The Press.
London, England, 1854-12-02 00:00:00

THE PRES

f,rd Gnfln—William How Hennis, RetiredList—Thomas
Arsc.tt Lethbridge, Retired List—Daniel Thorndike—
Harry Stow, Retired List—William Fraser—Charles (lost.
ling—Charles Henry Mee, Retired List—Theophilus Des•
brisay, Retired List—Charles liertie Symonds—William
Wallace D'Arley, Retired List—Edmund Neal Wilford—
John Tylden, Retired List—William Henry Pickering.
ROYAL ENGINEERS.
To be Colonels in the Army.—Lieutetiant•Colonels Charles
Wright—Francis Ringler Thomson—Charles Ogle Street•
field—Joseph Ellison Portlock—Henry Sandham—Frede•
rick Henry Baddeley—Edward Vicars--Thomas liudgen—
Henry Powell Wulff—John Hawkshaw—Edward Aldrich.

WkR•OFFICE, NOVEMBER 28.
The following promotionk are to take place consequent
upon the decease of the following officers, viz.:—
General Sir Gordon Drummond, G.C.B.—Lieutenant.
General J. F. Evart, C.B.,—Major•General Charles Middle-
ton.

BIALVET.
Colonel Frederick Markham, C. 8., to be Major-General
—Lieutenant-Colonel John Charles Hope Gibson to be
Colonel in the army—Major Rodolph de Sells, to be Lieu-
tenant-Colonel in the army—Captain James Speedy, to be
Major in the army.
2nd Regiment of Dragoons—Francis Beaumont Ma-
conochie, Gent., to be Cornet, without purchase.
23rd Regiment oe Foot—Ensign John Lawrence, from
the Royal Monmouthshire Militia, to be Ensign, without
purchase.

etc Xabg.

ADMIRALTY, Nov. 17-24.
Corps of Royal Marines—Second Lieutenant Albert Wappel
Sharp to be First Lieutenant; Lieutenant-Colonels Thomas
Fynmore and .lames Buchanan to full-pay retirement of that
rank, with the rank of Colonel, under the provialun of her Ma-
jesty's Order iu Council, 13th Septa hber, 185 i ; Brevet-Majors
Thomas Holloway and John Charles Grey Courtis to be Lieute-
nant-Colonels ; First Lieutenant Henry John Tribe and First
Lieutenant and Quartermaster John William Collins" Williams
to be Captains ; Second Lieutenants Richard Augustus Fitz
Gerald Studdert and Harry Boscawen Savage to be First Lieu-
tenants.
The following promotions have taken place, consequent on the
death of Rear-Admiral of the White David Price : Rear-
Admiral of the Rue George Fred. Rich to be Rear-Admiral of
the White ; Captain George Wm. Conway Courtenay to be Rear-
Admiral of the Blue.
IPPOINTMENTS AND PROMOTIONS.
Rear-Admiral of the White Henry William Bruce to command
in chief the British squadron ou the South Pacific station.
Captains—Hon. Frederick T. Pelham to the Exmouth ;
Wil-
R. Hall to the Blenheim; Henry Lyster to the President;
Henry C. Otter to the Alban, with the rank of Captain.
Commander—R. B. Crawford to the Gorgon.
Lientenants--John Nat to the St. George; Edwin A. Poicher
to the Esk ; Julian F. Slight and Thomas M. B. Sulivan to the
Royal Albert ; Charles F. Smith to the Powerful ; Edward.
Barkley to the Hecla ; C. B. C. Dent to the Gorgon ; J. 0. S
Clarke to the Hannibal; Robert Reid to the Conway ; John P
Palms. to the Royal William; John R. Alexander to the Presi-
dent; Robert S. Moore to the Formidable; John Packwood to
the Impregnable.
Surgeons—Charles A. Anderson, M.D , to the Exmouth ; Ro-
bert Pottinger to the Blenheim; John B. Ricardo to the Hecla.
Acting Assistant-Surgeons—James Thomson to the Dauntless ;
W. C. Farbairne to the Tartar.
Mates—William H. Ives and Duncan G. Davidson to the Royal
Albert.
Midshipmen—Henry Vaughan and R. Moreton to the Royal
Albert.
Second Mastera—Denton H. Speer to the Royal Albert; Ed-
ward M. Shacklock to the Royal Albert; Richard C. Dyer to the
Volcano.
Masters' Assistants—Edward Spence and Selwyn S. Sugden to
the Royal Albert.
Assistant-Engineer of the Third Class—John Bettison to the
Fleet.
Clerk's Assistant—William Rhodes to the Wellesley.
Naval Cadets—G. T. H. Boyes to the Royal Albert; C. J
Harford to the Tartar; S. A. St. George to the Esk ; William G.
Beat and Charles Alder to the Cedar.
PROMOTIONS.
Commanders—George G. Randolph, of the Rodney ; Peter
' Cracoft, of the Gorgon—to be Captains.
• Second Master—George Gilpin, of the Volcano floating steam
factory, to be Master.