MILITARY GAZETTE.

WAR-OFPICE, Dec. EL-Brevet. -The undermentioned promotions to take place consequent upon the death of the following officers- Gen. Sir John Brown, died Nov. 16; Major-Gen. F. Markham, died Nov. 21 ; Lieut.-Gen. James Lindsay, died Dec. 5-Col. John Cox, half-pay unattached, to be Major-Gen.; Lieut.-Col. Frede- rick Paul Haines, half-pay unattached, to be Cot.; Major William Clarke, half-pay einatteehed, to be Lieut.-Col.; Capt. William Radcliff, 84th Foot, to be Major. WAIL-OFFICE, Dec. 21.- (lavaliy.-lst Regiment Of Life Guards-R. M. Biddulph, Gent, to be Cornet mod Sub-Lieut. by purchase, vice Grosvenor, promoted.

let Dragoons-Cornet W. H. Cutler to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Basset, who feMeti.

7th Light Drags.-Assist.-Surg. W. E. Lynch, frouldbe Staff, to be Assist.-Surg. -vies A. F. H. Lynch, who exchanges.

11th Light Drage.-Lieut C. R. Vansittart to be Capt. by purchase, vice Ennis, -who retires; Cornet and Adjt. J. Yates to have the rank of Lieut. ; Cornet E. C. Cockburn to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Vansittart.

Royal Artillery -Stail-Surg. of the Second Class H. C. Walshe, M.D., to be Surg. vice Bent, promoted on the Staff; Assist.-Staff-Surg. T, J. Orton to be Assist,- Sung, vice Park, promoted to the Staff.

/Reantry.-Coldstream Guards-Lieut. and Capt. and Brevet-Major C. Baring to be Capt. and Lieut.-Col. by purchase, vice Lieut.-Col. P. G. H. Somerset, C. B. . who retires; Lieut. and Capt. and Brevet-Major George Lord Bingham to be Adjt. vice the Hon, P. Fielding, promoted. Soots Fusilier Guards-C. P. Pemberton, Gent. to be Ensign and Lieut. by pur- chase, vice Mitford, who retires. For G. Perry, Gent, to be Assist.-Surg. dated 1st June 1835, which appeared in the Gazette of that date, read Acting-Assist.-Surg. Perry to he Assist-Burg. dated 29th Jan. 1855.

4th /lege. of Foot-Lieut.:W. Winniett to be Capt. without purchase, vice Brevet- lisjorC. J. Bartley, whose brevet rank has been converted into substantive rank, guider the Royal Warrant of the 6th Oct. 1854; Ensign E. Bromhead to be Lieut. sicken:put purchase, vice Winniett; Lieut. A. C. Twentyman, from the London Mi- red; to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Bromhead ; Lieut. R. A. Law to be Adjt. -vice Maule, who resigns the Adjutancy only.

13th Foot- Lieut. W. Tyler Bartley to be Adjt. vice Lee promoted.

7th Foot-Lieut. J. MacHenry to be Capt. without purchase, vice Brevet-Lieut.- Col. J. R. Heyland, who has been promoted to the substantive rank of Major, un- der the Royal Warrant of 6th October 1854; Ensign M. Watson to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Carpenter. promoted.

8th Foot-Lieut. T. M. Vincent, from the 54 West India Regt. to be WO, vice Herrick, who exchanges. 10th Foot,-Ensign ,H. Purvis to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Beatty, who retires.

17th Foot-T. R. Hunt, Gent, to be Ensign, without purchase, yip@ Hartwell, promoted.

28th

chase. Foot-Ensigli T. Pinniger, from the 58th Foot, to be gnsign without pur-

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31st Foot-Major R. J. Edgar, free:a balf-pay Unatt. to be Major, vice Lumley, who exchanges; Lieut. R. P. Gould to be Capt. without purchase, vice Brevet'. Major R. J. Eager, whose brevet lank has been converted into substantive rank, under the Royal Warrant of 6th October 1854; Ensign FT, R. Cromartie to be Lieut. without purchase, vice Gould ; Lieut. J. B. Philhpson, from the Shropshire Mi- litia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Cromartie.

36th Foot-R. Gun, Gent, to be Ensign, without purchase.

3flth Foot-R. A. V. Pope, Gent, to -be Ensign, by purchase, vice Nicholls, pro- mated.

45th Foot-A. G. Smith, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Douglas, pro- moted in the 96th Foot, 48th Foot-Lieut. F. C. Trent to be Capt. by purchase, vice Herbert, who

retires.

50th Foot-Brevet-Major E. G. Hibbert to be Major, by purchase, vice Framp- tbn,•who retiree. 55th Foot-Ensign E. C. Hilton to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Morgan, whose promotion, by purchase, on Aug. 31, has been cancelled. 58th Foot-E. T. Pinniger, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hinieston, promoted ; Lieut. C. H. S. Jones, from the 4th West York Militia, to be Rust:V, without purchase, vice Pinniger, appointed to the 28th Foot.

60th Foot-W. H. Napier, Gent, to be • Ensign, by purchase, in succession to Lieut. Fox, promoted.

62d Foot-Capt. J . Charlewood, from half-pay Unattached, to be Capt. vice Wil- liams, who exchanges ; Lieut. B. Ramsay to be Capt. by purchase, vice Cherie- wood, who retires,

77th Foot-Lieut. M. A. Waters to be Adjt. vice Morgan, promoted. 78th Foot-Ensign J. Sinclair, from the 79th Foot, lobe Ensign, without porch.

vice Walsh, promoted.

9Ist Foot-N, M. Brock, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Burton, prom, 92d Foot-R. A. Emmet, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, in succession to Lieut. Shaft°. who retires. 97th Foot-Lieut. G. II. Hibbert-Ware to be Capt. without purchase, vice llre- vet-Major 11, G. Woods, whose brevet rank has been converted into substantive rank, under the Royal Warrant of 6th Oct. 1854; Ensign C. hi`Kay to be Lieut. without purchase, vice Ilibbert-Ware.

The promotions of the undermentioned officers were on the strength of the esta- blishment, have been antedated to 9th Sept.-Ensigns D. .7. D. Safford, J. C.-Min- to, and T. W. Sheppard. To be Ensigns, without purchase-Sergeant-Major R. Smith; H. G. Fulford, Gent. Fobs Adjutant-Ensign R. Smith, vice White- head, promoted. Bifte Brigade-Ensign A. Green to be Lieut, without purchase. The promotion, by purchase, of Ensign A. Green, as stated in the Gazette of the 7th Sept. 1855, has been cancelled. The promotion of Lieut. G. L. Austin, on the 31st August last, should have been gazetted as in succession to Lieut. Flower, isho has retired.

1st West India Regiment-E. Smith, Gent, to be Ensign, without purchase.

24 West India Regiment-Lieut. W. H. Herrick, from the 8th Foot, to be Lieut. vice Vincent, who exchanges ; E. T. Oldfield, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice J. R. Thomson, promoted; T. Purefoy, Gent, to be Ensign, without purchase, Tice Barger, promoted.

Cape Mounted Riflemen-H. R. M. Humphreys, Gent, to be Ensign, without pur- chase, vice Mackenzie, promoted.

Land Transport Corps-Capt. R. Larkins has been permitted to resign his com- mission. Provisional DePtit Battalion-Quartermaster J. Nowlan, half-pay 624 Foot, to be Paymaster.

Unattached-Capt. and Brevet-Lieut.-Col. J. R. Heyland, 7th Foot, to have the substantive rank of Major, under the Royal Warrant of 6th Oct. 16,54. The under- mentioned officers to have their brevet rank converted into substantive rank, under the Royal Warrant of 6th Oct. 1854-Brevet-Major H. G. Woods, 97th Foot; Brevet- Major G. C. Bartley, 4th Foot; Brevet-Major R. J. Eager, 31st Foot.

Staff-Major-Gen. Sir R. Airey,X.C.B. to be Quartermaster-Gen. to the Forces, vice Major-Gen. Freeth, who retires. Col: the Hon. P. E. Herbert, Unatt, to be Quartermaster-Gen. to the Forces serving in Turkey and the Crimea, vice Major- Gen. Sir R. Airey, K.C.B. resigned.

Hospital Otaff-Staff-Surg. of the First Class T. G. Logan, M.D, to be Deputy In- spector-Gen. of Hospitals, vice M'Grigor, dec. Burg. J. Bent, from the Royal Artil- lery, to be Staff-Surg. of the First Class, vice Logan, prom.; Assist.-Surg. T. Parke, from Royal Artillery, to be Staff Surg. of Second Class, vice Walshe, appointed to the Royal Artillery. Assist.-Surg. A. H. F. Lynch, from 7th Light Drags, to be Assist.- Burg. vice Lynch, who exchanges. Acting Assist-Surg. W. Morris to be Assist.- Surg. Acting Assist-Surg. J. Lyon has been permitted to resign his appointment.

Brevet-Major-Gen. Sir R. Decree, K.C.B. Royal Artillery, to have the local rank of Lieut.-Gen in Turkey. Capt. and Brevet•Mmor C. E. Conyers, 68th Foot, about

to be employed on a particular service in Turkey, to have the local rank of Lieut.- Col. in Turkey while so employed. Capt. J. Charlewood, 62d Foot, to be Major in the Army. To have the local rank of Majorin Turkey-Capt. A. Cathcart, late of the

11th Light Drags. employed on a particular service; Capt. A. Murray, of the Royal Artillery and the Osmanli Horse Artillery ; Capt. R.J. Garden, late of the 45th Foot, employed on a particular service in Turkey; Capt. A. W. Williams, half-pay Unatt. serving with the Cavalry of the Turkish Contingent.

The undermentioned Quartermasters, retired upon half-pay, to have the honorary rank of Capt. from the date of their retirement, under the Royal Warrant of 12th

October 1835 : Quartermaster J. Haviland. half-pay 24 Drag. Guards; quarter- master D. Bilbam, half-pay 20th Foot ; Quartermaster R. Sheen, half-pay 51st Foot ; Quartermaster D. Sinclair, half-pay 99d Foot.

ADMIRALTY, Dec. 18-Corps of Royal Marines-First Lieut. B. B. Herrick to be Capt. vice Hockings, to retired full-pay; Second Lieut. P. R. Holmes to be First Lieut. vice Herrick, promoted.

Brevet-Capt. R. Hockings, on retired full-pay, under the provisions of her Ma- jesty's Order in Council, 13th Sept. 18.54, to be Major, the rank being honorary only.