The Press.
London, England, 1855-07-21 00:00:00

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WAR-OFFICE, JULY 17.
BREVET:
To be Colonels in the Army for Distinguished Service—
Lieutenant-Colonels C. R. S. Lord West, C. E. Edwards,
Daniel Lysons, Hon. William Lygon Pakenham.
To be Lieutenant-Colonels in the Army—Majors Robert
Felhien, Arthur James Herbert, Alexander Macdonell,
James Villiera ; lirovet-Major Robert Nigel Fitzhardinge
Kingscote ; Major James Wells Armstrong ; Brevet-Major
Edward *Robert Wetherell; Majors Frederick Mills, John
Simpson.
To be Majors in the Army—Captains John Gwilt,
Charles E. Fairlonth, Henry Charles C. Owen, Matthew
Charles Dixon, Edward W. Donovan, William Gordon,
William Faussett, Charles Stuart Henry, John H.
Lowndes, John Cormick, George James Ambrose, William
West Turner, John Peel, John Nason, Hon. James Stuart,
Bentinek Duncan Gilby, Hon. Leicester Curzon, Alex-
ander J. H. Elliott, Hon. Henry Clifford ; Lieutenant and
Captain Henry J. B. Maxse.
Royal Marines—Captains Simon Fraser, William Henry
Marsh, Gallway Ityng Payne, Hayes Marriott, William
Stratton Aslett, George G. Alexander.
JULY 20.

Brevet-Major Henry Furey Wakefield, to be Lieutenant-
Colonel, the rank being honorary only.
Captain William Inge, to be Major.
Brevet-Major William Inge, to be Lieutenant Colonel
Captain Francis Augustus Gould, to be Major.
Brevet-Major Francis Augustus Gould, to be Lieutenant-
Colonel.
Captain John Alexander Mackey, to be Major.
Brevet-Major John Alexander Mackey, to be Lieutenant-
Colonel.
To he Lieutenant-Colonels—Major James Ramsay;
Brevet Major James W. Dalgetty.
To be Majors—Captains Francis John Griffin, Henry
Lynedoch Gardiner, Louis H. Hamilton, C. E. Conyers,
John Cox Gawler, G. Hyde Page, Bernard E. Ward.
The following Officers, being attached to the Irregular
Cavalry under the command of Major-Geneial Beatson, to
have the local rank of Captain in Turkey while so em-
ployed :—Claudius Piers, Esq., late Lieutenant in the
Royal Artillery; Lieutenant Constantine Yeoman, Madras
Artillery.
The following gentlemen, being attached to the Turkish
Contingent, to have the local rank of Assistant-Surgeon in
Turkey while so employed :—George Rubinson Barnes,
Gent.; A. Linton Boyle, Gent.
14t gang.

ADMIRALTY, JULY 10.

CORPS or ROYAL lifeniNES.The undermentioned officer,
having retired upon full pay, to have a step of brevet rank,
under the provisions of her Majesty's Order in Council,
September 13, 1854, the rank being honorary only,
viz.:—To be Major General—Colonel Hugh Evans.
JULY 14.
Con or ROYAL MARINES.— To be Major-General—
Colonel-Commandant Henry Ivatt Delacombe.
The following officers, who had been permitted to retire
upon full pay previously to her Majesty's said Order in
Council, to receive a step of honorary rank, by the promo-
tion of those who stood originally below them on the
effective establishment of the corps, viz.
To be Major-Generals—Colonels Donald Campbell,
Henry James Gillespie, Samuel Garmston, John Harvey
Stevens.
Colonel Second Commandant Joseph Childs, to be
Colonel Commandant
Lieut.-Colonel Thomas Peard Dwyer, to be Colonel
Second Command:vit.
Brevet-Lieut.-Colonel William Bookey Langford, to be
Leutenant-Colour L
First-Lieutenalit Charles John Ellis to be Captain.
Second Lieutenant William Henry Townsend Morris
Dudgin, to be First Lieutenant.

AN office for the enrolment of men for the Foreign
Legion is opened in Paris, in the Rue Bourbon Vil-
leneuve, near the Porte St. Denis. It is a quarter
chiefly inhabited by the working classes, and nigh at
band is a well-known brewery, much frequented by
Germans. An agent is employed distributing hand-
bills or prospectuses containing the conditions of
enlistment. The pay offered to private soldiers is
lf. 50c. per diem, to corporals 2f., and to sergeants
3f. The bounty is fixed at ]sof., and in case of
wounds recelrid in action and disabling the man
from gaining his livelihood by manual labour a pen-
sion of 650 f. is secured.