The Sun.
London, England, 1864-05-11 00:00:00

LONDON GAZETTE.—Last Evening,

WHITEHALL, APRIL 26.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Right Hon.
Henry Austin Bruce to be Vice-President of the Committee
of Council on Education.
MAY 7.

The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Right Hon.
Henry Austin Bruce to be the Fourth Charity Commis-
sioner for England and Wales.
MAY 9.

The Queen has been pleased to constitute and appoint the
Right Hon. Robert Montgomery, Lord Belhaven, K.T., to
be her Majesty's High Commissioner to the General As-
sembly of the Church of Scotland.
DOWNING STREET, MAY 9.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Commander John
Hawley Glover, R.N., to be Colonial Secretary for the settle-
ment of Lagos. _ _

CROWN OFFICE, NAY 10.

MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN TILE ERE SENT PAR-
LIAMENT.
Borough of Stockport—E 'ward William Watkin, of
Northenden, in the county of Chester, Esq., in the room of
James Kershaw, Lq., deceased.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEH ALL, MAY 9.
The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of PAU
council for Trade have received information from the
Secretary of State for Foreign Affiits, 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.
rth 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 Eastfleld '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, Tice
Forsyth.
,oth Hussars—Lieutenant Arthur Barthorpe to be Captai n
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.
.3th 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.
6th Lancers—Lieutenant 'William Alex3nder Battine to be
Captain, by purchase vice Thomas Francis Agg, who
retires—Cornet David George Sandman to be Lieute-
nant, by purchase, vice Battine— Lieutenant Robert
Thirkhill Maillard to be Adjutant, vice Lieutenant Eat-
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 Nicholas Monck, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Elliston, transferred to the 54th Feot.
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 Foot—Captain William Henry Clarkson, f;om 11th
Foot, 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 Elliston, from 15th
Foot, to be Ensign, vice Farrand Haig, who retires.
55th Foot—Lieutenant Mark M. Gillies to be Captain,
without purchase, vice E. Fortescue Twysden, deceased
—Ensign Joseph Harrison Evans to be Lieutenant, with-
out purchase, visa Gillies.
57th Foot—Ensign Robert Lawrence, from the 2d Foot, to
be Ensign, vice Henry Melvin Matthews, whose transfer
from the 2d Foot on 12th April, 1864, 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 Hem y Robeson, Esq., late Captain Ist
West India Regiment, to be Paymaster, vice Paymaster,
with honorary rank of Major, J. D. winburne, 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 Brett—Ensign
Balser:Alt, from the Ist; West India Regiment, vice Sharp.
99th Foot—Ensign Robert George Davis Tosswell to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Charles Finnerty, who re-
tires—Octavius Tyndale Gooch, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Tosswell.
Rifle Brigade—Ensign Henry Nicholas Monck, from the
15th Foot, to be Ensign.
Ist West India Regiment—Guy Wm. Frederick L' 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, vice 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 Captain R. J. Hughes, promoted to an unattached
majority, without purchase.
UNATTACHED.—Captain Robert J. Hughes, from Adju
_taut Depot Battalion, to be Major, without purchase..
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MEDICILI:DEPARTMENT.—Staff Assistant-Surgeon Andrew
lino' Drysdale to be Staff-Surgeon, vice Surgeon. Major
J. W. Moatyn, M.D., appointed to the 76th Foot—John
Joseph Verdon, Gent., to be Staff Assistant-Surgeon.
BREVET.
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 Bruwn, from half-pay, late 24th Foot, to be Major-
General.
Captain an 3 Brevet-Major Valentine F. Story, half-pay,
Unattached. and Staff Officer of Pensioners, to be Lieute-
nant-Colonel.
Captain Grantham, 98th Foot, to be Major.