The Sun.
London, England, 1864-02-16 00:00:00

CROWN OFFICE, FEB. 13.

The Queen has been pleased by several letters patent
under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom, to Constitute
and appoint David Deady Keane, of the Middle Temple,
London, Esq.; John James Johnson, of the Middle Temple,
London, Esq.; and William Field, of the Inner Temple,
London, Esq., to be her Majesty's Council learned in the
law.

\VAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, FEB. 16.
R yal Regiment of Artillery—Colonel (Major General,
haying the rank of Colonel Commandant), Edward
Huthwaite, C. 8., to be Colonel Commandant, vice
General James A'hniuty, deceased.
WAR OFFICE, PALL MALL, FEB. 16,
Gth Regiment of Dragoon Duards—George Lowther Crof-
ton, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Arthur Fitz-
Patrick Godman, promoted,
15th Hussars—Ensign Cuthbert Larking, from the 13th
Foot, to be Cornet, vice Archibald Campbell Douglas,
promoted.
Royal Artillery—Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel
David Reid to be Colonel, vice Huthwaite, promoted—
Captain Frederick Alexander (Major in the Bengal Staff
Corps), to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Reid ; Second
Captain Henry Montague Smith to be Captain, vice
Alexander ; Lieutenant Rawson Aislabie to be Second

Captain, vice Smith—Gentleman Cadet William Evelyn
Denison to be Lieutenant, vice Aislabie.
Royal Engineers—Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel
Robert Georges Hamilton to be Colonel, vice Frome,
promoted—Captain and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel John
Williamson Lovell, C 8., to be Lieutenant- Colonel, vice
Hamilton—Second Captain Donald Alexander Frazer to
be Captain, vice Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Lovell—
Lieutenant Gustavus Holmes Brooke to be Second Cap-
tain, vice Frazer—Gentleman Cadet William North, from
the Royal Military Academy, to be Lieutenant, with
temporary rank, vice Brooke—Gentleman Cadet Francis
M'Giliicuddy Denny, from the Royal Military Academy,
to be Lieutenant, with temporary rank, vice Murphy, ap-
pointed to the Royal Artillery.
Grenadier Guards—Quartermaster- Sergeant Edward Baa-
sindale to be, Quartermaster, vice William nubbins,
deceased.

2d Regiment of Foot—Gentleman Cadet Henry Walter
Trench, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign,
by purchase. vice Charles Borlase, promoted.
13th Foot—Gentleman Cadet William Hunter Evans,
from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign without
purchase, vice Cuthbert Larking, transferred to the 15th
Hussars.
17th Foot—Lieut. Henry B. Jackson to be Adjutant, vice
Lieutenant Henry Grey MacGregor, who resigns the ap-
pointment.
21st Foot—Staff Assistant-Surgeon Henry Wiley Harvey
to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice John Henry West, M.D.,
promoted on the Staff.
22d Foot—Ensign James Mark Chambers to be Lieuten-
ant, by purchase, vice Henry Peregrine Leader, who
retires—Gentleman Cadet Hartwell Harry Stuart, from
the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Chambers.
25th Foot--Staff Assistant-Surgeon George Carson Grib-
bon, M,8., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice James Clerk,
Rattray, M.D. who resigns.
41st Foot—Gentleman Cadet Harvey Hamilton Kelly,
from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice James Dann, who retires.
46th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Frederick Harvey Blanshard,

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from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice John Talbot Kellett, who retires.
60th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Henry Blackwood M'Call,
from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice John Edward Pratt Parlow, promoted—
Staff-Assistant Surgeon George Allan Hutton to be
Assistant-Surgeon, vice Ebenezer John Hatchet!, who

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exchanges.
Gist Foot—Lieutenant Arthur Jolliffe Tufnell to bo Cap-
tain, by purchase, vice William Henry W. Hawtayne,
who retires—Ensign Charles Francis Dashwood to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Tufnell—Gentleman
Cadet Mordaunt Ricketts, from the Royal Military
College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Dashwood.
71st Foot—Gentleman Cadet John Edward Lewis Boultboe,
from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Charles Boswell Norman, transferred to the

90th Foot.
90th Foot—Ensign Richard Albert Nolan to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Charles Hunt Bindon, deceased
—Ensign William Wilmer to bo Lieutenant, without
purchase, vic3 Richard Albert Nolan, whose promotion
on the 3d November, 1863, has been cancelled—Ensign
William titewart Hamilton to be Lieutenant, without
purchase, vice Wilmer, whose promotion on 20th Novem-
ber, 1863, has been cancelled—Ensign John H. Hedges
to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice John Williamson,
who retires—Ensign Charles Boswell Norman, from 71st
Foot, to be Ensign, vice Hedges.
101st Foot—Staff Assistant-Surgeon Acheson George Bart-
ley, M.D. to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice William Pile,
M. 8., killed in action.
104th Foot—The promotion of the undermentioned Lieute-
nants to be dated as follows, and to be in the successions
named :—Howe Frederick Showers, vice Sir Atwell

1-W Lake, promoted—Robert Cauipbell Richardson,
vice Carter, deceased.
106th Foot—David Hepworth, Gent., late of her Majesty's

Indian Forces, to be Paymaster. -
3d West India Regiment—Lieutenant Henry P. Bluett
has been permitted to retire from the service by the sale

of his commission.
4th West India Regiment—Ensign William Cairnes to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Thomas Hew Vans Dal-
rymple Hay, promoted.
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.
Assistant-Surgeon John Henry West, M.D., from the
21st Foot, to be Staff Surgon, vice James Davys, appointed
to the 38th Foot.
Tyler Oughton, Gent., to be Staff Assistant-Surgeon.
Assistant- Surgeon Thomas Nortonlloysted, from thfi 77th
Foot, to be Staff Assistant-Surgeon, vice Henry Wiley
Harvey, appointed to the 21st Foot.
Assistant-Surgeon Ebenezer J ohn Hatchell, from the 60th
Foot, to be Staff Assistant-Surgeon, vice George Allan
Hutton, who exchanges.
Assistant-Stdgeon Oliver Codrington Supernumerary in
the 68th Foot, to be Staff Assistant-Surgeon, Vice George
Carson Gribbon, M 8., appointed to the 25th Foot.
The services of Staff Assistant-Surgeon Fred. ()Tenor,
half-pay, have been dispensed with.
VETERINARY DEPARTMENT.—George Agnatius Amos
Oliver, Gent., to be Acting Veterinary Surgeon, vice
Michael D. Bryne, promoted. .
UNATTA 01IED tij or and Brevet Lieut.- Colonel Henry
John Shaw, half-pay, late Invalid Depot, to be Lieut.-
Colonel, without purchase; Captain and Brevet Lieut.-
Colonel James Fitzllerbert De Teissier, half-pay, late
Invalid Depot, to be Major, without purchase.

BREVET.
Colonel Edward Frome, Royal Engineers, to bo Major
General, vice Twigs, permitted to retire on full pay.
Second Captain and Brevet Major Charles George Gor-
don, Royal Engineers, en second°, to be Lieutenant
Colonel. _

The Commission as Breve 6 Major of Second Captain and
Brevet Major David MacFarlan to boar dato the 21st
February, 1863,
Tho promotion of Captain William Jolliffe, of the Royal
Marine Light Infantry, on the sth January, 1864, has
been cancelled; the officer in question having been placed
upon half pay previous to that date.
Tho promotion of Captain Robert Seppinga Harrison,
Royal Marine Light Infantry, to the Brevet rank of Major,
to be antedated to sth January, 1864.
The promotion of Captain Edward Wolatenholmo Ward,
Royal Engineers, to the Brevet rank of Major, to be ante-
dated to 7th January, 1864.
Captain John William Baissier, 37th Foot, to be Major.
The undermentioned promotions to take place conse-
quent on the decease of Lieutenant-General Sir Alexander
Kennedy Clark:Kennedy, K.C.8., Colonel of the 2d Dra-
goons, on the 30th January, 1864 :
Major-General Thomas Robert Swinburne, Major, on
half- pay, Unattached, to have the rank of Lieutenant-
General.
Major-General George Whichoote, Major, on half-pay,
Unattached, to have the rank of Lieutenant-General.
Major. General James Arthur Butler, Major, on half•
pay, Unattached, to have the rank of Lieutenant-General.
hiajor-General Thomas Henry Johnston, to Lieutenant-
General,
Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet Colonel Charles Crutch] ey,
from half-pay, 21st Foot, to be Major-General.
Major William Fulton, 16th Foot, to bo Lieutenant-
-Colonel.
Captain Ceopold Grimston Paget, Royal Artillery, to be
Major.
The undermentioned officers, having completed the qua-
lifying service in the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, under the
provisions of the Royal 'Warrant of the 14th October, 18551,
to be Colonels :
Lieutenant-Colonel William Chester Master, C. 8., sth
Foot.
Lieutenant.-Colonel Sir William Russell, Bart., Cal.,
14th Humus.
Lieutenant-Colonel John Christopher Guise, 90th Foot.
Captain and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Michael A, S.
Biddulph, Royal Artillery.
Lieutenant-Colonel William Boyle, 89th Foot.
Lieutenant-Colonel David Reid, Royal Artillery.
Lieutenant-Colonel Oliver Langley, 16th Foot.
ADMIRALTY, Fiat. 16.

Admiral of tito Blue the lion. Sir Montagu Stopford,
KAU;. , has been appointed to receive a pension of £l5O
a year,
as provided by her Majesty's Order in Council of
the 25th June, 1851, vacant by the death of Admiral 'Wm,
Bowen Mends; and the name of Admiral the lion. Sir
Montagu Stoptord has been removed to the Reserved Half-
pay List accordingly. In consequence of this removal the
following promotions, dated the 9th inst., have been made:
Vice Admirals Thomas Martin and Henry Edwards, en the
Reserved List, to be Admirals on the same list.
Vice-Admiral of the Red Sir Charles Howe Fremantle,
K.C.B. to be Admiral of the Blue.
Vice-Admiral of the White Frederick Thomas Michell,
C,8., to be Vice• Admiral of the Red.
Vice-Admiral of the Blue the lion, George Grey to be
Vice-Admiral of the White.
Rear-Admiral George Augustus Ellett, on the Reset ved
List, to be Vice-Admiral on the same List.
Rear- Admiral of the Red John Jervis Tacker to be Vice-
Admiral of the Blue.
Rear-Admiral of the White Thomas Matthew Charles
Symonds, C,8., to be near-Admiral of the Red.

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Rear Admiral of the Blue Hastings Reginald Yelvertott
C. 8., to be Rear-Admiral of the White.

Captains—Edward Barnett,. Charles Georgi) Edward
Patey, Henry Broadhead, Alm nder Leslie Montgomery,
to be Rear:Admiral on the Reser yed List.

Capt. John Lort Stokes tOl;eiiear-kdreiral of the Blue.
Retired Rear-Admirals:—Jobs Frederick Appleby,
Charles Rich, Robert Deans, Will; sin Richardson, George
Charles Blake, to be Retired Vieo-Admirals, in pnrattancA
of the Order in Council of the 7th of May, 1851.