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THE ARMY.

WAR OFFICE, Oct. 26, 130.-13th Regt. Light Dragoons: Assist..Sur. NV. Thom-

son, from the 26th Foot, to be Assist.-Sur. vice Shean, promoted in the 16th Foot- 3d Foot Guards : E. Gage, Gent. to be Ens. and Lieut. by purchase, vice Booth, who retires-12th Foot it Tleade, Gent. to be %.0s., by purchase, vice Pitcairn, promoted-15th Foot : Lieut. T. Colman, to be Capt. without purchase, vice Quill, promoted-16th Foot : Assist-Sur.vice R. Sheen, tom the 13th Light Dragoons, to be Sur. vice A. C. Fraser, who retires upon half-pay-18th Foot : Assist.-Sur. D. 0. Davis, to be Sur. vice Lindsay, deceased-23d Foot : Second Lieut. S. Powell, to be First Lieut. by purchase, vice Griffiths, appointed Paymaster ; H. G. Chester, Gent. to be second Lieut. by purchase, vice Powell ; Lieut. W. A. Griffith,, to be Pay- master, vice Macdonald, deceased-26th Foot : Lieut. A. Calder, to be Capt. with- out purchase, vice Brehaut, deceased ; Ens. C. H. Pierse, to be Lieut without pur- chase, vice Calder ; Staff•Assist.-Sur. J. C. Mint°, to be Assist. Sur. vice Thomson, appointed to the 13th Light Dragoons-31st Foot: Lieut-Col. Peddle, from the half-pay, to be Lieut.-Col. vice Sir J. R. Colleton, who retires-46th Foot: Staff- Assist.-Sur. A. H. Cowen, to be Assist-Sur. vice Radford, promoted in the 62d Foot —52d Foot : Assist.-Sur. T. Spence, from the 6th Foot, to be Assist.-Sur. vice Brown, deceased-58th Foot : Quartermaster 0. Gorman, to be Adjutant, with the rank of Ens. vice Robertson, who resigns the Adjutantcy only-65th Foot : Ens. C. T. Freer, to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Tracie, who retires; W. P. Young, Gent, to be Ens by purchase, vice Freer-68th Foot e Ens. G. Witham, to be Lieut. by pur- chase, vice Gibson, promoted; A. Surtees, Gent. to be Ens, by purchase, Vice Wi- tham-73d Foot : Lieut. C. W. Coombe, from half-pay, Royal West India Rangers, to be Lieut. vice T. Dowlan, who exchanges-791h }root: Stuff-Assist-Sur. W.. Cruickshank, to be Assist.-Sur. vice Divie, promoted in the 91st Regt.—Ceylon Regt. J. M. Macdonald, Gent, to be Second Lieut. without purchase, vice Maclean, deceased.

Unattached : Maj. H. Gillman, from the 69th Regt., to be Lieut-Col. of Infantry,

by purchase ; Brevet Maj.-G. Quill, from the 15th Foot, to be Maj. of Infantry,. without purchase—To be Copts. of Infantry, without purchase : Lieut. W. Butler, from the 35th Regt.; Lieut. H. Downie, from theist West India Regt. ; Lieut It. Coch- rane, from the 55th Regt. ; Lieut J. NV. Boyes, from the 5Sth Regt. ; Lieut. F. Robert- son from the 36th Regt. Lieut A Gordon, from the 22d Regt.; Lieut. F. W. Colt- burst, from the 4th Foot ; Lieut it. H. Reardon, from the 223 Regt.—To be Lieut. of Infantry, by purchase : Ens, it. Pitcairn, from the 12th Foot

Brevet : Lieut.-Col. A. Findlay, on the half-pay of the Royal African Corps, to have the rank of Col. on the Western Coast of Africa only—To be Majors. in the Army —Capt C. Bayley, Commander of Goze ; Capt. W. Mackie, of the 94th Regt.

Hospital Staff—To be Assist..Surgs. to the Force,: Assist.-Sur. F. O'Brien, from the 28th Regt. vice Cruickshank, appointed to the 79th Regt.; Assist-Sur. J. Dun- canson, from the half-pay of the 49th Regt. vice Hart, promoted in the 31st Regt. ; Hospital-Assist. D. Menzies, from the half-pay. Memorandum.—Lieut. C. Macdonald, haif-pay unattached, has been allowed to, retire from the service by the sale of an unattached commission.

Memorandum.—The haltpay of the undermentioned officers has been cancelled

from the 26th instant inclusive, upon their receiving a commuted allowance for their commissions, viz. :—Lieut. 'P. L. Davies, half-pay 99th Foot ; Lieut. J. F. Miller, half-pay 60th Foot ; Ens. G. Taylor, half-pay Royal York Rangers ; Staff-Surg. W. Kendall, half-pay ; Assist.-Sur. A. Macfadgean, half-pay 233 Foot ; Ens. G. Jackson, half-pay ad Foot ; Lieut. H. Moises, half-pay 7th Dragoon Guards, Ens. T. E. Lodingtoa half-pay 53d Foot; Assist.-Sur. W. Maurice, half- pay 7th Light Dragoons ; Ens. A. von Reiche, half-pay 1st Line Battalion King's German Legion ; Assist.-Sur. W. F. Bow, half-pay 77th Foot; Lieut. A. Fettes, half-pay 14th Light Dragoons.

The undermentioned officers, upon half-pay, have also been allowed to retire front the service, receiving commuted allowances for their commissions :—Quartermaster T. Coleman, 65th Foot; Quartermaster W. Minchin, 53d Foot ; Assi:t.-Sur. It. N, Starr, 95th Foot ; Quartermaster J. M'Cabe, 36th Foot.