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

WAR-OFFICE, AUG. 31.

Ist Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Assistant-Surgeon
William Alexander Davidson, M.D., from the 42d Foot,
to be Assistant-Surgeon.
4th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant F. W. Martin to be
Captain, l'. purchase, vice Molyneux, who retires ; Cornet
H. H. de Bourbel to be Lieutenant by purchase, vice
Martin.

12th Light Dragoons—Captain H. E. Reader from the
14th Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice Brett, who ex-
changes ; Cornet C. White to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Coape, who retires.
13th Light Dragoons—The surname of the Cornet, ap-
pointed on 10th April, 1855, is Gratrex, and not Greatrex,
as previously stated,
14th Light Dragoons—Captain Henry Brett, from the
12th Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice Reader, who
exchanges.
Royal Artillery----Gentleman Cauee fitzßoy Somerset
Talbot to bo Lieutenant ; Lieutenant Claud. George Wil-
liam Laseelles to be Second Captain, vice Archdall, re-
tired on half-pay ; Captain Arthur Thomas Phillpotts to be
Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Harison, deceased ; Second Cap-
tain William Conyngham Lynch Biosse to be Captain,
vice Phillpotts; Lieutenant Shadwell Morley Grvils to be
Second Captain, vice Blosse ; John Dennis Harrison,
Gent., to be Veterinary Surgeon.
Grenadier Guards—Brevet-Major H. F. Ponsonby to be
Captain and Lieutenant. Colonel, by purchase, vice Hon.
C. H. Lindsay, who retires ; Ensign Edmund Filmer,
from the 57th Foot, to be Ensign aneLieutenant, by pur-
chase, Fitzroy A. T. Clayton, promoted ; Captain W. S.
Ewart, from the 93.1 Foot, to be Lieutenant and Captain,
by purchase, vice Christie, who retires.
Ist Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant John Martin Brown
to be Captain, by purchase, vice Newland, who retires.
3d Foot—Captain Robert Owen, from half-pay 12th
Foot, to be Captain, repaying the lifference, vice Colo,
who exchanges ; Lieut. Henry G. C. Birningham to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Owen, who retires.
4th Foot—Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Williams
to be Lieutenant-Culonel, without purchase, vice Brevet
Colonel Cobbe, died of his wounds; Captain W. Wilby
to be Major, without purchase, vice Williams ; Lieut.
Thomas Sheppard to be ,Captain, without purchase, vice
Wiley ; Ensign H. A. Blake to be Lieutenant, without
purchase, vice Sheppard ; Ensign Thomas Tanner to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hamilton, promoted ; Wit-
Ham Faulder Kuper, Gent., to bo Ensign, without pur-
chase, vice Blake; Lieut. H. B. Manic, to be Adjutant,
vice Sheppard, promoted.
sth Foot—Edwin John Oldfield, Gant., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Brown, promoted.
7th Foot—Captain E. H. Rose to be Major, without
purchase, vice 'Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Mills, deceased ;
Lieut. H. M. Jones to be Captain, without purchase, vice
Rose • Ensign W. P. Browne to be Lieutenant, without
purchase, vice Jones; Ensign Honourable Howard More-
ton to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Honourable A. H.
Crofton, who retires; William Biddulph Pinchard, to be
Ensign, without purchase, vice Brown. The first Christian
name of Ensign Butler is Lindsey, and not Lindsay, as
stated in the (;arette, July 13.
9th Foot—Lieutenant Bowen 'Van Straubenzee, from
the 32d Foot, to be Captain, without purchase, vice Gaynor,
cashiered by the sentence of a general court-martial.
12th Foot—Ensign John Lunen Wilkie to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Fairtlough, promoted; John Archer
Julian Briggs, to he Ensign, by purchase, vice Hatehell,
appointed to the 43d Foot, ; George William Reade, to be
Ensign, without purchase, vice Briggs, appointed to the
44th Foot.

13th Foot—Brevet-Major George King to be Major,
without purchase, vice Jennings, who retires on full-pay ;
I4eutenant C. P. Cobbe, from the Bth Foot, to be Captain,
ant-beet" purchase rLienteuttut..Tobn. Augustus Fuller to
be Captain, without purchase, vice-Icing ; Ensign J. J. P.
Fox, from the 61st Foot, to be Lientenant, without pur-
chase ; Ensign A. S. Adair to beLientenant; without pur-
chase, vice Fuller.
17th Foot—To be Lieutenants, by purchase-LEnsign L.
J. Seagram, vice M. Bayne, who has retired ; Ensign J.
M. C. Travers, vice Smyth, promoted.
18th Foot—William Minhear, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase.
19th Foot—Brevet-Major Robert Warden to be Major,
without purchase, vice Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Henry
Edward M`Gee, whose brevet rank has been convened
into substantive rank, unattached, under the Royal War-
rant of the 6th Oct., 1851 ; Lieutenant H. T. Uniacke to
be Captain, without purchase, vice Warden ; Lieutenant
Peter Godfrey to be Captain, without purchase, vice Bre-
vet-Major Shadwell, whose brevet rank has been converted
into substantive rank under the Royal Warrant of the 6th
Oct., 1851 • Ensign G. F. Webster, from the 98th Foot,
to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Kirby, cashiered
by the sentence of a General Court-Martial ; Ensign R. C.
Martin to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Uniacke;
Cranmer Kenrick, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase,
vice Martin, promoted.
20th Foot—Joseph Cooke Cox, Gent,, to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Edridge, promoted.
21st Foot—Lieutenant J. G. Image to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Legit, who retires ; Ensign S. S. Connell
to he Lieutenant, by purchase, vice King, promoted.
22d Foot—Ensign 0. P. Leigh, from the Ist Foot, to
be Ensign, without purchase.

29th Foot—Lieutenant-Colonel John Hamilton Stewart,
from the 81st Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Smith,
who exchanges; Captain Frederick D. Middleton, from
the 70th Foot, to be Captain, vice Cumberland, who ex-
changes.
32d Foot —Ensign Henry Cook to be Lieutenant, with-
out purchase, vice Van Straubenzee, promoted in the 9th
Foot; Henry George Browne, Gent., to be Ensign with-
out purchase, vice Cook.
33d Foot—Lieutenant John Trent to be" Adjutant, vice
Marsh, killed in action.
34th Foot.— To be Lieutenants without purchase.—
Ensign J. D. Laurie, vice Clayton, deceaSed ; Ensign
Thomas L. Stack, vice Laurie, whose promotion on the
20th July has been cancelled ; Ensign R. J. P. Leeson,
vice Stack, whose promotion on 27th July has been can-
celled ; Ensign H. S. Stewart, vice Leeson, whose promo-
tion on the 2d August has been cancelled. To be Ensign,
without purchase. Mark Burgh Rochfort, vice Stewart,
promoted.
37th Foot—Ensign S. L. Curgenven to he Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Baker, appointed to the 48th Foot.
38th Foot—Lieutenant S. G. Quicko to be Captain,
without purchase, vice Layard, deceased; Lieut. IL B.
Feilden to be Captain, by purchase, vice Qnicke. whose pro-
motion by purchase on the 17th August, 1855, has been
cancelled; Ensign R. C. Franks to be Lieutenant, without
purchase, vice Quicke ; Arthur Bailey, Gent., to ha En-
sign, without purchase, The name of the Lieutenant pro-
moted on the 17th June, 1855. is Stansfeld, and not Shins-
field, as previously stated. 'The name of the officer who
retimacl in the Gazette of 17th August, 1855, is Captain
Lambert, and not Lambeth, es previously stated.
39th Foot—Lieutenant C. 13. Phillipps to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Northcote, who retiree.
To be .Assistant-Surgeons—Assistant-Surgeon James
Petrie Street, M.D., from thelStaff, to be Assistant-Sur-
.geon, vice. Madden, p.ppointed to the 43d Foot; Assistant-
Surgeon Alexander Milne Hiiin-Plifef, frOrn tlie-Ordnance
Medical Department, vice Sparke, who exchanges.
40th Foot—The name of the Ensign appointed on the
17th instant is Neufville Lucas and not De Reufville Lucas
as previously stated.
41st Foot—Henry Edward Harrison, Gent., to be En-
sign, without purchase.
42d Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Alfred Hooper, from the
Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Davidson, appointed
to the let Dragoon Guards.
43d Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Charles Dodgson Madden,
M.D. from the 39th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice
Biddle, appointed to the 60th Foot.
41th Foot—Brevet-Major Andrew Browne to be Major,
without purchase, vice Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel R.
Fielden, whose Brevet Rank has been converted into Sub-
stantive Rank, under the Royal Warrant, Oct. 6; Lieut.
B. S. Hoskins to be Captain, without purchase ; Ensign
Charles Ford to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice
Hoskins; Ensign James Strachan, from the Dumfries
Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase; Ensign J. A. J.
Briggs, from the 12th Foot, to be Ensign, without pur-
chase. 'The Christian names of Ensign Webster, appointed
on the 10th August, are Henry Francis George, and not
Henry Frederick as previously stated.
46th Foot.—Ensign A. J. Kentish, from the St. Helena
Regiment, to ha Ensign, without purchase.
48th Foot—Lieutenant Wm. Baker, from the 37th
Foot, to be Lieutenant.
49th Foot—Esisign E. J. Cresewell to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Earle, promotud.
50th Toot—The second Christian name of -Ensign Meyer,
appointed on 20th July, 1F.,55, ia Adolphus. pment of Sarjeau t lluntly Gordon, from the cots Fusilier
Guatds, to be. Ewign and Adjutant, to bear date 15th
April, 1355, instead of 2d June, 1855, as previously stated.
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526 Foot—Lieutenant R. W. Ellis, from the 98th Foot,
to be Lieutenant vice Smith
who e:ichanges ;7Celio John
Rose Troup, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice
Story, promoted in the Rifle Brigade.
55th Foot—Captain Win. Andros, from half-pay Unat-
tached, to be Captain (repaying
the difference), vice riling,
who exchanges ; Lieutenant S. W. F. M. Wilson, from
the 83d Foot, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Andros,
who retires; Ensign Y. L. Benanav to be Lieutenant, with-
out pm-chase, vice C. 11. Evans, di&l of his wounds; En-
sign P. S. Morgan to he Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Richards, promote] - Lieutenant Al win Shutt,Bell, from
the East York Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase,
vice Pennefathor ; S,Ajeant-Major Thomas Dunn to be En-
sign, without purchase, vice Bellamy.
s,',th Foot—William 8011, Gent., to be Ensign, without
purchase.
57th Foot—Ensign S. H. IThwell to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vie,' Ingham, promoted.
Bth Foot-,--Lieutenant Leslie Jenkins Thompson to be
Captain, without purchase, vice Brevet-Major Cockraft,
who retires.upon full-pay ; Ensign Andrew H. Russell to
ba Lieutauaut,:withau.purelma, vie 3 Tlloll3p§Oß ; Henry

Baldwin Eyre, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase,
vice Russell, promoted.
59th Foot—Lieutenant J. S. P. Clarke to be Captain
by purchase, vice Newcomen, who retires.
60th Foot—Lieutenant W. W. Fox to bo Captain, by
purchase, vice Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Parker, who
retires ; Ensign P. J. Curtis to be Lieutenant, without
purchase.
61st Foot—Charles Henry Boileau, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Fox, promoted in the 13th Foot.
64th Foot—John Thomas Pack, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Bateman, promoted. The name of
the Ensign promoted to be Lieutenant, without purchase,
in the Gazette of the 17th inst., is Bateman, and not Boat-
man, as previously stated.
66th Foot—Quartermaster-Serjeant William Lane to be
Quartermaster, vice Pollard, appointed Paymaster.
70th Foot —Captain R. F. W. Cumberland, from the
29th Foot, to he Captain, vice Middleton, who exchanges.
73d Foot—Lieut. George Davies to be Captain, without
purchase, vice Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Clements, who
retires upon full pay; Ensign M. S. Blyth to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Davies,
77th Foot—John Lenthal Davids, Gent., to be Ensign,
without- purchase.
81st Foot—Brevet-Colonel Matthew Smith, from the
29th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Stewart, who
exchanges.
85th Foot--Captain Hugh Massy to be Major, by pur-
chase, vice Grant, promoted in the 2d West India Regi-
ment ; Lieutenant Lord J. H. Taylour to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Massy; Ensign R. K. Taylor, to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Lord Taylour.
86th Foot—Ensign J. F. W. Mullen to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Gardner, deceased.
88th Foot—Ensign W. Birch to bo Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Dunlevie, who has retired.
93d Foot—Lieutenant John Salmon Gordon, from the
96th Foot, to be Captain, without purchase, vice Max-
well, cashiered by the sentence of a General Court-Martial;
Lieutenant J. M. Clayhills, to be Captain, by purchase,
vice Ewart, appointed to the Grenadier Guards.
94th Foot—Lieutenant R. R. Meade to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Mahon, who retires ; Lieutenant R. A. B.
'rod to be Adjutant, vice Meade, promoted.
95th Foot—Edward Chapple, Gent., to be Ensign, with-
out purchase.
96th Foot--Ensign James Briggs to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Gordon, promoted in the 93d
Foot; Lieutenant George Ker Hallett, from the "West
Norfolk Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice
Briggs; Henry Macgregor Lowry, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase.
97th Foot—Edward Murray Cookesley, Gent., to be
Ensign, without purchase.
98th Foot—Lieutenant T. H. Smith, from the 52d Foot,

to be Lieutenant, • vice Ellis, who exchanges ; Everard
Montagu, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice
Webster, promoted in the 19th Foot.
Rifle Brigade—Ensigns to be Lieutenants by purchase—
David Alex. Gordon, vice Caninghame, promoted; H. B.
H. Blundell, vice Malcolm, whose promotion by purchase
on 10th Nov., 1854, has been cancelled ; S. C. Glyn, vice
Morgan, whose promotion by purchase on 10th Nov., 1854,
has been cancelled ; William Pallisser, vice Markham,
promoted in the Coldstream Guards; C. T. Murdoch, vice
Hon. A. Anson, promoted.
2d West India Regiment=Major Alexander G. Grant,
from the 35th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase,
vice Wynn, who retires.
Ceylon Rifle Regiment—To be Ensigns, without pur-
chase—Serjeaut-Major Wm. Guy; James Bell Campbell,
Gent. ; Andrew Murray Walker, Gent., vice Parsons,
promoted ; Francis Archibald Stewart, Gent,, vice Pol-
lock, promoted in the 21st Foot.
Royal Newfoundland Companies—Ensign A. S. Quill;to
be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Cox, appointed to
the 3d Foot ; Lieutenant A. S. Quill to be Adjutant, vice
Law, promoted in the 4th Foot.

LAND TRANSPORT CORPS.
To be Quartermasters of Brigade— Willan, vice
Watson; Serjeaut-Major John Cusack, from the 97th
Foot, vice Trotter, deceased ; Serjeant-Major Thomas
Mitchell, from the 15th Light Dragoons, vice O'Reilly,
dismissed the service ; Quartermaster-Serjeant Joseph
Cheese, from the 39th Foot, vice James H. Maclean, de-
ceased ; William Edmund Cater, vice Dowse, who resigns;
Eugene Sherwood.
To be Regimental Quartermaster—Colour Serjoant John
Scott, from the Medical Staff Corps.
To be Veterinary Surgeons —William Varley, John
James Channon, Thomas Paton, Henry Hussey, John
Burr, and William Lyle Fenner.
BRITISH FOREIGN LEGrox—Edmund Edgar de Pentheny
de Pentheny O'Kelly, Esq., to be Paymaster.
STAFF—Captain George King, from half-pay -Unat-
tached, to be Assistant-Adjutant of a Provisional Depot
Battalion.
UNATTACHED—The undermentioned officers to have their

Brevet Rank converted into Substantive Rank, under the

provisions of the Royal WarLut of 6th October, 1854 :
Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Feilden, 44th Foot ;
Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Edward M`Gee, 19th
Foot; Brevet-Major Lawrence Shadwell, 19th Foot.
HOSPITAL STAFF.—The surname of the Acting Assist-
ant-Surgeon appointed on 4th April is Baly, and not
Bayly, as previously stated. The surname of the As-
si3tant-Surgeon gazetted to the Turkish Contingent on
20th July last is Bogle, and not Boyle, as previously
stated. Ordnance Medical Department—Assistant-Sur-
geon George Whitefield Sparke, from the 39th Foot, to be
Assistant-Surgeon, vice Humphrey, who exchanges. The
name of the Acting Assistant-Surgeon promoted to be
Assistant-Surgeon in the Gazette of the 10th instant is
Samuel Handy Halahan, and not Samuel Halahan, M.D.,
as previously etated.