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MILITARY GAZETTE.

WAR-OFF10E, Oct. 20.-5th Dragoon Guards-Brevet Lieut.-Col. W. M. Balder., from 3d Light Drage, to be Major, vice Archer, appointed to 16th Light Drags. 3d Light Draga-Major L. Fyler, from 16th Light Drags. to be Major, vice Belden, ap- pointed to 5th Drag. Guards. 16th Light Drags.-Major W. H. Archer, from 5th Drag. Guards, to be Major, vice Fyler, appointed to 3d Light Drags. 2d Foot-Lieut.

• Rocke to be Adjt. vice Smyth, promoted. 10th Foot-J. L. S. Aldersey, Gent, to

be Ensign, by purchase, vice Somerset, appointed to Cape Mounted Riflemen, 15th Foot-Capt. R. MacGregor, from half-pay Unatt. to be Paymaster, vice Walker, dec. 21st Foot-Major J. C. Peddle to be Lieut.-Col. by purchase, vice Dears, who retires; Capt. F. G. Ainslie to be Major, by purchase, vice Peddle ; Lieut. A. L. Johnston to be Capt. by purchase, vice Ainslie ; Second Lieut. E. T. Barnard to be First Lieut. by perch, vice Johnston; W. J. Legh, Gent, to be Sec. Lieut. by purch. vice Barnard. 24th Foot-Lieut. J. S. Shore to be Capt. by purchase, vice Coultman, who retires ; Ensign T. M. Greens:11 to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Shore ; Ensign W. Phillips to be Lieut, by purchase, vice Frere, who retires; Ensign F. W. A. Parsons, from the 55th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Greensill ; R. II. Holland, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Phillips. 25th Foot-Caet. the Hon. F. W. H. Fane, from the 74th Foot, to be Capt. vice Lindsell, appointed to 28th Foot ; Acting Assist.-Surg. J. Fraser, M.D. to be AssiaL-Surg. vice Lightbody, appointed to the Staff. 28th Foot-Capt. R. II. Lindaell, corn 25th Foot, to be Capt. vice Macdonuld, appointed to 74th Foot ; Lieut. S. L. A. B. Messner, from 35th Foot, to be Lieut. vice G. D. Robertson, who retiree on half-pay. 29th Foot-Ensign J. W. Bostock to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Scudamore, who re-

tires ; De Vic Valpy, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Rostock. 33d Foot-Major Frederick Rudolph Blake to be Liente_nant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Whannelt who

retires; Capt. J. D. Johnstone to be Major, by purchase, vice Blake; Lieut. J. E. Col- lings to be Capt. by purchase, vice Johnstone; Ensign B. Fanshawe to be Lieut by purchase, vice Collings; Ensign F. S. Vacher to be Lieut, by purchase, vice Bennett, who retires ; Gent. Cadet G. J. Lennock, from Royal Mil. Coll, to be Ensign, by pur- chase, vice Fawn:awe ; W. H. Parry, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Vacher. 35th Foot-Lieut, W. H. Damage% from half-pay 21st Foot, lobe Lieut. vice Measlier,

appointed to 28th Foot. 36th Foot-Lieut. J. Button to be Adjt. vice Cubitt, promoted; Ensign C. H. Carew to be Lieut. wtthout purchase, vice Rotten, appointed Adjt. ; W. T. Stuart, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Carew. 45th Foot-Lieut. R. J. Garden to be Capt. by purchase, vice Gordon, whose promotion, by purchase has been cancelled.

53d Foot-Captain William Telford. from half-pay let Drags. to be Paymaster, vice Richard Butler Low, who retires on half-pay as Captain. 54th Foot-

Lieut. Alfred Wright, from half-pay 28th Foot, to be Lieut. vice Aylmer S. Craig, who exchanges. 55th Foot-E. D'Ileilliatee Fainiough, Went, to be Ensign, by pur- chase, vice Parsons, appointed to the 24th Foot. 56th Foot-Lieut. T. W. Fraser to be Capt. without purchase, vice Brevet Major Higgins, deceased ; Ensign W. Clutter-

buck to be Lieut. vice Fraser ; G. E. L. C. Bissett, Gent, to be Ensign, vice Clutter. buck. 60th Foot-Capt. C. H. Spence to be Major, by purchase, vice Cromble, pro-

moted; Lieut. H. F. Kennedy to be Capt. by purchase, vice Spence ; Second Lieut. H. E. Gal tan to be First Lieut. by purchase, vice Kennedy ; H. J. Robertson, Gent, to be Second Lieut. by purchase, vice Grafton. 72d Foot-Lieut. G. L. Rathborne, from the 77th Foot, to be Lieut. vice Bertram, who exchanges. 74th Foot-Captain William Macdonald, from the 28th Foot, to be Captain, vice Honourable F. W. H. Fans, appointed to the 25th Foot. 77th Foot-Lieutenant W. Bertram, from the 72d Foot, lobe Lieut. vice Rathborne, who exchanges. 78th Foot-Ensign H. T. Mac-

pherson to be Lieut. without purchase, vice Reed, dec. ; Ensign H. P. Elrington, from. the 80th Foot, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Macpherson. 80th Foot-Ensign

M. Kirkland to be Lieut. without purchase, vice Kingsley, who retires ; H. P. Eiring- ton, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Kirkland ; J. A. Shortt, Gent, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Eirington, appointed to the 78th Foot. 97th Foot-Lieut, J. D. Brabazon to be Capt. without purchase, vice Brevet Major O'Neill, who retires upon full-pay ; Ensign 11. 0. Woods to be Lieut. vice Brabazon ; E. R. Mackesy, Gent, to be Ensign, vice Woods.

Ceylon Rifle Regt.-Sec. Lieut. J. 0. Bolin to be First Lieut, by purchase, vice Brad- ley, who retires ; R. T. Dickenson, Gent. to be Sec. Lieut. by purchase, vice Bevel. Cape Mounted Riflemen-Ensign J. S. Warren to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Phill- potts, who retires ; Ensign 11.0. E. Somerset, from the 10th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Warren.

Unattached-Major T. Croatia, from the 60th Foot, to be Lieut.-Col. by purchase, vice G. C. Page, who retires. Hospital Staff-Assist-Surg. T. D. Lightbody, M.D. from the 25th Foot, to be Assist.- Sung. to the Forces, vice G. Butler, who retires upon half-pay.

OFFICE or Oanstawez, Oct 16.-Royal Artillery-Sec. Lieut C. P. Rotten to be First Lieut. vice Swinny, dec. ; See. Capt. H. A. Turner to be Copt vice the Hon. R. F. Handeock, retired on half-pay ; First Limit M. Adye to be Sec. Capt. vice Turner ; Sec. Lieut. J. M. Savage to be First Lieut. vice Adye : First Lieut T. R. 31'Queen to be Sec. Capt. vice Morehead, retired on half-pay ; Sec. Lieut. D. Jones to be First Lieut. vice M'Qneen.

ADMIRALTY, Oct. 11.-Royal Marines-Sec. Limit. J. Shute to be First Lieut. vice P. F. E. Daniel, to half-pay.