The Press.
London, England, 1854-05-13 00:00:00

OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, MAY 5.

Royal Regiment of Artillery—Second Lieut. George John
Young to be First Lieutenant, vice St. John, deceased; Matthew
John Harpley, Gent., to be Veterinary Surgeon.
Memorandum.—The dates of the promotion of the under-
mentioned °dicers have been altered as follows:—First Lieut.
A. L. Kaye to 28th January, 1854 ; First Lieut. \V. A. P. Willie to
17th February, 1854; First Lieut. C. G. Johnson to 24th Feb-
ruary, 1854; First Limit. H. Cardew to 7th March, 1854; First
Lieut. H. Percival to 12th March, 1854.
THE MILITIA.
COMMISSIONS !HONED BY LoRn.I.IEUTENANT!.

let or Royal East Middlesex Regiment of Militia—Ensign
Henry Newton Brown to be Lieutenant.
3rd or Royal Westminster Light Infantry Regiment of Middle-
sex Militia—Lieut. Wm. Henry Burgess to be Captain, vice
Perrott, resigned; Joseph Erlam, Esq., late 2nd Queen's Own
Regt. of Militia, to be Captain.
4th or Royal South Middlesex Regiment of Militia—Lieut.
George Barrington Godbold to be Captain, vice Bliss, resigned ;
Charles Foveaux Kirby, Esq., late Captain 14th Regt. Madras
Infantry, to be Captain, vice Nelson, appointed Adjutant to the
Depot Battalion at .Waltner; Charles Mortimer, Gent., to be
Lieutenant.

Cambridgeshire Militia—Lieut. Lancelot Reed to be Captain ;
Robert Muriel, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon.
Derbyshire Militia, let Itegt—George Webb, Gent., and iliram
Manfull, Gent., to be Lieutenants.
Shropshire Regiment of Militia—John Stubbs, Gent., to be
Ensign.
Tower Hamlets King's Own Light Infantry Regiment of Mili•
tia—Alexander Milford Sutherland, Gent., to be Ensign.
Royal Cumberland Regiment of Militia—Leonard Bidwell,
Gent-, to be Lieutenant; Percy Charles Stanhope, Esq., to be
Captain.
Ist Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia—Bryan
Walker Atkinson to be Lieutenant, vice Paterson, resigned.
4th or Duke of Lancaster's Own (Light Infantry) Royal Lan-
cashire Militia—Ensign Charles Andrew Irwin to be Lieutenant,
vice Kershaw, promoted; Ensign George Arthur Crawford to be
Lieutenant, vice Knott, resigned.
Ith Regiment of Royal Lancashire Militia—Arthur Raymond
Polly, Gent, to be Lieutenant.
Hertfordshire Militia--Bryan Viuey Douglas Vernon, Esq., to
be Captain.
2nd Regiment of the Royal Surrey Militia—Henry Sharp Tay-
lor, Esq., to be Surgeon.

WAR OFFICE, MAY 12.
(Frnm Last Night's Gasetie.)
Royal Regiment of Horse Guards—Owen Lewis Cope
Williams, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Sykes, who
retires.

3rd Dragoons Guards—Staff•Surgeon of the Second Class
Robert Marshall Allen to be Surgeon, vice Mapleton, who
exchanges.
7th Light Dragoons—Robert Stanley Williams Bulkeley,
Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Brisco, promoted.
10th Light Dragoons—William Mayne, Gent., to be Cor-
net, by purchase, vice Richmond, promoted.
13th Light Dragoons—Thomas John Towers, Gent., to
be Veternary Surgeon, vice Legrew, appointed to the Staff
of the Army serving in the East of Europe.
2nd Regiment of Foot—Brevet•Major Thomas Addison to
be Major, without purchase, vice Holdsworth, who retires
upon half•pay ; Lieutenant John Charles Weir to be Cap-
tain, without purchase, vice Addison ; Ensign Herbert
Belfielti to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Weir ;
Gentleman Cadet Henry ]'ye Phillipps, from the Royal
Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice
Belilelcl.

12th Foot--Assistant-Surgeon Charles Ricketts, from the
Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Mackey, promoted on
the Staff.
49th Foot—Charles Edgar Gibson, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Macneill, appointed to the 53rd Foot.
55th Foot—John George Echalaz, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice the Honourable A. E. Harris, appointed
to the 43rd Foot.
91st Foot—Lieutenant William George Conway Gordon
to be Captain, by purchase, vice Stanton, who retires.
97th Foot—George Berthon Preston, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice Warburton, who retires.
98th Foot—Major Edmund Hawthorne to be Lieutenant-
Colonel, by purchase, vice Roberts, who retires ; Captain
Francis Peyton to be Major, by purchase, vice Haythorne ;
Lieutenant William Croker to be Captain, by purchase, vice
Peyton ; Ensign Augustus Frederic Raper to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Croker.
2nd West India Regiment—Frederick John Brinckman,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Vincent, promoted.
HOSPITAL SrArv.—Surgeon Henry Mapleton, M.D.,from
the 3rd Dragoon Guards, to be Staff-Surgeon of the Second
Clams, vice Allen, who exchanges ; Henry Hunter Ray-
mond, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice
Ricketts, appointed to the 12th Foot.
UNArrAcuso.—Lientenant Charles Pieters, from Adju-
tant of a Recruiting District, to be Captain, without pur-
chase.

MEMORANDA.—The exchange between Lieutenant-Colo-
nal Charles Francis Maxwell, of the 34th Foot, and Lien_
tenant-Colonel Nicholas R. Brown, of the 82nd Foot, as
stated in the tiasette of the 80th December, 1608, hie been

SATURDAY,

cancelled, May 12. Asaistant•Surgeon William I.egge
Reid, M.D., of the 3rd Light Dragoons, has been permitted
to resign his commission, May 12. The Christian names
of Lieutenant Itaurogiottier, of the N3rd Foot, are Thomas
Mowbray.

OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, MAY IL
Ordnance Medical Department--Temporary Assistant.
Surgeon Essex Bowen to he Assistant-Surgeon.
Erratum in Gazette of the 4th inst.—Royal Regiment of
Artillery—For First Lieutenant W. A. P. Willie, ckc., read
First Lieutenant W. A. P. Wyllie, &c.

AN ACCIDENT, the consequences of whichareexpected
to be fatal, took place at Cannes on Sunday week. AN.
Despleschin, of Nice, had announced his intention of
making an ascent in a balloon, and two gentlemen, N
Hardy, of Cannes, and M. A. de Sorr, a literary man from
Paris, had made arrangements to accompany him. These
two gentlemen had taken their seats in the car, N.
I)espleschin not having yet entered it, when some person
in the crowd, anxious to see the balloon start, cried oat
" Let go !" The man who held the ropes, thinking that
the order had come from the aeronaut, obeyed, and the
balloon rose rapidly and disappeared. M. Hardy and M.
de Sorr are both entirely ignorant of the management of a
balloon, and it is feared that they have been carried out to
sea. Up to the 2nd no intelligence had been received of
them.