21 JANUARY 1854, Page 17

MILITARY GAZETTE.

OFFICE or ORDNANCE, Jan. 14.—Royal Regt. of Artillery—Erratum in Gazette of Jan. 6.—For Gent. Cadet Benjamin Humphrey to be Second Lieut. read Gent. Cadet Benjamin Geale Ilumfrey to be Second Lieut. WAR.-OPFICE, Jan. 20.—Royal Regt. of Horse Guards—W. D. Seymour, Gent. to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Lord Stanhope, promoted. 16th Light Drage—A. P. St. Clair, Gent. to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Blair, appointed to the 9th Light Drags. 4th Foot—Assist.-Surg. J. Dunlop, 51.D. from the 32d Foot, to be Assist.-Surg. vice Boyd, who exchanges. 20th Foot—Lieut. W. T. W. Wood to be Capt. by purchase, vice Foley, who retires ; Ensign C. Lutyens to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Wood ; F. Parr, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Lutyens. 26th Foot—Lieut. W. J. Nunn, from the 83d Foot, to be I,ieut. vice Preston, appointed Paymaster of the 18th Foot. 29th Foot —W. Taylor, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Carter, who retires. 32d Foot—Assist..-Surg. W. Boyd, from the 4th Foot, to be Assist.-Surg. vice Dunlop, who exchanges. 43d Foot—Capt. J. G. C. Disbrowe, from the 62d Foot, to be Capt. vice A. E. V. Ponsonby, appointed to 62d Foot. 46th Foot—Lieut. J. G. Clarke to be Capt. by pur. vice Hayes, who retires ; Ensign T. D. Forde to be Lieut. by pur. vice Clarke; H. C. W. Hamond, Gent. to be Ensign, by pur. vice Forde. 52d Foot—Ensign A. Henley to be Lieut. without pur. vice Quill, dec.; Ensign G. H. W. Clive to be Lieut. by pur. vice Henley, whose promotion by pur. on the 6th January 1851, has been cancelled. 58th Foot—Capt. H. Reynolds, from half-pay Unatt. to be Capt. vice Hardy, promoted, without pur. to an Unatt. Msjority. 62d Foot—Capt. A. E. V. Ponsonby, from the 43d Foot, to be Capt. vice Disbrowe, ap- pointed to the 43d Foot. 64th Foot—Lieut. C. Thompson to be Capt. without pur. vice Twining, dec. ; Ensign W. Sheehy to be Lieut. without pur. vice Thompson. 68th Foot—Lieut. E. D. Lyon to be Capt. by pur. vice Ramsay:who retires ; Ensign C. C. FitzRoy to be Lieut. by pur. vice Lyon ; Sec. Lieut. A. H. Tucker, from the Ceylon Rifle Regt. to be Ensign, vice FitzRoy. 75th Foot—Ensign H. Hurford, from the 80th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Arundel', who exchanges. 76th Foot—Ensign W. M. Westropp to be I,ieut. by pur. vice Fuller, who retires ; G. E. Corrance, Gent. to be Ensign, by pur. vice Westropp. 80th Foot—Ensign T. Arundel", from the 75th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Hurford, who exchanges.

1st West India Regt.—Ensign J. R. Blacker to be Lieut. by pur. vice Allan, whose retirement was announced in the Gazette of the 18th March 1853; the Hon. C. M. Forbes to be Ensign by pur. vice Blacker, Jan. 20.

Ceylon Rifle Regt.—R. B. Henderson, Gent. to be Sec. Lieut. by pur. vice Tucker, appointed to the 68th Foot, Jan 20. Unattached.—To be Captains, without purchase—Lieut. R. N. Rogers, from half- pay Unatt. Staff Officer of Pensioners, Dec. 8; Lieut. T. liodgetts, from half-pay 49th Foot, Staff Officer of Pensioners, Dec. 21, 1853; Lieut. J. Tongue, from the 30th Foot, Jan. 20.