The Sun.
London, England, 1855-11-10 00:00:00

WHITEHALL, Nov. 6.

The Queen has been pleased to appoint Jas. Campbell,
Esq., one of her Majesty's Counsel, to be the Third Charity
Commissioner for England and Wales, in the room of the
Rev. Richard Jones, deceased.
NEW WRITS.

The Cia;ette of this evening contains two notices that the
Speaker will issue his warrant, at the end of fourteen days,
for the election of a member for the county of Meath, in
the room of the late Frederick Lucas, Esq., and for the
borough of Armagh, in the room of the late Ross Stephen-
son Moore, Esq.
PRINCE OF WALES'S COUNCIL-CHAMBER,
SOMERSET-HOUSE, Nov. 6.

The names of those who havo been this day nominated
by the Council of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales
to servo the office of Sholiffof the county of Cornwall :
Sir William Berkeley Call; of Whiteford, Bart.
Thomas Graham Graham, of Penquite, Esq.
Sir Henry Onslow, of Hangar, Bart.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, Nov. 9.

The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of
Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received,
through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy
of a Despatch from Her Majesty's Acting Consul-General
in Egypt, enclosing copy of a communication addressed to
him by the Egyptian Government, dating that the duties
on merchandise imported into Egypt from Darfur and the
White River, and intended for exportation, have been re-
duced to three per cent., payable at the place of landing.
It is necessary, however, that on passing Assouan, such
merchandise should receive the Custom-house mark, in
order to prove its being intended for exportation.
Goods imported into Egypt and destined for the com-
merce of the countries in question, are placed on the same
footing as if imported for consumption in Egypt.
Goods imported into Egypt from provinces under the
Egyptian Government, and situated beyond Assonan, will
be exempt from duty at the Custom-house of Assonan, and
regarded as the produce and manufactures of Egypt.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, Nov. 9.
The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of
Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received,
through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy
of a despatch from her Majesty's Acting Consul-General in
Egypt, reporting that the Mahmoudieh Canal will be closed
for cleansing from the let February, 1816.
WAR OFFICE, Nov. 9.
31 Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant J. W. J.
Gifford, from the 12th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant,
without purchase.
7th Dragoon Guards—Capt. C. W. Thompson to be
Major, by purchase, vice Walker, promoted, by purchase,
to an Unattached Lieutenant-Colonelcy ; Lieutenant J.
W. Wetherell to be Captain, by purchase, vice Thompson;
Cornet J. W. M. Walker to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Wetherell.
let Dragoons—Cornet H. F. Johnson, from the Bth
Light Dragoons, to be Cornet, without purchase, vice
Robertson, promoted.
Bth Light Dragoons—Henry Frank Johnson, Gent., to
be Cornet, by purchase, vice Reilly, promoted.
12th Light Dragoons—Cornet F. Jones, to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Gifford, appointed to the 3d Dra-
goon Guards.
Royal Artillery—Captain Edward Price to be Lieute-
nant-Colonel, vice Dupuis, removed as a General Officer;
Second Captain Neville Saltren Keats Bayley to bo Cap-
tain, vice Price ; Lieutenant Trevor Charles Molony to be
Second Captaiu, vice Bayly ; Captain James William
Doraville to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Williams, re-
moved as a General Officer; Brevet-Major George Bar-
stow to be Captain, vice Domville; Lieutenant Andrew
Noble to be Second Captain, vice Barstow ; Brevet-Colonel
Henry Poole to be Colonel, vice Otway, retired on full
pay; Brevet-Major Edwin Wodehouse, C. 8., to be Lieute-
nant-Colonel, vice Poole ; Second Captaili George Leslie
to be Captain, vice Wodehouse ; Lieutenant Henry Low-
ther Balfour to be Second Captain, vice Leslie.
Royal Engineers—Rievet-Colonel Henry Powell Wulff
to be Colonel, vice James Gordon, retired on full pay ;
Captain Roger Stewart Baatson to be Lieutenant-Colonel,
vice Wulff; Second Captain Valentine Thomas Mains to
be Captain, vice Bea.tson ; Lieutenant Francis Horatio De
Vero to be Second Captain, vice Mairis.
2d Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant W. H. Grimston to
be Captain, by purchase, vice Fleming, who retires.
3d Foot—To be Lieutenants, without purchase—Ensign
F. Morley, vice Pope, appointed Adjutant of the Invalid
Depot, at Chatham ; Ensigns R. B. Leathern, E. Gregg,
H. Parnell, and S. H. Heywood.
7th Foot—Ensign H. E. W. Rumbold to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Coney, promoted.
14th Foot—Erratum in Gazette of 26th October, 1855
for Lieutenant Henry Augustus Burton, from the Nor-
thumberland Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice
Mansergh, read Lieutenant Henry Augustus Burton, from
the Royal North Lincoln Militia, to be Ensign, &c.
16th Foot—Ensign S. G. C. Hogge to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Parker, deceased ; George Street,
Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Hogge.
17th Foot—To be Lieutenants, without purchase
Lieutenant A. R. Fowler, from the Cape Mounted Rifle-
men ; Ensign F. H. Hartwell.
18th Foot—Lieutenant John Canavan, from the 52d
Foot, to be Captain, without purchase, vice Ward, who
rea'gns.
19th Foot—The proper designation of Captain Farring-
ton is Donald, and not Donald Macleod, as previously
stated.
22d Foot—Stephen Winthorp, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Dean, promoted.
29th Foot—Ensign E I ward Gorton to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Fitzgerald, who retires.
Erratum in the Gazette of Nov. 2, 1855—For Sergeant-
Major John James Bailey to be Quartermaster, vice
Walsh;deceased, read Ensign John James Bailey to be
Quartermaster, &a.
31st Foot—Lieutenant G. F. Herbert to be Captain;
without purchase, vice A.ttree, killed in action • Ensign
H. P. Deane to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice
Herbert ; Ensign Richard Maybury, from the Kerry
Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Deane.
33d Foot—Ensign 11. B. G. Crosse to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Carr, promoted. The commission of En-
sign and Adjutant George Toseland, to be antedated to the
15th August. •
44th Foot—Lieutenant F. J. Hercy to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Brevet-Colonel Begbie, who retires.
46th Foot—Gerald Andrew Agnew, Gent., to be Ensign,'
by purchase, vice Morland, promoted ; Henry Ainslie
Whitmore, Gent., to be E-sign, without purchase, vice
Agnew, appointed to the 90th Foot.
48th Foot—Edmund Hall, Gent., to be Ensign, without
purchase.
5 ,th Foot—Henry Evelyn Woodville Preston, Gent.,
to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Burnand, promoted in the
Coldstream Guards.
52d Foot—Ensign William Atkinson to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Canavan, promoted in the 18th
Foot.
56th Foot—Second Lieutenant H. E. Watson, from
the Ceylon Regiment, to be Lieutenant, without pur-
chase.
60th Foot—Arthur Tufnell, Gent., to be Ensign, with-
out purchase.
63d Foot—Lieutenant J. H. H. Gammen, from the 221
Foot, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Barclay, who re-
tires.
76th Foot—Mortimer James Macdonald, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Acton, promoted.
77th Foot—To be Captains, without purchase—Lieut.
E. M. Long, vice Parker, killed in action.; Lieut. G. B.
Morgan, vice Knight, died of his wounds; Lieut. George
Carden, vice Brevet-Major Hackett, whose Brevet Rank
has been converted into Substantive Rank, under the
Royal Warrant, 6th October, 1854. To be Lieutenants,
without purchase—Ensign W. J. Wanklyn, vice Long ;
Ensign H. M. Bengough, vice Morgan ; Ensign R.. A.
Rising, vice Carden; Ensign B. H. Browne, vice Ennis,
who resigns. To be Ensigns, without purchase—Lieut.
C. P. Stone, from the Cavan Militia, vice Wanklyn ; En-
sign W. N. Whitby, from the Queen's County Militia,
vice Bengough ; John Wordsworth, Gent., vice Browne;
H. R. Bate, Gent., vice Rising.
' 83th Foot—Ensign H. M. Oilby to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Browne, promoted.
89th Foot—To be Lieutenants, without purchase—En-
sign J. Dunn, vice Longffeld, decaaaed; Ensign W. N.
Manners, vice Dann, whose promotion, without purchase,
on 23d October, 1855, has been cancelled. To be Ensign,
without purchase --Lieutenant Francis Warburton, from
the 2d Warwick Militia, vice Manners. The promotion of
Captain Leslie Skynner to a Majority, without purchase,
to be antedated to 27th March, 1855, but not to carry back
pay.
90th Foot—Ensign G. A. Agnew, from the 46th Foot,
to be Ensign, without purchase.

91st FoOt:-Captain J. T:l,ing, from half-pay unat-
tached, to be Captain, vice Middlemore, who exchanges.
95th Foot—Ensign C. E. Fisher, to be Lieutenant, by
pus chase, vice Gerrard, promoted.
97th Foot.—To be Lieutenants without purchase—En-
sign John Wright Shaw, vice M`Gregor, killed in action ;
Ensign D. J. D. Safford, vice Goodenough, died of his
wounds. To be Ensigns without pnrchase—Ensign Robert
Thompson, from the Monaghan Militia, vice Shaw; Ste-
phen William Sewell, Gent., vice Safford.
93th Foot—Ensign W. Blackett to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Farrington, promoted in the 19th Foot
Edward Frank Gregory, Gent., to be Ensign by purchase,
vice Blackett.
Rifle Brigade—Arthur Ruck Keene, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase.
Cape Mounted 32iflemen—Ensign D. Mackenzie to be
Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Fowler, appointed to
the 17th Foot ; Quartermaster William Simkin to be En-
sign, without pur ;hasp ; Serjeant-Major Thomas Argent
to be Quartermaster, vice Simkin, appointed Ensign.
Royal Canadian Rifles—The surname of the Ensign ap-
pointed on 231 October, 1855, is Onion, and not Onian, as
previously stated.
St. Helena Regiment—Ensign Henry Tayler to be Lieu-
tenant, without purchase, vice Cornwell, deceased.
Tunis:NH CONTINGENT.-Sir Edward Graham, Bart., to
have the local rank, in Turkey, of Assistant-Commissary
of the First Class.

BRITISH GERMAN LEGION.
Ist Light Infantry—Brovot-Lieut.-Colonel Adolph von
Hacke to be Lieut.-Colonel Commandaut, vice Murray,

resigned. ,
3rt•Light Infantry—Major Win. Gordon Cameron to be
Lient.-Cole eel Commandant.
4th Ligb t Infantry—John Hambly Humfrey, formerly
of the 13rit ish Auxiliary Legion, to be Major Commandant;
Win. Dottglas Scott, formerly of the 51st Light Infantry,
to be P fajor. •
Ist Dragoons —To be Cornets—Richard Butler
blacken via, formerly of the Austrian Imperial Cuirassiers ;
Henry Itlaynet Wm. Henry Clipperton.
STAFF.—Acting Assistant-Surgeon H. W.
Bellew has been permitted to resign his appointment.

UNATTACHED.
Mai( .1. C. P. D. Walker, from the 7th Dragoon Guards,
to be ./ ,ientenant-Colonel by purchase.
Cap tain and Brevet-Lieut.-Colouol W. M. S. M`Murdo
Direc ;or-General of the Laud Transport Corps, to be pro-
mote J to the substantive rank of Major.
4ptain and Brevet-Lieut.-Colonel William West Tur-
ner. . 7th Foot, to be promoted to the substantive rank of
M a jor, under the provisions of the Royal Warrant of 6th
o 1851.
To be Captains withoat purohas3, in consideration of