The Sun.
London, England, 1855-05-01 00:00:00

..----Toillrevetadajcs? Mai Simpoon lo be Major, Szo., read
Captain John Simpson, &c.
Errata in the Gazette of 24th April, 1855.—ForMemo-
randa.—The commissions, as Major, of the under-mention-
ed efficera to be ante-dated to' 12th December, Mt. bnt
not to carry back pay, viz. : Major Edwai.d. J.
Vesey . Brown, 88th Foot; Major Henry Harding',
*Rifle Brigade ; Major Frederick Mills, 7th Foot]
read Memoranda—The following officers to take rank mss,.
Brevet-Majors from Dec. 12, 1854, bnt without affecting
their regimental position, or giving them claim to back
pay, viz., Major Edward J. Vesey Brown, 88th Foot;
Major Henry Harding', Rifle Brigade; Major Fr sick
Mills, 7th Foot. For Robert Marsh Wesmacott, asq”
late Captain, 4th Foot, to have the local rank of Major,
&c., read Robert Marsh Westmacott, Esq., &c. For Henry
St. Leger, Esq., to have the local rank of Captain, in Tur-
key, read George St. Leger Grenfell, Esq., &c.
WAR-OFFICE, Miv 1.

MEDIORANDLTIL—Her Majesty has been graciously
.pleased to approve of the rank of Colonel being given to
officers who obtain the rank of 'Brovet-Lientenant-Colonel
for services in the field, after the period of six years' at nal
service with that rank ; and that they may at -once have
the option of a step of substantive unattached rank whei•a
the convenience of the service will admit of it.

COMMISSIONS SIGNED DY THE QUEEN.
7th Regiment of Royal Lancashire Militia —Bertie
Matthew Roberts, Eig., late Captain 26th Foot, to be
Adjutant, April 11.

COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD LIEUTENANTS.
County of Wigtown—Horatio Granville Stewart Mur-
ray. Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, April 20.
County of Salop—John Pritchard, Esq., M.P.,,- to be
Deputy Lieutenant, April 27.
County of Middlesex—Richard Edward Arden, Esq., to
be Deputy Lieutenant ; John Savery • Brooking, Esq., to
be Deputy Lieutenant ; Jeremiah Pilcher, Esq., to be
Deputy Lieutenant, April 24.
2d or Edmonton Royal Rifle Regiment of Middlesex
ilitid.—William Dawes Mahon, Gent., to be Ensign,
April 24.

4th or Royal South Middlesex Regiment of Militia.--
Ensign Nelson Hooper to be Lieutenant, vice-Robertson,
resigned ; Ensign Marmaduke Constable to be Lieutenant,
vice Smyth, resigned, April 24.
sth or Royal Elthorne Light Infantry Regiment of Mid-
dlesex Militia.—Philip Oliver Coote, Gent., to be Ensign,
vice Leslie, promoted; Charles Deyman Baillie Gent., to
Joseph Peel,
be Ensign, vice Lane, promoted, April 24. $
Esq., to be • Deputy-Lieutenant ; John
Edmondson, Esq., to be Deputy-Lientenant, April 26.
Lancashire.Hussars—Joscelyn Tate Westby, Gent., late
of the Scots Greys, to be Cornet, April 25.
• 2d Regiment of Royal Lancashire Militia, the Duke of
Lancaster's Own Rifles—Ensign Joseph Rowley to be
Lieutenant, vice Hodder, appointed to the Cork Artillery,
April 25..
4th or Duke of Lancaster's Own (Licht Infantry) ROyal
Lancashire Militia—Ensign Thomas I3estland Knott to be
Lieutenant, vice Kent, resigned; April 25.
Royal South Gloucester Light Infantry Regiment of
vice Raymond, ap-
Militia—Lieut. John Pitt Bontein to be Captain, vice
Slegg, deceased, April 27.
Royal North Gloucester Regiment of Militia—Andrew
Royal Cumberland Regiment of Militia—Francis Fairt-
lough, Esq., to be Ensign, vice Robinson, promoted,
ii:oeiPnYtae dCmt toe the 1414 44th Foot,nt obe
April 27 Ensign,
April 12.
Forfar and Kincardine Regiment of Militia Artillery_
Charles Frederick Gibson, Esq., to be Captain ; the Hon.
'Wm. Arbuthnott to be Captain; Second Lieut. Louie
Turunski to be First Lieutenant ; Second Lieut. William
Cruickshank to be First Lieutenant; George Anderson,
Gent., to be First Lieutenant ; DouglasWimberley, Gent.,
to be First Lieutenant ; John Carnegie, Gent., to be First
Lieutenant; Wm. Taylor Blair Lurie, Gent., to be First
Lieutenant; Alex. Moncrieff, Gent., to be First Lieut.;
John Barclay, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant; 'John
Gray, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant.
Royal Bucks King's Own Militia—Walter Caulfield
Pratt, Esq., late Captain, 67th Regiment, to be Lieutenant-
Colonel. . . .

Royal Sherwood Foresters or Nottinghamshire Regiment
of Militia—Ensign William Francis Scully to be Lieut e-
net t ; John Stevens, Gent, to be Lieutenant.
Haddington, Berwick, Linlithgow, and Peebles Regi-
ment of Militia Artillery—John Hepburn Brown, Gent.,
to be Second Lieutenant, April 25.
Leicestershire ,Milit is—To he Ensigns—William Edward
Phelp, Gent. ; John Henry Hoskin, Gent. ; Charles Henry
Mortis, Gent.; Charles Maynard Heselrige, Gent., April 14.
Worcestershire Regiment of Militia—Assistant-Surgeon
Henry James Shirley to be Surgeon, vice Pierpoint deceased.
Prince Regent's Royal Regiment of Ayrshire Militia
Rifles—George Henry Walker, late Lieutenant Rifle Bri-
gade, to be Captain ; Douglas Fyfe, late Lieutenant 34th
Foot, to be Captain ; George Robert Chevalier, Gent., to
be Lieutenant; Blair Fullerton, Gent., to be Ensign,
April 21.