FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE, JANUARY 25.

WAR DEPARTMENT, Jan. 25.-Covalry.-Itoyal Regiment of Horse Guards-Cor- net 0. L. C. Williams to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Leslie, promoted.

4th Dragoon Guards-Cornet E. P..liannigalten, from the 6th Dings. to be Cor- net, without purchase.

1st Drags.-The promotion of Cornet W. II. Cutler to a Lieutenancy, by pur- chase, 21st Dec. 1855, vice Basset, who retires, has been cancelled.

11th Light Drags.-Cornet A. B. Bingham, from the 13th Light Drags, to be Cor- net, without purchase, vice Bull, appointed to the Royal Horse Guards. 12th Light Drags.-Capt. R. Rintoul, from the 3d Surrey Militia, to be Cornet, without purchase, vice Murray. promoted. 13th Light Drags.-Cornet S. de A. C. Clarke to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Mac- lean, promoted.

Infantry.-Scots Fusilier Guards-Capt. G. W. H. Viscount Kirkwall, from the 71st Foot, to be Lieut. and Capt. by purchase, vice Brevet-Lieut.-Col. R. N. F. hingscote, C.B. who retires.

1st Foot-L. Evans, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Alban, promoted. 9th Foot-P. W. Hackett, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Agnew, prom. 13th Foot-Brevet-Major J. W. Cox to be Major, without purchase, vice Major and Brevet-Lieut.-Col. J. S. Wood, whose brevet rank has been converted into sub- stantive rank, under the Royal Warrant, 6th Oct. 1854; Lieut. N. H. B. Warden to be Capt. without purchase, vice Cox.; Ensign J. Bond to be Lieut. without pur- chase, vice Warden; -Lieut. E. Bolger, from the Kilkenny Fusilier Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Bond. 15th Foot-The Christian names of Ensign Aytoun, are HowardDouglas, and not Douglas Howard.

17th Foot-Major 0. P. Bourke to be Lieut.-Col. without.purchase, vice Brevet- Col. P. M'Pherson, appointed Inspecting Field Officer of a Recruiting District ; Brevet-Major W. Gordon to be Major, without purchase, vice Bourke ; Lieut. S. IL Dyer to be Capt. without purchase, vice Gordon ; Ensign St. A. B. Leeward, from the Glamorgan Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase ; H. T. Hunt, Gent. to be Ensign, iiy -purchase, vice Maycock, promoted. 30th Foot-Lieut. C. J. C. Sillery to be Capt. without purchase, vice C.N. Stephenson, killed in action; Ensign T. Elwyn to be Lieut. without purchase, vice Kerr, died of his wounds; Ensign It. 0. Campbell to be Lieut. without purchase. vice Sillery ; Ensign J. M'D. Allardice to be Lieut. without purchase, nee H. S. Smith, whose promotion, without purchase, on 26th Oct. 1855, has been cancelled ; Lieutenant W. J. Voules, from the Royal Bucks Militia, to be Ensign, without pur- chase, vice Elwyn, promoted-; -Ensign 0. Boyce, from the Kildare Militia, to be En- sign, without purchase, vice Campbell, promoted.

36th Foot-Ensign E. Mahon to be Lieut. without purchase, vice Tuck, dec.; 6W. W. Knapp, Gent. tobe Ensign, by purchase, vice Willett, promoted. 39th Foot-Lieut It. E. Carr to be Capt. without purchase, vice Brevet-Lieut.- CoL H. A. Strachan, who has been promoted to the substantive rank of Major, un- der the Royal Warrant of 6th Oct. 1854; Ensign H. R. Vigors to be Lieut. without purchase, vice Carr. 42d Foot-Ensign W. S. Walter, from the Inverness Militia, to be Ensign, without Purchase, vice Bramly, promoted. 44th Foot-Quartermaster 3d. G. Thomsett to be Paymaster, vice Bennett, ap- Pointed to a Provisional Depot Battalion ; Sergt.-Major W. Hart to be Quartermas- ter, vice Thomsett, appointed Paymaster.

48th Foot-Ensign D. G. Protheroe to be Lieut. without purchase ; W. H. Soy- man, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, in succession to Lieut. Connor, who has iv-

49th Foot-Ensign G. W. H. Christian, from the 69th Foot, to be Ensign, without Purchase.

80th Foot--Capt. W. . Tongs, to be Major, without purchase, vice Major and Brevet-Lien.t.-CoL Hon. A. Hope, whose brevet rank has been converted into sub-

stantive rank, under the Royal Warrant of 6th Oct. 1854; Lieut. W. Tedlie to be Capt. without purchase, vice Yonge ; Ensign A. Morgan to be Limit, without pur- chase, vice Tedlie. 655 Foot-Ensign G. W. W. Knapp, from 36th Foot, to be Ensign. 69th Foot-Lieut. T. H. Charleton to be Capt. by purchase, vice Maclean, who retires ; Ensign E. Boyle to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Charleton; G. W. H. Christian, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Turner, promoted. 71st Foot-Lieut. W. Campbell to be Capt. by purchase, vice Viscount Kirkwall. appointed to the Scots Fusilier Guards ; Ensign W. H. 31. Fortescue to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Campbell. 82d Foot-Ensign J. Johnston, from the 87th Foot, to be Ensign, without pur- chase.

88th Foot-Lieut. G. H. Adams to be Capt. by purchase, vice Brevet-Lieut.-Col.

A. R. Gale, who retires. 87th Foot-J. Johnston, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Lynch, promoted; B. D'Urban Musgrove, Gent, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Johnston, ap- pointed to the 82t1 Foot. 88th Foot-The surname of the Ensign promoted to a Lieutenancy on 8th June 1855, is Austin, and not Austen, as previously stated. 91st Foot-Lieut. F. Pike, from the 92d Foot, to be Lieut. vice Macpherson, who exchanges. 92d Foot-Lieut. R. Macpherson, from the 91st Foot, to be Lieut. vice Pike, who exchanges; J. Thomson, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hay, promoted. 93d Foot-Lieut.-Col, Hon. A. Hope, from half-pay Unatt. to be Lieut.-Col. vice W. B. Ainslie, C.B. who exchanges.

Ride Brigade-W. J. K. Myers, Gent, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Eger- ton, promoted.

2d West India Regiment-Ensign and Atljt. II. Carvell to have the rank of Lieut.

Load Transport Corps-To be Second Captains-Quartermaster of Brigade R. Brennan ; Quartermaster of Brigade A. Henry; Quartermaster J. Jones ; Quarter- master of Brigade C. Hutton ; Quartermaster of Brigade J. Young ; Quartermaster of Brigade W. Stevens ; Quartemoister-of Brigade St. J. Willem, vice Downie, who resigns.

British German Legion-6th Light Infantry--Colour-Sergt. S. Haden, from the 16th Foot, to be Quartermaster.

Unattached-The undermentioned officers to have their brevet rank converted into substantive rank, under the Royal Warrant of Oct. 6, 1854-Major and Brevet- Lieut.-Col. J. S. Wood, C.13. 13th Foot ; Major and Brevet-Lieut-Col. Hon. A. Hope, 60th Foot. Capt. and Brevet-Lieut.-Col. H. A. Strachan, Meth Foot, to have the substantive rank of Major, under-the Royal Warrant of Oct. 6, 1854.

Brevet-Major-Gen. P. Grant, C.B. of the East India Company's Service, to have the local rank of Lieut.-Gen. in the East Indies, Brevet-Major J. H..Laye, of the 58th Toot, to be Lieut-Col. in the Army. The undermentioned promotions to take place in the East India Company's Army, consequent upon the death of Lieut.-Gen. B. Hoop°, Bengal Infantry, 5th Dec. 1855. To be Lieutenant-General-Major-Gen. .T. Anderson, Bengal Infantry. To he Major-General-Col.H. Lawrence, 'Bengal Infantry. The undermentioned officers of the East India Company's Service, retired upon full-pay, to have a step of honorary rank as follows : To be Major-Cieneral--Col. W. E. A. Elliott, Madras Infantry. To be Colonels-Lieut.-Col. J. Ludlow, Ben- gal Infantry ; Lieut.-Col. C. J. Lewis, Bengal Infantry ; Lieut.-Col. W. S. Adams. Bombay Infantry. To be Lieutenant-Colonels-Majors W. Elsey, Madras Infantry ; S. S. Trevor, Madras Artillery ; T. G. Fraser, Bombay Infantry ; E. Sunderland, Bengal Artillery ; W. P. Meares, Bengal Infantry; C. P. Wilder, Madras Light Ca- valry; F. A. Close, Bengal Infantry - R. C. King, Madras Light Cavalry. To be Majors-Captains J. Skinner, Bengal Irregular Cavalry ; W. Jones, Bengal Engi- neers.

The commission of Capt. A. Begot. of the 15th Bengal Native Infantry, promoted to the Brevet rank of Major in the Gazette of 25th May 18.55, is to bear date the 24th July 1854, instead of 11th Dec. 1854. The first Christian name of Major Holloway, 92d Madras Native Infantry, pro- moted in the Gazette 21st Nov. 1851, is Edward, and not Edmund, as therein stated.

The undermentioned officers and gentlemen to be promoted or appointed to the following steps of local rank in Turkey, while serving with the Turkish Contingent. To be Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals-First-Class Staff-Sorg. J. Vaughan, vice Campbell, invalided. To be First-Class Staff-Surgeons--Surgeons W. A. Wolseley, vice M'Alister, invalided ; B. Paton, vice Littleton, reduced. To be Surgeons-Assist.-Surgeons G. S. Sutherland, vice Castle, invalided ; J. B. Posnett. vice Macaulay, deceased.; It. Sim, vice Bennett, invalided ; A. Walker; J. C. Copland. Gent, attached to the Osmanli Irregular Cavalry. To be Assist.-11 ne -Acting Assist.-Surg. J. A. Rae, vice Hamilton, resigned ; J. G. Campbell, Gent. vice Welker, promoted. To be Acting Assistant-Surgeons-P. S. Kemblan, Gent. ; Carl Roll, Gent. ; D. Hansom, Gent.

Memortnuison.-The undermentioned officer has been permitted to retire from the service, he having received a commutatioa in lieu of his half-pay-Ensign A. Von Brandis, half-pay 1st Line Battalion King's German Legion.