2 SEPTEMBER 1848, Page 20

MILITARY GAZETTE.

WAR-OFFICE, Sept. 1.--15th Light Drags.—Cornet W. Clarkson, to be Quartermaster, vice W. Betson, who retires upon half-pay. 16th Light Drags.—Lieut. J. Coster, to be Capt. by purchase, vice Powell, who retires ; Cornet F. W. Grant, to be Lieut. by pur- chase, vice Coster ; the Hon. A. A. S. Annersley to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Grant. Scots Fusilier Guards—Capt. W. Frederick Viscount Chewton, from 6th Foot, to be Lieut. and Capt. vice Otway, who exchanges. 6th Regt. of Foot—Lieut. and Capt. E. J. Otway, from the Scots Fusilier Guards, to be Capt. vice Viscount Chewton, who ex- changes. 9th Foot—EnsignA. Sievwright to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Fardell, who retires ; 1.0. Richards, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Sievwright. 12th Foot —Capt. C. R. Storey, from half-pay Unattached, to be Capt. vice Granet, deceased. 20th Foot—Lieut. M. Cane to be Capt. by purchase, vice Frith, who retires ; Lieut. J. G. Maycock, from half-pay 28th Foot, to be Lieut. vice Eyre, appointed Paymaster to the 47th Foot ; Ensign J. G. Hay to be Lieut.:by purchase, vice Cane ; Ensign H. T. Law, from the 334 Foot, to be Ensign, vice Hay. 334 Foot—C. E. Mansfield, Gent, to be Ensign by purchase, vice Law, appointed to the 20th Foot. 97th Foot—Lieut. W- A. Eyre, from the 20th Foot, to be Paymaster, vice D. L. Cox, who retires upon half- pay. 48th Foot —Lieut. C. W. Strong to be Capt. by purchase, vice Emmett, who re- tires ; EdsIgn Charles Raleigh Chichester to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Strong : George Sinclair Tritton, Gentleman' to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Chichester- 75th Foot—Ensign H. F. Mahony to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Capel, who retires> C. R. Rivers, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Mahony. 76th Foot—It. H. Mont- gomerie, Gent, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Lloyd, deceased. 90th Foot- Lieut. J. W. B. Peddle to be Paymaster, vice H. Y. Eager, superseded, being absent without leave. 96th Foot—Lieut. W. Rogers, from the 3d West India Regt. to be Lieut. vice M'Crea, whose appointment has been cancelled ; Ensign E. D. J. M'Carthy, from the 94th Foot, to be Lieut. without purchase, Tice Pilfold, deceased.

3d West India Regt.—Ensign II. Wheeler to be Lieut. without purchase, vice Rogers, appointed to the 96th Foot; Ensign J. Nicholson to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Billies, who retires ; Sergt4P.Fumell, from 28th Foot, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Nichol- son; W. S. Brown, Gent, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Wheeler. Staff. —Paymaster G. Hood, from the 434 Foot, to be Paymaster of a Recruiting Dis- trict, vice H. P. Forster, deceased.

Memorandum—The removal of Lieut. II. T. M'Crea, from the 94th to the 96th Regt. and the promotion of Ensign E. D. J. M'Carthy to be Lieut. in 94th Foot, 1i:succession, as stated in the Gatette of 18th August 1848, have been cancelled.