The Sun.
London, England, 1855-06-30 00:00:00

FOREIGN OFFICE, JUNE 29.
It is hereby notified that the Right Honourable the Earl
of Clarendon, K.G., her Majesty's`Principal Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs, has received, from the Lords
Commissioners of the Admiralty, an official communica-
tion from Rear-Admirals Penaud and Dundas, com-
manding the Allied naval forces in the Baltic, and acting
in the name and on behalf of her Majesty and of her
ally his. Imperial Majesty the Emperor of the French,
announcir4 that on the 15th of June instant, all Russian
ports, roads, havens, and creeks on the coast of Finland,
fromNystad, in lat. 60'46 north, long. 21'20 east of Green-
wich, to Hango Head, in lat. 59'46 north, long. 22.55 east
of Greenwich, including especially the port of Abo, and
including likewise all the islands and islets fronting the
said coast, and all channels and passages leading amongst
the said islands towards the said coast, that is to say,
more especially the channels leading to and amongst the
islands' bet Ween Nystad as aforesaid and the island of
Landto, iu latitude 60 deg. 23 min. north, longitude 20
deg. 47 min. east of Greenwich, and the several channels
respectively jeading between and to tie eastward of the
islands of Landto, Enklinge, Kumblinge, Seglinge, and
the Kokar Rocks in latitude 59 deg. 52 min. north,
longitude 21 deg. 0 min. east of Greenwich, and thence
all channels leading to the coast Qf Finland between the
Kokar Rocks and the Onto Lighthouse, and between Onto
and Hango Head as aforesaid, were placed in a state of
striet blockade by a competent force of the' Allied fleets;
and it is hereby further notified, that all measures autho-
rised by the laws of nations and ,the respective treaties
between theie Majesties and the different neutral Powers
will be "adopted and executed with respect to all vessels
which may attempt to violate the said blockade.
• WAR-OFFICE, JUNE 29.
Ist Regiment of iragoon Guards—Staff-Surgeon of the
Second Class -William Holmes Jephson, M.D., to be Sur-
geon, vice Stone, promoted on the Staff. .
3dDregoon Guards—Cornet J. J. Corrigan to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase,. vice Coleman, appointed to the Ist
Dragoons:
Ist Dragoons—Lieutenant H. F. G. Colman from the
3d Dragoon Guards, to be Lieutenant, vice Webster, who
retires ; Assistant-Surgeon H. Sherlock, from the Staff, to
be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Goiringe, promoted on the Staff.
6th Dragoons—Comet E. Robinson, from Dragoon
Guards, to be Cornet, without purchase.
16th Light Dragoons—Assistant-Surgeon Alfred Malpas
Tippetts, from the 7th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice
Evans, promoted on the Staff.
Ist. or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards—Lieutenant
and Captain Villiers Latouche Hatton to be Captain and
Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Brevet-Colonel Rey-
Davison, who retires.
Ist Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant W. Bellew to be
Captain, without purchase, vice Muller, killed in action ;
Lieutenant M. A. H. Legge to be Captain, without pur-
chase, vice Hawkins, promoted without purchase to an
unattached Majority ; Ensign W. G. Brown to be Lieu-
tenant, without purchase, vice Bellew ; Ensign G. W.
Thompsom to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice
Legge; Lieutenant William Kelly, from the Galway
Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase ; Assistant-Sur-
geon Alexander Reid, from the Staff, to be Assistant-
Surgeon.

3a Foot—Lieutenant E. K. V. Arbuckle to be Captain,
without purchase.
4th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon John Lowe Erskine, M.D.,
from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Dunlop, pro-
moted in the 88th Foot.

7th Font—Assistant-Surgeon Ch4es Ricketts, from the
Staff, to be Aistant Siirgeon, vice Tippetti, appointed. to
the 16th Light Dragoons ; Assistant-Surgeon Thomas
Sheehy,. M.D., from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon,
vice Langham, deceased.
13th Foot'—To be Ensigns, without purchase—Ensign
F. W. Ruck, from 50th Foot; Ensign E. C. R. Arundell
do Peutheny O'Kell7, from the Royal Erecknock Rifle
Regiment of Militia ; Assistant• Surgeon George Bell
PopplewelL from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon.
14th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon William Henry Price,
from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Renwick,
deceased.

17th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Lucas George Hooper,
from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon.
23d Foot—Captain Samuel Falkiner, from half-pay
Unattached, to be Captain, repaying the difference,' Tit e
Tritton, who exchanges.
29th Foot— Brevet-Colonel E. Lugard, C. 8., to be
Major, without purchase, vice Power, deceased ; Lieuten-
ant Frederick Kneebone to be Captain, without purchase,
vice Lugard ; Ensign G. W. F. D. Smith to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Kneebono.
31st Foot—Ensign F. H. Suckling, from the 95th Foot,
to be Lieutenant, without purchase; Assistant-Surgeon
William Grantt, M. 8., from the Staff, to be Assistant-
Surgeon. • •
32d Foot—Lieutenant H.D. O'Callaghan to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Jeffrey, who retires ; Ensign Henry
Cooke, from the 38th Foot, to be Ensign, without pur-
chase, vice Foster, promoted.
34th Foot—Ensign T. S. Holroyd to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Lawrence, killed in action.
35th Foot—Ensign Gordon S. Hughes to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, in succession to Lieutenant Craster, who re-
tired 15th ne.

38th Foot—Brevet-Major J. S. H. Farror to be Major,
without purchase, vice Adamson, who retires upon full-
pay ; Lieut. C. A. S. Dickins to be Captain, without pur-
chase, vice Farrer ; Ensign R. J. Stansfield to be Lieu-
tenant, without purchase, vice Dickins; Lieut. James
Elughes Pope, from the Kilkenny Fusilier Regiment of
Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Stansfield.
41st Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Richard Hungerford, from
the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Lamont, deceased;
Assistant. Surgeon Alexander Dudgeon Gulland, from the
Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice King, promoted on
the Staff.

44th Foot —Assistant-Surgeon John Johnson, from the
Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Thomson, deceased.
49th Foot—Lieutenant George Rochfort to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Brevet-Major O'Connell, who retires ' •
Assistant-Surgeon William Menzies Calder, from the Staff,
to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Beckwith, deceased.
50th Foot—Lieutenant A. J. Laue to be Captain, with-
out purchase, vice Mangles, who retires ; Ensign C. Hud-
son to be Lieutenant, by purchase' vice Lane ; Assistant-
Surgeon William Bradshaw, from the Staff, to be Assist-
ant-Surgeon, vice Martel, deceased.
51st Foot--Sergeant-Major Thomas Lawrence to be Quar-
termaster, vice Sheen, who retires upon half-pay.
55th Foot—Ensign T. Fitzwilliam T. Hobbs to be Lieu-
tenant, without purchase, vice Stone, killed in action ' •
Assistant-Surgeon William Jasper Rendell, from the Staff,
to he Assistant-Surgeon, vice Norris, deceased.
56th Foot—Ensign A. W. Massy to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Whitmore, who retires ; Lieutenant Arthur
Nassau Bolton, from the Royal Longford Militia, to be
Ensign, without purchase.
60th Foot—Lieutenant H. J. Robertson to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Brevet-Major Derail, who retires; Lieu-
tenant John Steel, from the Ist West India Regiment, to
be Lieutenant, without purchase • Assistant-Surgeon
Arthur Stretton, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon.
62d Foot—Major L. B. Tyler to be Lieutenant-Colonel,
without purchase, vice Shearman' killed inaction; Capt.
W. L. Ingall to be Major, without purchase, vice Tyler;
Capt. J. Danbeny to be Major, without purchase, vice
Dickson, killed in action. To be Captains, without pur-
chase—Lieutenant E. H. Hunter, vice Ingall ; Lieutenant
B. T. Gilpin, vice Danbeny ; Lieutenant H. W. Clarke,
viola Forster, killed in action. To be Lieutenants, without
purchase—Ensign L. G. Dundas, vice Hunter ; Ensign H.
Hume, vice Gilpin ; Ensign C. Sawyer, vice Clerk°.
66th Foot—Lieut.-Col. C. E. Law, from the 3d West
India Regiment, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Sir W.
Gordon, Bart., who exchanges; Frederick James Rogers,
Gent., to be nsign, by purchase, vice Shortt, promoted.
68th Foot—Ensign W. H. T. Duesbery to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice James Marshall, killed in action ;
Assistant-Surgeon George Evans, from the Staff, to be
Assistant-Surgeon; Assistant-Surgeon Edward Young
Kellett, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice
Shiell, appointed to the Staff; Assistant-Surgeon Augus-
tus Patrick Al. Corbett, M.D., from the Staff, to be As-
sistant-Surgeon, vice O'Leary, killed in action.
72d Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Theodore William Rutter,
M.P., from the Staff, to be Assistant Surgeon.
76th Foot—Lieutenant W. Brett, to be Captain, with-
out purchase, vice Ferns, who retires upon full-pay ; En-
sign John Vincent to be Lieutenant, without purchase,
vice Brett; John Bland Sawyer, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase.
88th Foot—Captain E. H. Maxwell to be Major with-
out purchase, vice Bayley killed in action ; Lieutenant E.
D. Radcliffe to bo Captain without purchase, vice Max-
well ; Ensign J. H. F. Blyth to be Lieutenant without
purchase, vice Radcliffe ; Ensign H. Waring to be Lieu-
tenant, without purchase, vice Webb, killed in action.
89th Foot—Assist.-Surgeon Henry Titterton, M.D., from
the Staff, to bo Assist.-Surgeon.
96th Foot—Assist.-Surgeon John Joseph Mulock, from
the Staff, to be Assist.-Surgeon, vice Haverty, promoted
on the Staff.
98th Foot—Quartermaster-Serjeant William Walsh to
be Quartermaster, vice Gillespie ; Assist.-Surgeon Arthur
Croker, from the Staff, to be Assist.-Surgeon, vice Ridg-
way, promoted on the Staff.
Rifle Brigade—The commissions of the undermentioned
officers to bear date 20th December, 1854, and to stand
immediately following Lieut. Ryder :—Lieut. J. S. Knox,
Lieut. J. Ashton. To be Assistant-Surgeons—Acting As-
sistant-Surgeon Christopher Thompson, M. 8., vice Scot,
promoted in the 41st Foot ; Assistant-Surgeon Francis.
Stephen Bennett Francois de Chavrnont.
c..l.et Went India Regiment—Eu:os 111 C. Cioalci to be
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