The Express.
London, England, 1860-05-19 00:00:00

VACANCIES, APPOINTMENTS, AND PRO-
MOTIONS IN THE CIVIL SERVICE.

Colonial-Office The governorship of Ceylon
has become vacant by the promotion of Sir Henry G.
Ward. War-Ofilee —Mr. Henry William Barber has
been appointed • tanapcsary clerk, and vend his ex.
amination. The Admiralty—Mr. Edgar Bement has been
appointed • dockyard clerk, and pared his examina-
tion ; Mr. Frederick E. Eden Hooper has been ap-
pointed • temporary clerk. London, and passed his
examination ; Mr. James Media has been appointed a
temporary clerk, London, and passed hie examination,
Admiralty Registry-office—Mr. John George Smith has been
appointed a permanent clerk, and passed his examination.
Audit Office—Mr. Frederick i Court Berrie has been ap-
pointed to and parsed his examination. General
Mr. George Good has been appointed clerk at
Ipwich, and paved his examination. Prisons Department
—Mr. T Wmim Wbitcher has been appointed • third claw
clerk, and pawed his examination. Customs—Mr. T. B.
Bishop, !supernumerary clerk, has been appointed clerk in
the Controller-General's office, London; Mr. Joseph
Haytan, third deal clerk at Whitelaven, has been ap-
pointed seventh class clerk at Greenock. Inland
Revenue Department—Stamps and Taxes Branch
Yr. William Chadwick, surveyor of taxes at Birmingham,
has been promoted to be •an inspector of taxes, and appointed
to the Liverpool inspection ; ifr. Robert Pearson, surveyor
at Hell, has been promoted to.the Birmingham district ; Mr.
James Mitchell, surveyor at Bradford, has been promoted
to the Hull district ; Mr. J. C. Sells has been promoted
from Kingston-on-Thames to Bradford; Mr. T. S. Atkinson
has been promoted from Knaresborough to Kingston-on-
Thames; Mr. J. D. Webber has been promoted from
Frome to Knaresborough ; Mr. Henry Nicholson has
been promoted from Aylesbury to Prone ; Mr. IC
S. Watts, supernumerary surveyor, has been promoted
to be a surveyor, and appointed to the Aylesbury district.
Excise Branch. —Mr. William Comber, collector, Notting.
base collection, has been appointed collector. Essex collec-
tion; Mr. Cronin, collector, Wales east collection,
been appointed collector, Nottingham collection ; Mr.
Thomas seadoes, collector, Northampton collection, has
been appointed collector, Wales east coßection ; Mr. Robert
Burton, surveving.general.examiner, has been appointed
collector, Northampton collection ; Mr. Joseph Pacy, col-
lector, Worcester collection, has been appointed collector,
Leeds collection ; Mr. William Mountford, collector, Bath
collection, has been appointed collector, Worcester col-
lection ; Mr. David Lawton, collector, Hereford col-
lection, has been appointed collector, Bath collection.
East Indies.—Mr. R. Temple has been appointed commis-
sioner for the introduction of paper currency ; Mr. A. K.
Corfield, eimillauditor, Bombay, has been appointed civil
auditor for Fort William, in the room of Mr. W. P. Palmer,
permitted to resign the service; Mr. R. W. Lodwick, civil
auditor, North-west Provinces, has been appointed civil
auditor for Bombay ; Mr. C. It Chapman, civil auditor,
Pun jab, has been appointed civil auditor for the North-west
Provinces ; Mr. L C. Probyn, first assistant to the Ac-
countant-General, Bombay, has been appointed to officiate
as civil auditor, Bombay, pending the arrival of Mr. Lod-
wick ; Mr. J. Christie, second assistant to the Accountant-
Omni, Bombay, has bgen appointed to act as firstaeristent„
in the room of Mr. Probyn ; Mr. A. Smith baa been ap.
pointed marriage registrar at Purneab ; the Rev. T.
has been appointed marriage registrar at Ilowedt.%irig
Service Gazette.

The Eton Commemoration Dinner this year is
Wed for Saturday, the 2rith inetsst, sod will Ds st
Willies &PM Dad Wizleliouse will take the chair.