The Press.
London, England, 1855-10-06 00:00:00

THE PRESS.

35th Foot—Ensign W. M. Ansell to be Lieutenant
without purchase ; Ensign R. H. W. Troup to be Ensign,
without purchase.
99th Foot—The first Christian name of Ensign Oldfield,
appointed on the 23rd of September; 1855, is Copper, and
not Copuer," as previously stated.
42nd loot—Lieutenant F. C. Scott to be Captain, with-
out purchase ; Ensigns W. P. Hesketh, A. J. Bromley,
R. K. liayly, and P. M. Bosworth, to be Lieutenants,
without purchase; Victor M'Farlane, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase.
45th Foot—Lieutenant Nicholas Dunscombe to be Cap-
tain, without purchase; Ensign W. J. Foster to be Lieu-
tenant, without purchase ; James Stewart Carlow, Gent.,
to be Ensign, without purchase.
47th Foot—Lieutenant Roderick Hanley to be Ensign,
without purchase.
49th Foot—Lieutenant-Colonel James Wells Armstrong
to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase ; Brevet-Major
John H. King to be Major, without purchase; Lieutenant
John Hopkins to be Captain, without purchase; Ensign
Christopher Michell to be Lieutenant, without purchase ;
Lieutenant George Donovan to be Ensign, without pur-
chase ; Assistant-Surgeon John Joseph Adrien to be
Assistant• Surgeon. _ _ _

50th lenotLieutenant J. W. Dimond to be Captain ;
Ensign W. L. Lewes to be Lieutenant.

Re Faitg.

ADMIRALTY, SEPT. 28.
First Lieutenant Thomas William John McDougal,
Reserved Half pity List of the Royal Marines, and now
Staff Officer of Pensioners, to be Captain Unattached, on
Reserved Half-pay.

Ocr. 4.

Admiral of the White the Hon. George Elliot, C.TI.,
has been appointed to receive a pension of 1501. a year, as
rrovided for in her Majesty's Order in Council of 25th
June, 1851, vacant by the decease of Admiral John Gif-
fard ; and the name of Admiral the Hon. George Elliott,
C. 11., has been removed to the Reserved Half pa List
accordingly; and, in consequence of this removal, the
following promotions, dated the 27th ultimo, have taken
place :
Admiral of the Blue Sir Hugh Pigot, K.C.8., K.C.H., to
be Admiral of the White.

Vice• Admiral of the Red Sir John Louis, Bart., to be
Admiral of the Blue.
Vice-Admiral of the White Sir Edward C. Strode,
K c.H., to be Vice• Admiral of the Red.
Vice Admiral of the Blue Sir Phipps Horuby,
to be Vice-Admiral of the White.

Rear-Admiral Villiers Francis Hatton, on the Reserved
List, to be a Vice-Admiral on the Reserved List.

Rear• Admiral of the Red Sir Augustus William James
Clifford, Bart., C. 8., to be Vice• Admiral of the Blue.

. . .
Rear-Admiral of the White Sir James Stirling, lint., to
be Rear• Admiral of the Red.

Rear-Admiral of the Blue Alexander Thomas Emeric
Vidal to be Rear-Admiral of the White.

Captains Henry Algernon Eliot, James Wigston, and
George Frederic Ryves, C. 8., to be Rear• Admirals of the
Reserved List.

Captain Sir Thomas Hastings, Knt., C. 8., to be Rear-
Admiral of the Blue.
The following Captains on the Retired List havo also
been promoted to be Retired Rear-Admirals, on the
terms proposed in the London Gazette of the Ist of Sept.,
1846, without increase of pay :
Captains Philip Parker King, Courtenay Edmund
William Boyle, Rowland Mainwaring, John Wyatt Wat-
ling, Richard Pridham, John Lyons, Philip Westphal, Ed-
ward Sparshott, K.H., William Blight, George Woolcombe.