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MILITARY GAZETTE.

WAR-OFFICE, Aug. 16.-2d Regt. of Drag. Guards.—Lient. J. C. Jones to be Capt. by purchase, vice Ibbetson, who retires; Cornet J. Clements to be Lieut. by pur- chase, vice Jones ; Comet C. S. Hutchinson, from the 7th Drag. Guards, to be Cor- net vice Clements. 2.1 Drags.—W. T. Prentis, Gent, to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Freeman, promoted ; Troop-Sergt.-Major T. H. M'Bertn, to be Quartermaster, vise Id. Nelson, who retires upon half-pay. 3d Light Drags.—N. C. Chichester, Gent. to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Bennett, who retires. 18th Light Drags.—Surg. J. Poynter, from 48th Foot, to be Burg. vice Young, who exchanges. 1st Grenadier Foot Guards—The Hon. .4.. J. G. Ponsonby to be Ensign and Lieut, by purchase, vice Higginson, promoted ; J. M. Burgoyne, Gent, to be Ensign and Lieut. by pur- chase, vice L. Fox, promoted. Coldstream Regt. of Foot Guards—Gen. J. Earl of Strafford, from 29th Foot, to be Col. vice Field-Marshal his Royal Highness Adol- phus Frederick Duke of Cambridge, dec. 7th Foot—Ensign H. R. Hibbert from 39th Foot, lobe Lieut. by purchase, vice Wilson, promoted. 11th Foot—O. Davies, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hague, promoted. 13th Foot—Lieut. E. Mor- ton, from 9th Foot, to be Paymaster, vice Harry Carew, who retires upon half-pay ; J. Augustus Fuller, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Jones, promoted. 19th Foot—R. Wardlaw, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Massy, promoted. 24th Foot—Assist.-Surg. J. A. W. Thompson, M.D. from the 85th Foot, to be As- sist.-Surg. vice Grant, appointed to the 80th Foot. 27th Foot—H. C. Chester, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Phelips, promoted. 28th Foot—E. L. Howarth, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Phipps, appointed to the 82.1 Foot. 29th Foot —Lieut-Gen. Ulysses Lord Downes, K.C.B. from the 54th Foot, to be Cot, vice the Earl of Strafford, appointed to the Coldstream Foot Guards. 31st Foot—C. Prevost, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Cassidy, promoted. 36th Foot—Ensign C. H. Lambert, from the 52d Foot, to be Ensign, vice Harvey. promoted. 38th Foot— Hon. C. J. Addington to be Ensign, by purchase, vice-Watkins, promoted. 39th Foot—A. C. Maine, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hibbert, promoted in the 7th Foot. 43.1 Foot—Gent. Cadet F. M. Colville, from the Royal Mil. Coll, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Ward, promoted; Hon. B. R. renew to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Ponsonby, promoted ; C. R. kfure, Gentleman, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Booth, promoted. 48th Foot—Honourable Robert John Handcock to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Knight, promoted; Surgeon James Young, M.D. from the 13th Light Dragoons, to be Surgeon, vice Poynter, who exchanges. 51st Foot—J. W. Sawby, Gent, to be Ensign by purchase, vice Nunn, promoted. 52d Foot—R. E. P. Edmonds, Gent to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Lambert, ap- pointed to the 36th Foot 54th Foot—Major-Gen. W. A. Gordon, C.B. to be Col. vice Lord Downes, appointed to the 29th Foot. 60th Foot—Field-Marshal his Royal Highness Francis Albert Augustus Charles Emanuel Duke of Saxony. Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, to be Col-ha-chief, vice Field-Marshal his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, dec.; Lieut. G. Rigaud lobe Capt, by purchase, vice Gren- fell, who retires ; Sec. Lieut. F. C. Fletcher to be first Lieut. by purchase, vice Blend; Sec. Lieut. E. Bowles to be First Lieut. by purchase, vice Oldolony, who retires ; Sec. Lieut. Hon. G. B. Legge, from the Rifle Brigade, to be Second Lieutenant, vice Fletcher; Second Lieut. C. C. Hale. from the Rifle Brigade, to be Second Lieutenant vice Bowles. 62d F.00t-Lieutenant It. A. M. Franklin, from half-pay 55th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Kirwan, appointed Paymaster ; Ensign W. H. Hopkinson to be Lieutenant, by purehase, vice Francklin, who retires. 64th Foot-Capt. T. Anderson, from the 56th Foot, to he Capt. vice C. Pattison, who retires on half-pay of the 58th Foot. 66th Foot-Acting Assist.-Snrg. G. A. Turn- bull to be Assist.-Surg. vice La Presle, appointed to the 84th Foot. 68th Foot-F. Garforth, Gent. 'to be Ensign, by purchase, vice lialyburton. appointed to the,37th Foot. 71st Foot-Hon. IL Harbord to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Fuller, pro- moted. 72d Foot-I. r. Stewart, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Buchanan. promoted. 74th Foot-Major-Gen. A. Thomson, C.B. to be Col. vice Major-Gen. Sir A. Cameron, K.C.B. dec. 79th FOOt-Getit. Cadet P. Percival, from the Royal Mil. Con, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Grant, promoted. 80th Foot-Assist.- Surg. J. Grant, from the 24th Foot, to be Assist.-Surg. vice Bain, appointed to the 85th Foot. 824 Foot-R. T., Glyn, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Gordon, prOmoted. 84th Foot-Assist.-Surg. J. T. La Presle, from the 66th Foot, to be As- sist-Surg. vice Enelish, dec. 85th Foot-Assist.-Surg. D. S. E. Bain, from the 80th Foot, to be AssisL-Sirrg. vice Thompson, appointed to the 24th Foot. 89th Foot- G. Creswell, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Brown, appointed to the 70th Foot. 91st Foot-Lieut. R. H. Crampton, from the 3d West India Regt. to be Lieut. vice Pennington. promoted; Ensign W. B. Stanton to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Hon. A. E. G. Sinclair, who retires. 92d Foot,--J. H. M'Donald, Gent. to be En- sign, by purchase, vice Mackinnon', appointed to the 64th Foot. 97th Foot-Lieut. T. Riggs to be AreiNt•ice Burton, promoted.

3d West India -Ensign R. H. Crampton, from the 91st Foot, to be Lieut, without purchase, vice Walsh, who resigns.

Brevet-Major H. C. Bawlinson, F.B. of the Hon. East India Company's Service, to have the local rank of Lieut.-CoL in the Ottoman dominions.