The Sun.
London, England, 1864-12-21 00:00:00

Sr, JAMES'S PALACE, DEC. 17.

The Queen has been pleased, on the nomination of the
Right lion. Lord Foley, to appoint Lieut. Colonel John
Henry Lowndes, late of the 6th Regiment of Foot, one of
her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms,
vice Charles J. Sawyer, Esq., resigned.
LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S-OFFICE, DEC. 19.
Notice is hereby given, that the State Apartments of
Windsor Castle will be open to the public on and atter
Thursday, the 22d inst., under the usual regulations.
WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, Dr.c. 20.
2d Regiment of Lite Guards—Sir George Rendleshatu Pres.
cott, Bert , to be Cornet and Sub Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Frederick Young, promoted.
Royal Horse Guards—Lieutenant Mylies Bagnall Bowyer
Adderley to be Captain, by purchase, vice Walter Palk
Carew, who retires—Cornet Samuel Charles Newton to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Adderley.
2d Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant William Jones Thomas
to be Captain, by purchase, vice Francis Graham Powell,
who retires—Cornet and Adjutant Allen Deane to have
the rank of Lieutenant—Cornet Edmund Warren Craigie
to L eutenant by purchase, vice Thomas—Thomas Ord,
Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Craigie.
11th Hussars—Ensign John St, John, from 12th Foot, to bo
Cornet, vice Henry William Langley, who has retired—

Cornet John St. John to be Adjitalit, vice Lieutenant.
John M‘Loughlin, who resigns the appointment.
Military Train—Lieutenant Walter Ernest Sax Battis-
combo, from the 53d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Simmer,
who exchanges.
6th Regiment of Moot—Lieutenant John Thomson Bowers
to be Adjutant, vice Lieutenant James George Ccckburn,

promoted.
Bth Foot—Lieutenant George Nicholl James Bradford to
be Captain, by purchase, vice Swinnerton Halliday
Dyer, who retires—Ensign William Bowe Bennis to be,
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Bradford—Robert Julian
Orde Jocelyn, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice

Hennis.
12th Foot—Quartermaster Corporal Major John St. John,
from the let Life Guards, to be Ensign, without purchase,
vice Henry Oswald Carey, transferre to the 76:h Foot—
William Wallace Roderick Onslow, Gent„ to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice John St. John, transferred to the 11th

Hussars.
25th Foot—Henry Augustus Chichester, Gent,, to be En-
sign, without purchase, vice Thomas John Leadbetter,
promoted.
33d Foot—Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Roberts Dunn,
from the 100. h Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice
Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel Edward Westby
Donovan, who exchanges—Lieutenant Birchall
Graham to be Captain, by purchase, vice John Brown,
who retires—Ensign Alfred Handcock to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Graham—William Alexander Dtla-
belles Eden, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Handaock.
36th Foot—Captain Mont. Cholmely Morris, from the 54tH
Foot, to be Captain, vice Newbult, who exchanges.
53d Foot—Lieutenant Benjamin Simuer, from the Mili-
tary Train, to be Lieutenant, vice Battiscombe, who ex-

changes.
54th Foot—Captain Eiward D. Newbolt, from the eGth
Foot, to be Captain, vice Morris, who exchanges.
76th Foot—Home Seton Gordon, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice John Bereslord Hammond, who re,
tires.
80th Foot—Surgeon John Alexander Wm, Thompson,
M.D., having completed 20 years' full-pay service, to be
surgeon Major, under the provisions of the Royal War.
rant of Oc•• 1. 1858.
86th Foot—Ensign Edward James Harris to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Matthew Edward Leadbitter, who re-
tires—James Arnold Awdry, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice llarris.
87th Foot—Ensign William Wynne Jeudwine to be Lieu.
tenant, by purchase, vice Archibald Neil Campbell, who
retires—William Gostwyck Gard, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Jeudwine—Lientenant Walter Carr
Mackinnon to be Instructor of Musketry, vice LiLut.
Archibald Neil Campbell, who had resigned the appoint-

ment
100th Foot—Lieut Colenel and Brevet Colonel Edward

Westby Donovan, from the 33J Foot, to be Lieut Colonel,
vice Alexander Roberts Dunn, who exchanges
Ist West India Regiment—Ensign Charles lienry Wilson
Lock has been permitted to retire the service by the sale

of his Commission
4th West India Itegiment—Lieutenant Nicholas Thomas
Cuffe Herbert, from the 2d West India Regimens, to ha

Lieutenant, vice John Atkinson, who has retired.
sth West India Itegiment—Thomas Viny Baron, Gent.
to be Ensign, by purchase, vice George Henry Evans

who has retired.
UNATTACHED—Captain and Brevet-Major Joshua Grant
Crosse, from the 88th Foot, to be Major without pur-
chas3—Lieutenant Benjamin Hutchins Edwards, from
Adjutant of a Recruiting District, to be Captain, without

purchase.
STAFF—Major and Brevet-Colonel John Miller, half•pay
Unattached, to be Fort-Major at Guernsey, vice Major
and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Abercrombie
Nelson, appointed Deputy Adjutant General, Jamaica.
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.—StaiI Surgeon Hugh Massy,
hI.D., having completed 20 years' full pay service, to
be Staff Surgeon Major, under the provisions of the
Royal Warrant of Ist October, 1858.
VETERINARY DEPARTMENT.—CharIes Felix Phillips,
Gent., to be Acting Veterinary Surgecu, vice Francis
Walker, promoted in the Royal Artillery,
BREVET.

Captain, wiih the local rauk of Major, Henry Wray,
Royal Engineers, to be Major.
Captain Nevinson Willoughby De Courcy, Royal Marine
Light Infantry, to be Major.
btati Surgeon Major Edward John Burton, M.D., who
retires upon hall-pay, to have the honorary rank of Deputy
Inspector General of Hospitals.
'l'tie Gazette contains a number of promotions and altera-
tions of rank amongst the Officers or the Staff Corps, end
of her Majesty's Indian Military Force&