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MILITARY GAZETTE.

WAR-OFFICE, Aug. 19.—lst Beet. of Life Guards—A. W. Peyton, Gent. to be Cor- net and Sub-Lieut. by purchase, vice Lygon, promoted. 2d Life Guards—H. C. Lane, Gent. to be Cornet and Sub-Lieut. by purchase, vice Stephens, promoted. 4th Drag. Guards—C. Pearson, Gent. to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Scott, promoted ; A. Cuppage, Gent. to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Henry, promoted. 7th Light Drags. —J. T. De Veulle, Gent. to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Kavanagh, who retires. 8th Light Drags.—C. W. Heneage, Gent. to be Cornet by purchase, vice Fitzgibbon, promoted. 9th Light Drags.—Garrison Sergeant-Major G. Ross (Cavalry Depot at Maidstone), to be Cornet, without purchase, vice Brinkley, dec. 10th Light Drags. —W. G. Bride,man, Gent. to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Townley, promoted. 14th Light Drags.—C. B. Whisk, Gent. to be Cornet, without purchase, vice Holiday, promoted ; W. H. T. Clarke, Gent. to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Coates, ap- pointed to the 7th Light Drags. 15th Light Drags.--G. T. Macartney, Gent, to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Donovan, promoted. 17th Light Drags.—Capt. J. D. Brett to be Major, by purchase, vice Brevet Lieut.-Col. Burdett, who retires ; Lieut. W. F. Richards, to be Capt. by purchase, vice Brett ; Comet L. E. Knight to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Richards • Cornet G. Ross, from the 9th Light Drags. to be Cornet, vice Sir W. Gordon, Bart promoted. 1st Foot—Ensign J. A. Chrystie to be Lieut. without purchase, vice Pugh, dee.; Gent. Cadet W. H. J. Clarke, from the Royal Mil. Col. to be Ensign, vice Chrystie. 18th Foot—W. .1. Hales, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Davidson, appointed to the 78th Foot. 20th Foot—W. D. S. Dickies, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Adams, promoted. 530 Foot— Ensign W. H. J. Clarke, from the let Foot, to be Ensign, vice Flood, promoted. 56th Toot—A. F. Stewart, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Bernard, who re- tires. 57th Foot—Capt. kt. Cassan, from the 84th Foot, to be Capt. vice Armstrong, who exchanges ; C. Venables, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hague, pro- moted. 59th Foot—G. H. Dwyer, Gent, to be Ensigu, by purchase, vice Worthing- ton, appointed to the 33d Foot. 60th Foot —A. H. G. Gregory, Gent. to be Sec. Lieut. by purchase, vice Hale, appointed to the Rifle Brigade ; F. S. Travers, Gent. to be Sec. Lieut. by purchase, vice Nicholson, promoted. 72d Foot—J. T. Camp- bell, Gent, to he Ensign, by purchase, vice Wyllie, promoted. 77th Foot —R. J. Hardinge, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Tolletnache, promoted. 81st Foot— J. Trent, Gent to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hunter, promoted. 84th Foot—Capt. D. E. Armstrong, from the 57th Foot, to be Capt. vice Cassan, who exchanges. 91st Foot—J. T. Lane, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Squirt, promoted.

1st West India Regt.—T. W. Lawson, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Murphy, promoted. 3d West 1r,dia Regt.—T. M. Quill, Gent, to be Ensign, with- out purchase, vice Thompson, dec.

OFFICE or ORDNANCE, Aug. 18.—Royal Regt. of Artillery—First Lieut. H. A. Smyth, to be See. Capt. rice Allen, retired upon half-pay ; See. Lieut. C. Hardy to be First Lieut. vice Smyth.

WAR-OFFICE, Aug. 22.-1st Regt. of Drag. Guards.—Lieut. G. H. W. Carew to be Capt. by purchase, vice Tomlin, who retires ; Cornet J. H. Anderson to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Carew. Gth Drag. Guards—Capt. J. G. A. Burton, from the 16th Light Drags. to be Capt. vice Heywood, who exchanges. 6th Drags.—Cornet G. Wheatcroft to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Sir E. S. Hutchinson, Bart. who retires. 12th Light Drags.—J. Roll, Gent, to be Cornet, by purchase. 16th Light Drags .-- Capt. T. Heywood, from the 6th Drag. Guards, to be Capt. vice A. Burton, who ex- changes. Coldstream Regt. of Foot Guards—Major and Brevet Col. H. J. W. Bentmck to be Lient.-Col. by purchase, vice Chapin, who retires ; Capt. and Lieut.- Col. the Hon. A. Upton to be Major (with the rank of Colonel in the Army). by PUT- chase, lice Bentinck ; Lieut. and Capt. the Hon. T. V. Dawson to be Capt. and Lieut.-Col. by purchase, vice Upton; Ensign and Lieut. and Adjt. the Hon. P. It. B. Fielding to have the rank of Lieut and Capt.; Ensign and Lieut. W. H. Reeve to be Lieutenant and Captain by purchase, vice Dawson. 3d Foot—Lieutenant Frede- rick Wainwright, from the 66th Foot, to be Lieut. vice Berguer, who exchanges. 13th Foot—Second Lieut. C. W. Doherty, from the Rifle Brigade, to be Ensign. vice Blackett, who exchanges. 15.h Foot—Capt. C. Graves, from the 82d Foot, to be Capt. vice Pardoe, who exchanges. 84th Foot—Ensign J. A. Gardner to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Probyn, who retires. 45th Foot—Ensign D. R. Barnes Lobe Lieut. by purchase, vice Burrell, who retires ; J. W. Meurant, Gent. to be Ensign, by pur- chase, vice Barnes. 52d Foot—Major C. W. Forester, to be Lieut.-CoL by purchases vice Davis, who retires ; Capt. C. J. C. Mills to be Major. by purchase, vice Fores- eer; Lieut. A. L. Peel to be Capt. by purchase, vice Mills ; Ensign the Hon. D. J. )Cason to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Peel. 53d Foot-Ensign W. Peel to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Fuller, who retires. 54th Foot-Quartermaster, W. Marriott to be Paymaster, vice G. Bartley, who retires upon half-pay. 66th Foot-Lieut. Fre- derick R. Berguer, from the 3d Foot, to be Lieut. vice Wainwright, who exchanges. 74th Foot-T. W. Lawson, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Addison, who re- tires. 82d Foot-Capt. E. Pardoe, from the 15th Foot. to be Capt. vice Graves, who

exchanges.

Ride Brigade-Ensign E. W. Blackett, from 13th Foot, to be Second Lieut. vice Doherty, who exchanges.

341 West India ItegL-Aasist. -Sorg. H. G. Martell, from the Staff, to be Assist.- Surf. ice Fyffe, appointed to the Staff. Brevet-Lieut.-Col. T. G. Browne, C.B. on half-pay 44th Foot, to have the local rank of CoL at St. Helena.

Hospital Staff-Assist.-Surg. W. J. Fyffe, M.B. from the 3d West India Regt. to be Assist.-Surg. to the Forces, vice Martelli, appointed to the 3d West India Regt. ; Assist: Surf. J. Irvine, M.D. from the 88th Foot, to be Assist.-Surg. to the Forces, vice J. Macnitmara, M.D. who retires upon half-pay. Memorandum-The appointment of T. W. Lawson to an Ensigncy, by purchase, is the 1st West India Regt. as stated in the Gazette of 19th Aug. 1851, has been