The Sun.
London, England, 1855-01-13 00:00:00

TO 13E MAJORS IN THE ARMY.

Captain Thomas Stevenson, of the 30th Foot, June 28,
1838.
Captain Edward Parker, of the 60th Foot, Nov. 9, 1846.
Captain Charles Frederick Gibson, of the 24th Foot, June
20, 1854.
Captain John Gore, retired full-pay Royal Artillery, the
rank being only honorary, Nov'. 28, 1654.
MEMORANDA.

The appointment of Acting Veterinary Surgeon Par-
tridge to be Veterinary Surgeon of the 11th Light Dra-
goons, as stated in the Gazette of the 29th ultimo, has been
cancelled.

The first Christi-an name of Ensign Woodford, appointed
to the Rifle Brigade, Dec. 28, is Edmund, and not Ed-
ward, as previously stated,

WAR-OFFICE, JAN. 12.

BREVET.

The undermeationed officers who hr d. retired upon full-
pay of the Royal Marines, previously to her Majesty's
Order in Cauncil of die 13th September, 1854, to be pro-
moted to a step of Br-6A Rank, in order to place them in
as favourable position,as those of their rank who may here-
after obtain retirement under the provisions of the said
Order in Council, viz.:—

TO BE COLONELS IN THE ARMY.
Lieutenant-Colonel Edmund Hearlo
Lieutenant-Colonel John McArthur
Lieutenant-Colonel William Clendon
TO BR LIEUTENANT:COLONELS IN THE ARMY.
Brevet-Major Joseph Williams
Brevet-Major Thomas Lemon
Brevet-Major Julius Fleming
Brevet-Major Thomas Scott
Brevet-Major James Fynmore •
Brevet-Major Win. M`Kinnon.
Brevet-Major Francis Smith Hamilton
Brevet-Major Charles Cartwright Williamson
Brevet-Major Charles William Pearce
TO BE MAJORS IN THE ARMY.
Captain !Thomas Hurdle
Captain Gilbert Lang-don
Captain Richard J. F. Crowther
Captain Joshua S. Sayer
Captain Thomas Carr Steward
Captain John Hay
Captain Wm. Stephens Knapman
Captalin John Wilson
Captain John Hamby
Capte in Thomas Waters
Capt Lin George Thomas Welchman
Captain John George Richardson
Captain John Evan Jones
Captain Robert Webb
• Captain William Ford
Captain John Hewett
Captain George Bownell Pepyat
Captain William Henry Devon
Captain Hugh Brown,
Cr.ptain George Pattonn
Captain David Galloway
Captain Thomas Rees Thomas
Captain Jervis Cooke
Ca ptain James Shute
Ca ptain John Tudor Tucker
Captain William Davis
Captain James Thomas Cracknell
Captain Henry James
Captain John Brutton
Captain John Richard Miscall
Captain Richard William Pascoe
Captain Richard Searle
Captain Henry Smith
Captain Peter John James Dusa,ntey
Captain Thomas Park
Captain George Griffin
Captain James Dowman
Captain Charles Clarke
Captain John Law
Captain Edmund Nepean.
Captain Valentine Beadon
Captain Joshua Edleston
-Captain Robert Wright
Captain William Gordon
Captain Edward Appleton
Captain Caleb Barnes
Captain Peter Martin MrSeLlar
Captain John Miller
Captain Charles Miller '
Capf4in Pitcairn Onslow
The abaske Commissions to bear date Nov. 2S, 1854.
COMMTSSJONS SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANTS.
Cointy, .of Pryce Michell, Esq., to
be Deputy Lieutenant, Dec. 30.
Ist Cornwall Rifles—William Rasleigh, jun., Gent., to
be Lieutenant, vice Vivian, commission cancelled, Jan. 4.
Herefordshire Regiment of Militia—Thonints Baskerville
Mynors, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Chatfield, appointed to
49th Foot ; John Michael Browne, Gent., to be Ensign,
vice Cockburn, appointed to 11th Light Dragoons; Richard
Thomason; Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon.
Warwickshire Regiment—Assistant,Sur-
geon Tranter to be Surgeon, Dec. 19; Frederick William
Strickland, Gent., to bo Lieutenant, Dec. 28 ; Riland
Wolseley Oldham, Gent., to be Ensign, Dac. 21 • John
Peter Wilson, Gent., to be Ensign, Dec. 27; William
Powell,:Gentz, to be Ensign, Dec. 28.

Royal Backs King's 0 Regiment of Militia—Roper
Augustus • Gent., to be Ensign.
Hertfordshire Sullivan,ilitia Samuel Wood Graves, Gent.,
to be Lieutenant, Jan, 2 ; George Thomas Delme Rad-
cliffe, Gent., to be Ensign, Jan, 5.
Royal Monmouthshire Militia--Captain Edmund Her-
bert to be Major, vice Rolls, resigned ; Lieutenant George
Griffin Tyler to be Captain, vice. Herbert, promoted ;
Ensign Henry Somers Morgan Clifford to be Lieutenant,
vice Tyler promoted, Jan. 6.
Shropshire Regiment, of Militia—Edwin Andrew Corbet,
Gent., to be Ensign, Jan. 9.
6th Regiment of Royal Lancashire Militia—The Hon.
Edward Bootle Wilbraham, Colonel Unattached, late of
the Coldstream Guards, to be Honorary Colonel, Jan. 8 ;
John Henry Pringle, Esq., Colonel Unattached, late of the
ColdstreamiGuards, to be Lieutenant-Colonel Commanding,
Jan. 9.

The Northumberland Light Infantry Regiment of Mili-
tia—John Ayton Wood, Gent.' to be Lieutenant ; Joseph
Jones, Gent., to be Ensign, Jan. 3 ; Edmund Douglas
Grossman, Gent.; to be Lieutenant, Jan. 4 ; Septimus
Donaldson Selby, Gent., to be Ensign, Jan. 6.
Stirlingahire, or 90th Regiment of Militia—William
Downing Bruce, Esq., tobe Lieutenant, vice John M`Nab,
Jan. 8.

Ist Regiment of Royal Cheshire Militia—Marcus Auto-
ninus Waters, Gent., late Lieutenant in 53d Regiment, to
be Lieutenant, Dec. 30; John Charles Hamilton Parks,
Gent., late Lieutenant in the 27th Regiment, to be Lieu-
tenant, Jan. 5 ; Sidney Henry Heywood, Gent.' to be En-
sign, vice Palin, resined, Dec. 30 ; Ei ward Harrison,
Gent., to be Ensign, Jan. 2.
2d Regiment sof Royal Cheshire Militia—Nassau Wm.
Stephens, Esq., late Captain in the 94th Regiment, to be
Captain, Dec. 30 ; Thomas James Meredith, late Captain
in the 90th Regiment, to be Captain, Jan. 2 ; John Jestyn
Williams Fredericks, Esq., late Lieutenant in the 46th
Regiment, to be Captain, Jan. 5; George Lewis Owning,
Gent., late Captain in the sth Jersey Militia, to be Lieu-
tenant, Jan. 2 ; James Taylor, Gent., to be Ensign, Jan.
1; Arthur Lloyd Reado, Gent., to be Ensign, Jan. 5 ;
Lieutenant Charles Poppletonbo Captain, Jan. 10;
,William Esdaile Goring Thomson, Gent., late Lieutenant
in the 26th Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Poppleton,
promoted; Sainsbury Sewell Davonport, Pent., to be
Ensign, Jan. 10.

,
Light Infantry Battalion of the Royal Sussex Militia—
William Henry Young, M.D., half-pay 28th Regiment, to
be Surgeon vice Duke, resigned, Jan. 6.
West Suffolk Regiment of Militia— Valentine Great-
rakes Coates, Gent., to be Lieutenant ' • Henry James Wil-
liam Wilkinson, Gent., to be Ensign, Jan. 6.
The Prince Regent's Royal Regiment of Ayrshire Militia
Rifles—George Ponsonby Cranford, Gent., to be Lieu-
tenant • James Meichleham, Gent., to be Ensign ; Hugh
John Baird, Gent., to bo Ensign, Dec. 21.
[The following appointments are substituted for those
which appeared in the Gazette of December 29, 1854.}
Hertfordshire Militia—To bo Ensigns —Henry Harrison
Bartlett, Gent., Edward Vernon White, Gent., George
Thomas. Gape, Gent., Dee. 27.