The Sun.
London, England, 1864-04-26 00:00:00

LONDON GAZETTE—This Evening.

At the Court at Osborne, Isle of Wight, the 26th day of
April—present, the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in
Council. Tbis day' 'he Right lion. Sir James Plaisted
Wilde, Knight, anti Lae Right Hon. Henry Austin Bruce,
M.P., were, by her Majesty's command, sworn of her
Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, and took their
respective places at the Board accordingly,
DOWNING-STREET, Aram 25.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Lieut.-Colonel
Henry k'itzharding Berkeley Maxse (Lieutenant-Governor)
to be Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over the
Island of Heligoland.
Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Peter
Botter, John Gottlob Bufe, and Michael Jaspers, Esqrs.,
to be members of the Executive Council of the Island of
Heligoland.
Her Majesty has further been pleased to appoint Knuta
Nohren Michels, Henry Gatke, Peter Botter, Kruger Franz,
Joachim Rickmer Stoldt, Peter Jasper Michels, John
Gottlob Bufe, Nickels Peter Block, Conrad Payens, Jasper
Friedericka Payens, Herrmann Ehricks, and John Deucher,
Esqrs., to be members of the Legislative Council of the
Island of Heligoland.
ST. JAMES'S PALACE, APRIL 23,
The Queen has been graciously p!ensed to appoint Lieut,-
Colonel John Augustus Todd to be Emu of her Majesty's
Royal Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard, vice Cap-
tain Barron, resigned. _ _

APRIL 25.
The Queen has been pleased, on the nomination of the
Right Ron. Lord Foley, to appoint Paget John Bourke,
Esq., late Captain 11th Foot, one of her Majesty's Honour.

able Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, vice R. I. S. Vyvyan,
Esq., resigned.
The Queen has been pleased, on the nomination of the
Right Hon. Lord Foley, to appoint Sussex L. A. B. Mes-
siter, Esq, late Captain 28th Foot, one of her Majesty's
Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, vice S. R.
Dampier, Eq., resigned.
CROWN OFFICE, APRIL 26.

MEMBER RETtILNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PAR•

LIADIENT.

Borough of Merthyr Trivil—Henry Austin Bruce,
Esq., Vice-President of the Committee of Privy Council on
Education.
WAR. OFFICE, PALL-MALL, APRIL 26.
9th Lancers—Cornet Charles Agnew to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice William Greaves Blake, who retires—
Cornet Edward Philippe Mackenzie to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Charles Aehburnham Floyd, who reiirem
—Ensign Hamilton Hamilton Johnston, from the 66th
Foot, to be Cornet, vice Agnew—Henry Augustus Candy,
Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Mackenzie.
18th Hussars—Lieutenant Thomas Fuller to be Captain,
by purchase, vice William Henry O'Shea, who retires—
Cornet Arthur Octavius Hughes to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Fuller- James Stuart, Gent., to be Cornet,
by purchase, vice Hughes.
Bth Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant Williatn Theobald But-
ler to be Captain, by purchase. vice Angus William Hall,
who retires—Ensign Matthew Liddon to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Butler—Henry Harcourt Horn, Gent.,
to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Liddon.
10th Foot—Lieutenant Ernest Archibald Berger to be
Captain, by purchase, vice John Edmund Whaite, who
retires—Eesign Henry Handley to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Berger—George Frederick Trevor Parker,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Handley—Lieu-
tenant William Whitla to be Adjutant, vice Lieutenant
Burnside,uAlnb ienr gt
Berger, promoted.
14th Foot—Sergeant-Major John Mills to be Quarter-
master, vice James Spry, appointed Lieutenant in 17th
Foot.
17th Foot—Lieutenant James Spry, from .Quartermasterl4th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Arthur Hare Palmer,
who retires upon temporary half-pay—Ensign Richards
Horwood Dunning to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Jams Spry, who retires—Robert Loring, Gent., to be
rawnhto to b Capfain
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sign Kinnear Browne to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Grant—James George Proudfoot, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Browne.
22d Foot—Henry Hall, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Stuart, transferred to the E6th Foot.
51st Foot—Qnartermaster William Sibbald, from 89th Foot,
to be Quartermaster. vice Thomas Lawrence, cashiered
by the sentence of a General Court-Martial.
66th Foot—John A. F. Austen, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Johnston, transferred to the sth Lancers.
68th Foot—Lieut. Joseph Barrington Deacon to be Adju-
tant, vice Lieut. W. J. Ball, who resigns the appoint-

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78th Foot—Quartermaster-Serzeant Alexander Weir to be
Quartermaster, vice Charles Skrine, appointed Paymaster.
86th Foot—Ensign Hartwell Harvey Stuart, from the 22d
Foot, to be Ensign, vice Henry Francis itineyd, who
retires.

100th Foot—Ensign James Charlton Shirley to bo Lieute-
nant, by purchase, vice William Ritchie, who retires—
William Henry Adolphus Denys, to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Shirley.
102 d Foot—Captain Frank Samwell, late her Majesty's In-
dian Military Forces, to be Paymaster.
103 d Foot—Ensign Hugh De la Mottle Hervey, from the
106th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Edward Bonamy Gardi-
ner, deceased.
Rifle Brigade—Lieutenant Edmund George Johnson, to
be Captain, by purchase, vice the Hon. Arthur Annes-
ley, wno retires; Ensign George Anson Hillyard to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Johnson; Rookes Evelyn
Crompton, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Hillyard.
3d West India Regiment—Captain Robert William Har-
ley to be Major, by purchase, vice A. Dunlop, promoted,
by purchase, in 2d West India Regiment; Lieutenant
William John Close to be Captain, by purchase, vice
Harley; William Everitt Last, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Stewart, promoted.
Cape Mounted Rifleman—Lieutenant Charles B. Marshall
to be Captain, without purchase, vice E. A. Lynar,
whose promotion, on 22d March, 1864, has been can-
celled; Ensign William Henry Sells to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Edward Alexander Lynar, who retires.
DEPOT BATTALlON.—Paymaster, with the honorary rank of
Major, John Dennis Swinburne, from the 83d Foot, to be
Paymaster, vice Paymaster, with the honorary rank of
Major, Edwin Griffiths, who retires upon half-pay.
STAFF.—The appointment of Brevet-Colonel H. Hamilton,
C.B , 78th Foot, as Deputy-Adjutant-General in Ceylon,
to bear date 26th November, 1860, and not 6th of that
month, a sthen notified in "Gazette."
UNATTACHED.—Brevet-Colonel Henry Law Maydwell,
from Major half-pay Depot Battalion, to be Lieutenant-
Colonel, without purchase.
MEDICAL DEPAIITAIENT.—The transfer to the Staff of
Assistant-Surgeon Henry Knaggs, from the Cape
Mounted Riflemen, to bear date 29th March, 1864.
CHALLAIN.B DEPARTMENT.—The Rev. James L. Moody,
M.A., Chaplain cf the Fourth Class, to be Chaplain of
the Third Class.