796 THE LONDON GAZETTE, FEBRUARY 16, 1869. 60th Foot, Ensign Henry Savill Marsham to be Lieutenant Nicholas Mourant Brock, froin the Lieutenant, by purchase, vice the Honourable 4th West India Regiment, to be Captain, Ralph Abercromby, who*retires. Dated 17th without purchase. Dated 17th February, 1869. February, 1869. Unattached, The promotion of Lieutenant John 79th Foot, Ensign Orr Boswell Gordon to be Bennett, Bombay Establishment, to Captain, Lieutenant, by purchase, vice John Brebner, to be antedated from, 1st December, 1865, to who retires. Dated 17th February, 1869. llth April, 1865. Ensign James Frederick Shaw-Kennedy, from The promotions of Ensigns Arthur Steers and the 20th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Gordon. Michael Toole, of the Unattached List Bombay Dated 17th February, 1869. Army, to be antedated from the 29th Decem- 83rd Foot, Ensign Alfred James Phayre Nuthall. ber, 1865, to the llth April, 1865. from the 63rd Foot, to be Ensign, vice Kirwan, promoted. Dated 17th February, 1869. BREVET. 85th Foot, Staff Assistant Surgeon Charles Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel Walter Frederick Richards, M.B., to be Assistant Birch, 104th Foot, who retires upon a pension, Surgeon, vice Geotge Maclver Campbell, M.B., to have the honorary rank of Major-General. deceased, Dated 17th February, 1869. Dated 28th November, 1868. Ensign and Assistant-Commissary James Pem- 89th Foot, Ensign John Gordon, from the 9th broke, Bengal Commissariat • Department, to Foot, to be Ensign, vice Carter transferred to have the honorary rank of Lieutenant. Dated the 1st Foot. Dated 17th February, 1869. 17th February, 1869. Foot, Lieutenant "William Prescod Holmes, Deputy Assistant-Commissary James Gillmon, from the 7th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Bengal Commissariat Department, to have the Browne, who exchanges. Dated 17th Feb- honorary rank of Ensign. Dated 17th Feb- ruary, 1869. ruary, 1869. IQSrd Foot, Staff Assistant Surgeon Joseph Eustace Fishbourne to be Assistant Surgeon, vice William Wakefield, M.D., appointed to the Staff. Dated 17th February, 1869. Admiralty, 15fh February, 1869. 1041A Foot, Major and Brevet Lieutenant- Admiral Sir' Houston Stewart, G.C.B., has been Colonel Webber D. Harris, to be Lieutenant- this day appointed Visitor and Governor of Colonel, vice Brevet Qolonel Walter Birch, Greenwich Hospital, under the provisions of who retires upon a pension. Dated 28th the Act 28 and.29 Victoria, cap. 89, and of November, 1868. Her Majesty's Order in Council of the 4th Captain Campbell Clark to be Major, vice instant. Brevet Lieutenant - Colonel Harris. Dated The following promotions have been made this 28th November, 1868. day in Her Majesty's Fleet:— Lieutenant Howe Frederick Showers to be Cap- tain, vice Clark. Dated 28th November,. Commanders: 1868. Charles Aylmer Pembroke Vallancey Lieutenant Robert Campbell Richardson to be Robinson, Captain, vice Showers, a Probationer for the Robert Owen Leach, Indian Staff Corps. -Dated 28th November, Arthur Woodall Gillett, 1868. Arthur George Robertson Roe, Ensign Albert Edward Williamson Goldsmid to to be Captains. be Lieutenant, vice Richardson. Dated 28th Lieutenants: November, 1868. . Joshua Reynolds Palmer, Arthur Hamilton Gilraore, Rifle Brigade, Ensign Walter Sydney Campbell Adolphus Frederick Maximilian Meyer, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Christopher Patrick James Murray, Hatton Tumor,, who retires. Dated 17th Feb- Edward Bouverie Pusey, ruary, 1869. Mervyn Bradford Medlycott, 3rd West India Regiment, Major Christopher Cyprian Arthur George Bridge, John Barnard, from the 4th West India Regi- Charles Johnson Vidal, ment, to be Major, vice John Edwin Dickson Henry St. Leger Bury Palliser, Hill, who retires upon temporary half-pay. to be Commanders. Dated 17th February, 1869. Lieutenant Arthur Money Fisher, from the 34th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice W. F. C. Gray, who exchanges. Dated 17th February, 1869. Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Kent, and of the City and County of 4th West India Regiment, Ensign John William the City of Canterbury. McKay has been permitted to retire from the Service by the sale of his Commission. Dated The Honourable Arthur Philip Stanhope (com- 17th February, 1869. monly called Viscount Mahon) to be Deputy Lieutenant. Dated 8th February, 1869. Medical Department, Assistant- Surgeon William Henry Jacques Tufton, Esq., to be Deputy Lieu- Wakefield, M.D., from the 103rd Foot, to be tenant. Dated 8th February, 1869. . Staff Assistant-Surgeon, vice Charles Frederick Richards, M.B., appointed to the 85 th Foot. Dated 17th February, 1869. Commission signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Leicester. Half Pay, Brevet-Colonel Henry Hamilton, C.B., having served five years as Deputy Adjutant- 8th Leicestershire Rifle Volunteer Corps. General, Ceylon, from Major half-pay late 78th Charles Frederick Abney Hastings, Esq, to be Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without pur- Captain, vice the Marquis of Hastings, deceased. chase, Dated 20th December, 1868. Dated 3rd February, 1869.