The Press.
London, England, 1855-05-05 00:00:00

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The Queen gave a juvenile party on Tuesday night,
being the birthday of Prince Arthur. On the morn
ing of that day her Majesty held a Court and Privy
Council, at which Lord John Russell was sworn in as
Secretary of State for the Colonies. On Monday
Viere was a Drasing-room at St. James's Palace; and
on Thursday the Queen and Prince Albert visited
the National Gallery in Trafalgar-square, previous to
the opening of the Royal Academy Exhibition.
It is understood to be the intention of her Majesty
to occupy the new mansion house at Balmoral during
the ensuing autumn. . .

His Excellency the French Ambassador, in the
name of his Majesty the Emperor Napoleon 111., has
presented Sir Joseph Paxton with a gold snuff box,
beautifully mounte,l and having the imperial cipher
set in brilliants. The Countess Walew'-ki has issued
cards for a grand assembly, at the residence of the
French Embassy, on Wednesday, the 24th inst.
The Countess Colloredo held her third grand as-
sembly this season, on Wednesday evening, at the
Austrian embassy, Chandos-house, Cavendish-square.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge
and the Princess Mary were among the guests at
this fête.

On the Czar's birthday, the 29th ult., the King of
Prussia gave a grand banquet at the Palace of Char-
lottenburg. All the princes and princesses of the
royal house appeared in state. The Russian am-
bassadors were present, besides a number of invited
guests. Of the latter, all who were entitled to doso
wore Russian uniforms and decorations.

The Emperor of the French has raised the Count

THE PRESS.

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WAR-OFFICE, APRIL 24.
IRLVICT.

To be Lieutenant• Colonels in the Anny.—Majors Win. C•
Forrest and Thomas Bunbury Gough, Brevet• Major Geo-
Calvert Clarke, Majors Charles F. Fordyce, Robert Ward-
law, Fred. Aurelius Whimper, Fred. C. Evelegh, G. A.
Filiner Suliven, Charles Cameron Shute, Hon. James
Pierce Maxwell, Alez. Cameron, Alfred Thos. Heyland,
Brevet• Majors George Erskine, Thomas Scott Hawkins,
Edmund Peel, Hon. James Lyon Browne, John C. Mae-
pile' son (honorary only.)
To be Majors in the Army.—Captains John W. Thomas,
Archibald C. Campbell, Percy Archer Butler, Geo. John
Brown, G. Nicolls Harrison, Andrew Hunt, Andrew
Browne, Alfred Tipping, Wm. Harry Earl of Errol, John
Edward Lewis, Edward Bayley, Robert Warden, F. Row-
land Foster, James Villiers, John Anstruther M`Gowan,
J. Steadman H. Ferrer, Vincent Wing, W. de Canionnel
Elmsall, James Rose, Thomas Henry Somerville, W. H.
Beaumont de Horsey, G. W. Alexander Higginson, Bar-
tholomew O'Brien, J. Cowell Bartley, Thomas H. Paken-
ham, George Thomas Francis Sbuckburgh, Hugh Fitz-
hardinge Drummond, George Harry Smith Willis, J.
Dugdale Astley, Edward Tonakinson, W. Pollelfen Rad-
cliffe, John Hynde King, Robert White, John Thomas
Dalyell, Reginald Y. Shipley, G. Neeld Boldero, R. Lock-
hart Ross, H. Warier Meredith, G. Le Fevre Dickson,
Robert George Manley, Charles Baring, Augustus L.
Marsh, Hemy Armytage, Edwin Adolphus Cook, Paget
Bayly, Wm. Inglis, Philip S. Crawley, Julius A. R. Raines,
Wm. Gordon Cameron, Wm. Rickman, Charles Richard
Butler, Stephen Remnant Chapman.

ROYAL ARTILLERY.
To be Mcijors in the Army—Captains (1. B. Shakespear,
P. G. Pipon, Hon. W. C. Yelverton, M. A. S. Biddulph,
J. F. L. Baddeley ; Second Captains John Geo. Boothby,
George Barstow, U. Le M. Tupper, John Singleton, C. H.
Ingilby.

ROYAL ENGINEERS.
To be Lieutenant-Colonels in the Army—Brevet•Majors
John W. Gordon, Fred. E. Chapman.
to be Majors in the Army—Captains E. F. Bouchier,
Edward Stanton.

MAY I.
°Seer having completed three
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years' service in the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, to be
Colonel in the Army, in accordance with the provision.; of
the Royal warrant for the Ordnance Department, dated 3rd
November, 18,54:—Lieut.-Colonel W. B. Marlow, Royal
Engineers.
Captain J. Leatham to be Major in the Army.
Brevet-Major J. Leatham to be Lieut. Colonel in the
A rmy.
The undermentioned offioers, who have been selected

for service with the Turkish Contingent Force, to have
local rank in Turkey while so emplo%eil :
To have the Local Rank of Major—Captain W. G.
Sutton, unattached.
To have the Local Rank of Captain—Lieuts. E. Danbeny,
T. R. Hamilton, and W. R. Ximenes.

MAY 4.
Major John Lardner to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the
Army.
Baron R. Stutterbeim to have the rank of Colonel in
the Army while engaged on a particular service.
Captain George T. Graham, employed in England on
th. service of the Turkish Contingent Force, to have the
honorary rank of Major while so employed.
The undermentioned officers, having been selected for
service with the Turkish Contingent Force, to have the
local rank of Major in the Army while so employed :
Captains John Stokes, Charles A. B. Gordon, Hon. Charles
Gnmston. Captain Robert Lewis Taylor, employed on a
special service in Persia, to have the local rank of Major
in Persia while so employed.
• The undermentioned officers about to be employed on a
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particular service in Turkey, to have a step _. local rank
in the army while so employed :—To have the local rank
of Major—Captain Henry Heyman. To have the local
rank of Captain—Lieutenant 0. B. Forrest.

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Assistant-Surgeons--Itendal Wllonald to the Lightning;
Thomas Murray to the Majestic.
Chaplains—Rev. H. E. Yeoratui to the Waterloo; J. W.
Grimes to the Magic'rune
Naval Instructor—T. Sullivan to the Hawke.
Temporary Clerks—Samuel Wa.son and William C.
Williams to the Royal Albert; Henry Rooms to the Duke
of Wellington.
Clerk►' Assistants—Herbert B. Williams Ss the Cal-
cutta; Thomas Elliott to the Fisgard.
Naval Cadet—T. Canulleri to the Nile.
Midehipmeu—Hun. John B. Vivian, J. Hawkins, L. C.
Keppel. and S. Osborne, to the Duke of Wellington;
A. L. Adams to the Childers ; F. H. S. Flood to the Horatio ;
J. M. I►. Elphinstone to the Bulldog; F. 1). B. Broughton
to the Tartar; F. S. H. Weboer and J. W. Lambe to the
Russell; A. J. Pennington to the Hastings; R. C. Hasler
and E. W. Hereford to the Hawke; F. Durant and B.
Sheepshanks to the Falcon; M. B. Medleycott to the
Orion ; Lord W. T. Kerr to the Cornwallis.

Mates to be Lientenants-4).s7bavidson, G. G. Lomas,
J. B. Cooper, E. F. Weld, C. H. Maberley, C. F. Hill,
W. Gregory, H. Johnson, W. H. Ives, G. M. Comber,
P. E. Layard, H. It. Stewart, R. Savery, W. F. Lee, S. M.
Wilson, A. F. Maresceaut, D. P. Pack, A. Henderson.
K. Stewart, 1). Boyle, C. Parry, R. B. Cay, A. J. Villiers.