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FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE, SEPTEMBER 16.

WAR DEPARTMENT, Pall Mall, Sept. 16.—Royal Artillery—Second Capt. and Brevet-Major E. G. Bredin, from the supernumerary list, to be Second Capt. vice Seymour, retired upon half-pay ; Second Capt. E. J. Bruce to be Adjt. ; Second Capt. G. M. Parley, from the supernumerary list, to be Second Capt. vice Bruce • Quartermaster T. Hendley to be Quartermaster and Commissary of Stores ; Quarter: master-Sergeant R. Keating to be Quartermaster, vice Hendley.

Infantry—Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards—Capt. and Lieut.-Col. and Brevet-Col. the Hon. R. Bruce to be Major, without purchase, vice Thornton, who retires ; Lieut. and Capt. J. F. Cost to be Capt. and Lient.-Col. by pur. vice Bruce.

6th Foot—Assist.-Surg. H. V. Bindon to be Surg. vice Pratt, deceased ; Assist.- Sung. T. Harvey, from the Staff, to be Assist.-Surg. vice Bindon.

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE, SEPTEMBER 19.

WAR DEpARzymcr, Pall Mall, Sept. 19.—Cavalry—lst Regt. of Drags.—Lieut. J. Brunt has been permitted to retire from the service by the sale of his commission. 9th Light Drags.—P. Thursby, Gent. to be Cornet, by pur. vice King, promoted. 12th Light Drags.—S. Adams, Gent, to be Cornet, by pur. vice Cotton, promoted. Royal Artillery—Gent. Cadet W. W. Murdoch to be Lieut. and to take his place in the regiment neat below Lieut. the Hon. A. Stewart.

Royal Nngineers—Lieut. A. B. Fyors to be Sec. Capt. vice Brevet-Major de Mo- leyns, deceased ; Brevet-Col. A. Gordon to be Col. vice Matson, retired on full-pay ; Capt. P..1. Bainbrigge to be Lieut.-Col. vice Gordon; Sec. Capt. C. S. Hutchinson to be Capt. vice Bambrigge ; Lieut. A. S. Creyke to be Sec. Capt. vice Hutchinson.

Infantry—Scots Fusilier Guards—Capt. C. L. Peel, from 52d Foot, to be Lient, and Capt. vice Blane, who exchanges. 3d Foot—Lieut. J. H. Blake, from the 35th Foot, to be Lieut. vice Pears, ap- pointed to the 25th Foot. 5th Foot—Capt. T. S. Bigge, from the 23d Foot, to be Capt. vice Chads, who exchanges. 19th Foot—Lieut. A. F. Ernett has been permitted to retire from the service by the sale of his Commission.

21st Foot—Capt. E. Codd, from 99th Foot, to be Capt. vice Dunne, who exchanges. 23d Foot—Capt. J. H. Chads, from the 5th Foot, to be Capt. vice Bigge, who ex- changes. 25th Foot—Lieut. H. Pears, from the 3d Foot, to be Lieut. vice Ross, appointed to the 35th Foot.

33d Foot—Lieut. G. C. Howe, from the 59th Foot, to be Lieut. vice Crosse, who exchanges. 34th Foot—Lieut. R. .1. P. Leeson, to be Adjt. vice Byron, who resigns the Adju- tancy only. 35th Foot—Lieut. R. Ross, from the 25th Foot, to be Lieut. vice Blake, appointed to the 3d Foot.

36th Foot—Capt. E. W. Philips, from the 56th Foot, to be Capt. vice Brevet- Major Weguelin, who exchanges. 40th Foot—Quartermaster-Sergt. F. Barnes to be Quartermaster, vice Hives, who retires upon half-pay. 45th Foot—Ensign J. C. Kingsley has been permitted to resign his commission. 51st Foot—Brevet-Major A. H. Irby to be Major, by purchase, vice Anderson, who retires ; Lieut. H. B. Houson to be Capt. by purchase, vice Irby ; Ensign W.

C. E. Scott to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Houson. The second Christian name of Ensign Thompson, appointed on the 5th inst. is Steuart, and not Stewart, as pre- viously stated.

52d Foot—Lieut. and Capt. S. Blanc, from the Scots Fusilier Guards, to be Capt. vice C. L. Peel, who exchanges. 55th Foot—Capt. T. S. Brown to be Major, without purchase, vice Brevet-Lieut- Col. Whimper, whose brevet rank has been converted into substantive rank, under the Royal warrant of 6th Oct. 1854. 56th Foot—Brevet-Major T. 5i. Luz Weguelin, from the 36th Foot, to be Capt. vice Philips, who exchanges. 59th Foot—Lieut. H. E. G. Crosse, from the 33d Foot, to be Lieut. vice Howe, who exchanges. 60th Foot—Ensign W. B. S. Conyers to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Hedley, who retires ; A. H. Woodgate, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Conyers. 63d Foot—Ensign W. Gordon has been permitted to resign his commission. 66th Foot—Lieut. H. Firth to be Adjt. vice Storey, who resigns the Adjutancy only. 86th Foot—Ensign J. D. Brockman to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Maine, who has retired ; Ensign V. G. Coates, from the 9th Foot, to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Adams, promoted ; G. S. Jackson, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Brockman. 93d Foot—Capt. E. S. F. G. Dawson to be Instructor of Musketry. 96th Foot—Ensign L. Smith has been permitted to resign his commission. 99th Foot—Capt. J. H. Dunne, from the 21st Foot, to be Capt. vice Codd, who exchanges.

Unattached—The undermentioned officers to have their brevet rank converted into substantive rank, under the Royal warrant of 6th Oct. 1854—Brevet-Lieut.- Col. F. A. Whimper, 55th Foot ; Brevet-Major R. Inglis, 18th Foot.

British German Legion--The following Officers not being required with the British German Legion, their services have been dispensed with—D8pot at Heligo- land—Garrison Assist.-Surg. C. J. Siemens, Garrison Chaplain Rev. V. Petersen, 1st Light Dragoons—Cornet R. B. Makenna. 2c1 Light Drags.—Lieut. II. von Dittmar. 1st Jager Corps—Lieut. A. W. Lewis. 2d Jager Corps—Capt. H. C. Lanause, Capt. L. Hanesse, Capt. C. Richenau, Lieut. C. T. Rust. 3d Jager Corps —Lieut.-Col. H. 0. Bowles, Major F. Weiss, Capt. A. von Jessen, Capt. M. de Carstensen, Capt. P. Schumann, Lieuts. S. von Schwartzenhorn, Baron W. von Essen, G. Daly, L. Rohrer, P. von Suenson, C. Samsey, Ensigns A. Ritter and Baron S. von Leski, Paymaster L. R. Haslewood, Quartermaster J. .-S Gardiner, Surgeon F. Aschenfeldt, Assisturg. C. Biel. 24 Light Infantry—Captains H. L. Bansen, R. Schmidt, and H. A. Bansen. 3d Light Infantry—Captains C. Bland and E. Moter, Lieut. C. Fuchs. 4th Light Infantry—Capt. A. du Vigneau, Ensign H. Raffelsieper. 5th Light Infantry—Lieut. 0. Setzer.

British Swiss Legion—The following Officers not being required with the British Swiss Legion, their services have been dispensed with —D6pot at Dover—Brigade- Major, Major C. J. Lindam, Capt. J. Cockburn, and Capt. J. Spindler. 1st Light Infantry—Capt. J. C. Pfeiffer. 2d Light Infantry—Capt. L. Hasliman, Lieut. B. Hurner, Ensign J. Kohler, Ensign A. R. Boner, Ensign J. Wicki, Assist.-Surg. J. Kleiner. Scharfschutzen Company—Capt. J. Spielmann, Lieut. E. Theiler, Ensign ' II. R. Geisler. Not attached to any Regiment—Capt. J. Sperli, Capt. Viscount A.. de Forestier, Capt. C. Arnold, Lieut. A. Columbara, Lieut. S. Ellicker, Ensign J. C. Bleuler, Assist.-Surg. F. Baumgartner. Hospital Staff The undermentioned Acting Assistant-Surgeons have ceased to do duty, there being no longer occasion for their services—W. K. Brock, G. Hay- ward, F. J. Eaton, W. J. Clapp, H. Brook, J. Benbow, B. W. Hall, E. W. Ward, H. J. Philpot, W. O'Halloran. Breve —Col. E. Matson, retired full-pay Royal Engineers, to be Major-Gen. the rank being honorary only ; Lieut.-Col. It. K. Dawson, retired full-pay Royal En-1 gineers, to be Col. in consequence of the promotion of Lieut.-Col. Tucker, the officer who stood next below him on the Effective Establishment at the time of his retire- ment, in accordance with the 21st clause of the Royal warrant of Nov. 3, 1854; Bre- vet-Major E. D'Alton, retired full-pay Royal Newfoundland Companies, to lip Lieut.-Col. in the Army, the rank being honorary only ; Brevet-Col. W. R. Mans- field, Unatt. to have the local rank of Brigadier-Gen. in Poland while employed on a particular service in that country ; Capt. F. Miller, 80th Foot, to be Major in the

Army. The undermentioned Quartermaster, retired on half-pay, to have the honorary rank of Captain under the Royal warrant of Dec. 17, 1855—Quartermaster T. W. ifives, half-pay 40th Foot.

majors to be Lieutenant-Colonels in the Army—.T. Holmes, 12th Bombay Native Infantry ; R. Crew, 45th Madras Native Infantry. Captains to be Majors in the Army—G. T. S. Carruthers, 1st Madras Native In- fantry E. W. Bendier, 51st Madras Native Infantry ; .7. E. Mayne, 8th Madras ca, • J. 0. Stephen, 8th Bengal Native Infantry ; J. L. Vaughan, 21st Bengal Native Infantry ; F. J. Goldsmid, 37th Madras Native 1nfantu R. B. Brett, Bom- bay Artillery ; E. Wray, Bombay Artillery ; R. Richardson, 34 Bengal Cavalry. The undermentioned officers of the East India Company's Service, retired upon foil-pay, to have a step of honorary rank as follows—Col. G. Alcock, Madras Artil- lery, to be Major-General; Lieut.-Col. W. C. Ormsby, Bengal Infantry, to be Col. ; Major E. Clutterbuck, Madras Infantry, to be Lieut.-Col.

Captains to be Majors—E. T. Erskine, Bengal Infantry ; A. C. Hutchinson, Ben- gal Artillery. Lieut. C. V. Arbuckle, Bengal Artillery, to have the rank of Lieut. in the Army, while employed at the East India Company's recruiting depot at Warley.