The Sun.
London, England, 1855-10-24 00:00:00

WAR-OFFICE, OCT. 23.

6th Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Cornet F. G. S. Cur-
tis to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Wight, de-
ceased.
Ist Dragoons—Macdonald Hall, Gent., to be Cornet,
without purchase, vice Hartopp, promoted.
3d Light Dragoons—Arthur Lautour, Gent., to be Cor-
net, without purchase, vice Murphy, promote.
7th Light Dragoons—Riding-Master George Haynes to
be Cornet, without purchase, vice Paulet, promoted ; Cor-
net George Haynes to be Adjutant, vice Trenerry, pro-
moted.
10th Light Dragoons.—To be Lieutenants, without pur-
chase—Cornet C. H. Uniacke, vice Richmond, appointed
to the 3d Dragoon Guards ; Cornet A. A. tie Bourbel, vice
Clark, appointed to the 15th Light Dragoons.
12th Light Dragoons—Cornet Arthur Murray to be Lieu-
tenant, without purchase, vice Steele, appointed to the
15th Light Dragoons.
13th Light Dragocus—Deut. G. M. Goad to be Captain,
by purchase, vice King, Mho retires.
14-h Light Dragoons—Cornet Leonard Redmayne to be
Lieutenant, by kpurchase, vice Ling, promoted, by pur-
chase, to an Unattached Company.
Grenadier Guards—For Ensign and Lieut. J. B. B
Coulson to be Lieutenant and Captain, vice Honourable
Frederick Ponsonby, promoted—read &c., &c., vice Henry
Frederick Ponsoby, promoted.
15th Foot—Ensign John Fitzmaurice, from the Kerry
Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase.
16th Foot—William Robert Welch Lea, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Kelsall, promoted.
18th Foot—Ensign Sidney Darvell to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Esmonde, promoted.
19th Foot—Major J. L. R. Rooko, to be Lieutenant-
Colonel, without purchase, vice Unett, died of his wounds;
Captain R. 0. Bright to be Major, without purchase, vice
Rooke ; Lieutenant E. R. W. Bayley to be Captain, with-
out purchase, vice Godfrey, died of his wounds.
20th Foot—The name of the Ensign, promoted to be
Lieutenant in the Gazet'e of 16th October, with date 21st
September, is W. D. Nunn, and not W. D. Munn, as pre-
viously stated.
25th Foot—Charles H. Layard, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase.
26th Foot—Ensign William Beers to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Nunn, who retires ; Henry Gandy, Gent.,
to bo Ensign, by purchase, vice Wardell, appointed to the
83d Foot.
31st Foot—John Theodore Austin Gardiner, Gent., to be
Ensign, without purchase.
41st Foot—Lucas Waring, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Boddington, promoted. Tho Christian names
of Ensign Gwynne are Nadolig Xiwenes.
42d Foot—Captain F. G. Wilkinson to be Major, with-
out purchase, vice Alexander Cameron, whcse Brevet rank
has been converted in o Substantive rank, under the Royal
warrant of 6th Oct., 1854; Lieutenant H. H. Moseley to
be Captain, without purchase, vice Wilkinson ; Ensign G.
A. Purse to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Mose-
ley ; Ensign C. Shuttleworth to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Hesketh, whose promotion by purchase, on 25th
September, 1855, has been cancelled ; Lieutenant Samuel
Gordon M `Dakin, from the North Lincoln Militia, to be
Ensign, without purchase, vice Furse.
48th Foot—Thomas Gilling Gilling, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice C. Campbell, promoted.
The surname of the Ensign appointed on the 16th inst.
is Chauncy, , and not Chauncey as previously stated.
55th Foot—To be Lieutenants, without purchase—En.
sign• R. F. Dalton and F. Heberden. To be Ensign, with-
out purchase—Norman Fitzgerald Uniacke, Gent., vice
Dalton.

57th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Michael James Griffin,
from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Scott, ap-
pointed to the Staff.
60th Foot—To be Lieutenants, without purchase —En-
signs J. B. Shackle, James Forbes, R. M. Hazen, and C.
J. Phillipps. To be Ensigns, without purchase—Robert
John Hickman, Gent., vice Shackle ; Thomas Monsell
Warren, Gent., vice Forbes ; George Hatchell, Gent., vice
Hazen ; John Owen Young, Gent., vice Phillipps.
62d Foot—Ensign George Fox Grant to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Drou ht, promoted in the 92d
Foot ; Charles John Miles, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Holder, promoted ; John Paine Sargent, Gent.,
to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Grant. The surname
of the Ensign, appointed on the 9th instant is Crickitt and
not Crickett as previously stated.
68th Foot—Liout. Hugo Shelley Light to be Adjutant,
vice Vaughan, promoted.
76th Foot—Ensign W. B. O'Malley to be Lieutenant,

by purchase, vice Westropp, promoted in the 19th Foot;
Martin Samuel Sharpe, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice O'Malley.
78th Foot—Lieut. R. B. A. Purvis to be Captain with-
out purchase, vice Ridge, deceased; Ensign John Swan-
son to be_Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Purvis.
80th Foot—Quartermaster Wellington Browne to be
Paymaster, vice Bodle, appointed to a Depot Battalion ;
Quartermaster-Serjeant Wm. Maloney to be Quartermas-
ter, vice Browne, appointed Paymaster.
81st Foot—Ensign T. C. S. Speedy to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Wright, promoted ; George Fre-
derick Jellicoe, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase,
vice Speedy; Lieutenant W. E. Todd to be Adjutant, vice
Wright, promoted.
89th Foot —To be Lieutenants, without purchase—En-
signs J. Dunn, J. J. Bowness, B. Helme. To be Ensigns,
without purchase—Owen H. Strong, Gent., vice Dunn ;
William Sealy, Gent., vice Bowness. The promotion of
Lieutenant-Colonel Caledon Richard Egerton to bear data
March 9, instead of Sept. 7, as previously stated.
90th Foot—Lieutenant W. J. Rous to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Grove, promoted ; Ensign William Knight
to be Lieutenant, without purchase ; Louis Worthington
Wilmer, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice
Knight.
93d Foot—Ensign G. C. Gooch to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Clayhills, promoted.
99th Foot—George Clayton, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Purcell, promoted.
Rifle Brigade.—To be Lieutenants without purchase—
Ensign Charles Edward Buckley, vice Ryder, killed in
action ; Ensigns L. Percival, F. Stephen, E. G. Johnson.
To be Ensigns by purchase—Lieutenant William George
Swinhoe, from the Bedford Militia, vice Morgan, pro-
moted ; Ensign Nicholas William Butler, from the 2d
Warwick Militia, vice D. A. Gordon, promoted. To be
Ensigns, without purchase James Edward Vaughan,
Gent., vice Buckley ; Lovick Emilius Cooper, Gent., vice
Percival ; Frederick William Marsh Chalmers, Gent.,
vice Stephen; Arthur Blundell George Sandys Hill, Gent.,
vice Johnson.
2d West India Regiment—Meyrick William Bidwell
Edwardes, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice
O'Shaughnessy, promoted.
3d West India Regiment—Charles O'Loughlin L. Pren-
dergast, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Vieth,
appointed to the 40th Foot.
Cape Mounted Riflemen—Lieutenant Walter Henry
Gill has been permitted to retire from the service by the
sale of his commission.
Royal Canadian Rifles—Julian Stewart Galan, Gent., to
be Ensign, without purchase, vice Williams, promoted.
BRITISH GERUAN LEGION Geo. Henry Shuttleworth,
Esq., to be Paymaster. The second Christian name of
Lieut. Saunders, of the 2d Hussars, is Howard..
UNATTACHED —Brevet-Lieut.-Colonel Gilbert William
Francklyn, from the 37th Foot, to be Lieut.-Colonel, with-
out purchase. Captain and Brevet-Lieut.-Col. William
C. E. Napier, 25th Foot, to have the substantive rank of
Major Unattached, under the Royal Warrant of Oct 6.
STAFF.—Brevet-Colonel Terence O'Brien, half-pay Un-
attached, to be Assistant Quartermaster-General at head-
quarters, vice Clarke, appointed Colonel on the Staff.
Major and Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel George Talbot, 43d
Foot, to be Deputy-Quartermaster-General -to the Queen's
troops serving. in Madras, with the rank of Colonel in the
Army, vice Felix. Captain and Brevet-Major Charles
Albert Denison, 52d Foot, to be Deputy- A.dj utant-General
to the Queen's troops serving in Madras, with the
rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army, vice Pratt.
Captain Charles Scarlin Naylor, Paymaster 29th Foot,
to be Paymaster for Army Services. Captain Robert
Law, 31st Foot, to be Assistant-Adjutant of a Depot Bat-
talion. George Western, Gent., to be Veterinary Surgeon
to the Forces.
HOSPITAL STAFF--TO be Assistant-Surgeons to the
Forces.—Assistant-Surgeon John James Scott, from the
57th Foot, vice Griffin, appointed to the 57th Foot;
Acting Assistant-Surgeon Robert Graham Dickson, M.D.,
vice Bawtree, promoted on the Staff; Acting Assistants
Surgeon Thomas Stawell Barry, vice Clarke, promoted ;
Acting Assistant-Surgeon Henry Robbins Dew, vice John-
son, appointed to the 41th Foot ; Acting Assistant-Sur-
geon David Stranaghan, M.D., vice Franklyn, appointed
to the 77th Foot.
BusNET.—Brevet-Colonel Frederick G. Showell, C. 8.,
Bth Light Dragoons, to have the local rank of Brigadier-
General in Turkey. John Paul Verth, Esq., having been
appointed Barrack-Master and Storekeeper to the British
Italian Legion, to have the temporary rank of Captain
while so employed.
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS•LIEUTENANT.
County of Pembroke.--Arthur Henry Saunders Davies,
Esq. to be Deputy-Lieutenant.
2dßegiment (Light Infantry) of West York Militia—
Foster Gray, Gent., to be Ensign.
4th Regiment of West York Militia—Ensign Henry
Robert Franklin to be Lieutenant, vice Massey, appointed
to the 82(1 Regiment ; Ensign Henry Barrow to be Lieu-
tenant, vice Spiller, appointed to the 82d Regiment.
sth Regiment of West York Militia—Reubens Huverty,
Gent., to ee Ensign.
Royal South Gloucester Light Infantry Regiment of
Militia—Ensign George Hairy Lynch to be Lieutenant,
vice Lovesey, promoted; Ensign John James Croft to be
Lieutenant, vice Gurney, gazetted to the 7th Fusiliers;
Ensign Frederick George Holbrooke to be Lieutenant, vice
Forrest, resigned ; Henry Le Patourel, Gent„ to be En-
sign, vice Laire, resigned.
Light Infantry Battalion of the Royal Sussex Militia
Henry Chandos Rivers, Gent., to be Ensign.
Queen's Own Light Infantry Regiment of Tower Ham-
lets Militia—Lieut. Chas. A. North to be Captain, vice
Hook, resigned ; Hen. J. Wallack, Esq., late a Captain in
the 77th Reginpnt, to be Captain, vice Simpson, resigned;
Lieut. Francis Jennings to be Captain, vice Hirnhy, re-
signed ; Ensign Richard James Lamb Gibbon Monypenny
to be Lieutenant, vice North. promoted ; Ensign William
Hyland to be Lieutenant, vice Jennings, promoted ; Ed-
ward Conduit Bicknell, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Voules,
promoted ; Henry de Daubrava, Esq., to be Captain, vice
Henry William Burgess.
Huntingdonshire Rifle Regiment of Militia—First Lieu.