17 SEPTEMBER 1831, Page 14

THE ARMY.

WAR-OFFICE, Setp. 13.-7th Regt. of Light Dragoons : Lieut. T. J. Pettat to be Capt. by purchase, vice Lord Crofton, who retires; Cornet A. A. Cotton to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Pettat ; R. P. Butler, Gent. to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Cotten -6th Regt. of Foot : Ensign F. W. Jekyll to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Stuart, who retires ; Hon. T. Leslie to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Jekyll-27th Foot : Quartermaster-Sergeant G. Thompson to be Quartermaster, vice Douglas, deceased -33rd Font : Assist-Sur. W. Gardiner, from the half-pay of the 72nd Foot, to be Assist-Sur. vice Tully, deceased-51st Foot : Lieut. N. Cochrane to be Capt. with- out purchase, vice Gordon, deceased; Ens. A. C. Errington to be Lieut. vice Cochrane ; Gent. Cadet It. D. Baker, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, vice Errington-59th Foot : Ensign 0. Blachford to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Barron, who retires ; T. Smith, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Blachford- 81st Foot : Gent. Cadet E. C. Murray, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Thomas, deceased-84th Foot : Ensign R. R. Curtis to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Raven, who retires ; R. G. T. Reignolds, Gent. to be En- sign, by purchase, vice Curtis-92nd Foot : D. St. C. Wemyss, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase. vice Lord W. Butler, appointed to the 3rd Regt. of Foot Guards.

Brevet : Major J. Hingston, of the Royal African Colonial Corps, to have the rank of Lieut.-Col. at Sierra Leone only; Capt. W. H. Hartman, of the 9th Foot, to be Major in the Army.

Memoranda : The Christian name of Cornet Daly, of the 7th Light Dragoons, is Dennis, and not John, as formerly stated. The Christian names of Ensign Par- ker, of the 14th Foot, are William Lea AfOeck, and not Arthur, as formerly stated. The half-pay of Deputy Assist-Commissary-Gen. J. C. Green has been cancelled from the 23rd Aug. 1831, inclusive, he having received a commuted allowance for his commission.

OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, Sept. 12.-Royal Regiment of Artillery : Second Limit. G. Inn es to be First Lieut. vice Tindal, deceased.

Sept. 13.-Capt. and Brev. Maj. J. Chester to be Lieut.-Col. vice Cleave, deceased ; Second Capt. J. Gordon to be Capt. vice Chester; First Lieut. G. James to be Se- cond Capt. vice Gordon ; Second Lieut. W. E. Heitland to be First Lieut. vice James.