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FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE, SEPTEMBER 26.

Watt DEPARTMENT, Pall Mall, Sept. 26.—/nfantry-25th Regt. of Foot—Major- Gen. Sir H. Somerset, K.C.B. to be Col. vice Gen. Sir H. F. Campbell, K.C.B. dec.

Wan DEPASIXENT, Pall Mall, Sept. 26.—Cavalry-14th Regt. of Light Drags.— T. Phillips, Gent. to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Dew, promoted.

Royal Engineers—The surname of the Second Capt. promoted on the 18th ult. is Fyers, and not Fyors, as previously stated.

Infantry—Grenadier Regt. of Foot Guards—Ensign and Lieut. H. C. E. Malet to be Lieut. and Capt. by purchase, vice Cust, promoted ; Hon. C. E. Edgecumbe to be Ensign and Lieut. by purchase, vice Malet ; N. L. Melville, Gent. to be En- sign and Lieut. by purchase, vice W. D. Viscount Stormont, who retires. lst Foot—Lieut. F. B, Hassard, from the 6th Foot, to be Lieut. viceLawrefl, who exchanges.

6th Foot—Lieut. H. J. Lawrell, from the let Foot, to be Lieut. vice Haggard, who exchanges ; Quartermaster&Sergt. J. Cranney to be Quartermaster, vice Croker, who retires upon half-pay. 19th Foot-Capt. R. Young, from the 98th Foot, to be Capt. vice Mitford, who exchanges.

24th Foot-Lieut. H. M. Burns to be Capt. without purchase, vice R. A. Croker, deceased ; Ensign W. B. Logan to be Lieut. without purchase, vice Burns. 25th Foot-Lieut. T. W. Sheppard, from the 97th Foot, to be Lieut. vice Manners, who exchanges.

3.3d Foot-Lieut. J. .1. Greenwood to be Capt. without purchase, vice Brevet- Major W. PreLrnan, whose brevet rank has been converted into substantive rank, under the Ho warrant of 6th October 1854. 43d Foot- "eut. R. M. Pakenham to be Capt. by purchase, vice Girardot, who retires ; Ensign V. Fane to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Pakenham ; Ensign T. DPGoun, from the 51st Foot, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Facie ; Assist.- stirs. A. Croker, from the 98th Foot, to be Assist.-Surg. vice Browne, promoted in g3d Foot.

47th Foot-Ensign T. Quinn has been permitted to retire from the service by the sale of his commission. 51st Foot-F. T. Humfrey, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Scott, prom.; .1. Burton, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice M'Goun, appointed to the 43d Foot, 51di Foot-Lieut. C. A. Thomson to be Capt. without purchase, vice Brevet-Ma- jor F. J. Griffin, who retires upon full-pay ; Ensign J. W. Hughes to be Lieut. without purchase, vice Thomson. 74th Foot-Lieut. II. Currie, from the 84th Foot, to be Lieut. vice Blake, who exchanges. 83d Foot-Assistant-burg. R. Browne, from the 43d Foot, to be Sorg. vice Ste- phenson, deceased. 84th Foot-Lieut. G. P. Blake, from the 74th Foot, to be Lieut. vice Currie, who exchanges. 95th Foot-Lieut. D. E. Manners, from 25th Foot, to be Lieut. vice Sheppard, who exchanges. 98th Foot-Capt. H. Mitford, from the 19th Foot, to be Capt. vice Young, who exchanges ; Assist.-burg. J. M'N. Beatty, from the Staff, to be Assist.-Surg. vice Croker, appointed to the 43d Foot.

Rifle Brigade-Lieut. J. Ashton has been permitted to retire from the service by the sale of his commission.

Cape Mounted Riflemen-C. H. Harris, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Barnard, promoted ; C. Currie, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Cartwright, promoted.

Unattached-Brevet-Lieut.-Col. R. Warden, 19th Foot, to have his brevet rank converted into substantive rank, under the Royal warrant of the 6th Oct. 1854. Brevet-Lieut.-Col. the Hon. St. G. G. Foley, C.B. Capt. on half-pay Unatt. to have the substantive rank of Major, under the Royal warrant of the 6th Oct. 1854. Lieut. the Hon. A. T. Moreton, from the 3d Light Drags. to be Capt. by purchase. Hospital Staff-Inspector-General of Hospitals, with local rank in Turkey, T. Alexander, C.B., to be Inspector-General of Hospitals, with local rank in Canada. The undermentioned Acting Assist.-Surgs. have ceased to do duty, there being no longer occasion for their services : J. H. Hammond, A. O. W. Swain, M.D., T. Wiley, S. Job, J. G. Leask. M.B., T. W. S. Locke, T. B. Blandford, A. Sanders. Memorandum-Capt. R. N. Boyes, upon half-pay of 3d West India Regt. has been permitted to retire from the service by the sale of his commission, he being about to become a settler at the Cape of Good Hope.