The Sun.
London, England, 1855-12-01 00:00:00

APPOINTMENTS.

The following appeared in our late edition last
night :
Captain Symonds, C. 8., to commission the Conqueror.
Commander De Horsey to commission the Victor.
Commander Ennis Chambers to commission the In-
trepid.
Commander McKillop to commision the Recruit.
Commander R. Risk to commission the Coquette.
GUN-BOAT APPOINTMENTS.
The undermentioned Lieutenants have been appointed
to gun-boats :
Beville G. W. Nicholas to the Sandfly.
Montague F. O'Reilly to the Seagull.
Cartland H. Simpson to the She!drake.
Hon. Henry W. Chetwynd to the Skipjack.
Charles J. Balfour to the Tickler.
Keith Stewart to the Plover.
Alfred F. Maresceaux to the Pincher.
William H. Rason to the Cheerful.

CLERK.
John Kiddie to the Salamander.

OXFORD, Nov. 30.
Thsvacant Balliol Scholars'hips were yesterday awarded
to Mr. E. Warre and Mr. E. H. C
Herbert, both Com-
moners of Balliol, and formerly of Eton College, where
Mr. Warre obtained the Newcastle Scholarship in 1854. The annexed circular memorandum has just been
Mr. D. Crawford, from Glasgow College, received ho- issued, direoted to officers commanding depot battalions
pourable mention as having
_ approached very near the and depots of regiments of infantry, serving in the
successful candidates. The entire number of candidates Crimea : "Horse Guards, Nov. 29.
was 29. "The
aare to men
The University sermons on Sanday next are appointed Malt
to be preached—in the morning by the Rev. W.C. Lake, for the year commencing the Ist of April next, sent in by
be included within the
the requisitions for clothing,
provisional battalions at
of Balliol College, one of the select preacher; and in the the depots serving in the United Kingdom. The requisi-.
afternoon by the Rev. C. T. Arnold, of Balliol College. tions in question must clearly designate the number of

ASSISTANT CLERKS.
J. R. Starling to the Illustrious.
R. H. Hansell to the Perseverance.

each rank for whom it will ho necessary to send clothing
to Malta.

" Supplementary requisitions will be required in cases
in which men serving at Malta have not been included
in the requisitions which may have already been made
for the depots at home. " By Command,
" G. A. A. WETUERALL, Adjutant-General."

Tier Majesty's colonial steam-sloop Victoria will take
her powder on board to-Jay, and leave her moorings at
Greenhithe in the evening for Australia, calling at Ply-
mouth. _

The Rhadamanthus steamer, Master Commander Pet-
ley, arrived yesterday morning at Woolwich from Ports-
mouth to re-load with machinery and boilers and return
thence.

Capt. the Hon. Augustus Hobart, the son of the Earl
of Buckinghamshire, has returned during the present week
to his father's residence at Sidmouth. The gallant officer
served in the Baltic, having the command of the mortars
and gun-boats in the attack on S xeaborg. His safe return
home was celebrated with great rejoicing, nearly 200 of
the gentry of the neighbourhood being invited to the
noble earl's residence.

The Committee of the Crimean Army Fund having
voted that a supply of warm clothing be for warded to
the invalid depot, Chatham, for the use of the needy and
deserving Crimean soldiers on their discharge from tie
service, the following officers will form a local committee
for regulating the proper distribution, which will be
made only to such as have conducted themselves in a
soldierlike manner during their stay at Chatham :
Staff-Surgeon Robert Battersley C. Reade, Brompton
Mospital ; Captain Rawlins, Invalid Depot.
The 99th Regiment embarked from Hobart Town,
Van Diemen's Land, in the month of October.
A new corps, called the Holstein Cavalry Corps, is to
be formed at Chatham, and will probably occupy a por-
tion of St. Mary's Barracks.
The Cossack Corps which was to have been formed at
Chatham will, it is supposed, be assembled at Tilbury.
At the Medical Board held at Brompton yesterday 91
men were declared unfit for further service.

From the London Gazette of Last Night.

ADMIRALTY, Nov. 26.

Rear-Admiral of the Red Sir Edmund Lyons, Bart.,
G.C.8., K.C.H., to be an Admiral of the Blue, during
such time as he may retain the command of her Majesty's
ships and vessels on the Mediterranean statioa.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, Nov. 29.
It is hereby notified that the Right Honourable the Earl
of Clarendon, K.G.' her 31,jr-,ty's Principal Secretary of
State for Foreign Affa;.3 has received from the Lords
Commissioners of the Admiralty an official communica-
tion addressed to them by Captain Baillie, R.N., late
Senior Officer of her Majesty's White Sea Squadron, an-
nouncing the raising, by the Allied Squadrons, on and
from the 9Lh October last, of the Blockade of the Russian
ports and places in the White Sea, the establishment of
which Blockade was notified in the London Gazette of the
17th July last.
DOWNING-STREET, Nov. 28.

The Queen has been pleased to appoint Thomas Glen,
Esq., to be Receiver-General for the Island of Newfound-
land.

WAR OFFICE, Nov. 30.

21 Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Brevet-Major H.
Briscoe to be Major, by purchase, vice Brevet-Lieutenant-
Colonel P. Le Poer Trench, who retires; Lieutenant C.
S. Hutchinson to be Captain, by purchase, vice Briscoe ;
Cornet G. H. Allfrey to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Hutchinson ; Walter Colquhoun Grant, Gent., to be Cor-
net, without purchase, vice Chadwick, promoted.
Ist Dragoons—Lieut. Robt. Clarke, from the Antrim
Artillery Militia, to be Cornet, without purchase, vice
Gratrex, appointed to the 13th Light Dragoons.
Royal Artillery—The appointment of Lieut. Alexander
Dcull, dated 24th of September, 1855, has been cancelled ;
Lieut. George Kepple Taylor, on the Supernumerary List,
to be Second Captain ; Lieut. Richard Oldfield to be
Second Captain, vice P. F. Miller, deceased.
The dates of promotion of the undermentioned officers
to be altered as follows :—Second Captain F. Carey to 10th
October, 1855; Second Captain H. Heberden to 18th Octo-
ber 1855 ; Second Captain T. C. Molony to 27th October,
1855. _ _

Grenadier Guards—Ensign and Lieutenant George A.
Ferguson to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice
Hon. R. R. Best, who retires.
Coldstream Guards—Lieutenant and Captain William
Henry Reeve to be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, by
purchase, vice Burton, who retires; Frederick Charles
Buller, Gent., to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Ives, who retires.
2d Regiment of Foot—Heber Reeve Tucker, Gent., to
be Ensign, without purchase, vice Gape, appointed to the
3d Foot.
3d Foot—Ensign L. E. Lewis to be Lieutenant, without
purchase, vice Peachey, died of his wounds. To be En-
signs, without purchase —Ensign G. T. Gape, from the 2d
Foot, vice Greg, promoted ; Deputy-Assistant-Commissary
Wm. Kerr, from the Field Train Department, vice Mor-
ley, promoted ; Ensign Charles Dudley Henry Mann
Clarke, from the West Norfolk Militia, vice Lewis.
6th Foot—Sergeant-Major William Wastle, to be Ensign
without purchase.
18th Foot—Lieutenant E. 11. Wilton, to be Adjutant,
vice Jex-Blake, who resigns the Acljutantcy only.
21st Foot—Major Honourable W. Stuart Knox, from a
I Depot Battalion, to be Major, vice Hobbs, who exchanges;
Ensign Robert Crossman to bo Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Image promoted ; Charles Clitherow Gore, Gent., to
be Ensign, without purchase, vice Green, promoted.
22d Foot— Thomas Roworth Parr, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Ellis, promoted.
23d Foot—Lieutenant C. B. Millett to be Captain, with-
out purchase, vice Bruce, promoted. To be Lieutenants,
without purchase—Ensign Edwin Utterton, vice Holden,
died of his wounds ; Ensign W. D. Bloxsome, vice Beck,
died of his wounds ; Ensign G. W. H. Bussell, vice Utter-
ton, whose promotion, without purchase, on 16th October,
has been cancelled; Ensign Arthur Hill, vice Bloxsome,
whose promotion' without purchase, on 16th October, has
been cancelled. To be Ensigns, without purchase—Lieu-
tenant Charles Jacquet, from the sth Middlesex Militia,
vice Bussell ; Allan Graham, Gent., vice Hill.
25th Foot —Ensign Gerald Fitzgerald, from the Kerry.
Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Mitchell, ap-
pointed to the 29th Foot.
28th Foot—Lieutenant Thomas Lynden Bell to be Cap-
tain, without purchase, vice Donnie, who retires upon full
pay ; Ensign William Collurn to be Lieutenant, without
purchase, vice Bell. To be Ensigns, without purchase—
Ensign C. H. Newbatt, from the 76th Foot, vice M'Cor-
mack, promoted ; Captain Edward Brett, from the West
Essex Militia, vice Collura.
29th Foot—Ensign Thomas Stanley Mitchell, from the
25th Foot, to be Ensign, without purchase.
32d Foot—Evelyn Chailes Hill, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Harmer, promoted.
331 Foot—Edward Tanner, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Crosse, promoted.
34th Foot—Lieutenant John Byron to be Adjutant, vice
Chapman, promoted.
36th Foot—Lieutenant J. A. Brockman to be Captain,
without purchase, vice Rotten'
deceased ; Ensign C. Hodg-
son to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Brockman ;
Richard Lloyd Hawker, Gent., to be Ensign, without pur-
chase. vice Hodgson.
47th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Samuel A. Cusack has
been permitted to resign his commission.
49th Foot—Lieutenant C. Fitz Gerald to be Captain,
without purchase, vice Hopkins, whose promotion, with-
out purchase, on 2d Oct., has been cancelled; Ensign R.
H. Spratt to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Fitz-
gerald ; Charles Bruce Knight Alleyne, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice Crosstnan, promoted.
50th Foot—Captain G. P. Drought, from the 92d Foot,
to be Captain, vice Macfarlane, who exchanges.
60th Foot—Ensign T. R. Parr, from the 22d Foot, to
be Ensign, without purchase. The name of Ensign Austin
is Frederick, and not Frederick Piercy, as previously
stated.
61st Foot—Lieutenant C. R. Richardson to be Captain,
without purchase, vice Powys, deceased ; Ensign William
Dowler to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Richard-
son ; Samuel Bucknall Elkington, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Dewier, promoted.
634 Foot—Alexander Fluder, Gant., to be Ensign, by
purchase, in succession to Lieutenant Fraser, promoted.
67th Foot—Captain Nelson Fleming Suckling from half-
pay unattached, to be Captain, vice Pilsworth, who ex-
changes ; Lieutenant Daniel Thompson, to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Suckling, who retires ; Ensign A. F. Ro-
bertson to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Thompson ;
Assistant-Staff Surgeon Alexander Clark Ross, M.D., to
be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Manifold, promoted on the
Staff.
69th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon George Edward Gains,
from the 55th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Hyde,
promoted on the Staff.
72d Foot—Quartermaster-Sergeant Donald Munro to be
Quartermaster, vice M`Donald, died of his wounds.
76th Foot—Lieutenant William Winn, from the Ist
Durham Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice
Newbatt, appointed to the 28th Foot.

79th F-ooi-L-Lieutenant James Sinclair, from the Edin-
burgh Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase.
85th Foot—Lieut. R. C. Glyn to be Captain, by pur-
chase, vice Knox, promoted in a divisional battalion; En-
sign W. Galbraith to be Lieutenant, Francis Arthur
Thomas, Gent., vice Galbraith; Cheater Doughty, Gent.,
vice Reeves, promoted.
87th Foot—Lieut. the Honourable D'Arcy Godolphin
Osborne to be Captain, by purchase, vice Robertson, pro-
moted. To be Lieutenants, by purchase —Ensign Robert
Lampen, vice Osborne ; Ensign John Rawson Simpson,
vice Graham, who retires.
90th Foot—Major Thomas Smith, from half-pay Unat-
tached, to be Major, paying the difference, vice Duncan
Campbell, who exchanges, receiving the difference; Lieut.
A. G. Daubeny to be Captain, without purchase, vice
Brevet-Major Smith, whose Brevet Rank has been con-
verted into Substantive Rank, under the Royal Warrant
of 6th Oct., 1854; Ensign C. D. Barwell to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Daubeny ; Ensign Wm. Rennie,
from the 73d Foot, to be Lieutenant, without purchase ;
and Adjutant, vice Daubeny promoted; Ensign and
Quartermaster Annesley Eyre, from the Galway Militia,
to he Ensign, without purchase, vice Barwell.
92d Foot—Captain R. H. Macfarlane, from the poth
Foot, to be Captain, vice Drought, who exchanges ;
Second Lieutenant E. S. Tritton, from the 87th Foot, to
be Lieutenant, without purchase.
95th Foot—Lieutenant William Hill to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Taylor, who retires ; Ensign C. E. Fisher
to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hill ; Lewis Cubitt,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Paske. For Ensign
C. E. Fisher to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Garrard,
promoted, dated 9th November, 1855, which appeared is
the Gazette of 9th instant, read Ensign H. G. Paske to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Garrard, promoted.
97th Foot—Major Isaac Moore to be Lieutenant-Colonel,
without purchase; Captain Fowler Burton to be Major,
without purchase, vice Moore (not to carry back pay) ;
Lieutenant Robert Children Whitehead to be Captain,
without purchase, vice Burton ; Ensign T. W. Sheppard
to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Whitehead.
Rifle Brigade—Ensign H.M.Moorsom to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Carey, deceased; Ensign William
Johnson to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Bo-
rough, deceased ; Albert Divett Rickman, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Murdoch, promoted ; Cornelius
Davenport Broadbent, Gent., to be Ensign, without pur-
chase, vice Moereom. The surname of the Ensign pro-
moted to a Lieutenantcy in the Gazette of the 23,1 inst., is
Austin and not Austen, as previonsly stated. The Chris-
tian names of Ensign Somerset ar© Aylmer Howard Tynte
Henry.
Ist West Indiaßegiment —Captain Charleallenry Knox,
from half pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice Hamilton,
who exchanges ; Lieutenant J. S. Macaulay to be Cap-
tain, by purchase, vice /Knox, who retires.
2d West:lndia Regiment—Edward Dudding Lye, Gent.,

to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Brinckman, de-
ceased.

Cape Mounted Riflemen—Talbot de Basilan Hughes,
Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Tinto, pro-.
meted in 97th Foot.
LAND TRANSPORT CORPS. —Brabazon Miller Hallowes,
Gent., to be Cornet, vice Whelan, whose appointment has
rot taken place. For Colour-Sorjeant William Mayne,
from the Royal Artillery, to be Cornet, which appeared in
the Gazette of the 23d instant, read Company-Serjeant
-William Magee, from the Royal. Artillery, to be Cornet.
The Christian name of Cornet Smith, appointed on the
23d instant (Colour-Serjeant, 86th Foot), is Joseph. The
Christian names of Cornet Foster are Redmayne Burrell.
Provisional Depot Battalion—Major T. F. Hobbs, from
the 21st Foot, to be Major, vice Hoa. W. Stuart Knox,
who exchanges; Paymaster Francis Lovett Bennett, from
the 41th Foot, to be Paymaster.
BRITISH SWISS LEGION.

IST LIGHT INFANTRY REGIMENT.
Baron Jacob Von Blarer to be Lieutenant-Colonel ;
Joseph Buchser to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Bonvin,
whose appointment has been cancelled.
2D LIGHT INFANTRY REGIMENT.
To be Majors—Friedrich Giusberg and Ernest Mar-
tignoni.

To be Captains—Alexander Dorchatz, Conrad Wild.
berger, Heinrich Steinmann, Jean Louis Duringer, Alois
Vogel, Phillip B. loffing, and Heinrich Blattmann.
To be Lieutenants—Louis Hasslimann, Emanuel Boss,
Georg Hitz, Jules Guigner, Peter Johann Kessi, and
Joseph Solioz.
To be Ensigns—Freidrich Kohn, Melchior Schmidt,
Karl Funk, Julius Wierg, Gaston Hurt Binet, Heinrich
Combo, Eusebe Trincano, Robert Pfyffsr, Jean Francois
Dentan.

To be Adjutant—Lieutenant Joseph Solioz.
To be Surgeon—Johann Oschwald.
To be Quartermaster—Thomas Martindale.
To be Paymasters— Thomas Hamber, and Frank Potter.

UNATTACHED.—Brevet-Major Thos. Smith, of the 90th
Foot, to have his Brevet Rank converted into Substantive
Rank, under the Royal Warrant of Gth Oct., 1854.

STAFF.

Paymaster George Thos. Benson, from the 28th Foot, to
be Paymaster for Army Services.
Captain John Holland, from the Pembroke Militia, to
be Paymaster for Army Services, vice Captain Wiliam, ap-
pointed to the Pembroke Militia.
. _ .

Erratum in the Gazette of 23d October—For Major anti
Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel George Talbot, 43d Foot, to be
Deputy-Quartermaster-General to the Queen's Troops,
serving in Madras, "with the rank of Colonel in the army, '
road Major and Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel George Talbot,
43d Foot, to bo Deputy-Quartermaster-General to the
Queen's Troops serving in Madras (omittinc, the rank of
Colonel, this Staff Appointment not carrying that rank.)