The Sun.
London, England, 1855-07-28 00:00:00

FOREIGN-OFFICE, JULY 24.

The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. George
Adam Wiener as Consul at Hong Kong for the Emperor
of Austria.
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BOARD OF TRADE, IVHITEETALL, JULY 26.

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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 Majesty's Minister at Naples, en-
closing a translation of a decree, permitting the exporta-
tion of macaroni and biscuit until the end of the present
year, on payment of a duty of one ducat per canter.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, JULY 23.

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The Right Honouaable 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 Majesty's Ambassador at Paris,
enclosing' copy of an Imperial decree, fixing the duty upon
molasses imported for the pur.pose of distillation, as fol-
lows :
If imported from French colonies, in French vessels,
free.
If imported from India, South America, and the An-
tilles. in French vessels, free.
If imported from other countries, in French vessels, 2fr.
per 100 kil.
If imported from India, South America, and the An-
tilles, in foreign vessels, 3 fr. per 100 kil.
If imported from other countries, iu foreign vessels, 3 fr
per 100 kil.

WAR-OFFICE, JULY 27.
BREVET.
Major-General James Simpson to bo Lieutenant-General
in the Army.
Lieutenant-General James Simpson to have the local
rank of General in the Crimea, and in the dominions of
the Sublime Ottoman Porte.
WAR-OFFICE, JULY 27.
3d Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Edmund Waldegrave
Park, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Corrigan,
promoted.
6th Dragoon Guards—Ensign Francis N. Astley, from
the 3d Foot, to be Cornet, without purchase, vice Betty,
promoted
4th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Richard Topham, from
the sth Royal Lancashire Militia, to be Cornet, without
purchase vice Lomax, who resigns.
10th Light Dragoons—John Barker, Gent., to be Vete-
rinary Surgeon, vice Siddell, deceased.
17th Light Dragoons—Charles Weymouth, Gent., to be
Cornet, by purchase, vice Seymour, promoted.
Royal Regiment of Artillery—Second Captain Frederick
William Craven Ord to be Ceptain, vice Colciough, se-
conded, being attached to the Turkish Contingent • Lieu-
tenant Paget Walter L'Estrange to be Second Captain,
vice Ord ; Lieutenant Charles Edward Burt to be Second
Captain, vice Bent, seconded, being attached. to the
Turkish Contingent; Lieutenant Constantine. Lemon
Hotham M`Ternan to be Second Captain, vice Bredin,
seconded, being attached to the Turkish Contingent ;
Lieutenant Hazlitt Irvine to be Second Captain vice
Gordon, killed in action ; Quartermaster-Serjeant, John
Sargent to be Lieutenant and Adjutant.
Corps of Royal Sappers and Miners—Quartermaster-
Serjeant Thomas William John Connolly to be Quarter-
master, vice Allan.
Ist Regiment of Foot—Thenamo of the Ensign appointed
on the 3d inst. is George Gilmour, and not George Gil-
more as previously stated.
3d Foot—Ensign 11-. E. Sleeman to be Lieutenant, with-
out purchase. To bo Ensigns, without purchase—Francis
Edward Brace, Gent., vice Sleeman ; Alfred George
Hurdle Gent., vice Blisset, appointed Quartermaster.
To be Quartermaster—Ensign Thomas Blisset, vice Stil-
well, deceased.
7th Foot—To be Lieutenants, without purchase—En-
signs C. E. Hope 'and Henry Kerr. To be Ensign, by pur-
chase—John Somers Cocks, Gent., in succession to Lieut.
Lord IL H. Browne, promoted. To be Ensign, without
purchase—Musgrave Watson, Gent., vice Kerr.
Bth Foot—Robert Fannin Stoney, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, in succession to Lieutenant Craster, pro-
moted. •
11th Foot—To be Ensigns, without purchase—Ensign
R. F. Stony, from the Bth Foot, and James Leslie Day,
Gent., vice Raynes, promoted in the 63d Foot.
12th Foot—Lieutenant S. Fairtlough to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Brevet-Major Fanshawe, promoted by pur-
chase to a Provisional Battalion ; Matthew Coke, Gent.,
to be Ensign, without purchase; Ensign George Gibson
to be Adjutant, vice Foster, promoted.
14th Foot—John Taylor Casson, Gent., to .be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Wall, resigned.
16th Foot—=William Hopper Lorentz Moyle, Gent., to
he Ensign, without purchase, vice Carter, promoted in the
631 Pot.
20th Foot—To be Captains, by purchase—Lieutenant
P. G. Hewett, vice Leet, who retires ; Lieutenant T. C.
Lyons, from the 16th Foot, vice Turner, who retires.
21st Foot—Lieutenant J. 11. Dunne to be Captain,
without purchase, vice Brevet-Major Kirkland, whose
Brevet Rank has been converted into Substantive Rank,
Unattached, under the Royal Warrant of 6th Get., 1854;
Ensign T. B. Hutton to be Lieutenant, without purchase,
vice Dunne ; Charles James Forbes Smith, Gent., to be
Ensign, without purchase, vice Hutton.
234 Foot—To be Lieutenants without purchase—Ensign
C. F. Gregorie, vice Owen, deceased ; Ensign A. M. Law.
To be Ensign. by purchase—James Harford 'Welwyn,
Gent., vice Tobin, promoted. To be Ensigns, without
purchase—William Joni& Twyford, Gent. ; Henry. John
Richards, Gent., vice Gregorie, promoted.
25th Foot—Eusign W. Taylor to be Lieutenant, with-
out purchase, vice Champman, appointed to the 55th Foot;
Edward Gordon, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Dane, promoted ; Frederic Stirling Eckerson, Gent., to be
Ensign, without purchase, vice Taylor.
30th Foot—Horace Sibbald Harrison, Gent., to be En-
sign. without purchase, vice Fitzpatrick, deceased.
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31st Foot—Lieutenant C. Prevost to be Captain, with-
out purchase, vice Garvock, who has been promoted to the
substantive rank of Major Unattached, under the Royal
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13th of that month, as previously stated.
34th Foot—Ensign James L. Stack to be Lieutenant,
without purchase ; Ensign. Isaac William Home, from
the Royal North Down Militia, to be Ensign, without
purchase.
39th Foot—Lieutenant Norman Macdonald to be Cap-
tain, by purchase, vice Baird, who retires ; Ensign IL L.
Nicholls to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Milli-
gan, promoted ; Ensign Charles Prichard to be Lieutenant,
by' purchase, vice Macdonald ; William Blennerhasset,
Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Nicholls ;
Lieutenant Charles Burch Phillips to be Adjutant, vice
Milligan, promoted,
41st Foot—Lieut. J. A. Lockhart to be Captain, with-
out purchase, vice Brevet-Major Conolly, whose brevet
rank has been converted into the substantive rank of Major
Unattached, under the Warrant of 6th Oct., 1854 ; Ensign
W. 11. G. Cornwall to be Lieutenant, without purchase,
vice Lockhart ; Francis Michell, Gent., to bo Ensign,
without purchase, vice Cornwall ; Quartermaster Alfred
Elford Grant, from the 3d West India Regiment, to be
Paymaster, vice Creagh, appointed to the Depot Battalion
at Malta.
44th Foot—Lieutenant li.Baillie to he Captain, without
Mansfield,
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purchase, vice without purchase, vice Baillie ;
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Lieutenant, to be antedated to the 9th March, in order to
PbleacLeiheuimteninanhti, hswpirtopoeurt position Ensign C. J. Burgess to
purchase, vice Cross, whose pro-
motion on the 4th May, has been cancelled ; Ensign F.
Grieve to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Burgess,
whose promotion on 6th July, has been cancelled.
48th Foot—Captain Frederick West to be Major, by
purchase, vice Green, who retires.
50th Foot—Lieut. G. W. Bunbury to be Captain, with-
out purchase, vice Murchison, who retires ; Ensign T. T.
Murphy to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Bunbury ;
Norman Burnard, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Murphy.
51st Foot —Smeeton Walker, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Swaffield, promoted.
55th Foot-Edwin Charles Hilton, Gent., to be Ensign,