The Sun.
London, England, 1855-05-02 00:00:00

WAR-OFFICE, MAY 1.

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

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

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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.
Vounty 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
Militia.—William Dawes Melton, 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
be Ensign, vice Lane, promoted, April 24.
Joseph Peel, Eqq.,• to be .Deputy-Lieutenant ; John
Edmondson, Esq.; to be"DeputrLieutenant, April 26.
Lancashire Hussars—Joscelyn Tate Westby, Gent., late
of the Scots Greys, to be Cornet, April 25.
2d Regi,uent 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 (Light Infantry) Royal
Lancashire Militia—Ensign Thomas Bestland Knott to be
Lieutenant, vice Kent, resigned, April 25.
Royal South Gloucester Light Infantry Regiment of
Militia—Lieut. John Pitt Bontein to be Captain, vice
Slegg, deceased, April 27.
' Royal North Gloucester Regiment of Militia—Andrew
Pepys Cockerell, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Raymond, ap-
pointed to the 44th Foot, April 27.
Royal Cumberland Regiment of Militia—Francis Fairt-
lough, Esq., to be Ensign, vice Robinson, promoted,
April 12.
Forfar and Kincardine Regiment of Militia Artillery
Charles Charles Frederick Gibson, Esq., to be Captain.; the
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John Barclay, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant; John
Gray, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant.
Militia—Walter
Royal Bucks King's Own
Pratt, Esq., late Captain, 67th Regiment, to be Lieutenant•
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Sherwood Foresters or Nottinghamshire Regnient.
of Militia—Ensign William Francis Scully t•o
oact ; John Stevens, Gent., to be Lieutenant.
gun—William Edward
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Haddington, Berwick, Linlithgow, and Peebles ,
went of Militia Artillery—John Hepburn B
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