MILITARY GAZETTE. WAR-OFFICE, Dec. 19. BREVET. Colonel William Fenwick Williams,

C.B. of the Royal Artillery, now acting as her Majesty's Commiseioner with the Turkish army in Asia, to have the local rank of

B r-General while so employed.

7haedkundermentioned officers, who retired upon full-pay of the Royal Regiment of Artillery and the corps of Royal Engineers previously to her Majesty's Royal war- rant of the 6th of October 1854, to be promoted to a step of brevet rank, in order to place them in as favourable a position as those of their rank who may hereafter ob- tain retirement under the provisions of the said warrant, the rank in both cases being only honorary, viz.

Royal Artillery-Brevet Majors to be Lieutenant-Colonels in the Army-F. Wright, J. R. Colebrooke, L. S. B. Robertson, J. S. Law, J. Pascoe, G. Spitler, W. Greenwood, C.B., G. 51arkland.

To be Majors in the Army-Capt. 0. Fry, Second Capts. J. Smith, 0. Fleming, IL

C. Martin. K. F. Philips, Capts. J. M. Stephens, W. Lemoin, C. Manners, A. 0. W. &hatch, H. Morgan, B.. R. Drew, B. Morgan, L. E. Walsh, le A. Griffiths, F. Hol- combe, W. J. Stokes, J. Dyson, W. Berners, W. Y. Fenvrick, J. S. Farrell, H. H.

D. O'Brien, A. Gosset, Second Capts. 13..T. Skinner, R. Luard, Capts..7. Turner, J. Low, B.. M. Poulden, Second Capt. P. S. Campbell, Capts. H. S. Tireman, R. R. Fisher, W. B. Young, C. Cheetham, A. F. W. Papillon, W. Fulford, C. B,. Wynne, G. D. Warburton.

Royal Engineers-Brevet Majors to be Lieutenant-Colonels in the Army-B.. J. Bgrou, C. Ravers, R. Howorth, J. Lynn.

Captains to be Majors in the Army-E. Fyers, H. A. Colby, S. C. Melliuish, J. L. Rulme, J. W. Pringle, L Stocker, G. V. Tinting, J. H. Rutherford, C. Mackenzie, G. C. D. Lewis, F. W. Pittingal, W. Lancey, C. Oldershaw, C. S. Miller. The above commissions to bear date the 28th of November 1854. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, Dec. 18.-Corps of Royal Engineers-First Lieut. L..7. A. Arndt to be Second Capt. vice W. M. IngRs, deceased; Second Lieut. C. P. Carey to be First Lieut. vice Armit, promoted.

Ordnance Medical Department--E. W. Campbell, Gent, to be Assist.-Surg. Vine Watatie, promoted into the Army Medical Department.

WAR-OFPICE, Dec. 22.-lst Begt. of Life Guards-Veterinary-Surg. T. Sex, 2d. Drags, now serving on the Staff in Turkey, to be Veterinary Burg. vice Percival, dec. !d Life Guards-Lieut. It. D. W. Lyon to be At. vice Sherwan, who resigns the *.trtaney only. 5th Drag. Guards-Brevet Lieut.Col. T. W. M'Mahon to be Lieut.- Col. without purchase, vice Brevet Cot Sealed, promoted to the rank of Major- Gen.; Capt. B.. Thompson to be Major, without purchase, vice 111•Mahon; Lieut. A. J. H. Filiott to be Capt. without purchase, vice Thompson; Cornet R. G. B. Bolton to be Lieut, without purchase, vice Elliott; Sir E. S. Hutchinson, Bart. to be Cornet, without purchase, Nice Hon. G. Neville, deceased. 1st Drags.-Lieut W. T. Coney to be Capt. without purchase. 8th Light Drags.-Cornet .1. Baker, from the Royal Horse Guards, to be Comet, without purchase. 1st Regt. Foot Guards-To be Lieutenants and Captains without purchase-Ensign and Lieut. W. Verschoyle ; Ensign and Lieut. F. T. A. H. Bathurst; Ensign and Lieut. Hon. W. E. W. Quin. To be Ensigns and Lieutenants without purchase-Lieut. the Hon. J. B. J. Dormer, from the lloyal Horse Guards, vice Ferguseon, promoted; H. F. Davies, Gent. vice Davies, died of his wounds ; P. K. Murray, Gent. vice Vera. ehoyle ; S. C. G. H. Tracy, Gent. vice Bathurst; W. H. Parnell, Gent. vice Quin, fleets Fusilier Foot Guards-To be Ensigns and Lieuts. without pur.-The Ham R. BroweIrrw, vice Knollys, mom.; 111.. J. Sharpe, Gent. vice Lindsay, promoted. 155 Regt..of Foot-Lieut. T. H. Breeden to be Capt. without purchase, vice Carter. deceased; Ensign G. B.. Fenwick to be Limit, without purchase, vice Breeden; Ensign ,J. W. Hassell to be Lieut without purchase, vice Fenwick, whose promo- tion on the 8th December 1854 has been cancelled. 3d Foot-Ensign G. N. Roe to be Lieut. without purchase, vice Macneit appointed to the 13th Light Drags. 7th Foot-Brevet Major A. J. Pack to be Major, without purchase vice Brevet Lieut.-Cot Wilbraham, whose Brevet rank has been converted into substantive rank, in accordance with Royal warrant, 6th Oct. ; Lieut. H. R,. Hibbert to be Capt. without purchase, vice Pack ; Ensign G. H. Waller to be Lieut. without purchase, vice Hibbert; Lieut, H. N. C. Thurstone, from the 3d West York Militia, to he Ensign, without purchase, vice Lord B.. H. Browne, promoted. 11th Foot-Actieg Assist-Surg. F. H. Macfadin, from the Staff, to be Assist-Slug, vice Young, pr. rooted on the Staff. 12th Foot-H. Nesbitt, Gent. to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Stirke, promoted. 13th Foot-Lieut.-Col. Lord M. Kerr, from half-pay Ceylon Rifle Regiment, to be Lieut.-Col. vice Brevet Col. Stuart, who exchanges, 14th Foot-Ensign H. W. Heaton, from the 3d West York Militia, to be Eneign, without purchase. 21st Foot-Major J. B.. Stuart to be Lieut..Col. without pur- chase, vice Ainslie, died of his wounds ; Brevet Lieut.-Col. F. P. Haines to be Major, without purchase, vice Stuart; Lieut. E. A. T. Steward to be Capt. without purchase, vice Haines; Ensign R. Stephen's to be Lieut. without purchase, vice Steward ; Ensign William Caimes to be Lieut. without purchase, vice Stephens, whose promotion, on the 8th December 1854 has been cancelled. Isaac Tristram Coffin, Gentleman, to be Ensign, vrithout purchase, vice Cairnes. 31st Foot-Lieut. A. F. Ball to be Capt. by purchase, vice Minnitt, who retires; En- sign W. G. H. T. Fairfax to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Ball; T. C. Rycroft, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Fairfax. 37th Foot-J. G. Jervis, Gent. to be En- sign without purchase, vice Evered, promoted. 38th Foot-Brevet Lieut.-Col. J. J. Louth to be Lieut.-Col. without purchase, vice Sir J. Campbell, Bart. promoted to be Mejor-Gen.; Brevet Major J. S. Adamson to be Major, without purchase, vice Lowth; Lieut. J. T. Craster to be Capt. without purchase, vice Adamson; Ensign J. B. French to be Lieut. without purchase, vice Craster. 41st Foot-Limit. L King, from the Royal Bucks (King's Own) Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Fitz Roy, promoted. 49th Foot-Major J. T. Grant to be Lieut.-Col. with- out purchase, vice Brevet Col. Adams, promoted to be Major-Gen. ; Brevet Major C. S. Glazbrook to be Major, without purchase, vice Grant; Lieut, J. A. Conolly to be Capt. without purchase, vice Glazbrook ; Ensign P. Cahill tote Lieut. without purchase, vice Conolly. 50th Foot-E. J. Miller, Gent, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Antrobus, promoted. 60th Foot-Ensign J. A. Morrah, from the Cape Mounted Rifleman, to be Ensign, vice Fox, promoted. 73d Foot- Ensign B. G. D. Cooke to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Evans, who retires; J. F. Henley, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Cooke. 77th Foot-Lieut. W. S. Le Feuvre, from the Hampshire Militia, to be Ensign, without pur. vice Carden, pro. 78th Foot-Capt. J. Meek, from half-pay Unatt. to be Capt. vice Bentley, who ex. changes ; Lieut. L. Pleydell-Bouverie to be Capt. by purchase, vice Meek, who retires; Ensign J. Finlay to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Bouverie; Montagu A. Kirby, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Finlay. 88th Foot-Ensign C. W. A. T. Kenny to be Lieut. without purchase, vice blaule, died of his wounds. Ensign W. Lambert to be Lieut. without purchase, vice Kenny, whose promotion on the 8th Dec. has been cancelled ; Lieut. W. Little to be Adjt. vice Maule, died of his wounds; B. Mitchell, Gent, to be Ensign without purchase, vice Lambert. 89th Foot-Capt. D. Tom, from half-pay 36th Foot, to be Capt. vice Knipe, who ex- changes. 90th Foot-Lieut. A. D. Swift, from the Hampshire Militia, to be Da- sign, without purchase, vice Jackson, appointed Quartermaster. 93d Foot-Ensign M. W. Hyslop, from the 39th Foot, to be Ensign. Rifle Brigade-Brevet Lieut.-Col_ W. S. R. Norcott to be Lieut.-Col. without purchase, vice Brevet Col. Buller, promoted to be Major-Gen.; Brevet Major A. Macdonell tote Major, without purchase, vice Norcott; Lieut. the Hon. L. Cur- zon to be Capt. without purchase, vice Macdonell; Second Limit. the Hon-. U. W. Campbell to be Lieut. without purchase, vice Tryon, killed in action* Ensign A. Heywood to be Lieut. without purchase, vice Campbell, whose promotion on Dec. 8 has been cancelled ; Ensign J. Brett to be Limit, without purchase, vice Curzon,

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Capt. 3. Meek, 78th Foot, to be Major in the Army. Brevet Major J. Meek, 78th Foot, to be Lieut.-Col, in the Army. Lieut.-Col. B. R. Wesley, Royal Ma- rines, to be Col. in the Army. Capt. 3.0. Langley, Royal Marines, to be Major in the Army. Brevet Major G. C. Langley, Royal Marines, tote Lieut.-Col. in the Army. The undermentioned Cadets, of the East India Company's Service, to have the local and temporary rank of Ensign during the period of their being placed, under the command of Col. IL DI Jones, of the Royal Engineers, at Chatham, for Field Instruction in the Art of Sapping and Mining • E. R. R. Macdonell, Gent. ; E. Jones, Gent,; H. A. L. Carnegie, Gent, ; E. T. Thackeray, Gent.;' W. G. D. Dick, Gent. •. J. G. Forbes, Gent-. ; H. B.. Ideiklejohn, Gent. ; F. Cl. Mytton, Gent. • If. .8'. G. Gordon, Gent. Staff-Veterinary Surg. J. W. Gloag," 11th' Light Drags, lobe Veterinary Stn, to the Army in the East, vice Sex, appointed tothe 1st Life Guards. Unattached-Major and Brevet Lieut.-Col. Wilbraham, of the 7th Foot, to have the Brevet rank of Lieut.-Col. converted into substantive rank Unattached, in accordance with the Royal Warrant of Oct. 6.

Hospital Staff-To be Acting Assist.-Susgs-J. M`Neil Beatty, Gent,; A. H.

F. Lynch, Gent.; J. W. Ilulseberg, Gent. ; T. E. Hale, B.A. ; T. G. Creasy, Gent. ; P. Frank, M.D. • W. Gordon, M.111.• R. G. Dickson, M.D.; W. E. Lynch, Gent.; C. D. Madden, Gent.; S. Koch, Gent. ; It. T. Simons, Gent. vice Macfadin, promoted.

Provisional Depat Battalions-To be Lieutenant-Colonels-Lieut.-Col. J. Alves, from half-pay Unattached ; Lieut.-Col. F. M. Stack, from the 71st Foot. To he Major-51.. H. L. Maydwell, from the 41st Foot. To be Adjutants-Capt. A. Maclean, of the 94th Pont; Capt, T. Gilley, from half-pay Unattached. To be Quartermaster-Quartermaster S. Taylor, from the 71st. Foot., Memoranda-The appointment of N. C. White, Gent, to be Acting Assist.-Surg. which appeared in the Gazette of the 24th ult. has been cancelled.

The commission of Lieut. K. J. Montgomery, of the 5th Drag. Guards, to bear data 25th Aug. 1854 in lieu of 8th Dec. 1854, as previously stated. The commissions of the under-mentioned officers to bear date the 14th Dec. 1854, instead of 15th, as previously stated : 18th Foot--Ensign M. J. Cunningham. 55th Foot-Ensign S. Scott.

Erratum in the Gazette of 15th inst.-For Capt. E. Fellows from the 12th Light Drags, lobe Capt. in the llth Light. Drags. Read Brevet Major E. Fellows, from the 12th Light Drags. 8r.e.