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MILITARY GAZETTE.

WAR-OFFICE, April 18.-32d Regt. of Foot—Lieut.-Gen. Sir W. Cotton, G.C.B from the 98th Foot, to be Col. vice LieuL-Gen. Sir R. Armstrong, K.C.B. deceased.. 68th Foot—Major-Gen. Sir W. L. Berries, C.B. to be Col. vice Lieut.-Gen. D. M. Henderson, C.B. deceased. 08th Foot—Major-Gen. W. L. Darling to be Col. vice Lieut.-Gen. Sir W. Cotton, G.C.B. removed to the 32d Foot. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, April 17.—Royal Regt. of Artillery—Gent. Cadets to be Second Lieuts.—F. W. de Winton, vice Booth, promoted ; A. H. C. Hamilton, vice Jooge, promoted ; E. C. Cuthbert, vice Winn, promoted ; E. A. M. Lloyd, vice Brackenbury, promoted ; P. Jackson, vice Markham, promoted ; J. Tucker, vice Porter, promoted; B. F. Schreiber, vice E. P. B. Turner, promoted ; M. Tweedie, vice Cromartie, promoted ; R. L. Tottenham, vice Joyce, promoted ; R. O'Hara, vice Gore, promoted; H. C. Lyle, vice Teesdale, promoted - L. Griffiths, vice Lyons, pro- moted; W. IL Lluellyn, vice Torriano, promoted ; H. J. F. E. Hickes, vice Brown, promoted.

Corps of Royal Engineers—Gent. Cadets to be Second Lieuts. with Temporary Rank : P. H. Sciatchley, vice Cox, promoted; G. N. Kelsall„ vice Savage, promoted.

WAR-OFFICE, April 21.-2d Regt. of Life Guards—Ensign Lord E. Di'Donnell Vane, from the 57th Foot, to be Cornet and Sub-Lieut. by purchase, vice Hon. C. S. B. Banbury, promoted. Royal Regiment of Horse Guards—Captain R. Henry Richard Howard Vyse to be Major, by purchase, with the rank of Lieute- nant-Colonel in the Army, vice Brevet Lieut.-Col. the Hon. H. Pitt, who retires; Lieut. F. H. Vyse to be Capt. by purchase, lice Trelawney, who retires ; Lieut. D. J. Baillie to be Capt. by purchase, vice Vyse; Cornet Ilse Hon. J. B. J. Dormer, to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Vyse; Cornet J. I. Jones to he Lieut. by purchase, vice Baillie. 7th Light Drags.— Lieut. C. C. Fraser to be Capt. by purchase, vice the Duke of Beaufort, promoted, by purchase, to an Unatt. Majority; Cornet M. D. Brisco to be Lieut. by pur. vice Fraser. 13th Light Drags.—AssisL-Sung. L. Armstrong, from the Staff, to be Assist.-Surg. vice Dumbreck, who exchanges. 16th Light Drags. —Cornet W. B. Leonard has been permitted to retire from the service by the sale of his commission. 1st Grenadier Guards—Ensign and Lieut. F. C. Keppel to be Adjt. vice R. Bradford. who resigns the Adjutancy only. 2d Begt. of Foot—H. P. Heffer- nan, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Laurie, appointed to the 4th Foot. 4th Foot—Ensign J. W. Laurie, from the 2d Foot, to be Ensign, vice Winter, who re- tires. 12th Foot—Sergt.-Major B. Laver to be Quartermaster, vice Cowell, ap- pointed to the Depot Battalion at Parkhurst. 16th Foot—Brevet Lieut.-Col. W. Cockell to be Lieut.-Col. without pur. vice Luxmoore, who retires upon full-pay:; Capt. A. Munro to be Major, without purchase, vice Cockell; Lieut. J. 0. Chiches- ter to be Capt. without purchase, vice Munro ' • Ensign J. K. Kendall to be Lieut. without purchase, vice Chichester ; Gent. Cadet W. H. Carter. from the Royal Mil. Coll. to be Ensign, without pur. vice Kendall. 19th Foot—Quartermaster-Sergt. T. Palmer to be Quartermaster, vice Hendry, appointed to the Depot Battalion at Win- chester. 20th Foot—T. Wright, Gent. to be Assist..Surg. vice Howard, prom. on the Staff. 26th Foot—Lieut. W. E. Wallace to be Capt. by pur. vice Cameron, who re- tires. 43d Foot—Lieut.-Col. J. Brown, from the 94th Foot, to be Lieut.-Col. vice Phillips, who exch. 57th Foot—G. Mitchell, Gent.to be Ensign, bk purchase, vice Lord Ernest M•Donnell Vane, prom. in the 2d Life Guards. 66th knot—Ensign C. F. W. Cuffe to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Bowles, who retires ; C. J. T. Duesbury, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Cuffe. 84th Foot—LieuL B. H. Page, from half-pay 76th Foot, to be Lieut. vice C. B. Browne, appointed to the 30th Foot. 94th Foot—Lieut.-Col. R. N. Phillips, from the 43d Foot, to be Lieut.-Cot vice Brown, who exchanges.

Depot Battalion at Winchester—Brevet Lieut.-Col. W. Slater, from half-pay unattached, to be Major.

Depot Battalion at Templemore—Major H. G. Hart, from half-pay unattached, to be Major.

Unatt.—Capt. Henry,IDuke of Beaufort, from the 7th Light Drags. to be Major, by purchase.

HospitalStaff-Assist-Surg. W. Dumbreck, from the 13th Light Drags. to be Assist-S . to the Forces, vice Armstrong, who exchanges.

Brevet-Lieut.-Col. H. D. Townshend, of the Depot Battalion at Templemore, to be Col. in the Army; Lieut.-Col. W. F. Beatson, of the East India Company's Ser- vice, to have the local rank of Col. while employed in the Turkish dominions. Memorandum.-Brevet Lieut.-Col. G. L. L. Kaye has been permitted to retire from the army by the sale of his commission, he being about to become a settler in Canada. The Christian names of Staff-Surgeon, First Class, Teller, are John Thom- son, and not John Thomas, as stated in the Gazette of March 28. OFFICE OP ORDNANCE, April 19.-Corps of Royal Sappers and Miners-Capt. F. A. Yorke to be Brigadier-Major, vice Walpole, promoted ; Second Capt. F. M. H. So- merset to be Adjt. vice Ord, promoted.