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London, England, 1861-05-10 00:00:00

by purchase, vice Edward William Pritchard, appointed
to the 17th Light Dragoons; Surgeon William Arden,
to be Surgeon-Major.
18th Light Dragoons—John Groves, Gent., to be Cornet,
by purchase, vice Malet, promoted.
Royal Artillery—Lieutenant Sir John William Camp.
bell, Bart., to be Second Captain, vice Har-
ward, placed on temporary half-pay. The undermen-
tioned Gentleman-Cadets to be Lieutenants, viz.:—
Henry Lees Smith, John Keith, Alexander Grubb,
Edward Duneombe Shafto, James Wall, Samuel Pym,
and Francis Thomas Bircham.
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Royal Engineers.—Brevet-Colonel Edward Thomas Lloyd
to be Colonel, vice Gordon removed as a General Officer;
Lieutenant-Colonel Arthu
Supernumerary Seconded List,
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u t.,Colonel Supernumeraryv iceL
Henry Freelna. from the
lo Arthur Lieutenant-Colonel
Captaini en
BFerne enayg;
to be Lieutenant-Colonel,
Martindale, from the Seconded List, to be Supernumerary
Captain ; Lieut. John Edward Toiler, from the Royal
Artillery, to be Lieutenant with temporary rank; Lieut.
• James Booth, from the Royal Artillery, to be Lieutenant
with temporary rank ; Lieut. Henry G. Pilleau from the
Royal Artillery, to be Lieutenant with temporary rank ;
Gentleman Cadet Alfred George Foot, to be Lieutenant
with temporary rank. The lieutenants whose appoint-
ments bear date let November, 1860, to stand on the Ilse
of the corps as follows, viz. :—Lieut. Percy Rix Barber
Lieut. Thomas Glancy, Lieut. Arthur Clitherow Ward',
Lieut. Albert Charles Smith, Lieut. John Edward Toiler,
and Lieut. Archibald Henry Kildahl.
Military Train—Captain C. J. Tuffnell Oakes has been
permitted to retire from the service by the sale of his
commission.
Grenadier Guards--The promotions of the officers in suc-
cession to Brevet-Colonel the Hon. James Lindsay, pro-
moted to the rank of Major-General, have been ante-
dated to the 12th March, 1861.
sth Foot—Surgeon William Kilner Swettenhem, M.D.,
to be Surgeon-Major.
6th Foot—Captain Alfred Austin. from the 66th Foot, to
be Captain, vice Richard Sheil, who exchanges.
11th Foot—Lieut. William Joseph Tibbs, to be Adjutant,
vice Lieut. Francis W. Osborne, who has retired ; Lieut.
Edward Henry Hare to be Instructor of Musketry, vice
Lieut. Frederick James S. Whiteside, who has resigned
that appointment,
13th Foot—Lieutenant Philip Edward Victor Gilbert to be
Captain, without purchase, vice George Henry Cobham,
deceased ; Ensign Henry King Fenwick to be Lieute-
nant, without purchase, vice Gilbert; Richard John
Woodhouse, Gent,, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice
Fenwick.
lti.th Foot—Lieutenant George DigV Barker, from the
78th Foot, to be Captain, without purchase, vice William
M‘Gregor Archer, deceased.
25th Foot—Lieutenant Raymond South Paley, to be Cap-
tain, by pin chase, vice George Robertson, who retires ;
Ensign James Long Watson to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Edward Charles Mallet De Carteret, who
retires; Ensign Reginald Blewitt Dowling, to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Paley.
45th Foot—Ensign Robert J. Callwell, to, be reeutee.e.t,
without purchase, vice Blair, promoted ; Lieutenant
L Ityii J. Callwen, to ne Adjutant, vice Blair, promoted;
Edmund Lombard Hallam Kyle, to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Callwell; Ensign Henry Hodson Hooke, to
be Instructor of Musketry, vice Lieutenant Robert J.
Callwell, appointed Adjutant.
48th Foot—Ensign Reginald Pennell, to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Edward Benbow, who retires ; George
Hastings Brooke, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase.
vice Bowlby, promoted.
53d Foot—Captain William Henry Campion, from the 72d
Foot, to be Captain, vice Wm. Henry James Clarke, who
exchanges.
58th Foot—Captain Leslie Jenkins Thompson, to be Major,
by purchase, vice George Henry Wynyard, who retires;
Lieutenant Bertie Shiffner to be Captain, by purchase,
vice Thompson; Ensign Henry Nizzoli Reeve Storks
to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Shiffner.
61st Foot—Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel S t.Vin-
cent William Ricketts, upon half-pay, Unattached, to be
Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Brevet-Colonel henry Garner
Rainey, who retires upon half-pay; Major John Patrick
Redmond, to be Lieut.-Col., by purchase, vice Brevet-Col.
Ricketts, who retires; Captain and Brevet-Major Wil -
ham Edward Durand Deacon, to be Major, by purchase,
vice Redmond ; Lieutenant Thomas Casement, to be I
Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet-Major Deacon ; I
Ensign John Darwin Wedgwood, to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Casement.
66th Foot—Captain Richard Sheil, from the 6th Foot, to be
Captain, vice Alfred Austin, who exchanges ; Charles
Stuart Campbell, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase,
vice Edward Richardson, deceased.
72d Foot—Captain William Henry James Clarke, from the
53d Foot, to be Captain, vice William Henry Campion,
who exchanges.
75th Foot—Captain and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Chas.
E. P. Gordon to be Major, without purchase, vice Brevet
Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Knollys, deceased ; Lieute-
nant Thomas Carlisle to be Captain, without purchase,
vice Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Charles E. P. Gordon;
Ensign George Benjamin Singer to be Lieutenant, with-
but purchase, vice Carlisle.
76th Foot—Lieutenant Edward William Frederick Acton,
to be Captain, by purchase, vice Edward Garmonsway
Waldy, who retires; Ensign Albert E. Pearse, to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Acton.
78th Foot—Ensign Sir Alexander Muir Mackenzie, Bar ~
to he Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Barker, pro-
moted in the 19th Foot; Lieutenant Thomas Mackenzie
to be Adjutant, vice Barker, promoted in the 19th Foot.
79th Foot —Ensign Alexander Bruce Murray, to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Richard Bisse Rowland Bed-
ford, who retires.
98th Foot—Lieut. Thomas Francis Lloyd, to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Molyneux Bett, who retires ; Ensign
Robert Thorp, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lloyd.
99th Foot—Anthony Charles Montague Jellicoe, Gent., to
be Ensign, without purchase, vice Lenthall, appointed to
the 32d Foot; Ensign Kearns Deane Tanner, to be In-
structor of Musketry, vice Lieut. Wm. John Kempson,
promoted.
Rifle Brigade—Lieutenant William Hall Eccles, to be Cap-
tain, by purchase, vice Horace Fred. Hill, who retires ;
Ensign Charles Francis Blackett, to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Eccles ; Frederick Arthur Fane, Gent., to
be Ensign, by purchase, vice Blackett.
CAVALRY DEPOT (MAlDSTONE).—Quartermaster Peter
House, from the 9th Light Dragoons, to be Quarter.-
master, vice John Swindley, who retires upon half-pay.
UNATTACHED.—Lieutenant Robert William Jenkins, from
the Bth Light Dragoons, to be Captain, by purchase.
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.— Staff- Surgeon George William-
son, M.D., to be Surgeon-Major.
ERE VET.
Lieutenant-General Charles Grone Ellicombe, C. 8., to
be General, vice Sir Charles W. Pasley, K.C.8., deceased.
Major-General William Redman Ord, to be Lieutenant-
General, vice Ellicombe.
Colonel Alexander Gordon, to be Major-General, vice
Ord.

Major-General Anthony Marshall and Major-General
Robert Sloper Piper, retired, full pay, of the Royal Engi-
neers, to be Lieutenant-Generals, in consequence of the
promotion of Major-General Ord, who stood below them on
the effective list of the Corps at the dates of their retirement.
Brevet-Colonel Edward Trevor, retired, full-pay, late
Staff Officer of Pensioners, to be Major-General, the rank
being honorary only.
Major Henry George Woods, half-pay Unattached, late
Assistant Military Secretary in Ceylon, to have the rank of
Lieut.-Colonel in the Army, under the provisions of the
Horse Guards' Circular Memorandum of the 16th March,
1861.

Captain Arthur Davies, half-pay, Unattached, to be Ma-
jor in the Army.
Captain the Honourable Adolphus Frederick Cathcart,
half-pay, Unattached, to be Majorin the Army.
Second Captain Robert Boteler, half-pay, Royal Engi-
neers, to be Major in the Army.
Brevet Major Arthur Davies, half-pay, Unattached, to be
Lieutenant• Colonel in the Army.
Brevet-Major the Honourable Adolphus Frederick Cath-
cart, half-pay, Unattached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the
Army.
Brevet-Major Robert Boteler, half-pay, Royal Engl.
nears, to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army.
Captain Henry Bradley Roberts, Royal Marines, to be
Major in the Army.
Quartermaster John Swindley, half-pay, late Cavalry
Depot, Maidstone, to have the honorary rank of Captain.
The undermentioned promotions to take place consequento
on the death of General Charles Ashe A'Courtßep 1817g_61tn!
C. 8., Colonel of the 41st Foot, on the of
April,
Lieutenant - General Sir Thomas illshire, Bart.,
W
K.C.8., Colonel of the 51st Foot, to be General.
3lianajto-
encer Stanhope, to be Lieu-
rG-enGeenniler.al Philip Sp
ten
Brevet-Colonel John Hankey Bainbrigge, on half-pay.
Unattached, Fort Major and Adjutant at Guernsey, to
have rank of Major-General.
Brevet-Colonel Arthur Augustus Thurlow Cunynz-
hame, C. 8., from half-pay 51st Foot, serving with the tem-
porary rank of Major-General on the Staff of the Army in
Bombay, to be Major-General.
Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Garner Rainey, 61st Foot, to
be Colonel.
Brevet-Major Francis Rowland Forster, 4th Dragoon
Guards, to be Lieutenant-Colonel.
Captain Robert Sheffield, Royal Regiment of Horse
Guards, to be Major.
MEMORANDA.
Second Captain Alexander Theophilus Blakeley, half-
pay, Royal Artillery, has been permitted to retire from tho
service, by the sale of his commission, ha being about to
become a settler in Canada.
The undermentioned officers upon half-pay have been
permitted to retire from the service, by the sale of their com-
missions, under the Horse Guards' Circular Memorandum
of Feb. 15, 1861:
Major and Brevet-Colonel William Henry Adams, half-
pay, Unattached.
Second Captain Robert Boteler, half-pay, Royal Engi-
neers.
Captain Arthur Davies, half-pay, Unattached.
Captain the Honourable Adolphus Frederick Cathcart,
half-pay, Unattached.
Cornet John Cooper, half-pay, lota Land Transport
Corps.

- WAR-OFFICE, PALL •MALL, MAY 10.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to approve of the
Col onelcy of the Royal Regiment of Artillery and of the
Corps of Royal Engineers, formerly held by the Master-
General of the Ordnance, being reestablished, and of its
being held ex officio by the General Commanding-in-Chief,
or Commander.in-Chief of the Army for the time being.
ADMIRALTY, MAY G.
Corps of Royal Marines—First Lieutenant Henry
Dickonson Nightingale to be Captain, vice Buck, to ill:
pay ; Second Lieutenant Andrew Donald to be First la u
tenant, vice Nightingale, promoted.

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