The Sun.
London, England, 1864-05-20 00:00:00

LONDON GAZETTE---This Evening,

LORD CHAMBERLAN'S-OFFICE, MARCH 31:
N otice is hereby given that her Royal Highness the
Princess of Wales will, by command of the Queen, hold a
Drawing Room at St. James's I'alace, on behalf of her
Majesty, on Tuesday, the 14th June next, at two o'clock.
It is the Queen's pleasure that presentations to her Royal
Highness at the Drawing Room shall be considered as
equivalent to presentations to her Majesty,
LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, MARCH 31.
Notice is hereby given, that his Royal Highness the
Prince of Wales will, by command of the Queen, hold
levees at St. James's Palace, on behalf of her Majesty, on
Wednesday, the Ist of June next, and on Wednesday, the
22d of June next, at two o'clock.
It is the Queen's pleasure that presentations toeh
Highness at these Levees shall be considered as q uisivßaoleynatl
to presentations to het Majesty.
FOREIGN OFFICE, MAT 19.
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ceased to be in force.
ports .
The following is the official notification received by Earl
Russell:—
The Ministry of Marine notifies herewith, that according
to the suspension of hostilities, concluded yesterday in Lon-
don, the blockade of the ports cammin, Swinemunde,
Wolgast, Greifswalde, Stralsnxtl, Barth, Danzig, and
Pillau will bo raised the 12th of this month.
Further, the blockade of ports and inlets in the Duchies
of Sleswig and liolbtein, notified under the 18th and 27th

of February and 22d of March this year, will be raised frog
the same time. 0, LIJTYEN.

Ministry of Marine, Copenhagen,
the 10th May, 1864.
WAR-OFFICE, MAY 18.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orde r s fot
the appointment of Major Patrick Stewart, of the R oyai
(late Bengal) Engineers, to be an Ordinary Member of the
Civil Division of the Third Class, or Companions of the
Most 'Honourable Order of the. Bath.
FOREIGN OFFICE, MAY 18.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of M. Gad ban at
Consul-General in London for the Sublime Ottoman Por to
The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Don
Manuel Jose Quintana as Vice-Consul at Newca atle to;
her Majesty the Queen of Spain.

WAR OFFICE, PALL MALL, MAY 20.
sth Lancers—Captain Cornwallis H. Chichester, fro m 13th
Foot, to be Captain, vice E. F. Weaver, who each a nges.
7th Hussars—Lieutenant Francis Arthur Hutchins , from
the Bth Hussars, to be Lieutenant, vice E. H, Ke n Lards
who exchanges.
Bth Hussars--Lieutenant Edmond Henan Kennard, from
7th Hussars, to ba Lieutenant, vice F. A, Hutchins, who
exchanges.
12th Lancers—Lieutenant David Roche Vandeleur to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Henry Marlow Sidney , who
retires—Cornet Edward Albert Pole to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Vandeleur—Henry Lancaster Gr ahaixts
Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Pole.
15
theth
86 th
Foot,
to Hussars—Ensignbe Henry Wise Ridley Blackett, from
Cornet,
vice Cuthbert Larking, who
retires.
Ist Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant Hon. Thomas 0. W
Plunkett to be Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet Major
Richard Llewellyn Williams, who retires—Ensign Ernest
Alexander Morant to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Hon. T. 0. W. Plunkett—Ensign Frederick Conin glum*
from the 53d Foot, to be Ensign, vice Morant.
2d Foot—Captain William M. D. Alderson, from the 77tu
Foot, to be Captain, vice Gair, who exchanges.
3d Foot—Captain Penrose John Dunbar to be Major, by
purchase, vice William Henry Cairnes, who retires—.
Lieutenant Walter Augustus Daubeny to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Dunbar—Ensign Thomas William Car..
penter, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Daubeny—.
William Robert Aylmer Hely, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Carpenter.
Bth Foot—Sergeant-Major Alfred Berry to be Quarter.
master, vice Charles 'lsherwood, who retires upon half.

pay.
12th Foot—Sergeant-Major James Edwin Tripp, to be
Quartermaster, vice Thomas Huddlestone, appointed
Paymaster.
13th Foot—Captain Edward Francis Weaver, from the
6th Lancers, to be Captain, vioa C. H. Chichester, who
exchanges.
28th Foot—Captain Cornelius George O'Brien, from the
Cape Mounted Riflemen, to be Captain, vice John Blake,
who retires upon temporary half-pay.
39th Foot—Lieutenant John Henry Murray to be Captain,
by purohase, vice William Newport Tinley, who retiree
—Ensign Henry Lewis Brooke White to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Murray—Henry O'Brien, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice White.
53d Foot—Gentleman Cadet Frederick Coningham, from
the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without pur-
chase, vice Ainsworth, promoted—Alfred Philip Mules,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice F. Ceningham,
transerred to the Ist Foot.

62d Foot—Ensign Edward Podmore Clarke to be Lieuten.
ant, by purchase, vice Eugene Charles Poßeaten, who
retires—Thomas Fentham Todd, Gent„ to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Clara.
77th Foot—Captain William Gair, from 2d Foot, to be
Captain, vice Alderson, who exchanges.
86th Foot—Lieut. Joshua James Bowness to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Robert L. Grant M‘Grigor, who re-
tires—Ensign Edward Philipps to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Bowness—Henry Brooke Rhodes, Gent.,
to be Ensign, by purchase, vice H, W. R. iilackett,
transferred to 15th Hussars—George Cooper, Gent., to
be Ensign, by purchase, vice Philipps.
92d Foot—Ensign Henry Benjamin Archer has been
superseded for being absent without leave.
94th Foot—Ensign Francis John Hassard to be Lieutenant
by purchase, vice James Strachan, who retires—George
Russel Salvia Bowlby, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Hassard.