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DAY OF TIcIAVSGIVING.
At the Court at Balmoral, Ow 24th day of September,
1855, present the Queen's st Excellent Majesty in
Council.
It is this day ordered, by h Majesty in Council, that
his Grace the Archbishop of Ca t rbury do prepare a Form
of Prayer and Thanksgiving to mighty God for the sig-
nal and repeated successes obt dby the troops of her
Majesty, andly those of her Afr s, in the Crimea, and
especially for-the capture of they town of Sebastopol ; and
that such Form of P ayer and anksgiving be used in all
churches and. chapels in England nd Wales, and in the town
of Berwick-upon-Tweed, upon unday the thirtieth day
of this instant Septeinber, or n n the Sunday after the
ministers of such:churches and Pals shall respectively
receive the same.
And.it is hereby further or ered that her Majesty's
Printer do forthwith print a competent number of copies
of the said Form of Prayer and Thanksgiving, in order
that the same may be forthwith Pent round and read in the
sevtrral churches and chapels in England and Wales, and in
the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed. C. C. GiiEVILLE.
At the Court at Balmoral, the 24th day of September,
1855, present, the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in
Council.
It is this day ordered, by her Majesty in Council, that all
ministers anct preachers, as well of the Established Church
is that part of Great Britain called Scotland, as of the
piscopal Communion protected and allowed by act
Asede in the, tenth year of the reign of her Majesty
teaeen Anne, cap. 7, do, at some time during, the exercise
Divine Service in their churches, corgregatious, or as-
-3 nblies, on Sunday the thirtieth day of this instant Sep-
; ember, or on the Sunday after the Ministers or Preachers
07 such churches, congregations, or assemblies respec-
, Cvely shall be enabled. so to (10, put up Prayers and
T saukegivings to Almighty. God for the signal and repeated
successes obtained by the troops pf Ler Majesty, and by
those of her Allies, in the Crimea, and especially for the
capture of the town of Sebastopol.
C. C. GREVILLE.

FOREIGN OFFICE, AUG. 30.
The Queen has beea gracionsly pleased to appoint
Richard Wood, Esq., now her Majasty's Consul at Damas-
cus, to be her Majesty's Agent andpriensul-General in the
Regency of Tunis.
DOWNING-STREET, SEPT. 20.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Victor Houlton,
Esq., to be Chief Secretary to the Government of Malta ;
Vincenzo Mamo, Esq., to be Cashier to the Treasury;
Gaetano Sciortino, Esq., to be Second Assistant in the
Chief Secretary's Office; and Guiseppe Montanaro, Esq.,
to be Collector of Land Revenue for the said island.
Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Anthony
O'Grady Lefoy; Esq., to be Treasurer and Collector of In-
ternal Revenue for the colony of Western Australia.
BOARD OF Trt ,DE, WHITER &LL, SEPT. 25.
Tl-e Right Honourable tle Lords of the Committee of
Privy Council for Trade and Plantationa have received,
through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy
of a despatch from her Majesty's Acting Consul at
Lisbon. enclosing a decree, recently published in the King-
dom of Portugal, which imposes a fine of 400 milreas upon
any master or commander of aßritish ship who may ad-
mit passengers or etnigran:e on board his ship, without
passports from the competent authority, or who, on receiv-
ing the visit or clearance, shall omit to present the list of
passengers on board such ship.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHFFEHALL, SEn. 25.
The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of
Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received a
.iespatch from her Majesty's Consul at Rotterdam, enclos-
ing a notice to mariners, issued by the Netherlands Minis-
ter of Marine, respecting a new floating beacon at the so-
called Steep Point of Ooster Sandbar*, a translation of
which is subjoined :

Marine Department.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
The Minister of Marine hereby gives notice, that at fully
three cable lengths to the north-west of the so-called Steep
Point of the Ooster (Sendbank), a large anchor buoy-
shaped beacon has been placed, the top of which is painted
white, and the remainder with black and white vertical
stripes ; on the top of the beacon is a triangle painted with
similar stripes.
The above Beacon is situated in the following landmarks
and bearings :
The church of Haamstede on the east slope of the long
white sand-hill, a little to the west of the level.
The steeple of Goedereede on the meat westerly summit
of the sand-hill, to the east of the five boulders of the
westhoofd (Westhead).
In these bearings :
The towel' of the revolving light on'Schonwen S. W.
The Lighthonse on the north coast of Schoneven S.E. by
E. slightly Kati
The steeply of Goedereede E.S.Ems' . Is E
de . by unadjusted
compass, in 8 fathoms or 150 pa h, at ordinary
low water.
This BeacOn is distinctly visible at a distance of a Ger-
man mile from the deck of a pilot. boat, the eye being 4
ells above the surface of the water, and by the black and
eiiiite stripes can likewise be easily distinguished at a eon-
. 'erable distance from the similar shaped beacons which
„placed on the Banjaard, but which are painted entirely
;`llO placing of the lest-mentione'd Beacons was publicly
ourced by notice of the 19th August, 1851.
The Hague, 19th September.
The Minister aforesaid.
(Signed) DE SHIT V. D. BROECKE.
WAR-OFFICE, SEPT. 25.
64th Regiment of Foot—Major-General James Freeth,
Quartermaster-General of the Army, to be Colonel, vice
XeeneeaL,Sireßoiebaestialiikeeke,MC 8., deceased.
Ist Westlndia Regiment Lieutenant-General Sir Geo.
Bowles. K.C.B. to be Colonel, vice General Sir George
T. Napier, K.C.E., deceased.
WAR OFFICE, SEPT. 25.
4th Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant G. M.
Morgan to be Captain, by purchase, vice Webb, who re-
tires; Lieutenant Robert Gunter to be Captain, by pur-
chase, vice Br igstocke, who retires ; Cornet G. A.. Muttle-
bury to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Morgan.
13th Light Dragoons—Captain Henry Holden to be Ma-
jor, by purchase, vice Gore, who retires ; Lieutenant E.
R. King to be Captain, by purchase, vice Holden. Cornet
Henry 0. Munn to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice King.
15th Light Dragoons—Cornet H. B. Wright, from the
13th Light Dragoons, to bo Cornet, without purchase, vice
Sewell, appointed Paymaster of the 6th Dragoon Guards.
16th Foot—Lieutenant William Armstrong to be Cap-
tain, by purchase, vice Beresford, who retires; Ensign
Henry Kelsall to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Arm-
strong.
20th Foot—Charles Verey, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur
chase, vice Macdonogh, promoted.
28th Foot—Lieutenant James Williams to be Captain,
by purchase, vice R.amadge, who retires; Easign J. W.
Kingsley to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice
Williams.
31,c1 Foot—The second Christian name of Ensign Ben-
nett is Elkins, and not Elkins, as previously stated.
33d Foot—Serjeant-Major George Toseland, from the
Grenadier. Guards, to be Ensign, without purchase ; En-
sign G. Toseland to be Adjutant, vice Tient, who resigns
the Adjutantcy only.
38th Foot—William Gerard Byron, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice Grieve, promoted.
39th Foot—To be Ensigns, by purchase—Copuer Francis
Oldfield, Gent., vice Smith, promoted ; Samuel Fyson,
Gent., vice Prichard, promoted; John Bartholomew Cor-
ballis, Gent., vice Hors, promoted.
42d Foot—Ensign W. P. Hesketh to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Macpherson, promoted ; Fife Allan' Gent.,
to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hesketh, promoted.
47th Foot—Thomas Baillie Thomson, Gent., to be En-
sign, without purchase, vice Mallet, promoted. The Chris-
tian name of Ejes'gn Roberts is Francis, and not John, as
previously stated.
50th Foot—Lieutenant John Thompson to be Captain,
without purchase, vice Frampton, promoted ; Ensign H.
B. Chichester to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice
Thompson.; Gen'ge Eage, Gent., to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Chichester.
82c1 Foot—The name of the Ileetenant promoted from
the Cape Mounted Rifles on 21st September, 1855, is
Charles Studdert Maunsell, and not Charles Stuart Maim-
sell, as previously stated.
86th Foot—Captain Henry W. Gordon, from half-pay
unattached, to be Captain, vice Rawlins, appointed to the
Invalid Depot at Chatham; Lieutenant M. Lepper to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Gordon, who retires.
88th Foot—To be Captains, without purchase—Lient.
W. C. Pearson, vice Corbett, killed in action; Lieutenant
H. H. Day, vice Wray, killed in action.
92d Foot—Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel G. E. Thorold to
bo Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase; Brevet-Major
Robert M. Sutherland to be Major, without purchase, vice
Thorold. To be Captains, without purchase--Lieutenant
G. Stott, vice Sutherland; Lieutenant E. C. B. Elphin-
-
MADAME TESSAUD'S EXHIBITION.—This most excel stone; Lieutenant C. Parsons; Lieut. J. A. McDonald.
To be Lieutenants, without purchase—Ensign P. F. Gooch,
lent establishment meets with unprecedented success,
vice Stott • Ensign T. Gordon, vice Elphinstone ; Ensign
and the late additions to the war group has no &lilt W. H. Shaifto, from the 25th Foot. To be Fnsigns, with-
been instrumental in this prospsrons court. Both day out rchase—Ensign H. Ellis, from the 93d Foot, vice
and night these elegant apartments are crowded with Gooch; Ensign Francis Roberts, from the 47th Foot, vice
admiring visitors, who all appear to take the greatest
Gordon.
interest in these admirable representations of various 97th Foot—Ensign A. N. Gould to be Lieutenant,
characters of all ages and countries. We understand without purchase, vice Preston, killed in action ; Samuel
there are several interesting subjects in a forward state Slater, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Gould.
and will soon be submitted to public inspection, 99th Foot—Lieutenat F. W. Despard, to be Cap-
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[ADVERTISEMENT.] WAR IN TUB r ANT. —POWERFLP
PATENT RECONNOITRING GUERRE.— Messrs. C. and B. Solo- Colonel Reed, deceased ; Lieutenant L. J. Nunn
tain, without purchase, vice Brevet-Lieutenant-
[ADVERTISEMENT.]
opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, P.t.eadilly. Observe to be Captain, by purchase, vice Despard, whose
opposite the York Hotel. By der Majesty's Roy. be Lientenantawithout
promotion, by purchase, on June 1, has been cancelled ;
Letters Patent for valuable and extraordinary improvements Ensign Charles William Quin, to
in the most powerful and brilliant Telescopes, Camp, Race- purchase, vice Despard ; George Richards Harvey, Gent.,
course, Opera, and Perspective Glasses, to know the distances to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Quin.
Ist West India Regiment—Alexander M. William
of objects viewed through them—of great importance to the
Sam-
army, navy, and others. These telescopes possess such extra. son, Gent., to
be Ensign, without purchase, vice Kenrick,
ordinary powers that some 3i inches, with an extra eye. promote&
piece, air, show distinctly Jupiter's, moons. Saturn's ring, Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment—Ensign C. R. Wil-
and the aouble stars; with the same tecescone can be !isms to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Sharpe,
seen a person's countenance three miles and a half distant Promoted ; Lieut. George Mignan Innes to be Adjutant,
and an object from 16 to 20 miles. They are of larger and &C. vice Sharpe, promoted.
sizes, with increasing powers accordingly ; while their vary-
Saint Helena Regiment—Acting Assistant-Surgeon Jas.
ing from 4 to 6 inches enabe us to discover more than the Jardine, M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Furlonge,
above, and the Georgiati, wito his 6re tellites, &c.—The Royal deceased.
Exhibition, 1851.—Valrable, newly-invented, very small, LAND TRANSPORT CORPS.—William Handyside, from
powerful wa=istcoat-pocket glass,the size o 7 a waluat, by whic Lieutenant and Adjutant of the Royal Engineer Field-
a person can be seen and known 1i miles distant ; they answer Equipment, to be Second Captain.
every purpose on the race-course, and at the opera house, PROVISIONAL DEPOT BATTALlON.—Lieutenant-Colonel
country scenery, and ships are clearly seen at Bto 10 miles. the Honourable James Lyon Browne, unattached, to be
They are invaluable for shooting, deer-stalking, yachting, tt Lieutenant-Colonel.
sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, and tourists. Opera INVALID DEPOT. —Paymaster Charles Schombnrg
race-course, camp, and perspective glasses, with wonderful Thomas,
SH late Essex Rifles, to be Paymaster.
power.—Newly.opristrueted spectacle Lenses of the great. BRITI GERMANEGION.Iet Rifle Battalion—Fran-
4st transparent power. The valuable advantage derive( cis Warren, Esq., to be Paymaster.
from this invention is, that vision becoming impaired is HOSPITAL STAPP.—Assistant-Surgeon James Fraser,
preserved and strengthened, and very aged persons are M.D., from the 25th Foot, to be Staff-Surgeon, Second
enabled to employ their sight at the most minute gem, Claes ; Assistant-Surgeon Andrew Leith Adams, M.D.,
Action—can see with these lentes of a much less magnify from the 22d Fobf, to be Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class;
ing power—and they do not reouire the frequent changes Assistant-Surgeon Robert William Wonlcombe, from half-
to the dangerous effects of further powerful assistance. Dear pay of the 68th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon to the
ness—New Diseovery.—The Organic Vibrator, an extraordi. Forces.
nary powerful, small, newly-invented instrument for deafness,
entirely different :rem all others, to surpass anything o? the
kind that bas been, or probab y aver can be, produced.
Being of the same colour as toe skin, is not perceptible ; it
enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at
public assemb.ies ; the unpleasant sensation of singing noises
in the ears is entirely removed ; and it affords all the assist-
ance that possibly could b e desired. 39, Albemarle-street,
Piccadilly. Observe—opposite the York Hotel.

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It. 19, 1855.

BREVET.
Major-GeneralSirJ. L. Pennefather, to have the
local rank of Lieutenant-General in the Island of Malta.
Colonel Edward Macarthur, Unattached, to have the
local rank of Major-General in Australia.
Colonel James Robertson Crawfurd, of the Grenadier
Guards, to have the local rank of Brigadier-General in
Turkey.
M%jor paid Broyot•Colonel A. G. Blaohford; of ithe_ 24th
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