapsack, Hanoverian, observations on
the, 83-its exterior construction, 85-
interior construction, 87-its material, 89

Macfarlane, Lieut. Patrick, court-martial

on, 557

Mahomed Ali Pacha, some account of, 314
Mamelukes, discipline of the, 439
Maria, Donna, fleet of, 119-her visit to
Portsmouth, 241, 246

Maroons, (the militia of Jamaica,) 30-
their method of surprising an enemy, ib.
Marriages, 142, 286, 431, 575
Martin, R., fidelity of his servant, 38
Mathieu, Jacque, 65-his manœuvres, 67
-his intrepidity, 70

Married interest, regimental, remarks on,
549

Mates, naval, on the uniform of, 546
Maximilian towers, described, 520
Mechanical power, remarks on, 220
Meteorological Register, 144, 288, 432, 576
Midshipman, gallant conduct of a, 172
Miguel, Dom, position of, 552
Milford-Haven, correspondence from, 102,
249, 390, 533

Military Achievements and Occurrences,
and Chronological Events of the Army,
130

Decorations and Civil Merit, 543
Military Inquiry, Committee of, 256-
observations on the Report of, 369

Punishments, circular on, 270
Service, Promotions, and Pros-

pects, 393
Mina, capitulates to the Duke of Corneg-
liano, 191

Mirabeau, anecdote of, 72

Miscellany, Foreign, 92, 230, 377, 517
Miseries of a new member of the Yacht
Club, 202

Mitchell, Major, his observations on the
Report of the Committee of Naval and
Military Inquiry, 369-his Essays on
Tactics, 435

Moguls, the, their habits and manners, 233
Molitor, General, attacks Ballasteros, 181
Monte Video, assault of, 129

Mussulmen, superstition of, 61, 62, 64
Muttus Bey, some account of, 461

naval, duties of, 289, 529

on full and half-pay, leave of ab-
sence of, 544

On "letting well alone," 76
Oomrahs, or nobles, of Hyderabad, 486
Oporto, news from, 123-Bourmont's at-
tack on, ib.

Ordnance, ranges of, 512
Oriental Annual, noticed, 384

Osman Nureddin Pacha, Commander-in-
chief of the Egyptian navy, 459
Owen, Captain, his Narrative of his Voy-
age to Africa, 96, 509

Pampeluna, attack of the French on, 185
Parabola from a circle, 514

Pardoe, Miss, her Traits and Traditions of
Portugal, 527

Parisian National Guards, 517
Parliament, prorogation of, 117
Parliamentary Proceedings connected with
the Army and Navy, abstract of, 126,
270, 417, 560

Patagonia, Voyage to, reviewed. 240
Patten v. Parke, in answer to Tyro, 538
Pedro, Dom, proceedings of, at Lisbon, 266
Percussion-lock, trial of the, 93

Peter Simple, by the author of "The
King's own," 527

Pipon, Captain Philip, voyages of, 327, 476
Poe, Lieut. J. W., court-martial on, 558 2
Polish army, new, 378

anecdote of, 120
Napoleon, anecdote of, 76

Naval and Military Inquiry, Major Mit-
chell's observations on the Report of the
Committee of, 369

549

- Register, 117, 265, 409,

531-Donna Maria's visit to, 241, 386
Portugal, reports from, 99-affairs of, 265
Privateering, French, in the West Indies, 65
Prizes, advertised for payment, &c. 559
Promotions and Appointments, 139, 284,
428, 572

Prussians, their conduct at Waterloo, 12

Quetelet, Monsieur, his letter on the re-
pression of crime, 345, 492

Ranges of ordnance, 512

Readers and Correspondents, Notices to,
116, 264, 408, 548

Rennell, Major, on the currents of the At-
lantic, 501