PROMOTIONS. Spence to be Lieut. -Col.; Capt. C. J. O. Swaffield to be Major. 10. 89th Foot, Major W. Boyle to be Lieut. Col.; Capt. J. Atkinson to be Major. Brevet Lieut. -Col. W. C. Kennedy to be Col. in the Army (hon.); Capt. H. Clerk, R.A., to be Major in the Army. Brevet-Lieut.-Col. E. S. Farmar to be Col.; Brevet-Major W. Child to be Lieut. Col.; Capt. W. C. Vandespar to be Major. 17. Infantry, 5th Regiment of Foot, Brevet-Lieut. Col. W. C. Master to be Lieut.-Col.; Capt. J. S. Hogge to be Major. 98th Foot, Lieut. W. Blackett to be Capt. by purchase, vice Knight, who retires. Rifle Brigade, Brevet-Lieut. -Col. Lord A. G. Russell to be Lieut. -Colonel. Memorandum.-Major-General E. Studd, Lieut. -Col. on half-pay, has been permitted to retire from the service by the sale of an unattached Lieut. -Colonelcy. 22. Royal Artillery, Second Capt. R. O. Farmer to be Capt.; Second Capt. C. M. Govan to be Captain. -- Brevet Brevet-Col. Lord W. Paulet, C. B., to be Major-Gen.; BrevetLieut. Col. J. E. Orange to be Col.; Brevet-Major H. B. J. Wynyard to be Lieut. Col.; Capt. D. H. Mackinnon to be Major. 24. 7th Foot, Major R. Inglis to be Major. 9th Foot, Major D. M. Bethune to be Lieut.-Colonel; Brevet-Major G. H. Hawes to be Major. 20th Foot, Major J. Cormick to be Lieut. Col.; Brevet-Major G. Bennett to be Major. Depôt Battalion, Brevet-Colonel A. Borton to be Lieut. -Col.; Major C. Elgee to be Major; Major F. E. Appleyard to be Major. Brevet Brevet-Col. N. M. Stack, retired full-pay of a depôt battalion, to be Major-Gen. in the Army (hon.). 31. 67th Foot, Major J. W. Thomas to be Lieut.-Col.; Brevet-Major C. B. Hague to be Major. Hospital Staff: To be InspectorGenerals of Hospitals, Local InspectorGenerals J. Barry, M.D.; W. Linton, M.D., C.B. To be Inspector-Generals of Hospitals-Deputy-Inspector-Generals of Hospitals J. Forest, M. D., C. B.; W. C. Humfrey; J. R. Taylor, C.B.; J. B. Gibson, M.D., C.B, NAVY PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS. JANUARY. 21. Vice-Admiral of the White A. R. Sharpe, C.B., to a good-service pension of 1501. a year and removed to the reserved half- -pay list; Vice-Admiral of the Blue A. Fanshawe, C. B., to be Vice-Admiral of the White; Rear-Admiral Sir G. R. B. Pechell, bart., on the reserved half-pay list, to be a Vice-Admiral on the same list; Rear-Admiral of the Red the Hon. H. J. Rous to be Vice-Admiral of the Blue; Rear-Admiral of the White the Hon. Sir F. W. Grey, K.C.B., to be Rear-Admiral of the Red; Rear-Admiral of the Blue the Hon. G. Grey to be RearAdmiral of the White; Capt. E. Stanley to be a Rear-Admiral on the reserved half-pay list; Capt. Sir B. W. Walker, bart., K.C.B., to be Rear-Admiral of the Blue. 28. Admiral of the Blue Sir E. Tucker, K.C.B., to a pension of 1501. a year, and been removed to the reserved half-pay list; Vice-Admiral C. Gordon, C.B., on the reserved half-pay list, to be Admiral on the same list; Vice-Admiral of the Red H. Hope, K. C. B., to be Admiral of the Blue; Vice-Admiral of the White Sir G. R. Sartorius to be Vice-Admiral of the Red; Vice-Admiral of the Blue Sir H. Stewart K. C. B., to be Vice-Admiral of the White; Rear-Admiral of the Red G. F. Rich to be Vice-Admiral of the Blue; Rear-Admiral of the White R. L. Baynes, C. B., to be Rear-Admiral of the Red; Rear-Admiral of the Blue Sir J. C. Ross to be Rear-Admiral of the White; Capt. Hon. E. Howard to be a Rear-Admiral on the reserved half-pay list; Capt. A. Milne to be Rear-Admiral of the Blue. PROMOTIONS. Rear-Admiral of the White T. Bennet to be Rear-Admiral of the Red; Rear-Admiral of the Blue J. Nias, C.B., to be Rear-Admiral of the White; Capt. R. Crozier to be a Rear-Admiral on the reserved list; Capt. the Right. Hon. Lord C. E. Paget, C. B., to be Rear-Admiral of the Blue. 19. Admiral of the Blue Sir G. F. Seymour, K. C. B., G. C. H., to be Admiral of the White; Vice-Admiral of the Red the Hon. Sir F. B. R. Pellew, C. B., K.C.H., to be Admiral of the Blue; Vice-Admiral of the White Sir J. G. Sinclair, bart., to be Vice-Admiral of the Red; Vice-Admiral of the Blue Provo W. P. Wallis to be Vice Admiral of the White; Rear-Admiral J. R. Burton, K.H., on the reserved list, to be ViceAdmiral on the same list; Rear-Admiral of the Red W. F. Martin to be Vice-Admiral of the Blue; Rear-Admiral of the White H. Smith, C. B., to be Rear-Admiral of the Red; Rear-Admiral of the Blue H. J. Codrington, C. B., to be RearAdmiral of the White; Capt. R. H. King to be Rear-Admiral on the reserved list; Capt. R. L. Warren to be Rear-Admiral of the Blue. Commanders R. T. Bedford, M. Connolly, and A. C. Gordon, to be Captains. Commanders E. Norcott, S. Mercer, A. Smith, R. G. Welch, W. N. Taylor, G. C. Mends, J. A. Abbott, J. G. Dick, J. L. R. Holl, J. C. Gill, P. A. Helpman, J. Clavell, C. M. Mathison, J. R. Ward, J. Cheere, E. B. Nott, W. Boys, J. W. Finch, G. Johnson, J. A. Macdonald, G. Mason, R. Robertson, H. Pryce, and T. Bevis, to be Captains on the reserved list. Lieutenants E. Maxey, J. R. Black, R. Evans, H. P. Dicken, R. E. Pym, W. G. Hemsworth, J. B. Somerville, J. B. Clarke, R. Cotgrave, J. Douglas, T. Creser, F. Smyth, J. Morshead, R. C. Whyte, J. S. Davison, and C. A. Lodder, to be Commanders on the reserved list. 25. Royal Marines, Col. Second Commandant H. W. Parke to be Colonel Commandant; Lieut. -Col. and Brevet-Col. T. Holloway to be Col. Second Commandant; Capt. and Brevet-Major S. Fraser to be Lieut.-Colonel. Hon. Geo. Grey to be Rear-Admiral Superintendent of Portsmouth Dockyard. 2. Vice-Admiral of the Blue W. Walpole to a pension of 150l. a year and removed to the reserved list; Rear-Admiral of the Red the Hon. Sir R. S. Dundas, K. C.B., to be Vice-Admiral of the Blue; Rear-Admiral of the White Sir S. Lushington, K. C.B., to be Rear-Admiral of the Red; Rear-Admiral of the Blue J. M'Dougall to be Rear-Admiral of the White; Capt. the Hon. P. P. Carey, Capt. R. Craigie, Capt. J. B. B. M'Hardy, to be Rear-Admirals on the reserved list; Capt. G. Elliott to be Rear-Admiral of the Blue. 8. Lord Lovaine to be a Lord of the Admiralty. 13. Commanders R. Otway, J. H. Selwyn, A. J. Curtis, J. P. Luce, and F. H. Shortt, to be Captains. Lieutenants Hon. W. B. De Blaquière, J. M. Jackson, and R. G. Tufnell, to be Commanders. Commander V. G. Hickley to be Captain. Master J. Davies retired with the rank of Captain. -Lieutenants Hon. M.H. Nelson, W. Swinburn, W. H. Whyte, and J. C. Campbell to be Commanders. 19. Admiral of the White E. Hawker to a pension of 150l. a year and removed to reserved half-pay list; Admiral of the Blue the Hon. Sir A. Maitland, K. C.B., K.C., St. M. and G. to be Admiral of the White; Vice-Admiral of the Red Sir C. Napier, K.C.B., to be Admiral of the Blue; Vice-Admiral of the White the Right Hon. Sir M. F. F. Berkeley, K. C. B., ta be Vice-Admiral of the Red; Vice-Admiral of the Blue H. W. Bruce to be ViceAdmiral of the White; Rear-Admiral P. Grace, on the reserved list, to be ViceAdmiral on the same list; Rear-Admiral of the Red H. Dundas to be Vice-Admiral of the Blue; Rear-Admiral of the White J. A. Duntze to be Rear-Admiral of the Red; Rear-Admiral of the Blue M. Quin to be Rear-Admiral of the White; Capt. PROMOTIONS. the Hon. F. T. Pelham, C. B., to be RearAdmiral of the Blue; Capt. T. Bushby, on the retired list, to be a retired RearAdmiral. Commanders G. M. Balfour to Siren; M. R. Pechell to Wanderer; G. P. Mends to Nimrod; J. E. Commerell, V.C., L.H., to Cruizer; H. Campion, L.H., to Elk; R. B. Pearse to Acorn; J. Bythesea to Cruizer. Capt. W. H. Kennedy, additional, to Pembroke. Captain G. W. Preedy to Agamemnon, Commanders J. Daman to Gorgon; W. Swinburn to Childers. ΜΑΥ. 18. Retired Rear-Admirals to be retired Vice-Admirals, with the seniorities expressed against their names: J. Thompson, May 27, 1854; T. F. C. Mainwaring, Sept. 11, 1854; the Right Hon. William Earl Waldegrave, C. B., Sept. 11, 1854; J. Hollinworth, Sept. 11, 1854; A. Ferris, Sept. 11, 1854; R. M. Fowler, Oct. 27, 1854; G. Henderson, July 3, 1855; R. W. G. Festing, C. B., July 4, 1855; J. P. Stewart, C. B., Sept. 27, 1855; the Hon. E. S. P. Knox, Sept. 27, 1855; the Right Hon. David, Earl of Leven and Melville, Sept. 27, 1855; J. Pringle, Sept. 27, 1855; G. Le Geyt, C. B., Oct. 3, 1855; R. Mitford, Dec. 28, 1855; H. Bain, Dec. 28, 1855; J. N. Tayler, C.B., Dec. 28, 1855; T. E. Symonds, Dec. 28, 1855; L. Hole, Jan. 31, 1856; H. T. Davies, Jan. 31, 1856; the Hon. H. D. Byng, Jan. 31, 1856; G. G. Lennock, Jan. 31, 1856; R. Gambier, Oct. 21, 1856; I. H. Morrison, Oct. 21, 1856; H. Robinson, Oct. 21, 1856; T. Dick, Oct. 21, 1856; W. I. Scott, Oct. 21, 1856; B. C. Cator, Nov. 12, 1856; F. E. V. Harcourt, March 19, 1857; the Right Hon. Kenelm, Lord Somerville, March 19, 1857; H. Jenkinson, May 14, 1857; E. Saurin, May 14, 1857; A. Adderley, May 14, 1857; R. Moneys, C. B., July 9, 1857; J. Sheridan, July 9, 1857; Sir H. L. Baker, bart., C. B., July 9, 1857; G. W. H. D'Aeth, July 9, 1857; J. C. G. R. Gawen, July 9, 1857; W. S. Lovell, K. H., July 9, 1857; J. Digby, July 9, 1857; C. Warde, K. H., July 9, 1857; W. Ffarington, July 9, 1857; J. Rattray, July 9, 1857; A. P. Hamilton, July 9, 1857; G. Bentham, July 9, 1857; J. A. Murray, July 30, 1857; H. Higman, July 30, 1857; G. Hewson, July 30, 1857; A. Baldwin, July 30, 1857; H. C. Deacon, July 30, 1857; E. Barnard, Aug. 22, 1857; W. B. Dashwood, Aug. 22, 1857; M. White, Aug. 22, 1857; C. G. R. Phillott, Aug. 22, 1857; W. Wolrige, Aug. 22, 1857 ; G. Brine, Sept. 10, 1857; the Hon. J. Gordon, Sept. 10, 1857; W. Popham, Sept. 10, 1857; R. R. Carre, Sept. 10, 1857; H. Patton, Sept. 10, 1857; the Hon. C. O. Bridgeman, Sept. 10, 1857; Sir H. Shiffner, bart., Sept. 10, 1857; A. Montgomerie, Oct. 2, 1857; J. W. Montagu, Oct. 2, 1857; W. B. Bigland, K. H., Oct. 2, 1857; G. C. Gambie, Oct. 2, 1857; Sir C. Burrard, bart., Nov. 4, 1857; T. L. Peake, Nov. 28, 1857; H. T. B. Collier, Jan. 5, 1858; J. Brenton, Jan. 5, 1858; H. Stanhope, Jan. 5, 1858; J. T. Coffin, Jan. 5, 1858; E. Curzon, C. B., Jan. 5, 1858; T. B. Clowes, Jan. 20, 1858; W. H. Smyth, Feb. 13, 1858; R. Saumarez, Feb. 13, 1858; J. Montagu, Feb. 24, 1858; A. D. Y. Arbuthnot, March 6, 1858. 18. Lieutenant B. C. T. Pim to be Commander. Retired Master J. Roskilly to be Commander. Captains G. Goldsmith, C.B., to Wellesley; H. Lyster to be Capt. Superintendent of the Royal William Vicualling Yard and Naval Hospital at Plymouth; J. Saunderson, to Archer. THE WAR MEDALS.-The claims of officers who served as Agents for Transports in the Baltic or Black Sea during the war to the Baltic or Crimean Medal have been admitted, and the medal will be awarded to them on proper proof by application to the Accountant-General of the Navy. JUNE. 23. In consideration of the services performed by the Officers of the Naval Brigade in India, under the command of the late Capt. Sir W. Peel, K. C.B., the following promotions, to date March 22, 1858, have been made: To be Commanders, Lieuts. T. J. Young, W. C. F. Wilson, E. May, H. R. Wratislaw, and N. Salmon. In consideration of the services performed by the Officers of the Naval Brigade in India, under the command of Capt. Sotheby, the following promotions have taken place, to date May 21, 1858: To be Commander, Lieut. N. E. B. Tur nour. PROMOTIONS. 23. Lieutenants J. Bradley to the reserved list; J. P. Alexander to be Commanders. 25. In pursuance of Her Majesty's pleasure, Admiral of the Red, Sir J. West, K. C.B., has this day been promoted to be Admiral of the Fleet; Admiral of the White Sir W. Parker, bart., G.C.B., to be Admiral of the Red; Admiral of the Blue the Right Hon. George Earl Cadogan, C. B., to be Admiral of the White; Vice-Admiral of the Red Sir P. Hornby, K.C.B., to be Admiral of the Blue; Vice-Admiral of the White Sir F. Moresby, K.C.B., to be Vice-Admiral of the Red; Vice-Admiral of the Blue W. J. Mingaye to be Vice-Admiral of the White; Rear-Admiral of the Red the Hon. Sir M. Stopford, K. C.B., to be Vice-Admiral of the Blue; Rear-Admiral of the White F. T. Michell, C. B., to be Rear-Admiral of the Red; Rear-Admiral of the Blue Sir T. Maitland, C. B., to be Rear-Admiral of the White; Capt. S. C. Dacres, C.B., to be Rear-Admiral of the Blue. Retired Rear-Admiral W. Hotham, K.H., has to be retired Vice-Admiral in Her Majesty's Fleet. Captains T. H. Glasse to Terrible; E. C. T. D'Eyncourt to Orion; C. Frederick to Cæsar. Commanders Hon. T. A. Packenham to command Racer; H. F. W. Ingram to Argus; R. V. Hamilton to Hydra. JULY. 3. Marines, First Lieut. E. R. Horsey, of the Artillery Companies, to be Capt. 14. Royal Marines, Capt. and BrevetMajor W. H. March to be Lieut.-Col. ; First Lieut. and Adjt. A. Ellis to be Capt. Master E. P. Cole to be Commander on the retired list. 21. Royal Marines: First Lieut. F. C. Travers to be Adjutant. Captains Sir G. N. Broke, bart., C. B., to Centurion; G. T. Gordon to Hannibal; R. Macguire to Sanspareil; J. Moore to Victor Emanuel; J. Willcox to Hogue; W. Crispin to Hawke. Commanders Hon. F. A. Foley to command Coquette; H. S. H. Prince Victor of Hohenlohe-Langenburg to. Scourge; H.S. H. Prince Ernest of Leiningen to Victoria and Albert; E. R. Power to Perseverance; J. Seccombe to Hima. laya. VOL. C AUGUST. 11. Royal Marines, Capt. and BrevetMajor G. B. Payne to be Lieut. -Col. 9. Commander T. Saumarez, in consideration of services performed at the capture of the forts at the mouth of the Pei-Ho, to be Captain. 15. Rear-Admiral Sir H. J. Leeke, C.B., K.H., being transferred in his proper seniority from the reserved to the active list of flag officers, to be placed on the list of Rear-Admirals of the Red Squadron. 18. Commanders H. Christian and S. S. Stanhope to be Captains. Lieutenants R. Gibson and S. F. Douglas to be Commanders. Rear-Admiral H. J. Codrington to be Admiral Superintendent of Malta Dockyard. Captains J. Willcox, C.B., to Victor Emanuel; H. D. Rogers, C.B., to Cumberland, as Flag Captain to Rear-Admiral Sir S. Lushington, K. C.B., Commander-in-Chief on the south-east coast of America; H. E. Edgell to Chesapeake ; E. B. Rice to Royal Albert; G. T. P. Hornby to Tribune. Commanders A. Wodehouse to Cormorant; B. S. Pickard to Victor Emanuel; H. Christian to Euryalus. SEPTEMBER. 8. Royal Marines, Lieut.-Gen. J. R. Coryton to be Gen.; Major-Gen. J. I. Willes to be Lieut.-Gen.; Col. -Commandant J. T. Brown to be Major-Gen. ; Col. Second Commandant A. B. Strantham to be Col. -Commandant; Lieut. Col. and Brevet-Col. F. A. Campbell to Brevet-Major J. O. Travers to be Lieut. be Col. Second-Commandant; Capt. and Colonel. 17. In consideration of the successful operations on the Peiho, as recorded in the Supplement to the London Gazette, of the 27th of July, 1858, the following To be Captains, Commanders C. T. promotions have this day taken place: manders, Lieuts. A. Bland, R. P. Cator, Leckie, S. G. Cresswell. To be ComA. T. Thrupp. Captain. Lieuts. W. N. W. Hewett, V.C., L. H., G. W. Watson, J. Ward to be Commanders. 28. Lieuts. J. Hancock and J. L. Perry to be Commanders. KK 8. In consideration of the successful operations against piratical junks in the Chinese Seas, Lieut. L. Wildman to be Commander; Lieut. J. W. Webb to be Commander. 15. Lieuts. F. A. Herbert, R. Reid, H. G. St. John Mildmay to be Commanders. fey. Captain G. W. Preedy, C.B., to Lif Commander Hon. A. C. Hobart to Hibernia. DECEMBER. 2. Vice-Admiral of the Blue Sir J. H. Plumridge, K. C. B., to be Vice-Admiral of the White; Rear-Admiral the Hon. C. Philip, Earl of Hardwicke, on the reserved half-pay list, to be Vice-Admiral on the reserved half-pay list; Rear-Admiral of the Red Sir H. D. Chads, K.C.B., to be Vice-Admiral of the Blue; Rear-Admiral of the White Sir T. Hastings, knt. C. B., to be Rear-Admiral of the Red; Rear-Admiral of the Blue R. Smart, K.H. to be Rear-Admiral of the White; Capt. N. Cory to be Rear-Admiral on the reserved half-pay list; Capt. J. Shepherd to be Rear-Admiral of the Blue; Retired Rear-Admiral G. O. Lempriere to have the rank and title of Retired Vice-Admiral in pursuance of the Order in Council of 17th May, 1858. 10. Royal Marines, First Lieut. G. H. Wriford to be Captain. Commanders, Donnellan, W. H. Brand, J. Moresby, E. Madden, to be Captains on reserved half-pay. Lieut. J. C. Stoady to be Com mander. VICTORIA CROSS. JANUARY 15. The Queen has been graciously pleased to signify her intention to confer the decoration of the Victoria Cross on the under-mentioned officers, non-commissioned officers, and men of Her Majesty's and of the East India Company's armies, who have been recommended to Her Majesty for that decoration, in accordance with the rules laid down in Her Majesty's warrant instituting the same, on account of acts of bravery performed by them in India, as recorded against their several names: Lieutenant Joseph P. H. Crowe, 78th Regiment, now Captain of the 10th Regiment. For being the first to enter the redoubt at Bourzekee Chowkee, the intrenched village in front of the Busherut-gunge, on the 12th of August. Lieutenant Henry Marshman Havelock, 10th Regiment, now Captain of the 18th Regiment. "In the combat at Cawnpore Lieutenant Havelock was my Aide-de-camp. The 64th Regiment had been much under artillery fire, from which it had severely suffered. The whole of the infantry were lying down in line, when, perceiving that the enemy had brought out the last reserved gun, a 24-pounder, and were rallying round it, I called up the regiment to rise and advance. Without any other word from me Lieutenant Havelock placed himself on his horse, in front of the centre of the 64th, opposite the muzzle of the gun. Major Stirling, commanding the regiment, was in front, dismounted, but the lieutenant continued to move steadily on in front of the regiment at a foot pace, on his horse. The gun discharged shot until the troops were within a short distance, when they fired grape. In went the corps, led by the lieutenant, who still steered steadily on the gun's muzzle until it was mastered by a rush of the 64th." Thomas Hancock and John Rear-Admiral of the White C. Tal- Purcell, privates, 9th Lancers. bot to be Commander-in-Chief at Cork. Capt. A. P. E. Wilmot, C.B., to Nile as Flag Capt. to Rear-Admiral Talbot. "The guns, I am happy to say, were saved, but a waggon of Major Scott's battery was blown up. I must not fail to mention the excellent conduct of a sowar |