The Sun.
London, England, 1855-01-19 00:00:00

THE LONDON GAZETTE.

(THIS EVENING.)

WHITEHALL, JAN. 17.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint George Moir,
Esq., Advocate, to be Sheriff of the Shires or Sheriffdom
of Ross and Cromer ty, in the room of Thomas Mackenzie,
Req., resigned.
WAR-OFFICE, JAN. 19.
sth Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Veterinary Surgeon
Stephen Price Constant, from the 17th Light Dragoons,
to be Veterinary-Surgeon, vice Gudgin, appointed to the
2d Dragoons, Jan. 19.
2d Dragoons—Veterinary-Surgeon Tom Parinder Gudgin,
from the sth Dragoon Guards' to be Veterinary-Surgeon,
vice Jex, appointed to the Ist Life Guards, Jan. 19.
6th Dragoons—Lieutenant Richard Henry Currie to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Von Streng, who retires;
Cornet Arthur Finch Dawson to lie Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Currie, Jan. 19. To be Cornets by purchase—
Alfred Thompson, Gent., vice Dawson, promoted, Jan. 18 ;
Edward Picton Baumgarten, Gent., vice Lovell, promoted,
Jan. 19.
Bth Light Dragoons—To be Lieutenants, without pur-
chase—Cornet Robert Poore ; Cornet George Gooch
Clowes ; Cornet William Mussenden, Jan. 13.
12th Light Dragoons—Paymaster James Gustavus
Hamilton Holmes, from the loth Light Dragoons, to be
Paymaster, vies lgralshe, who exchanges, Jan. 19.
15th Light Dragoons—Paymaster Blayney Townly
Walehe, from the 12th Light Dragoons, to be Paymaster,
vice Holmes, who exchanges, Jan. 19.

17th Light Dragoons—Waiter Raymond Nolan, Gent.,
to be Cornet, by purchase, rice Boynton, promoted, Jan.
19.

Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards—Philip Smith,
Gent., to be Ensign and Lieitenant, without purchase,
Jan. 19.

Coldstream Guards—Captain and Brevet-Major the
Honourable W. G. Boyle, from the 21st Foot, to be Lieu-
tenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Lord Dunkellin,
promoted, Jan. 19. To be Lieutenants and Captains,
without purchase—Captain John Augustus Conolly, from
the 49th Foot ; Captain Henry Fitzhardinge Berkeley
Manse, from the 21st Foot, Jan. 19. To be Ensigns and
Lieutenants, without purchase—Captain Henry J. Begot
Lane, from the 3d Stafford Militia, vice Tower, promoted,
Jan. 16 ; Captain Alexander W. Adair, from the Ist
Somerset Militia, vice Lord F. Leveson Gower, deceased,
JAY). 17; William Frederick Erneef Seymour, Genb., vi..
Greville, killed in action, Jail. 18; -Stapleton Thomas
Mainwaring, Gent., vice Fremantle, promoted, Jan. 19.
Scots Fusilier Guards—George Williams Knox, Gent.,
to be Ensign and Lieutenant, without purchase, an. 19.
Ist Regiment of Foot— Brevet-Major William Little
Stewart to be Major, by purchase, vice Muller, appointed
to a Depot Battalion • Lieutenant E. T. St. L. McGwire,
to be Captain, by purchase, rice Stewart, Jan. 19.
4th Foot—Lieutenant Frederick Anthony Trevor to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Balguy, who retires ; Ensign
James Constable, from the 16th Foot, to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Connell, whose promotion has been
cancelled; Charles Thomas Wilson, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, Jan. 19.

9th Foot—Ensign W. H. Itainsford, from the 16th Foot,
to be Lieutenant, without purchase; Arthur Worthington,
Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, Jan. 19.
14th Foot —Andrew Alfred Le Mesurier, Gent., to be
Ensign, without purchase, Jan. 19.
20th Foot—Lieutenant Charles Lutyens to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Anstey, who retires ; John Henry
Waterfall, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
promoted, Jan. 19.
21st Foot—Thomas Bruce Hutton, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Clay, whose appointment has been can-
celled, Jan. 19.

28th Foot—Henry Thackwray, Gent, to be Ensign,
without purchase, Jan. 19.
30th Foot—Charles James Palmer Clarkson, Gent., to
be Ensign, by purchase, Jan. 18 ; Richard Grenville
Deaue, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, Jan. 19.
38th Foot—Ensign Walter Hume, from the 75th Foot,
to be Ensign, without purchase, Jan. 19.
42d Foot—Francis Edward Henry Farquharson, Gent.,
to be Ensign, without purchase, Jan. 19.
47th Foot—Lieutenant Henry Gem, from the let War-
wick Militia, to be Ensign, with purchase, Jan. 19.
49th Foot—Arthur Ferdinand Platt, Gent., to be En-
sign, without purchase, Jan. 19.
50th Foot—Charles Frederick Young, Gent., to be En-
sign, without purchase, vice Lee, promoted, Jan. 19.
54th Foot—Captain George Cumming Miller to be Ma-
jor, by purchase, vice Smith, who retires, Jan. 19.
55th Foot—Lieutenant William Barneton to be Captain,
without purchase, vice Warren, deceased, Dec. 23 ; Lieu-
tenant James Hannay to be Captain, without purchase,
vice Barneton, whose promotion, on the 29th December,
has been cancelled; Ensign Francis Williams to be Lieu-
tenant, without purchase, vice Hannay, Dec. 29; Ensign
William Edward Nunn, from the 15th Foot, to be Lieu-
tenant, without purchase, Jan. 19.
57th Foot—Lieutenant Arthur Maxwell Earle to be
Captain, without purchase, vice Hague, whose promotion,
on the 29th Dec., has been cancelled, Dec. 29; Ensign
John Nixon Gooch Macartney to be Lieutenant, without
purchase, vice Hague, died of his wounds, Nov. 13 ; En-
sign Heath Haviland Chanter, from the let Devon Militia,
to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Macartney, promoted,
Jan. 19.
61st Foot—Ensign Robert Hutton to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Burnside, promoted in the 21st
Foot, Jan. 19.
63d Foot—John Richard Ramsbottom, Gent., to be En-
sign, without purchase, vice Benyon, promoted, Jan. 19.
66th Foot—Lieutenant Richard Horner Paget to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Conner, who retires ; Stephen
eston Dora, b.) pvio---v, Jnn, 19.
77th Foot--Ensign John Marsh Simpson, from the Tee
Foot, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, Dec. 19.
79th Foot—Ensign John Edward Allen, from the 92d
Foot, to be Lieutenant, without purchase; Lieutenant
Richard Bisso Roland Bedford, from the 2d Warwick
Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice M'Donald,
promoted, Jan. 19.
81st Foot—Ensign Walter Musgrave, from the Cape
Mounted Riflemen, to be Lieutenant, without purchase,
vice Trent, appointed to 33d Foot, Jan. 19.
83d Foot—Captain Edward Steele to he Major, without
purchase, vice Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Ainslie, who
retires upon full pay; Lieutenant William Mills Molony
to be Captain, without purchase, vice Steele ; Ensign John
William Huskisson to be Lieutenant, without purchase,
vice Molony, Jan. 19.
84th Foot—Lieut. Walter C. E. Snow to be Captain,
without purchase, vise Brevet-Major Bridge, deceased,
Jan. 19 ; Ensign Thomas Goodricke Peacocke to be Lieu-
tenant, without purchase, vice Snow, Jan. 9.
90th Foot—Brevet-Lieut.-Colonel Gervas Stanford De-
verill to be Lieut.-Colonel, without purchase, -vice Eld,
who retires upon full pay ; Capt. William P. Purnell to
be Major, without purchase, vice Deverill, Jan. 19.
Rifle Brigade—Frederic Carl Mayne, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase, Jan. 16. To be Ensigns, without pur-
chase—Christopher Riee Havard Nicholl, Gent., Jan. 17 ;
Frederick Edward Sotheby, Gent., Jan. 18; Richard Bo-
rough, Gent., Jan. 19.
3d West'lndia Regiment—Francis Shearman, Gent., to
be Ensign, without purchase, vice Bruce, dismissed by the
sentence of a General Court-Martial, Jan. 19.
BREVET.

Colonel James Robertson Craufurd, of the Grenadier
Guards, about to be employed on a Special Service, to
have the local rank of Brigadier-General while so em-
ployed, Jan. 19.
Colonel Lord Wm. Paulet, hav:ng been appointed by
Field-Marshal Lord Raglan to the command at Scutari,
and the general superintendence of that station and the
establishments in the Dardanelles, to have the local rank
of Brigadier-General in Turkey.
The following promotions to take place place in succes-
sion to Colonel Craufard, Royal Artillery, promoted to be
Major-General on the Nov. 28, 1854 :
Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Charlton Smith, unattached,
to be Colonel in the Army, Nov. 28, 1854.
Major James H. Trevelyan, Unattached, to be Lieuto-
nant-Colonel in the Army, Nov. 28.
Captain Charles Erskine Ford, of the Royal Engineers,
to be Major in the Army, Nov. 28.
The following promotions to take place in succession to
Colonel Gordon, of the Royal Artillery, promoted to be
Major-General on the 28th Nov. :
Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Crombie, of the Coldstream
Guards, to be Colonel in the Army, Nov. 28.
Major C. Edward Michell, 66th Foot, to be Lieutenant-
Colonel in the Army, Nov. 28.
Captain H. A. Turner, Royal Artillery, to be Major in
the Army, Nov. 28.
The following promotions to take place in succession to
Colonel Dundas, of the Royal Artillery, promoted to be
Major-General on the 28th Nov.
Lieutenant-Colonel William Raikes Faber, nth Foot, to
be Colonel in the Army, Nov. 28.
Major W. Twiatleton Layard, of the Ceylon Regiment,
to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army, Nov. 28.
Captain Janus Wm. Graves, Unattached, Staff-officer of
Pensioners, to be Major in the Army, Nov. 23,

The following promotions to take place in succession to
Colonel Airey, promoted to be Major-General on 12th
December, 1854 :
Lieutenant-Colonel John Garvock, 31st Foot, Assistant
Quartermaster-General la Ceylon, to be Colonel in the
Army, Dec. 12.
Major Richard D. Kelly, 34th Foot, to be Lieutenant-
Colonel in the Army, Dec. 12.
Captain Isaac, Moore, 97th Foot, to be Major in the
Army, Deo. 12.
The following promotions to take place in succession to
Major-General W. D. Jones, of the Royal Artillery,s placed
ape'sape'sthe Retired List on the 6th January, 18
Colonel Francis Rawdon Chisney, of the Royal Artil.
lory, to be Major-General in the Army, Jan. 6.
Lieutenant-Colonel Edmund W. W. Pony, of the Depot i
Battalion at Fermoy, to be Colonel in the Army, Jan. 6.
Major Arthur C. Goodenough, 34th Foot, to he Lieu-
tenant-Colonel in the Army, Jan. 6.
Captain Henry Collette, 67th Foot, to be Major in the
Army, Jan. 6'
Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Eld, retired full-pay, 90th
Foot, and Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Francis Ain-
slie,
re tired full-pay, 83d Foot, to be Colonels in the
Army, the rank being only honorary, Jan. 19.
Lieutenant Henry Langhorne Thompson, of the 58th
Bengal Native Infantry, employed on a particular service
in Turkey, to have the local rank of Captain while so em
played.