THE ARMY.

New Zealand Colonist and Port Nicholson Advertiser, Volume I, Issue 68, 24 March 1843, Page 3

THE ARMY.

The head quarters of the 99th regiment, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Daspard, were to embark the first week in November, at Portsmouth, on board two large ships, taken up expressly for their conveyance. In consequence of the recent admirable adjustment of political affairs in Canada, and the pacification with America, Sir C. Bagot has placed three regiments at the disposal of the Horse Guards, which were to return home immediately, whereby three of the regiments whose periods of service in India had expired, will return home. The return of the King’s Dragoon Guards from Canada will enable the 16th Lancers to return home, relieved, it is supposed, by the 10th Hussars. Severe as have been the sufferings of many British officers; long and valuable as have been their services, and withal cruelly unrequited (the'late gallant Colonel Dennie, for example) none more call for the sympathy of every soldier than the late Major Annesley (cousin of Lord Mountnorris)i of the half-pay unattached, who died in October last, at Malvern Spa, in Worcestershire, where he resided for the benefit of his health, ruined as his constitution was by long and arduous service, and severe wounds. He entered the 61st Regiment as ensign, in 1798, and was on service in various parts of the world; at the Cape of Good Hope, in Egypt, in Sicily, at the Battle of Maida, where he served as Adjutant of the Grenadier Battalion, under the command of Sir Robert O’Callaghan, and throughout the Peninsular war. He was engaged in the battle of Salamanca, as captain, all his senior officers having been either killed or wounded. For this service, as in that of Egypt, he received a medal, but no promotion, which was usual on such occasions, when officers moved to the command of a regiment in the course of an action, and carried it through with gallantry and success. However deeply aggrieved he felt at this neglect, he never stooped to complain. At the passage of Nivelle, November 10, 1813, he received a severe gun-shot wound, which rendered him lame for the remainder of his life; but he, notwithstanding,' accompanied his regiment to the West Indies, and purchased his majority in 1823. In 1836, he retired upon half-pay unattached,. having served his Sovereign and his country gallantly and zealously during a period of forty-four years, thirty-six of which he was unremittingly on full-pay in the 61st Regiment. Printing and Stationery. —The sums paid by the stationery office, for printing for the; House of Commons during the-five years ending 1840,' averaged about 32,000/. each year. The charge f° r the year 1840 was 32,152/. The expense of printing for the House of Lords averages somewhat more than a third of this amount, and was, for 1842, 9718/. The total value of stationery and stores, delivered by her Majesty’s stationery office for. the same years, averaged about 145,000/. In 1840, 1841, the amount was i43;651/.