The Sun.
London, England, 1864-02-17 00:00:00

WHITEHALL, FEB. 13.

The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. Arthur
Drummond Wilkins, M.A., to the Vicarage of Dewsbury.
in the county of York and diocese of Ripon, void by the
cession of the Rev. Samuel Pryer Field.
DOWNING-STREET, FE➢. 16.

The Queen has been pleased to appoint Arthur Birch,
Esq , to be Colonial Secretary for the Colony of British
Columbia.

CROWN OFFICE, FEE. 13.

The Queen has been pleased by several letters patent
under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom, to constitute
and appoint David Deady Keane, of the Middle Temple,
London, Esq.; John James Johnson, of the Middle Temple,
London, Esq.; and William Field, of the Inner Temple,
London, Esq., to be her Majesty's Council learned in the
law.

WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, FEB. 16.
Royal Regiment of Artillery—Colonel (Major General,
haying the rank of Colonel Commandant), Edward
Huthwaite, C. 13., to be Colonel Commandant, vice
General James A'hmuty, deceased.
WAR OFFICE, PALL MALL, FEB. 16. _ _

6th Regiment of Dragoon Duards—George Lowther Crof-
ton, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Arthu: Fitz-
Patrick Godman, promoted,
15th Hussars—Ensign Cuthbert Larking, from the 13th
Foot, to be Cornet, vice Archibald Campbell Douglas,
promoted.
Royal Artillery—Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet- Colonel
David Reid to be Colonel, vice Huthwaite, promoted—
Captain Frederick Alexander (Major in the Bengal Staff
Corps), to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Reid ; Second
Captain Henry Montague Smith to be Captain, vice
Alexander; Lieutenant Rawson Aislabie to be Seoond
Captain, vice Smith—Gentleman Cadet William Evelyn
Denison to be Lieutenant, vice Aislabie.
Royal Engineers—Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel
Robert Georges Hamilton to be Colonel, vice Frome,
promoted—Captain and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel John
Williamson Lovell, C 8., to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice
Hamilton—Second Captain Donald Alexander Frazer to
be Captain, vice Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Lovell—
Lieutenant Gustavus Holmes Brooke to be Second Cap-
tain, vice Frazer—Gentleman Cadet William North. from
the Royal Military Academy, to be Lieutenant, with
temporary rank, vice Brooke—Gentleman Cadet Francis
M'Giliicuddy Denny, from the Royal Military Academy,
to be Lieutenant, with temporary rank, vice Murphy, ap-
pointed to the Royal Artillery.
Grenadier Guards—Quartermaster-Sergeant Edward Bas-
sindale to be, Quartermaster, vice William Gubbins,
deceased.

2d Regiment of Foot—Gentleman Cadet Henry Walter
Trench, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign,
by purchase. vice Charles Borlase promoted.
13th Foot—Gentleman Cadet William Hunter Evans,
from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign without
purchase, vice Cuthbert Larking, transferred to the 15th
Hussars.
17th Foot—Lieut. Henry B. Jackson to be Adjutant, vice
Lieutenant Henry Grey MacGregor, who resigns the ap-

pointment.
21st Foot—Staff Assistant-Surgeon Henry Miley Harvey
to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice John Henry West, M.D.,

promoted on the Staff.
22d Foot—Ensign James Mark Chambers to be Lieuten-
ant, by purchase, vice Henry Peregrine Leader, who
retires—Gentleman Cadet Hartwell Harry Stuart, from
the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Chambers.
25th Foot—Staff Assistant-Surgeon George Carson Grib-
bon, MB., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice James Clerk,

Rattrap, M.D. who resigns.
41st Foot—Gentleman Cadet Harvey Hamilton Kelly,
from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice James Dann, who retires.
46th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Frederick Harvey Blanshard,
from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice John Talbot Kellett, who retires.
60th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Henry Blackwood M'Call,
from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice John Edward Pratt Parlow, promoted—
Staff. Assistant Surgeon George Allan Hutton to be
Assistant-Surgeon, vice Ebenezer Jobn. Hatchell, who
exchanges.
61st Foot—Lieutenant Arthur Jolliffe Tufnell to be Cap-
tain, by purchase, v:ce William Henry W. Hawtayne,
who retires—Ensign Charles Francis Dashwood to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Tufnell—Gentleman
Cadet Mordaunt Ricketts, frow the Royal Military
College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Dashwood.
71st Foot—Gentleman Cadet John Edward Lewis Boultbee,
from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Charles Boswell Norman, transferred to the
90th Foot.
90th Foot—Ensign Richard Albert Nolan to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Charles Hunt Bindon, deceased
—Ensign William Wilmer to be Lieutenant, without
purchase, vice Richard Albert Nolan, whose promotion
on the 3d November, 1863, has been cancelled—Ensign
William Stewart Hamilton to be Lieutenant, without
purchase, vice Wilmer, whose promotion on 20th Novem-
ber, 1863, has been cancelled—Ensign John H. Hedges
to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice John Williamson,
who retires—Ensign Charles Boswell Norman, from 71st
Foot, to be Ensign, vice Hedges.
101st Foot—Staff Assistant-Surgeon Acheson George Bart-
ley, M.D., to be Assistant-Sargeon, vice William Pile,
ALB. killed in action.
104th Foot—The promotion of the undermentioned Lieute-
nants to be dated as follows, and to be in the successions
named :—Howe Frederick Showers, vice Sir Atwell
King Lake, promoted—Robert Campbell Richardson,
vice Carter, deceased.
106th Foot—David Hepworth, Gent., late of her Majesty's
Indian Forces, to be Paymaster.
3d West India Regiment—Lieutenant Henry P. Bluett
has been permitted to retire from the service by the sale
of his commission.
4th West India Regiment—Ensign William Cairnes to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Thomas Hew Vans Dal-
rymple Hay, promoted.
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.
. Assistant-Surgeon John Henry West, M.D., from the
21st Foot, to be Staff Sargon, vice James Davys, appointed
to the 38th Foot.
Tyler Oughton, Gent., to be Staff Assistant-Surgeon.
Assistant- Surgeon Thomas NortonHoysted, from the 77th
Foot, to be Staff Assistant-Surgeon, vice Henry Wiley
Harvey, appointed to the 21st Foot.
Assistant-Surgeon Ebenezer J ohn Hatchell, from the 60th
Foot, to be Staff Assistant-Surgeon, vice George Allan
Hutton, who exchanges.
Assistant-Surgeon Oliver Codrington Supernumerary in
the 68th Foot, to be Staff Assistant-Surgeon, vice George
Carson Gribbon, M 8., appointed to tho 25th Foot.
The services of Staff Assistant-Surgeen Fred. O'Conor,
half-pay, have been dispensed with.
VETERINARY DEPARTMENT.—George Agnatius Amos
Oliver, Gent., to be Acting Veterinary Surgeon, vice
Michael D. Bryne, promoted.
UNATTACHED.--Major and Brevet Lieut.-Colonel Henry
John Shaw, half-pay, late Invalid Depot, to be Lieut.-
Colonel, without purchase ; Captain and Brevet Lieut.-
Colonel Jawes Fitz Herbert De Teissier, half-pay, late
Invalid Depot, to be Major, without purchase.

BREVET.
Colonel Edward Frome, Royal Engineers, to be Major
General, vice Twigs, permitted to retire on full pay.
Second Captain and Brevet Major Charles George Gor-
don, Royal Engineers, en seconde, to be Lieutenant
Colonel.
The Commission as Brevet Meier of Second Captain and
Brevet Major David MacFarlan to bear date the 21st
February, 1863.
The promotion of Captain William Jolliffe, of the Royal
Marine Light Infantry, on the 6th January, 1864, has
been cancelled, the officer in question having been placed
upon half pay previous to that date.
The promotion of Captain Robert Seppings Harrison,
Royal Marine Light Infantry, to the Brevet rank of Major,
to be antedated to sth January, 1864.
The promotion of Captain Edward Woletenholme Ward,
Royal Engineers, to the Brevet rank of Major, to be ante-
dated to 7th January, 1864.
Captain John William Boissier, 37th Foot, to be Major,
The undermentioned promotions to take place conse-
quent on the decease of Lieutenant-General Sir Alexander
Kennedy Clark Kennedy, K.C.8., Colonel of the 2d Dra-
goons, on the 30th January, 1864:
Major-General Thomas Robert Swinburne, Major, on
half-pay, Unattached, to have the rank of Lieutenant-
General.
Major-General George Whiohoote, Major, on half-pay,
Unattached, to have the rank of Lieutenant-Gone
Major-General James Arthur Butler, Major, on half-
pay, Unattached. to have the rank of Lieutenant• General.
Major-General Thomas Henry Johnston, to Lieutenant-
General.
Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet Colonel Charles Crutohley,
from half-pay, 21st Foot, to be Major-General.
Major William Fulton, 15th Foot, to be Lieutenant-
Colonel.
Captain Leopold.Grimston Paget, Royal Artillery, to be
Major,
The undermentioned officers, having completed the qua-
lifying service in the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, under tha
provisions of the Royal Warrant of the 14th October, 1858,
to be Colonels :
Lieutenant-Colonel William Chester Master, C. 8., 6th
Foot.
Lieutenant.-Colonel Sir William Russell, Bart., C. 8.,
Colonel John Christopher Guise,_i 90th Foot.
14Ithle Hutuenssaanrts:
Captain and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Michael A. S.
489althFoot. Artillery.
Biddulph, Royal Artillery.
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Lieutenant-Colonel Oliver Langley, 16th Foot. Admiral of thAeptillulter MontaguALTY, FED. 16
Stopford,
K.C.8., has been appointed to receive.
a year, as provided by her Majesty's a pension of £l5O
the 25th June, 1851, vacant by the
Order in Council of
Bowen Mends ; and the y the death of Admiral Wm.
Montagu Stopford has be name of Admiral the Hon. Sir
pay List accordingly. I been removed to the Reserved Half-
following promotions, dated consequence of this removal the
Vice Admirals Thomas ed the 9th inst., have been made :
Reserved List, to be Martin and Henry Edwards, on the
Vic Admirals on the same list
Vice-Admiral of the Red Sir Charles Howe Fremantle,
Admiral of the Blue.
Vice-Admiral
r, of the White Frederick Thomas Michell,
vt".l to be Vice-Admiral of the Red.