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London, England, 1858-12-25 00:00:00

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DOWNING-STREET, DEC. 22. INI .11' S
The Queen has been pleased to appoint John Ivor Mur-
ray,
Esq., M.D., to be Colonial Surgeon for the Island of
Hong Kong.
WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, DEC. 24.
Royal Horse Guards—Lieutenant George Bull has been
permitted to retire from the service, by the sale of his
commission ; Quartermaster-Corporal - Major Robert
WAlpine to be Cornet, without purchase ; Cornet Robt.
M'Alpine to be Adjutant, vice. Lieutenant Bull.
2d Dragoons—Lieutenant A. Smythe Montague Browne
to. be Captain, by purchase, vice Prentis, who retires ;
Cornet Francis Lamb Philp to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase,
vice Browne.
9th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant John De Heley Chad-
wick has been-permitted to retire from the service; by
the sale of his commission.
11th Light Dragoonsßeo-inald Calvert, Gent., to be
Cornet, by purchase, vice John Douglas Johnstone, who
retires. .
16th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant George W. H. Riddell,
to be Captain, by purchase, vice Leader, who retires;
Cornet Richard F. Morrison to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Riddell.
17th Light Dragoons—Cornet James Harding to be Lieu- •
tenant, by purchase, vice W. King, promoted in the 2d
Dragoon Guards.
Military Train—Lieutenant John Blake to be Captain,
without purchase, vice Nason, killed in action ; Ensign
Isaac Cummin to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice
John Blake.
sth Regiment of Foot—Ensign James Hartley to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Carlisle, promoted.
6th Foot—Lieut. Henry John Lawrell to be Adjutant, vice
• Mansergh, promoted.
7th Foot—Major R. Inglis, from a Depot Battalion, to be
Major, vice Appleyard, who exchanges; Lieut. Henry
N. Cotton Thurstone to be Captain, by purchase, vice
Appleyard, promoted; Ensign E. W. C. Lloyd to be -
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Thurstone.
9th Foot—Major Duncan Munro Bethune to be Lieut. •
Colonel, without purchase, vice Brevet-Colonel Borton,
appointed to a Depot Battalion; Brevet-Major George
Harrington Hawes to be Major, without purchase, vice
Bethune ; Lieut. Allen George Douglas to be Captain,
without purchase, vice Hawes.
14th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Andrew Thomas Carbery,
from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon.
19th Foot—Lieutenant Francis Davis to be Captain by
purchase, vice Warburton, who retires; Ensign George
Francis VeSey to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Davis ;
Martin Tucker, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase,
vice Kittson, who resigns.
20th Foot—Major John Cormick to be Lieutenant-Colonel,
by purchase, vice Lys' who retires ; Brevet-Major George
Bennett to be Major, by purchase, vice Cormick; Lieut.
W. Fraser F. Gordon to be Captain, by purchase, vice
Bennett ; Ensign Hubert C. Z. de Stacpoole to be Lieu- .
tenant, by purchase, vice Gordon.
30th Foot—Ensign Joshua E. C. C. Lindesay, from the
46th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Hely, appointed to the 84th
Foot.
31st Foot—Lieut. G. N. Pepper to bo Instructor of Mus-
ketry, vice A. T. Jones, appointed to the 24th Foot.
35th Foot—Lieut. Thomas Lloyd to be Instructor of
Musketry.
41st Foot—Lieut. J. Francis Kennedy to be Instructor of
Musketry.
45th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Alexander Fisher Bartley, '
from the 85th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Her-
bert, who exchanges.
60th Foot—Ensign Loftus Nunn, from the 2_2d Foot, to be
Ensign, vice Hughes, Promoted in the Bth Foot.
78th Foot—Lieut. David Davies, from half-pay, 94th Foot,
to be Lieutenant, vice Alexander McLeod, promoted,
without purchase, to an unattached Company; Ensign
Malcolm M'Neill to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Davies, who retires ; Ensign John Ingle, from the 94th
Foot, to be Ensign, vice McNeill.
84th Foot.—Ensign Richard Hebden O'Grady Hely, from
the 30th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Horan, promoted.
85th Foot.—Assistant-Sprgeon Henry Carden Herbert,
from the 45th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice
Bartley, who exchanges. •
93rd Foot—Lieutenant A. 0. Tabuteau, to be Instructor of
Musketry, vice Welch, who has resigned that appoint-
ment.
2d West India Regiment—Ensign Robert Eyre to be Lieu-
tenant, without purchase, vice Haleman, deceased ;
Colour-Sergeant Ambrose Madden to be Ensign, with-
out purchase, vice Eyre.
Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Captain Cornelius Charles Durn-
ford has been permitted to retire from the Service, by the
sale of his Commission.
DEPOT BATTALION.
Brevet-Colonel Arthur Borton, from the 9th Foot, to be
Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Brevet-Colonel N. M. Stack, who
retires upon full-pay.
Major Charles Elgee, from half-pay Unattached, to be
Major, vice D. G. A. Darroch, who exchanges.
Major F. E. Appleyard, from the 7th Foot, to be Major,
vice Inglis, who exchanges.

HOSPITAL STAFF.
TO RE ASSISTANT-SURGEONS.TO' THE FORCES.
Benjamin Burland, M. 8., vice Wilson, appointed to 3d
Foot.
Alfred Leaver, Gent, vice Ryan, appointed to the 6th
Foot.

Thomas Hession, Gent., vice Gibbon, appointed 'to ills
6th Fopt. .
Edwin Wilkes, Gent., vice Walsh, appointed to the 21st
Foot.

George Edward Gascoyen, Gent., vice Crisp, appointed
to the 59th Foot.
Alexander Mackay, vice Ashton, appointed to the 53d
Foot.
James Clerk Rattray, M.D., vice Leet, appointed to the
sth Foot. •
Acting-Assistant-Surgeon Fitzgerald Edward Scanlan.
Acting-Assistant-Surgeon George Alexander Moorhead.
BREVRT. • .;
Brevet-Colonel Nathaniel Massey Stack, retired full-pay
of a Depot Battalion, to be ..Major-General in the Army,
the rank being honorary only.
COMMISSION SIGNED BY THE QUEEN.
West Essex Militia—Robert Otho Travers, Esq., late
Captain in King's Dragoon Guards, to be Adjutant4rom
27th November, 1858, vice Boggis resigned.
COMMISSIONS BY LORDS LIEUTENANT.
Queen's Own Regiment of Oxfordshire Yeomanry
Cavalry Cornet William Fermor Ramsay, to be Lieu-
tenant, vice Dashwood, promoted ; Cornet Henry Elwes to
be Lieutenant, vice Fitz-Roy, promoted ; Henry Lomax
Gaskell, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Dormer, promoted.
Royal South Gloucester Light Infantry Regiment of
Militia—George Henry Bengough, Esq., to be Captain,
vice Worthington, resigned.
2d Regiment of Royal Cheshire Militia—Edward George
M'Dougall Ick, Gent, from 2d West York Militia, to be
Lieutenant, vice James Broff Byers, resigned.
Forfar and Kincardine Militia Artillery—Francis Bar-
clay Grahame, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, vice
M'Whannel, promoted.
Stirlingshire, &c., Highland Borderers Light Infantry
Regiment of British Militia—Edward Horrocks, Gent., to
be Ensign, vice Dunlop, appointed to the Line.
Royal Ayrshire Rifles—Thos. Alexander Riddell, Gent.,
to be Lieutenant.