17th Foot, Jonathan William Elmes, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Borrett, ap pointed to the 4th Foot. Dated 11th January, 1859. 20th Foot, Ensign Robert Foster-Melliar to be. Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Gilley, deceased. Dated 19th October, 1858. 21st Foot, Captain Henry Miller, from the Military Train, to be Captain, vice Arthur Cassidy, who exchanges. Dated 11th January, 1859. John Popham Mainwaring, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Gaskell, promoted. Dated 11th January, 1859. 24th Foot, Ensign E. Henry B. Sawbridge to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Waring, who retires. Dated 11th January, 1859. 25th Foot, Lieutenant Henry Pears to be Captain, by purchase, vice Harrison, who retires. Dated 11th January, 1859. 27th Foot, Brevet-Colonel John Buck Riddlesden, from half-pay Unattached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Touzel, who exchanges. Dated 11th January, 1859. Major Oliver Langley to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Riddlesden, who retires. Dated 11th January, 1859. 29th Foot. The promotion of Major E. H. Westropp to be antedated to 20th July, 1858. Lieutenant George Augustus Ferris to be Captain, without purchase, vice Westropp. Dated 20th July, 1858. The promotion of Lieutenant J. N. Bomford to be antedated to 20th July, 1858, and to be vice Ferris, and not vice Congreve promoted in the 4th Foot, as previously stated. The promotion of Lieutenant A. G. Black to be antedated to 23rd July, 1859, and to be vice Congreve promoted in the 4th Foot, and not vice Ferris promoted in the 16th Foot, as pre- 35th Foot, Arthur Chichester Crookshank, Gent., 40th Foot, Charles Stepney Perceval E. Man- 47th Foot, George Strickland, Gent., to be Ensign, 51st Foot, Lieutenant William Charles Edward 56th Foot, Ensign Augustus Spiller to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Curwen, who retires. Dated 11th January, 1859. 59th Foot, Louis Philip Gould, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Shaw, promoted in the 9th Foot. Dated 11th January, 1859. 62nd Foot, Lieutenant Nicholas G. Elliott has been permitted to retire from the Service by the sale of his Commission. Dated 11th January, 1859. 63rd Foot, John Pollard Mayers Burton, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Bicknell, pro moted in the 38th Foot. Dated 11th January, 1859. 67th Foot, Arthur James Poole, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Gardiner, promoted. Dated 11th January, 1859. 69th Foot, Captain R. Torrens Pratt, from the 84th Foot, to be Captain, vice Honourable W. H. Herbert, who exchanges. Dated 12th November, 1858. 71st Foot, Ensign Francis Fawkes to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice C. T. C. Roberts, who retires. Dated 11th January, 1859. 84th Foot, Captain Honourable William Henry Herbert, from the 69th Foot, to be Captain, vice Pratt, who exchanges. Dated 12th November, 1858. 89th Foot, William Grinfield Ostler, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Harrison, promoted. Dated 11th January, 1859. George Jones Whitaker Hayward, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Newbigging, promoted. Dated 12th January, 1859. Rifle Brigade, Ensign A. D. Rickman to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Scriven, killed in action. Dated 21st October, 1858. Ensign James Hook to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Rickman, whose promotion, by purchase, on 26th October, 1858, has been cancelled. Dated 11th January, 1859. Honourable Edward Lawless to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Kinloch, promoted. Dated 11th January, 1859. 2nd West India Regiment, Charles Gordon Fyfe, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Russell, promoted. Dated 11th January, 1859. Cape Mounted Rifles, William Henry Hodges, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Cumberlege, who resigns. Dated 11th January, 1859. Royal Canadian Rifles, Ensign Charles Turville INVALID DEPOT (Chatham). Lieutenant and Adjutant James Pope to be Staff- HOSPITAL STAFF. To be Assistant-Surgeons. William Robert Kerans, Gent. Dated 14th December, 1858. Edward Litton Low, M.B. Dated 14th December, 1858. Robert Lindsay, M.B. Dated 14th December, 1858. Thomas Murtagh, Gent. Dated 14th December, 1858. John Greig, M.B. Dated 14th December, 1858. George Park, M.D. Dated 14th December, 1858. William Chalmers, Gent. Dated 14th December, 1858. James Shand Duncan, M.D. Dated 14th De cember, 1858. Richard Henry, Gent. Dated 14th December, 1858. Robert Muir Gilchrist, M.D. Dated 14th December, 1858. BREVET. Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Brown, Recruiting Officer, in London, for Her Majesty's Indian Military Forces, to have the rank of Colonel in the Army, while so employed. Dated 11th January, 1859. Major Robert Bruce, 23rd Foot, to be LieutenantColonel in the Army. Dated 20th July, 1858. To be Majors in the Army. Captain Charles K. Bushe, 59th Foot. Dated 13th April, 1858. Captain F. P. Cassidy, 34th Foot. Dated 20th Second Captain Howard Craufurd Elphinstone, V.C., Royal Engineers. Dated 22nd September, 1858. Staff-Captain George Rand, retired full-pay of the the Invalid Depôt, at Chatham, to be Major in the Army, the rank being honorary only. Dated 11th January, 1859. The second Christian name of Major-General Carmichael, C.B., of the Bengal Cavalry, is Montauban, and not Montabin, as stated in the Gazette of 6th February, 1855. The following promotions to take place consequent upon the death of Lieutenant-General Robert Barclay Macpherson, C.B., Colonel of the 88th Foot, on 23rd December, 1858. Major-General George Charles, Earl of Lucan, K.C.B., Colonel of the 8th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant-General, Dated 24th Decem ber, 1858. Brevet-Colonel Philip M'Pherson, C.B., Inspecting Field-Officer of a Recruiting District, to be Major-General. Dated 24th December, 1858. Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Edward Lacy, Captain on half-pay Unattached, Assistant Adjutant-General at Gibraltar, to be Colonel. Dated 24th December, 1858. Brevet-Major Bernard G. Layard, Captain halfpay 67th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 24th December, 1858. |