21st Foot, Major the Honourable David Erskine, from the 51st Foot, to be Major, vice Knox, who exchanges. Dated 9th January, 1857. 23rd Foot, Ensign J. De Gorrequer Dolmage has been superseded, being absent without leave. Dated 9th January, 1857.

32nd Foot, Quartermaster - Serjeant Francis Stribling to be Quartermaster, vice Giddings, appointed Paymaster. Dated 28th November,

1856.

35th Foot, Lieutenant-Colonel John McNeill Walter, from the 53rd Foot, to be LieutenantColonel, vice Brevet-Colonel Faber, who exchanges. Dated 9th January, 1857.

41st Foot, Ensign Matthew Ellison has been superseded, being absent without leave. Dated 9th January, 1857.

42nd Foot, Lieutenant Wilsone Black to be Captain, by purchase, vice Orde, who retires. Dated 9th January, 1857.

Captain Herbert Henry Moseley, from half-pay

of the Regiment, to be Captain, vice Black, placed upon half-pay. Dated 9th January, 1857.

50th Foot, Lieutenant Charles Mills has been permitted to retire from the Service by the sale of his Commission. Dated 9th January, 1857. 51st Foot, Major the Honourable William Stuart Knox, from the 21st Foot, to be Major, vice Erskine, who exchanges. Dated 9th January, 1857.

53rd Foot, Brevet-Colonel W. Raikes Faber, from the 35th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Walter, who exchanges. Dated 9th January, 1857.

Ensign Charles Bagnall to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Humfrey, who retires. Dated 9th January, 1857.

George Campbell Sidebottom, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Bagnall. Dated 9th January, 1857.

74th Foot, Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel James W. Dalgety, from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice Adam Campbell, who exchanges. Dated 9th January, 1857.

Lieutenant Sir David Baird, Bart., to be Captain, by purchase, vice Dalgety, who retires. Dated 9th January, 1857.

Ensign Robert Elphinstone Dear to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Sir David Baird. Dated 9th January, 1857.

Francis Pavy, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Dear. Dated 9th January, 1857.

78th Foot, Assistant-Surgeon Samuel Stacy Skipton, M.D., from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice O'Neill, deceased. Dated 9th January, 1857.

88th Foot, Ensign Edward Cape has been superseded, being absent without leave. Dated 9th January, 1857.

95th Foot, Staff-Surgeon, Second Class, John Ewing, to be Surgeon, vice Fasson, appointed to the Royal Artillery. Dated 8th January, 1857.

2nd West India Regiment. The surname of the Ensign, appointed on the 6th instant, is Platt, and not Pratt, as previously stated.

UNATTACHED.

Lieutenant John Gilleland, from 3rd Dragoon Guards, to be Captain, without purchase. Dated 9th January, 1857.

HOSPITAL STAFF.

Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class William Hanbury, from half-pay, to be Staff Surgeon of the Second Class, vice Ewing, appointed to the 95th Foot. Dated 9th January, 1857.

The undermentioned Acting Assistant-Surgeons to be Assistant-Surgeons to the Forces: George Clarence Hyde. Dated 17th January, 1855.

Francis John Shortt. Dated 6th August, 1855. Henry Kelsall. Dated 8th September, 1855. Edmund Greswold McDowell. Dated 6th November, 1855.

John Goodwin. Dated 5th December, 1855.

BREVET.

The undermentioned Officers on the Retired Full-pay Lists of the Royal Artillery, to be promoted in consequence of the promotion of the Officers who stood next below them at the time of their retirement, in accordance with the provisions of the 21st clause of the Royal Warrant of 3rd November, 1854; viz. :

In consequence of General Sir H. D. Ross's promotion,

Lieutenant-General Patrick Campbell to be General. Dated 28th November, 1854.

In consequence of Lieutenant-General Frederick Campbell's promotion,

Major-General Robert Douglas, C.B., to be Lieutenant-General. Dated 28th November,

1854.

The following promotions to take place in consequence of Major-General Sir William Fenwick Williams, Bart., K.C.B., the Senior Supernumerary General Officer of the Royal Artillery, having

been placed upon the fixed establishment of MajorGenerals for the Ordnance Department.:

Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Augustus Arney, Unattached, to be Colonel. Dated 16th December, 1856.

Brevet-Major Edward James Pratt, 9th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 16th December, 1856.

Captain Robert Hawkes, 80th Foot, to be Major. Dated 16th December, 1856.

The undermentioned Officer having completed three years' actual service on the 30th December, 1856, in the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, to be promoted to be Colonel in the Army, under the Royal Warrant of 6th October, 1854:

Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Smyth, 68th Foot. Dated 30th December, 1856.

Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Salop.

North Salopian Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry. Richard Lloyd, Esq. (late of the Grenadier Guards) to be Captain, vice Croxon, resigned. Dated 7th January, 1857.

Cornet William Shakeshaft Lawley to be Lieutenant, vice Kinchant, resigned. Dated 7th January, 1857.

Cornet Thomas Hugh Sandford to be Lieutenant, vice Brown, resigned. Dated 7th January,

1857.

Cornet Rowland Jones Venables to be Lieutenant, vice Dod, promoted. Dated 7th January, 1857. Lieutenant Whitehall Dod (late Captain in 6th Dragoons) to be Captain and Adjutant, vice John. Shirley, retired. Dated 7th January,

Henry Bertie Watkin Williams Wynn, Esq., to be Cornet, vice Hodgson, promoted. Dated 7th January, 1857.

The Honourable Lloyd Kenyon to be Cornet, vice Lawley, promoted. Dated 7th January, 1857. David Francis Atcherley, Esq., to be Cornet, vice Sandford, promoted. Dated 7th January, 1857.

Commission signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Lanark.

2nd Royal Lanarkshire Militia.

Lieutenant William Wilson to be Captain, vice Lindley, resigned. Dated 30th December, 1856.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

(No. 42.) NORTH AMERICA-WEST COAST. Light on Cape Hancock, Columbia River.

The United States Lighthouse Board has given notice, that on and after the 15th day of October, 1856, a light would be established on Cape Hancock, on the north side of the mouth of the Columbia River, Washington Territory.

The light is a fixed white light, of the first order, illuminating the entire horizon. It is placed at a height of 230 feet above the level of the sea; and should be visible, in clear weather, from the deck of a ship at a distance of 22 miles.

The light tower is whitewashed; it is 40 feet high, and stands on the pitch of the Cape, at about 190 feet above the sea. According to the United States Coast Survey it is in lat. 46° 16′ 35′′ N., long. 124° 2' west of Greenwich. Variation of the compass 20° 45′ east in July, 1851.

A fog bell of 1,600lbs. weight has also been placed on the bluff in advance of the light tower, and will be sounded during foggy or thick weather, day and