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FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE, MAY 27.

WAR DEPARTMENT, Pall Mall, May 27.—Cavery-13th Light Drags.—C. Rey. worth, Gent, to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Wood, promoted.

Infantry-7th Foot—Major It. Y. Shipley to be Lieut.-Col. without purchase, vice Pack, who retires upon half-pay ; Capt. It. W. Aldworth to be Major, without purchase, vice Shipley ; Lieut. L. J. F. Jones to be Capt. without purchase, vice Aldworth ; Ensign W. Cook to be Adjt. vice Waller, who resigns the Adjutancy only.

8th Foot—Lieut. B. C. Bordes, from half-pay 13th Foot, to be Lieut. vice Hearne, who exchanges ; Ensign It. L. G. M'Grigor, from the 71st Foot, to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Bordes, who retires.

11th Foot—Lieut. P. D. Vigore to be Adjt. vice Boyd, who resigns the Adjutancy only. 15th Foot—Lieut. C. J. W. Allen to be Capt. by purchase, vice De Montenach, who retires ; Ensign W. Starke to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Allen ; M. J. C. Browne, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Starke. 24th Foot—The surname of Lieut. Austen is Godwin-Austen.

43d Foot—Quartermaster J. Denton to be Paymaster, vice APCrea, who retires upon half-pay as Lieut. of the 94th Foot ; Quartermaster-Bergt. James Denton to be Quartermaster, vice Joseph Denton. 60th Foot—Lieut. N. J. Pauli, from the North Gloucester Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase. 67th Foot—Lieut. E. B. Bass, from the West Cork Artillery Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice ii. R. Evans.

74th Foot—Sergt.-Major G. Watson to be Quartermaster vice Haines, who re- tires upon half-pay. 84th Foot—Ensign R. Maybury, from the list Foot, to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Gibaut, whose promotion, by purchase, on the 7th of September 1855, has been can- - celled.

88th Foot—Major E. J. V. Browne to be Lieut.-Col. without purchase, vice Brevet-Col. Shirley, who retires upon half-pay; Capt. the Hon. J. J. Bourke to be Major, without purchase, vice Browne ; Lieut. W. Little to be Capt. without pur- • chase, vice Bourke.

Land Transport Corps—Cornet J. Palmer has been permitted to retire his com- mission.

'Cavalry Dipift—Quartermaster T. Smith has been permitted to resign upon half- paY.

• Commissariat Department—Assist.Commissary-Gen. H. Green has been re. moved from the service, he having refused to obey an order to proceed on duty.

Hospital Staff—Acting Assist.-Surg. T. C. Beale, having been appointed to the Osmanli Irregular Cavalry on the 15th of February 1856, his services in the Army Medical Department have been dispensed with from that date.

Brevet.—Lieut.-Col. H. H. Graham, of the 59th Foot, having completed three. years' actual service in the rank of Lieut.-Col. to be promoted to-be Col. in the army.

The undermentioned Quartermasters retired on half-pay to have the honorary rank of Captain under the Royal Warrant of the 17th Of December 1855—Quartermister C. Haines, half-pay 74th Foot ; Quartermaster F. Smith, half-pay Cavalry Dep6t. - The promotions of Assist.-Surgs. G. Yates and W. Hutchinson, of the Turkish Contingent, to the local rank of Surgeons in Turkey, on the 18th of February 1856, have been cancelled.

The undermentioned promotions to take place in the East India Company's Army, consequent on the death of General J. Greenstreet, Bengal Infantry, 9th April 1856, and Lieut.-Gen. T. Wilson, C.B. Bengal Infantry, 2d April 1856: To be General- Lieut.-Gen. M. Boyd, Bengal Infantry. To be Lieutenant-Generals—Major-Gen. W. R. C. Costly, Bengal Infantry ; Efajor-Gen. C. Herbert, C.B. Madras Infantry. • To be Major-Generals—Col. H. F. Cayley, Bengal infantry; Col. Hope Dick, Ben- gal 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 Lieut.-Cols.—Major W.. II. Lomer, Bengal Infantry ; Major T. James, Bengal Infantry.

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE, MAY 30. • Wan DEPARTMENT, Pall Mall, May 30.—Breret.—Major-General C. A. Wind- ham, C.B. to be promoted to the local rank of Lieut.-Gen. in Turkey.