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danne, with a body of troops 

 from an advance to the southern 

 bank of the Tagus into Spain. 



They were followed by the Or- 

 denanza, 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 appear- 

 ance, 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 ma- 

 jesty's ship Bellona. December 

 IS. 



PROMOTIONS i7i the year 1810. 



War-office, Jan. 2. Lieutenant- 

 Colonel George Vigoreux, of the 

 second royal veteran battalion, ap- 

 pointed lieutenant-governor of 

 the Scilly Islands, vice Major- 

 general Hewgill, deceased. 



Foreign- Office, Jan. 9. Charles 

 Stuart, esq. appointed to reside 

 at the seat of the provisional go- 

 vernment of Portugal as his ma- 

 jesty's envoy extraordinary and 

 minister plenipotentiary. 



Whitehall, Jan, 9. Bev. 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 ihe hon. Henry Edward 

 Fox, to be governor of Ports- 

 mouth, 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 ap- 

 point Thomas Alcock, esq. to be 

 treasurer of the ordnance, vice 

 Joseph Hunt, esq. resigned. 



Treasury Chambers, Feb. 2. 

 Alex. Osborne, esq. to be a com- 

 missioner of the customs in Scot- 

 land, 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 ma- 

 jesty has been pleased to approve 

 of the following officers being 

 appointed, and formed into a 

 board for superintending and con- 

 ducting the whole medical busi- 

 ness 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, chaplain- 

 general 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-Off.ce, Marchli. James 

 Morier, esq. secretary of em- 

 bassy to the King of Persia. 



War-Office, March 2i. Rev. 

 Wm. Whitfield Dakins, LL. D. 

 chaplain to the forces. 



March 3. At a chapter of the 

 most noble order of the Garter, 



