The Sun.
London, England, 1855-11-24 00:00:00

"WHITEHALL, Nov. 23.

The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. Evan
Mackenzie Masson to the Church at Steinscholl, in the
parish of Kilnauir, in the Presbytery and Isle of Skye, va-
cant by the death of the Rev. Donald Macdonald.

CROWN-OFFICE.
MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT
PARLIAMENT.

Borough of Southwark, Nov. 21.—Vice-Admiral Sir
Charles Napier, K.C.8., in the room of the Right Hon.
Sir William Molesworth, Bart.., deceased.
City of Wells, Nov. 22.—Hedworth Hylton Jolliffe, of
Merstham, in the county of Surrey, Esq., in the room of
Robert Charles l'ildway, Esq , deceased.

BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, N0v..22.
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 11.1ajesty's Ambassador at Constan-
tinople, announcing a general suspension of the right to
export grain from the Turkish dominions. Grain may,
however, be imported into Constantinople from any other
Turkish port for consumption, for the space of three
months, dating from the 10th of November free of duty.

WAR-OFFICE, Nov. 23.
2d Regiment of Dragoons—Thomas Gonne, Gent., to be
Cornet, by purchase, vice Dunbar, promoted.
3,1 Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Joseph P. North, from
the 6th Dragoons, to bo Lieutenant and Adjutant, vice
Kauntze, promoted ; Lieutenant W. D. N. Lowe, from
the 17th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice W. W.
King, who exchanges ; Lieutenant Richard Lomax, from
the sth Lancashire Militia, to be Cornet, without pur-
chase, vice Dymond, promoted.
9th Light Dragoons—William Tomkyns, Gent., to be
Corn •t, by purchase, vice Blair, promoted.
13th Light Dragoons—Francis WilliaMEveleigh Savage,
Gent., to be Cornet, without purchase, vice Wright, ap-
pointed to the 15th Light Dragoons.
17th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant William Wallace
King, from the 31 Light Dragoons, to bo Lieutenant, vice
W. D. N. Lowe, who exchanges.
Royal Ai tiilery—Lientenant Francis William Eveleigh
Savage has been allowed to resign his commission ; John
Bunn William Skoulding, Gent., to be Veterinary Sur-
geon, vi:e Briggs, resigned.
Grenadier Guards—Lieut. and Capt. Claud Alexander
to be Adjutant, vice Higginson,who resigns the Adjutantey
only.
Coldstream Guards—Brevet-Colonel big G. A. F. H.
Boswall, Bart., from half-pay Unattached,,to be Captain
and Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Lord A. C. Lennox Fitz Roy,
who exchanges ; Lieutenant and Captain and Brevet-
Major Honourable P. R. B. Fielding to he Captain and.
Lieut -Colonel, by purchase, vice Brevet-Colonel Boswall,
who retires.

Ist Foot—To be Lieutenants, by purchase—Ensign H.
.T. Lawrell, from the Gbh Foot, vice J. M. Brown, pro-
moted ; Ensign VT. C. F. Kelly, ♦ice Smith, promoted.
To be Ensign, by purchase—Wm. Manger Davey, Gent.,
in succession to Lieutenant J. M. Brown, promoted.
2d Foot—George Thomas Gape, Gent., to bo Ensign, by
purchase, vice Heffernan, promoted.
111th Foot—Ensign Percy Beale to be Lieutenant, with-
out purchase, vice Chandler, promoted in the G2d Foot ;
Montagu M.Therson Battye, Gent., to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Beale.
IGth Foot—Thomas Russell, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Lombard, promoted.
17th Foot—Lieutenant Roger Swiro to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Edward Croker, who retires.
22d Foot—Captain J. H. 11. Gammell, from the 63d
Foot, to he Captain, vice Bouverie, who exchanges ; En-
sign ff. G. L. Campbell, to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Gammell, promoted in the 631 Foot ; Francis Alger-
non Cobham, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Tyacko, promoted ; Charles Tucker, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Campbell.
The surname of the Ensign promoted to a Lieute-
nantcy on the 2d inst., is Deane, and not Dean, as previ-
ously stated.
30th Foot—To be Lieutenants, without purchase—En-
sign R. H. Neville, vice Forbes, died of his wounds ; En-
sign If. S. Smith, vice Neville, whose promotion, on 9th
September, 1855, has been cancelled.
!d Foot—Lieutenant Wm. Patterson to be Captain,
without purchase, vice Brevet-Major Seward, deceased ;
Ensign R. T. Knox to be Lieutenant, without purchase,
vice Patterson ; Joseph Brackenbury, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Knox.
42d Foot —To bo Lieutenants, by purchase--Ensign
Thomas Mansfield James, vice Jervoise, promoted; Ensign
J. W. Haynes, vice Bennett, who has retired; Ensign W.
Underwood, vice G. Fraser, promoted.
44th Foot—Ensign G. Mellish to be Lieutenant, with-
out purchase ; Ensign Augustus Richard Trimmer, from
the West Suffolk Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase,
vice Mellish ; Lieutenant Michael Bradford has been per-
mitted to retire from the service by the sale of his commis-
sion.
46th Foot—The Christian names of Ensign Carlow are
Stewart' Jamer.

48th Foot—Lieutenant Seaton Ralph Forster, from tho
2d Surrey Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice E.
Hall, whose appointment on 9th Nov. has been cancelled.
49th Foot—Ensign E. D. Crossmast to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Rochfort, promoted.
59th Foot- -Brevet-Major W. W. Lodder to be Major,
without purchase, vice Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Bonghey
deceased. To be Captains, without purchase—Lieut. Jas.
Leyno, vice Lodder ; Lieut. Henry Kean, vice Leyne,
whose promotion on 14th Sept., 1855, has been cancelled.
To be Lieutenants without purchase—Ensign B. H. Burge,
Nice Leyne; Ensign George Joy, vice Burge, whose pro-
motion on 14th Sept., 1855, has been cancelled. To bo
Ensign, without purchase—Thomas Frederick Bowen,
Gent., vice Joy.
GOth Foot—Captain Richard Francis Jennings, from the
Queen's Own Tower Hamlets Militia, to be Ensign, with-
out purchase.
62d Foot—Ensign N. G. Elliott to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Hay, promoted ; John Joseph Carbery,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, in succession to Lieute-
nant Templemau, who retires.
63d Foot—Captain D. P. Bouverie, from the 22d Foot,
to be Captain, vice Gammell, who exchanges ; Ensign W.
G. Graves to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Fitz Gerald,
who has retired.

61th Foot—Ensign Louis D'Acosta to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Shehy, promoted in the 41st Foot;
John William Taylor, Gent., to be Ensign, without pur-
chase, vice D'Acosta.
65th Foot—Lieutenant John Cater to be Captain, with-
out purchase, vice Brevet-Major T. H. Somerville, whose
Brevet Rank has been converted into Substantive Rank,
under the Royal Warrant of 6th October, 1851 ' • Ensign
H. R. Milligan to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice
Cator ; Lieutenant Edward Harrison, from the Royal Che-
shire Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice hfilli-
gan.
72d Foot—Major W. Parke, to be Lieutenant-Colonel,
by purchase, vice Gaisford who retires ; Captain A. D.
Thellusson to be Major, by purchase, vice Parke ; Lieut.
0. B. Fielden, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Thellus-
son ; Ensign J. S. Richardson to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Fielden ; Peter Burnet, Gent., to be. Ensign,
by purchase, vice Richardson.
82d Foot—Ensign W. H. C. Allen to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Dowkor, deceased ; Lieutenant
Henry Mount Parkerson, from the West Norfolk Militia,
to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Allen.
92e. Foot—The removal of Lieutenant C. A. Humfrey
from the 5:3d Foot to bear date 6th October, 1855, instead
of Bth of that month, as previously staled.
97th Foot—Ezsign J. C. Minto from the Cape Mounted
Riflemen to be Lieutenant without purchase, vico Parks,
cashiered by the sentence of a general Court-martial.
Rifle Brigade Lieutenant D. B. Davy, from the 2d
West India Regiment, to be Lieutenart, vice Davenport,
who exchanges ; Ensign Geoffrey Lewis Austen to be
Lieutenant, by purchase. To be Ensigns, without pur-
chase—Aylmer Somerset, Gent. ; Alexander Angus Airlie
Kinloch, Gent. ; Henry E. Richards, Gent.
2d West India Regiment—Lieutenant S. S. Davenpoi b,
from the Rifle Brigade, to be Lieutenant, vice Davy, who
exchanges ; Norman D'Arcy, Gent., to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Burleigh, promoted.
3d West India Regiment. —To be Ensigns, without pur-
chase—Francis John Green, vice Hartford, promoted ;
Spencer Cobbold Page, Gent., vice Higman, promoted in
the 23th Foot.

Cape Mounted Riflemen—The surname of the Ensign
appointed on the 2d Nov. is Fitzwilliams, and not Fitz-
Willilm, as previously stated.
Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment Henry Alexander
Donald, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Macdonald,
promoted.
Gold Coast-Gorps—Lieut. Joseph Brownell to be Cap-
tain, without purchase, vice M'Court, who retires upon
half-pay ; Ensign J. I'. W. Andrews to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Brownell.

LAND TRANSPORT CORPS.
Lient. Frederick Francis Foreday, from the Hampshire
Militia, to be Paymaster.
To be Quartermaster of Brigade—Quartermaster-Ser-
jeant Richard Boyd, from 61th Foot, vice Beddek, who
resigns.

TO be Cornets—Superintendent James Milne ; Colour-
Serjeant W. Mayne, Royal Artillery; Serjeant Francis
Bleazley, 31st Foot ; Troop Serjeant-Majors George James
and George Edwards.
The undermentioned Gentlemen to be Cornets—John
William Beatty, Esq., late 56th Foot ; James Bridge,
William Edward Whelan, Frederic Bond, John Bruen
Rutledge, Richard B. Foster, Vincent, Applin, William
Spaldiag, Henry Keogh, Edward Jervis, James Bodkin,
Nathaniel Burslem, Arthur Galt. Robert Crowe, Colour-
Serjeant Smith, late cf 86th Foot, Superintendent Wm.
M'Call, Bernard 11. Burke, Ruben Hill Powell.
BRITISH Swiss LEGION.— Erratum in Gazette of the 2d
inst.—For James Haruber, Gent., to be Pay.naster, read
Thomas Hamber, Gent., to be Paymaster.
UNATTACHED.—Brevet-Major Thomas Henry Somer-
ville, 68th Foot, to hays his Brevet Rank converted into
Substantive Rank, under the Royal Warrant, Oct. 6.
Brevet-Lieut.-Colonel Graves Chauncey Swann, Captain
on half-pay Unattached, to have the Substantive Rank of
Major. The promotion of Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel
M`Murdo to the Substantive Rank of Major, to bear date
Oct. 12, 1855, instead of Nov. 9,185/, as previously stated.
PROVISIONAL DEPOT BATTALION.—Captain Jas. Man-
cor, 48th Foot, to be Assistant-Adjutant, vice Swinburne;
Robert Wm. Duff, Esq.. to be Paymaster.
HOSPITAL STAFF.—The name of the Assistant-Surgeon
appointed from half-pay 68th Foot on 25th September,
1855, is Robert W. Woollcombe, and not Woolcombe, as
previously stated.
ORDNANCE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.—Senior Surgeon
Alexander Ogilvie, M.D., to be Deputy Inspector-Gene-
ral of Hospitals ; Assistant-Surgeon Edward Gilborno to
bo Surgeon ; Staff Assistant-Surgeon Patrick Heron
Watson, M.D., to b 3 an Assistant. Surgeon, Royal Artil-
lery, vice Gilborue, promoted.