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MILITARY GAZETTE.

WAR-OFFICE, Sept. 8.-5th Drag. Guards—Major W. II. Archer, from the 14th Light Drags. to be Major, vice King, who exchanges. 3d Light Drags.—A. A. M. Campbell,

Gent, to be Cornet, without purchase, vice Sale, whose appointment has been cancelled.

14th Light Drags.—Major J. W. King, from the 5th Drag. Guards, to be Major, vice Archer, who exchanges. Scots Fusilier Guards—Lieut. and Capt. the Hon. G. A. F.

Liddell to be Capt. and Lieut.-Col. by purchase, vice J. T. G. Taubman, who retires ; Ensign and Lieut. G. W. Mercer to be Lieut. and Capt. by purchase vice Liddell; A. W. H. Meyrick, Gent, to be Ensign and Lieut. by purchase, vice Mercer. 12th Foot—F.

Sitwell, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Drew, who retires ; H. Cole, Gent, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Sitwell, appointed to the 85th Foot. 20th Foot—Lieut. G. Thomson to be Adjt.s Serg.-Major J. M'Gee to be Quartermaster ; Ensign W. H.

Dowling: to be Lieut.- without purchase, vice Thomson, appointed Adjt. - R. E. W.

Gordon, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Dowling. 22d Foot—Ensign G. I'. E. Morrison to be Lieut, by purchase, vice Aplin, who retires; J. IL Gardiner, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Morrison; Serg.-Major W. Hughes to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Holbrook, cashiered by the sentence of a General Court-martlal. 27th Foot—Capt. Sir Arthur Brooke de Capell Brooke, Bart. from half-pay 17th Light Drags. to be Capt.

vice Smith, promoted ; Lieut. John Lewes to be Capt. by purchase, vice Sir Arthur Brooke de Capell Brooke, who retires ; Ensign F. C. Herring, to be Lieut, by purchase, vice Lewes ; Ensign E. Barnes, from the 67th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Herring. 28th Foot—Lieut. A. Browne to be Capt. by purchase, vice Stirling, who retires ; Ensign J.

V. Ellis to be Lieut. by purchase vice Browne ; L. S. Cotton, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Ellis. 30th Foot—b, W. Clubley, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice D'Arcy, appointed to the 67th Foot, 40th Foot—Lieut. L. A. Forbes, from the Ceylon

Rifle Regt. to be Lieut. vice Miller, who exchanges. 41st Foot--Capt. A. J. W. Northey, from the 51st Foot, to be Capt. vice Farmer, who exchanges. 51st Foot-

Capt. T. hi'Lean Farmer, from the Slat Foot, to be Capt. vice Northey, who exchanges.

67th Foot—Ensign W. D'Arcy, from the 30th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Barnes, appointed to the 27th Foot. 85th Foot—Ensign F. Sitwell, from the 12th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Thompson, appointed Adjt. 87th Foot—Sec. Lieut. H. S. Bawtree to be First Lieut.

by purchase, vice Cruickshank, who retires ; W. Murphy, Gent, to be See. Lieut, by purchase, vice Bawtree. 92d Foot—D. Erskine, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Glilles, whose appointment has been cancelled. 97th Foot—Ensign W. 11. Beatty to be Lieut, without purchase, vice 'linden, appointed Adjt. ; Lieut. W. 0.1findon to be Adjt.; C. E. Stainforth, Gent, to be Ensign, vice Beatty.

Rifle Brigade—Quartermaster P. Macdonald to be Adjt. with the rank of Sec. Lieut. &I West India Regt.—Capt. J. Straker, from half.pay York Chasseurs, lobe Capt. vice James P. Berry, who exchanges ; Lieut. E. Pottier to be Capt. by purchase, vice Straker, who retires ; Ensign B. D. Wemyss to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Pottier ; H. Crofton, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Wemyss.

Ceylon Rifle Regt.—Lieut. P. W. Miller, from the 40th Foot, to be Lieut. vice Forbes, who exchanges ; Capt. J. E. Boggle, from the 2d West India Rest. to be Paymaster, Tice R. Jefferson, who retires upon half-pay ; Lieut. ar.d Adjt. H. G. Remmett has been permitted to resign his commission of Adjt. only.

Hospital Staff—W, D. Merchant, Gent, to be Assist.-Surg. to the Forces. Brevet--Capt. Sir A. Ii. de Cenci! Brooke, of the 27th Foot, to be Major In the Army ; Capt. J. Straker, of the 3d West India Regiment, to be Major in the Army ; Lieut. and

Brevet Capt. A. C. Pears, of the Madras Artillery, an °nicer to the HOU. East India Company's Depot at Worley, to have the local and temporary rank of Capt. in the Army while so employed, vice Thuillier.

WAR-ernes, Sept. 11 —7th Light Drags.—Lieut. J. H. Hagart to be Capt. by pur- chase, vice Wyndham, who retires; Cornet E. H. Cooper, to be Lieut. by purchase,

vice liagart ; C. F. C. Colmore, Gent, to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Cooper. 13th Light Drags.—Llent. J. E. Madocks to be Capt. by purchase, vice Nicholson, who re- lured ; Cornet J. M. Clements to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Madocks ; Cornet F. F. W. Harvey to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Aligned, who retires ; A. Tremayne, Gent. to be Cornet, by purchase vice Clements; Sir H. H. Edwardes, Bart, to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Ilarvey. purchase, Fusiliers—Ensign and Lieut. F. Haygarth to be Adjt.

vice Murray, who resigns the Adjutancy only. 1st Foot—Staff-Surg. of the Second Class A. Knox, M.D. to be Burg. vice Carson, who exchanges. 54th Foot—Ensign W.

Marriott to be Quartermaster, vice J. Willox, who retires upon half-pay. 68th Foot- Capt. It. G. Johnstone, from the Royal Canadian IL Re Itcgt. to be Capt. vice Hill, who exchanges. 95th Foot—Lieut. J. H. Carew to be Capt. by purchase. vice Baines, who retires ; Ensign J. N. Sargent to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Carew ; G. C. Taylor, Gent, lobe Ensign, by purchase, vice Sargent.

Rifle Brigade—Capt. A. J. Lawrence to be Major, by purchase, vice Sullivan, pro- moted; Lieut. C. 11. Pollen to be Capt. by purchase, vice Lawrence; Second Lieut. Hon. G. Elliot to be First Lieut. by purchase, vice Pollen ; W. W. Knight, Gent, to be Second Lieut, vice Elliot. 3d West India Regiment—W. Browne, Gent, to be Assist.- Burg. vice Thompson, appointed to the 85th Foot.

Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment—Capt. P. Hill, from the 68th Foot, to be Capt. vice Johnston, who exchanges.

Staff—Paymaster A. Thompson, from half-pay 81st Foot, to be Paymaster of a Re- cruiting District, vice Storey. deceased.

Hospital Staff—Berg. W. Carson, M.D. from the lit Foot, to be Staff-SHY. of the Second Class, vice Knox, who exchanges ; D. 0. Clayton,M.D. to be Assist.Staff-Bur. vice Traquair, who resigns.