ADMIRALTY, November 30.

To be Honorary-surgeons to her Majesty...W. Folds, Esq., Staff-Surgeon Royal Navy, vice Dr. O. Evans, deceased.

ADMIRALTY, December 13.

Corps of Royal Marines... First Lieut. and Quartermaster W. H. Clements to be captain, vice R. J. H. Douglas, to half-pay; Second Lieut. F. R. Beechy, to be first lieutenant, vice Clements, promoted.

December 14. First Lieut. H. Swale to be quartermaster, ice Clements, promoted.

PROMOTIONS.

Sub-Lieutenants to be Lieutenants... William E. FitzGerald; Henry Izod Charles T. Chute; John S. Eaton; Bernard Moore, and F. C. R. Baker, 1860.

Engineer to be Chief Engineer... W. H. Rundle.

Engineer...(confirmed)... Geo. Booth, (in Imperieuse).

Assistant-Engineers to be Engineers .. J. T. Hanis; John Jolly (in Hannibal); W. Burgess (in Waterman); W. Williamson (in Porpoise).

Assistant-Engineers ...C. Bulford (in Urgent); W. H. Roberts (in Cæsar); W. Harwood (in Algiers); Wm. Birks; A. N. Miller and W. Stewart (in Firebrand); J. C. Sanders (in Forte); H. D. Garwood (in Leven); A. Hindmarsh (in Urgent); R. Dillon (in Gorgon); J. Boswell (supernumerary in Indus); R. J. Campion (in Rifleman); F. Grundy (in Megara); Abram Gray (in Arrogant); W. Rumble (in James Watt); D. Crichton (a) (in Edinburgh); W. R. Henry (in Philomel).

APPOINTMENTS.

Rear Admiral S. C. Dacres, C.B., to hoist his flag on board the Edgar, as second in command on the North America and West India Station.

Captains...F. Scott, C.B., 1848, to Orlando (commissioned); R. A. Powell, C.B., 1855, to Defence (commissioned); John O. Johnson, 1855, to Satellite (commissioned).

Commanders... Lord Elphinstone, 1856, to Stromboli; John D. M'Crea, 1856, to Devastation; J. Moresby, 1858, to Snake, vice Harvey, invalided; P. Saumarez,

1860, to Defence; J. A. R. Dunlop, 1860, to Orlando ; C. R. F. Boxer, 1860, to be agent for transports on board Parana; T. J. Young, V.C., 1858 (additional), to Colossus, for service in Coast Guard; E. L. Strangways, 1861, to be inspecting-commander of Coast Guard vice E. West, whose period of service has expired.

Lieutenants...J. O. Hopkins, 1854, to be flag lieutenant to Rear-Admiral S. C. Dacres, C.B.; H. L. C. Robinson, 1854, to Madagascar ; J. B. Grove, 1854; C. H. Stirling, 1857; A. C. S. Blackett, 1859; and E. J. Church, 1861, to Orlando. G. W. Gregorie, 1857 (additional), to Britannia, for service with Naval Cadets; W. E. FitzGerald, H. Izod, and C. T. Chute, 1861 (additional), to Nile for disposal; J. S. Eaton, 1861 (additional), to Pelorus, for disposal; B. Moore and F. C. R. Baker, 1861 (additional), to Marlborough, for disposal; F. T. Thomson, 1854; J. G. Mead, 1855; E. P. Pocock, 1859; and F. W. Lowther, 1861, to Defence; C. G. Jones, 1858, to Trafalgar; A. J. Cheek, 1859, to Majestic; S. M. Wilson, 1855, to Colossus; G. C. Musters, 1861, to Hero; Edward S. Meara, 1854, to command Sheldrake (commissioned); E. A. T. Stubbs, 1854, to command Spider (commissioned); Henry Cardale, 1856; R. H. D. King, 1860; and Wm. Thresher, 1861, to Satellite; Hon. Fred. W. Charteris, 1857, and Geo. C. Musters, 1861, to Stromboli; W. R. Kennedy, 1857, to Hero; B. Shattock, 1861, to Devastation; U. C. Singleton, 1858, to Devastation.

Masters...S. W. Browne, 1860, to Chanticleer; Ramsay Cooke, 1861, to Stromboli; F. O. Simpson, 1861, to Devastation; W. H. T. Green, 1844, to be agent on board the Melbourne, transport; W. Mayes, 1853, to Defence; J. P. C. Clements, 1855, to Mars; H. Goldsmith, 1855, to Cumberland for Galatea; A. J. Veitch, 1856, to Indus for Phœbe; R. Coen, 1857, to Cumberland for Barrosa; D. J. May, 1859, additional, to Fisgard; W. H. Sharp, 1854, to Asia, for Sutlej; Charles C. Scott, 1854, to Satellite; A. J. Veitch, 1856, to Orlando.

Surgeons...W. G. Goldin, M.D., to Orlando; Charles Sproull, 1856, to Devastation; Geo. F. Banks, 1857, to

Stromboli; M. P. S. Ward, 1857, to Chanticleer, John Little, B.A., M.B., 1858, to Satellite; Wm. E. O'Brien, 1856, to Satellite; C. F. A, Courtney, 1856, to Defence.

Paymasters... George H. L. Wise, 1849, to Defence; Charles J. Webb, 1856, to Royal Adelaide; W. C. P. Grant, 1847, to Asia for Osborne ; J. W. W. Green, 1854, to Chanticleer; G. Jeffreys, 1855, additional, to Colossus; H. T. W. English, 1856, to Devastation; E. W. Gordon, 1860, additional, to Fisgard; H. H. Gain, 1861, to Stromboli; T. Waterfield, 1861, to Wellesley; W. E. Sanders, 1851, to Orlando; Wm. P. O'Brien, 1844, to Edgar; Charles W. Tuke, 1856, to Satellite; Thomas R. Dinnis, 1857, additional, to Edinburgh; John Hill, 1854, to Dauntless; W. B. Mainprise, 1853, to Royal Adelaide; George Munro, 1857, to Greyhound.

Sub-Lieutenants W. Otter, E. Drummond, and S. Gassiot, 1861, to Orlando; G. N. Small piece, 1860, to Devastation; H. R. Kelly, 1861, to Stromboli; Wm. M. Moger. 1850, to Satellite.

Assistant Surgeons...R. P Hiffernan, 1854, to Wellesley, for service at Melville Hospital; Daniel O'Connor, 1856, to Trafalgar; Thomas Colahan, 1857, to Revenge; Thomas Hamilton, 1859, to Sheldrake; James F. Fitzgerald, 1860, to Spider; James Paterson, M.D., 1856, to Defence; C. Atchison, 1852, to Devastation; R. W. Brigstocke, 1859, to Chanticleer; T. B. Roe, 1857, to Impregnable, for service at Plymouth Hospital; W. Roche (a), 1855, to Orlando.

Acting Assistant Surgeons...B. T. Lowne, 1861, to Investigator; D. B. Thomas, A. Scott, F. H. Browne, and W. I. Inman, 1861, to Victory, for service at Haslar Hospital; J. A. Hatch, D. A. Jennison, T. L. Ricordan, J. Hutchinson, A. C. Colquhoun, and G. Robertson, 1861, to Impregnable, for service at Plymouth Hospital; A. A. Mullin, 1861, to Stromboli: Mark A. Harte, 1861, to Satellite.

Assistant-Paymasters ... B. Stratford, 1859, to Orlando; B. Mitford, 1858, to Nile (as supernumerary); W. P. Tayler, 1860, to Edgar, as secretary's clerk; Charles S. Pittis, 1860, to Cornwallis; R. R. A. Richards, 1861, to Defence ; J. E.JSkinner, 1859, to Asia for Osborne ; E. M. Roe, 1859, to Hibernia; William Carter, 1859, to Devastation; E. H. Whyte, 1860, to Stromboli; William Crump, 1861, to Majestic; F. St. J. S.

O'Neill, 1859, to Satellite; Marcus O'M.
W. Markham, 1860, to Royal Adelaide;
James R. Richards, 1860, to Ajax.

Chief Engineers...J. Oliver, 1857, to Orlando; F. W. Sutton, 1861 (additional), to Cumberland for Vixen; G, Aicheson, 1848, to Cumberland for Meeanee; J. M. Smith, 1858, (additional) to Mæander; J. W. Ollis, 1852, to Defence; George Tucker, 1847, to Asia for Black Prince; John Robson, 1861, to Asia for Highflyer; Robert J. Wilson, 1861, to Indus for Magicienne; Ebenezer Clements, 1861, to Satellite Richard L. Canney, 1861 (additional), to Asia for Sharpshooter; Charles A. Bydder, 1861 (additional), to Asia for Inflexible; G.S. Thunder, 1852, to Devastaion.

Acting Chief-Engineer...J. Lovering, 1861, to Stromboli,

Engineers... W. Waterfield to Spider; J. Ritchie to Satellite; George Griffiths to Indus (as supernumerary); Frederick Lewis to Greyhound, vice Griffiths; James Leathlean to Indus for Sparrow, vice Lewis; W. Collier to Defence; T. H. Punshon to Chanticleer; C. F. Jordan to Devastation; F. W. Sutton to Orlando; J. King to Indus for for Prospero; J. Mather to Investigator.

Acting Engineers...J. Lawler to Indus (as supernumerary); G. Batchelor (additional) to Cumberland for Britomart.

Assistant Engineers... G. L. Thomson to Spider; W. H. Green to Sheldrake; J. Singer to Satellite; E. W. Thomas and W. J. Hancock to Sheldrake; W. Kelly to Satellite; George F. Williams to Asia (as supernumerary) for Centurion, on that ship being paid off; J. T. Page (additional) to Cumberland for Sandfly; W. R. Macavoy to Asia for Black Prince; J. J. Taylor, J. Brigge, and R. S. Willcocks to Asia (as supernumeraries); J. F. Townsend to Fisgard (as supernumerary); J. Kelly, C. W. Lewis, E. J. Whatmore, and W. Hopkins, to Cumberland (as supernumeraries); G. R.Beer to Spider; J. Edmonds to Satellite; William Blamey to Chanticleer; J. Young, and W. H. Nurse to Stromboli; R. Wallace to Devastation; W. Chase to Supply. Second Class ... William Shaw to Chanticleer; W. Gair to Stromboli; R. Oliver to Devastation; F. E. Shean and John Dingwall to Cumberland (as supernumeraries); Henry Rigby to Asia for Sutlej; S. V. Bull to Chanticleer; J. H. Ferguson to Cumberland for Galatea; C. J. Edge and Thomas Scott (D) to Topaze;

James Legate to Termagant; George Woollard and Robert Phillips to Bacchante; C.G. Mullen to Devastation; J. Kelly to Cumberland for Bullfrog; Alexander Clarke to Asia for Volcano; T. Hartley, S. T Wallis, and T. Green to Defence; Reginald C. Oldknow to Edgar; J. R. Harvey to Cumberland for Cochin; J. Wilson to Asia for Echo; J. Wyllie to Indus for Nightingale; A. Brown to Indus for Gleaner; T. Griffiths to Cumberland (as supernumerary); William McNeill to Hogue; John Wood to Spider; W. Williams and T. Stewart to Defence; A. Forrest to Cumberland for Julia; R. W. Watson to Orlando; W. Fenton (a) (additional) to Indus for Trinculo; A. Lawton to Orlando; W. B. Trenwith to Orlando; T. M. Thompson (additional) to Indus for Charon J. Craig and A. Gibson to Orlando; S. Lloyd to Investigator; E. Hocken to Indus for Phabe; A. Wilson to Indus for Prospero; E. Watson to Asia (as supernumerary).

Second Masters..C. P. Hodges, 1852, to Orlando; W. H. Adlam, 1859, to Investigator; J. J. Covey, 1859, to Dee; Robert H. Hawes, 1860, to Swallow; Alexander Gray, 1856, to Spider.

Acting Second Masters...Phillip Johns, to Impregnable for Pike; R. Reed to Hawke, for service in Coast Guard; G. Carke, 1857, to Colossus for Coast Guard.

Masters' Assistants...W. T. Wheeler to Stromboli; A. S. De Ridder to Devastation; W. S. R. Gow to Geyser; W. E. Filmer and F. W. Moffatt to Orlando; G. S. Brodie to Defence; H. T. Gimson to Victory as supernumerary; W. N. Goalen and J. S. Hall to Swallow; H. W. Williams to Revenge; W. E. Farrington to Chanticleer; E. O. Hallett to Defence; C. B. Franks and G. W. Balliston to Warrior; A. J. W. Neville and C. H. S. Douglas to Satellite; J. P. Partridge to Sheldrake; Joseph B. Doyle to Warrior.

Midshipmen...D. H. Bosanquet and G. H. Lawson to Revenge; C. A Crispin to Devastation; W. Collins, T. V. Williams, F. J. J. Elliott, and H. Rose to Defence; F. S. Dodsworth and J. Hext to Greyhound; Edward A. Bolitho, R. W. Evans, and H. Russell to Satellite;

F. Hayter, G. W. Hill, B. H. Dunn, G. J. B. Elphinstone, and S. L. Osborne to Orlando; T. H. Larcom,' and A. T. Bagge to Chanticleer; N. G. Willoughby to Stromboli.

Clerks W. J. S. Cannon to Orlando; John E. Charlton to Hawke; Arthur S. Ramsay to Icarus; Henry Ellis to Satellite; Richard Crabbe to Trafalgar; George L. Miller to St. Vincent; James Cox to Defence; E. D. Green to Pembroke; R. Drury to Chanticleer.

Assistant Clerks...Joseph Allen to Defence; W. W. Gilbard to Orlando ; E. B. D. Iffanger and Fred. A. Smith to Forte as supernumeraries; Joseph Allen to Fisgard as supernumerary.

Naval Cadets...A M. Couston and N. J. W. De Courcy to Satellite; (nominated) F. V. Brady; E. H. Warren to Devastation; G. G. Boys to Stromboli; Hon. H. J. A. Cuffe, Hon. R. Bingham, C. H. Millet, A. C. B. Bromley, W. B. Rennell, S. S. H. Dickens, and C. V. Bridgeman to Orlando; Hon. Dudley O. Murray to Nile for disposal.

Naval Cadets (nominated)...C. H. S. Buckle, G. C. L. B. Townsend, C P. B. Patmore, F. S. Pelly, C. J. Barlow, Hon. J. S. Napier, J. Jekyll, C. E. Lister, J. E. A. Dick-Lauder, J. D. Deane, T. L. Fletcher, E. Goldney, A. Gwyn, W. Hailstone, F. Hutchinson, H. B. B. Beresford, R G. Day, and W. S. Lovell; E. V. B. Gaunt, W. N. Maden, G. J. Roberts, F. E. W. Lambert, H. Baker, S. F. Dashwood, O. Crewe-Read, C. W. Dickinson, R. W. Fawkes; H. C. Pooke, A. S. Hamilton, C. W. Last, and T. C. Heathcote.

U. S. MAG., No. 398, JAN., 1862.

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THE ARMY GAZETTE. WAR OFFICE, November 26th. When not otherwise specified, the following Commissions bear the current date.

15th Regiment of Foot...Major-Gen. William Booth to be colonel, vice Gen. Sir Howard Douglas, Bart., G.C.B., deceased-dated 10th November, 1861.

55th Regiment of Foot...Major-Gen. William Henry Elliott to be colonel, vice Lieut.-Gen. Sir Jas. Holmes Schoedde, K.C.B.,deceased-dated 15th November,

1861.

5th Regiment of Lancers... George Robert Saunders, gent., to be cornet by purchase, vice Gwyther, promoted.

9th Lancers... Veterinary Surgeon George Longman, from the Royal Artillery, to be Veterinary Surgeon, vice Frederick Bailey; permitted to retire from the service.

John

14th Hussars ... Lieutenant Hunter Knox, from the 84th foot, to be lieutenant, vice William Atcherley Atcherley, who exchanges.

Royal Artillery...Second Capt. Wm. French to be captain, vice Seale, deceased-dated 1st October, 1861; Lieutenant Francis Arthur Whinyates to be second captain, vice French-dated 1st October, 1861; Lieutenant Alexander Doull having deserted, has been struck off the strength of the regiment-dated 1st November, 1861; Acting Veterinary Surgeon George A. Oliphant to be vet. surgeon, vice Christopher Sanderson, deceased-dated 22nd June, 1860; Acting Veterinary Surgeon David Paley to be veterinary surgeon, vice Henry Dunsford, resigned-dated 24th July, 1860.

13th Regiment of Foot... Lieut. John Codd Conington, to be captain by purchase, vice William Henry Grimston, who retires; Ensign William Lea Smith, to be lieutenant by purchase, vice Conington; Cuthbert Larking, gent., to be ensign by purchase, vice Smith.

19th Foot... Captain Godfrey Lyon Knight, from the 64th foot, to be captain, vice Brevet-Major George Digby Barker, who exchanges.

45th Foot...Lieutenant John Ingle Preston, to be captain by purchase, vice Henry Lucas, who retires; Ensign Edw. Browne, to be lieutenant by purchase, vice Preston; John Thomas Watling, gent., late ensign Warrick Militia, to be ensign by purchase, vice Browne,

52nd Foot... Ensign John Philip Mickleburgh, to be lieutenant without purchase, vice Edmund Pakenham, deceased-dated 29th September, 1861; Ensign Robert Legh Crosse, from 42nd foot, to be ensign, vice Mickleburgh.

64th Foot... Captain and BrevetMajor George Digby Barker, from the 19th foot, to be captain, vice Godfrey Lyon Knight, who exchanges.

68th Foot... Ensign Horatio Gordon Robley, to be lieutenant by purchase, vice John Pitts Briggs, who retires; Walker Busfield, gent., to be ensign by purchase, vice Robley.

83rd Foot... Ensign Henry Albert Fuller, to be lieutenant by purchase, vice Guildford Macleay Onslow, who retires; Gentleman Cadet Henry George Wilson, from the Royal Military College, to be ensign by purchase, vice Fuller.

84th Foot Lieutenant William Atcherley Atcherley, from 14th Hussars, to be Lieutenant, vice John Hunter Knox, who exchanges.

92nd Foot...Ensign Grant Thomlinson to be lieutenant, by purchase, vice Wm. Grisdale Hicks who retires; Arthur Bryce Murray, gent, to be ensign by purchase, vice Thomlinson,

Rifle Brigade...Lieut. Lord Edward Cavendish to be instructor of musketry, vice Lieutenant C. G. Slade, promoted -dated 9th October, 1861.

1st West India Regiment... Ensign William Gavin from the 3rd West India Regiment, to be lieutenant without purchase, vice Arthur James Plunkett, dismissed the service by the sentence of a general court-martial.

Cape Mounted Riflemen ... Acting Veterinary Surgeon Frederick Fitzhugh Marshall to be veterinary surgeon dated 22nd June, 1860.

Gold Coast Artillery corps... The 2nd Christian name of Ensign Brien is Haffield, and not Hoffield, as stated in the Gazette of the 8th inst.

VETERINARY DEPARTMENT.

To be Veterinary Surgeons of the 1st Class... Veterinary Surgeon Francis Fred. Collins, 16th Lancers-dated 1st July, 1859; Veterinary Surgeon John Surtees Stockley, Royal Artillery-dated 1st July, 1859; Veterinary Surgeon Alfred Job Owles, 6th Dragoon Guards-dated 1st July, 1859; Veterinary Surgeon Stephen P. Constant, 5th Dragoon Guards-dated 1st July, 1859; Veteri

nary Surgeon Hicks Withers, 3rd Hussars dated 1st July, 1859.

To be Acting Veterinary SurgeonsWilliam Hall, gent.; William Barker Walters, gent.

BREVET.

Major John Chetham McLeod, 42nd Foot, to be lieutenant-colonel in the army.

The date of the promotion of Captain and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Henry C. Cunliffe Owen, C.B., Royal Engineers, to the rank of colonel, to be altered to the 22nd Nov., 1861.

The undermentioned promotions to take place consequent on the death of General Sir Howard Douglas, Bart., G.C.B., G.C.M.G., Colonel of the 15th Foot, on the 9th November, 1861:

Lieutenant-General Sir Wm. Henry Sewell, K.C.B., Colonel 79th Foot, to be General dated 10th November, 1861.

Major-General Henry Edward Porter to be lieutenant-general - dated 10th November, 1861.

Brevet-Colonel Andrew T. Hemphill, from Lieutenant-Colonel half-pay 26th Foot, serving as brigadier-general on the staff of the army in Ireland, to be major-general-dated 10th November,

1861.

Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. George Talbot Devereux, Royal Artillery, to be colonel-dated 10th Nov., 1861.

Major Edward Fellowes, half-pay, unattached, Assistant Adjutant-General, Cape of Good Hope, to be lieutenantcolonel-dated 10th November., 1861.

Captain Charles Armstrong, 16th Foot, to be major-dated 10th November, 1861.

The undermentioned promotions to take place consequent on the death of Major Gen. Richard French, on the 10th November, 1861.

Brevet-Colonel Lord Geo. Augustus Frederick Paget, C.B., from lieutenantcolonel half-pay unattached, serving with the local rank of major-general on the staff of the Army in Great Britain, to be major-general--dated 11th November, 1861.

Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel James Croft Brooke, Major, half-pay late 8th Foot, to be colonel-dated 11th Nov., 1861.

Captain and Brevet-Major John Fraser Lodington Baddeley, Royal Artillery, to be lieutenant-colonel-dated 11th November, 1861.

Captain Henry Cole Faulkner, halfpay unattached, Staff Officer of Pen

sioners, to be major-dated 11th Nov., 1861.

THE MILITIA GAZETTE. WAR OFFICE, November 26 Hampshire Yeomanry Cavalry ... George Long, gent, to be supernumerary cornet without pay.

Memorandum...4th Regiment of West York Militia...Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to accept the resignation of the commission held by Lieutenant John Parkinson,

Argyll and Bute Artillery Militia... Major Smollett Montgomerie Eddington to be lieutenant-colonel, vice Campbell. deceased; Captain William Campbell to be major, vice Eddington, promoted.

1st or Royal East Middlesex Regiment of Militia..Ensign Charles Dowell to be lieutenant, vice Simms, promoted: Ensign Edgar Akerman Dowell to be lieutenant, vice Wells, promoted.

Memorandum...4th or Royal South Middlesex Regiment of Militia.. The Queen has been graciously pleased to accept the resignation of the commission held in this regiment by Paymaster Matthew Coppleston.

WAR OFFICE, November 29. Montgomeryshire Yeomanry Cavalry ...Cornet Thomas Openshaw Lomax to be lieutenant, vice Bulkeley, resigned; Richard John Edmunds, gent, to be cornet, vice Lomax, promoted.

THE VOLUNTEER GAZETTE.

WAR OFFICE, November 26.

3rd Administrative Battalion of Essex Rifles.. David Steuart, esq., late captain 34th Regiment, to be adjutant from 6th September, 1861.

4th Glamorganshire Rifles... Philip George Ritchie, gent, to be ensign.

19th Renfrewshire Rifles Ensign James Lancaster to be lieutenant, vice Dove, resigned; Robert Irvine, Gent, to be ensign, vice Lancaster, promoted.

3rd Administrative Battalion of Essex Rifles...Adjutant David Steuart to serve with the rank of captain.

2nd Essex Rifles ... William Henry Clifton, to be supernumerary lieutenant, on condition of his acting as Quartermaster to the 3rd Administrative Battalion of Essex Rifles.

19th Essex Rifles...Thomas Chaplin, junr., to be ensign.

1st Newcastle-on-Tyne Volunteer Artillery...Captain-Commandant Henry Christian Allhusen, late Captain Northumberland Artillery Militia, to be major; First Lieutenant Thomas William