The Sun.
London, England, 1864-12-30 00:00:00

THIRD EDITIO.

SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK.

LONDON GAZETTE—This Evening,

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FOREIGN OFFICE, DEc. 21.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint
George Brackenbury, Esq., now her Majesty's Consul at
Charente, to be her Majesty's Consul in the Philippine
Islands.
The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint
the Hon. Henry Prendergast Vereker, now her Majesty's
Consul at Rio Grande do Sul, to be her Majesty's Consul
at Charente.
\VAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, DEC. 30,
4th Regiment of Hussars—Lieutenant John Kennedy to
be Captain,
by purchase, vice Russell England, who re.
tires.--- Cornet William Mansel Dylwyn Llewelyn to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Kennedy—Henry Askew
Cherry, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, rice Llewe-
lyn.
13th Hussars—Stafl Surgeon Lancelot Armstrong, M.D.
to be Surgeon, vice Henry March Webb, M,8., who tx
changes.
14. h Hussars—Lieutenant the Honourable Frederick.'
Amherst to be Captain, by purchase, vice Cecil Frederio
Holder, who retires—Cornet James George Glyn Shaw
to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice the Honourable F.
Amherst—George Robert Elwee, Gent., to be Cornet, by
purchase, vice Shaw.
16th Lancers, Surgeon Major James Macbeth, M.D., freer
the 74th Fuot, to be Surgeon, vice William E. er Park„
deceased.
Royal Artillery—Staff Assistant Surgeon James Kelly to
be Assistant Surgeon, vice John Alexander Scott, whose
appointment is notified in the Gag Ate of Sept, 20, 1864,
has been cancelled.
9th Regiment of Foot—Gentleman Cadet Auguaius Keith,
Abbott, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Edward Vernon, drowned—Gen.
Oman Cadet Frederick Woodhouse James, from thee
Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase,
vice Reginald Heber Blunt, drowned.
15th Foot--Ensign John James Osborne to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Edward J. Boultbee, drowned—
Gentleman Cadet George Hugh Coles Dyce, from the
Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase,
vice Osborne.
20th Foot—Lieutenant Edward Hamilton Barlow, from the
Ist West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Owes
Tudor Burne, promoted to an Unattached Company,
without purchase.
24th Foot—Staff Surgeon Freerick Tydd Abbott to be
Surgeon, vice James Lewis Holloway, appointed to the
Staff.
25th Foot—Lieutenant Charles Robert Leslie, to be Cap-
tain, by purchase, vice John O'Hea, who retires—En-
sign John Albert Vincent to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Leslie—Francis Hargrave Tindal Curtis, Gent., to
be Ensign, by purchase, vice Vincent.
26th Foot--Gentleman Cadet Augustus Richard Davies,
from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Howard Molyneux Edward Brunker, pro.
rooted.
41st Foot—Staff Assistant Surgeon Valentine Maher to
be Assistant Surgeon, vice Frederick Tydd Abbott, pro-
moted.
48th Foot—Lieutenant Francis Blake Eagle, from the
Rifle Brigade, to be Lieutenant, vice Hume, who ex.
changes.
54th :Foot—Lieutenant Lancelot Kerby Edwards to ba
Captain, by purchase, vice A. Robert Guy Evered, who
retires—Ensign William Charles Chitty Erskine to ba
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Edwards—Walter Thomas
Timbroll, Gent., to bo Ensign, by purchase, vics
Erskine.
60th Foot—Ensign Charles Gathorne Hardy to be Lieute-
nant, by purchase, vice Thomas Wentworth Martin Ed.
munds, who retires—Thomas North Dick-Lauder, Gent.,
to be Ensign, by purchase, vice William Warren, pro-
moted—Percy Alexander ohn Hope Johnstone, Gent.,
to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hardy.
74th Foot—Staff Surgeon Charles John White to be Sur-
geon, vice Surgeon Major James Macbeth, M.D., ap-
pointed to the 16th Lancers.
75th Foot—Lieutenant Frederick Francis Daniell to bee
Adjutant, vice Lieutenant Richard Wadesoa, promoted.
77th Foot—Lieutenant Harcourt M. Bengongh to be Cap-
tain, by purchase, vice John Augustus Staines, who re.
tires—Ensign Cockburn Forte to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Bengough—Nathaniel Gill Beadnell, Gent.,
to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Robert Anderson Leigh-
ton Walker, who retires—Henry Francis Hurlock, Gent.,
to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Forte,
91st Foot—Staff Assistant Surgeon John Alexander Scott
to be Assistant Surgeon, vice Hugh Mackay Macbeth,
appointed to the Staff.
95d Foot—Surgeon William Munro, M.D., having com-
pleted 20 years' full pay service, to be Surgeon Major,
under the provisions of the Royal Warrant of Ist October
1853.

94th Foot—Lieut. Caulfield French to be Captain, bp
purchase, vice Wm. Collum, who retires—Ensign Robt,.
Lovell Gwatkin to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
French,
Rifle Brigade—Lieut. Charles Wheler Hume, from the 48th.
Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Eagle, who exchanges—Staff'
Surgeon John By Cale Reade to be Surgeon, vice Joseph.
Thomas La Presle, deceased.
3d West India Regiment—Lieut. Richard Wilson to bet
Adjutant, vice Lieut. Edward Douglas Jones, who re-
signs the appointment.
UNATTACHED.—Captain and Brevet Major George Deem
Pitt, from the 80th Foot, to be Major, without pnr-
chase—Captain and Brevet Colonel Joseph Edward Addi-
son, from half pay 97th Foot, to be Major, without put.
chase.
ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE.—Brevet Colonel Joaeph,
Edward Addison, Major half-pay, late 70th Foot, to ha
Major and Superintendent of Studies, vice Brevet Colonel.
Lacy, appointed Commandant Staff College.
STAFF COLLEGE.—Brevet Colonel Thomas E. Lacy, Major
hall-pay 72d Foot, from Major and Superintendent of
Studies, Royal Military College, to be Commandant, vice,
Brevet Colonel Napier, appointed to the Staff in Ireland,
as a Brigadier General.
MEDICAL DEPARTHENT.—Surgeon Henry March Webb,
' M. 8., from the 13th Hussars, to be Staff Surgeon, vice
Lancelot Armstrong, M.D., who exchanges—Surgeon
James Lea is Holloway, from the 24th Foot, to be Staff'
Surgeon, vice John By Cole Reade, appointed to the,
Rifle Brigade—Assistant Surgeon Frederick Tydd Ab.
bott, from the 41st Foot, to be Staff Surgeon—Assistant
Surgeon Hugh Mackay Macbeth, from the 9th Foot, toi
be Staff Assistant Surgeon, vice John Alexander Scott,
appointed to the 91st Foot.
BREVET.
Brevet Colonel Wm. C. E. Napier, Major, Unattached,
to have the temporary rank of Brigadier General while is
command of a brigade.
Major and Brevet Lieut. Colonel Thomas Henry Clifton,
half pay, Unattached, having completed the qualifying
Service in the rank of Lieut. Colonel, to be Colonel, ma•
der the provisions of the Royal Warrant of 14th October,
1858.
Captain and Brevet Major Frederick Gordon Christie,
retired full pay, late Staff Officer of Pensioners, to have
the honorary rank of Lieut. Colonel.
MEMORANDUM.—Captain and Brevet Major John St.
Leger, half pay, York Chasseurs, has been permitted to re.
tire from the Service by the sale of his Commission, under
the condition of the Horse Guards' Circular Memorandum
of Feb. 15, 1861.
WAR-OFFICE, PALL MALL, DEC. 30.
Cape Mounted Riflemen—Captain and Brevet Major John
&Donnell to be Major, by purchase, vice Thomas Hare,
who retires.