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FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE, JANUARY 21.

Wen OFFICE, Pall-Mall, Jan. 21.—Ifernorandum—Lient. M. T. Crowder having obtained a First Class Certificate at the School of Musketry at Hythe, has been ap- pointed by the General Commanding in Chief with the concurrence of the Secretary of State for War, to act as Instructor of Musketry to the Oxford Regiment of FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE, JANUARY 25. Wen OFFICE, Pall Mall, Jan. 25—Cavalry-3d Regt. of Light Drags.—Surg. 1V. O. Mackenzie, M.D. haring completed 20 years' full-pay service, to be Burg.- Major, under the Royal warrant of the 1st of Oct. 1858. 4th Light Drags.—Cornet A. F. Jones to be Lieut. without purchase, vice Gifford., promoted in the 18th Light Drags,

15th Light Drags.—Cornet and Adjt. J. Mann to have the rank of Lieut.; Cornet A. R. 3fullings to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Buckley, who retires.

18th Light Drags.—Lieut. J. W. J. Gifford, from the 4th Light Drags, to be Capt. vice Goldfrap, deceased.

Royal Artillery—Brevet-Col. F. Dick to be Col. vice Armstrong, removed as a General Officer ; Brevet-Major It. C. Romer to be Lieut.-Col. vice Dick: Second Capt. R. P. Gabbett to be Capt. vice Romer ; Lieut. J. 3. Smith to be Second Capt. vice Gabbett.

Royal Engineers—Lieut. C. N. Martin to he Second Capt. vice Williams, placed upon the Half-pay List.

Infantry-7th Regt. of Foot—H. W. Rochfort, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Harding, who has retired.

14th Foot—Lieut. R. S. Lemon, from the 1st West India Regt. to be Lieut. vice 3folony, who exchanges.

21st Foot—T. J. Atkinson, Esq. late Paymaster East Kent Militia, to be Pay- master, vice Urquhart, transferred 27th Foot.

22d Foot—Ensign H. H. P. Vivian, to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Peach, who retires.

27th Foot—Capt. B. Thomas, to be Major, by purchase, vice Langley, promoted ; Capt. R. J. Evans, from 29th Foot, to be Capt. vice Chester, who exchanges ; Lieut. F. E. Murphy, to be Capt. by purchase, Nice Thomas ; Ensign F. A. Camp- bell, to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Murphy ; Paymaster J. Urquhart, from the 21st Foot, to be Paymaster, vice Kidd, placed upon half-pay. 29th Foot—Capt. H. C. Chester, from the 27th Foot, to be Capt. vice Evans, who exchanges. 44th Foot—C. Maguire, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Foley, promoted. 56th Foot—Ensign W. Bell, to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Watson, promoted in the Ceylon Rifle Regiment ; J. L. Watt, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Spiller, promoted. 62d Foot—The names of the Quartcrmaster-Sergt. gazetted to an Ensigncy on the 8th of Oct. 1e58, are "Frederick Howes Heineman," and not "Frederick Jones," as then stated, the latter being the name under which be enlisted. 65th Foot—W. Byam, Gent, to be Ensign, by eurchase, vice Pennefather, pro- moted.

78th Foot—The commission of Lieut. G. D. Barker as Adjt. to be dated Nov. 5, 1858, instead of Dec. 7, 1858, as previously stated.

91st Foot—Ensign J. E. Buller to be Lieut. without purchase, vice Blagg, dec. 99th Foot—J. Ward, Gent, to be Ensign, without purchase, „vice Browne, pro- moted.

lit West India Regiment—Lieut. A. 31olony, from 14th Foot, to be Lieut. vice Lemon, who exchanges.

Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Lieut. H. E. Watson, from 56th Foot, to be Capt. by purchase, vice Durnford, who has retired.

Gold Coast Artillery Corps—E. Moore, Gent, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Danger, promoted. Chaplains' Department—The Rev. H. P. Wright to be Chaplain to the Forces of the Second Class, for meritorious service as Principal Chaplain to the army in the Crimea; the Rev. J. E. Sabin to be Chaplain to the Forces of the Second Class, for meritorious service in superintending the Department in Constantinople and the hospitals connected with it. The surname of the Assistant Chaplain promoted to he Chaplain of the Fourth Class, with date Sept. 19, 1855, is Mahe, and not Make, as stated in the Gazette of the 19th inst.

Breret.—Lient.-Geo. T. J. 'Forbes to be Gen. vice Brough, dec.; Major-Gen. Sir

W. If. G. Colebrooke, C.B. to be Lieut.-Gen. vice Forbes ; CoL R. S. Armstrong to be Major-Gen. vice Colebrooke.

FROM THE Lotrootr GAZETTE, JANUARY 28.

Wea-Oreice, Pall Mall, Jan. 28—Caratry-6th Regt. of Drae. Guards—Assist.. Surg. S. A. Litligow, from the 75th Foot, to be Assist.-Surg. vice Smith, promoted on the Staff.

9th Licht Drags.—Cornet and Adjt. R. F. Thonger to have the rank of Lieut. 17th Light Drags.—Cornet H. R. Abadie, from the 14th Light Drags. to be Cornet, vice F. J. King, promoted.

Military Train—Lieut. N. Harris has been permitted to retire from the Service by the sale of his Commission.

Infantry-2d Regt. of Foot—The Second Christian name of Lieut. Hatchell is Melville.

8th Foot—W. M. Johnston, Gent, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Shirreff, promoted ; C. T. F. Blair to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Cooper, promoted. 10th Foot—II. F. Brouucker, Gent, to be Ensign by purchase, vice Matthews, promoted ; E. A. H. Roe, Gent, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Kenny, pro- moted.

Ilth Foot—Ensign S. C. Dixon to be Lieut, by purchase, vice Stack, promoted. 12th Foot—Assist.-Surg. A. H. F. Lynch, from the Staff, to be Assist.-Surg.

13th Foot—G. S. Burton. Gent, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Wynen, promoted ; C. F. Powell, Gent, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice H. Rubin- son, who resigns ; Assist.-Surg. J. Stuart, from the Staff, to be Assist.-Surg.

14th Foot—Brevet-Major W. T. Parrett, from the 58th Foot, to be Capt. vice A. W. Hall, who exchanges ; R. Hall, Gent, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice At- kinson, promoted ; J. Daly, Gent, to be Ensign, without purchase, Tics Briscoe, promoted.

16th Foot—E. Daly, Gent, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Longbourne, whose appointment has been cancelled.

17th Foot—W.F. Woods, Gent, to be Ensign, without purchase. 20th Foot—G. D. Wahab, Geut, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Manse/. promoted.

21st Foot—Lieut. S. G. B. St. Clair to be Capt. by purchase, vice the lion. W. L. Talbot, promoted, by purchase, to an Unatt. Majority ; Ensign A. W. Channer to be Lieut. by purchase, vice St. Clair ; Lieut. M. Thunder, from the 3d West York Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase. 22d Foot—H. A. Cosset, Gent, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Nunn, ap- pointed to the 66th Foot.

24th Foot—The promotion of Ensign E. H. B. Sawbridge to be Lieut. by pur- chase, vice Waring, who retired, as stated in the Gazette of Jan. 11, has been can- celled ; Ensign It. O'hlahony to be Lieut. without purchase, vice Waring, deceased ; Ensign II. F. Brouncker, from the 10th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Fitzmaurice promoted.

34th Foot—G. Brenan, Gent, to be Ensign, without purchase, in succession to Lieut. Saunders, promoted. 38th Foot—Licut. A. Stokes, from the 63d Foot, to be Lieut. vice Boyd, who exchanges ; J. S. Nelson, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Boyd, promoted.

45th Foot—Capt. J. J. Wood, from the 67th Foot, to be Capt. vice Stack, who exchanges.

50th Foot—Ensign H. E. W. Preston to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Capt. Sunbury.

58th Foot—Major C. Hood, from a Depet Battalion, to be Major, vice Brevet- Lieut.-Col. C. I.. Nugent, who exchanges ; Capt. A. W. Hall, from the 14th Foot, to be Capt. vice Brevet-Major W. T. Parrett, who exchanges ; Assist.-Surg. W. Snell, from the 65th Foot, to be Assist.-Surg. vice M'Shane, who exchanges.

638 Foot—Lieut. J. P. Boyd, from the 38th Foot, to be Limit. vice Stokes, who exchanges. 65th Foot—Assist.-Surg. E. M'Shane, from the 58th Foot, to be Assist.-Surg. vice Snell, who exchanges. 67th Foot—Capt. T. Stack, from the 4501 Foot, to be Capt. vice J. J. Woad, who exchanges.

75th Foot—Assist.-Surg. C. W. Semple, from the Staff, to be Assist.-Surg. vice Litligow, appointed to the 6th Drag. Guards. 77th Foot—Capt. E. L. Green, from the 5th Foot, to be Capt. vice St. John, who retires upon half-pay Unatt. 83d Foot—F. Ford, Gent, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Salmond,

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pointed to the 21st Foot. 89th Foot—The second Christian name of Ensign Hayward is Jonas and no t Jones as stated in the Gazette of Jan. 11.

91st Foot—A, Elkington. Gent, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Buller, promoted.

99th Foot—K, D. Tanner, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Batcheler, promoted.

Rifle Brigade—W. C. Smith, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Richards, promoted.

3d West India Regiment—Lieut. J. B. Scott has been permitted to retire from the Service by the sale of his Conuniesion.

Staff—Brevet-Col. J. S. Brownrig, C.B. upon half-pay as Lieut.-Col. Unatt, to be Dep. Adjt.-Gen. to the Forces serving in Ireland, ewe Wood, who resigns that appointment. Brevet-Col. E. R. Wetherell, C.B., upon half-pay as Major Unatt., to be Dep. Quartermaster-Gen. to the Forces serving in Ireland, vice Brownrigg. Iripot Battalion—Brevet-Lieut.-Col. C. L. Nugent, from 58th Foot, to be Major, vice Hood, who exchanges.

Unattached—Capt. the Hon. W. L. Talbot, from the 21st Foot, to Major, by purchase.

Hospital Staff—Assist.-Surg. D. S. Smith, from the 6th Drag. Guards, to be Burg. vice Clarke, dec.

Breeet.—Major H. Bird, Gold Coast Artillery Corps, to be Lieut.-CoL in the Army • Capt. T. Cochrane, Gold Coast Artillery Corps, to be Major in the Army. The following promotions to take place in succession to Gen. R. S. Brough, of the Royal Artillery, who died on the 15th Jan.—Lieut.-Col, P. Smyly, 99th Foot, to be Col. ; Major W. Bell, 32d Foot, to be Lieut.-Col. ; Capt. C. AL Hamilton, 92d Foot, to be Major; Capt. C. P. Coode, retired full-pay of the Royal Marines, to have the honorary rank of Major, under her Majesty's Order in Council of 13th Nov. 1858. To be Lieutenant-Colonels in the Army—Major Archibald John Maddy Boileau, Madras Engineers ; Brevet-Major John Forbes, C.B. Bombay Light Cavalry. To be Majors in tbe Army—Captains W. W. Anderson, let Bombay Cavalry; G. E. Ashburner, 8th Bombay Native Infantry ; J. Temple, 12th Madras Native Infantry; J. C. Coley, 10th Bombay Native Infantry ; W. A. Dick, 3d Bombay Ca- valry; J. G. Lightfoot, Bombay Artillery; A. B. Little, 25th Bombay Native In- fantry; F. A. E. Loch, let Bombay Cavalry ; A. L. MeMullin, 238 Bengal Native Infantry ; R. J. Meade, 65th Bengal Native Infantry ; W. P. Pelly, 10th Bombay Native Infantry ; F. W. Pinkney, 34th Miichas Native Infantry ; J. W. F. Sand- with, 3d Bombay European Regiment W. Scott, 13th Bombay Native Infantry ; H. II. A. Wood, 4th Bombay Rifles ; G. W. Boileau, 34th Bengal Native Infantry ; E. A. II. Bacon, 25th Bengal Native Infantry ; E. Campbell, 3d Bombay European Regiment; • J. J. Murray, 71st Bengal Native Infantry ; R. H. Keatinge, Bombay Artillery ; Second Capt. R. Pittman, Bombay Artillery.

Memorandum.—Major W. Codd has repaid the difference which he received on exchanging to half-pay Unattached in 1843, and has been permitted to retire from the service, by the sale of his Commission, he being about to become a settler in Canada,

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE, FEBRUARY 1.

WAR OFFICE, Pall Mall, Feb. 1—Royal Regiment of Artillery—Lieut.-Gen. A. C. Mercer to be Col.-Commandant, vice Gen. Brough, deceased ; Second Capt. W. L. Yonge, from the Supernumerary List, to be Second Capt. vice Dames, placed upon the Supernumerary List.

Staff—Brevet-Lieut.-Col. E. G. Hallewell, upon half-pay Unatt, to be Deputy- Quartermaster-Gen, to the Forces serving in Malta, vice Pockington, who resigns that appointment.

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE, FEBRUARY 4.

WAR OFFICE, Pall-Mall, Feb. 4.—Caralry-2nd Regd. of Life Guards--Capt. J. Massy, from half-pay Unatt. to be Capt. paying the difference between Infantry and Cavalry, vice Brevet Major Hon, F. J. E. Freeke, who exchanges, receiving the same ; Lieut. F. Marshall to be Capt. by purchase, vice Massy, who retires. 5th Dragoon Guards—W, L. Feilden, Gent, to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Dot.' field, promoted. 6th Dragoon Guards—Lieut. W. 0. Bird to be Capt. by purchase, vice Pinckney who retires.

6th Dragoons—Lieut. the Hon. E. R. Bourke, to be Instructor of Musketry. 15th Light Dragoons-The third Christian name of Cornet Pearson, appointed on Dec. 31, 1858, is Hooke.

Infantry-5th Regt. of Foot-Brevet-Major J. M. Wood, from half-pay Unatt. to be Capt. repaying the difference, vice Green, appointed to the 77th Foot ; Lieut. E. J. Oldfield to be Capt. by purchase, vice Wood, who retires; Ensign W. C. Shoolbred to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Oldfield.

8th Foot-Lieut. R. L. G. 31•Gregor to be Capt. by purchase, vice Dimond, who retires; Ensign G. N. J. Bradford to be Lieut. by purchase, vice M•Grigor.

9th Foot-The restoration to full-pay of Capt. A. 0. Richards, from half-pay 9th Foot, to be antedated to 9th Apri1,1857. 17th Foot-Ensign H. S. Wedderbum to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Holworthy, who retires. 18th Foot-J. B. Jackson, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Eden, appointed to the 30th Foot. 20th Foot-Lieut. 0. T. Bunn, to be Adjt. vice Gerahty, promoted. The pro- motion of Lieut. J. Aldridge to be antedated to the 29th June 1358. 21st Foot-Lieut. W. Caimes, to be Captain, without purchase, vice Palmer, dec.; Ensign C. J. Sneyd, from 1st Foot, to be Ensign ; Ensign J. Ferguson to be Adjutant. 27th Foot-Lieut. W. S. C. Pinwill to be Instructor of Musketry. 38th Foot-Brevet-Col. W. 0. Hely, C.B. from the 47th Foot, to be Lieut.-Col. vice Kelly, who exchanges. 39th Foot-Capt. F. C. Turner, from the 79th Foot, to be Capt. vice Newport, who exchanges. 47th Foot-Lieut.-Col. T. C. Kelly, C.B. from the 38th Foot, to be Lieut.-Col. vice Brevet-Col. Hely, who exchanges. 57th Foot-A. C. Manners, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Mathews, who retires.

79th Foot-Capt. S. G. Newport, from the 39th Foot, to be Capt. vice Turner, who exchanges. 99th Foot-Lieut. E. G. K. Itavenhill to be Capt. by purchase, vice Molson, whose promotion, by purchase, on the 15th Oct. 1858 has been cancelled ; Lieut. J. D. Molson to be Capt. without purchase, vice Ravenhill, whose promotion, without purchase, on the 26th Oct. 1858, has been cancelled.

lot West India Regiment-Ensign A. J. Plunkett to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Fitzmauriee, who has retired.

Ceylon Rifle .Regiment-Ensign F. J. Hoyt to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Read, who retires.

St. Helena Regiment-Lieut. .7. B. H. Rainier to be Instructor of Musketry. Royal Malta Feneibles-J. Rutter, Gent, to be Ensign, with local and tempo- rary rank, vice Desain, promoted.

Commissariat Department-Dep.-Assist. Commissary-Gen. A. W. Downes, appointed as Acting-Assist. Commissary-Gen. for meritorious services during the recent operations in China, to be confirmed in that rank from Oct. 27, 1858. Commissariat Clerk G. H. Phillips, having completed the required service as an Acting Dep. Assist Commissary-General, on the Western Coast of Africa, to be confirmed in that rank from 16th Oct. 1857.

Hospital Staff-To be Assist.-Surgs. to the Forces-Acting Assist.-Surg. F. O'Conor. vice Jackson, appointed to the 80th Foot ; C. W. Griffith, Gent. vice Ro- binson, appointed to the Royal Artillery ; A. Allan, M.D. vice M•Dowell, appointed to the 44th Foot ; D. R. Pearson, M.D. vice Warren, appointed to the 71st Foot ; H. J. Bailey, Gent. vice Mathew, appointed to the 54th Foot ; H. Walker, Gent. vice Lamb, appointed to the 60th Foot ; W. Hensman, Gent. vice Lindsay, appointed to the 30th Foot ; C. E. Wikely, Gent. vice Carbery, appointed to the 14th Foot ; A. Sanderson, Gent. vice Symons, appointed to the Royal Artillery ; W. Armstrong, Gent. vice Fiddes, appointed to the Royal Artillery ; A. C. M.Tavish, Gent. vice Leslie, appointed to the 48th Foot; G. A. Grant, Gent. vice Le Febure, appointed to the 64th Foot ; J. J. C. Rogers, Gent. vice M'Creevy, appointed to the 66th Foot.

Brevet.-Brevet-Major J. M. Wood, 5th Foot, to be Lieut.-Col. in the Army ; Capt. J. Massy, 2d Life Guards, to be Major in the Army.

WAR-OPFICE, Pall Mall, Feb. 4,-Memorandum-The undermentioned officers having obtained First Class Certificates at the School of Musketry, at Hythe, have been appointed by the General Commanding in Chief, with the concurrence oir the Secretary of State for War, to act as Instructors of Musketry to the following regi- ments of militia-Ensign W. J. B. Junor, Stirling Militia; Lieut. E.G. M.D. Ick, 24 Cheshire Militia; Lieut. M. M. Palmer, Limerick County Militia.