10th Foot, Captain George Hamilton, from the 75th Foot, to be Captain, vice Chancellor, who exchanges. Dated 6th January, 1854.

18th Foot, Lieutenant Charles Edward Preston, from the 26th Foot. to be Paymaster, vice Kennedy, appointed Paymaster of a Recruiting District. Dated 6th January, 1854.

27th Foot, Lieutenant Walter Hamilton Twemlow, from the 34th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice O'Loghlin, who exchanges. Dated 6th January, 1854.

30th Foot, Ensign Lachlan Macpherson to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hepburn, who retires. Dated 6th January, 1854. John Simon Chandos Harcourt, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Macpherson. Dated 6th January, 1854. 34th Foot, Lieutenant John William Brooke, O'Loghlin, from the 27th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Twemlow, who exchanges. Dated 6th January, 1854.

40th Foot, Lieutenant Francis Henry Atherley to be Captain, by purchase, vice Rundle, who retires. Dated 6th January, 1854.

Ensign Thomas Macpherson Bruce Gardyne to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Atherley. Dated 6th January, 1854.

Jacob Francis Bryant, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Gardyne. Dated 6th January,

1854.

41st Foot, Lieutenant William Johnston to be Adjutant, vice Barnard, promoted. Dated 6th January, 1854.

52nd Foot, Ensign Arthur Henley to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Gervis, who retires. Dated 6th January, 1854.

William Atkinson, Gent., to be Ensign by purchase, vice Henley. Dated 6th January,

1854.

53rd Foot, Ensign Wale Rymer Byrne to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Grubbe, deceased. Dated 20th October, 1853.

75th Foot, Captain Alexander Chancellor, from the 10th Foot, to be Captain, vice Hamilton, who exchanges. Dated 6th January, 1854. 2nd West India Regiment, Major Stephen John Hill to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, vice Mends, who retires upon full pay. Dated 6th January, 1854.

Captain John Miller to be Major, without purchase, vice Hill. Dated 6th January, 1854. Lieutenant John Harpur to be Captain, without purchase, vice Miller. Dated 6th January,

1854.

Ensign Edward James Laughlin to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Harpur. Dated 6th January, 1854.

Christopher Frederick Holt, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Laughlin. Dated 6th January, 1854.

HOSPITAL STAFF.

Staff-Surgeon of the First Class Charles Whyte to be Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals, vice Shanks, deceased. Dated 6th January, 1854. Surgeon John Mitchell, M.D., from the 7th Foot,

to be Staff-Surgeon of the first class, vice Whyte, promoted. Dated 6th January, 1854.

Assistant Staff-Surgeon Patrick Sinclair Laing to be Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class, vice Lockwood, appointed to the 7th Foot. Dated 6th January, 1854.

Frederick Moore Smith, Gent., to be AssistantSurgeon to the Forces, vice Laing, promoted on the Staff. Dated 6th January, 1854.

Thomas Macdougall Bleckley, Gent., to be Assistant Surgeon to the Forces, vice Lightbody, promoted. Dated 6th January, 1854.

William Henry Brice, Gent., to be Assistant Surgeon to the Forces, vice Roosmalecocq, deceased. Dated 6th January, 1854.

BREVET.

Captain George Floyd Duckett, of the 3rd West India Regiment, to be Major in the Army. Dated 11th November, 1851.

MEMORANDUM.

The date of the Commission of Lieutenant John Burke, of the 22nd Foot, to bear date 22nd February, 1853, in lieu of 15th March, 1853.

Office of Ordnance, 5th January, 1854.

Royal Regiment of Artillery.

Second Lieutenant Markham le Fer Taylor to be First Lieutenant, vice Moody, deceased. 2nd December, 1853.

Corps of Royal Engineers.

Dated

Second Captain Charles Fanshawe to be Captain, vice Denison, Seconded. Dated 17th December, 1853.

First Lieutenant John Marshall Grant to be Second Captain, vice Fanshawe. Dated 17th December, 1853.

Second Lieutenant Henry George

Savage to be

First Lieutenant, vice Grant. Dated 17th

December, 1853.

Office of Ordnance, 5th January, 1854.

Royal Regiment of Artillery.

Gentlemen Cadets to be Second Lieutenants. Arthur Kennedy Rideout, vice Price, promoted. Dated 21st December, 1853.

William Henry Watson, vice King, promoted. Dated 21st December, 1853.

Henry Percy Tillard, vice Cairnes, promoted. Dated 21st December, 1853.

Edward Chichester Bolton, vice Whitehead, promoted. Dated 21st December, 1853.

Oliver Henry Atkins Nicolls, vice Jones, promoted. Dated 21st December, 1853.

Donald George Campbell Maclachlan, vice Collington, promoted. Dated 21st December,

1853.

James Barton, vice J. H. Brown, promoted. Dated 21st December, 1853.

Charles James Hope Johnstone, vice Prosser, promoted. Dated 21st December, 1853. Robert Horsley Cockerell, vice Strangways, promoted. Dated 21st December, 1853.

Benjamin Geale Humfrey, vice Harrison, promoted. Dated 21st December, 1853.

Charles Watson Wilson, vice Higgon, promoted. Dated 21st December, 1853.

Legh Delves Broughton, vice Harward, promoted. Dated 21st December, 1853.

George Albert Augustus Walker, vice Vibart, promoted. Dated 21st December, 1853.

Corps of Royal Engineers.

Gentlemen Cadets to be Second Lieutenants with temporary rank.

The Honourable Cameron Wrottesley, vice Grantham, promoted. Dated 21st December, 1853.

Lonsdale Augustus Hale, vice Neville, promoted. Dated 21st December, 1853.

Henry William Hart Davis Dumaresq, vice Barber, promoted. Dated 21st December, 1853. Arthur Reid Lempriere, vice Koe, promoted. Dated 21st December, 1853.

George Longley, vice G. R. Lempriere, promoted. Dated 21st December, 1853.

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

1st or Royal East Middlesex Regiment of Militia. Lieutenant Edward James Dyson to be Captain, vice Ogilvie, resigned. Dated 28th December, 1853.

George Crozier Cole, Gent., to be Ensign. Dated 27th December, 1853.

Thomas Tropimus Hodges, Gent., to be Ensign. Dated 27th December, 1853.

3rd or Royal Westminster Light Infantry Regiment of Middlesex Militia.

Captain John James Glossop to be Major, vice Butler, resigned. Dated 20th December, 1853. Lieutenant Charles Christopher Baynes to be Captain, vice Glossop, promoted. Dated 20th December, 1853.

Lieutenant Henry Joseph Plumridge Woodhead to be Captain. Dated 20th December, 1853. Ensign James Haggard to be Lieutenant, vice Baynes promoted. Dated 20th December, 1853. William John Ralfs, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Woodhead, promoted. Dated 20th December,