The Press.
London, England, 1855-01-06 00:00:00

THE PRESS.

Colonel John Howley Heyland. To be Ensign—William

Hope.
9th Foot—Captain Charles Birch Vane to he Captain.
To be Lieuts. without purchase—Ensigns Wm. Claude
Elliott, Henry M. Thompson. To be Ensign without
purchase--Lient. John Hunt Cumming, from the Essex
Rifle Regiment of Militia.
14 Foot—Lieut. John G. Mayoock to be Captain, with-
out purchase. To be Lieuts. without purchase—Ensigns
Edward William Saunders, W. Dods, Alex. Gori.on.
17th Foot—Brevet Major Charles Seagram to be Cap-
tain without purchase. To be Lieuts. without purchase—
Ensigns Edw. J. Lees, U. Stephen Butler, Joseph Oats

Travels.
18th Foot—To be I.ieuts. without purchase--Ensigns
E. Christian Wilford, James Tarrant Ring.
19th Foot—Ensign George Stewart Nutting to be Lieu-
enant without purchase. To be Ensign without purchase
—Francis Davis, Gent.
20th Foot.—Lieut. Henry James to be Captain without
purchase; Lieut. George Bennett to be Captain without
purchase. To be Lieutenants without purchase—Lieut.
Philip George Hewett ; Ensigns John James S. O'Neill,
Lewis Kekewich, William V. Maskelyne.
2:1n1 Foot—Lieut. Thomas Freke Lewis from the Royal
Monmouth Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase.
24th Foot—Ensign and Adjutant Thomas Madden to
have the rank of Lieutenant ; Ensign Henry Haversham
Austen to be Lieutenant, without purchase; Ensign Wm.
Werge to be Lieutenant, without purchase.
28th Foot—Ensign James Wm. M'Cormack, from the
Bedfordshire Militia to be Ensign, without purchase.
32nd Foot—Ensign John Edmondstouue to be Lieute-
nant, by purchase.
34th boot—To be Lieuts. without purchase—Ensigns
Francis Peel, John Francis Wyse, and Henry Daniel Alt.
To be Ensign without purchase—Ensign William Matthew
Dunbar, from the Essex Ritle Regiment of Militia.
42nd Foot—Brevet-Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Robert Rollo to
be Major, by purchase.
44th Foot—Ensign Francis John Herey to be Lieutenant
without purchase ; Ensign Joseph Logan to be Lieutenant
without purchase.
49th Foot—Lieut. Wm. John Coen,from the Royal New-
foundland Companies, to be Lieutenant,
55th Foot—Lieut. S. Blometleld Kekewich, from the
Royal Newfoundland Companies, to be Lieutenant.
62nd—Lieut. H. M`Mahon Eagar, from the Royal New-
foundland Companies, to be Lieutenant; Wm. Montague
Tharp, Gent, to be Ensign.
68th Foot—Lient. George Henry Thornton, from the
2nd West York Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase.
71st Foot —To be Lieuts. without purchase—En-
sign W. Brook Northey, Edward P. Wade Browne, and
Charles J. Mounsey.
74th Foot—Ensign Frederick Nind Woodall to be Lieu-
tenant, without purchase.
77th Foot—Captain D'Oyley William Battley, to be
Captain.
88th Foot—Ensign George Priestley, from the Royal
Newfoundland Companies, to be Lieutenant, without
purchase.
89th Foot—Ensign Augustus Breedon, to be Lieutenant,
without purchase.
Rifle Brigade —To be Ensigns without purchase—
Richard Tryon, Gent.; Robert Edward Stuart laarington,
Gent. ; Lieut. Greville Charles Lane, from the 2nd Staf-
ford Militia.
Ist West India Regiment—Ensign Charles George An-
derson to he Lieutenant, without purchase.
3rd West India Regiment—Major Charles Edmund Law
to be Lieutenant-Colonel.
UNATTACHED. - Lieut. David Hunter Blair to be
Captain.

BREVET.

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To be Colonels in the Army, the rank being only
honorary.
Brevet tient-Colonel Martin Orr, Brevet Lieut.-Colonel
Wm. Harloe Phibbs, Captain Chas. Birch Vane, Captain
D'Oyley William Battley.
Two vacancies having occurred in the establishment of
General Officers on the effective list of the Royal Artil.
lery, by the retirement of Major-Generals Crawford and
Grant, under the provisions of het Majesty's Warrant of
of the 3rd Nov., 1854, the following promotions will take
place in consequence ; viz.:—
To be Majors-General—Colonel Wm. Daniel Jones,
Colonel Wm. Brereton, C.B.
The following officers of the Royal Artillery, who have
been permitted to retire upon full-pay, will receive a step
of Brevet rank ; the rank being honorary only, viz.:—
Colonel Thomas Grantham to be Major.
To be Colonels in the Army—Lieut. Colonel Edward
Fitzherbert Grant, Lieut.-Colonel George John Beresford,
Brevet Lient.-Colonel the Hon. Robert Chu. Henry Spen-
cer, Lieut.-Colonel Henry Coope Stave.
THE MILITIA.
COMMISSION SIGNED BY THlliE QUEEN.ent.,to be
Royal Sussex Regiment—George Eott, G
Quartermaster.
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANTS.
cambridite--Charles Culledge, Esq., to be
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Henry Tempest,

Deputy:Lieutenant.
County Palatine of
Esq., to he Deputy-Lieutenant.
Ist Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia—
Thomas Howard Spence Campion, Gent., to be Ensign.
3rd Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia—
Oliver Goldsmith, Gent., to be Ensign.
County of Salop—To be Deputy-Lieutenants--The Hon.
Rotert Charles Herbert, Richard Lloyd, Esq., George
Pritchard, Esq., and David Francis Atcherley, Esq.
West Essex—Edward Jodrell, Esq., to be Major; Arthur
Henry IL' Kenna, Gent, to be Ensign.

The Essex Rifles—John Savill, Gent., to be Lieutenant ;
Henry Other Champion de Crespigny, Esq., to be Captain;
Ensign Marcus William Davis to be Lieutenant; Ensign
Griffin Curtis Galt to be Lieutenant.
West Suffolk Regiment of Militia—Joseph Galiff Robin-
son. Esq., to be Captain.
Ist Regiment of King's Own Staffordshire Militia—
Lieutenant Thomas Salt the younger to be captain ; Isaac
de Lioncorn Wilson, Gent., to be Lieutenant; Ensign
Archibald George Keen to be Lieutenant; John Aston,
Gent., to be Ensign; Martin Joseph Browne, Gent., to be
Ensign ; Arthur Reginald Mecham, Gent., to be Ensign ;
Carr 'Winfrey, Gent., to be Ensign ; Edward Chinn, Gent.,
to be Ensign.
Rifle Regiment of King's Own Staffordshire Militia.—
James Martin, Esq., to be Captain.
24 Somerset Regiment of Militia—Win. John Evered
Poole, Gent., to be Ensign.
let Somerset Regiment of Militia—Mar Jenkins Free-
stun, Gent., to be Ensign ; Reginald l ollett Badeock,
Gent., to be Ensign; Thomas Hill Lucas, Gent., to be En-
sign; Scholefield Patten, Gent., to be Ensign.
Royal Bucks King'aOwniMilitia—Hunibley Knapp,Esq.,
to be Lieutenant ; Alfred John Russell, Esq., to be Ensign.
Royal Glamorgan Light Infantry Militia Hadolig
Ximenes Gwynne, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant.
Royal Montgomery Rifles—Richard Tantield Vachell,
Gent., to be Ensign.
Inverness, Banff, Elgin, and Nairn Regiment of Militia
—David Davidson Manson, Esq., M.D., to be Captain.
Prince Regent's Royal Regiment of Ayrshire Militia,
Rides—Lientenant Johu Crichton to be Captain ; William
Legge Reid, Gent, to be Lieutenant; George Ponsonby
Cranford, Gent., to be Lieutenant ; William Archibald
Hamilton, Gent., to be Lieutenant ; David Campbell, Gent.,
to be Ensign.
Ayrshire Yeomanry Cavalry—Cornet Archibald Fennis
to be Lieutenant ; Cornet W. A. 0. Paterson to be Lieu-
tenant; John Spier, Gent., to be Cornet; Charles Geer.
Shaw, Gent., to be Cornet.