The Sun.
London, England, 1855-12-29 00:00:00

29, 1855

Prom the London Gazette of Last Night.

DOWNING.STREET, DEc. 26.
The Queen has boen pleased to appoint Lloyd Evans
Mesham, Esq., to be Resident ➢iagistrate in the District of
Natal, in the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope.

WAR-OFFICE, DEC. 28.
Royal Regiment of Horse Guards—Cornet R. M. L.
Williams-Bulkeley to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Gambier, who retires ; Walter P. Carew, Gent., to be
Cornet, by purchase, vice Baillie, promoted ; Lieutenant
Thos. Leslie to be Captain, by purchase, vice Sutton, who
retires ; Cornet Sir B. P. Henniker, Bart., to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Breedon, who retires.
3d Regiment of,Dragoon Guards—Cornet John Charles
Boucher, from the let Dragoons, to be Cornet, without
purchase, vice Holdforth, appointed to the 6th Dragoon
Guards.

6th Dragoon Guards—G. S. Le Grice Stoddart, Gent.,
to be Cornet, without purchase, vice Astley, promoted.
7th Dragoon Guards—George Frederick Ormsby, Gent.,
to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Walker, promoted.
Ist Dragoons—John Charles Boucher, Gent., to be Cor-
net, by purchase, vice Sandeman, promoted.
7th Light Dragoons—Cornet G. F. Ormsby, from the
7th Dragoon Guards, to be Cornet, without purchase.
11th Light Dragoons—Cornet G. E. B. Potts to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice King, who retires ; Lieutenant
William Cuningliame, from the Renfrew Militia, to be
Cornet, without purchase, vice Yates, promoted.
12th Light Dragoons—Assistant•Surgeon Gavin Ainslie
Turnbull to be Surgeon, vice Tuson, appointed to the
Staff.

Coldstream Guards—Captain the Hon. H. W. Camp-
bell, from the Rifle Brigade, to be Lieutenant and Cap-
tain, by purchase, vice Markham, who retires.
let Regiment of Foot—The surname of the Assistant-
Surgeon, appointed on 10th of August, 1855, is Mackay,
and his Commission has been antedated to 27th October,
1854.

17th Foot—The name of the Ensign, appointed on the
14th inst., is Colquhoun and not Colhoun, as previously
stated.

18th Foot—Lieutenant Henry Hall Dare, from Pay-
master, 23d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice A. C. Elliott,
appointed to the 94th Foot ; Ensign Edward Hall, from
the 40th Foot, to be Ensign, without purchase.
23d Foot—Quartermaster Joseph Aston to be Paymaster,
vice Hall Dare, appointed to the 18th Foot.
26th Foot—Thomas Turner, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Lukis, promoted in the 64th Foot.
29th Foot—Lieutenant H. Tennent Jameson, from the
3d West India Regiment, to be Paymaster, vice Naylor,
appointed Paymaster for Army Services.
30th Foot—Captain Edward Charles, from the Royal
London Militia, to be Paymaster, vice Fitzgerald.
36th Foot—Lieutenant Thomas Rice to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Carden, who retires.
37th Foot—George John Unsill Mason, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Reece, promoted.
40th Foot:-.Edward Hall, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Cook, promoted ; Lieutenant Thomas Ormsby
Johnston, from the Leitrim Militia, to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Hall, appointed to the 18th Foot.l
48th Foot—Ensign C. R. Pennington to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Trent, promoted ; Thomas Hall, Gent.,
to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Pennington.
50th Foot—Lieutenant E. H. Steward, from the 67th
Foot, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet-Major Hib-
bort promoted.
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52d Foot—Acting-Assistant-Surgeon Henry Alexander
Gogarty to be Assistant• Surgeon ; Acting-Assistant•Sur-
geon Charles Alexander Innes, M.D., to be Assistant-
Surgeon.

53d Foot—Ensign Alfred Kirke Ffrench to be Lieute-
nant, without purchase, vice Robertson, deceased ; Lieu-
tenant F. J. S. Brockhurst, from the sth Lancashire Mili-
tia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice A. K. Ffrench.
58th Foot—Richard Newton, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Bond, promoted.
65th Foot—Ensign J. W. Lewis to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Little, who retires.

70th Foot—Acting Assistant-Surgeon Alexander Grant
to be Assistant-Surgeon.

76th Foot—Captain James Young, from half-pay 88th
Foot, to be Captain, vice Senhouse, who exchanr,os ; Lieu-
tenant John William Preston to be Captain, by purchase,
vice Young, who retires.

77th Foot—The appointment of Lieutenant Waters to
the Adjutantey, to bear date the 10th November, 1855, in-
stead of 21st December, as previously stated.
79th Foot Garden Duff, Gant , to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Sinclair, appointed to the 78th Foot.
83d Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Herbert Chalmers Miles,
from tho Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Bows, pro-
moted on the Staff.

85th Foot.—To be Ensigns, by purchase—George Her-
bert Bowles, Gent., vice Ward, promoted ; Robert Jones
Birch, Gent., vice R. K. Taylor, promoted.
86th Foot—Captain Alexander Robinson Gale, from
half-pay 26th Foot, to be Captain, ♦ice Thornton, who
exchanges.

88th Foot—William Hatfield, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase; Quartermaster-Serjeant William Evans to be
Quartermaster, vice Moore, appointed to a Depot Bat-
talion.

89th Foot—Lieutenant Robert F. Harrison, from the
Denbigh Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Ed-
ward Hales, whose appointment on 21st March has been
cancelled.

93d Foot—Lieut. Francis Rawdon Maonamara, from
the Dublin Artillery Militia, to be Ensign, without pur-
chase.

97th Foot—The surname of the Ensign, appointed on
the 25-th September last, is Slater, and not Slater, as
previously stated.

99th Foot—William Arthur Bond, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Burton, promoted.
Rifle Brigade—James Hook, Gent., to be Ensign, with-
out purchase.

Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Assistant•Snrgeon Francis Co-
gan, from the Staff, to be Assistant Surgeon, vice Croft,
promoted on the Staff.

LAND TRANSPORT CORPS.
To be Veterinary Surgeons —William Dorrofield, Gent;
George Fleming, Gent. ; joseph Bale, Gent. ; John Moir,
Gent. ; Friedrich Dohse, Charles Mills, Georg Otto Clau-
sen, Leandro Galmanini, Alfons von Gontard.
To be Lieutenants Theodor Sehellhorn, Augustus
Smid, Carl Jannasch, Wilhelm Strecker, Gustav Reise-
witz, Adolph Ernst Bauer, Julius GOldner, Carl Fuchs.
To be Ensigns—Richard Cumberlege, Louis von Zas-
trow, Otto Goetz, Hugo Broccker, Carl Stricker, Franz
Daxelhoffer Macbeth, Harry Henegan, Albert Buttner.
To be Adjutant—Augustus Schmid.
To be Surgeon—Armin Luntzel.
To be Assistant-Surgeons —Franz Hartmann, Friederich
Schramm.

To be Field Chaplain to the 2d Brigade—The Rev. Otto
Wilmans.

4th Light Infantry—Ludolph von Classen to be Major.
sth Light Infantry—Major James Bathurst, from the
2d Light Infantry, to be Major Commandant ; Froiderich
C. C. von Wencke to be Major.
BRITISH SWISS LEGION.
2D LIGHT INFANTKY.

To bo Captains—Lieutenant Louis Hasslimann and
Lieutenant Johann Spindler.
To be Lieutenants—Ensign Friedrich Kohli, Ensign
Melchior Schmidt, Ensign Karl Funk, and Ensign Eusebe
Trincano.
The appointment of Lieutenant Solioz to bear date Ist
Octobe; instead of the 10th November, 1855.
Unattached—Lieutenant George Swaby, from the 39th
Foot, to be Captain, without purchase.
STAFF.—Major Henry F. F. Johnson, of the sth Foot,
to be Deputy Quartermaster-General to the Forces serving
in the Mauritius, with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in
the Army, vice Brevet-Colonel Robe, whose period of Staff
service has expired ; Paymaster John Henry Matthews,
late of the Cork Recruiting District, to be Paymaster for
Army Services.
HOSPITAL STAFF.—To be Staff-Surgeons of the Second
Class—Surgeon Edward Baily Tuson, from the 12th Light
Dragoons ; Assistant-Surgeon Raphael Woolman Read,
from the 52d Foot; Assistant-Surgeon John M`Grigor
Augustus Thomas Croft, from the Ceylon Rifles. To be
Assistant-Surgeons to the Forces—Acting Assistant-Sur-
geons Morgan Jones Jones, Henry Joseph Rose, and
George Baly. Acting. Assistant-Surgeon George Pigott
Barton has been permitted to resign his appointment, ho
having been transferred to the Osmanli Irregular Cavalry.

14, and Feb. 12, at eleven, at the Bristol District Cour
Acraman, official assignee, Bristol ; Henderson, Howard,
and Wilcocks, Bristol.
INSOLVENT PETITIONERS.
W. Wardle, Barnes, Surrey, veterinary surgeon—J.
Barber, Little Chapel-street, Soho, artifici:ll tooth maker
—H. D. Rebbein, Warwick-lane, Newgate-street, coffee-
house keeper—Catherine Hetherington, E igh-street, Mary-
lebon e, gasfi Ver—E. Shepherd, Lower Smith-street, Clerk-
en well, draper's assistant—Charlotte Atkins, Sherard-street,
Golden-square, lodging-house keeper—C. Sawyer, Carshal-
ton, baker—W. Howell, Spring-street, Portman-square,
Chandler's shop keeper—R. J. Hartwell, Prospect-place,
Southwark, qompositor—T. Emerson, Milton-street, Clip-
plegate,:ca,rpelnter—G. Ruffell, Great St. Helen's, Bishops.
gate, had' Paul-street, Islington, drysalter—F. Jackson,
Prospect-place, Bethnal-green, mahogany chair manufac-
turer—F. Jephs, Upper Ebury-street, Pimlico, carpenter—
D. Cooper, Fish-street-hill, straw plait dealer— W. C. Hardy,
Well-walk, Hampstead , licensed victualle, —F. Newenbaur,
Heath-mount, Hampstead, historical and portrait painter
—P. Bambach, Enfield, Middlesex, baker—C. Payne,
Long Ditton, Surrey, smith—J. Burgh, Edward-street,
Hampstead-road, gilder —W. Dore, Barnsbury place, Is-
lington, pastrycook—F. H. Best, Bread-street-hill, Upper
Thames street, licensed victualler—J. Chambers, Great
Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields, foreman to a coach lace
maker.