The Sun.
London, England, 1864-01-08 00:00:00

LONDON GAZETTE,—This Evening,

BY THE QUEEN.—A PROCLAMATION.
VICTORIA, R.—Whereas our Parliament stands pro-
rogued to Wednesday, the 13th day of January instant,
We, with the advice of Our Privy Council, do hereby pub-
lish and declare, that the said Parliament shall be further
prorogued, on the said 13th January instant, to Thursday,
the 4th day of February next; and We have given order
to Our Chancellor of that part of Our United Kingdom
called Great Britain to prepare a Commission for proroguing
the same accordingly : and We do hereby further, wit the
advice aforesaid, declare Our royal will and pleasure, that
the said Parliament shall, on the said Thursday, the 4th
day of February next, assemble and be holden for the de-
spatch of divers urgent and important affairs : and the
Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Knights, Citizens,
and Burgesses, and the Commissioners for Shires and
Burghs of the House of Commons, are hereby required
and commanded to give their attendance accordingly, at
Westminster, on the said Thursday, the 4th day of Feb-
ruary next.
Given at Our Court at Osborne House, Isle of Wight,
this 7th day of January, in the year of our Lord,
1864, and in the 27th of Our reign.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.
FOREIGN. OFFICE, DEC. 31.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Wil-
frid Scawen Blunt, Esq., now Attache to her Majesty's
Legation at Madrid, and George Sheffield, Esq., now
Attache to her Majesty's Legation at Washington, to be
Third Secretaries in her Majesty's Diplomatic Service.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Don Francisco
de Uncilla as Consul at Cardiff for her Majesty the Queen
of Spain.
The Queen ha also been pleased to approve of Had.
Said Guest's as Consul at Gibraltar for the Sultan o
Morocco.

JANUARY 6.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Alex-
andre Conighi as Provisional Consul at Singapore for his
Majesty the Emperor of Austria.
The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. Fran-
cesco Stella as Consul at Gibraltar for his Majesty the King
of Italy.
Tae Queen has also been pleased to approve of Don
Joaquin de Avendana as Consul at Newcastle, and of Don
Mariano Ricardo de Asensi as Vice-Consul at Liverpool,
for her Majesty the Queen of Spain.
DOWNING-STREET, JAN. 6.
The Queen has been phased to appoint Percy Black•
wood, Esq., to be Colonial Secretary for the Island o
Tobago,

CROWN OFFICE, JAN. 7.
MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN TILE PRESENT PAIL

LIAMENT.
County of Buckingham—Robert Bateson Harvey, Esq.,
in the room of the Hon. William George Cavendish, now
a Peer of the United Kingdom.
WAR. OFFICE, PALL MALL, JAN. 8.
6th Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Captain and Brevet-
Major John Robertson Turnbull, from 18th Hussars, to
be Captain, vice Arthur George Smith, who exchanges.
4th Hussars—Lieutenant Alexander Fair Jones to be
Captain, by purchase, vice William Hone Davis, who
retires—Cornet William Smith Cooke to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Jones.
12th Lancers—Gentleman Cadet Ambrose Clement Wol-
seley Cox, from the Royal Military College, to be Cor-
net, by purchase, vice John Brooke Maher Caren; who
has retired.
18th Hussars—Captain Arthur George Smith, from 6th
Dragoon Guards, to bo Captain, vice Brevet-Major
Turnbull. who exchanges. . •
Royal Artillery—Captain and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
Charles Vincent Bowie to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice
George Elliot Voyle, removed to the Supernumerary
List—Second Captain George Oliver Rybot to be Cap-
tain, vice Bowie—Lieutenant Edward Charles William
Raynstord to be Second Captain, vice Rybot—Gentle-
man Cadet George Plunkett to be Lieutenant, vice
Baker, promoted—Riding Master George Louis Wilkin-
son, from 3d Madras Light Cavalry, to be Riding Master
—Staff-Surgeon William Alexander White, M.D., to be
Surgeon, vice Thomas Ithys, deceased—Staff Assistant-
Surgeon Charles Dudgeon Madden to be Assistant-
Surgeon, vice James Balfour Cockburn, M.D., pro-
moted in the Royal Engineers.
Royal Engineers—Assistant-Surgeon Jas, Balfour Cock-
burn, M.D., from the Royal Artillery, to be Surgeoo,
vice Surgeon-Major John Summers, M.D., appointed to
the Staff.
Military Train—Ensign Charles Kennett, from 3d West
India Regiment, to be Ensign, vice Benjamin Simper.
promoted—Sergeant Major John Moorhouse to be En-
sign, vice Andrew John Saunders, transferred to the
84th Foot.
Grenadier Guards—Captain Henry Martin Cornwall Legh,
from the 25th Foot, to be Lieutenant and Captain, by
purchase, vice the Hon. Norman Leslie Melville, who

exchanges.
Coldstream Guards—Lieutenant and Captain the Hon.
Edward Henry Legge to be Adjutant, vice Lieutenant
and Captain the Hon, Richard Monck, promoted.
Scot rl.l§ilier Gnarda—Lieuteuant and Captain William