The Sun.
London, England, 1855-12-08 00:00:00

WAR-OF FICE, DEC. 7.

Gth Regiment of Dragoon. Guards—Cornet F. N. Astley
to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Petro, deceased.
10th Light Dragoons—Garnet Sydney lryse to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice 'Williams, who retires.
13th Light Dragoons—Carnet R. A. Clement to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, voce Croad, promoted.
Royal Artillery Staff- Surgeon of the Second Class
William Perry to be Surgeon, vice Templeton, promoted
on the Staff.

Ist Regiment of Foot—The second Christian name of
Ensign Davey is Manger, aid not Manger, as previously
stated.

3d Foot—To be Ensigns,, without purchase :—Ensign
Charles Deyman Baillie, from the sth Middlesex Militia ;
James H. Le Cocq, (3ent. The surname of tho Ensign
appointed on the 29th ultimo is her, and not Kerr, as
previously stated.

4th Foot—Horatio Bland, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Gibson, promote a in the 43th Foot.
10th Foot —Ensign Henry• Alexander Donald, from the
Royal Canadian Rifle Regin tent, to be Ensign. •
12th Foot—Leonard Knii,e, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Wilkie, pions n•ted ; Joseph Oliver Johnson,
Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Knipe, ap-
pointed to the 95th Foot.

16th Foot—Bernard Hey sr Westby, Gent., to be En-
sigs, by purchase, vice Roo ke, promoted.
17th Foot —Ensign Fredevic k Maycock to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Boyd, prom oted.
19th Foot—Quartermaster 'Thomas Palmer to be Pay-
master, vice Clendining.
21st Foot—Joseph Henry- Cowan, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Crossman, promoted.
211 F.,ot—Ensign T. C. Einds, to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice L'Estrange, 'c lose promotion, by purchase,
on 10th August, 1855, has been cancelled ; Staff-Surgeon
of'the Second Class William Afaclise to be Surgeon, vice
Williamson, appointed to tl to Staff.
231 Foot—Ensign A. C. Ctosling, to be Lieutenant, with-
out purchase, vice Millett, promoted.
26th Fos t—Williain LaAcelot Knowles, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Beers, promoted ' • Ensign John
Edward Marsden, from the Lth West York Militia, to be
Ensign, without purchase, vice Knowles, appointed to
63d Foot.

28th Foot—Lieutenant C. Worthington to be Ad-
jutant, vice Smith, who resi: pas the Adjutantcy only.
31st Foot—Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class William
Thomas Hoskin, M.D., to be. surgeon, Tice Ivey, appointed
to the Staff.

35th Foot—William Hen ry Bayly Payn, Gent., to be
Ensign, without purchase, v ice Revell, promoted.
3Sth Foot—Sorjeant-Major Robert Smith to be Quarter-
master, vice Little, whose' appointment has been can-
celled.

40th Foot—Lieutenant J.. Brodhurst to be Captain
without purchase, ♦ice Brevet-Major J. W. Thomas,
whose brevet rank has been. converted into substantive
rank under the royal warrant of the 6th October, 1354 ;
Capt. Dudley C. Hill, from the 75th Foot, to be Captain,
♦ice Dawson, who exchange s; Ensign Alfred Cook to be
Lieutenant, without purchase, .rice Brodhurst ; Vere
Fitamanrice Pennefather, 'dent., to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice M‘Grath, superseded for being absent with-
out leave.

4lth Foot— To be Lieutenants without purchase—En-
signs G. E. llodg,on, auti P. M. Pitt. To be Ensign
without purchase—Serjeaut-Major Francis O'Neill, vice
Hodgson. To ha Ensign, by purchase—Charles Bassett
Lewis, Gent., in succession to Lieutenant Bradford, who
has retired.

45th Foot—Christian B. Steward, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Close, promoted.
48th Foot—Ensign Wm. Gibson, from the 4th Foot, to
be Lieutenant, by purchase, ♦ice Heathcote, promoted.
49th Foot—Serjes.nt-Major Timothy Metcalf to be En-
sign, without purchase, vice Spratt, promoted.
50th Foot—Alexander Gray, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Lewes, promoted.
57th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Wm. Ferguson, from the
Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Williamson, who re-
signs,

63d Foot—Ensign W. L. Knowles, from the 2Gth Foot,
to be Ensign, without purchase ; Quartermaster Honry
Ingram to be Paymaster, vice Thorp, who retires upon
ho! -poy.
'o)th Foot—Acting Assistant-Surgeon Jas..' F. Deakin,
M.D.. to be Assistant-Surgeon.
73d Foot—Wm. H. S. Pigott, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Rennie, promoted to the 90th Foot.
75th Foot—Capt. Richard Dawson, from the 40th Foot,
) he Captain, vico Dudley C. Hill, who exchanges.
77th Foot—Reginald Hoskins, Gent., to he Ensign, by

purchase, vice k\fillout,thby, appointed to the 60th foot.
79th Foot—Ensign G. Smith to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice G. A. Harrisson, promoted.
Blth Foot—Frederick Augustus Magrath, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, in succession to Lieutenant Currie,
promoted.

85th Foot—William Henry Urquhart, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice White, promoted.
90th Foot—Ensign [O/oorge Robert Miller to be Lieu-
tenant, without purchase ; Ensign Henry Carver Troacher
to ba Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Rous, promoted.
91st Foot—John Macleod Tingcombe, Gent., to be En.
sign, by purchase, vie Glass, promoted.
95th Foot —Ensign Leonard Knipe, from the 12th Foot,
to be Ensign, witiout purchase.
97th Foot—Lieut. Robert Lefroy, from the Dublin Ar-
tillery Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Shep-
pard, promoted.

let West India Regiment--Joseph Alex. Smith, Gent.,
to be Ensign without purchase, vice East.
2d West India Regiment—Captain John Philip Mitford
from half-pay, Unattached, to be Captain, vice J. F. A.
Hartle, who exchanges; Liout. Robert Bourne to be Cap-
tain, by purchase, vice Mitford, who retires.
LAND TRANSPORT CORPS.—Tr)op Serjeant-Major Wm.
Talbot from the 4th Dragoon Guards, to be Cornet.
PROVISIONAL DEPOT BATTALION.—Pap naster Andrew
Clendining, from the 19th Foot, to be Paymaster.
UNATTACHED. —Brevet-Major John W. Thomas, of the
40th Foot, to have his Brevet Rank converted into Sub-
stantiveßank, under the Royal Warrant of 6th October,

STAFF.—William Henry Fitzgerald, Esq., to be Pay-
master of a Recruiting District.

HOSPITAL STAFF.

Surgeon Robert Templeton, M.D., from the Royal Ar-
tillery, to be Staff-Surgeon of the First Class. To be Staff-
Surgeons of the Second Class—Surgeon George William-
son, M.D., from the 22d. Foot, vice Maclise, appointed to
the 22d Foot; Surgeon Win. F. Torcato Ivey, from the
31st Foot, vice Hoskin, appointed to the 31st Foot ; Assist.-
Staff-Surgeon John Riggs Miller Lewis, M.D., ♦ice Perry,
appointed to the Royal Artillery.
To be Assistant-Surgeon4—.Acting Assistant-Surgeons
John Copeland Knipe and Charles John Kirwan.

BREVET.
Captain John Philip Mitford, 2d West India Regiment,
to be Major in the Army.
CAptain Charles Lindam, Brigade-Major of tho Depot of
the British Swiss Legion, to have the temporary rank of
Major whilst so employed. (This rank is not to carry pay.)
Samuel Smith Shepherd, Gent., to have the rank of
Acting Assistant-Surgeon while employed with the Turk-
ish Contingent.
For Captain 1). W. Tupper, of the 55th Foot, to be Ma-
jor in the Army, as stated in the liazette of Nov. 2, read
Ciaptain D. W. Tupper, of the fiOth Foot, &c.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to approve that
tho Edinburgh County Militia be styled " The Queen's
Regiment of Edinburgh County Militia."
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANTS.
Tower Hamlets —Lonsdale Pounden, Esq., to be Deputy
Lieutenant. _

Queen's Own Light Infantry Regiment of Tower Ham-
lets Militia—Willis Peat, Esq., to be Lieutenant.
Queen's Regiment of Edinburgh County Militia—Alex.
Leburn, Gent., to be Ensign, wine Mackay, resigned.
Royal Cornwall Rangers--Ensign LTsticlie to be Lieu-
tenant, vice Carthew, promoted,
2d Regiment of King's Own Staffordshire Militia—Lieu-
tenant Charles Richard Levett to be Captain, vice Mayne,
resigned.
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(iueen's Own Royal Regiment of Staffordshire Yeomanry
Cavalry—Cornet Robert Arotakald Dickens to be Lien-
tenant, vice Moseley.
th or Royal Elthorne Light Infantry Regllllollt of Mid-
dlesex Militia —Assistant-thug eon Sanderson illiam
Mathew Walker to be Surgeon, vice Stilwell, resigned.

WHITEHALL, Nov. 7.
The Right Hon. Sir John Jervis, Knt., Lord Chief Jus-
tice of her Majesty's Court of Common Pleas, at West-
minster, has appointed Charlos Bettesworth HeHard, of
Portsmouth, in the County of Rants, Gentleman, to be one
of the Perpetual Commissioners; for taking the acknowledg-
ments of deeds to be executed by warried women, under
the act passed for the abolition of fines and recoveries, and
for the substitution of more simple modes of assurance, in
and for the county of Hants.
WHITEHALL, DEC. 4.
The Lori Chancellor has asvointed William Rowe, of
Stratton, in the county of Cornwall, Gentleman, to be