Lieut. by p. vice Low, who rets.; James Frederick Elton, gent. to be Ens. by p. vice Powell.

55th Ditto,-Ens. George Abercrombie Robertson, to be Lieut. without p. vice Trydell, dec.; Henry Bayly, gent. to be Ens. vice Robertson. 69th Ditto.-Serjeant-Major Newel, from 90th Foot, to be Adjt. with the rank of Ens. vice Bolton, prom.

90th Ditto.-Thomas Webb, gent. to be Ens. by p. vice Anson, who rets.

98th Ditto.-Ens. John Henry Armstrong, to be Lieut. by p. vice Freebairn, who ret.; Charles Stretton, gent. to be Ens. by p. vice Armstrong.

WAR OFFICE, JUNE 7.

1st Regt. of Life Gds.-John Richard Blagden Hale, gent. to be Cor. and Sub-Lieut. by p. vice Bayntun, prom.

6th Regt. Dr. Gds.-Cor. Edmund Lally, from h. p. 4th Dr. Gds. to be Cor. vice Bankes, dec.

2nd Regt. Foot.- Lieut. George Dalhousie Jolliffe Raitt, to be Capt. by p. vice Graham, prom.; Ens. Thomas Gravatt, to be Lieut. by p. vice Raitt; Henry Robert Harrington Cary Elwes, gent. to be Ens. by p. vice Gravatt.

4th Foot.-Staff-Assist. Surg. James Henderson Rolland, to be Assist.-Surg.

30th Ditto.-Major Harry Smith Ormond, from 49th Foot, to be Major, vice Light, who rets. ; Lieut. Harvey Vachell, from 46th Foot, to be Lieut. vice Magee, app. to 45th Foot.

49th Ditto.-Major Henry Croasdale, from h. p. unatt. to be Major, vice Ormond, app. to 30th Foot.

57th Ditto.-Lieut. John William Donelan, to be Capt. without p. vice Logan, dec.; Ens. Thomas Aubin, to be Lieut. vice Donelan; Henry Montagu Smyth, gent. to be Ens. vice Aubin.

58th Ditto.-Sec.-Lieut. R. E. Wilmot Horton, from Ceylon Regt. to be Ens. vice Mackenzie, app. to 68th Foot.

68th Ditto. Ens. William Henry Gillman, to be Lieut. without p. vice Ring, dec.; Ens. Alexander Douglas Mackenzie, from 58th Foot, to be Ens. vice Gillman.

87th Ditto.-Lient. John Du Vernet, from 14th Foot, to be Lieut. vice Charles Greaves, who ret. upon h. p. 14th Foot.

95th Ditto.-Capt. Henry Churchill Tathwell, from h. p. unatt. to be Capt. vice Robert Cumming Hamilton Gordon, who exc. rec. diff.

96th Ditto.-Lieut. Henry Nixon, from 55th Foot, to be Lieut. vice Dalgety, whose app. has not taken place.

Rifle Brigade.-Lieut. James Saumarez Came

ron, to be Capt. by p. vice Ross, prom.; Sec.Lieut. Richard Snowden Smith, to be First-Lieut. by p. vice Cameron; William Henry Frankland, gent. to be Sec.-Lieut. by p. vice Smith.

Unattached.-To be Majors of Infantry by p.Capt. James Kerr Ross, from Rifle Brigade ; Capt. George Graham, from 2nd Foot.

To be Lieut. by purchase.-Cor. Samuel Adlam Bayntun, from 1st Life Guards.

Brevet. - Lieut.-Gen. Sir Edward Barnes, G.C.B. to have the rank of General in the East Indies only; Garrison Serjeant-Major H. J. Denny, Acting Adjt. and Riding-master to the Cavalry Depôt at Maidstone, to have the rank of Cornet while so employed.

Hospital Staff.-Assist.-Surg. William Wallace, M. D. from 80th Foot, to be Staff-Assist.-Surg. vice Rolland, app. to 4th Foot.

Memorandum. -The undermentioned officers have been allowed to retire from the service, by the sale of unattached commissions:- Major George Ford, h. p. unatt.; Lieut. Charles Pratt Wyatt, h. p. 3rd West India Regt.

Memorandum.-The half-pay of the undermentioned officers has been cancelled from the 7th instant inclusive, upon their receiving a commutation for their commissions, viz. :-Surg. Robert Alexander Chermside, h. p. Hospital Staff; Assist. Surg. Thomas Ward Jeston's h. p. 36th Foot; Ens. and Lieut. Richard Beamish, h. P. Coldstrm. Foot Gds.; Assist.-Surg. Thomas Charlton Speer, h. p. 56th Foot; Ens. John Vassall, h. p. 50th Foot; Lieut. Cornelius Hogan, h. p. 21st Light Drs.; Lieut. Patrick King Nolan, h. p. Canadian Fencible Inf.; Lieut. George Matcham Tarleton, h. p. 3rd Gar. Bat.; Ens. Duncan Macdonald, h. p. 14th Foot; Lieut. Edward Stephen George Marlay, rét. full p. 2nd European Gar. Comp.; Hospital-Assist. John Smith, h. p.

ST. JAMES'S PALACE, JUNE 8.

The King was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood upon Colonel Stephen Remnant Chapman, of the Royal Engineers, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Bermudas.

WHITEHALL, JUNE 14.

The King has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom, granting unto Admiral Sir Thomas Foley, G.C.B. the offices or places of RearAdmiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and of the Admiralty thereof, and also of Rear Admiral of the Navies and Seas of the said United Kingdom, in the room of the Earl of Northesk, dec.

WAR OFFICE, JUNE 14.

10th Regt. Light Drs.-Cornet Henry Frederick Bonham, to be Lieut. by p. vice Pyrke, who ret.; George Augustus Frederic Quentin, gent. to be Cornet, by p. vice Bonham.

1st or Gren. Regt. Foot Gds.-Ens. and Lieut. Charles William Ridley, to be Lieut. and Capt. by p. vice Jodrell, who ret.; Ens. Robert Blen. kinsopp Coulson, from 98th Foot, to be Ens. andLieut. by p. vice Ridley.

4th Regt. Foot.-Arthur Nicholson, gent. to be Ens. by p. vice Stanhope, who ret.

70th Ditto.-Henry Charles Whalley, gent. to be Ens. by p. vice Dyott, prom.

- 72nd Ditto. Capt. John Watts, from h. p. unatt. to be Capt. vice Donald M'Lean, who exc. rec. the diff.

98th Ditto. John Rainier, gent. to be Ens. by p. vice Coulson, app. to the 1st or Gren. Foot Gds.

Ceylon Rifle Regt.-Richard Newenham, gent. to be Sec. Lieut. by p. vice Horton, app. to 58th Foot.

Unattached.--Ens. Richard Dyott, from 70th Foot, to be Lieut. of Inf. by p.

Memorandum.-Lieut. William Sibbald, h. p. 1st Foot, has been allowed to retire from the service, by the sale of an unatt. com.

The h. p. of Lieut. Patrick King Nolan, of the Canadian Fenc. was cancelled from the 13th of May 1831, inclusive, and not from the 7th of June 1831, as stated in the Gazette of the latter date.

ST. JAMES'S-PALACE, JUNE 15.

The King was this day pleased to invest ViceAdmiral Sir Charles Ekins with the ensigns of a Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath.

By command of the Sovereign, Sir Charles Ekins was conducted, with the usual reverences, to His Majesty, preceded by Sir George Nayler (the officer of Arms attendant upon the Knights Commanders), bearing upon a crimson velvet cushion the star, riband, and badge of the second class of the Order.

The sword of state being thereupon delivered to His Majesty, the Vice-Admiral kneeling, was knighted therewith, after which he had the honour to kiss His Majesty's hand. Then Sir George Nayler, on his knee, presenting to the Sovereign the riband and badge of a Knight Commander, the King was pleased to invest Sir Charles Ekins with the same.

The Vice-Admiral having again had the honour to kiss the Sovereign's hand, and having received from His Majesty the star of a Knight Commander, retired.

WAR OFFICE, JUNE 21.

4th Regt. Light Drs.-Cornet Bryan Higgins Blake, to be Lieut. by p. vice Gibson, prom.; Justinian Vernon, gent. to be Cornet, by p. vice Pearson, who ret.

9th Ditto.Capt. Alfred Lord Harley, from h. p. to be Capt. vice William E. FitzMaurice, who exc. rec. the diff.

4th Regt. Foot.-Lieut. Charles Rumley, from h. p. of the 22nd Regt. to be Lieut. vice Ponsonby, app. to the 7th Regt.

7th Ditto.-Lieut. William Brabazon Ponsonby, from the 4th Regt. to be Lieut. vice Pitcairn, app. to 92nd Regt.

46th Ditto.--Capt. Thomas Thompson, to be Major, by p. vice Nairn, who ret.; Lieut. James Taylor, to be Capt. by p. vice Thompson; Ens. William Thomas Bremner, to be Lieut. by p. vice Taylor; Francis Lucas, gent. to be Ens. by p. vice Bremner.

47th Ditto.-Brevet Lieut.-Col. James Jenkin, from the h. p. to be Major, vice Fade Heatley, who exc.

53rd Ditto.- Lieut. Richard Dyott, from the h. p. to be Lieut. vice Edward Browne, who exc. rec. the diff.

69th Ditto.-Capt. Richard Wheeler Hooper, from the h. p. of the 3rd Dr. Gds. to be Capt. vice John O'Meara, who exc.; Gent. Cadet Charles James Coote, from the Rl. Mil. Col. to be Ens, by p. vice Hankey, prom.

72nd Ditto.-Lieut. William Henry Robinson, to be Capt. by p. vice Watts, who ret.; Ens. Charles William Meadowes Payne, to be Lieut. by p. vice Robinson; Alfred Harris, gent. to be Ens. by p. vice Payne.

85th Ditto.- Lieut. Hon. Anthony Ashley Cooper, to be Capt. by p. vice Wilmot, prom.; Ens. Augustus Coryton, to be Lieut. by p. vice Cooper; Arthur Robert Rose, gent. to be Ens. by p. vice Coryton.

98th Ditto.-Charles Horatius Kennedy, gent. to be Ens. by p. vice Stretton, whose app. has not taken place.

Rifle Brigade.-Major-Gen. Sir George Ridout Bingham, K.C.B. to be Colonel Commandant of a Bat. vice Lieut.-Gen. Sir Thomas Sidney Beckwith, dec.; Lieut. William Sullivan, to be Capt. by p. vice Kincaid, who ret; Sec.-Lieut. Edward Holt Glegg, to be First- Lieut. by p. vice Sullivan; Algernon William Billingham Greville, gent. to be Sec.-Lieut. by p. vice Glegg.

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Unattached. To be Major, without p. Brevet-Major Haddon Smith, from the Ceylon Rifle Regt.

To be Major, by p.--Capt. Eardley Wilmot, from the 85th Regt.

Staff.--Major Andrew Leith Hay, on the h. p. of the 96th Regt. to be Dep.-Adjt.-Gen. to the Forces serving in the Windward and Leeward Islands (with the rank of Lieut.-Colonel in the army), vice Craig, who res.

Memoranda.-The Christian names of Lieut.Colonel Barnard, of the 1st or Gren. Regt. Foot Gds. are Henry William, and not William Henry.

The Christian names of Ens. Monypenny, of the 4th Regt. are Robert Honywood, and not Robert Henry.

Major John Spring Hamilton, h. p. unatt. has been allowed to retire from the service, by the sale of an unatt. com.

The h. p. of the under-mentioned officers has been cancelled from the 21st of June 1831, inclusive, upon their receiving a commuted allowance for their commissions :

Lieut. David Frederick de Bachellé, h. p. 8th Line Bat. King's German Legion; Assist.-Surg. John Richard Elmore, h. p. 5th Dr. Gds.; Lieut. Henry Peyton, h. p. unatt.