The Sun.
London, England, 1855-09-01 00:00:00

BREVET.

To have the local rank of Lieutenant-General in Tur•
key.—Major-General Sir Harry D. Jones, K.C.8., Royal
Engineers; Major-General Sir Richard Airey, K.C.8.,
Quartermaster-General to the Forces in the East.
Brigadier-General Henry Frederick Lockyer to have the
local rank of Major-General in Ceylon, while commanding
the troops in that island.
Colonel Honourable H. Percy, Grenadier Guards, to
have the temporary rank of Brigadier-General while em-
ployed in the command of the. British Italian Legion.
Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Owen, 3d Foot, to be
Colonel in the Army.
Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel James Robert Brunker, half-
pay 15th Foot, Deputy Adjutant-General in Ceylon, hav-
ing completed three years' actual service in the rank of
Lieutenant-Colonel, to be promoted to be Colonel in the
Army under the Royal Warrant of the 6th October, 1854.
To be Lieutenant-Colonels in the Army—Brevet-Major
Robert Owen, 31 Foot; Brovet-Major William Andros,
55th Foot.

To be Majors in the Army—Captain Robert Owen, 3d
Foot ; Captain William Andros, .55th Foot.
Horatio ➢Morgan, Esq., to have the local rank of Second
Captain in Turkey, while attached to the Land Transport
Ccrps. •
Consequent upon the death of General John Earl of
Carysfort, General Gabriel Gordon, and General Sir
Richard Bourke, K.C.8., the following promotion will
take place : —Lieutenant-General William Wood, C. 8.,
to be General.

The undermentioned promotion to take place consequent
upon the promotion of Lieut.-General H. D'Oyly, Lieut.-
General T. Evans, Lieut.-General Sir A. Maclaine, to the
rank of General :—Mujor-General W. G. Moore to be
Licutena.n t-Gen eral.

To be Major-Generals—Colonel J. M`Haffie,
pay, 60th Foot ; Colonel R. B. Lynch, ha'f-pay, Un-
attached ; Colonel F. Campbell, half-pay, Unattached;
Colonel C. M. Johnson, half-pay, Portuguese officer ;
Colonel C. Diggle, half-pay, Unattached • Colonel J. M.
Belshes, half-pay, Unattached ; Colonel B. 0. Jones, half-
pay, Unattached ; Colonel T. Peacock, half-pay, Unat-
tached ; Colonel D. Baby, half-pay, Unattached ; Colonel
G. Nicholls, half-pay, Unattached ; Colonel W. Crokat,
half-pay, Unattached •, Colonel R. Bateman, half-pay,
Unattached ; Colonel I'. Dudgeon, half-pay, Unattached ;
Colonel J. Mitchell, half-pay, Unattached; Colonel Nor-
cli ffe Norcliffe, half-pay, 18th Dragoons; Colonel R. M.
Leake, half-pay, Unattached.
Consequent upon the death of Major-General C. 0. N.
Prendergast, General the Earl of Carysfort, and Major-
General J. B. B. Esteourt, the undermentioned promotions
are to take place :—Colonel Sir A. G. Cloete, C. 8., Unat-
tached, to be Major-General; Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel
Augustus G. Blachford, 24th Foot, to be Colonel; Major
William G. Scott. 91st Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel;
Captain William Fulton, 15th Foot, to be Major.
Consequent upon the death of Major-Geneial W. H.
Cornwall, Field-Marshal Lord Raglan, G.C.8., and Gene-
ral G. Gordon, the folloWing promotions will take place:—
Major-General Sir Geo. Buller, K.C.8., the Senior Super-
numerary Major-General to be placed upon the fixed esta-
blishment of General Officers ; Lieut,Col. Chas. Tyrwhitt,
half-pay unattached, to be Colonel ; Major Thos. Donovan,
Cape Mounted Riflemen, to be Leut.-Col. ; Capt. Wm.
Boyd, 2d Dragoons, to be Major.
The following officers and gentlemen having been se-
lected for service in the Irregular Cavalry under the com-
mand of Major-General Beatson, to have local rank in
Turkey, as bile so employed :—James St. John Munro,
Esq., late Major 31st Foot, to he Lieutenant-Colonel.
To be Majors.—Edward Shelley, Esq., late Captain
16th Light Dragoons, dated 15th December, 1854, and
not 17th August, 1855, as previously stated ; Joseph
lleley, Esq., late Paymaster 16th Light Dragoons.
To be Captains—John Cox, Esq., late Lieutenant 2d
West India Regiment, dated Ist March, 1855, and not
17th August, 1855, as previously stated ; Edward James
Money, Esq., late Lieutenant East India Company's Ser-
vice, dated 23d July, 1855, and not 17th August, 1855, as
previously stated ; Lieutenant H. H. Foord, 16th Madras
Native Infantry ; Alex. Strange, late Lieutenant, 3d West
India Regiment; Charles Benjamin Stephenson, Esq.,
Worcester Militia, late of the Mounted Police, in Aus-
tralia; John Lambrick Vivian, Esq., late 3d Surrey Mi-
litia, ; Walter Spalding, Esq., late of the Mounted Police,
in Australia.

The under-mentioned officers having been selected for
service with the Turkish Contingent, to have local rank in
Turkey while so employed :—Lieut.-Col. E. It. Wetherell,
Deputy-Quartermaster-General to the Turkish Contin-
gent, to have the local rank of Colonel ; John Stewart,
Gent., to have the rank of Acting-Assistant-Surgeon.
The undermentioned Officers retired upon full-pay under
the Royal Warrant of the 6th October, 1854, to have each
a step of honorary brevet rank viz. :—To be Colonel—
Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick W. Clements, re-
tired full-pay 73d Foot.
To be Lieutenant-Colonels—Brevet-Major William Wild
Joseph Cockroft, retired full-pay 58th Foot; Major Peter
Raymond Jennings, retired full-pay 13th Foot.
The under-mentioned Cadets of the East India Com-
pany's Service to have the local and temporary rank of
Ensign during the period of their being placed under the
command of Colonel Sandham, of the Royal Engineers, for
field instruction in the art of Sapping and Mining :—James
Gavin. Lindsay, Gent.; Edward carry Gambier, Gent.;
Water Manson, (lent.; William Henry Burton, Gent.
'the undermentioned officers, who formerly balonged to
the Garrison of Saint Helena, before that island was
transferred from the East India Company to the British
Government, and who were placed upon an allowance
equivalent to retired full-pay, in consequence of the re-
duction of the Garrison occasioned by ouch transfer, to be
each promoted to a step of honorary Brevet Rank, in or-
der to place them in an equally favourable position with
that of other officers retired upon full pay who have been
promoted under the Royal Warrant of 6th October, 1854,
viz.: - To have the honorary rank of Colonel--. Lieutenan-
t Charles Robert George riodson, late St. Helena
Regiment.
To have the honorary rank of Major—Captain Thomas
Montgomery Hunter, late St. Helena Artillery ; Captain
George Andrew Den Taafe, late St. Helena Artillery ;
Captain Alexander Augustus Younge, late St. Helena
Regiment ; Captain Win. Orlando Kennedy, late St.
Helena ; Captain Wm. Kennedy Doveton, late_
St. Helena Artillery; Captain Wm. Mason, late St. Helena
Li eg imeet.
MENDRA.NDUM.*— The Commission of Lieutenant-Colonel
Tilos. W. M`Mahou, and of Major Richard Thompsoln,,of
sth Dragoon Guerds, to bear date 12th Decemb,,2r, , 4,
in lieu of 29d December, 1554, but such antedate is not!to
carry back pay.
appointment i&substitutod for that whiCh a; period
in the acu 28thefte of th2Bth. ,