The Sun.
London, England, 1855-05-26 00:00:00

MILITARY.

The Royal Mail Company's steam-ship Orinoco, transport
No. 2SI, Capt. Wilson, embarked at Southampton yesterday
troops for the Crimea.
The Peninsular and Oriental Company's screw steam-ship
Simla, Captain Russell, will shortly be ready to resume her
duties in the transport service.
Orders have been issued to have all the available contract
transports fitted for the conveyance of cavalry and the re-
mounts (troop horses) for that branch of the service in the
Crimea. There are now ready for embarkation 2,300 mounted
men, in addition to 800 troop horses (remounts), giving a
total of 3,100 horses, which are expected to proceed to the
seat of war before the 20th of the ensuing month.

A detachment of 166 men of the 98th Regiment arrived
yesterday at Gravesend in the Blenheim Indiaman from Cal-
cutta. _ _

We regret to announce tho death of General Sir William
lifacbean, K.C.8., Colonel of the 92d Foot, which took place
on Thursday last, at Brompton. He was son of the late Col.
Macbean, of the tith Foot, and was born 41 1782 ; he had
been 60 years in the army, and had seen ranch service.

BbARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, MAT 24.
The Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade have
received a copy of a decree through her Majesty's Ambassador
at"Paris,'exempting from tonnage dues all vessels entering
French ports to load salt.
WAR-OFFICE, MAY 25.
MEMOR4NDUM.
Horse Guards, May 14, 1855.
Thq privilege of selling out of the army, retaining the name
of the' officer in the " Army List" in italics, having, by her
Majesty's royal warrant of Oct. 6, 1854, been granted with
the permission of the Commander-in-Chief in each case to all
field officers, her Majesty has now been graciously pleased to
approve of this privilege being extended to all field officers
who may have sold out of the army in former years ; and,
with the view to prevent any inconvenience which might arise
from the grant of this privilege, the following regulation has
been approved by her Majesty:—
Thfi application that the field officer's name be retained in
the " Army List" in italics is to be addressed to the General
Commanding-in-Chief, and his sanction duly obtained in each
case.
All field officers whose names are thus allowed to be re-
tained in the " Army List," whether they may have sold out
since or previously to the issuing of her Majesty's royal war-
rant of Oct. 6, 1854, shall send a certificate to her Majesty's
Secretary at War of being alive on Jan. 1 and July 1 of each

year.
Tf such 'certificate, due on Jan. 1, be not received at the
War-office by April 1, Aud that doe on July 1 by Oct. 1, it
will be concluded that the officer is deceased, and his name
will be removed from the "Army List."
WAR-OFFICE, MAT 25:
sth Dragoon Guards.—Gentleman Cadet Charles Morley
Balders, from the Royal Military College, to be Cornet, with-
out purchase.
2d Dragoons.—Lieutenant W. T. Prentis to be Captain,
1-by purchase, vice Philips, who retires ; Cornet J. B. Dunbar
to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Prentis.
4th Light Dragoons.—Lieutenant Hon. C. J. Keith to be
j Captain, by purchase, vice Peareth, who retires.
9th:Light Dragoons.—Brevet-Colonel F. Charles Griffiths,
i from the 10th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant-Colonel.
Isth Light Dragoons—The second Christian name of Cornet
Parker is Lesley, and not Leslie, as previously stated.
16th Light Dragoons--The first Christian name of Cornet
Pigott, appointed 15th May, 1855, is Francis, and not James,
as previously stated.
Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards—John Archibald
Stewart Nicolson, Gent., to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice the Hon. W. F. Forbes, promoted.
Coldstream Guards—Lieutenant and Captain F. A. P. Bur-
ton to be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice
Wilson, who retires.
Ist Regiment of Foot—To be Ensigns, without purchase—
Gentleman Cadet Alexander Bruce Tnlloeh, from the Royal
Military College ; Gentleman Cadet Septimus Sherson Con-
nell, from the Royal Military College ; Gentleman Cadet John
William Fry, from the Royal Military College.
3d Foot—Lieutenant J. E. Cox, from the Royal Newfound-
land Companies, to be Lieutenant, without purchase.
To be Ensigns, without purchase—Gentleman Cadet Henry
Parnell, from the Royal Military College ; Sidney Henry Hey-
wood, Gent. ; Leyson Edwin Lewis, Gent.
11th Foot—Cornwallis Wade Browne, Gant., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Kimball, who retires.
13th Foot—Quartermaster Duncan Cameron M'Naughten
to be Paymaster, vice Morton, appointed to the 21st Foot ;
Ensign Thomas Hoban to be Quartermaster, vice M'Naughten,
appointed Paymaster.
15th Foot—Ensign W. R. Tyler to be Lieutenant by pur-
chase, vice William Middleton Moore, who retires.
20th Foot—Douglas Wimberley, Gent., to be Ensign, with-
out
_purchase, vice Haynes, appointed to the 42d Foot.
Jonathan Wynward Haynes, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase.
21st Foot—John Shaw, Gent., to be Ensign, without pur-
chase.
23d Foot—The Christian names of Ensign Hutton are
Frederick Wollaston.
27th Foot—Ensign George Stewart White to be Lieute-
nant, without purchase, vice Rouch, deceased ; Ensign C. E.
Stewart to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice White,
whose promotion, without purchase, on the let May, 1855,
has been cancelled.
29th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon E. Moorhead, M.D., from
the 32d Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Dane, promoted on the
staff.
30th Foot—T. Mapleson Fitzpatrick, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase.
3id Foot—Lieut. John Thompson to be Paymaster, vice
ll' Grath, deceased.
36th Foot—To be Ensigns, without purchase—Edmond
Mahon, Gent., vice Seagrim, promoted in the Ist Foot ' • St.
George Gray, Gent., vice Fosbery, promoted in the 77th

Foot.
40th Foot—Lieut. J. E. Brodhurst, to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Coore, who retires ; Ensign A. Cook to be
nurchase, vice Brodhurst.
42d Foot—Ensign wiltia.na_ Wood to hay.
the rank of Lieutenant ; Ensign J. W. Hayes, from the 20th
Foot, to be Ensign, without purchase; Quartermaster-Se,
jeaut Alexander McGregor to be Quartermaster, vice Wood,
appointed Ensign and Adjutant.
43d Foot—The Christian name of Ensign Gorton, ap-
pointed on the Ist May, 1855, is Harry, and not Henry, as
previously stated.
46th Foot—Ensign and Adjutant James Cross to be Lieu-
tenant, without purchase, vice F. J. Curtis, killed in action.
47th Foot—Robert Theodore Farriugdon Stammers, Gent.,
to be Ensign, without purchase.
48th Foot—To be Ensigns, without purchase—Ensign D.
G. Protheroe, from the 12th Foot ; Ensign C. W. Browne,
from the 11th Foot ; Gentleman Cadet John Willoughby Co-
ventry, from the Royal Military College ; John Craufurcl
Kerr, Gent.
49th Foot —Cuthbert Willis, Gent., to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Cooke, promoted.
52d Foot—Ensign Hon. F. Le Pocr Trench, to be Lieute-
nant, by purchase, vice Bullock, who retires.
55th Foot—Capt. A. C. Cure to be Major, by purchase, vice
Coats, who retires ; G. H. Cope, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, in suc.:ession to Lieutenant Roxby, promoted.
56th Fog—Ensign and Adjutant Henry Williams to have
the rank of Lieutenant; A. B. Letts, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Chaplin, promoted iu the 49th Foot.
58th Foot—E. W. Bennett, Gent., to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Evans, promoted in the 38th Foot.
60th Foot—Charles Yarworth Jones, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, in succession to Lieut. Hannan, who retires.
62d Foot—Ensign J. M. Kerr to be Lieutenant, without
purchase, vice White, killed in action.
68th Foot—The second Christian name of Ensign Thomson,
appointed on the 11th May, is Dingwall.
72d Foot—The first Christian name of Ensign Bruce, ap-
pointed on the 15th May, is Courtenay and not Courtney, as
Previously stated.
77th Foot—Ensign S. Smith to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Alderson, whose promotion, by purchase, on the 2lth
April, 1855, has been cancelled ; Ensign A. T. Butts to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lempriere, promoted ; Frede-
ric Duncan Mant, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase.
89th Foot—Geo. Francis Dowdeswell, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Mackenzie, appointed to the 93d Foot ;
Henry Latham Brownrigg, Gent., to be Ensign, without
purchase.
90th Foot.—To be Ensigns, without purchase.—Ensign E.
C. Wynne, from the 22d Foot ; Edward Carter, Gent.
91st Foot.—Paymaster and Lieutenant Edwin Morton,
front the 13th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Olivey, appointed
Paymaster 12th Foot; Ensign Robert Macpherson to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Morton, who retires.
93d Foot.—Edward Court Haynes, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase. in succession to Lieutenant Ewart, promoted.
95th Moot—Capt. Andrew Hyacinth Kirwan, from half-
pay unattached, to be Captain, repaying the difference, vice
Martin, who exchanges ; Lieut. F. H. Dymock to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Kirwan, who retires ; Ensign Thomas W.
Valiance to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Dymock.
96th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Hamilton Mitchell, from the
Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon.
97th Foot—To be Lieutenants, without purchase—Ensign
M. G. B. Fitz Gerald ; Ensign J. C. H. Parks ; Ensign Jchn
F. Armstrong.
98th Foot—Lieutenant Robert Reid to be Adjutant, vice
Ensign Mills, who resigns the Adjutantcy only.
Rifle Brigade—Serjeant-Major Emanual Jeames to be En-
sign, without purchase, and Adjutant.
STAFF.

Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Anderson, at present a
Captain of Infantry, at the Depot for Invalids, at Chatham,
to be Superintendent of that Depot, with the substantive rank
of Major.
Lieutenant and Adjutant George Rand to be promoted to
the substantive rank of Staff-Captain of the Depot for In-
valids at Chatham, and to have the payment of the invalids
at that place.