MILITARY GAZETTE.
WAR-OFFICE, May 11.-5th Regt. Drag. Guards—Lient. W. B. Knipe to be Capt. by purchase, vice Colquitt, who retires ; Cornet W. Barnett to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Knipe; J. Fort, Gent. to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Barnett. I I th Foot—Lient.- Gen. Sir J. Wilson, K.C.B. fr.m the 82d Foot, to be Col. vice Gen. Sir R. S. Donkin, dec. 14th Foot—A. Quicke, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Halpin. who re- tires. 31st Foot—Ensign J. D. C. Smyth. to be Lieut. without purchase, vice Graves, appointed to the 14th Light Drags.; R. Sparrow, Gent, to be Ensign, vice Smyth. 58th Foot—Sorg. W. Stewart, from the 62d Foot, to be Surg. vice Munro, dec. 70th Foot--Lient. J. W. Baird to be Capt. by purchase, vice Johnston. who retires; Ensign H. H. L. Clough to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Baird; Gent. Cadet G. A. Schrieber, from the Royal Mil. Coll. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Clough. 82d Foot—Major- Gen. Sir A. Pilkington, K.C.B. to be Col. vice Sir J. Wilson, appointed to the 11th Foot. 86th Foot—Lieut. J. Edwards to be Capt. by purchase, vice Hay, who retires; Ensign the Hon. E. S. Plunkett to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Edwards; A. L. Hol- land, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Plunkett. Rifle Brigade—Brevet Lieut: Col. A. Kennedy. from half-pay unattached, to be Major, vice Kelly. promoted; Capt. H. F. Beckwith to be Major, by purchase, vice Kennedy, who retires; Lieut. F. Belson to be Capt. by purchase, vice Beckwith; Second-Lient. A. Macdonell to be First-Lieut. by purchase, vice Belson; S. Stewart, Gent. to be Second-Lieut. by purchase, vice Macdonell.
Cape Mounted Riflemen—NV. Fraser, Gent. to be Ensign, without purchase.
OFFICE or ORDNANCE, May 10.—Memorandum—The commissions of Surg. W. Richardson and Assist..Surg. W. Mackintosh, of the Ordnance Medical Department. are dated the 10th April 1841, instead of 15th, as stated in the Gazette of the 23d ultimo.
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