The Sun.
London, England, 1855-01-10 00:00:00

BREVET.

Brevet Colonel Johnlioneagedrubbe, on retired full-
pay of the 63th Foot, to be Major-General in the Army,
the rank being only honorary, Jan. 9.
WAR-OFFICE, JAN. 9.
BREVET.

In consequence of the death of Lieutenant• General Sir
Henry Goldfinch, and the retirement upon full-pay
of Major-Generals Calder and M.C.Dixon, a vacancy having
occurred upon the effective list of General Officers of the
Royal Engineers, Colonel Thomas Blanchard to be pro-
moted to be Major-General, Dec. H.
The following Officers of the Royal Engineers, who have
been permitted to retire upon full-pay, to receive a step of
honorary Brevet Rank, viz. :

TO BE MAJOR-GENERALS.
Colonel William Henry Slade, Dec. IG.
Colonel James Calaway Victor, Dec. IG.

COMMISSION'S SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANTS.
West Somerset Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—Harry
Kersteman, Gent., to be Cornet, Jan. 2.
Royal Pembrokeshire Artillery Regiment of Militia—
John Brogdon Labarte, Gent., to bo Ensign, Jan. 5.
Royal South Lincoln Militia—George Frederick Shep-
pard, Gent., to be Ensign, Dec. 18 ; Wm. _Augustus
Try-dell Heiden, Gent., to be Ensign, Dec. 19 r. Montagu
Stephen Williams, Gent., to be Ensign, Dec. 20.
East York Regiment of Militia.—Wm. Thos. David
Lloyd, Gent., to ba Licutentant, vice Buckle, not joined
since 1852, Dec. 19 ; Allen Mackarmieh Beauchant, Gent.,
to be Lieutenant, vice Wilkinson, resigned, Dec. 20 ;
Jonathan Wynyard Haynes, Gent., to be Ensign, vice
Ward, resigned, Dec. 21 ; George Fraser Smith, Gent., to
be Ensign, vice Holmes, promoted and since resigned,
Dec. 27.

4th Regiment of West York Militia.—Baker Bridge,
Gent., to be Lieutenant, Dec 27.
6th Regiment of West York Militia.--Christopher Spen-
cer Brcary, Esq., to be Captain ; Henry Robert Markham,
Esq., to be Captain ; Henry Hartley Taylor, Gent., to be
Lieutenant ; John George Mayo, Gent., to be Lieutenant,
Dec. 27.

2d Regiment (Light Infantry) West York N ilitia—En-
sign John Edward Hawker English to be Lieutenant ; En-
sign George Cleghorn to be Lieutenant; Arthur Murray,
aq., late 62d Regiment, to be Captain ; Francis Morley,
Gent., to be Ensign; Lloyd Salisbury Baxendale, Gent.,
to be Ensign, Jan. I.
sth Regiment of West York Militia—Thomas Bischoff,
Esq., to be Captain, Jan. 1.
- MEMORANDUM. —That the name of Lieutenant Stoddart
of the 6th Regiment West York Militia was by mistake
gazetted as Stodhart; and that the Christian names of
Ensign Staines, of the sth Regiment of `rest York Militia,
are John Augustus.

Royal North Gloucester Regiment of Militia.—Newton
Jones Pauli, Gent., to be Ensign, Jan. 6.
King's Own Rifo Regiment of Staffordshire Militia—
George Cole, Gent., late 35th Foot, to be Ensign ; Henry
Banks Wright, Gent., to be Ensign, Dec. 29; John Price
Mackinnon, Gent., to be Ensign, Jan. 2.
Royal Fiintshire Militia. —Reginald Bythell, Gent., to
be Ensign.

East Kent Regiment of Militia —Ensign Augustus Wal-
ter Lewis to be Lieutenant, vice Fitzpatrick, resigned,
Jan. 4; Robert Fraser, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Griffith,
promoted, Jan. 3 ; Thomas William Valiance, Gent., to
be Ensign, vice Zaba, promoted, Jan. 4.
West Essex Militia—George Richard Layton, Gent., to
be Lieutenant, Dec. 26; Humphrey Richard George
Marriott, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Chapman, re-
signed ; Charles Gabriel Alfred Barnes, Gent., to be
Ensign, Jan. 6.
4th or Royal South Middlesex Regiment of Militia—
Lieutenant Charles Bayntum, from Royal Sussex Militia
Artillery, to be Lieutenant, vice Simmons, resigned ;
Marmaduke Constable, Gent., to be Ensign, Jan. 1; Cap-
tain Charles Foveaux Kirby to be Major, vice Tyndale,
deceased, Jan. 4.

sth or Royal Elthorne Light Infantry Regiment of
Middlesex Militia—Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Beckham
half-pay, Unattached, to be Captain, vice Cotter, resigned,
Nov. 17.

East Suffolk Regiment of Militia Artillery Corps--Ed-
ward Head Everard, Gent., to he Lieutenant, Jan. 4.
Hampshire Regiment of Militia _Artillery William
Samuel Greatheed, late Lieutenant 41st Regiment, to he
Captain ; James Harry Bartlett Reynolds, Gent., to be
Ensign, Dec. 30.

Oxfordshire Regiment of Militia—Henry Charles Tem-
pest Graham, Gent., to be Ensign, Jan. 6.
Wigtownshire and Kirkcudbright Regiment of Militia,
called the Galloway Rids Corps -William Charles Stewart
Hamilton, Esq., to bo Lieutenant, vice David Hannay,
retired, Dec. 25.

Inverness, Banff, Elgin, and Nairn Regiment of Militia
—James Duff; late of 'PIP-Majesty's 74th Regiment, to be
Major ; James William Whyte, M.D., .to be Lieutenant;
Thomas Brown, Gent., to be Lieutenant, Jan. 2.
Renfrewshire Regiment of flona;oa-
bailie Bontino, Esq., to be Major; James Lowndcs, Esi.,
and James Stewart, Esq., to be Captains ; Francis Robert-
son Reid, Gent., and Daniel Shaw Stewart, Gent., to be
Lieutenants; William Canninghalne, Gent., to be Ensign,
Jan. 6.