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London, England, 1826-08-16 00:00:00

MILITARY PROMOTIONS.
irirr Office, Aug. 14, 11t26. . • -
Royal Regiment of }tom Guards—Lieut. C. Trent to be C -
tam, by purchase, vice Itiddiesilen, promoted ; Cornet Lord
J. F. Russell to he Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Trent.
In Regiment of Dragoon (luards—Lieut. R. F. Poore. from the
bait-pay, to be Lieutenant, vice Sir G. G. Aylmer, Bart. who
exchanges, receiving the difference.
3d ditto—Assistant-Surgeon A. Campbell., front the 64th Foot, to
he Assistant-Surgeon vice Ingham. promoted to the 29th Foot.
4th ditto—Surged° It. Webster, from the 51st Foot, to be Surgeon,
vice Wicklow, deceased.
7th ditto—Lieut. W. Elton to be Captain, by purchnee, vice Pratt,
promoted ; Comet W. 1). King to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vise Elton.
lot Regiment of Dragoons—Cornet 11. J. Steamy to be Lieutenant,
by purchase. vice Conchs. promoted.
13th Regiment of Light Dtagoons—E. C. Hodge, Gent. to be
Cornet, without purchase. vice Smith, decetmed.
15th ditto—Capt. J. M'Alpint to be lilejor, by purchase, vite
O'Donnell. promoted.
16th ditto—LieuL.Col: It. Arnolil, from the half-pay, to be Lien.',
tenant-Colonel, vice J. H. Belli, who exchaages, receiving the ,
din'eretice ; J. W. Torre. Gent. to he Cornet,. by purchase, vice
Blood, promoted. •
Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards—LieutaCot, C. Ar flits
from the holf.pay to be Captain and:Lieutenant-Colonel.. doe
R. Arbuthnot, 1.C.8. who exchanges; Lieut. St. J. Dent to be
Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice ehoplie.,. promoted.
Ensign J. Forbes. from the 113 d Foot, vista Codrington. pro-
moted; and M. G. Burgoyne, (krt. vice IVigram, promoted—
to he Ensigns end Lieutenants. by purchase.
3tl Regiment of Foot Guards—Capt. J. Bernet', front the half.
pity, to be Lieutenant and Captain, vice C. Coote, aho ex.
changes, receiving the difference.
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tat Regiment of Foot—Ensign C. Ford to be Lieutenant, by put-,
chase, vice Carter. promoted.
2d ditto—Capt. W. Hunt to be Major. by purchase, vice Cash,
promoted ; Lieut. J. L. King to be Captain, by purchase, vice
Hunt.
3d ditto—Lieut: W. Scott, from half-pay 60th Foot, to be Lieu-
tenant, vice T. Shiel, who exchanges.
7th ditto—Ensign D. C. Bowles front the 55th Foot, to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Forbes, promoted. '
11th ditto—Lietit. H. A. Ilankey to be Captain, by pterebase, vice
N'andeleur, promoted • Ensign 11. C. Powell, to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice,Hankey. E. lisnauze, Gent. vice bluegrave,
prontoted ; and J. 11. Broom, Gent. vice Powell—to be En-
signs, by purchase.
11th ditto—Lieut. A. Boltbn, from the 3,1 Dragoon Guards, to bo
Captain, without purchase, vice Wiltshire, deceased.
12th ditto—Lieut. W. T. It. Smith, from the 47th Foot, to be
Captain, by purchase. vice Forbes. promoted.
14th ditto—Lieut. J. Higginbotham, from. half-pay 62.1 Foot, to
be Lieutenant, vice Evans, whose appointment has nut taken
• place.
15th ditto—Lieut. F. L. Ingall, from the Veteran Companies for
Service in Newfoundland, to he lA;2,l;vant, vice Dawson, ap-
pointed Quarterroastsr: Lieut..l. W. Dewson to be Quarter-
tnaster, vice L. Hardy, who retires upon half-pay New Bruns-
wick Fencibles.
20th ditto—J. Chamber, Gent to be Ensign, by purchase, via
Scott, promoted in the :15th Foot.
22d ditto—Lieut. Col. P. C. Taylor, from the hail-pay, to he Lieu..
tette:lt-Colonel, vice Sir LI. Gough, who exchanges. Ensign S.
B. Boileau to be Lieutenant, by pureoase, vice Gough, pro-
rooted. R. Bayly, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchitae, vice Boi-
leau.
23.1. ditto—Capt. W. Le Meeurice Tupper, from the half-pay, to
be Captain, vice C. Beale, who exchanges, receiving the dif-
ference. Hosp. Assist. A. Brovine, 11. D: to be Amistant-Sue-
geon, vice Smyth, promoted. •
25th ditto—F. F. Lays, Gent, to be Ensign by purchase, vice Seton,
appointed to the BOth Foot.
Nth ditto—Bosp. Assist, M. Bardin to be Assistant-Surgeon, ate
Livens. promoted in the Slat Foot.
29th ditto—Assist. Surgeon C. T. Ingham, from the 31 Dragoon
Guard., to be Surgeon, vice W. Milton, placed upon half-pay.
34th ditto—Capt. G. Roston. from the halt4e-y, to be Captain,
vice T. Cradock, who exchanges, receiving the difference.
36th ditto-31ajor G. Ford, frotn the 58th Fcot, to be Wejer,:vice
Rowan, who exchanges.
37th ditto—Lieut. T. Smith, from the 35th Foot. to be Captain,
by purchase. vice Bowers, promoted. Lieut., R. J. Marsha/a,
from the half-pay, to be Lieutenant, vice B. Sarsheld, vino ex-
changes, reccirin the difference.
46th ditto—sr. J. le mtge. Gent, to be Ensign, by mitchese, vice
Crompton. appointed to the 65th Foot.
48th ditto—En-ign E. (1. H. 11. Gibbs to be Lieutenant, by pur.
chase, vice APCleverty,, whowe, promotion by purchaee.has net
taken place. It. C. Hamilton, Gent. to he Ensign, without pur-
chase,
vice Gibbs.
50th ditto—Ensign C. F. Hatton, from the 66th Foot, to be Lieu-
tenant. by purchase: vice Kennedy; promoted.
Slat ditto—Lieut. ft. llitedealey: to be Captain, by purchase, vice
Boyly. promoted. Assist. Surgeon-P. ll..Lavet.l4 from the 23th
Ftrot, to be Surgeon, vice Webstart appointed to the 4th Dra
goon Guards.
5341 ditto—ll. Walsh, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Fortes, appointed to the Coldstream Foot Guards.
56th ditto—Smut. Major Polloa, from the Royal Marines, to
be Adjutant, with the rank of Ensign, vice Would!, deceased.
57th dito-.-Ensign 11. Hill to be Adjutant, with the rank of Lieu-
tenant, vice Aubin, promoted. E. Llekyer, Gent, to be Ensign,:
vice Hill.
50th ditto--Brevet Lieut. Col. W. Rowan, from the 36 h Foot, to
be Major, vice Ford, who exchanges. En-gm H. H. Creaghe;
from the half-pay, to be Ensign, vice H. L. Bsslwer, who ex-

changes.
62d ditto--Major J. Reed, from the half-pay, to be 31ajor, vice
Roberts, promoted.
641 h ditto—llosp. Assist. C. Diown to be Assisrant.;zorgeon, vice
Campbell, appointed to the 3tl Dragoon Guards.
66th ditto—W. L. Dames, (lent. vice Cory tor, appointed to the
85th Flat; and T. W. Jackson, Gent. vice Ilatton, promoted
m the 50th Foot, to be Ensigns, by purchase.
;Ist ditto--Ensign C. A. Dean, from the 111th Foot, to be Ensign.
vice Sernbur, promoted.
81st ditto—Lieut. L. A. Spearman, from the half-pay, to be Lieu-
tenant, vice T. C. Wheat, who exchanges, receiving the dif.
ference.
84th ditto—.D. Lainl, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Dean,
appointed to the 71st Foot.
87th ditto—Ensign R. Loveday tole Lieutenant, without purchase,
vice Masterson, promoted. C. Dunbar, Gent, to be Ensign, by
yorchase, 'tee Lovedayi
89th Oitto--Lleut. J. Barrett, from half-pay 12th Foot, to be Lieu-
tenant, vice Gorse, appointed to the 92d Fuot.
90th ditto—:Ensign W. J. Owen to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Eyles, promoted.
92d ditto— Lieut. W. Gorse,frorn the fl9th Foot, to be Lieutenant,
vice Graham. promoted in the Royai African Colonial Corps.
94th ditto—J. R. Pipon, Gent. without purchase, vice Carrie, ap-
pointed to the 53d Foot ; T. Cunninghame, Gent, by purchase,'
vice Aloe:eau, promoted—To be Ranges.
96th ditto—R. C. Lloyd, Gent. to be Entio, by purchase, vice
Partridge, promoted.
98th ditto—Capt. A. Nrame, to he Major, by purchase, vies
Rudsdell, promoted ; Lieut. -A.. C. firegory to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Neame; Ensign U. W. V. Vernon to be Lieute-
nant, by purchase, vice Gregory; and E. 0. Beoadley, Gent. to
be Ensign by purchase, vice Vernon.
Rifle Brigade—Capt. A. It. Wellesley, from the half.pav, to be
Captain, vice Logan, promoted; Second Lieut. J. R. Groves to
be ritst lieutenant, by purchase, vice Falconer, promoted ; E.
H. Olegg, Gent, to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice

Groves.
Veteran Companies for Service in Newfoundland—Lieut. F. W.
small, from half-pay New Brunswick Fencibks, to be Lieute-
nant, vice Ingoll, appointed to the lath Foot.
BREVET.
The under.rnentioned Cadets of the Honourable the East India
Company's Service to have the temporary rank of Second Lieute-
mutt, during the period of their being placed uner the command 4
of Lieut..Colonei Pesky, of the Royal Engineers,d at Chatham, for
Field Instructions in the Art of Sopping and 31 ining
Gentlemen Cadets—J. Kilner ;A: Walker; S. Hare ;S. Vardon;
J. Bell ;C. Alcock W. Birdwond ; and F. Clement.
A. S. King, Esq. late Lieutenant-Colonel upon half-pay, to have
the local rank of Lieutenant• Colonel upon the Continent of
Europe only.
HOSPITAL STAFF.
To be Surgeons to the Forees.—Surgeon A. 3lelville, M.D. from
the 25th Foot. vice J. Glaseo. see, who retires upon half-pay ;
and Assistant-Surgeon W. R. Rogers, from the 10th Light
Dragoons, vice S. Panting, who retires upon half-pay.
To be Hospital-Assistants to the Forces—T. Spence. Gent. vice
Thompson, appointed to the 713d1 Foot; and Li. Marshall, Gent.
vice Hardin, promoted.
UNATTACHED.
To be Lieutenant-Colonels of Infantry by purchase.—Major 11. C.
Cush, from the 241 Foot; Captain T. Chaplin, from the Cold-
stream Guards; Major C. R. O'Donnell. from the 13th Light
Dragoons; and Major J. Rtidettelt, from the tutee Foot.
To De Majors of Infantry by purchase.—t'aptains B. Adams. from
The 17th Light Dragoons ; R. Vanelcu, from the leh Fot ;
J. W. Dunn, from the 40th Foot; ll.r Bayly. from theo 51. t
Foot ; C. Forbes, from the 12th Foot; A. Pratt, from the 7th
Dragoon Guards ; and C. It. Bowers, from the 37th Foot.
To be Captains of Infantry, by purchase.—Lieuteannts B. 11.
Curteis, from the Ist Dragoons; T. W. Eylcs, from the 00th
foot; and S. Pole, from the 17th Light Dragoons.
To be Lieutenants of Infantry, by purchase.—Cornet C. A. Lewis,
teen the Ilth Light Dragoons; Ensigns W. C. Mayne, from
the sth Foot; G. Maclean, from the 04th Foot: W. T. P.
Shoe% from the 33d Foot; J. P. Gordon, from the 80th Foot ;
and Sub-Lieutenant H. Peyton, from the Ist Life Guards.
COMMISSARIAT.
To be Deputy Assistant-Commissaries-General.—Commissariat-