His Majesty King William IV. on the 6th of May 1831, with the rank of colonel in the army. He retired from the FORTY-SIXTH regiment on the 11th of October 1839. The decease of Colonel Archibald Campbell, C.B., occurred at the Isle of Mull, on the 16th of November, 1840. [18] The remark here made by Lieut.-Colonel Campbell is in allusion to the new system of drill, prescribed by the General Order of the 10th of March, 1824, according to the improvements introduced by Major-General Sir Henry Torrens, K.C.B., Adjutant-General of the Forces. [Illustration: FORTY-SIXTH REGIMENT. _For Cannons Military Records_ _Madeley lith 3 Wellington S^t Strand_] SUCCESSION OF COLONELS OF THE FORTY-SIXTH, OR THE SOUTH DEVONSHIRE REGIMENT OF FOOT, ORIGINALLY NUMBERED THE FIFTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT. JOHN PRICE. _Appointed 13th January, 1741._ MR. JOHN PRICE obtained a commission of ensign in a regiment of foot in 1706; and subsequently rose to the rank of Captain and Lieut.-Colonel in the First Foot Guards. In January, 1741, he was promoted to the colonelcy of the FIFTY-SEVENTH (now FORTY-SIXTH) regiment, which was then being raised. In June, 1743, Colonel Price was removed to the fourteenth regiment of foot, and was promoted to the rank of Brigadier-General on the 6th of June, 1745. During the campaign of 1747, he commanded a brigade of infantry in the Netherlands, under His Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland, and highly distinguished himself at the battle of Val, or Laffeld, near Maestricht, on the 2nd of July of that year. His brigade was posted in the village of Val, and his gallantry during the action was commended by the Duke of Cumberland in his public despatch. He died in November following at Breda, in Holland. THE HONORABLE THOMAS MURRAY. _Appointed 23rd June, 1743._ This Officer was promoted by His Majesty King George II. from the Third Foot Guards to be colonel of the FIFTY-SEVENTH (now FORTY-SIXTH) regiment, upon Colonel Price being removed to the fourteenth foot in June, 1743. Colonel the Honorable Thomas Murray was promoted to the rank of major-general on the 1st of April, 1754, and to that of lieut.-general on the 19th of January, 1758. His decease occurred in November, 1764. WILLIAM VISCOUNT HOWE, K.B. _Appointed 21st November, 1764._