The Sun.
London, England, 1865-02-15 00:00:00

FEB. 14.

The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Friedrich
Wilkens as Consul at Georgetown, Demerara, for his Ma-
jesty the King of Prussia.
The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. David
Thurston as Consul at Toronto, Canada, for the United
States of America.

DOWNING-STREET, FEB. 11.
The Queen has been pleased to ratify and confirm the
appointment of James Henry M'Dowell, Esq., to be a mem-
ber of the Legislative Councirof the Island of Jamaica.

CROWN-OFFICE, FEB. 14.
MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT
PARLIAMENT,
Borough of Salford—John Cheetham, Esq., of Eastwood,
near Stalybridge, in the county of Chester, in the room of
the Right Hon. William Nathaniel Massey, who has ac-
cepted the office of Fourth Ordinary Member of the Council
of the Governor-General and Viceroy of India.
WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, FEB. 4.
4th Regiment of Hussars—Lieutenant-General William
Lascelles Fitz Gerald, Lord de Ros, to be Colonel, vice
Lieutenant-General Sir James Hope Grant, G.C.8.,
transferred to the 9th Lancers.
9th Regiment of Lancers—Lieutenant-General Sir James
Hope Grant, G.C.8., from the 4th Hussars, to be Colonel,
vice General Sir James Wallace Sleigh, K.C.8., deceased.
2d Regiment of Dragoons—Lieutenant Francis Lamb
Philp to be Captain, by purchase, vice Townley Patten
Hume Macartney Filgate, who retires ; Cornet
William Robert Wills Sandford to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Philp ; Conrad William Curling Finzel,
Gent., to be Cornet, by
Hupurchase vice Sandford.
Il th Hussars—Gordon mphrey'Lankford Pellew, Gent,
to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Edward Greville Sar.
toris, who retires.
Military Train—Lieutenant Edwyn Brenton Andros, from
95th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Salis, who exchanges.
3d Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant Francis William bane
to be Adjutant, vice Lieutenant James H. Le Cocq,
promoted.
7th Foot—Ensign Geoffry Barton to be Lieutenant,!by pur-
chase, vice Henry Edward Harrow, who retires—Gen-
tleman Cadet Waldyne Wellington St. George, from the
Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Barton.
26th Foot—Lieut. Howard Molyneux Edward Drunker to
be Adjutant, vice Lieut. L. A. Gregson, who resigns the
appointment.
48th Foot—Ensign William Bell Beatty to be Lieutenant.,
by purchase, vice Corn Wallis Wade Browne, who re-
tires Gentleman Cadet Christopher John Delmege, from
the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Beatty.
85th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Henry Harris-Burland, from
the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Thomas Maitland Campbell, who retires.
93d Foot—Ensign Charles William S. Lowndes to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice William Forbes, who retires;
Gentleman Cadet William Burnett M'Kechnie, from the
Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Lowndes.
95th Foot—Lleut. William Henry Salis, from the Military
Train, to be Lieutenant, vice Andro, who exchanges.
Ist West India Regiment—Lieut. M. Nelson, from half-pay
of the late Turkish Contingent, to be Lieutenant, vice
Edward Hamilton Barlow, transferred to the 20th Foot;
Lieut. M. Nelson has been permitted to retire from the
service by the sale of his commission.
BREVET.

Brevet-Colonel the Hon. H. H. Manvers Percy, Lieut.-
Colonel on half pay late Grenadier Guards, to have the
temporary rank of Brigadier-General while in command of
a Brigade.
Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Hammond, Royal Artillery,
having completed the qualifying service in the rank of
Lieutenant-Colonel, to be Colonel, under the Royal WaN
rant of 14th October, 1858.
ADMIRALTY, FEB. 10.

Lieutenant Charles John Sfaughter has been this day
promoted to be a Retired Commander, under her Majesty's
-Orders in Council of Ist August, 1860, and 9th July,
1864.

FEB. 11.
The following Officers have been promoted to be Engi-
neers in her Majesty's Fleet : Mr. George Metcalf, Mr.
Lambert John Croome, Mr. Alexander Stewart (A), to be
Acting, Mr. Christopher Lund, Mr. William Henry
Mr. John Clift, and Mr. Joseph Knight.

Fri. 13. -
Mr. William Smith (A) has been promoted to the rank
of Chief Boatswain in the Fleet, with seniority of let
January, 1865.
Mr. Thomas Stanlake has been promoted to the rank of
Chief Carpenter in the Fleet, with seniority of Ist January,
1865.