The Sun.
London, England, 1864-01-19 00:00:00

LONDON GAZETTE,—This Evening,

FOREIGN OFFICE, JAN. 1.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint
George Thorne Ricketts, Esq., to be her Majesty's Consul
at Sarawak.

JAN. 16.

The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Charles
G. Hannah as Consul at Demerara for the United States of
America.

WHITEHALL, JAN. 18.
The Queen has been pleased to grant unto the Reverend
Francis Jenne, D.C.L., the Deanery of her Majesty's
Cathedral Church of Lincoln, void by the death of Thomas
Gamier, B.C.L.
ST. JAMES'S PALACE, JAN. 19.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge has been
pleased to appoint Captain Arthur Ellis, of the Grenadier
Guards, to be one of her Royal Highness's Equerries.
WAR OFFICE, PALL MALL, JAN. 19.
6th Regiment of Dragoon Guards—The exchange between
Arthur George Smith and Brevet-Major J. R. Turnbull,
18th Hussars, as notified in Gazette of Bth inst., has been
cancelled.
3d Hussars—Veterinary surgeon George Fleming, from
the Military Train, to be Veterinary Surgeon, vice Hicks
Withers, transferred to the 10th Hussars.
10th Hussars—First Class Veterinary Surgeon Hicks
Withers, from 3d Hussars, to be Veterinary Surgeon,
vice William Thacker, promoted.
11th Hussars—Captain Alexander Charles Grant, from
90th Foot, to be Captain, vice the Hon. James David
Drummond, who exchanges.
18th Hussars—The exchange between Brevet-Major
J. R. Turnbull and Captain A. G. Smith, 6th Dra-
goon Guards, as notified in Gazette of Bth inst., has been
cancelled.
Military Train—Acting Veterinary Surgeon Michael D.
Byrne to be Veterinary Surgeon, vice George Fleming,
transferred to the 3d Hussars.
Royal Artillery—Captain Henry Reginald Courtenay to
be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Robert Warburton, de-
ceased—Second Captain Affleck Fraser to be Captain,
vice Robert Courtenay—Lieutenant Robert Roche
Franks to be Second Captain, vice Fraser—Gentleman
Cadet Richard Wace to be Lieutenant, vice Franks—
Gentleman Cadet William Law to be Lieutenant, vice
Bowen, resigned.
Royal Engineers—Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel
Frederick Augustus Yorke, on the Supernumerary List,
to be Colonel—Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel
Charles Francis Skyring to be Colonel, vice Twiss, pro-
moted—Captain and Brevet-Major James Robert Mann
to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Brevet-Colonel Skyring
—Second Captain Anthony William Durnford to be
Captain, vice Brevet-Major Mann—Lieutenant George
Sackville Berkeley to be Second Captain, vice Durnford
—Gentleman Cadet Montagu Frederick Ommanney, to
be Lieutenant, with temporary rank, vice Berkeley.
2d Regiment of Foot—Major Francis Lionel Octavius Atty
to b Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Lieutenant-
Colonel and Brevet-Colonel Robert Bruce, who retires
upon half pay—Captain John Charles Weir to be Major,
by purchase, vice Atty—Lieutenant Henry Echalaz to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Weir—Ensign Charles Bor-
lase to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Echalaz.
Bth Foot—Ensign Charles Frederick Malet to be Lieuten-
ant, by purchase, vice Theodore Henry Skinner, who
retires—Gentleman Cadet William Louis, from the Royal
Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Malet.
17th Foot—Lieutenant St. John Clerke, from the 3d West
India Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Savage, who ex-
changes.
21st Foot—Ensign Alfred Thrale Perkins to be Lieuten-
ant. by purchase, vice John Hornby Goner, who retires
—Gentleman Cadet Robert Wilbraham Hill, from the
Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Perkins.
40th Foot—Gentleman Cadet James Dalton Gregson, from
the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Edward ToselAnd, who retires.
46th Foot—Ensign Richard Lawrence William Moore May-
dwell to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Charles John
Burgess, who retires—Ensign Robert Gordon Home,
from the 58th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Maydwell.
58th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Charles Scovell Whitmore,
from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Robert Gordon Home, transferred to the 46th
Foot.
60th Foot—Lieutenant Frederick Austin to be Captain, by
purchase, vice the Hon. Atholl Charles John Liddell,
who retires—Ensign John Edward Pratt Barlow to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Austin.
87th Foot—Ensign Anderson James Ashmore to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Frederick Flood Devereux, who
retires—Gentleman Cadet Frederick GeorgeVardon, from
the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Ashmore.
90th Foot—Captain Hon. m
Jaes David Drummond, from
the 11th Hussars, to be Captain, vice Grant, who ex-
changes.
92d Foot—Lieutenant Lawrence William Maxwell Lock-
hart to be Captain, by purchase, vice Lionel Holmes,'who
retires—Ensign Hutchinson A. Stewart to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Lockhart—Gentleman Cadet Edward
Alexander Charles Campbell, from the Royal Military
College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Stewart.
97th Foot—Paymaster Henry Lewis de la Chaumette, from
the Royal Artillery, to be Paymaster, vice William
Francis Wheble, appointed to the 7th Dragoon Guards.
99th Foot—Lieutenant Henry James Day to be Captain,
without purchase, vice Malcolm Brown Purcell, deceased
—Ensign Marcus William Kelly to be Lieutenant, with-
out purchase, vice Day.
3d West India Regiment—Lieutenant Francis Graham
Dunn to be Captain, without purchase, vice Joseph
Jones, who retires upon full-pay—Lieutenant Edmund
Sandilands Savage, from 17th Foot, to be Lieutenant,
vice Clarke, who exchanges ; Ensign James Frederick
Cousins to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Dunn.
UNATTACHED—Lieutenant Edward Brown, from the 12th
Lancers, to be Captain, without purchase.
COMMISSARIAT DEPARTMENT—Deputy Assistant Com-
missary-General Arthur Kay, to be Assistant Commis-
sary-General, vice Webb, deceased.
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.—Staff-Surgeon Alexander Bar-
clay, M.D., having completed 20 years' full-pay service,
to be Staff Surgeon-Major, under the Royal Warrant of
Ist October, 1858 ; Assistant-Surgeon James Good, from
the 43d Foot, to be Staff-Assistant-Surgeon, vice H.
Cramp, M.D., resigned; Assistant-Surgeon Robt. Alex-
ander Peter Grant, from the 43d Foot, to be Staff-
Assistant-Surgeon, vice W. Holmes, resigned.
CHAPLAIN'S DEPARTMENT.—The Rev, H. Tudor Craig
to be Chaplain of the Fourth Class.
VETERINARY DEPARTMENT.—James Darling, Gent., to
be Acting Veterinary Surgeon; vice Stanley, resigned;
Hugh Anderson, Gent., to be Acting Veterinary Sur-
geon, vice Channon, resigned.
BREVET.
Lieut.-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel George King, retired
upon full-pay 13th Foot, to have the honorary rank of
Major-General.
Lieut.-Colonel Robert Corcyra Romer, Royal Artillery,
having completed five years' service in the rank of Lieut.-
Colonel, to be Colonel, under the provisions of the Royal
Warrant of October, 1858.
Paymaster, with the honorary rank of Captai Edward
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Captain Joseph Jones, retired Major.full-pay
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Captain Janes Burnie Lind, Bengal Staff Corps.
Captain Frederick William Graham, Bengal Staff Corps.
The undermentioned promotions to take place consequent
on the deaths of Major-Gen. John Walpole, of the Royal
Engineers, on 4th January, 1864—andMajor-General ltobt.
Wynyard, C. 8., Colonel of the 95th Foot, on the
Vto' bleBr6t4Crialmers, Bengal Staff Corps.
Robert Baigrie, Bombay Staff Corps.
Second Captain Henry Strutt, Royal Artillery.
Second Captain James Ifills, Royal Artillery.
Captain Henry Hammon Lyster, 72d Bengal Native
Infantry.

TO BE MAJOR GENERALS.
Colonel John Twiss, Royal Engineers.
Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel Thomas Mail
land Wilson, half-pay late Bth Foot.

TO BE COLONELS.
Major and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel John Francis
Kempt.
Lieutenant-Colonel William Thomas Dickson, 16th
Lancers.