John Storey, late Acting-Assistant-Surgeon; William Barry, Acting-AssistantSurgeon; John Munday, late ActingAssistant-Surgeon; Wm. O'Halloran, late Acting-Assistant-Surgeon; Maximilian Grant, M.D.; Joseph Read, late Acting-Assistant-Surgeon; Robert Turner, late Acting-Assistant-Surgeon; Wm. Fletcher, late Acting-AssistantSurgeon; John Folliott, late Acting-Assistant-Surgeon; Acting-Assistant-Surgeon Edwin Wilson; Alexander Crawford Robertson, late Acting-AssistantSurgeon; Wm. Sharpe, late Acting-Assistant-Surgeon; Samuel Fuller, late Acting-Assistant-Surgeon; James Cruice, late Acting-Assistant-Surgeon; William Henry Jenkins, late Acting-AssistantSurgeon; Thomas Norton Hoysted, late Acting-Assistant-Surgeon; Francis Hyde Forshall, late Acting-AssistantSurgeon. The undermentioned ActingAssistant-Surgeons have ceased to do duty, there being no longer occasion for their services:-William Ringrose Gore, M.D., John Douglas Tapin. BREVET.-Colonel John Eyre, Retired Full-pay of the Royal Artillery, to be Major-General, the rank being honorary only. The following promotions to take place in consequence of Major-General John E. Dupuis, C.B., the Senior Supernumerary General Officer of the Royal Artillery, having been placed upon the fixed establishment of MajorGenerals for the Ordnance Department:-Brevet Lieut.-Col. Vance Young Donaldson, Half-pay Unattached, to be Colonel; Brevet Major Edmund Roche, Half-pay Unattached, to be Lieut.-Col.; Captain Patrick D. Stokes, Half-pay 4th Foot, Staff Officer of Pensioners, to be Major. The undermentioned Officer having completed three years' service on the 17th of October, 1856, in the rank of Lieut.-Col., to be promoted to be Col. in the Army, under the Royal Warrant of October the 6th, 1854-Lieut.-Col. George Monkland, 74th Foot; Captain Thomas de Courcy Hamilton, of the 68th Foot, to be Major in the Army. WAR OFFICE, MARCH 13. 90th Foot-Major-General Alexander Fisher Macintosh to be Col., vice Lieut.-General Felix Calvert, C.B., deceased, March 4. 3rd Dragoon Guards-Paymaster Thomas Marshall Cockerill, from the 11th Light Drags., to be Paymaster, vice Erskine, who exchanges. 11th Light Dragoons-Lieut. Edward Cludde Cockburn to be Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet-Major Cook, who retires; Cornet Alexander Baring Bingham to be Lieut., by purchase, vice Cockburn; James Affleck Stewart, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Shaw, appointed to the 12th Light Dragoons; Paymaster George Pott Erskine, from the 3rd Dragoon Guards, to be Paymaster, vice Cockerill, who exchanges. MILITARY TRAIN-Capt. Wm. Robert Gray, from Half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, Feb. 20. Grenadier Foot Guards-Lieut.-Col. Thomas Hall, from Half pay Unattached, to be Captain and Lieut.-Col., repaying the difference, vice BrevetCol. Wm. Nelson Hutchinson, who exchanges; Lieut. and Capt. and BrevetMajor W. Henry B. de Horsey to be Captain and Lieut. Col., by purchase, vice Hall, who retires; Ensign and Lieut. Edward Wm. Lloyd Wynne to be Lieut. and Capt., by purchase, vice de Horsey. 5th Foot-Henry Bathe, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Walpole, promoted. 14th-Lieut. Wm. Macdonnell, from Half-pay 55th Foot, late Paymaster of the Invalid Depots at Smyrna and Aby dos, to be Paymaster, vice Hall, appointed to a Depot Battalion. 18th-Lieut. John Grahame, from the 27th Foot, to be Lieut., vice Cottee, who exchanges. Ensign John Motherwell has been superseded, he being absent without leave. 20th-Lieut. John Thomas Vaughan Kirkby has been superseded, he being absent without leave. 22nd-Lieut. Henry Walker Thompson, from Half-pay of the 74th Foot, to be Lieut., vice Morrison, promoted in the Military Train, March 10; Ensign Thomas Peach to be Lieut., by pur chase, vice Thompson, who retires, March 10; Alexander Grant Glennie, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Peach, March 10. 27th-Captain Henry Mitford, from the 98th Foot, to be Capt., vice Downing, who exchanges; Lieut. Alfred Cottee, from the 18th Foot, to be Lieut., vice Grahame, who exchanges. 50th-Ensign F. Wm. G. Corry Sharland has been permitted to resign his commission. 60th-Lieut. Robert Morris Hazen to be Instructor of Musketry, February 11. 63rd-Lieut. Lawrence Edward Knox to be Captain, by purchase, vice Stuart, who retires, Jan. 15; Captain Edward Joseph Hunt, from Half-pay of the 63rd Foot, to be Capt., vice Knox, placed upon Half-pay, Jan. 15. 64th Sergeant Walter Morrison, from the Scots Fusilier Guards, late Acting Paymaster of Land Transport Corps, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Turner, promoted. 68th-Ensign Charles Covey to be Adjutant, vice Lieutenant Light, who resigns the Adjutancy only, Sept. 28, 1856. 82nd-Captain C. T. Vesey Bunbury Isaac to be Major, by purchase, vice Brevet-Lieut. Colonel Yates, promoted, by purchase, to an Unattached Lieut.Colonelcy; Lieut. James White to be Captain, by purchase, vice Isaac; Ensign Bertram C. Henderson to be Lieut., by purchase, vice White. 93rd-Lieut.-Col. the Hon. Adrian Hope, from Half-pay of the 93rd Foot, to be Lieut.-Col. 95th-Ensign Wm. Henry Sowdon has been superseded, he being absent without leave. 98th-Captain John David Downing, from the 27th Foot, to be Captain, vice Mitford, who exchanges. 3rd West India Regiment-Lieut. James Bower Jackson to be Instructor of Musketry, Feb. 19; Lieut. James Henry Archer, from Half-pay 16th Ft., to be Lieut., vice Rogers, appointed to the Military Train. DEPOT BATTALION-Paymaster Monkhouse Graham Taylor, from the 45th Ft., to be Paymaster. STAFF-Brevet-Col. Sir Thomas St. Vincent H. C. Troubridge, Bart., C.B., Half-pay 22nd Foot, to be Deputy-Adjutant-General at Head Quarters, for the purpose of carrying on under the supervision of the Adjutant-General, all duties connected with the Equipment and Clothing of the Army. UNATTACHED-Brevet-Lieut.-Colonel Edmund Robert Wm. Wingfield Yates, from the 82nd Foot, to be Lieut.-Col., by purchase; Lieut. Win. Alfred Swift, from the 92nd Foot, to be Capt., by purchase. BREVET Lieut. Col. Thomas Hall, of the Grenadier Guards, to be Col. in the Army, June 20; Lieut.-Col. Thomas Holloway, of the Royal Marines, to be Aide-de-Camp to the Queen, with the rank of Col. in the Army. The undermentioned Officers of the East India Company's Service, retired upon Full-pay, to have a step of honorary rank, as follows:-Col John Forbes Musgrove, Madras Infantry, to be Major-Gen.; Lieut.-Col. John Lang, Bengal Infantry, to be Col. TO BE LIEUT.-COLS.-Major Thomas Francis Blois, Bengal Infantry, Dec. 5; Major John Howard Wakefield, Bengal Infantry; Major Wm. Chas. Birch, Bengal Infantry; Major Wm. Jervis, Bengal Infantry; Major Chas. Thorold Hill, Madras Infantry; Major Henry Edgar Duff Jones, Bombay Infantry; Major Henry Augustus Morrieson, Bengal Infantry; Major John Guise, Bengal Infantry. TO BE MAJORS-Capt. Thomas Wm. Cooke, Madras Infantry; Capt. Alfred Henry Corfield, Bengal Infantry. MEMORANDA-Lieut.-Col. Richd. Palmer Sharp, on Half-pay 72nd Foot, has been permitted to retire from the Service by the sale of his commission, he being about to become a settler in Nova Scotia. Captain Theodore Minet Haultain, on Half-pay Unattached, has been permitted to retire from the Service by the sale of his commission, he being about to become a settler in New Zealand. WAR OFFICE, MARCH 13. The undermentioned officers have been appointed to be Her Majesty's Aides-de-Camp for the service of Her Militia Force-Walter Francis, Duke of Buccleuch, K.G., Col. of the Edinburgh or Queen's Regiment of Light Infantry Militia; Col. John Wilson Patten, of the 3rd Royal Lancashire Regt. of Militia, and Lieut.-Col. Robert Alexander Shafto Adair, of the Suffolk Art. Regt. of Militia, with the rank of Col. in the Militia Force. Her Majesty has, at the same time, been pleased to direct that the above officers shall have the rank with the Senior Colonels of the Militia immedi ately after the Junior Colonel of H.M.'s Forces. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Charles Bruce Marquis of Ailesbury, Lieut. Col. of the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry Cavalry, to be one of H.M.'s Aides-de-Camp for the service of Her Yeomanry Force with the rank of Col. in that Force. -- WAR OFFICE, MARCH 20. 4th Dragoon Guards Lieutenant Charles Fleetwood Shawe to be Capt., by purchase, vice Henry, who retires; Cornet and Adjutant Edward Harran to have the rank of Lieutenant; Cornet William Clefden Goldie to be Lieut., by purchase, vice Shawe; Cornet Henry Haskett Chilton, from the 7th Dragoon Guards, to be Cornet, vice Goldie. 1st Dragoons John Woolmore Simmons Smith, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Graburn, promoted. 3rd Light Dragoons-Saml. Barrett, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Bell, promoted. 1st or Grenadier Foot Guards-Capt. William Earle, from the 49th Foot, to be Lieutenant and Captain, vice Brevet Major W. G. Cameron, who exchanges. Scots Fusilier Guards-Ensign and Lieutenant the Hon Edward Brownlow to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet Major Shuckburgh, who retires; Robert Augustus Dalzell, Gent., to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice the Hon. E. Brownlow; Battalion Surgeon John Aston Bostock, M.D., to be Surgeon Major, vice Thomas Richardson, who retires, upon Half Pay; Assistant Surgeon Frederick Robinson, M.D., to be Battalion Surgeon, vice Bostock. 1st Foot-Creswell Keane Charles Rooke, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Kershaw, who retires. 2nd-The exchange between Capts. Willan and Grimston, as stated in the Gazette of 30th September last, has been antedated to Sept. 29, 1856. 7th-Major Richard Wm. Aldworth to be Lieutenant Colonel, by purchase, vice Brevet Colonel W. H. C. Wellesley, who retires; Brevet Major Thomas Tyron to be Major, by purchase, vice Aldworth; Lieutenant George Henry Waller to be Captain, by purchase, vice Tyron. 13th-The exchange between Capts. Grimston and Willan, as stated in the Gazette of 30th Sept. last, has been antedated to 29th September, 1856. 16th-Lieutenant George Barchard to be Adjutant, vice Douglas, who resigns the Adjutancy only. 17th-Lieutenant William Frederick Augustus Edward Presgrave to be Instructor of Musketry, Feb. 28. 18th-Ensign George Spicer Hutchings has been permitted to resign his commission. 23rd-Assistant Surgeon John Noble Shipton, from the Staff, to be Assistant Surgeon. 28th-Brevet Major Thomas Maunsell to be Major, by purchase, vice Brevet Lieut. Colonel Lindsell, who retires, Jan. 9; Lieut. E. Garmonsway Waldy to be Captain, by purchase, vice Maunsell, Jan. 9; Capt. Jas. Graham Turner, from Half Pay 28th Foot, to be Captain, vice Waldy, placed upon Half Pay, Jan. 9. 35th-Major Patrick Wm. Sydenham Ross, from the 53rd Foot, to be Major, vice English, who exchanges, Jan. 13. 43rd-Brevet Colonel Thomas Gore Browne, C.B., from Half Pay 14th Foot, to be Lieutenant Colonel, vice Brevet Colonel Skipwith, who exchanges; Major James M. Primrose to be Lieut. Colonel, by purchase, vice Brevet Col. Browne, who retires. 45th-William Kershaw, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Apjohn, who retires. 49th-Brevet Major Wm. Gordon Cameron, from the 1st or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards, to be Capt. vice Earle, who exchanges. 53rd Major Frederick English, from the 35th Foot, to be Major, vice Ross, who exchanges, Jan. 13. 66th-Lieutenant Sir Charles Fred. Wheeler Cuffe, Bart., to be Captain, by purchase, vice Hawkes, who retires; Ensign Charles Augustus Short to be Lieut., by purchase, vice Sir C. F. W. Cuffe. 76th-Lieut. John Wm. Preston to be Instructor of Musketry, Jan. 17. 82nd Lieutenant Patrick Thorpe Dickson has been permitted to retire from the service by the sale of his commission; Charles Neville, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Henderson, promoted. 93rd-Lieutenant Edward Welch to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Capt. Dawson, who resigns that appointment; Assistant Surgeon James Nicholls Bell, M.D., from the 79th Foot, to be Assistant Surgeon. 94th-Lieut. Sydenham Malthus to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Capt. St. John, who resigns that appointment. 96th Captain John Meade, from Half Pay of the 30th Foot, to be Capt. vice Dillon, whose appointment to the Regiment, from Half Pay of the Rifle Brigade, has been cancelled. Rifle Brigade-Lieutenant Charles Townshend Murdoch has been permitted to retire from the service by the sale of his commission. Gold Coast Corps - Ensign Wm. Cumming to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Clarke, who resigns. To be LAND TRANSPORT CORPS. Quartermasters Acting Quartermaster Edward Pierson, late Commissary Storekeeper, March 3, 1856; Acting Quartermaster Duncan McIntyre, from Quartermaster Sergeant, 79th Foot, March 3, 1856. DEPOT BATTALION.-Captain Richard D. Astley, 49th Foot, to be Instructor of Musketry, March 9. HOSPITAL STAFF.-Staff Surgeon of the First Class Robert Templeton, M.D., from Half Pay, to be Staff Surgeon of the First Class, vice Richard Dane, M.D., placed upon Half Pay; Purveyor's Clerk Chas. Barrett Knapp to be Purveyor to the Forces, March 10; Acting Assistant Surgeon Thomas Arthur Finnimore has been permitted to resign his commission, March 13. BREVET. Brevet Lieut. Colonel John Jacob, C.B., of the Bombay Artillery, to be Aide de Camp to the Queen, with the rank of Colonel in the Army. The following promotions to take place in consequence of the appointment of Colonel Thos. Gordon Higgins, of the Royal Artillery, to be Major General, on the retirement to Full Pay of Major General Bastard, of that Corps :-Brevet Lieut. Colonel John Macphail, Half Pay of 7th Light Dragoons, to be Colonel, Feb. 5; Major Frederick Douglas Lumley, Half Pay Unattached, to be Lieutenant Colonel, Feb. 5; Captain Francis Lucas, of the 16th Foot, to be Major, Feb. 5. The undermentioned Officer having completed three years' actual service on the 3rd February, 1857, in the rank of Lieut. Colonel, to be promoted to be Colonel in the Army, under the Royal Warrant of the 6th Oct., 1854. Lieut. Colonel Henry Wase Whitfeild, of 2nd West India Regiment, 3rd Feb. The undermentioned Quartermaster, retired on Half Pay, to have the honorary rank of Captain, under the Royal Warrant of the 17th December, 1855. Quartermaster Wm. Betson, Half Pay 15th Light Dragoons, 1st Sept., 1856. BIRTHS. Feb. 27, at Burgh Hall, Norfolk, the wife of Lieut.-Col. Astley of a son. Feb. 25, at Waltham Abbey, the wife of Lieut.-Col. Askwith, Royal Artillery, of a daughter. March 3, in Eccleston-square, the wife of Col. Corbett Cotton, of a daughter. Feb. 26, at Chelsea, the wife of Col. Clark, Commandant Royal Military Asylum, of a son. Feb. 26, at the Grange, Farnham, the wife of Lieut.-Col. Clark Kennedy, C.B., Assistant-Quartermaster-General at Aldershot, of a son. Feb. 27, at Richelieu, Jersey, the wife of Major Andrew Crawford, Bombay Army, of a son. March 1, at 75 Onslow-square, the March 3, at Colchester, the wife of March 9, at 21 Lowndes-street, the Feb. 24, at Halifax, Novia Scotia, the March 6, at Richmond hill, Man- March 8, at 13 Albion-street, Hyde- March 10, at Blackheath, the wife of ter. March 10, at 22 Cambridge-terrace, March 9, at Southsea, the wife of March 5, at Billacombe, near Plym- March 13, at Westminster, the wife March 14, at 34 Inverness-road, March 15, at St. Leonard's-on-Sea, March 17, at Newport, Monmouth- March 18, at Woolwich, the wife of March 15, at Plymouth, the wife of March 15, at 25 Albion-place, Rams- MARRIAGES. Feb. 24, at Taunton, Lieut.-Colonel Jan. 17, at Allahabad, India, John March 4, at Woolwich, Walter Gil- March 3, Edgar Ivens, Esq., of Mel- March 3, at St. Saviour's Church, Feb. 26, in Dublin, John Waller Braddell, of Hawthorn, Mallow, county March 4, at Carberry Tower, N.B., March 10, at Jersey, Thomas Taylor Fleets. March 10, at Edinburgh, Janet Ed- March 13, at Southsea, William |