The Sun.
London, England, 1864-05-10 00:00:00

CROWN OFFICE, MAY 10.

MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PAR-
LIAMENT.
Borough of Stockport—Edward William Watkin, of
Northenden, in the county of Chester, Esq., in the room of
James Kershaw, Esq., deceased.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, May 9.
The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy
Council for Trade have received information from the
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, that the port of Hel-
singfors and the adjacent coast is free from ice.
WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, MAY 10.
27th Regiment of Foot—Lieut.-Gen. James Robertson
Craufurd to be Colonel, vice Lieut.-Gen. John Geddes,
deceased.
7th Dragoon Guards—Captain George E. F. Kauntze to be
Major, by purchase, vice Brevet Lieut.-Col. John Wycliffe
Thompson, who retires—Lieut. Wm:Chaine to be Cap-
tain, by purchase, vice Kauntze—Cornet Samuel James
Dakin to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Chaine—
Cornet Wm, Henry Thompson, from 13th Hussars, to be
Cornet, vice Dakin.
Ist Dragoons—Richard Mark Synnot Maunsell, Gent., to
be Cornet, by purchase, vice Wm. Watt, transferred to
the 17th Lancers.
7th Hussars—Captain the Honourable Francis Algernon
James Chichester, from the 94th Foot, to be Captain, vice
H. J. Wilkin, who exchanges, receiving a portion of the
former difference between Cavalry and Infantry—Lieut.
the Honourable Walter Harbord to be Captain, by pur-
chase, vice Brevet-Major Alfred Eastfield Wilkinson,
who retires—Lieut. Alfred Hutton, from 79th Foot, to be
Lieutenant, vice A. Jones, who exchanges—Cornet
William Langan Forsyth to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice the Honourable W. Harbord—William Frederick
Bennett, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice
Forsyth.
10th Hussars—Lieutenant Arthur Barthorpe to he Captain,
by purchase, vice Gurney Hanbury, who retires—Cornet
Herbert Davies Evans to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Barthorp—Arthur, Viscount Valentia, to be Cornet,
by purchase, vice Evans.
13th Hussars—Gentleman Cadet William Henry Thomp-
son, from the Royal Military College, to be Cornet,
without purchase, vice George John Woods, transferred
to the 81st Foot.
16th Lancers—Lieutenant William Alexander Battine to be
Captain, by purchase vice Thomas Francis Agg, who
retires—Cornet David George Sandeman to be Lieute-
nant, by purchase, vice Battine— Lieutenant Robert
Thirkhill Maillard to be Adjutant, vice Lieutenant tsat-
tine, promoted.
Scots Fusilier Guards— Barrington Buckley Douglas
Campbell, Gent., to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice William Robert Maurice) Wynne, who
retires.
2nd Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant Reginald Thoresby
Gwyn to be Adjutant, vice Lieutenant Henry Waring,
promoted.
11th Foot—Baptain John William Green, from 30th Foot,
to be Captain, vice W. H. Clarkson, who exchanges.
15th Foot—Henry Nieholas Monck, Gent., to he Ensign,
by purchase, vice Ellision, transferred to the 54th Feet.
16th Foot—Ensign Norman Cameron Griffith to be Lieu-
tenant, without purchase, vice James Dunlop Knox,
deceased.
26th Foot—Lieutenant Oswald Cresswell to be Instructor
of Musketry, vice Lieutenant Kempson, promoted.
30th Font—Captain William Henry Clarkson, from 11th
Feet, to be Captain, vice J. W. Green, who exchanges.
38th Foot—The Commission as Adjutant of Lieutenant
Alfred Stokes has been anted. ted to 24th February, 1864.
54th Foot—Ensign Edmund Charles Eilision, from leth
Foot, to be Ensign, vice F'arrand Haig, who retires.
55th Foot—Lieutenant Mark M. Gillies to be Captain,
without purchase, vice E. Fortescue Twysden, deceased
•---Ensige. Joseph Harrison Evans to be Lieutenant, with-
out purchase, vice Gillies.
57th Foot—Ensige; Robert Lawrence, from the 2d Foot, to
be Ensign, vice Henry Melvin Matthews, whose transfer
from the 2d Foot on 12th April, 1861, has been cancelled.
61st Foot—Ensign Henry Tomkinson to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice James Graham Hamilton, who retires—
Owen Wynne, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Tomkinson.
65th Foot—John Lloyd Dickin, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Henry Oliver, who retires.
76th Foot—Captain Charles B. Marshall, from the Cape
Mounted Riflemen, to be Captain, vice J. N. Colthurst,
appointed Adjutant of a Depot Battalion—Staff-Surgeon
Major John William Mostyn, M.D.. to be Surgeon, vice
James Jopp, M.D., who retires upon half-pay.
79th Foot—Lieutenant Arthur Jones, from 7th Hussars, to
be Lieutenant, vice A. Hutton, who exchanges—Lieute-
nant Charles Edward M'Murdo to be Instructor of Mus-
ketry, vice Lieutenant A. Hutton, who has resigned the
appointment.
83d Foot—James Henry Robeson, Esq., late Captain let
West India Regiment, to be Paymaster, vice Paymaster,
with honorary rank of Major, J. D, Swinburne, trans-
ferred to a Depot Battalion.
94th Foot—Captain Henry John Wilkin, from the 7th
Hussars, to be Captain, vice the Hon. F. A. Chichester,
who exchanges.

97th Foot—Lieut. Angus P. Martin to be Instructor of
Musketry, vice Ensign A. Lynch, who has resigned the
appointment.
98th Foot—Captain and Brevet Major Edward John
Ellerman to be Major, without purchase, vice Brevet
Lieut.-Col. W. Bell, who retires upon half-pay—Lieut.
Kingston Brett to be Captain, without purchase, vice
Brevet-Major Ellerman—Ensign Chas. Frederick Sharp
to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Bleu—Ensign
Balser:Alt, from the Ist:West India Regiment, vice Sharp.
99th Foot—Ensign Robert George Davis Tosawell to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Charles Finnerty, who re-
tires—Octavius Tyndale Cooch, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Tosawell.
Rifle Brigade—Ensign Henry Nicholas Monck, from the
15th Foot, to he Ensign.
Ist West India Regiment—Guy Wm, FrederickL'Estrange,
Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Balser Alt,
transferred to the 98th Foot.
4th West India Regiment—Lieut. Thos. Francis Beamish
to be Captain, without purchase, vice David Baker, Gabb,
deceased—Ensign Claude Osbert Bulger to be Lieute-
nant, without purchase, vice Beamish—Quartermaster-
Sergeant William McKean to be Ensign, without

purchase, vice Bulger,
DEPOT BATTALIONS.—Major Robert J. Hughes, from
half-pay, late Depot Battalion, to be Major, vico Brevet
Lieutenant-Colonel George Mein, promoted to an unat-
tached Lieutenant-Colonelcy, without purchase—Captain
James N. Colthurst, from 76th Foot, to be Adjutant,
vice ‘Japtain R. J. Hughes, promoted to an unattached
majority, without purchase.
UNATTACHED.—Captain Robert J. Hughes, from Adju-
tant Depot Battalion, to be Major, without purchase.
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.—Staff Assistant-Surgeon Andrew
Knox Drysdale to be Staff-Surgeon, vice Surgeon-Major
J. W. Mostyn, M.D., appointed to the 76th Foot—John
Joseph Verdon, Gent., to be Staff Assistant-Surgeon.
BREVET.
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Major and Brevet Lieut.. Col. William Bell, retired, half-
pay, late 98th Foot, to have the honorary rank of Colonel.
Surgeon-Major James Jopp, M.D„ who retires upon
half-pay, late of the 76th Foot, to have the honorary rank
of Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals.
The undermentioned promotions to take place conse-
quent on the decease of Lieutenant-General John Geddes,
Colonel of the 27th Foot, on 28th April, 1864 :
Major-General Henry Aitchison Hankey to be Lieute-
nant-General.
Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel William Gusta-
vus Brown, from half-pay, late 24th Foot, to be Major-
General. _ _

Captain and Brevet-Major Valentine F. Story, half-pay,
Unattached. and Staff Oftcer of Pensioners, to be Lieute-
nant-Colonel.
Captain Grantham, 9Sth FGot, to be Major.