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

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OCTOBER 6, 1855.

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WAR-OFFICE, Oct. 2.

BREA-ET.

Generals Stapleton Viscount Combermere, G.C.8.; John
Earl of Strafford, G.C.B. ; and Henry Viscount Har dinge,
G.C.B. ; to be Field-Marshals.
Lieutenant-General James Simpson to be promoted to
be General in the Army, for distinguished service in the
field._ _ . _

Colonel Charles Ash Windham to be promoted to be a
Mijor.Geoeral in the Army, for distinguished service in the
field. . _

Captains the Hon. William James Colville and Henry
Augustus Jackson to be Majors in the Army.
Brevet Major H. A. Jackson to be Lieutenant• Colonel
in the Army.

Lieutenant-Colonel William Turner, recruiting for the
East India Company's service at Liverpool, to have the
rank of Captain in the Army while so employed.
Captain Francis Tower, Adjutant of the East India
Company's depot at Warley, to have the rank of Captain in
the Army while so emoloyed.

Surgeon Duncan Stewart, M.D., Surgeon of the East
India Company's depot at Warley, to have the rank of
Staff-Surgeon, First Class, while so employed ; Surgeon
Henry Diaper to hate the local rank of Staff Surgeon,
Second Class, while employed with the army in the East.

WAR OFFICE, OCT. 5.
BREVET.

Major-Geneial Sir William Eyre, K.C.8., to have the
local rank of Lieutenant-General in Turkey.
p Colonel Robert Garrett, to have the local rank of Major-
General in Turkey.
Colonel Frederick Horn, to have the local rank of Briga-
dier-General in Turkey.
_ . . _

Captain and Lieut •Colonel his Serene Highness Prince
William Augustus Edward of Saxe Weimar, to be one of
her Majesty's Aides•de•Camp, with the rank of Colonel in
the Army.

3rd Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant John
Miller to be Captain, without purchase.
7th Dragoon Guards—Walter Blanchford Gifford, Gent.,
to be Cornet, without purchase.
_ . .

3rd Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Taylor Lombard
Mayne, to be Captain, without purchase.
7th Light Dragocns—Captain George W. Collins Jack-
son to be Captain, without purchase.
13th Light Dragoons—Thomas Arthur Southwell, Gent.,
to be Cornet.

The Brevet promotion of Captain Arthur Tremayne to
bear date 12th of December, 1834, in lieu of the 7th of
July, 1855, as previously stated.
the name of the Cornet appointed on the 3rd of August
1855, is Stanley de Astel Calvert Clarke, and not S.
D'Astel," &c., as previously stated.
_ .

lath Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Horace Trower to be
Captain, without purchase.
Royal Regiment of Artillery—Second Captains Rich and
Paget Campbell Jones, Henry Townsend Boultbee, Robert
John Hay, and George Harriton Aun Forbes, to be adju-
tants ; Gent. Cadet William Henry Izod to be Lieutenant;
Lieutenant Frederick Luard to be Second Captain ; the
date of the promotion of Second Captain W. G. Andrews,
to be altered from the 18th to the 7th of September ;
Brevet-Colonel Charles William Wingfield to be Colonel;
Captain John Henry Lefroy (on seconded list) to be Lieu-
tenant-Colonel; Captain Charles James Buchanan Riddell
to be Lieutenant-Colonel ; Brevet-Major John George
lioothby to be Captain ; Lieutenant Alexander Henry
Murray (on seconded list) to be Second Captain ; Lieute-
nant John Alexander Philipps Adams to be Second Cap-
tain; Lieutenant Roderick Mackenzie to be Second Cap-
tain,

The following gentlemen to be appointed Lieutenants,
with temporary rank :—Francis Duncan, Alexander Doan,
John Rider Oliver, Edward Egan, James Cony Jones
Lowry, James Peattie Morgan, George Grote Hannen,
Philip M'Lourin Guille, Arthur Ford, Francis Montague
Smith, Francis Arthur Mant. Frederick Howlett, Richard
Haudcock, Charles Mills Melony, George Arburthnot,
Richard Sadleir, William Ruxton Barlow, and Robert
Callwell Smith.

Royal Engineers—Second Captain Horace William
Montagu to be Captain ; Lieutenant Alexander Ross
Clarke to be Second Captain.
The undermentioned gentlemen to be appointed Lieu.
tenants, with temporary rank :—Robert Murdoch Smith.
and Charles William Wilson.

Coldstream Guards—Ensign and Lieut. Hon. W. Archer
Amherst to be Lieutenant and Captain, without purchase;
Lieutenant and Captain A. J. Freetnantle to be Adjutant
Ist Regiment of Foot—Ensign J. W. B. Thomas to be
Lieutenant, without purchase ; Lieutenant John Richard
Wheeler to be Ensign, without purchase.
Brd Foot—Ensign S. H. Heywood to be Lieutenant,
sth Foot—Ensign S. A. Agnew to be Lieutenant,
13th Foot—Ensign Duncan Stewart to be Lieutenant ;
Alfred Gabriel Wynen, Gent, to be Ensign.
19th Foot—Captain Henry Augustus Jackson to be Cap-
tain.

24th Foot--George Scott, Gent., to be Ensign, without
purchase.

25th Foot—Ensign Richard Ross to be Ensign, without
purchase.

26th Foot—The surname of the Ensign appointed on
the 14th of September, 1555, is Franklin, and not " Frank-
lyn," as previously stated.
30th Foot—Lieutenant G. H. Saunders to be Adjutant.
31st Foot—Lieutenant G. Spaight to be Captain, with-
out purchase ; Ensign W. Thwaytes to be Lieutenant,
without purchase ; William Forbes Anderson, Gent., to be
Ensign, without purchase.