The Sun.
London, England, 1852-12-18 00:00:00

Dec. 16.

Borough of Merthyr Tydvil.—Remy Austin Bruce, Esq.,
in the room of Sir Josiah John Guest, Bart., deceased.
WAR OFFICE, DE0.17.

2d Dragoons—Andrew Nugent, Gent. to be Cornet, by
purchase, vice Twysden, who retires, Dec. 17.
10th Dragoons—Honourable Matthew Fitz Maurice
Deane, to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Webster, promoted,
Dec. 17.

Ist or Grenadier Foot Guards.—Honourable William
Francis Forbes, Page of Honour to her Majesty, to be
Ensign and Lieutenant, without purchase, Dec. 17.
3d Foot—William James Newton, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Sidebottorn, promoted, Dec. 17 ; Wil-
liam Roger Snow, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Coussmaker, promoted. Dec. 18. ,
6th Foot—William Charles Frind Burlton Bennett,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Bartley, promoted,
Dec. 17.

7th Foot—Lieutenant Bobert Hely Hutchinson Keight-
ley, from the 76th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Dixon, ap-
pointed Paymaster, Dec. 17.
22d Foot—Ensign John Holmes Houston Gamma, from
the 76th Foot, to be Lieutenant by purchase, vice Parks,
who retires, Dec. 17.
24th Foot—Alfred William Adcock, Gent., to be Ensign
by purchase, vice Burns promoted, Dec. 17.
25th Foot—Robert Chadwick, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice O'Hea, promoted, Dec. 17.
30th Foot—Lachlan Macpherson, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Gibson, promoted, Dec, 17.
39th Foot— Thomas Westropp Bennett, Gent., to be En-
sign by purchace, vice Boycott, who retires, Dec. 17.
48th Foot—Richard Eyre, Gent., to be Ensign by pur-
chase, vice Bolton, appointed to the Ist Dragoon Guards,
Dec. 17.
49th Foot—John Maxwell Macneill, Gent., to be Ensign
by purchase, vice Bond, promoted, Dec. 17.
52d Foot—Lieutenant Charles Cornwallis Ross, to be
Captain by purchase, vice Corbet, who retires ; Ensign
John Arthur Bayley, to be Lieutenant by purchase, vice
Ross ; Ensign Arthur James Fremantle, from the 70th
Foot, to be Ensign, vice Bayley, Dec. 17.
55th Foot—Charles George Wingfield, Gent., to be En-
sign by purchase, vice Hume, promoted, Dec. 17.
59th Foot—Robert Staveley Shinkwin, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Thompson, promoted, Dec. 17.
61st Foot—Ensign Robert Richardson Daly to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Kempe, who retires—Charles
John Griffiths, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Daly, Dec. 17.
62d Foot—Bradney Todd Gilpin, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Adeane, promoted, Dec. 17.
63d Foot—Adrian Wm. Fraser, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Hay, whose appointment has been cancel-
led, Dec. 17.

74th Foot—Robert Frederick Martin, Gent., to be En
sign, by purchase, vice Yonge, appointed to the 61st Foot,
Dec. 17.

76th Foot—Lieutenant Matthew White, from half-pay
Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice
Keightley, appointed to the 7th Foot, Dec. 17.
79th Foot—Robert Francis Henry Macgregor Skinner,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Scott, promoted,
Dec. 17.

82d Foot—John Frederick Pilkington, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice Luard, promoted, Dec. 17.
85th Foot—Captain John William Grey, to be Major,
by purchase, vice Blackburn, who retires ; Lieutenant
George Warde to be Captain, by purchase, vice Grey ; En-
sign John Athorpe, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Warde, Dec. 17.

89th Foot—Barnes Slyteld Robinson, Gent., to be En-
sign, without purchase, vice Conyers, promoted, Dec. 17.
92nd Foot--Maunsell Mecham, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Thorold, who retires, Dec. 17.
Rifle Brigade—Leonard Neill Malcolm, Gent., to be Se-
cond Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Tryon, promoted,
Dec. 17.

3d West India Regiment— John Alexander Gordon
Pringle, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hnme,
promoted, Dec. 17.

Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Henry Edward Watson, Gent.,
to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Blackie, who
retires, Dec. 17; John Codd Conington, Gent., to be
Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Baker, appointed to
the 10th Light Dragoons, Dec.lB; Simpson Hackett Hobbs,
Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Sillery,
promoted, Dec. 19.

BREVET.—Captain Orfeur Cavenagh, of the 32d .Regi-
ment Bengal Native Infantry, to have the rank of Major in
the East Indies, Aug. 10.
HOSPITAL STAFF.-William Collingwood Howatson.
M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, Dec. 17.
MEMORANDUM.—The commission of Captain William
Ross-King, of the 74th Foot, has been ante-dated to 30th
July, 1852, but not to carry any back pay.
OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, DEC. 15.
Royal Regiment of Artillery Brevet-Major Ashton
Ashton Shuttleworth to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice H.
Williams, deceased ; Second Captain Murray Octavius
Nixon, to be Captain, vice Shuttleworth ; First Lieutenant
George Leslie, to be Second Captain, vice Nixon ; Second
Lieutenant Edmund Penrose Bingham Turner, to be First
Lieutenant, vice Leslie, Dec. 7.
MEMORANDUM.—The date of the Promotion of the un-
dermentioned Officers has been altered to Nov. 11, viz.:—
Lieutenant Colonel T. A. Shone ; Captain R. H. Crofton ;
Second Captain G. Barstow ; First Lieutenant H. R.
Porter. _ _

ADMIRALTY, DEC. 13.
Brevet Major John Tatton Brown to be Lieutenant
Colonel, vice Tothill, retired on full pay.
Brevet Major Edward Augustus Parker to be Lieutenant
Colonel, vice Whitcomb, retired on full pay.
First Lieutenant and Quartermaster Henry Charles
Penrose Dyer to be Captain, vice Brown, promoted ; First
Lieutenant William Barnham Thomas Rider to be Cap-
tain, vice Parker, promoted.
Second Lieutenant George Gill to be First Lieutenant,
vice Dyer ; Second Lieutenant George Brydgea to be First
Lieutenant, vice Rider.