The Press. — London, England, 1854-02-25 00:00:00

`At WAR-OFFICE, FEB. 17. Ist Regiment of Dragoons—Lieutenant Henry Sykes to be Captain, by purchase, vice Sibthorp, who retires ; Cornet Thomas Keane Fitz Gerald to be Lieutenant, by purchase, ♦ice Sykes ; William Edmund Curtis, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Fitz Gerald. :ird Light Dragoons—Jacob Camac Murphy, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Vyse, promoted. Scott Fusilier Guards—Major and Colonel Henry Lord Rokeby to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Colone Henry Colville, who retires upon half•pay ; Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel and Colonel George Morton Eden to be Major, by purchase, vice Lord Rokeby ; Lieutenant-Co lonel and Brevet• Colonel the Hon. Charles Beaumont Phipps, C.li., from half pay unattached, to be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Eden ; Lieutenant and Captain Henry Percival de Bathe to be Captain and Lieut.-Colonel, by purchase, vice the Hon. C. B. Phipps, C. 8., who retires ; Ensign and Lieutenant Roger Mostyn to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice de Bathe ; Ensign and Lieu tenant the Hon. George Grey Dalrymple has been permitted to retire from the service by the sale of his commission ; Battalion-Surgeon Thomas Richardson to be Surgeon- Major, vice William Henry Judd, who retires upon half pay ; Assistant-Surgeon John Ashton Rostock, M.D., to be Battalion-Surgeon, vice Richardson; Assistant Staff- Surgeon Arthur Gny Elkington to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Bostock. . 2nd Foot—Captain George Wolfe, from the 87th Foot., to be Captain, vice Mathias, appointed to the 54th Foot. 19th Foot—Ensign Edward Robert Ward Bayley to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Beadon, who retires; John Henry Kirke, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Bayley. 28th Foot—Lieutenant Henry Robert Crew Godley to be Captain, by purchase, vice De Winton, who retires ; Ensign Thomas Lynden Bell to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Godley; Charles David Ingham, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Bell. 44th Foot—Ensign Bradford Smith Hoskins to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Richard Fitzßichard Eyre, who has declined purchasing. 54th Foot—Captain Frederick Mathias, from the 2nd Foot, to be Captain, vice Fane, appointed to the 87th Foot. 57th Foot—Willian Jesser Coope, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Johnson, who retires. 87th Foot—Captain Francis Fane, from the 54th Foot, to be Captain, vice Wolfe, appointed to the 2nd Foot. 91st Foot—Lieutenant Alexander Watson Mackenzie to be Captain, by purchase, vice Bayly, who retires; Ensign Lloyd Henry Thomas to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Mackenzie; William Peascod Gurney, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Thomas. 97th Foot —Richard Stovin Warburton, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Nash, who retires. let West India Regiment—Ensign Henry Francis Enke to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Stokes, promoted ; John Tryon, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Luke. UNATTACHZIL—Lieutenant and Adjutant Thomas Beck with Speedy, from the 7th Foot, to be Captain, without purchase. MEMORANDUM.—The Christian names of Ensign Brooke, of the 4th Foot, are " Charles Francis," and not Charles Frederick, as previously stated. OFFICE OF ORDANCE, FEB. 17. ROYAL REGIMENS OF ARTILLERY. Captain Edward Fitzherbert Grant to be Lieutenant- Colonel, vice Walker, retired upon full-pay. Second Captain John James Brandling to be Captain, vice ()rant. First Lieutenant Edward Taswell to be Second Captain, vice Brandling. Second Lieutenant Arthur Lister Kaye to be First Lieu tenant, vice Taswell. Second Captain Alfred Romaine 'Wragge to be Captain, vice Lempriere, retired upon half pay. First Lieutenant John Singleton to be Second Captain, vice Wragge. Second Lieutenant Jones Julian Smith to be First Lieu tenant, vice Singleton. THE PRESS. To be Colonel Commandant—Colonel John Edward Jones. To be Colonels—Lieutenant-Colonels Poole Valiancy England, vice Jones; Irwine Whitty, Henry Lewis Sweating. To be Lieutenant-Colonels—Captains John Wray Mitchell, vice England • George John Beresford, vice Whitty; Robert Fitzgerald Crawford, vice Sweeting; John St. George, William Robert Ncdham, Edward Charles Warde, Henry Coope Stace. To be Captains—Second Captains William Haultain, vice Mitchell ' • Frederick John. Travers, vice Beresford ; Matthew Charles Dixon, vice Crawford ; Henry Rogers, vice St. George; John Turner, vice Nedham; Augustus Charles Lennox Fitzroy, vice Warde; Edward Henry Fisher, vice Stace ; Robert Frederick Mountain, Samuel Cleaveland, Samuel Hood, Stovin Inglefield, Edward Mourier Boxer, Charles Scudamore Longden, William Alet• ander Middleton, Roquier John Cannon, James Robert Gibbon. To be Second Captains—First Lieutenants William Edmund Moyses Reilly, vice Haultain ; William Boyd Saunders, vice Travers; Charles Ilodgkinson Smith, vice Dixon ; Henry Terrick Fitzhugh, vice Rogers ; Whaley Nicoll Hardy, vice Turner; John Lawrence Boulton, vice Fitzroy; George Henry John Alexander Fraser, vice Fisher; Themes Lambert, vice Mountain; France James Soady, vice Cleaveland ; Edward Eldon Robert Dyneley, vice In. glefiald; Frederick Hervey Bathurst Phillips, vice Boxer; Joseph Godby, vice Longden; Dominick Sarsfield Greene, vice Middleton ; Philip Francis Miller, vice Cannon ; William Wigram Barry, vice Gibbon ' • George Hatton Colomb, Thomas Henry Harding, Philip Davies Margesson, Mervyn Steward, James Frederick D'Arley Street, Archi bald Motteux Calvert, O'Brien Bellingham Woolsey, Alfred Wilks Drayton, Cadwalladar William Elgee. To be First Lieutenants—Second Lieutenants Eardley Maitland, vice Reilly; Maurice Edward Covey Stocker, vice Saunders ; William Arnold Burrows, vice Smith ; John Lardner Clarke, vice Fitzhugh; Algernon Purling Joy, vice Hardy; Henry Thornhill, vice Boulton ; Arthur Thorn ton Gratwicke Pearse, vice Fraser; Thomas Priaulx Carey, vice Lambert ; William Francis Walker, vice Soady ; Geoffery Joseph Shakerley, vice Dyneley; Henry James Alderson, vice Phillips; Alexander Heiden Hutchinson, vice Godby; Francis Teeple, vice Greene; Frederick George Ravenhill, vite Miller ; Thomas Henry Pitt, vice Barry ; Frederick Lee Hopkinson Lyon, vice Colomb ; Charles Lennox Tredcroft, vice Harding •, George William Holmes, vice Margesson; John Edward Ruck-Keene, vice Stewart ; Henry Archdall Doyne, vice Street ; John Theo philus Daubuz, vice Calvert ; Robert Hodson, vice Woolsey ; Ernest Courtenay Vaughan, vice Drayson ; Frederick Sidney 1/Illude, vice Elgee; Francis Towry Adeane Law, Major Francis Downs, Albert Charles Hugo Light, Francis Henry William Nisbett, Falkland George Edgeworth Warren, Henry Clement Swinnerton Dyer, Thomes Lloyd Stilli Joseph Hauwell, Joshua Frederick Betty, Francis Wil am Eveleigh Savage, John Kelly Holdsworth, William Frederick Moore, Maurice Henry Fitzmaurice, Wilbraham Digby Milman, Arthur Richard Robinson, Henry Rich mond Martin. FEB. 18. CORPS OF LOYAL ENGINEERS. Second Captain Frederick Edward Chapman to be Cap tain, vice Frome, placed en the Seconded List. First Lieutenant James Frankfort Manners Browne to be Second Captain, vice Chapman. Second Lieutenant Wilbraham Oates Lennox to be First Lieutenant, vice Browne. FEB. 17. CORPS OF IOYAI. ENGINEERS. To be Colonel Commandant—Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Goldfinch, K.C.B. To be Colonels—Lieutenant-Colonel Philip Barry, Bre vet-Colonel Sir William Reid, Lieutenant-Colonel William Redman OH. ro be Lieutenant-Colonels—Brevet Majors Henry Ser vants, vice Barry ; Henry Owen Crawley, vice Ord ; John Twiss, John Walpole, Thomas Aiskew Larcom, Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Vicars, Brevet Majors St. Aubyn Moles Worth, Edward Frome, Captain Chas. Edmund Wilkinson. To be Captains—Second Captains Thomas Fenwick, vice Servante ; Gother Frederick Mann, vice Crawley ; Spencer Westmacott, vice Twiss; Charles Acton Broke, vice Walpole ; William Collier Menzies, vice Vicars ; Robert Michael Laffan, vice Moiesworth ; Arthur Henry Freeling, vice Wilkinson; Harry St. George OH, David William Tylee, Hampden Clement Blamiie Moody, John Linton Arabia Simmons, George Archibald Leach, Brevet Major Richard Tylden ; Second Captains Philip John Stapleton Barry, Henry Arthur White, Paul Bernard Whittinghnm. To be Second Captains—First Lieutenants Fitzroy Molyneuz Henry Somerset, vice Fenwick ; Horace William Montagu, vice Mann ; Valentine Thomas Nlairis, vice Westmacott; Frederick William King, vice Broke ; Francis Fowke, vice Menzies ; Charles Richard Ilinney, vice Laffan ; Frederick Henry Rich, vice Freeling ; Francis Rawdon Chesney, vice Ord; Thomas Andrew Lumsden Murray, vice tylee ; Herbert Newton Penrice, vice Moody ; William Lawtie Morrison, vice Leach ; Anthony Charles Cooke, vice Tylden ; Thomas Inglis, vice Barry ; Ben Hay Martindale, vice White ; Charles Scrope Hut chinson, vice Whittingham ; Henry Wray, Charles Pasley, John Stokes. Andrew Clarke, Francis Du Cane, Robert Dnndas Kerr, John Yerbury Moggridge, Francis Koe. tato be First Lieutenants—Second Lieutenants Arthur Leaky, vice Somerset; Edward Loftus Bland, vice Mon tagu ; Charles Edward Stuart Baynes, vice Mairis ; Charles Le (lanais, vice King; Anthony William Durnford, vice Fowke ; Donald Augustus Frazer, vice Binney ; Harry George Teesdale, vice Rich; Thomas Molyneuz Graves, vice Chesney; William Christian Anderson, vice Murray; Edmund Frederick Da Cane, rice Penrice ; William Croup SATURDAY, man, vice Morrison; Willoughby Digby Marsh, vice Cooke; William James Stuart, vice Inglis; John Clayton Cowell, vice Martindale; Robert Hawthorn, vice Hutchinson; Gerald Graham, vice Wray ; Charles Elwin Harvey, vice Pasley; Robert William Duff, vice Stokes; George Phil lips, vice Clarke; Charles Nassau Martin, vice Du Cane; Francis Edward Pratt, vice Kerr; Alfred George Goodhall, Vice Moggridge ; Jahn Mervin Cutliffe Drake, vice Koes Edward ltenouard James, Charles William Townsend, William Bailey, Frederick Edward Blackett Beaumont, Charles George Gordon, Oliver Haldane Stokes, John Henry Stockman Carter, William Frederick Gilley, James Bevan Edwards, John Fretchville Dykes Donnelly, John Edwin Cornea, Thomas Graves Lowry, William Meredith Somer ville, Alexander De Courcy Scott, Carew Lewis Augustus O'Grady, Hon. Cameron Wrottesley. WAR-OFFICE, Fin. 21. BltEVET.—Lieutenant-General Fitzroy James Henry, Lord Raglan, G.C.8., to be Commander of the Forcesabout proceeding on &particular service, with the rank of General while so employed ; Colonel Henry John William Ben tmck, of the Coldstream Guards ; Colonel Sir Colin Camp bell, K. 8., upon half-pay unattached; Colonel Richard Airey, upon half•pay unattached; and Colonel William Eyre, C. 8., of the 73rd Regiment of Foot; to be Brigadier- Generals while employed upon the staff of the forces about proceeding uprn a particular service. l'he above commis sions to bear date 21st February, 185.1. 188 Tga EASTERN QUESTION has done much good to the evening papers in Paris. Since the course of events became interesting, the sale of the Patrice and Preset , has nearly doubled. The latter sold on Mon day evening 12,000 copies beyond its usual number. THE MEMBERS OF THE PRINTERS' DRAMATIC SO CIETY gave their first musical and dramatic soiree for the season on Saturday evening last at Anderton's Hotel, Fleet-street. A large and respectable attend ance was the result, and the entertainments, executed chiefly by members of the society, gave evident satis faction. Several pieces of concerted music were per formed, interspersed with readings from Shakspeare, Bulwer, Knowles, Hood, &c. AT the evening meeting of the Royal Geographical Society, on Monday next, the 27th inst., the following papers will be read :—" Successful exploration of the River Murray by Captain Cadell and Governor Sir Henry Young, in the Lady Augusta steamer." Com municated through the Colonial-office. " Observa• tions on the proposed North Australian Expedition, under Captain Stokes, R.N." By Captain Sturt. F IT is rumoured that Signor Lablache has at last joined the company at the Royal Italian Opera, and that the season there will possibly be opened by Madame Alboni. IL ttt O. ADMIRALTY, FIB. 14,16, 17. Corps of Royal Marines—Second Lieutenant James Conway Travers to be First Lieutenant; First Lieutenant and Adjutant Thomas Forrest to be Captain; Second Lieutenant Frederick Lewis David to be First Lieutenant; First Lieutenant Edward Andree Wylde to be Captain ; Second Lieutenant James Stirling Mould to be First Lieutenant. The following promotions, dated the 11th instant, have this day (Fob. 16) taken place, consequent on the death, on the 10th Instant, of Vice-Admiral of the Red lion. George Poulett:—Vice • Admiral of the White Charles James Johnston to be Vice-Admi ral of the Red ; Vice-Admiral of the Blue Charles Sibthorp John Hawtayne to be Vice-Admiral of the White ; Rear-Admiral of the Red Hon. William Gordon to be Vice-Admiral of the Blue; Hear-Admiral of the White Sir John Gordon Sinclair, Bart-, to be Rear-Admiral of the Red; Rear-Admiral of the Blue Henry William Bruce to be Rear-Admiral of the White; Captain John Leith to be Rear-Admiral of the Blue. APPOINTMENTS AND PROMOTIONS. APPOINTMENTS. Captains—Harry Eyres to the St. George; Henry Smith to the Neptune; Edward Augustus Inglefield to the Phoenix; Richard S. Hewlett, as Flag•Captaln, to the Edinburgh. Commanders—William Boys to the Fisyard; Henry May to the St. George ; William Henn Gennys to the Neptune. Lieutenant-Commanders—Samuel Gurney Cresswell to the Talbot; Colin C. A. Kane to the Janus. Lieutenants—George Stratton to the Monarch; Hon. Oliver \V. M. Lambart to the Ajax; R. I. Wynniatt to the Neptune; George H. Mansell to the Pique ; John E. Commerell to the Vulture; George Blakeley to the Edinburgh; Edwin A. Porcher and G. N. Temple to the Majestic. Masters—J. LOUIE/ to the Nile; R. B. Batt to the Aisphiois George H. Blakey to the Edinburgh; Charles Scott to the Gla diator. Surgeon•Superintendent—Charles Smith to the Amazon. Surgeons--J. Lardner to the Neptune; J. G. Williams to the St. George; Charles A. Anderson, M.D., to the Blenheim; An drew Graham, M.D., to the Majestic; Thomas Nelson, M.D., to the Pique. Assistant-Surgeons—W. I. Baird to the Leander; Charles Ro berts to Deal Hospital; George C. Wilson to the Majestic. Acting Assistant-Surgeons—George E. Young to the Cesar; William J. Shone to the Vulcan; Francis Hardinge to the James Watt; Richard Eustace to the Monarch. Chaplains—Rev. H. Davis to the Pique; Rev. 11. Alexander to the Neptune. Deputy-Inspector !of Hospitals—James Wingate Johnston, M.D., to Deal Hospital. Paymasters—John Nott to the Neptune; Joseph Martin to the Blenheim. Second Master—Frederick William Rea to the Nile. Master's Assistant—J. H. Warren to the Pique. Clerks—William H. Turner to the Nile; Thomas Waterfleld to the Simoom ; John G. Whiffin to the Royal William; Henry Hawley to the Victory; Edward J. Bennett to the Edinburgh. Clerks' Assistants—henry S. 11. Giles to the Hogue; Arthur M. Garrington to the Monarch; William H. Allen to the St. George; Pierey Ellis to the Casa?. PROMOTIONR. Lieutenant—E. H. G. Lambert to be Commander. Deputy-Inspector of Hospitals—Edward Hilditch to be In• speotor of Hospitals. Admiral Sir William Parker is to succeed Admiral Sir John Ommanney as Commander-in-Chief at Devonport in April next, the three yesrs' period of service of the pre sent Commander-in-Chief at that station expiring on the 17th of that month. Commodore and First Captain Michael Seymour, Capt. John Kingcome, C. 13., and all the officers of the St. George, 120, guard-ship of ordinary at I)evonport, have been turned over to the Royal William, 120, at Devonport, as the St. George is required for active service at sea, as one of the ships of the Italic squadron. Captain Edward Scott and the officers of tl e Neptune, 120, guard-ship of ordir.ary at Portsmouth, have been turned over to the St. Vincent, 102, at Portsmouth, the Neptune being required for active service at sea. Montg Var lat anb 6itg ,ititilignut. FRIDAY EVENII47O. THE same favourable symptoms which have charac terised the Money Market for the last few weeks continue. Stock is still very scarce, and throughout the week Consols have been nearly per cent. dearer for money than for time. The public desire to invest ; and, so long as there is no creation, there is very little chance of any permanent fall.