MILITARY GAZETTE.
WAR DEPARTMENT, July 26.-The Queen has been pleased to appoint Lieutenant- General Sir James Fergusson, Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, to be Governor and Commander-in-chief in and over the City and Garrison of Gibraltar.
July 27.-The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders for the appoint- ment of the following officers of her Majesty's Land Forces to be Ordinary Members of the Military Division of the Third Class, or Companions of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath-Major-Gen. H. W. Barnard; Cols. 0. 11. Sackville, Lord West, 21st Regiment ; C. A. Edwards, 18th Regiment ; Lieut.-Cols. A. Borten, 9th Regi- ment; S. Brownrigg, Grenadier Guards; C. W. D. Stavely, 44th Regt.; G. V. Max- well, 88th Regt.; J. D. Johnstone, 33d Regt.; A. L. Cole, 17th Regt.; R. P. Camp- bell, 90th Regt.; 11..1. Wares, 57th Regt.; A. Macdonald, Rifle Brigade ; 11. N. F. Kingscote, Scots Fusilier Guards.
The following are officers whose names were omitted in the list of deceased " officers of the Army and Navy published in the 'Gazette of the 10th of July, who 'would have been recommended for the honour of the Third Class of the Order of the Bath had they survived-Col. the Hon. F. G. Hood, Grenadier Guards; Lieut.-Cols.
• C. F. Seymour, Scots Fusilier Guards; E. S. T. Swyney, 63d Regt.; Major T. N. Dalton, 49th Regt. WAR-OFFICE, July 31.-BREVIrr.. To have the local rank at Lieutenant-General in Turkey-Mejor-Generris H. Bar- nard, Lord Rokeby, Sir W. J. Codrington, K.C.B. F. Markham, C.B.; Major-Gen.
the Hon. Sir J. Y. Scarlett. to command the Cavalry. To have the local rank of Brigadier-General in Turkey-Cols. B.. Garrett, 46th Foot ; AL Barlow, 14th Foot; C. Warren, C.B. .55th Foot ; C. W. Ridley, Grenadier Guards ; D. A. Cameron, C.B. 42d Foot; C. T. Van Straubenzee, 3d Fool;
A. L. Spencer, C.B. 44th Foot ; J. Laurenson, 17th Light Drags. ; W. Perth'', 10th Light Drags.; C. Trollope, 62d Foot ; Lord G. Paget, C.B. 4th Light Dregs.; H. Shirley, C.B. 88th Foot ; H. K. Storkes, half-pay Unatt.
48th Regiment of Foot-Lieut. H. G. E. Welby to be Capt. by purchase, vice Brevet-Lieut.-Col. Gould, who retires; Ensign E. Benbow to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Welby; C. B. Tew, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Benbow. 68th Foot -Ensign C. B. Tew, from the 48th Foot, to be Ensign.
WAR-OFFICE, Aug. 3.-4th Regt. of Light Drags.-To be Cornets, by purchase- , The lion. F. G. Ellis, vice Weatherley, promoted ; J. Roxburgh, Gent. vice Win- 'Willey, Promoted. 12th Light Drags.--Capt. A. U. Wombwell, from the 62d Foot, to be Capt. vice Williams, who exchanges. 13th Light Drags.-S. D'A. C. Clarke, Gent, to be Cornet, without purchase, vice Maclean, promoted.
Grenadier Guards-Lieut. and Capt. R. Anstruther to be Adjt. vice Cast, who re- signs the Adjutancy only. 1st Regt. of Foot-The promotion of Ensign G. G. Stewart, as stated in the Gazette of the 26th June 1855, is towards completion of establishment, and not vice Creagh, as previously stated. 3d Foot-C. G. J. Tor- nano, Gent, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Astley, appointed toile 6th Drags. 4th Foot-Lieut. and Quartermaster .1. Anderson, from the 48th Foot, to be Lieut. ' vice Bond, promoted, without purchase, to an Unatt. Company ; Ensign W. Fagan to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Andersen, who retires. 7th Foot-Lieut. J. F. fickle to be Capt. by purchase, vice Pearson, appointed to the Grenadier Guards; Ensign R. W. Sparks to be Lieut, by purchase, vice Hickie ; F. J. Foster, Gent. to 'be Ensign, by purchase, vice Sparks. 8th Foot-Ensign W. H. al ounsteven, from the 44th Foot, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice 51•Namee, promoted in the 72d Foot. 9th Foot-H. Kitchener, Gent, to be Ensign, without purchase. 13th Foot -Ensign H. A. C. Wroughton, from the 52,1 Foot, to be Lieut. without purchase, To be Ensigns, without purchase-Lieut. W. S. Cunninghame, from the Royal Perth Militia; A. B. Bingham, Gent. The surname of the Ensign appointed from the Louth Militia to 13th Foot, on the 20th July, is Henze% not Boswell, as previously stated. 17th Foot-A. L'Estrange. Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase: Lieut. R. Swtre to be AdjL vice kt•Pherson, who resigns the Adjutancy only. 18th Foot-Lieut. W. N. Franklyn, from the 81st Foot, to be Lieut. vice Faircloth, who exchanges. 19th Foot-Bnaign G. Forbes to be Lieut, without purchase, vice Scott, deceased ; C. J.
Backaa, Gent, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Forbes. fist Foot-Brevet-
Major J. T. Dalyell to be Major, without purchase, vine Brevet-Lieut.-Col. Hon. J. L. Browne, whose brevet rank has been converted into substantive rank, un- der the Royal Warrant of 6th October 18.54; Lieut. B.. Killeen to be CapL without purchase, vice Dalyell. To be Lieutenants, without purchase-Ensign J. Bennett, vice Killeen ; Ensign E. P. Chichester. To be Ensigns, without purchase-Lieut. H. de Montfort, from the Longford Rifle Regt. of Militia, vice Bennett; J, H. Pa- trickson, Gent. vice Chichester ; Assist.-Surg. J. C. Smith. from the Staff, to be Assist-Surg. vice Patrickson, who resigns. 25th Foot-Ensign C. G. Hanson to be Lieut. by purchase, vice /Breeden, who retires. 26th Foot-G. W. H. Wardell, Gent. to be Ensign, without purchase, vice King, promoted in the 56th Foot. 29th Foot-Sergt.-Major J. J. Bailey to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Smith, prom. 32+1 Foot-To be Lieutenants, without purchase-Ensign C. AL Foster, vice Kirk- wood, deceased; Ensign W. AL Crowdy, vice Foster, Whose promotion on May 29 has been cancelled. To be Lieutenant, by purchase-Ensign R. T. Knox, vice O'Cal- laghan, promoted. 34th Foot-For Ensign James L. Stack, in the Gazette of July 27, read Thomas L. Stack. 35th Foot-Ensign M. M. Pohle to be Lieut_ by pur- chase, vice Tennant, who retires. 37th Font-G. G. Fraser, Gent, to be Boum without purchase, vice Gubbins, promoted in the 56th Foot. 39th Foot -LieuL F. W. Foster to be Capt. without purchase, vice E. B. Maunsell, killed. To be Lieu- tenants, without purchase-Ensign H. L. Nicholls vice Foster; Ensign T. R. Gos- selin, vice Nicholls, whose promotion on 27th July 1855. has been cancelled. To be Ensign, without purchase-Sergt. J. Sharplea, vice Gosselin, promoted-40th Foot -Ensign F. W. Osborne to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Cat-dyne, who retires. 41st Foot-Lieut. H. V. Pennefather, from the 22d Foot, to be Capt. by purchase, vice Bourne, who retiree ; Ensign T. F. Boddington to be Lieut. by purchase. vice Hamil- ton, whose promotion, by purchase, on the 24th November 18,54, has been cancelled. 44th Foot-Ensign R. H. Rogers to be Lieut. without purchase. To be Ensigns, without purchase-Ensign E. W. Bennett, from the 59th Foot ; J. R. Newbolt, Gent. vice Rogers, promoted. 47th Foot-Sergeant T. Quinn, to be Ensign, without purchase. 48th Foot-Quartermaster-Sergeant. John Maitland to be Quarter- master, vice Anderson, appointed to the 4th Foot. 50th Foot-Lieut. E. C. An- trobus to be Captain, by purchase, vice Thackwell, who retires; Ensign E. H. H. Massy to he Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Antrobus; the surname of the officer gazetzed as Ensign on the 27th July 1855, is Buniand, and not Burnard. 52d Foot-Richard Davis Burroughs, Gent. to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Wroughton, promoted in the 13th Foot. 55th Foot-Ensign G. F. Parke to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Roxby, promoted. 56th Foot-Lieut. A. W. Joyce, from the 2r1 West India Regt. to be Capt. without purchase; Ensign L. 8. King, from the 26th Foot, to be Lieut, without purchase; A. Spitler, Gent, to be Ensign, without purchase. 59th Foot-Archibald Shaw, Gent. to be Ensign, without purchase, vice E. W. Bennett, appointed to the 44th Foot. 60th Foot-The surname of the officer gazetted as Ensign on the 27th July is Northey and not Northy. 624 Foot- Capt. A. W. Williams, from the 12th Light Drags. to be Capt. vice Wombwell, who exchanges. 634 Foot-J. A. Caniegy, Gent. to be Ensign, without purchase. 69th Foot-Lieut. H. B. Brady to be Capt. by purchase, vice Harvey, who retires ; Ensign H. S. Turner to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Brady. 724 Foot-Ensign J. M•Namee, from the Sth Foot, to be Lieut. without purchase. To be En- signs, without purchase-Serjeant-Major G. AP/Kay, ; F. C. M. Glasgow, Gent. 77th Foot-R. B. Clarke, Gent, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Willoughby, appointed to the 60th Foot. 78th Foot-H. Simpson, Gent, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Walker, promoted. 79th Foot-Lieut. J. II. Wyatt, from the 87th Foot, to be Capt. by purchase, vice Scott, who retires ; R. P. 0. Plunkett Lord Louth, to be Ensign, by purchase, in succession to Lieut. G. A. Harrisson, promoted. 81st Foot-Lieut.B. J. Faircloth, from the 18th Foot, to be Lieut. vice Franklyn, who exchanges. 88th Foot-Lieut. E. Currie to be Capt. by purchase, vice Davison, who retires. 85th Foot-S. H. K. Wilson, Gent. to be Ensign, without purchase. 99d Foot-G. J. M. Taylor, Gent, to be Ensign, without purchase. Rifle Brigade-Ensign C. W. Cragg, to be Lieut. without purchase; W. S. Travers, Gent. to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Cragg.
Errata in the Gazette of the 27th July 1855-For Ensign F. F. Thomas to be Lieut. without purchase, vice Woodford deceased, read Ensign W. Stott to be LieuL without purchase, vice Woodford:deceased ; Ensign F. F. Thomas to be LieuL without purchase, vice Stott, whose promotion, 6th July, has been cancelled. let West India Regiment-Ensign S. Cave to be Lieut. without purchase, vice Wylie. killed ; Ensign B. C. Gould to be Lieut. without purchase, vice Cave, whose promotion, without purchase, June 26, has been cancelled ; Ensign P. Malone, to be Lieut. ,without purchase, vice Gould, whose promotion, without purchase, June 29, has been cancelled; Ensign J. 11. 0. Lawlor to be Lieut. without purchase, vice Malone, whose promotion, without purchase, July 6, has been cancelled. 2d West India Regiment-Ensign W. C. O'Shaughnesey to be Lieut. without purchase, vice Joyce promoted in the 56th Foot.
Provisional Dep8t Battalion-Quartermaster W. Watson, from the 89th Foot, to
he Quartermaster. BREVET.
The undermentioned officers to have local rank of Capt. while employed with the Turkish Contingent, and not that of Major as previously stated-Lieut. G. J. Power, late Royal Artillery; Lieut. J. C. Farquharson, 2d Bombay Cavalry; Ensign E. Willoughby, of the 10th Reg-,t. Bombay Native Infantry, to have the local rank of Lieut. while employed with the Turkish Contingent ; C. H. Jones, Gent. to have the local rank of Acting Assist.-Surg. while employed with the Medical Staff of the Turk- ish Contingent, vice Sibbald. dec. Royal Hospital, Chelsea-Brevet-Cot. and Adjt. Sir J. H. Wilson to; be Major, vice Is Blanc, dec.
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