19 DECEMBER 1829, Page 12

THE ARMY.

WAR-OFFICE. Dec. 19.-2d Reg. Life Guards : J. 0. Fairlie, Gent. to be Cor. and Sub-Lieut. by purchase, vice Franklen, who retires—Royal Horse Guards : Corporal C. Fairbrother, to be Quar.-mas. vice Speed, who retires upon full pay-5th Dragoon Guards: Lieut. J. L. Hampton, to be Capt. by purchase, vice Hay, who retires; Cor. C. J. Radclyffe, to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Hampton ; F. P. Ovenden, Gent. to be Cor. by purchase, vice Radclyffe—lst Dragoons : Lieut.-Gen. Lord IL E. H. Somerset, K.C.B. from 17th Light Dragoons, lobe Col. vice Gen. Garth, dec.-7th Light Dragoons: to be Capts.—Capt. C. C. Vivian, from half-pay, vice J.W. Phillips, who exchanges; Capt. Sir S. H. Stuart, Bart. from half-pay 9th Light Dragoons, vice R. Pringle, who exchanges-10th Light Dragoons : Capt. T. W. Giffard, from half-pay 7th Dragoon Guards, to be Capt. vice Lord J. Fitzroy, who exchanges-17th Light Dragoons : Maj.- Gen. Sir J. Elley, K.C.B. to be Col. vice Lord R. E. II. Somerset, appointed to the com- mand of the 1st Dragoons-2d Foot : Maj. J. Mai:Mahon, from 59th Foot, to be Maj. vice Waring, who exchanges-4th Foot: Lieut. J. Gordon, to be Capt. by purchase, vice Nickle, who retires ; Ens. T. Faunce, to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Gordon ; H. Zouch, Gent. to be Ens by purchase, vice Faunce-15th Foot : J. H. Gray, Gent. to be Ens. by purchase, vice O'Grady promoted-17th Foot : Capt. J. W. Bouverie, to be Maj. by purchase, vice Lachlan, who retiree; Capt. P. 'Macpherson, from half-pay, to be Capt. vice Bouverie ; Ens. J. H. Allen, to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Des Vamx, pro- moted; J. R.IHolden, Gent. to be Ens. bypurchase, vice Allez-22nd Foot : Capt. P. G. Wroughton, from half-pay, to be Capt. vice %V. A. Le Mesurier, who exchanges-26th Foot: Lieut. J. Sweeny, from half-pay New South Wales Veteran Companies, to be Lieut. vice Carthew, whose appointment has not taken place-36th Foot : Lieut. C. H. Burrows, from the Royal African Colonial Corps, to be Lieut. vice Smith, promoted —37th Foot : Capt. J. R. Kell, to be Maj. by purchase, vice Bruce, who retires ; Lieut. W. Cuninghame, to be Capt. by purchase, vice Kell ; Ens. E. Willis, to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Coninghame ; W.Smelt, Gent. to be Ens. by purchase, vice Willis- 39th Foot : Ens. J. %Villock, from half-pay 3d Foot, to be Ens. vice N. Reid, who ex- changes-50th Foot : Lieut. J. Foy, to be Capt. by purchase, vice Kyle, who retires; Ens. W. L. Tudor, to be Limit. by purchase, vice Foy ; G. Foskett, Gent. to be Ens. by purchase, vice Tudor-51st Foot: Staff-Sur. J. D. Millar, from the half-pay, to be Sur. vice Ricketts, who has retired from the service-59th Foot : Maj. H. Waring, from the 2d Foot, to be Maj. vice Mac5fahon, who exchanges-61st Foot : Assist.-Sorg. J. Moly- neux, from half-pay Royal African Corps, to be Assiut.-Sur.-64th Foot : Lieut. H. Davidson, from the half-pay, to be Lieut. vice A. J. BiTherson, who exchanges-66th Foot : Lieut.-Gen. Sir W. Anson, K.C.B. to be Col. vice Gen. Nicolls deceased— Ceylon Regiment : Lieut.-Col. C. A, Macalester, from the half-pay, to be Lieut.-Col. vice Bird, dec.; W. E. FitzEdward Barnes, Gent. to be Sec. Lieut..without purchase, vice Roddy promoted—Unattached : Lieut. H. Des Vceux, from the 17th Foot, to be Capt. of Infantry, by purchase ; Ens. T. O'Grady, from 15th Foot, to be Lieut. of Infantry, by purchase—Memorandum : Lieut. .1. Atkinson, half-pay York Chasseurs, has been allowed to retire from the service by the sale of an unattached commission.

December 17.-10th Reg. of Light Dragoons: Lieut. It. Giffard, to be Capt. by pur. chase, vice T. NV. Gifford, who retires ; Cor. D. Pyrke, to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Giffard; J. Rowley, Gent. to be Cor. by purchase, vice Pyrke—Ist Reg. of Foot : Pay- master W. G. Sharp, from the Royal African Colonial Corps, to be Paymaster, vice Grant-20th Foot : Lieut. J. Palmer, from half-pay Royal York Rangers, to be Lieut. vice Stephens, appointed to the Rifle Brigade-22d Foot: Lieut. A. A. Mackey, to be Capt. by purchase, vice Wroughton, who retires; Ens. It. Bayly, tote Lieut. by pur- chase, vice Mackey; J. Chalmers, Gent. to be Ens. by purchase, vice Bayly-33d Foot : Lieut. H. Massy, from the 90th Foot, to be Lieut. vice Hornsby, appointed to the 91st Font-42d Foot : Capt. II. A. Fraser, to be Maj. without purchase, vice Malcolm, dec. ; Lieut. D. M'Kay, !to be Capt. vice Fraser; Ens. C. Campbell, to be Lieut. vice It1'Hay- 46th Foot : T. W. Bremner, Gent. to be Ens. by purchase, vice Sweeting, who retires- 47th Foot : Lieut. H. N. E. Warburton, from the 69th Foot, to be Lieut. vice Atherton, promoted-48th Foot : Ens. G. S. Tidy, to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Finly, who retires; J. Massy, Gent. to be Ens. by purchase, vice Tidy-63d Foot : Lieut.-Col. F. Battersby, from the half-pay, to be Lieut.-Col. vice H. Custance, who exchanges, receiving the difference-69th Foot : Lieut. J. O'Meara, from the 2d West India Reg. to be Lieut. vice Warburton, appointed to the 47th Foot-74th Foot : Lieut. T. O'Grady, frdm the half-pay, to be Lieut. vice G. Gore, who exchanges, receiving the difference-83d Foot: Maj. Hon. H. Hondas, to be Lieut..Col. by purchase, vice Crother, who retires ; Capt. B. Trydell, to be Maj. by purchase, vice Hondas; Lieut. J. Harrison, to be Capt. by purchase, vice Trydell ; Ens. II. S. G. Bowles, to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Harrison; Hon. R. Clifford, to be Ens. by purchase, vice Bowles-90th Font : Lieut. \V. II. Rogers, from half-pay Cape Reg. to be Lieut. vice Massy, appointed to the 33d Foot- 91st Foot: Lieut. W. W. Hornsby, from the 33d Foot, to be Lieut. vice It. W. Foskey, who retires upon half-pay Cape Reg.-97th Foot : Brevet-Maj. J. Tyler, to be Maj. by purchase, vice Pattison, promoted ; Lieut. F. C. Barlow, to be Capt. by puchase, vice Tyler ; Ens. C. Nagel, to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Barlow ; J. Gillow, Gent. to be Ens. by purchase, vice Nagel—Rifle Brigade : Lieut. F. H. Stephens, from the20th Foot, to be Lieut. vice R. Hering, who retires upon half-pay Royal York Rangers-2d West India Reg.: Lieut. C. Buchanan, from half-pay Royal York Rangers, to be Lieut. vice O'Meara, appointed to the 69th Flot—Unattached : Maj. A. H. Pattison, from the 97th Foot, to be Lieut.-Col. of Infantry, by purchase—The under-mentioned Lieut. actually serving upon full pay in a Reg. of the line, whose commission is dated in the year 1811, has accepted promotion upon half-pay, according to the General Order of the 27th Dec. 1826.—To be Capt. of Infantry, without purchase —Lieut. J. A. Atherton, from the 47th Foot—Memoranda : the undermentioned Officer has been allowed to retire from the service, by the sale of an unattached LieuL-Colonelcy :—Lieut.-Col. H. Cox, of the Royal Marines.

Commissions signed by Lords Lieutenant.—Ist Reg. of Royal Surrey Militia : T. G. C. Riley, Esq. to be Capt. dated Nov. 30, 1829—Royal Mid Lothian Yeomanry: Maj. Lord Elcho to be Lieut.-Col. vice Sir J. Hope, promoted, dated Jan. 1, 1529; Earl of Morton to be Maj. vice Lord Elcho, promoted, dated April 8, 1829; Lieut. J. Boner to be Capt. vice W. Y. Herries, resigned, dated Jan. 1, 1829 ; Cor. NV. R. Ramsay to be ditto, vice Sir F. NV. Drummond, resigned, dated Jan. 1, 1829; Lieut. A. Hay to be ditto, vice R. Cockburn, resigned, dated June 8, 1829 ; Lieut. P. Ramsay to be ditto, vice T. Newton, resigned, dated June 8, 1829; J. W. Drummond, Gent.to be Cor. vice Ramsay, promoted, dated June 8, 1829.