At the close of the first period of the Revolutionary war Sir Colquhoun Grant was found Major 15th Light Dragoons; next year Lieut.-Colonel 72d, and in 1808 in the same rank in his former corps: Colonel 1811, MajorGeneral 1814. This officer was physically, as well as morally, well adapted to the great Battle of Waterloo.

These notices close with an officer who has much and most deservedly excited peculiar interest, and of whom therefore it causes peculiar regret that a more sufficient account should not be given. It is yet, however, satisfac tory to feel that as he still continues an ornament of the British army, experiencing personally the interest he has inspired, so there is reason to hope his meed of praise is by no means lost.

Of an ancient family of Cornwall, Sir Hussey Vivian became, on the commencement of the war, Ensign in the 20th foot, and immediately proceeded on active service in Lord Moira's army, and afterwards shared the service in Holland. The West Indies and Gibraltar employed him till 1798, when he exchanged into the regiment in which he has become distinguished. With the 7th Light Dragoons he was present at the Helder in its various circumstances: for promotion, he changed momentarily his regiment, but returned to his own, time enough to be at Corunna, and in Sir John Moore's immortal rear-guard from Lugo. As soon as service seemed active, he rejoined the Peninsular army under Lord Wellington; and in its last operations was disabled in the right arm.

He served afterwards on the Staff at Brighton, and received the honor of Knight Commander of the Bath; so that his energies, like the preceding subject, were peculiarly called forth on this occasion.

As hath been already observed, anecdote is for the present happily superseded; it should be added that in every respect, where it could be employed it would eminently redound to the character, both military and domestic, of Sir Hussey Vivian.

Among those of whom the accidents of arrangement have prevented notice in their proper place, is Major-Gen, Sir Thomas Brisbane, K.C.B. who, entering the service in 1789, as Ensign in the 38th, and passing through one of the independant companies, became Major of the 53d in 1795; Lieutenant-Colonel in the 69th in 1796, (whence he went on half-pay in the York Rangers in the same year,) and Colonel in the army in July 1810. Since that time he served on the Staff with distinction, first in the Peninsula and afterwards in Canada, whence he again came on the Staff of the Army of Occupation.

GENERAL THANKS TO THE ARMY AND NAVY, 1814.

At the close of such a War, and with so much glory, at a time when every voice pronounced the praise of the British Army, and the songs of Poets vied with each other for its celebration; the chaste and dignified thanks of the British Parliament, though overpowered in the general acclamation, remain a beautiful monument of its services.

These pages are here fortunate in having the whole communications on the subject, except the General Orders which would convey the agreeable intentions, through corps, divisions, and brigades, to regiments, and the meritorious individuals.

Lord Eldon to the Duke of York.

The Lord Chancellor has the honour to send to your Royal Highness The Commander-in-Chief of His Majesty's forces, the enclosed Resolutions of the House of Lords, which he has been commanded to transmit to

your Royal Highness for the purpose ex

pressed in the Resolutions.

(Signed) Eldon, C.

House of Lords, 11th July, 1814.

His Royal Highness

The Commander-in-Chief

of His Majesty's Forces.

Mercurii 13 die Julii, 1814.

My Lord,

Horse Guards, July 12th, 1814.

I have received your Lordship's letter of yesterday, transmitting the unanimous vote of thanks of the House of Lords to His Majesty's Army, for the services rendered to their king and country; and, according to the desire of their Lordships, I shall not fail to communicate, in the handsome terms in which the vote is expressed, the sense the House entertain of the meritorious and eminent services of the officers and of the exemplary and gallant behaviour of the non-commissioned officers and privates during the war.

It remains for me to assure your Lordship of the satisfaction I derive from the oppor tunity thus afforded me of conveying to the different branches of the Army, so honoura、 ble a testimonial of the eminent services rendered by them to His Majesty and the Nation.

I am, My Lord, yours,

In the name and by the command of the Commons of Great Britain and Ireland, in Parliament assembled, I have the honor to lay before your Royal Highness their unanimous thanks to the officers of his Majesty's Army, for the meritorious and eminent services which they have rendered to their king and country during the course of the war;