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FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE, FEBRUARY 6. WAR OFFICE, Pall Mall, Feb. 6.—Caralry--2d Regt. of Life Guards—Comet and Sub-Liaut. H. W. Lee-Jortin has been permitted to retire from the service by the sale of his commission.

lot Drag. Guards—Capt. J. R. S. Sayer to be Major, by purchase, vice Briggs, who retires ; Lieut. T. J. Mitchell to be Capt. by purchase, vice Sayer. 11th Light Drags.—Cornet H. J. Wilkin to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Brooke, who retires ; A. P. Garnett, Gent, to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Wilkin. 13th Light Drags.—Lieut. J. Bearden to be Capt. by purchase, vice Clayton, who retire,; Capt. 1'. D. Maclean, from half-pay 13th Light Drags. to be Capt. vice Dearden, placed upon half-pay; Surg. R. C. Anderson, M.D. from the 90th Foot, to be Surg. vice Home, who exchanges. 14th Light Drags.—Lieut. J. Dudgeon has been permitted to retire from the service by the sale of his commission.

infantry-2d Foot—Ensign II. Grattan, from the 80th Foot, to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Iliffernan, who retires.

3d Foot—Lieut. R. E. Sleeman has been permitted to resign his commission. 17th Foot—The Christian names of Lieut. Presgrave are William Frederick Augustus Edward. , 18th Foot—Lieut. R. P. Bishopp to be Instructor of 'Musketry. 21st Foot—Ensign R. Cook to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Shaw, who retires. 22d Foot—Capt. W. 13. Persse, from the 90th Foot, to be Capt. vice Hammond, who exchanges.

34th Foot—The Christian names of Lieut.-Col. Kelly are Richard Denis. 934 Foot—Brevet-Lieut.-Col. G. Talbot to be Lieut.-Col. without purchase, vice Brevet-Col. Brown, dec.; Brevet-Major D. C. Greene to be Major, without purchase, vice Talbot; Lieut. H. Robinson to be Capt. without purchase, vice Greene; Sergt.-Major G. Garland to be Ensign, without purchase ; Ensign G. Garland to be Adjt. vice Pakenham, promoted. 48th Foot—Paymaster A. W. M•Kenzie, from the Antrim Rifles Militia, to be Paymaster, vice M'Mullin, appointed to a Depot Battalion, 51st Foot—Lieut. E. O'Callaghan to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Capt. Agg, posted as Instructor of Musketry to a DApot Battalion, 56th Foot—Lieut. W. A. Godley to be Capt. vice Austin, who retires. 724 Foot—Lieut. E. Henry has been permitted to resign his commission.

77th Foot—Lieut. H. M. L. Colquhoun to be Instructor of Musketry. 82d Foot—Lieut.-Col. E. B. Hale, from half-pay 824 Foot, to be Lieut.-Col. with out purchase: Assist.-Surg. It. W. Carter, from the 20th Foot, to be Assist.-Surg. 89th Foot—Ensign H. B. Dunn has been permitted to resign his commission.

90th Foot—Lieut.-Col. W. P. Purnell, from half-pay of the 90th Foot, to be Lieut.Col. without purchase ; Major It. Barnston, from half-pay Unatt. to be Major, vice Grove, whose brevet rank has been converted into substantive rank under the Royal warrant of the 6th October 1854; Capt. P. A. L. Phipps, from half-pay of the 90th Foot, lobe Capt. vice Bamston, whose brevet rank has been converted into substantive rank, under the Royal warrant of the 6th October 1851; Capt. L. N. D. Hammond, from the 224 Foot, to be Capt. Tice Persse, who exchanges; Surg. A. D. Home, from the 13th Light Drags. to be Surg. vice Anderson, who exchanges; Assist.-Surg. C. R. Nelson, from the Staff, to be Assist.-Surg.

95th Foot—Ensign J. Nicholas to be Lieut. by purchase, vice the Hon. C. M. H. Forbes, who retires.

Cape Mounted Riflemen—Lieut.-Col. R. N. Tinley, from half-pay of the 39th Foot, to be Lieut.-Col. vice Brevet-Col. C. H. Somerset, who exchanges ; Ensign R. Rorke to be Lieut, without purchase, vice Mackenzie, who resigns.

St. Helena Regiment—Lieut J. M•Namee, from the 724 Foot, to be Lieut. vice S. S. Helps, cashiered by the sentence of a General Court-Martial.

Depot Battalions—To be Paymasters—Paymaster E. M'Alullin, from 48th Foot ; Paymaster J. B. Travers, from 31st Foot.

Unattached—Major and Brevet-Lieut.-Col. R.. Grove 90th Foot, to have his brevet rank converted into substantive rank, under the Royal warrant of 6th Oct. 1854; Capt. and Brevet-Major R. Barnston, 90th Foot, to have his brevet rank converted into substantive rank, under the Royal warrant of 6th Oct. 1854.

Hospital Staff—The second Christian name of Mr. Mellish, appointed Purveyor to the Forces on the lot Nov. 1856, is Whittaker, and not William, as previously stated.

Brevet—The undermentioned promotions to take place consequent upon the decease of the following general officers—Lieut.-Gen. F. Milman, died 9th Dec. 1856; Major-Gen. W. Cox, died 13th Jan. 1857; Lieut.-Gen, N. Thorn, C.B. died 28th Jan. 1857—Brevet-Col, W. EL Elliott, half-pay 69th Foot, to be Major-Gen. Lieut.Col, T. H. Biddulph, Unatt. to be Col. Brevet-Col. R. A. Yule, 9th Light Drags. to be Lieut.-Col. Capt. J. F. Haliburton, 78th Foot, to be Major.

The undermentioned officer having completed three years' actual service on the 19th Jan. 1857, in the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, to be promoted to be Colonel in the Army, under the Royal warrant of the 6th Oct. 1854—Lieut.-Col. D. Rainier, 98th Foot ; J. Roberts, Gent. Acting Staff Officer of Pensioners in Canada, to have the local rank of Ensign in North America, while so employed. To be LieutenantColonels in the Army—Major G. King, 13th Foot ; Brevet-Major C. L. D'Aguilar, C.B. Royal Artillery ; Brevet-Major J. E. Lewis, 68th Foot ; Brevet-Major IC F. W. Sibthorp, 97th Foot. To be Majors in the Army—Capt. W. Spring, 44th Foot ; Capt. J. J. Wood, 82d Foot,

The Christian names of Capt. Hinde' of the 65th Regt. of Bengal Native Infantry, promoted to be Major in the Army, with date of the 24th Nov. 1856, in the Gazette of the 27th ult. are Charles Thomas Edward.