The Sun.
London, England, 1855-05-18 00:00:00

FOREIGN-OFFICE, HAY 17.

The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. James
Arrott as Consul at Dublin for the United States of
America.

CROWN-OFFICE, MAY 15.

MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PARLIA•

:KENT.

County of Renfrew.—Sir Michael Robert Shaw Stewart
of Greenock and Blackhall, Bart., in the room of Colonel
Mere, who has accepted the office of Steward o:
bk. Majesty's Chiltern Hundreds.
WAR-OFFICE, MAY 18.
Ist Regiment of Dragoons—Lieutenant St. John Wil
Ham Chiverton Charlton to be Captain, by purchase, vice
Sykes, who retires ; Cornet John Glas Sandeman to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Charlton.
12th Light Dragoons—Charles Talbot Goff, Gent., to be
Cornet, by purchase, vice Blunt, promoted.
Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards—Lieutenant and
Captain and Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel his Serene High-
ness Prince William Augustus Edward of Saxe Weimar to
be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice
Reeve, who retires ; Ensign and Lieutenant the Hon.
Wm Francis Forbes to be Lieutenant and Captain, by
purchase, vice Prince William A. E. of SaxeWeimar.
Ist Regiment of Foot—Ensign J. J. Heywood to be
Lieutenant, without purchase ; Anthony Gardner, Gent.,
to be Ensign, by purchase, in succession to Lieutenant
Smith, promoted.
6th Foot—John Thomson Bowers, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase.
Bth Foot—Frederic Anderson Stebbing, Gent., to be
Ensign, without purchase, vice Lillicrap, promoted.
23d Foot—Lieutenant W. H. Poole to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Vane, whose promotion by purchase has
been cancelled ; Frederick Woollaston Hutton to be En-
sign, by purchase, in succession to Lieutenant Poole,
promoted.
24th Foot—The Christian names of Ensign Troup are
Robert Henry Williamson.
30th Foot—To be Lieutenants, without purchase—
Ensign William Kerr, vice Walker, promoted to the 3d
Foot; Ensign C. J. P. Clarkson. To be Ensign, without
purchase—Lieutenant Henry F. Morewood, from the Duke
of Lancaster's Own Rifle Regiment of Militia.
34th Foot—Richard Lewes Dashwood, Gent., to be
Ensign, without purchase.
49th Foot—Lieut. Thomas P. St. G. Armstrong to be
Captain, without purchase, vice Corbet, deceased ; Ensign
J. T. Cooke to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice
Armstrong; Edmund Douglas Creasman, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase, in succession to Lieut. Fitzgerald, whose
promotion by purchase on the 10th Nov., 1851, has been
cancelled.
51st Foot--Serjeant William Clements, from the Scots
Fusilier Guards, to be Ensign, without purchase, and Ad-
jutant, vice Sheaffe, promoted.
56th Foot—The surname of the Ensign appointed on the
Ist May, is Hampton, and not Hampten, as previously
stated.
68th Foot—Samuel Black Noble, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Cave, whose appointment has been
cancelled.
89th Foot—The first Christian name of Ensign Mac-
kenzie, appointed on the 11th May, 1855, is Waller, and
not alter as previously stated.
93d Foot—Ensign Waller Scott Mackenzie, from the
89th Foot, to be Ensign, without purchase.
98th Foot—Lieutenant Molyneux Batt to be Captain,
without purchase, vice Smyth, deceased.
Rifle Brigade—To be Ensigns, without purchase—The
Hon. Alan Joseph Pennington and Hugh Lawton, Gent.
Ceylon Rifles—Constantine Hay ward Read to be En-
sign, without purchase, vice Hobbs, promoted in the 99th
Foot.

UNATTACHED.
Captain Wm. Webster, from the Ist Foot, to be Major,
without purchase.

BREVET.
The following promotions to take place consequent on
he death of the undermentioned officers :
General S. Huskisson, died Dec. 30, 1854 '-
General Viscount O'Neill, died Feb. 12, 1855 ;
General Samuel Brown, died March 1, 1855 :
Lieutenant-General Thomas Evans, C.E., 81st Foot, to
be General.
The following promotions to take place consequent upon
the decease of the undermentioned officers :
Lieut.-General A. Maclacblan, died Dec. 29, 1854;
Lieut.-General Sir T. H. Browne, died March 11, 1855;
Lieut.-General John Duffy, C. 8., died Match 17, 1855;
Major-General James Lindsay to be Lieut.-General.
The following promotions to take place consequent upon
the decease of the undermentioned officers :
General Samuel Brown, died let March, 1855.
General Pinson Bonham, died April, 18 5.
Major-General J. G. Baumgardt, died 7th May, 1855:
Colonel Ambrose Lane, half-pay 44th Foot, to be Major-
General.
Lieut.-Colonel Henry Bates, 98th Foot, to be Colonel.
Major William Fenwick, 10th Foot, to be Lieut.-Colonel.
Captain Edmund John Cruice, Unattached Staff Officer
' of Pensioners, to be Major.
MEMORANDUM.—The Christian names of Major White,
Madras Infantry, who obtained his promotion by brevet,
in the Gazette of the 6th Feb., 1855, are Henry Puget, and
not Henry Paget.
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY THE QUEEN.
North York Rifle Regiment of Militia—Dugald Stewart
Miller, Lep, late Captain in the Royal Fusiliers, to be Ad-
j utant.
2d Regiment of the Royal Surrey Militia—Henry Legge,
the younger, Esq., to be Paymaster.
Oxfordshire Regiment of Militia—William Nicol Ralph,
Gent., (lately Captain in the 2d Queen's Royal Regiment),
to be Quartermaster, vice Holloway, resigned.
Royal North Lincoln Militia—Michael Moriarty, Gent.,
to be Quartermaster. ,
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS LIEUTENANT.
Royal North Lincoln Militia—James Sisson Cooper,
Gent., to be Ensign ; Lovick Einilius Cooper, Gent., to be
Ensign.
Royal South Linsoln Militia—Robert Frudd, Gent., to
be Ensign.
Ist Royal Lanark Militia—David William Mathie,
Gent, to be Lieutenant, vice Fotheringham, retired.
tThe following notice of appointment in this regiment is
substituted for that which appealed in the Gazette of 20th
March.]
Captain and Brevet-Major James Hunter, of the 53d
Bengal Native Infantry, to be Captain, vice A.ikman, re-
signed.
Northamptonshire Regiment of Militia—Ensign William
Langham Hazelrigge Le Hunt Wilson to be Lieutenant ;
Ensign William Evans to be Lieutenant; William Shep-
herd Brudenell Whitworth, Gent., to be Ensign, vice
William Langham Hazlerigge Lo Hunt Wilson, promoted.
Royal Glamorgan Light Infantry Militia— Kenneth
Kemeys Tynte Maher, Gent., to be Ensign ; Francis John
Shortis, Gent., to be Ensign.
Oxfordshire Regiment of Militia—Frederick Walter
Aston, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Brinckman, resigned.
let or Western Regiment of Norfolk Militia—Robert
Welsh Coates, Gent., to be Ensign.
The Northumberland Light Infantry Regiment of
Militia—Lieutenant Francis Blake to bo Captain, vice
Captain William lier Grey, resigned.
shire Militia
Prince Regent's Royal Regiment of Ayr
Rifles—Wm. Henry Ralston; Gent., to be Ensign.
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