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MILITARY GAZETTE. WAR-OFFICE, Oct. 9.—let Regt. of Drag. Guards—Lieut. Robert,

Earl of Kings- ton, from half-pay Unatt. to be Lieut. vice Sherwen, promoted, without purchase, to an Unatt. Company ; Cornet A. J. P. Wadham to be Lieut. by purchase, vice the Earl of Kingston, who retires. 2d Drag. Guards—Quartermaster S. Calvert to be Cornet, without purchase ; Cornet S. Calvert to be Adjt. vice Price, promoted; Re- gimental Sergt.-alajor W. Rae to be Quartermaster, vice Calvert, appointed Cornet and Adjt. 3d Regt. of Drag. Guards—To be Lieutenants, without purchase—Lieut. H. F. Richmond, from 10th Light Drags.; Cornet H. W. Berkeley. 7th Drag. Guards—Cornet H. Nichol' to be Lieut. without purchase. 2d Drags.—Lieut. It. S. Hunter to be Capt. without purchase, vice Brevet-Major Boyd, dec.; Cornet N. Mills to be Lieut. without purchase, vice Hunter. 4th Light Drags.—Cornet and Sub-Lieut. Lord Ernest M'D. Vane-Tempest, from the 2d Life Guards, to be Cornet, vice Booth, promoted; G. Paxton, Gent. to be Cornet, without purchase, vice Hunt, promoted. 9th Light Drags.— Cornet W. B. Gifford, from the 7th Drag. Guards, to be Cornet, without purchase, vice Jones,promoted. 13th Light Drags.—Lieut. J. Davis to be Capt. without purchase, vice Hon. J. W. H. Hutchinson, dec.; Cornet H. 0. Munn to be Lieut. without purchase, vice Davis ; Cornet and Adjt. G. Gard- ner to have the rank of Lieut.; Cornet T. P. Gratrex to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Munn, whose promotion by purchase, on Sept. 25, has been cancelled. 14th Light Drags.—Cornet L. Mackenzie to be Lieut. without purchase, vice Mayne, promoted in the 3d Light Drags. 15th Light Drags.—To be Lieutenants, without purchase- Lieut. J. A. Clark, from 10th Light Drags. ; Lieut. C. Steel, from 12th Light Drags.

Royal Engineers—The name of the Gent. Cadet appointed Lieut. in the Gazette of Aug. 17, with date of Aug. 1, is R. G. Thorold, and not R. G. Thorald, as previously stated.

Grenadier Guards—Ensign and Lieut. J. B. B. Coulson to be Lieut. and Capt. by purchase, vice Hon. F. Ponsonby, promoted ; Lieut. the Hon. A. Annesley, from the 92d Foot, to be Ensign and Lieut. by purchase, vice Coulson. Coldstream Guards—The name of the officer appointed Adjt. Oct. 2d is A. J. Fremantle, and not Freemantle, as previously stated. Scots Fusilier Guards—Ensign and Lieut. C. G. Tottenham to be Lieut. and Capt. without pur. vice Buckley, killed inaction. 1st Foot—Lieut. J. Deacon to be Paymaster, vice Espinasse, who retires upon half- pay ; Lieut. F. P. Muller to be Adjt. vice Brown, promoted. 3d Foot—F. J. S. Ilotchkin, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Heywood, promoted ; Assist.- Surg. T. Dolan, from the Staff, to be Assist.-Surg. vice Day, appointed to the Staff. 7th Foot—To be Lieutenants, without purchase—Ensign J. A. Gardner, vice Wright, killed in action • Ensign H. J. Barnard, vice Colt, killed in action. To be Ensigns, without purchase—Lieut. A. Tibeaudo, from the 6th Royal Lancashire Militia, vice Gardner ; G. J. Franklin, Gent. vice Barnard. To be Adjutant—Lieut. J. H. Waller, vice Hobson, killed in action. 9th Foot—Ensign H. Gippa to be Lieut. without purchase, vice Bedford, appointed to the 92d Foot ; J. S. Jeffares, Gent. to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Gipps. 12th Foot—T. H. Oliver, Gent. to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Terry, appointed to the 25th Foot. 14th Foot —Sergt.-Major F. Ranee to be Ensign, without purchase. 19th Foot—Lieut. W. M. Westropp, from the 76th Foot, to be Capt. by purchase, vice Brevet-Lieut.-Col. Jackson, who retires. 20th Foot—S. Egan, Gent. to be Ensign, without purchase. 21st Foot—To be Lieutenants, by purchase—Ensign T. H. Sherwood, vice Sheffield, promoted ; Ensign H. de Montfort, vice L. T. Clarets, who has retired. 23d Foot— To be Lieutenants, without purchase—Ensign P. H. Knight, vice Somerville, killed in action ; Ensign J. Tilly, vice Dyneley, killed in action. To be Ensigns, without purchase—C. J. Wrench, Gent. vice Knight ; Annealey Cary, Gent. vice Tilly. To be Adjutant—Lieutenant G. P. Prevost, vice Dyneley, killed in action. 25th Foot—Ensign F. S. Terry, from the 12th Foot, to be Ensign, without purchase ; E. A. T. Cunynghame, Gent. to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Moorhead, pro- moted in the 92d Foot ; Acting Assist.-Surg. E. P. Gamble, M.A. to be Assist.- Surg. vice Fraser, promoted on the Staff. 28th Foot—Brevet-Major P. A. Butler to be Major, without purchase, vice Andrews, who retires upon full-pay ; Lieut. J. G. Turner to be Capt. without purchase, vice Butler ; Ensign hf. Guard to be Lieut. without purchase, vice Turner; W. 0. Bourke, Gent. to be Ensign, without pur- chase, vice Guard, promoted. 30th Foot—Major C. Sillery to be Lieut.-Col. without purchase, vice Patullo, killed in action; Brevet-Major T. Pakenham to be Major, without purchase, vice Sillery; M. D. Stephenson, Gent, to be Ensign, without pur- chase, vice Deane, killed in action. 32d Foot—N. T. Crane, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Knox, promoted. 33d Foot—Ensign W. Bally to be LieuL without purchase, vice Donovan, killed in action; W. H. Gore, Gent. to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Bally. 34th Foot—Ensign R. L. Dashwood to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Scott, promoted; C. L. Dashwood, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice R. L. Dashwood. 38th Foot—The Christian names of Ensign Hodges, appointed on the 6th of September, are Thomas Trophimus. 40th Foot—Ensign R. H. Vieth, from the 3d West India Regiment, to be Ensign, without purchase. 41st Foot—Lieut. A. G. Lowry to be Capt. without purchase, vice Every, killed in action ; Ensign S. R. R. Smith to be Lieut. without purchase, vice Lowry ; Lieut. M. X. Gwynn, from' the Royal Glamorgan Light Infantry Regiment of Militia, to be Ensign, with- out purchase, vice Smith. 42e1 Foot—Lieut.-Col. A. Cameron, C.B. from half-pay Ithatt. to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Tullocb, who exchanges; William H. Spooner, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, in succession to Lieut. Sir P. Halkett, Bart. prom. 43d Foot—Lieut. F. M. Colville to be Capt. by purchase, vice Stapleton, appointed to the Grenadier Guards; Ensign A. R. Close to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Col- ville; V. Fame, Gent. to be Ensign, without purchase; Lieut. R. M. Pakenham to be Adjt. vice Wilmot, promoted. 44th Foot—Brevet-Major T. P. Begbie, from half- pay Unatt. to be Capt. repaying the difference, vice Howard, who exchanges. 49th Foot—Lieut. J. Hopkins to be Capt. without purchase, vice Rochfort, killed in ac- tion; Ensign E. D. Astley to be Lieut. by purchase, vice C. Fitzgerald, whose pro- motion, by purchase, on the 10th Nov. 1854, has been cancelled. 53d Foot—Ensign

T. C. Ffrench to be Lieut. without purchase, vice Humfrey, appointed to the 92d Foot ; J. Miller, Gent. to be Ensign, without purchase, vice T. C. Ffrench. 55th Foot—Limit. G. A. Morgan to be Capt. without purchase, vice Brevet-Lieut.-Col. Cuddy, killed in action: Ensign A. 8. Young to be LieuL without purchase, rice Morgan ; Ensign J. H. IL Landon, from the Hereford Militia, to be Ensign, with- out purchase; G. D. Lys, Esq. to be Paymaster, vice Maedonnell, appointed to a Depot Battalion. 58th Foot—Lieut. G. H. Wynyard to be Capt. by purchase, vice Batheavis, who retires. 60th Foot—Ensign M. Tilford to be Adjt. 62d Foot- Lieut. C. C. Cubitt to be Capt. without purchase, vice Cox, killed in action. To be Lieutenants, withoWpurchase—Ensign W. L. R. Scott, vice Cubitt; Ensign A. P, Walsh, vice Blakiston, killed in action. To be Lieutenant, by purchase—Ensign C, F. Holder, vice Dickson, promoted. To be Ensigns, without purchase—Lient. A.

G. Keen, from the 2d Stafford Militia; Lieut. J. O'Hara, from the Antrim Militia Artillery, vice Walsh ; G. A. Crickett, Gent. to be Ensign, without purchase, eke Scott. 68th Foot—Eosin Reginald Brocas to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Edwards, promoted. 71st Foot—Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class William Simpson, M.B. to be Surgeon, vice Dods, appointed to the Staff. 77th Foot —Lieutenant Charles' E. Knight to be Capt. without purchase, vice Pechell, killed in action; Ensign C. B. Saunders to be Lieut. without purchase, vice Knight ; sign R. B. Hill, from the 36th Foot, to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Richards, who re- tires ; J. Jordan, Gent. to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Saunders. 820 Foot-- E. 8. Mason, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase ; Lieut. C. E. G. Browne to be Adjt. vice Mauls, promoted. The proper designation of the Ensign appointed on the 3d Sept. is C. T. B. Spitler. 83d Foot—Cape the Hon. E. J. W. Forester, from half. pay Unattached, to be Capt. vice G. F. Moore, who exchanges. 85th Foot—Ensigo, B. Reeves to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Athorp, promoted. 87th Foot—Second Lieut. the Hon. D. G. Osborne to be Lieut. by purchase, vice A,, Steuart, who re- tires. 90th Foot—Brevet-CoL U. C. D. St. Quintin, from half-pay Unattached, to be Lieut.-Col. vice Deverell, who exchanges ; Major W. P. Purnell to be Lieut.-Col. by purchase, vice Brevet-Col. St. Quintin, who retires; Capt. R. Grove to be Major; by purchase, vice Purnell; Lieut. J. C. Rattray to be Capt. without purchase, site Preston, killed in action. To be Lieutenants, without purchase—Ensigns W. H. L. Carleton, vice Rattray; R. H. Synge, vice Swift, killed in action; H. Bingham, vice Wilmer, killed in action. To be Ensign, by purchase—J. - V. H. Rees, Gent. vice Moultrie, promoted. To be Ensigns, without purchase—Lieut. J. W. Knox, from the 5th Middlesex Militia, vice Carleton ; G. E. Perryn, Gent. vice Synge; H. B. Savory, Gent. vice Bingham. 92d Foot—To be Lieutenants, without purchase— Ensign F. Pike, from the 96th Foot; Lieut. C. A. Humfrey, from the 530 Foot; Lieut. C. J. R. Bedford, from the 9th Foot. 94th Foot—To be Ensigns, by pur- chase—R. S. B. Leech, Gent. vice Rolla, promoted ; W. Clegg, Gent. vice F. H. Elliot, promoted. 95th Foot—Lieut. J. Sexton to be Adjt. vice Braybrooke, who re- signs the Adjutancy only. 96th Foot—Lieut. W. A. Kirk, from Paymaster, 16th Foot, to be Lieut. vice Archer, who retires upon half-pay; Ensign G. I. Thompson to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Kirk, who retires; E. Johnston, Gent. to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Pike, promoted in the 92d Foot.

Rifle Brigade—Capt. the Hon. L. W. Mines, from the 96th Foot, to be Capt. vice Clifton, who retires. 1st West India Regiment—The Christian names of Ensign Samson, appointed an the 25th Sept. are Alexander Milburn Wellington.

Gold Coast Corps—R. Saunders, Gent. to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Wright, who resigns, Turkish Contingent—W. Frankish, Gent. to have the local rank of Acting-Assist.- Surg. in Turkey, while employed with the Turkish Contingent ; J. Falls, Esq. to be Paymaster to the Irregular Cavalry attached to the Turkish Contingent.

British Italian Legion—G. W. Chasseaud, Esq. to be Paymaster.

Unattached—Major and Brevet-Lieut.-Col. A. Cameron, C.B. 42d Foot, to have his brevet rank converted into substantive rank, in conformity with the Royal War- rant of the 6th of Oct. 1854; Lieut. M. White, from the 76th Foot, to be Capt. with- out purchase.

Staff—Major J. M. B. Neill, 40th Foot, to be Deputy-Adjt: General to the troops serving in Australia, with the rank of Lieut.-Col. 111 the Army, vice Macarthur, placed on the Staff, with the local rank of Major-GeneraL Hospital Staff—G. A. Rent, Gent. to be Purveyor to the Forces; Surg. G. D. Dods, M.D. from the 71st Foot, to be Staff-Surg. of the Second Class, vice Simpson, appointed to the 71st Foot; Assist.-Surg. W. H. Day, from the 3d Foot, to be Assist.-Surg. vice Divorty, appointed to the 11th Foot ; Acting Assist.-Surg. A. W. P. Pinkerton, M.D. to 'be Assist: Surg. to the Forces; J. D. Tanin, Gent. to be Acting Assist: Surg.; Acting Assist.-Surg. F. W. Peskett has been struck off the strength of the army in the Crimea from the 7th June, and Acting Assist.-Surg. H. J. French from the 15th August.

BREVET.

For Lieut.-Col. W. Turner, Bengal Retired List, recruiting for the East India i

Company's Service at Liverpool, to hare the rank of "Captain" in the army, while so employed ; read Lieut.-Col. W. Turner, &c., to have the rank of '• Lieut.-CoL" in the Army, while so employed. Brevet-Major T. S. Begbie, of the 44th Foot, to be Lient.-Col. in the Army. Brevet-Lieut.-Col. T. S. Begbie, of the 44th Foot, to be Col. in the Army. Major M. Andrews, retired full-pay, 28th Foot, to be Lieut.-Col. in the army, the rank being honorary only. Lieut. J. Lyons, Royal Artillery, to have the local rank of Capt. in Turkey, while employed as Aide-de-camp to Col. Dickson, commanding the artillery force of the Turkish Contingent. Lieut.-Col. J. Creagh, 86th Foot, having completed three years' actual service as Lieut.-Col. on the 30th of April 1855, to be promoted to the rank of Col. under the Royal Warrant of the 6th of October 1854. Col. Baron Von Stutterheim to have thetemporary rank of Brigadier- Gen. in the British Gemian Legion.

The undermentioned officers, having been appointed to the Field Train of the Turkish Contingent, to have a atop of local rank while so employed—To be Assist- ant-Commissaries of the First Class—T. St. G. C. B. Thomson, Esq., F. C. L. Wraxall, Esq. To be Assistant-Commissaries of the Second Class—L. C. Tarn, Eaq., T. Collins, Esq. To be Deputy-Assistant-Commissaries—J. G. Branscombe, Gent., F. G. Vick, Gent., J. M. Lloyd, Gent., J. M. Rudd, Gent., T. Pye, Gent., W. S. Hernsby, Esq., late Capt. British Legion, E. A. Roberts, Gent., E. P. Fletcher, Gent., W. C. Gordon, Gent., C. C. R. Harrison, Gent., H. Taunton, Gent. The undermentioned promotions to take place consequent upon the death of the following General Officers, viz.—Major-Gen. Sir R. Nickle, Gen. Sir G. Napier, Gen. H. D'Oyly—Illajor-Gen. Sir W. Eyre, K.C.B. the senior supernumerary General Of- ficer, to be placed on the fixed establishment of General Officers; Lieut.-Col. F.Sey- mour, Scots Fusilier Guards, to be Col. ; Major B. E. M. Gordon, 91st Foot, to ho Lieut.-Col. ; Capt. V. F. Storey, Unatt. Staff Officer of Pensioners, to be Major. Lieut.-Col. E. Watt, late Bengal Light Cavalry, who has been attached to the Irre- gular Cavalry under Major-Gen. Beatson, to have the local rank of Col. in Turkey, while so employed. Capt. J. Young, 9th Bengal Native Infantry, who has been appointed to the Turk- ish Contingent, to have the local rank of Major in Turkey, while so employed.

Memorandum—Brigadier-Gen. H. Rumley, from a Depot Battalion, has been per- mitted to retire upon half-pay Unatt. as a Lieut.-Col. from Jan. 26, vice Lieut.-COL Hereford, appointed to a Depfit Battalion.

WAR-OFFICE, Oct. 12.-33d Foot—Major-Gen. C. Yorke to be Col. vice Gen. IL D'Oyly, dec.