Assistant-Surgeon Nathaniel Norris, from the 85th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice David Ritchie Pearson, M.D., who resigns. Dated 7th July, 1861.

1st West India Regiment, Ensign William FitzWilliam Smithwick to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Augustus Sullivan, who retires. Dated 7th January, 1862.

Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment, Ensign Edward Rodney Cecil Pechell to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Richard William Barrow, who retires. Dated 7th January, 1862.

Henry Thomas Thornton Salvin, Gent. (late Ensign 1st West York Militia), to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Pechell. Dated 7th January, 1862.

CAVALRY DEPOT (Maidstone).

Captain Henry Blinkhorn, from half-pay, late 25th Foot, to be Riding Master, vice Captain and Brevet-Major William Griffin Sutton, who retires upon half-pay. Dated 7th January, 1862.

MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.

Assistant-Surgeon Robert Menzies, from the 93rd Foot, to be Staff Assistant-Surgeon, vice Bouchier, appointed to the 93rd Foot. Dated 7th January, 1862.

Staff Assistant-Surgeon Seth Sam, on appointment to the Staff, should have succeeded Assistant-Surgeon Henry James Rogers as superseded, and not as placed on half-pay, as stated in the Gazette of the 6th December,

BREVET.

Captain and Brevet-Major William Griffin Sutton, retired upon full-pay, late Riding Master Cavalry Depôt, Maidstone, to have the honorary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 7th January, 1862.

Lieutenant John Anthony Kysh, Paymaster 91st Foot, to have the honorary rank of Captain, under the Royal Warrant of the 27th January, 1860. Dated 7th November, 1861.

Paymaster John Giddings, 32nd Foot, to have the honorary rank of Captain, under the Royal Warrant of the 27th January, 1860. Dated 28th November, 1861. Inspector-General of Hospitals Donald Butter, retired Bengal Medical Department, should have had the letters M.D., inserted after his name in Gazette of 3rd ultimo.

The undermentioned promotions to take place consequent on the decease of General Sir Edward Bowater, Colonel of the 49th Foot, on the 14th December, 1861:

Lieutenant-General William Lindsay Darling, Colonel of the 98th Foot, to be General. Dated 15th December, 1861. Major-General Henry William Breton, Colonel of the 56th Foot, to be Lieutenant-General. Dated 15th December, 1861.

Brevet-Colonel George Thomas Conolly Napier, C.B., from Lieutenant-Colonel half-pay Unattached, and Aide-de-Camp to the Queen, serving on the Staff of the Army in North America with the local rank of Major-General, to be Major-General. Dated 15th December, 1861. Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel the Honourable Wellington Henry Stapleton Cotton, Major on half

pay, Unattached, to be Colonel. Dated 15th December, 1861.

Captain and Brevet-Major John Williamson Lovell, C.B., Royal Engineers, to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 15th December, 1861. Captain George Renny, 73rd Foot, to be Major. Dated 15th December, 1861.

MEMORANDUM.

Captain David Balfour Hay, half-pay, 26th Dragoons, has been permitted to retire from the service by the sale of his Commission. Dated 7th January, 1862.

War Office, Pall-Mall,

7th January, 1862.

The Honourable Artillery Company of London. John Kearns, Gent., to be Lieutenant. Dated 7th January, 1862.

India Office, 6th January, 1862.

HER Majesty has been pleased to approve of the undermentioned promotions and alterations of rank in Her Majesty's Indian Military Forces:

Lieutenant-Colonel Saunders Alexius Abbott, Bengal Infantry, to be Colonel; Major Henry Nott, Madras Infantry, to be Lieutenant-Colonel ; Captain George William Russell, Madras Cavalry, to be Major; in succession to General J. Welsh, deceased. Dated 25th January, 1861.

Lieutenant-Colonel John Caulfield Hannyngton, Bengal Infantry, to be Colonel; Major William Hammond Welch, Madras Infantry, to be Lieutenant-Colonel; Captain Edward Yates, Madras Infantry, to be Major; in succession to General A. Fair, C.B., deceased. Dated 30th January,

Lieutenant-Colonel John Richard Keily, Bombay Infantry, to be Colonel; Major George Bromley Boulderson Grombe, Madras Cavalry, to be Lieutenant-Colonel; Captain William Davis Grant, Madras Infantry, to be Major; in succession to Major-General Gairdner, C.B., deceased. Dated 4th February, 1861. Lieutenant Colonel

Thomas Kensington Whistler, Madras Artillery, to be Colonel; Major Alexander Boyd Kerr, Madras Infantry, to be Lieutenant-Colonel; Captain Charles Stephen Whitehill, Bombay Infantry, to be Major; in succession to General P. Delamotte, C.B., deceased. Dated 6th February, 1861.

Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Shortrede, Bombay Infantry, to be Colonel; Major George Warren Stokes, Bengal Infantry, to be Lieutenant-Colonel; Captain Daniel Boyd, Bombay Infantry, to be Major; in succession to General J. F. Dyson, deceased. Dated 21st February, 1861.

Lieutenant-Colonel William Wallace Dunlop, Madras Infantry, to be Colonel; Major William Lamb, Bengal Infantry, to be Lieutenant-Colonel ; Captain John Cameron, Madras Cavalry, to be Major; in succession to Major-General H. M. Graves, deceased. Dated 27th April, 1861.

Lieutenant-Colonel Coll Macleod, Madras Infantry, to be Colonel; Major Edward Fleetwood Smith, Bengal Infantry, to be Lieutenant-Colonel ; Captain John Alexander Campbell, Madras Cavalry, to be Major; in succession to LieutenantGeneral S. Shaw, deceased. Dated 29th April, 1861.

Lieutenant-Colonel William John Baptist Knyvett, Bengal Infantry, to be Colonel; Major William Broome Salmon, Bombay Infantry, to be Lieutenant-Colonel; Captain Clare Sewell Salmon, Bengal Infantry, to be Major; in succession to

Lieutenant-General Shaw, deceased. Dated 29th April, 1861.

ALTERATIONS OF RANK.

Colonal William Wallace Dunlop, Madras Infantry; Lieutenant-Colonel William Lamb, Bengal Infantry; Major John Cameron, Madras Cavalry; to take rank from 24th April, 1861, in succession to Lieutenant-General Cubbon, deceased.

Colonel Coll Macleod, Madras Infantry; Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Fleetwood Smith, Bengal Infantry; Major John Alexander Campbell, Madras Cavalry; to take rank from 27th April, 1861, in succession to Major-General Graves, deceased.

BENGAL ARMY.

Lieutenant (Brevet Captain) Montague James White, 26th Native Infantry, to be Captain, vice Mackenzie, retired. Dated 25th July, 1860.

Captain (Brevet Major) Matthew Francis Kemble, 41st Native Infantry, to be Major, and Lieutenant George Gordon Cunliffe, 41st Native Infantry, to be Captain, vice Onslow, retired. Dated 26th October, 1860.

Ensign Robert Nelson McNair, General List Infantry, to be Lieutenant, vice Clarke, promoted. Dated 8th December, 1860.

Major John Talbot Shakespear, Infantry, to be Lieutenant-Colonel; Captain George Marmaduke Waddilove, 24th Native Infantry, to be Major; Lieutenant (Brevet Captain) Richard Chaloner Lindsey, 24th Native Infantry, to be Captain; Ensign John Henry Campbell, General List Infantry, to be Lieutenant, vice Hannay, deceased. Dated 26th January, 1861.

Major Robert Morricson, Infantry, to be Lieutenant-Colonel; Captain Edward Hall, 52nd 1862. E