The Sun.
London, England, 1865-12-20 00:00:00

United States Postal Arrangements.

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by the Liverpool steamers. The Wednesday morning
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LONDON GAZETTE—Last Evening.

WHITEHALL, DEC. 19.

The Queen has been pleased'to direct letters patent to
be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a
Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
unto the Right Hon. Sir John Romily, Knt., Master or
Keeper of the Rolls and Records in Chancery, and the
heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name,
style, and title of Baron Romilly, of Barry, iu the county
of Glamorgan.
The Queen has also been pleased to direct letters patent
to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of
a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire--
land to theßight Hon. Sir Francis Thornhill Baring, Bart.,
and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the
name, style, and title of Baron Northbrook, of Stratton, in
the county of Southampton.
WAR OFFICI.J, PALL-MALL, DEC. 19.
4th Regiment of Hussars—Edward Fox, Gent., to be
Cornet, by purchase, vice Isaac Burnley, whose ap-
pointment has been cancelled ; Frank Gooch, Gent.,
to be Cornet, by purchase, vice A. B. Corns, who has

retired. .
11th Hussars —Assistant-Surgeon Oliver Barnett, from the
12th Lancers, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice W. H. Mus.

champ, who exchanges.
12th Lancers—Assistant. Surgeon William Henry Mus-
. . . . .

champ, from the 11th Hussars, to be Assistant-Surgeon,
vice U. Barnett, who exchanges.
9th Regiment of Foot—Colour-Sergeant Thos. Sterritt to
be Quartermaster, vice Patrick Boylan, deceased.
30th root—Charles Benjamin Charlewood, Gent, to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice W. EL Lee, transferred to the

65thPOot.
39th Foot - Major Robert Hamilton Currie to be Lieutenant
Colonel, without purchase, vice Brevet-Colonel William
Munro, C. 8., who retires upon half-pay ; Captain
and Brevet-Major Charles Denison Pedder to be
Major, without purchase, vice Currie ; Lieutenant Ed-
ward Gatty to be Captain, without purchase, vice Brevet
Major Pedder, Ensign Charles Napier Milner Hamilton
to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Gatty ; Frederic
Edward Lyster, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Henry Alfred Austen, whose appointment on the 10th
of October, has been cancelled.
42d Foot—Ensign Walker Aitken to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice William Jones, who retires ; Andrew
Kennedy Macpherson, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Aitken.
60th Foot —Lieut.Clifford Fortescuo horror to be Instructor
of Musketry, vice Lieut. W. G. Turle, who resigns that
appointment.
65th Foot—Lieut. Robert Mitchell, from half-pay, 28th
Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice A. B. Toker, promoted to a
Robert H
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wh•sovbiet
retireshtui Lieutenant,
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Ensign. Alfred
purchase, vice
William HNan-
ning Lee, from the 30th Foot, to be Ensign, vice
Touimin.
Brigade—Ensign
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Rifle
Lieutenant,
p
merod, who retires ; the Hon. Algernon H. Grosvenor
to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Egerton.
3d West India Regiment—Ensign Samuel Thos. Atkinson
Dunn to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice E. IX Jones,
who has retired; Ensign Walter Roberts, to be .Lieute-
mut, by purchase, vice, J. Dooley, who has retired.
HALF-PAY.—The promotion of Brevet-Colonel _Evelyn
Henry Frederick Pocklington to a Majority, without
purchase, on 28th June, 1864, to be antedated to the
18th June, 1861, but such antedate is not to carry back
pay.
BREVET.

Brevet-Colonel George Jackson Carey, C. 8., Major, 18th
Foot, to have the temporary rank of Brigadier-General
while in command of a Brigade in the Australian
Colonies.
The undermentioned promotions and alteration of rank
to take place in her Majesty's Indian Military Forces, con-
sequent on the death of Lieut.-Gen. Henry Sargent, :Madras
Infantry, on Nov. 19, 1865; and Major-Gen. St. George
Daniel Showers, C. 8., Bengal Infantry, on the 9th of
October, 1862 ; Major-General John Kynaston .Luard,
C.B , Madras Infantry, to be Lieutenant-General ;
Major-General Hubert Marshall, Madras Infantry, to take
rank from 10th October, 1865 ; Colonel John Liddell, C. 8.,
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Brevet-Coloneli artaug oAonrc tod Guards,
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Bombay Infantry, to be Major-General ; Colonel Edward
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Darvall, Bengal Infantry, to be Major-General.
Binosuipebcatyor-EG:tiOlocm:aehpnattal.,fi
Hospitals
tao b e
The undermentioned officer, who has retired upon full-
pay, to have a step of honorary rank as follows: —Deputy
Inspector-General of
Hospitals.
bCeoMeonllpme°rSiastcltDeetid)Citl—oß. retire from the service by the sale of
his Commission under the conditions of the Circular
Memorandum, dated Horse Guards, Feb. 15, 1861.
ADMIRALTY, DEc. 16.
Commanders Arthur Thomas Thrupp, Michael Cultne
Seymour, Thomas Hutchinson Mangles Martin, William
Fitzherbert Buxton, and Charles Bayley Culmady Dent,
to be Captains.
Lieutenants—James Dillon Cttrtis, Robert Mansel, Jas.
Stevenson Twysden, Henry Berkeley, Thomas Borrett,
Sir John Swinburne, Bart., William Derenzy Donaldson
Selby, James George Mead, George Borlase, William Fre-
deric Johnson, and David 80y1a,,,t0 bo Commanders.

DEC.:IB.
Lieutenant Robert Henry Moro Ilolyneux to bo Com.
mander.

4 CAPTURE OF THREE ENGLISHMEN.—Three Eng-
lishmen, fellow-commoners of Trinity, Lord A.
Hervey, the Hon. Mr. Strutt, and Mr. Coore, have just
been captured by brigands in Greece. The ransom de-
manded for their release is £l,OOO each. Lord A. Hervey
and Mr. Strutt have been set at liberty—Mr. Coore being
retained in captivity as security for the payment of the
ploney.