The Sun.
London, England, 1855-04-25 00:00:00

MEMORANDA.

The commissions, as Lieutenant-Colonel, of the under-
mentioned officers to be ante-dated to the 12th of Decem-
ber, 1854, but not to carry back pay ; viz. :—Lieutenant-
Colonels George V. Maxwell, 8801- Foot ; Robert Julian
Baumgartner, 28th Foot 2 • C. W. D. Staveley, 44th Foot ;
Richard C. H. Taylor, 79th Foot ; Alexander S. Leith
Hay, 93d Foot • Julius Edmund Goodwyn, 41st Foot ;
John Lucas Wilton, 50th Foot.
The commissions as Major of the undermentioned offi-
cers to be ante-dated to 12th December, 1854, but not to
carry back pay ; viz. :
Major Edward J. Vesey Brown, 88th Foot.
Major Henry Harding°, Rifle Brigade.
Major Frederick Mills, 7th Foot.
BREVET.
To BE LIEUTENANT-COLONELS IN THE ARMY.
Commissions to be dated 12th December.
Major William C. Forrest, 4th Dragoon Guards.
Major Thomas Bunbury Gough, 33d Foot.
Brevet-Major George Calvert Clark, 2d Dragoons..
Major Charles F. Fordyce, 47th Foot.
Major Robert Wardlaw, Ist Dragoons.
Major Frederick Amelius Whimper, 55th Foot.
Major Frederick C. Evelegh, 20th Foot.
Major G. A. Fihner Sulivan, 2d Dragoons.
Major Charles Cameron Shute, 6th Dragoons.
Major Honourable James Pierce Maxwell, 50th Foot.
Major Alexander Cameron, 42d Foot.
Major Thomas Heyland; 95th Foot.
Brevet-Major George Erskine, 33d Foot:
Brevet-Major Thomas Scott Hawkins, Ist Foot.
Major Edmund Peel; llth Light Dragoons.
Major Honourable James Lyon Browne, 21st Foot, to
be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army, April 24.
Major John C. Macpherson, on retired full pay, 42d
Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army, the rank
being honorary only, April 24.
Captain John W. Thomas, of the 40th Foot, to be Major
in the Army, Dec. 3.
To BE MAJORS IN THE ARMY.
Commissions to be dated Dec. 12, 1854.

Captain Archibald C. Campbell, 42d Foot.
Captain Percy Archer Butler, 28th Foot.
Captain George John Brown, 4th Light Dragoons.
Captain G. Nicolls Harrison, 63d Foot.
Captain_Andrew Hunt, 79th Foot
Captain Andrew Browne, 41th Foot.
Captain Alfred Tipping, Grenadier Guards
Captain William Harry, Earl of Errol, Rifle Brigade
Captain John Edward Lewis, 68th Foot
Captain Edward Bayley, 88th Foot
Captain Robert Warden, 19th Foot
Captain -F. Rowland Forster, 4th Dragoon Guards
Captain 'lames Villiers, 47th Foot
Captain John Anstruthor Macgowan, 91d Foot
Captain J. Steadman H. Ferrer, 38th Foot
Captain Vincont Wing, 95t .h Foot
Captain W. de Cardonnel Elmsall, Ist Dragoons
Captain James Rose, 30th Foot
Captain Thomas Henry Somerville, 68th Foot.
Captain W. H. Beaumont de Horsey, flrenadier.
Gunn.s.

- - Captain G. W. Alexander Higginson, Grenadier
Guards.
Captain Bartholomew O'Biien, 77th Foot.
Captain J. Cowell Bartley, 4th Foot.
Captain Thomas H. Pakenham, 30th Foot.
Captain George Thomas Francis Shuckburgh, Scots Fu-
silier Guards.

Captain Hugh FitzHarding° Drummond, Scots Fusilier
Guards.
Captain George Harry Smith Willis, 77th Foot.
Captain J. Dugdale Astley, Scots Fusilier Guards.
Captain Edward Tomkinson, Bth Light Dragoons.
Captain W. Polloxfen Radcliffe, 20th Foot.
Captain John Hynde King, 49th Foot.
Captain Robert White, 17th Light Dragoons.
Captain John Thomas Dalyell, 21st Foot
Captain Reginald Y. Shipley, 7th Foot.
Captain G. Neeld, Boldero, 21st Foot.
Captain R. Lockhart Ross, 93d Foot.
Captain H. Water Meredith, 41st Foot.
Captain G. Le Fevre Dickson, 30th Foot.
Captain Robert George Manley, Gth Dragoons.
Captain Charles Baring, Coldstream Guards.
Captain Augustus L. Marsh, 55th Foot.
Captain Henry Armytage, Coldstream Guards.
Captain Edwin Adolphus Cook, 11th Light Dragoons.
Captain Paget Bayly, 30th Foot.
Captain William Inglis, sth Dragoon Guards.
Captain Philip S. Crawley, Coldstream Guards.
To BE MAJORS IN THE ARMY.
Commissions to be dated April 21.
Captain Julius A. R. Raines, 95th Foot.
Captain William Gordon Cameron, Grenadier Guards.
Captain William Rickman, 77th Foot.
Captain Charles Richard Butler, 20th Foot.
Captain Stephen Remnant Chapman, 20th Foot.
ROYAL ARTILLERY.
TO BE MAJORS IN THE ARMY.
Commissions to be dated Dec. 12, 1854.

Captain G. B. Shakespear.
Captain P. G. Pipon.
Captain the Hon. W. C. Yelvorton.
Captain M. A. S. Biddulph.
Captain J. F. L. Baddeley.
Second Captain John George Boothby.
Second Captain George Barstow.
Second Captain G. Le M. Tupper.
Second Captain John Singleton.
Second Captain C. H. Ingilby.
ROYAL ENGINEERS.
TO BE LIEUTENANT-COLONELS IN THE ARMY.
Commissions to bear date 24th April, 1855.
Brevet-Major John W. Gordon.
Brevet-Major Frederick E. Chapman.
TO BE MAJORS IN THE ARMY.
Commissions to boar date 24th April, 1855.

Captain E. F. BourchioT.
Captain Edward Stanton.
MENIORA.NDA.

The appointment of Serjeant John McQueen to an En-
signcy, without purchase, in the 9th Foot, to bear date
sth November, 1854, in lieu of 15th February, 1855, as
previously stated.
The promotion of Ensign W. H. Borland to a Lieute-
nantcy without purchase, in the 9th Foot, to bear date 7th
March, 1855, in lieu of 9th March, 1855, as previously
stated.
The Christian names of Ensign Hamilton, 51st Foot,
are Charles Leslie Baillie.
Erratum in the Gazette of the 30th ult.—Staff.—For
Brovet.-Lieut.-Colonel Henry B. Harvey, from half-pay
unattached, to be Major of a Depot Battalion, vice White,
appointed to the Staff in Ireland ; read, vice White, who
exchanges.

WAR-OFFICE, APRIL 24.
GENERAL ORDER.
Horse Guards, Feb. 23, 1855.
The Queen having signified her intention to confer a
medal for service in the Crimea upon the officers and men,
with clasps for the battles of the Alma and of Inkerman,
and being further pleased to command that a clasp shall
also be conferred upon those who were engaged in the
action at Balaklava, the General Commaning-in-Chief
desires that her Majesty's gracious intentions shall be made
known to the army by General Order.
Field-Marshal Lord Raglan has been requested to for-
ward lists of those entitled to receive this clasp, with a
view to the same being affixed to the medal for the
Crimea.
By command of the Right Honourable
GENERAL VISCOUNT HARDINGE,
Commanding-in-Chief,
G. A. WETHERALL,
Adj utant-General.
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD LIEUTENANTS. j

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Second West Regiment of Yorkshire Yeomanry Cavalry
—Sir William Ridley Charles Cooke, Baronet, to be Cor-
net, April 17.
[The following appointment is substituted for that which
appeared in the Gazette of the 234 March last.]
3(1 Regiment (Light Infantry) of West York Militia
Lieutenant John Henry Mainwaring, to be Captain, vice
McAdam, promoted, March 20.
[The following appointment is substituted for that which
appeared in the Gazette of the 10th April instant.]
sth Regiment of West York Militia—Bryan Eyre Coots
Comber, Gent., to be Ensign, April 3.
MEKOBANDIISI.. That Lieut.-Colonel Charles John
13randling, who retires from the 2d -Regiment of West
York (Light Infantry) Militia, is allowed by her Majesty
to retain the rank of Lieut.-Colonel.
Dumfries, Roxburgh, and Selkirkshire Militia—Anthony
Blake, Esq., to be Ensign, vice Bendall, retired, April 13.
76th Militia, or Inverness-shire Regiment of Irgllnoi
vgilt D2fAutrys—To Lieutulantet-Janati Andrew
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