The Sun.
London, England, 1855-12-28 00:00:00

:,'::J litrb Wilittton

SUN OFFICE, Seven, o'clock,

LONDON GAZETTE—(This Evening,

FOREIGN OFFICE, DEC. 28.

It is hereby notified that the Right Honourable the
Earl of Clarendon, K.G., her 11Lajesty's Principal Secre-
tary of State for Foreign Affairs,
.has received from the
Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, an official corn•
munication, stating that it appears by a report from
Rear-Admiral Baines, dated "11.3.1.'s steam-vessel Re-
tribution, Copenhagen, Dec. 12, 1855," that the block-
ade of all ports, roads, havens, and creeks, belonging to
the enemy in the Baltic, was entirely raised on the 10th
inst.

At the Council Chamber, Whitehall, the 27th day of
• December, 1315, by the Lords of her Majesty's Most
Honourable Privy Council,—
The Lords of the Council, having taken into conside-
ration the expediency of extending the prohibition to
export from the United Kingdom certain articles used i❑
the manufacture of military and naval stores, in pur-
suance of her Majesty's proclamation of the 18th Feb.,
1854, are pleased to order, and it is hereby ordered, that
the officers of her Majesty's Customs do prevent the
exportation of saltpetre, nitrate of soda, sulphate of
potash, and muriate of potash (chloride of potassium),
to her Majesty's colonies and plantations in North
America, including the West Indian Islands, as well as
to all fcreign countries ; and that the officers of her
Majesty's Customs do permit the articles herein men-
tioned to be carried coastwise to any port in the United
Kingdom, •r to be exported to any other of her Ma-
jesty's colonies, plantations, or possessions abroad, or to
the territories of the East India Company, upon taking
from the persons exporting the same a bond, that the
said articles shall be landed and entered for 1189 and
consumption within such of her Majesty's dominions,
or within the territories of the East India Company.
Whereof the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's
Treasury, and officers of her Majesty's Customs, and all
other persons whom it may concern, are to take notice
and govern themselves accordingly.

W. L. BATHURST.
DOWNING•STREET, DEC. 26.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Lloyd Evans
Meehan), Esq., to be Resident Magistrate in the District of
Natal, in the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope.
WAR-OFFICE, DEC. 28.
Royal Regiment of Horse Guards—Cornet R. M. L.
Williams-Bulkeley to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Gambier, who retires ; Walter P. Carew, Gent., to be
Cornet, by purchase, vice Bairns, promoted; Lieutenant
Thos. Leslie to be Captain, by purchase, vice Sutton, who
retires ; Cornet Sir B. P. Henniker,Bart., to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Breedon, who retires.
3d Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Cornet John Charles
Boucher, from the Ist Dragoons, to be Cornet, without
purchase, vice Holdforth, appointed to the 6th Dragoon
Guards.
6th Dragoon Guards —G. S. Le Grico Stoddart, Gent.,
to be Cornet, without purchase, vice Astley, promoted.
7th Dragoon Gearde—George Frederick Ormsby, Geut.,
to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Walker, promoted.
Ist Dragoons—John Charles Boucher, Gent., to be Cor-
net, by purchase, vice Sandeman, promoted.
7th Light Dragoons—Cornet G. F. Ormsby, from the
7th Dragoon Guards, to be Cornet, without purchase.
11th Light Dragoons—Cornet G. E. B. Potts to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice King, who retires ; Lieutenant
William Cuninglaatne, from the Renfrew Militia, to be
C,rnet, without purchase, vice Yates, promoted.
12th Light Dragoons—Assistant-Surgeon Gavin Ainslie
Turnbull to be Surgeon, vice Tuson, appointed to the
Staff.
Coldstream Guards—Captain the Hon. H. W. Camp-
bell, from the Rifle Brigade, to be Lieutenant and Cap-
tain, by purchase, vice MaYkha.m, who retires.
Ist Regiment of Foot—The surname of the Assistant-
Surgeon, appointed on 10th of August, 1855, is Mackay,
and his Commission has been antedated to 27th October,
1854.

17th Foot—The name of the Ensign, appointed on the
14th inst., is Colquhoun and not Calhoun, as previously
stated.
18th Foot—Lieutenant Henry Hall Dare, from Pay-
master, 23d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice A. C. Elliott,
appointed to the 94th Foot ; Ensign Edward Hall, from
the 40th Foot, to be Ensign, without purchase.
23d Foot —QuartermasterJoseph Aston to be Paymaster,
viee Hall Dare, appointed to the 18th Foot.
26th Foot—Thomas Turner, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Lukis, promoted in the 64th Foot.
29th Foot—Lieutenant H. Tennent Jameson, from the
3d West India Regiment, to be Paymaster, vice Naylor,
appointed Paymaster for Army Services.
30th Foot—Captain Edward Charles, from the Royal
London Militia, to be Paymaster, vice Fitzgerald.
36th Foot—Lientmant Thomas Rice to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Carden, who retires.
37th Foot—George John L-nsill Mason, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Reece, promoted.
40th Foot—Edward Hall, Gant., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Cook, promoted; Lieutenant Thomas Ormsby
Johnston, from the Leitrim Militia, to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Hall, appointed to the 18th Foot.
48th Foot—Ensign C. R. Pennington to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Trent, promoted ; Thomas Hall, Gent.,
to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Pennington.
50th Foot—Lieutenant E. H. Steward, from the 67th
Foot, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet-Major Rib-
bert, promoted.
52d Foot—Acting-Assistant-Surgeon Henry Alexander
Gogarty to be Assistant. Surgeon ; Aeting-Assistant-Snr-
geon Charles Alexander Lanes, M.D., to be Assistant-
-Burgeon.
534 Foot—Ensign Alfred Kirke Ffrench to be Lieute-
nant, without purchase, vice Robertson, deceased ; Lieu-
tenant F. J. S. Brockharet, from the sth Lancashire Mili-
tia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice A. K. Ffrench.
58th Foot—Richard Newton, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Bond, promoted.
6-,tle Foot—Ensign J. W. Lewis to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Little, who retires.
7dth Foot--Acting Assistant-Sue,eon Alexander Grant
to be Assistant-Surgeon.
76th Foot—Captain James Young, from half-pay 88th
Foot, to be Captain, vice Senhouee, who exchanees ; Lieu-
tenant John William Preston to ba Captain, by purchase,
vice Young, who retires.
77th Foot—The appointment of Lieutenant Waters to
the Adjutantcy, to bear date the 10th November, 1855, in-
Ceed of 21st December, as previously stated.
79th Foot - Garden Duff, Gent , to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Sinclair, appointed to the 78th Foot.
83d Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Herbert Chalmers Miles,
from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Bows, pro-
moted on the Staff.
85th Foot.--To be Ensigns, by purchase—George Her-
bert Bowleg Gent., vice Ward, promoted ; Robert Jones
Birch, Gent., vice R. K. Taylor, promoted.
86th Foot—Captain Alexander Robinson Gale, from
half-pay 26th Foot, to be Captain, vice Thornton, who
exchanges.
88th Foot—William Hatfield, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase; Quartermaster-Serjeant William Evans to be
Quartermaster, vice Moore, appointed to a Depot Bat-
talion.

89th Foot—Lieutenant Robert F. Harrison, from the
Denbigh Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Ed-
ward Hales, whose appointment on 21st March' has been
cancelled.
93d Foot—Lieut. Francis Rawdon Macnamara, from
the Dublin Artillery Militia, to bo Ensign, without pur-
chase.
97th Foot—The surname of the Ensign, appointed on
the 25th September last, is Slator, and not Slater, as
previously !Anted.
99th Foot—William Arthur Bond, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Burton, promoted.
Rifle Brigade—James Hook, Gent., to be Ensign, with-
out purchase.
Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Assistant-Surgeon Francis Co-
gan, from the Staff, to be Assistant Surgeon, vies Croft,
promoted on the Staff.

LAND TRANSPORT CORPS.
To be Veterinary Surgeons -William DorrE 11
George Fleming, Gent. ; Joseph Rile, Gent..
.10(h' ;
Gent. ; Friedrich Dohse, Charles Mills, Georg Otto
Clau-
sen, Leandro Galmanini, Alfons von Gontard.
To be Lieutenants Theodor Schellhorn, August
'
Sc s
nit], Carl Jannasch, Wilhelm Strecker, Gustav Reisel-
witz„,idolph Ernst Bauer, Julius Goldner, Carl Fuchs.
To be Ensigns—Richard Cumberlege, Louis von Zas-
trow, Otto Goetz, Hugo Broccker, Carl Stricker, Franz
Daxelhoffer Masbeth, Harry Flenegan, Albert Buttner.
To he Adjutant—Augustus Schmid.
To be Surgeon—Armin Luutzul.
To be Assistant-Surgeons —Franz Hartmann, Friodorich
Schramm.

To be Field Chaplain to the 2d Brig:lda—The Rev. Otto
Wilmans.

4th Light Infantry—Ludolph von Classen to be Major.
sth Light Infantry—Major James Bathurst, from the 24 Light Infantry, to be Major Commandant; Freiderich
C. C. von Wencke to be Major.
BRITISH SWISS LEGION.
2D LIGHT INFANThY.
'l:9 be Captains—Lieutenant Louis Flasslirnann and
Lieutenant Johann Spindler.
To be Lieutenants--Ensign Friedrich Kohli, Ensign
Melchior Schmidt, Ensign Karl Funk, and Ensign Eusebe
Trincano.
The appointment of Lieutenant Solioz to bear date Ist
October, instead of the 10th November, 1855.
Unattached—Lieutenant George Swaby, from the 39th
Foot, to be Captain, without purchase.
to
STAPF.—Major Henry F. F. Johnson, of the sth Foot,
in ba De
M aputy Quartermaster-General to the Forces serving
the Arm the uritius, with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in
y, •vice Brevet-Colonel Robe, whose period of Staff
service
the has expired ; Paymaster John Henry Matthews,
l Cork
Army Services, Recruiting. District, to be Paymaster for
HOSPITAL STAFF.—To be Staff-Surgeons of the Second
cNss—Surgeon Edward Baily Tuson, from the le!th Light
Dragoons; Assistant-Surgeon Raphael Woolman Read,
from the 52,1 Foot; Assistant-Surgeon John M`Grigor
Augustus Thomas Croft, from the Ceylon Rifles. To
be
the Forces—Acting Assistant-Sur-
geons to
Jones Jones, Henry Joseph ry
goons Morgan
rgeon George Pigott
George Baly. Acting Assistant-Surgeon
him "°80, and
Barton has been permitted to appointment, he
having been transferred to
th_e,i
_o_apanli Irregular Cavalry.
Osmanli
Major-General Sir Colin Campbell, G.C.8., serving with
the rank of Lientenant-General in Turkey, to have the
local rank of General in Turkey.
Captain James Young, 76th Font, to be Major in the
Army, Nov. 23, 1841.
Brevet-Major James Young, pith Foot, to be Lieut.-
Colonel in the Army, Nov. 11, 1851.
Captain Alexander Robinson Gale, 86th Foot, to he
Major iu the Army, Jan. 10, 1837.
Brevet-Major Alexander Robinsofi Gale, 86th Foot, to
be Lieut.-Colonel in the Army, Nov. 11, 1851.
'Tolle Trernenhere Johnston, Gent., to have the local
Crank of Cornet, while employed in the Land Transport
Corps of the Turkish Contingent.
William Henry Kirton, Gent., to have the local rank of
Surgeon while employed in the Turkish Contingent.
To have the local rank of Surgeon while serving with
,the
Osmanli Cavalry, attached to the Turkish Contingent :
Dr. Wm. Symonds Rooks.
Daniel Barley Balding, Gent.
COM"sfISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANTS.
Royal Anglesey Light
Kee, Infantry militia_
W`
Gent., to be Ensign. illiam M.
2d Regiment of the RUC Surrey Militia—Ensign Gee.