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FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE, FEBRUARY 26.

WAD. DEPARTMENT, Feb. 26.—Caratry.—Ist Itegt. of Life Guards—Lieut. A. W. Peyton to be Capt. by purchase, vice Viscount Dupplin, who retires ; Cornet and Sub-Lieut. Lord Charles W. B. Bruce to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Peyton.

2d Drags.—H. E. Browning, Gent, to be Cornet, without purchase, vice Moodie, promoted. 9th Light Drags.—Ensign E. King, from the 52d Foot, to be Cornet, by purchase. vice Payne, promoted. 16th Light Drags.—Lieut. T. Boyce, from the 4th Lancashire Militia, to be Cor- net, without purchase, vice Burnell, promoted. 17t1.1 Light Drags.-Cornet J. Gibsone to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Barber, who retires,

Lefantry.-Ist Regt. of Foot-W. Treason, Gent, to be Dispenser of Medicines. 2d Foot-Lieut..1.11atchell (2), from the Dublin County Militis, to be Ensign, without purchase.

34 Foot-Ensign G. E. Rundle, from the 59th Foot, to be Ensign, without pur. 4lli Foot-Lieut: F. Rynd; from the Dublin County Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Bland, appointed to the 25th Foot. 7th Foot-Capt. R. 0. Glynn, from the 85th Foot, to be Capt. vice Butler. who 8thFoot-Assist.-Surg. W. II. Yates, from the Staff, to he Assist-Surg. vice Fowler, promoted, 17th Foot-W. Whincup, Gent, to be Dispenser of Medicines.

18th:Foot-Staff Dispenser Of Medicines E. O'Regan to be Dispenser of Medicines. 22d Foot-A. W. Craven, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Leigh, promoted. 25th Foot-Ensign E. A. T. Cunynghame to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Turner, who retires; Ensign H. Bland, from the 4th Foot, to be Ensiga, without purchase, view II. V. Jones, who retires.

26th Foot-Assist.-Surg., W. F. Cullen, from the Staff, to be Assist.-Surg,. mice Coates;promoted on the Staff.

29th Foot-W. M. Cochrane, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Gorton, prom. 30th Foot-Lieut..I. S. C. Harcourt to be Capt. without purchase, vice Brevet- Major Pocock, whose brevet rank has been converted into substantive rank, under the Royal Warrant of the 6th Oct. 1854. To be Lieutenants, without purchase- Ensigns C. P. Fitzgibbon; A. T. Ewens, vice Harcourt. To be Ensigns, without purchase-Lieut. W. Peat, from the Queen's Own Light Infantry Regt. of Militia, vice Fitzgibbon; Ensign J. D. Bilham, from the 2d Lancashire Militia, vice Ewens. 31st Foot-To be Lieutenants, without purchase. Ensigns S. C. Mathews, A. T. Jones. To be Ensigns, without purchase-Lieut. W. E. Tibbetts, from the let War- wick Militia, vice Mathews; Ensign It. E. Huxham, from the Stirling Militia, vice Jones.

34th Foot-Ensign C. de St. Croix to be Limit, without purchase; Lieut. F. R. Hazell, from the 2d Surrey Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice De St. Croix.

36th Foot-H. B. Gledstanes, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Jackson, who retires.

39th Foot--To be Lieutenants, without purchase-Ensigns R. Gray, F. G. F. Moore, T. M. Fogo. To be Ensigns, without purchase-Lieuts. .1. G. Anderson, from the North Cork Militia, vice Moore • R. W. Stokes, from the North Cork Mili- tia, vice Fogo; Ensign L. C. Brownriggfrom the Wicklow Militia, vice Gray. 41st Foot-Limit. G. Peddie to be Capt. without purchase, vice Brevet-Major H. W. Meredith, whose brevet rank has been converted into substantive rank under the Royal Warrant of 6th of October 1854; Lieut. F. Kingscote to be Capt. without pur- chase, vice Brevet-Major G. Skipworth, whose brevet rank has been converted into substantive rank, under the Royal Warrant of the 6th of October 1854; Ensign G. M. Onslow to be Lieut. without purchase, vice Peddie; Ensign .7. Q. Palmer to be Lieut. without purchase, vice Kingscote ; Thomas Eman, Gent, to be Ensign, with- out purchase, vice Onslow.

46th Foot-Ensigns F. R. Fishbourne to be Lieut. without purchase; R. B. Mor- row, from the Westmeath Rile Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Fishbourne.

47th Foot-To be Lieutenants, without purchase-Ensigns R. O'Connor ; G. D. Dawson. To be Ensigns, without purchase-Lieut. G. Pigott, from the Wexford Militia, vice Dawson ; Ensign C. Kidd, from the Armagh Militia, vice O'Connor. -49th Foot-Lieut. G. IC. Chatfield to be Capt. without purchase, vice Nason, whose brevet rank has been converted into substantive rank, under the Royal War- rant of the 6th of October 1834; Ensign S. Field to be Lieut. without purchase, vice Chatfield ; Second Lieut. E. Lakin, from the Devon Militia Artillery, to be En- sign, without purchase, vice Field.

50th Foot-Ensign T. M. B. Eden to be Lieut, without purchase ; Ensign W. H. Barker,trom the Armagh Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Eden. 56th Foot-Ensign C. J. Hampton to be Lieut. without purchase ; Lieut. H. 0. Johnes, from the Montgomery Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Hampton.

57th Foot-Lieut. W. J. Coope to be Capt. without purchase, vice Brevet-Major F. Lea, whose brevet rank has been converted into substantive rank under the Royal Warrant of the 6th of October 1854. To be Lieutenants, without purchase-En- signs E. G. Hosted, vice Coope ; E. Brutton ; W. A. R. Thomson ; T. H. Traggett ; C. F. Houghton. To be Ensigns, without purchase-Ensign H. B. Gledstanes, from the 36th Foot, vice Traggett ; Lieut. A. M'Clintock, from the Londonderry Militia, vice Heated; Lieut. II. Pearson, from the Essex Rifle Militia, vice Brutton ; Lieut. P. F. Clarke, from the 1st Devon Militia, vice Houghton ; C. M. Clarke, vice Thompson.

59th Foot-G. E. Rundle, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, in succession to Lieut. Clarke, promoted.

62d Foot-To be Lieutenants, without purchase-Ensigns J. H. Toppin, H. B. Harrison J. F. Macpherson. To be Ensigns, without purchase-Lieut. A. L. Reade, from the 2d Royal Cheshire Militia, vice Toppin; Lieut, F. Cornwall. from the South Cork Militia, vice Macpherson ; Second Lieut. S. Graves, from the Wa- terford Artillery Militia, vice Harrison. 63d Foot-Brevet-Major C. E. Fairtlough to be Major, without purchase, vice Higginbotham, who retires upon full-pay ; Lieut. E. J. Hunt to be Capt. without purchase, vice Fairtlough; Ensign C. IL Brown to be Lieut. without purchase, vice Hunt ; Ensign E. C. Bicknell, from the Queen's Own Light Infantry Regt. of Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Brown, promoted.

68th Foot-Capt. R. W. Smith, from half-pay 97th Foot, to be Capt. vice Brevet- _Major C. E. Conyers, who exchanges ; Lieut. C. B. Wilkinson to be Capt. by pur- chase, vice Smith, who retires ; Ensign G. F. Wilkinson to be Lieut. without pur- chase; Ensign A. D. Thomson to be Lieut. by purchase, vice C. B. Wilkinson; H. G. Cavendish, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Row, appointed to the 75th Foot ; L. Bolden, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Thomson ; Limit. J. Briggs, from the South Devon Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice F. Wilkinson. 69th Foot-A. M. Grote, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Boyle,. promoted ; Lieut. R. B. C. Daubeny, from the Worcester Militia, to be Ensign, without pur- chase.

71st Foot-Ensign E. W. Denne to be Lieut. without purchase ; Lieut. J. C. Thomas, from the Worcester Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Dome. 72d Foot-To be Lieutenants, without purchase-Ensigns H. E. Brown; E. Henry ; C. S. Murray. To be Ensigns, without purchase-Lieut. F. Hodgkinson, from the South Devon Militia, vice Brown; Lieut, A. Tanner, from the 1st Devon Militia, vice Murray ; .7. W. F. Butler, Gent. vice Henry. 74th Foot-Acting Assist.-Surg. W. It. Burkitt to be Assist-Surg. vice Warden, deceased.

75th Foot-Ensign G. H. Row, from the 68th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Justice, promoted Acting Assist-Surg. S. A. Lithgow to be Assist.-Surg. vice Armstrong, promoted in the 85th Foot.

78th Foot-Acting Assist.-Surg. V. M. M'Alaster to be Assist-Surg. 82d Foot-Ensign G. Porter to be Lieut, without purchase; Lieut. C. P. Miller, from the East Middlesex Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Porter. 85th Foot-Capt. H. W. P. Butler, from the 7th Foot, to be Capt. vice Glyn, who exchanges ; A. Dixon, Gent, to be Ensign, without purchase. 87th Foot-The name of the Ensign appointed on the 18th inst. is " Leadbitter," and not " Ledbitter," as previously stated. 89th Foot-To be Lieutenants, without purchase-Ensigns J. C. Warne, 0.7'. Dewdeswell. To be Ensigns, without purchase-Ensign W. M. Cochrane, from the 29th Foot ; Lieut. W. G. Blake, from the 3d West York Militia, vice Warne; Ensign J. T. Nugent, from the 1st Cheshire Militia, vice Dowdeswell. 95th Foot-Ensign. A. 111. Grote, from the 69th Foot, to be Ensign, without pur. 98th Foot-Lieut. A. Stewart, from the South Down Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase.

99th Foot-E. C. Johnson, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase.

2d West India Regiment-Acting Assist.-Surg. T. B. P. O'Brien to be Assist.- Surg.

Ceylon Rifle Regionent-Staff-Surg. of the Second Class H. L. Cowen tabs Sorg. vice Stuart, appointed to the Staff. •

Royal Newfoundland Companies--W. Chambers, Gent, to be Ensign, without pur- chase, vice Quill, promoted.

Gold Coast Corps-E. N. R. Gatehouse, Gent, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Saunders, deceased.

British Italian Legion-2d Regt-Lieut.-Col. Nicola Arduino to be Major. 3d Rifle Regt-Major R. H. Fitzherbert, from the 1st Regt. to be Lieut.-Col. Unattached-Brevet-Major G. F. C. Pocock, 30th Foot, to have his brevet rank converted into substantive rank, under the Royal Warrant of 6th Oct. 1854. Major

and Brevet Lieut.-Col. C. E. Michel, from the 66th Foot, to be Lieut.-Col. w ithout

purchase. •

Commissariat Departtaced-Assist.-Commissary-Gen. L. Routh to be Deputy Commissary-Gen.

Hospital SMUT-Deputy Inspector-Gem of Hospitals W. Linton, M.D. to be In- spector-Gen. of Hospitals, with local wink, vice A. Cumming, who retires upon half- pays Staff-Surg. of the First Class A. Gordon, M.D. to he Deputy Inspector-Gen. of Hospitals; Staff-Surg. of the First Class S. M. Ilaulaivay to be Deputy Inspector- Gen. of Hospitals, vice Linton; Deputy Inspector-Gen: of Hospitals T. Alexander to have the local rank of Inspector-Gab:of Hoenitals in 'Turkey ; Staff-Surg. Of the First Class.!. Mouat to have the local' lank of Deputy Inspector-Gen. of Hospitals in Turkey ; Staff-Surg. of the Second Class T. P. Matthew to have the local rank of Staff-Surg. of the First Class in Turkey. To be Staff-Surgeons of the Second .Class -Assist.-Surg. J. Coates, M.D. from t'he 26th root, vice Mathew, promoted.; Sorg. J. Stuart, from the Ceylon Rifle Regt. vice Cowen, appointed to that corps. To be Assistant-Surgeons-Assist.-Surgs. T. L. Nash, M.D. from the 2d West India Itegt. vice Black, promoted on the Staff; A. Reid, from theist Foot ; A. Semple, from the 18th Foot ; Acting Assist.-Surmi. W. Stockwell ; W. 'F. Irwin ; W. H. Harris ; N. Norris ; J. W. Rimmer ; B. Stiles.

Breeet.-Major C. Higginbotham, retired full-pay, 634 Foot. to be Lieut.-Col, in the Army, the rank being honorary only.

Brigadier-Gen. Baron B. C. Von Stutterheini io have the temporary rank of Ma.,- jor-Gen. while commanding the British German Legion.

Capt. and Brevet-Lieut.-Col. ('. Dickson, of the Royal Artillery, commanding the Artillery of the Turkish Contingent, to have the local rank of Major-Gen. in Turkey while so employed.

('apt. G..7. de Winton de Winton, of the 99th Foot, to 'have the temporary rank of Major while attached to the British Swiss Legion.

The undermentioned gentlemen to have the local rank of Assist-Sorg. in Turkey while serving with the Osmanli Irregular Cavalry.-S. A. Patterson, W. Hoar. The undermentioned promotions to take place in the East India Company's Army -To be Lieutenant-Colonels-Majors F. C. Wells, 15th Bombay Native Infantry ; A. B. Rathbore, 24th Bombay Native Infantry ; J. Prayers, 2d Bengal Native In- fantry' E.G. Austin, Bengal Artillery ; H. J. Petty, 8th Bombay Native Infantry;

M. Mackenzie, Bengal Artillery. .

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 Lieutenant-Colonels- Majors IL Colbeck, Madras Infantry; J. Ramsay, Bombay Infantry ; A. Salmon, Madras Infantry ; T. It. Morse, Bombay Infantry ; A. If. Dyke, Bengal Infantry. To be Majors-Capts. R. R. Scutt, Madras Infantry ; P. Ogilvie, Madras Infantry ; C. A. Blagravc, Madras Infantry.

Errata in the Gazette of the 25th of January-For Lieut.-Col. Charles James Lewis, Bengal Infantry, read Lieut.-Col. Charles James Lewes, Bengal Infantry. For Capt. James Skinner, Bengal Irregular Cavalry, dated Nov. 28, 1855, read Capt. James Skinner, Bengal Irregular Cavalry, dated Nov. 28, 1851.

LThe Military Gazette of Feb. 29 will appear next week.)