MILITARY GAZETTE.
WAIL-OFFICE, Sept. 25.-64th Regt. of Foot—Major-Gen. J. Freeth. Quartermaster- Gen. of the Army, to be Col. vice Gen. Sir Richard Bourke, K.C.B. deceased. lot West India Regt.—Lieut.-Gen. Sir G. Bowles, K.C.B. to be Col. vice Gen. Sir G. T. Napier, K.C.B. deceased.
4th Drag. Guards —Lieut. G. M. Morgan to be Capt. by purchase, vice Webb, who retires; Lieut. R. Gunter to be Capt. by purchase, vice Brigstocke, who retires ; Cor- net G. A. Muttlebury to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Morgan. 13th Light Drags. —Capt. H. Holden to be Major, by purchase, vice Gore, who retires ; Lieut. E. R. King to be Capt. by purchase, vice Holden; Cornet H. O'Munn to be Lieut. by purchase, vice King. 15th Light Drags.—Cornet H. B. Wright, from the 13th Light Drags, to be Cornet, without purchase, vice Sewell, appointed Paymaster of the 6th Drag. Guards. 16th Foot—Lieut, W. Armstrong to be Capt. by purchase, vice Beresford, who re- tires ; Ensign H. Kelsall to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Armstrong. 20th Foot— C. Verey, Gent, to he Ecsiv, by purchase, vice Macdonogh, promoted. 28th Foot —Lieut. J. Williams to be Capt. by purchase, vice Ramadge, who retires ; Ensign J. W. KingSley to be Lieut. vvithout purchase, vice Williams. 33d Foot—Sergt.-Major G. Toseland, from the Grenadier:Guards, to be Ensign, without purchase; Ensign G. Toseland to be Adjt. lice Trent, who resigns the Adjutancy only. 38th Foot— W. G. Byron, Gent. to be Ensign, by pur. vice Grieve, promoted. 39th Foot— To be Ensigns, by purchase—C. F. Oldfield, Gent. vice Smith, promoted; S. Fyson, Gent. vice Prichard, promoted ; J. B. Corballis, Gent. vice Hors, pro- moted. 42d Foot—Ensign W. P. Hesketh to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Macpher- son, promoted; F. Allan, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hesketh, promoted. 47th Foot—T. B. Thomson, Gent, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Mallet, pro- moted. The Christian name of Ensign Roberts is "Francis," and not "John," as previously stated. 50th Foot—Lieut. 3. Thompson to be Capt. without purchase, ‘ice Frampton, promoted; Ensign H. B. Chichester to be Lieut. without purchase, vice Thompson; Q. Edge, Gent, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Chichester. 86th Foot—Capt. H. IV. Gordon, from half-pay Unatt. to be Capt. vice Rawlins, appointed to the Invalid DepOt at Chatham ; Lieut. H. Lepper to be Capt. by pur- chase, vice Gordon, who retires. 88th Foot—To he Captains. without purchase- Lieuts. W. C. Pearson, vice Corbett, killed in action; H. H. Day, vice Wray, killed in action. 92d Foot—Brevet-Lieut.-Col. G. E. Thorold to be Lieut.-Col. without purchase ; Brevet-Major R. M. Sutherland to be Major, without put. vice Thorold. To be Captains, without purchase—Lieuts. G. Stott, vice Sutherland ; E. C. B. Vphinstone ; C. Parsons ; J. A. DI'Donald. To be Lieutenants, without pur- chase—Ensigns P. F. Gooch, vice Stott ; T. Gordon, vice Elphinstone W. 11. Sbafto, from the 25th Foot. To be Ensigns, without purchase—Ensigns R. A. Ellis, from the 93.1 Foot, vice Goods; F. Roberts, from the 47th Foot, vice Gordon. 97th Foot—Ensign A. R. N. Gould to be Lieut. without purchase, vice Preston, killed in action ; S. Slater, Gent. to be Ensign without purchase vice Gould. 99th Foot—Lieut. F. W. Despard to be Capt. without ' ut purchase, vice Brevet-Lieut.-Col. Reed, deceased ; Lieut. L. J. Nunn to be Capt. by purchase, vice Despard, whose promotion, by purchase, on the 1st June, has been cancelled ; Ensign C. W. Quin to be Lieut. without purchase, vice Despard ; G. R. Harvey, Gent. to be Ensign, with- out purchase, vice Quin.
lot West India Regiment—A. M. W. Samson, Gent. to be Ensign, without pur- chase, vice Kenrick, promoted. Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment—Ensign C. R. Williams to be Lieut. without purchase, vice Sharpe, promoted ; Lieut. G. hl. Innes to be Adjutant, vice Sharpe, promoted. St. Helena Regiment—Acting Assist.-Surg. J. Jardine, M.D. to be Assist.-Surg. vice Furlonge, deceased. Land Transport Corps—W. Handyside, from Lieut. and Adjt. of the Royal Engi- neer Field Equipment, to be Second Capt. Provisional Depot Battalion—Lieut.-CoL the Hon. J. L. Browne, Unatt. to be Lieut.-Col.
Invalid Depot—Paymaster C. S. Thomas, late Essex Rifles, to be Paymaster.
British German Legion—lot Rifle Battalion—F. Warren, Esq. to be Paymaster. .
Hospital Staff—Assist-Surg. J. Fraser, M.D. from the 25th Foot, to be Staff-Surg Second Class; Assist.- Sung. A. L. Adams, M.D. from the 22d Foot, to be Staff-Surg. of the Second Class; Aseist.-Surg. R. W. Woolconibe, from half-pay of the 68th Foot, to be Assist-Surg. to the Forces.
BREVET.
Major-Gen. Sir J. L. Pennefather, K.C.B. to have the local rank of Lieut.-Gen. in the island of Malta; Col. E. Macarthur, Unatt. to have the local rank of Major-Gen. in Auetralia; Col, J. R. Crawford, of the Grenadier Guards, to have the local rank of Brigadier-Gen. in Turkey ; Major and Brevet-Col. A. G. Blachford, of the 24th Foot, having been promoted to the brevet rank of Lieut.-Col. on the 7th of June 1849, for service in the field, and having consequently completed six years' servicethat rank on the 7th of Juee 1855, to be Col. in the Army, in conformity with the memorandum dated the lot of May 1955; his commission to bear date the 7th of June 1855. The undermentioned Cadets of the East India Company's Service to have the local and temporary rank of Ensign during the period of their being placed under the command of Colonel Sandhani, of the Royal Engineers, at Chatham, for field in- structions in the art of sapping and mining—H. C. Moore, Gent. ; H. R. Faber, Gent.
The undermentioned officers, having been selected for service with the Turkish Contingent, to have a step of local rank while so employed—To have the local rank of Major—G. C. Dickins, Esq., late Capt. 46th Foot. To have the local rank of Captain—Lieut. 1. Hind, 26th Regt. of Bengal Native Infantry; Lieut. F. C. H. Williams, 16th Light Drags.; Lieut. N. C. Chichester, 3d Light Drags. To have the local rank of Assistant-Surgeon-W. I. Spencer, Gent. To have the local rank of Acting-Assistant-Surgeon-B. E. Simpson, Gent.; G. B. M. Black. Gent. The undermentioned officers to have a step of local rank while employed with the Irregular Cavalry under the command of Major-General Beatson-To have the local rank of Captain in Turkey-W. G. V. 0. Bridgman, late Cornet, 10th Light Drags. and now holding the local rank of Lieut. in Turkey. To have the local rank of Lieu- tenant in Turkey-W. H. Ward, Gent. The undermentioned gentlemen to have the local rank in Turkey of Veterinary Surgeons while attached to the Land Transport Corps of the Turkish Contingent- F. de F. Elkes, Gent. ; C. Moir, Gent. The undermentioned gentlemen to have a step of local rank in Turkey while at- tached to the army serving under his Excellency Omar Pasha-To have the local rank of Assistant-Inspector of Hospitals-A. Farquhar, Esq. To have the local rank of Surgeon-F. Le Mesurier, Esq., S. D. Bird, Esq., T. Buzzard, Esq., G. R. Cubitt, Esq., H. Edsall, Esq., C. F. Edward, Esq., .1. B. Husband, Esq., R. B. Carter, Esq.. J. N. Radcliffe, Esq., It. F. Foote, Esq., A. Pont, Esq.. Habeeb Risk Allah Effendi, J. Phillips, Esq., II. Kiallmark, Esq., J. T. Jenkins, Esq. The local rank of Lieut.-Col. in Turkey, while serving in the Irregular Cavalry, under the command of Major-General Beatson, conferred on J. St. J. Munro, late Major of the 31st Foot, and published in the Gazette of the 31st of Aug. 1855, has been cancelled.
WAR-DEPARTMENT.-Army Works Corps-W. T. Doyne, Esq. to be Chief Super- intendent.
WAR-OFF/CE, Sept. 28.-Scots Fusilier Guards-F. Palmer, Gent, to be Ensign and Lieut. without purchase, vice the Hon. H. Annesley, promoted.
BREVET.
Capt. and Brevet-Major the Hon. L. Curzon, of the Mile Brigade, the bearer of the despatch announcing the brilliant and important success achieved by the army under the command of General Simpson, and the capture of Sebastopol, to be pro- moted to the rank of LieuL-Col. in the army.
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