The Sun.
London, England, 1863-08-12 00:00:00

LONDON GAZETTE--Yesterday.

WAR-OFFICE, AUG. 7.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders
for the appointment of Captain His Serene Highness the
Prince of Leiningen, R.N., to be an Ordi nary Member of
the Civil Division of the Second Class, or Knights Com.
menders of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath.
WHITEHALL, AUG. 10.
The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be
passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a
Knight of the -United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire.
land unto James Coxe. of Kinellan, in tht3 county of Edin.
burgh, Doctor of Medicine, one of the Con amissioners of the
General Board of Lunacy-for Scotland.
The Queen has also been pleased to di-mct letters patent
to be passed under the Great Seal, grainlng the dignity of
a Knight of the said United Kingdom, unto Goldsworthy
Gurney, of Bude, in the county of Corn wall, Esq.
The Queen has been pleased to app pint Robert Mont.
gomery, Lord Belhaven, K.T., to c.e Lieutenant and
Sheziff Principal of the stire of Lanai •k, in the room of
William Alexander Anthony Archibald, Duke of Hamilton,
deceased.

FOREIGN OFFICE, Ara. 8.
The Queen hes been pleased to approve of Mr. W. Brooke
as Consul at Maulmain for his Majesty the King of the
Belgians.

The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. IV.
R. G. Mellen as Consul at Port Louis, Mauritius, for the
United States of America.
The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr.
James Cox as Vice-Consul at Dundee for the Republic of
Haiti.

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beenN I N G
pleasedST
to appoint R E ET,A u
Richard
. 18.
The Queen h
Weston
Mara Esq , to be
Member of the Executive Council of
the Island a of Antigua; James Clement Choppin and John
Reily, Esqrs., to be me b ers of the Legislative Connell of
the Island of Saint Vincent
sJames Clement Choppin and
Charles Douglas Stewart,
rs. to be Members of the
Executive Council of the Island of Saint Vincent; Robert
Saunders, Esq., to be a Member
of the Island of Montserrat; A. of
L. Mclntyre,thei Executive CouncilJ. C. Grant,
and N. Irvine, Esqrs., to be Members
of
Council of her Majesty's Forts and Settlements on the
Gold Coast; and William Brandford Griffith, Esq., to be
Auditor-General for the Island of Barbados. -
WAR-OFFICE, FALL-MALL, AUG. 11.
3d Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Staff Assistant-Sur
St. John Stanley to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Richardn
Thomas Golty Catton, deceased.
14th Hussan—Lieutenant Francis John Stuart Hay
Newton to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Captain Law.
rence Mackenzie, who has exchanged into the 83d Foot.
15th Hussars—Lieutenant John Robert Het on MP xwell to
be Captain, by purchase, vice Arthur Randolph Mul-
Hogs, who retires; Cornet Joseph Norton to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Maxwell.
16th Lancers—Comet Richard Tomkinson has been per-
mitted to retire from the service by the sale of his corn-

mission.
Royal Engineers—Staff-Surgeon Thomas William Pox,
M. 8., to be Surgeon, vice Surgeon-Major Francis Charles
Annesley, promoted on the Staff.
Grenadier Guards—Lieutenant and Captain W. Lewis
Stucley to be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, by pur-
chase, vice Francis Wheler, Viscount Hood, who re-
tires; Ensign and Lieutenant Henry Amelius Coventry
to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Stucley.
The Hon. Norman de L'Aigle Grosvenor to be Ensign

and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Coventry.
Coldstream Guards—Lieutenant and Captain and Brevet
Lieutenant-Colonel John Augustus Conolly to be Cap-
tain and Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Wm.
Henry, Viscount Dangan, who retires; :Ensign and
Lieutenant the Hon. Frederick Charles Howard to be
Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet Lieu-
tenant-Colonel Conolly ; Ensign the Hon. Frederick
Arthur Wellesley, from the Rifle Brigade, to be Ensign
and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice the Hon. Frederick
Charles Howard.
6th Foot—Sergeant-Major Robert Hyde to be Quarter-
master, vice Samuel Haden, who retires upon temporary

half-pay.
23d Foot—Lieutenant William Jolliffe Twyford to bo
Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet Major Bevill Gran-
ville, who retires ; Ensign Anthony Prichard Hutchin-
son to be L sutenant, by purchase, vice Twyford; Ensign
William Herbert Adams to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Thomas James Bowyer, who retires; Gentleman
Cadet Charles Newlyn Teed, from the Royal Military
College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hutchinson ;
Gentleman Cadet Thomas Cummings, from the Royal
Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Adams,
36th Foot—Lieutenant and Adjutant Arthur Francis Kel-
sey to be Captain, by purchase, vice Joshua Cuniiffe
Ingham, who retires ; Lieutenant Edward Dorrien New-
bolt to be Captain, by purchase, vice James Graham, who
retires ; Ensign Thomas Mercer Maxwell to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Kelsey ; Ensign William
Edwin Price to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice New-
bolt; Gentleman Cadet Charles Frederick Weston Un-
derwood, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Maxwell ; Gentleman Cadet Thomas
Henry Monteith Brown, from the Royal Military Col-
lege, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Price; Lieutenant
William Neal to be Adjutant, vice Kelsey, promoted ;
Lieutenant Thomas Enraght Percy Tyrwhitt to be In-
structor of Musketry, vice Lieutenant Newbolt.
51st Foot—Captain Samuel Alexander Madden to be Major,
by purchase, vice John Henry Dickson, who retires ;
Lieutenant William Charles Edward Scott to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Madden; Ensign Henry Montague
Trenchard to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Scott ;
Gentleman Cadet Donald Robert Macqueen, from the

Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Trenchard.
57th Foet—Ensign Arthur Cecil Manners to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Thomas H. Tragett, deceased;
Ensign Henry Downe Chevers Barton to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Manners, whose promotion, by pur-
chase, has been cancelled; Gentleman Cadet Robert
Joseph Holmes, from the Royal Military College, to be
Ensign, withdht purchase. vice Barton.
58th Foot—Quartermaster Patrick Hopkins, from a
_

Depot Battalion, to be Quartermaster, vice (31ark, who

exchanges.
60th Foot—Ensign Barnard Henry Davidson to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Alfred Spencer Heathcote, who
retires ; Gentleman Cadet William Robert Green, front
the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Davidson.
61st Foot—Lieutenant Charles Hercules Atkinson to
be Instructor of Musketry, vice Lieutenant William
Sydney Nugent, who has exchanged into the 103 d

Foot.
G4th Foot—Lieutenant Thomas Carr Foster, from the Ist
West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vi:e David;
Gardiner, who exchanges.
65th Foot--The promotion of Lieutenant Pillars Butler,
has been antedated to the 18th July, 1862.
83d Foot--Lieutenant Nicholas Pennefather to be Instruc-
tor of Musketry, vice Lieutenant William Forbes Ander-
son, appointed to the School of Musketry.
88th Foot--Ensign Frederick R. Wickham to be Lieut.,
by purchase, vice William John Saul, who retires ,• Gen-
tleman Cadet Henry Howorth, from the Royal Military
College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Wickham.
107th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Arthur Money Fisher, from.
the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, vice E. T.
Rogers, deceased.
108th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Frederick East Apthorp,
from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, vice
Irwin, whose appointment on the 4th inst. has been can-

celled.
[st 'West India Regiment—Lieut. David Gardiner, from
the 46th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Foster, who ex.

changes.
DEPOT BATTALIONS.—Captain William James Ander-
son, 32d Foot, to ba Instructor of Musketry, vice Captain
W. H. Peter Gordon Bluett, 10th Foot, who has held the
appointment the prescribed period ; Quartermaster Joseph
Clarke, from the 58th Foot, to be Quartermaster, vice
Hopkins, who exchanges.
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.—Deputy Inspector-General of
Hospitals Samuel Maitland Iladaway to be Inspecror-
General of Hospital, vice John Robert Taylor, C. 8., who
retiree upon half-pay ; Surgeon-Major Francis ehai_nie!
Annesley, from the Royal Engineers, to be Depn.Y.ai
spector-General of Hospitals, vice Samuel lli at Vilnn°
a
Hadaway, promoted; Staff-Surgeon Colin Matheson
M D. from half-pay, Engineers; Staff
Miller to be Staff-Surgeon, vice T.
W. Fox, M. 8., appointed to the Roy:.M.D.,
has been
Assistant-Surgeon W. Nealor Thurafi
permitted to resign his commission.r
Se
to cond Captain Charles
be Ca
Vaughan ROYAL MILITARYbIiek
Arbuckle,
Royal Artil
lery, Captain of a
ns that appointment only,
Charles Hunter, who resigns Company of Gentlemen Cadets, vice Second Captain
BREVET.

promotions to take place consequent on
the Thd
General Y _ _ Downes, U.C.B.
Colonel of the 29th Foot,
eea fothllowofin
on the 26th July, 1863 :
Lieutenant-General Sir Wm. John Codrington, K,C 8.,
Colonel of the 23d Foot and Governor and Commander-in-
Chief of Gibraltar, to be General.
Major-General Alexander Fraser, Lieutenant-Colonel, on
half.pay, 'Unattached, to have the rank of Lieutenant-
General.
Major-General Sir -Wiliam Henry Elliot, KC B
• • ••
Colonel of the 51st Foot, to be Lieutenant General.
Major-General Sir James Hope Grant, G C. 8., Colonel
of the 4th Hussars, promoted a Major-General for distin-
guished service, and at present commanding the troops in
Madras, with local rank of Lieutenant-General in India, to
be placed on the fixed establishment of Major-Generals.
Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel William Clarges Wolfe
Major on half-pay, unattached, to be Colonel.
Captain and Brevet-Major Archibald Campbell Snod-
grass, a9th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel.
Captain Francis Barry Drew, Adjutant of a Depot Bat..
talion, to be Major.
1 BANKRUPTS.

The following are the only bankrupts of commercial im-
portance in the Gazette :
Francis Hunt, game dealer, York
John Chester, beerseller, Manchester
Henry Lovell, innkeeper, Northampton
Robert Thompson, baker, Boston
John Dean, victualler, Kidderminster
Eli Bowers, provision dealer, Stafford
Henry A. Wildes, solicitor, Maidstone
John Burningham, baker, Farnham, Surrey
James Sanderson, dressing case maker, Kingaland
Edward John Turner, accountant, New-cross
Chas. Bradley, cabinetmaker, Doncaster
Thos. Thomas cattle dealer, Lampha, Glamorganshire
Daniel Sanders Southwell, confectioner, Dudley
Thomas Maltby, farmer, Nottingham
George Wilson, builder, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
George Butt, whitesmith, Salisbury
Arthur Arnold, grocer, Faversham
Thomas Steadman, baker, Shoreham
BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED.
Francis Warden Dick, veterinary surgeon, Brighton
SCOTCH BANKRUPTS.
Edward Reid, tailor, Glasgow
George Moore Dunlop, drysalter, Glasgow
John Richardson, grocer, Annan
James Dewar, shoemaker, Auchterrnuchty

A NOVEL FISHER.--A few days ago a duck was
observed struggling with a fish at the side of a pond, at the
farm-steading of Trowan, by one of the servants. On deter
examination, it was found that the duck had caught and
landed a pike, which weighed fully 21bs.—AF.cotsman,
EXPORT OF COAL.—Return of coal exported from
the port of Great Grimsby during the month of
Julu, 1863 :—To France, 2,582 tons; Russia, 2,626 tons;
Denmark, 2,116 tons; Hanseatic Towns, 1,857 tons;
Prussia, 3,257 tons; Brazil, 1,133 tons; Norway, 1,523
tons; Sweden, 516 tons—total foreign, 15,610 tons, corre-
sponding week 1862, 7,128 tons; coastwise, 2,201 tons,
corresponding week 1862, 7.4 tons. Grand total, 17,811
tons, corresponding
week 186 ), 8,849 tons, Increase
1563, B,9s2lncrease