The Sun.
London, England, 1855-02-21 00:00:00

WHITEHALL, FEB. 19.

The Queen has been pleased to appoint Thomas Cleghorn,
Esq., Advocate, to be Sheriff of the Shire or Sheriffdom of
Argyll, in the room of Edward Francis Maitland, Esq.,
resigned.

WAR OFFICE, FEB. 20.

sth Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Augustus William
Travers, Gent., to be Cornet, without purchase, vice Fitz-
gerald, promoted, Feb. 19 ; Lawford Andrews Richardson,
Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Sir E. S. Hutchinson,
promoted, Feb. 20.
7th Dragoon Guards—John Lorn Stewart, Gent., to be
Cornet, by purchase, vice Whhington, promoted, Feb. 20.
2nd Dragoons—To be Comets, without purchase—Troop-
Serjeant-Major Samuel Leggie, Feb. 19 ; Cornet John. Lorn
Stewart, from the 7th Dragoon Guards, Feb. 20.
Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards—Edward White, Gent.,
to be Solicitor, vice Parkinson, deceased, Feb. 20.
Coldstream Guards—Major and Brevet-Colonel the Hon.
G. F. Upton to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase,
vice the Hou. A. Upton, promoted to be Major-General ;
Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel Lord
Francis Paulet to be Major, without purchase, vice Upton ;
Lieutenant and Captain and Brevet-Major the Honourable
Arthur Edward Hardinge to be Captain and Lieutenant-
Colonel, without purchase, vice Lord F. Paulet, Feb. 20.
Ist Regiment of Foot—George Gilbert Stewart, Gent., to
be Ensign, without purchase, Feb. 20.
9th Foot—To be Ensigns, without purchase—Charles J.
R. Bedford, Gent., vice Vibart, promoted, Feb. 19 ; Henry
Gipps, Gent., Feb. 2!).
10th Foot—Brevet-Colonel S. J. Cotton, from the 22d
Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Brevet-Colonel Welles-
ley, who exchanges, Dec. 14, 1854.
14th Foot—George Money Bright, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, Feb. 20.
17th Foot—Win. Presgrave, Gent., to be Ensign, without
purchase, Feb. 20.
18th Foot—Ensign F. Fearnley to be Lieutenant, with-
out purchase ; Richard Wm. Erskine Dawson, Gent., to
be Ensign, without purchase, Feb. 20 ; Assistant-Surgeon
Thomas Crawford, M.D., from the 51st Foot, to be Surgeon,
vice Stewart, appointed to the Staff, Feb. 9.
19th Foot—Ensign A. W. Kirby to be Lieutenant, without
purchase, vice Jackson, deceased, Feb 14; Walter William
Young, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, Feb. 20.
20th Foot—Lieutenant W. D. S. Dickins to be Captain
by purchase, vice Lutyens, whose promotion by purchase on
Jan. 19 has been cancelled, Feb. 20 ; Frederick Lockwood
Edridge, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, Feb. 19 ; Wil-
liam David Nunn, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase,
Feb. 20.

21st Foot—Ensign Thomas Vauxden to be Lieutenant,
-without purchase, vice Beaumont, appointed to the Seots
Fusilier Guards ; Edmund Prideaux Chichester, Gent., to be
Ensign, without purchase, vice Vauxden, Feb. 20.
22d Foot--Brevet-Colonel W. H. C. Wellesley, from the
10th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Brevet-Colonel
Cotton, who exchanges, Dec. 14.
28th Foot—Moues Guard, Gent., to be Ensign, without
purchase, Feb. 20.

30th FOot--J M'Dermid Allardice, Goat., to bow En-
sign, without - .hr

without purchase, Feb. 20.
32d Foot—Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel J. E. W. IngHis to
be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, vice Marklitun,
promoted to be Major-General ; Captain James Dodington
Carmichael to be Major, without purchase, vice Inglis ;
Lieutenant Robert Stacy Coils to be Captain, without pur-
chase, vice Carmichael ; Ensign A. D. Kirkwood to be Lieu-
tenant, without purchase, vice Cols, Feb. 20.
33d Foot'- To be Ensigns, without purchase.—Ensign
Birchall George Graham, from the Royal Berks Militia,
Feb. 18 ; Frederick William Benwell, Gent., Feb. 19 ; George
Augustus Vaughan, Gent., Feb. 20.
34th Foot—James Lindsay Stack, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, Feb. 20.

38th Foot.—To' be Ensigns, without purchase—Ensign A.
A. Wilkie, from the 30th Foot, Feb. 18 • Alexander Walker,
Gent., Feb. 19 ; Robert Charles Franks, Feb. 20.
39th Foot.—To be Ensigns, without purchase.—William
Osborne Smith, Gent , Feb. 19 ; Arthur Robert Nuteons be
Gould, Gent., Feb. 20.

41st Foot—To be Ensigns without purchase— Ensign Thos.
F. Boddington, from the Royal North Gloucester Militia, Fe lb.
18 ; Augustus Dixon, Gent., Feb. 19 ; Gnildford Maci ay
Onslow, Gent., Feb. 20.

42d Foot—Murdoch Macleod, Gent., to be Ensign, with.c iut
purchase, Feb. 20.

44th Foot--To be Ensigns, without purchase—Elliott ,r-
-thur Raymond, Gent., Feb. 18 ; James Kay, Gent., Feb. 19 ;
Azim Salvator Birch, Gent., Feb. 20.
50th Foot—Thomas Turner Murphy, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, Feb. 20.
51st Foot—Captain James Brown Young, from the 8.5 th
Foot, to be Captain, vice Marshall, appointed to the 9'2d
Foot, Feb. 20.

61st Foot—Lieutenant H. G. A. Vicars to bo Adjutan,t,
vice Reid, who resigns the Adjutantcy only, Feb. 20.
68th Foot—Lieutenant Herbert Vaughan to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Croft, who retires, Feb. 20.
70th Foot—Lieutenant Wm. Bellers to be Captain, by pur-
chase, vice Mitchell, who retires ; Ensign A. C. H. Tovey to
be Lieutenant, by purchase, -vice Bellers, Feb. 20.
73d Foot—Assistant-Surgeon George Grey, M.D., from the
Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Poole, promoted to t 1 ie
Staff; Feb. 20.
77th Foot—Charles B. Knowles, Gent., to be Ensign, wit p-
out purchase, Feb. 25.
82d Foot—Lieutenant S. Slater to be Captain, with(vut
purchase, 'vice Collings, deceased; Ensign Edward Pen
Thompson to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Slate. r,
Jan. 31 ; Ensign P. Thorp Dickson to be Lieutenant, wit cl-
out purchase, vice Thompson, whose promotion on the !2d
February, 1855, has been cancelled, Feb. 2.
85th Foot—Captain R. C. Bruce, from the 92d Foot, to 'be
Captain, vice Young, appointed to the 51st Foot ; Lieut. W.
Ashe to be Adjutant, vice Rooper, promoted, Feb. 20.
• g6th Foot—Lieutenant C. Darby to be Captain, without
purchase, vice C. G. Butler, deceased; Ensign C. Fraser -to
be Lieutenantt without purchase, vice Darby, Dec. 19 ; Ell-
- J. Creagh, from the 84th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Fraser ,
Feb. 20.

90th Foot—To be Lieutenants, without purchase—Ensigti.
H. J. Ha'dock, from the 85th Foot ; Ensign H. Holyoak,
Goodricke, from the 85th Foot, Feb. 2 ).
92d Foot—Captain J. G. Don Marshall, from the 51st Foo-t,
to be Captain, vice Bruce, appointed to the 85th Foort,
Feb. 20.

95th Foot—Ensign John Henry Waterfall, from the 20t.;11
Foot, to be Ensign, Feb. 20.
Rifle Brigade—To be Lieutenants without purchase—En-
signs James Singer and Richard Tryon, Feb. 20. To be En -
signs without purchase—Watson Stott, Gent., Feb. 17:;
Charles George Slado, Gent., Feb. 18 ; Freeman Frederic]r
Thomas, Gent., Feb. 19. To be Ensign by purchase—Waite]:
Richard Lascelles, Gent., Feb. 20.
2d West Indiaßegiment—Lieutenant James Hope, fron t
half-pay Recruiting District, to be Lieutenant, vice Manders,
appointed Paymaster of the 6th Dragoon Guards ; Ensign
D. B. Davy to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hope, who
retires, Feb. 20.

LAND TRANSPORT CORPS.
To bo Quartermasters of Brigades—Edward Poitier, Gent. I
Jan. 28 ; Alexander Watson, Gent., Feb. 11 ; John Sew()11;
Gent., Feb. 12 ; Thomas Soady, Gent., Feb. 13.

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General the Honourable T. E, Capel, died 3d Feb.