The Sun.
London, England, 1863-02-06 00:00:00

LONDON GAZETTE—This Evening.

DUCHY OF LANCASTER, FEB. 3.
The Queen has been this day pleased to appoint Sir
William Brown, Bart., of Richmond Hill, to be Sheriff of
the county palatine of Lancaster for the year ensuing.
DUCHY OF CORNWALL OFFICE, FEB. 6.
The Prince of Wales has been pleased to direct letters to
be passed under the Privy Seal of his Royal Highness, ap-
pointing William Coulson, of Kenegie, Penzance, Esquire,
Sheriff of the county of Cornwall.
LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, FEB. 4.
Notice is hereby given, that his Royal Highness the
Prince of Wales will, by command of the Queen, hold a
Levee at St. James's Palace, on behalf of her Majesty,
on Wednesday, the 25th inst., at two o'clock.
It is the Queen's pleasure that presentations to his
Royal Highness at this Levee shall be considered as equi-
valent to presentations to her Majesty.
LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, FEB. 4.
Notice is hereby given, that her Royal Highness the
Crown Princess of Prussia (Princess Royal of Great
Britain and Ireland) will, by command of the Queen, hold
a Drawing Room at St. James's Palace, on behalf of her
Majesty, on Saturday, the 28th instant, at two o'clock.
It is the Queen's pleasure that presentations to her Royal
B igbness at this Drawing Room shall be considered as
equivalent to presentations to her Majesty.
WAR-OFFICE, FEB. 6.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders
for the appointment of Alick John Fraser, Esq., having
the local rank of Colonel while employed on a special mis-
sion in Syria as the British Member of the late European
Commission in that country, to be an Ordinary Member of
the Civil Division of the Third Class, or Companions of
the Most Honourable Order 'of the Bath.
FOREIGN OFFICE, FEB. 3.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint
Henry Du Pre Labouchere, Esq., now a Third Secretary,
to be a Second Secretary in her Majesty's Diplomatic
Service.

DOWNING-STREET, FEB. 4.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint George D. Harris
and Timothy Darling, Esqrs. to be Members of the
Live Council of the Bahama Islands.
CROWN-OFFICE, Pno. 3.
The Queen has been pleased by letters patent under the
Great Seal of the United Kingdom, to constitute and ap-
point George Stovin Venables, of the inner Temple, Lon-
don, Esq., one of her Counsel learned in the Law.
ST. JAMES'S PALACE, FEB. 3.

The Queen has been pleased, on the nomination of the
Right Hon. Lord Foley, to appoint Lieutenant-Colonel
Henry Hardinge, late of the R. fle Brigade, one of her
Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, vice
Major J. T. Craster, resigned.
WAR OFFICE, PALL-MALL, FEB. 6.
Royal Regiment of Artillery—Major-General William
Wylde, C. 8., to be Colonel Commandant, vice General
William Greenshields Power, K.C.8., deceased.
14th Hussars—Cornet Francis Shirley Russel, from the
18th Hussars, to be Cornet, vice Egerton Leigh, trans-
ferred to the let Dragoons.
18th Hussars—Francis Shirley Russell, Gent., to be Cor-
net, by purchase, vice Thomas Albert Bray Wright, who

retires.
Royal Artillery— Lieut.-Col. and Brevet-Col. Charles
Bingham to be Colonel, vice Col. Henry Pester, promoted
to be Major-General; Lieut.-Col: and Brevet-Col.
Henry Sebastian-Rowan, C. 8., to be Colonel, vice
Morris, retired upon full pay; Capt. and Brevet-Major
J. C. Childs to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Bingham ;
Captain and Brevet-Major George Vanderheyden John-
son to be Lieutenant-Col., vice Rowan; Second Captain
Henry Heberden to be Captain, vice Childs; second
Captain Trevor Charles Molony, on the Supernume-
rary List, to be Captain; Second Captain Henry
Lowther Balfour to be Captain vice Johnson;
Second Captain George liepple Taylor to be Captain,
vice Brevet-Major Charles John Strange, deceased ;
Lieutenant Wm. Henry Wardell to be Second Captain,
vice Heberden ; Lieutenant Wm. Henry Izod to be
Second Captain, vice Taylor.
The undermentioned Gentlemen Cadets to be Lieutenants :
—George Walter Hawkins, Alexander William Cun-
ningham, William Vincent Legge, Wm, Payne Georges,
Charles Ed ward Beadnell, Matthew Horace Hayes,
Francis Roberts, and Houghton Montague J. Feilden,

vice Izod.
Paymaster John Craven Mansergh, from the 2d West
India Regiment, to be Paymaster, vice Ratcliff, appointed
to the Military Train; Ensign Jeremiah O'Brien, Un-
attached List, to be Quarter-Master, vice Wall, who
died before his appointment was Gazetted.
Royal Engineers—Supernumerary Lieutenant-Colonel Ed-
mund Yearnans Walcott Henderson to be Lieutenant-
Colonel, vice Brevet-Colonel Bainbrigge, who retires
upon full pay; Lieutenant Richard Mainwaring Forman
Sandford to be Second Captain, vice Henry George
Savage, resigned.
The undermentioned gentlemen cadets to be lieutenants
with temporary rank : Thomas English, Valentine
Francis Rowe, William Gordon Ross, Thomas Hungerford
Holdich, Frederick Savile Shepherd, Alexander Burness
M'Hardy, Frederick Hamley Fawkes, Thomas Gracey,
Edmund Joseph Alleyne, Donatus O'Brien, Clement de
Beauvoir Carey, William Hans Rathbone, William James
Galwey, William Henry Haydon, Cecil Cholmely Muir
Mackenzie, John Greive Hall, Alexander Augustus Wil-
liam Beamish, Henry Hardy Cole, Henry Charles Rey-
nolds, Henry Campbell Macdiarmid.
Military Train—Paymaster (with the honorary rank of
Major) Thomas Hanson Ratcliff, from the Royal Artil-
lery, to be Paymaster, vice George W. Macquarie, placed
upon half-pay.
2d Regiment of Foot—Captain and Brevet-Major Robert
Crosse Stewart, from the 35th Foot, to be Captain, vice
Grattan, 'who exchanges.
4th Foot—John Macleod, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chate, vice Herbert Munro Long lanes, who retires.
6th Foot—Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Francis Hobbs,
from a Depot Battalion, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice
Brevet-Colonel Fraser, who exchanges; Lieutenant
Charles D' Obree Bowers, from the 2d West India Regi-
lObthy
went, to be Lieutenant, vice Cotter, who exchanges.
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7th Foot—Thomas Ottiwell Moore, Gent., to be Ensign,
14Cth„Ft
3d West India Rggiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Bluett,
Foot exchanges._Lieutenant Henry Augustus Burton to be
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Captain, by Purchase, vice Walter Frederick Blunt, who
retires ; Etusi,
ase, vice Burton; Ensign Henry Met-
tenant, by
ufahlienry Augustus Williams to be Lieu-
chase, vico'Williamuls. Mills, Gent ,10 be Ensign, by pur-
toe beas; Adjutant, rL.lVilliani Penny Townley, Gent.,
who retires- wit., by purchase, vice Charles Costin,
to be Ensign, by
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Gordoneuant Godfrey Baldwin to be Captain,
rlirritliet, deceased ;
Burton,
without purchase, vice Godfrey Lyon
Ensign Constantine Charles Barrow'
tenant, without purchase, vice Baldwin. to be Lieu-
20th Foot—Lieutenant James Nlagenis Lovekin to
be
Adjutant, vice Lieutenant Bowlby, who resigns
appointment. the
22d Foot—Ensign Haworth Peel Massy to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Henry Edward Harrison, who retires ;
Cecil Treville de la Touche, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Massy.
23d Foot—Lieutenant James Harford Walwyn to be
Captain, by purchase, vice William Thomas Waldy, who
retires;d uibp Ensign William Henry Benyon to be Lieute-
nant,y purchase, vice Welwyn; Robert Myddelton
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Bid
Benyon.
24th Foot—Captain Henry Edward Couper, from half-pay
late 64th Foot, to be captain, vice Thomas E. Anderson,
who retiree upon half-pay.
26th Foot—Staff Assistant-Surgeon Joseph Johnston, M.D.,
with.
have been dispensed
to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice John M‘Letchie, whose ser-
vices3sth Foot—Captain Henry Grattan, from 2d Foot, to be
to be Ensirrn
37th Foot--Horace Musgrave, Gent.,by pur-
chase,
transferred to 66th
Captain, vice Brevet-Major Stewart, who exchanges.
vice William Lowther Beattie,
Foot.
65th Foot
—Thomas Chamley Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-