The Sun.
London, England, 1864-03-01 00:00:00

LONDON GAZETTE—This Evening.

At the Court at Windsor, the Ist day of March, MK
Present, the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council.
Her Majesty in Council was this day pleased to appoint
Thomas Thorneycrott, of Tottenhall Wood. Wolverhamp-
ton, Esquire, 0 be Sheriff of the County of Stafford, in the
room of George Briscoe, of Elmhurst Hall, Lichfield,
Esquire; and Boscawen Trevor Griffith, of Trevalyn Hall,
Wrexham, Esq•+ to be Sheriff of the County of Denbigh, in
the room of John Lloyd Wynne, of Coedcoch, Abergele,
Esquire.
FOREIGN OFFICE, FEB. 2J.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Edmond
do Lays as Consul at Edinburgh fur his Majesty the Em-
peror of the French.
The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. G.
Barris as Consul at Brisbane for his Majesty the King of
the Belgians.
The queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. Geo.
Newenhatu Hat vey as Vice-Consul at Cork for His Royal
Highness the Grand Duke of Mecklonburgh-Schwerin.
CROWN OFFICE, FEB. 29.
MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PAR-

LIAMENT.
County of Dorset—John Doyen., of West Stafford, in the
said county, iu the room of Henry lier Soymer, ENT,
who has accepted the office of steward or Bailiff of her
Majesty's I`.lanor of Ilempholme.
:WAR OFFICE, PALL MALL, MAuert 1.
let Dragoon Guards—Gentleman Cadet Charles Rainier
Jones, from the Royal Military College, to be Cornet, by
purchase, vice John Robert Buriton Bennett, transferred
to 7th Hussars.
2d Dragoons—Captain Townley Patten Hums Macartney
Filgate, from ISth Hussare, to be Captain, vice Stewart,
who exchanges.
6th Dragoons—Major Theodore Wirgman, from helf-PaY
Unattached, to be Major, vice John Edward Swindley,
who retires upon half-pay.
7tll HUMTB—Cornet John Robert 13ur1ton I.3entott, from

the let Dragoon Guards, to be Cornet, vice William For-
tescue Armstrong, who retires.
3th Hussars—Lieut. llarold Esdaile Malet to be Captain,
by purchase, vice George Harmer Pering, who retires—
Captain John Lorn Stewart, from 2d Draooons, to be
Captain, vice Filtrate, who exchanges—Cornet Frederic
Louis Brandreth to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Malet—Gentleman Cadet, Robert Stevenson, from the
Royal M tary College, to be Cornet, by purchase, vice
Brandreth.

19th Hussars--Henry Octavius Currie, Gent., late Lieu-
tenant in her Majesty's Indian Forces, to be Paymaster.
21st Hussars—James Clarke Hicks, Esq., late Captain 18th
Hussars, to be Paymaster.
Royal Artillery—Second Captain Frederick Cockburn
Griffin to be Captain, vice Brevet-Major Richard King
Freeth, removed to the Supernumerary List; Second
captain John Hoary Peile to bo Captain, vice Henry
Mercer, died of wounds received in actiln ; Lieutenant
George Murray Lyon Campbell, to be Second Captain.
vice Griffin ; Lieutenant Goorge Edwin Mettle to be
Second Captain, vice Peile; Gentleman Cadet John Mit-
chell Salniond to he Lieutenant, vice Campbell ; Gentle.
man Cadet Henry Samuel Spitler Watkin to be Lieu-
.

tenant, vice Mauro.
Corps of Royal Engineers—Lieut.- Colonel and Brevet-
Colonel William Ch tries Hadden to he Colonel, v:ce
Nelson, retired on full pay—Captain and Breve-Major
Millington Henry Synge to be Lieut,-Colonel, vice
Brevet-Colonel Hadden --Second Captain Edmund Fre-
derick Du Cane, on the S (.;oilded List, to be Captain—
Second Captain William Crossmnan to be Captain, vice
Brevet-Major Synge—Lieutenant Edward Mitchell to be
Second Captain, vice Crossman—Gentleman Cadet John
Lawrence !Macpherson to be Lieutenant, with temporary

rank, vice Mitchell.
2d Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant Francis Roach Gubbins
to bo Captain, by purchase, vice John Leslie Toko, who
retires—Ensign Charles Fairbanks Lawson to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Gubbina—Gontleman Cadet
Arthur Thomas Mudge, from the Royal Military Col-
lege, to bo Ensign, by purchase, vice L twson.
sth Foot—Lieutenant Charles Langford Oliver, from the
1020 Foot, to bo Lieutenant, vice 13:.asley, who ex-
changes.
7th Foot—Gentleman Cadet William Prescod Holmes,
from the hovel Military College, to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Charles Tayleur, who retires.
Bth Foot—Captain Angus William hall, from Adjutant of
a Depot Battalion, to be Captain, vico John i 1 Queen,
appointed Adjutant of a Depot Battalion.
11th Foot—Lieutenant Christopher Samuel Bailey, from
16th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Boyce, who exchanges.
15th Foot—Captain Andrew John Cowper toabe Major, by
purchase, vice William Cairnes Armstrong, who retires
--Captain William Wood, from 74th Foot, to be Cap-
tain, vice Low, who exchanges—Lieutenant Francis
Ironside Rawlins to be Captain, by purchase, vice Cowper
—Ensign Henry John Lancaster to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, ;vice Rawlins—Ensign Arthur Fisho, from the
67th Foot, to bo Ensign, vice Lancaster.
th Foot—Lieutenant John Boyce, from the 11th Foot,
to be Lieutenant, v;ce Bailey, who exenanges.
th Foot—Ensign Henry Gordon Heath to be Instructor
of Musketry, vice Lieutenant John Wily, who has re-
signed the appointment.
th Foot—Lieutenant George Douglas Harris to be Cap-
tain, by purchase, vice Edward Robert Ward Bayley,
who retires—Ensign Henry Stokes to bo Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Harris—Gentleman Cadet John Francis
James Miller, from the Royal Military College, to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Stokes.
th Foot—Ensign Francis Edward Carleton to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Charles Bassett Lewis, who re-
tires—Gentleman Cadet henry Hartley Prior, from the
Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Carleton.
31st Foot—Ensign Richard Horatio Townsend to be In-
structor of Musketry, vice Captain George Nicholson
Pepper, who resigns the appointment.
34th Foot—Captain Irving Francis Kennedy, from half-
pay, late 41st Foot, to be Captain, vice Julius Dyson
Laurie, seconded on appointment as District Inspector of
Musketry.
37th Foot--Ensign Russell Skinner to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Michael Andrews Borthrick, who retiree
—Gentleman Cadet Edward Jodrell, from the Royal
Military College, tO be Ensign, by purchase, vice

Skinner.
46th Foot—Lieutenant Frank Grieve to be Adjutant, vice
Ensign John Dwyer, who resigns the appointment—
Ensign John Dwyer to be Lieutenant, without pur-

chase.
60th Foot—Major Randal Joseph Feilden to be Lieutenant-
Colonel, by purchase, vice Brevet-Colonel Webbo Butlet,
who retires—Captain Henry Edward Warren to be
Major, by parchase, vice Fielden—Lieutenant Edward
Campbell Ainslie to be Captain, by purchase, vice
Warren—Ensign Charles Louis Constantino do bobeck
to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Ainslie—Gentleman
Cadet Thomas Ambrose Worswick, from the Royai Mili-
tary College, to be Ensign, I#y purchase, vice do Robeck,
67th Foot—Lieutenant George Thomson to he Captain,
without purchase, vice Edward Coxen, deceased—En-
sign William Mascall Kenrick to be Lieutenant, with-
out purchase, vice Thomson—Gentleman Cadet Charles
Christian Pearson, from the Royal Military College, to
be Ensign, by purchase, vice Arthur Fish°, transferred

to 15th Foot:
74th Foot—Captain John Low, from 15th Foot, to be
Captain, vice Wood, who exchanges.
79th Foot—Gentleman Cadet John Angus from the Royal
Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Arthur

Lenon, who retires.
82d Foot—Staff Assistant-Surgeon John Mangin Waters
to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice John Niven, who resigns.
100th Foot—Ensign Bethel Martin Dawes to be Lieutenant
by purchase, vice Reginald Blewitt Dowling, who retires
—Ensign Alexander Webster M'Kenzie, from 30th Foot,
to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Joseph Dooley,
who retires on tewporary half pay—Gentleman Cadet
John Hart from the Royal Military College, to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice Dawes.
101st Foot—Lieutenant John Campbell Partridge to be
Adjutant, vivo Lieutenant Henry Howard Chapman,
killed in action.

.024 Foot—Lieutenant George Todderick Beasley, from
the sth Foot, to bo Lieutenant, vice Oliver, who ex-
changes.
104th Foot—Lieutenant Robert Campbell Richardson to be

Paymaster.
Rifle Brigade—Lieutenant Charles Edward Buckley to be
(:aptain, without purchase, vice Frederic Carl rlayne,

deCeaseel.
4th West India Regiment—Captain Meyrick William Bid-
well Edwardes has been permitted to retire from the ser-
vice by the sale of his commission.
Cape Mounted Rithmen—Major Oliver Barker D'Arcy
has been permitted to retire horn the service by the sale
of his commission; Captain and Brevet-Major Frederich
Campbell has been permitted to retire from the service by
the sale of his commission.
DEPOT BATTALlONS.—Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. Gil-
bert Elliot, from half pay, late Rifle Brigade, to he Lieu-
tenant-Colonel, vice Brevet-Colonel Frederick Green
Wilkinson. who retires upon temporary half pay—Capt.
John M'Queen, from Bth Foot, to be Adjutant, vioe
Captain Angus William hall, transferred to the Bth

Foot.
PURVEYORS' DEPARTMENT.—Purveyor's Clark Frede-
rick William Page to be Deputy Purveyor, vice George
Ward, deceased—Furveyor,a Clerk Robert Deport to be
Deputy Purveyor, vice I.'hoitt,a.a Rogers Vicary, deceased,