The Sun.
London, England, 1865-03-03 00:00:00

(LEFT SPEAKING.)

LONDON GAZETTE—This Evening
BUCKINGHAM PALACE, FEB. 28.
This day had audience of her Majesty, Mons. Scbleiden,
Minister Resident of the Hans Towns; to which audience
he was introduced by Earl Russell, K.G., her 3fajesty's
Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and con-
ducted by Lieutenant-General the Hon. Sir Edward Gust,
K.C.H., her Majesty's Master of the Ceremonies.
WHITEHALL, MARCH 1.
The Queen has been pleased to give and graut unto the
uwier-mentioned officers her Majesty's Royal license and
permission that they may accept and wear the Imperial
Order of the Legion of Honour, conferred upon them by
the Emperor of the French as a mark of his Imperial
Majesty's approbation of their services, in conjunction
with the naval forces of his Imperial Majesty, during the
recent operations in the Straits of Simonosaki, in Japan,
VIZ.:—
ROYAL NAVY.
Sir Augustus Leopold Kuper, K.C.8., Rear-Admiral, with
the temporary rank of Vice-Admiral while serving •
China, the Insignia of Grand Officery eolf. tLheeesakiied, Ocradi)itarl:
Captain John Montagu Hayes, C. 8., the Insignia of' a
Caelal.tßai.,ntWhena. Montag;
Commander of the said Order.
Insignia of
Captain William GalapnrntgahilniasmczLiaeuxralaernsdc:Tora,
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Officer of the said paler.

ROYAL MARINE LIGHT INFANTRY.
Lieutenant-Colonel William Grigor Suther, C. 8., the In-
signia of Officer of the same Order.
The Queen has also been pleased to give and grant unto
the undermentioned officers of her Majesty's Navy, her
Royal licence and permission that they may accept and

wear the Military Order of William of the Netherlands, as
a mark of the approbation of their services, in conjunction
with the Naval Forces of his Majesty, during the recent
operations in the Straits of Simonosaki, in Japan ; viz.:—
Sir Augustus Leopold Kuper, K.C.8., Rear-Admiral,
with the temporary rank of Vice-Admiral while serving in
China, the Cross of a Commander of the said order; and
Captain John Montagu Hayes, C.B, the Cross of a
Knight of the Third Class of the same Order.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, FEn. 25.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint
Augustus Henry Mounsey and Richard Temple Godman
Kirkpatrick, Esqrs., now Third Secretaries, to be Second
Secretaries in her Majesty's Diplomatic Service.
MAnen 1.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint the
Hon. Sir Frederick William Adolphus Bruce, K.C.8., now
her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo-
tentiary to the Emperor of China, to be her Majesty's
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the
United States of America.
CROWN-OFFICE, M.utm 3.
MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT
PARLIAMENT.

Country of Tipperary.—Charles Moore, Esq„ of Moores-
fovt, in the county of Tipperary, in the room of Daniel
O'Donoghue, Esq. (otherwise The O'Donoghue), who has
accepted the office of Steward of her Majesty's Chiltern
Hundreds.

WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, MARcH 3.
Ist Regiment of Life Guards—Lieutenant-General the Earl
of Lucan, K.C.8., from Bth Hussars, to be Colonel,
vice Field-Marshal Viscount Combermere, G.C.8.,
K. 5.1., deceased.
Bth Regiment of Hussars—Major-General John Lawren-
son to be Colonel, vice Lieutenant-General the Earl of
Lucan, K.C.8., transferred to the Ist Life Guards.
19th Regiment of Hussars—Lieut.-General John Hall to
be Colonel, vice Gener 1 William Pattie, C. 8., deceased.
Royal Regiment of Artillery—Major-General E. Sabine to
be Colonel-Commandant, vice General George Cobbe,
deceased.
73d Regiment of Foot—Lieut.-General Sir Henry Robert
Ferguson Davie, Bart., to be Colonel, vice Lieutenant-
General Benjamin Orlando Jones, deceased.
Ist Life Guards—First Class Veterinary-Surgeon Martin
Mence, from 15th Hussars, to be Veterinary-Surgeon,
rveicetireFsiruspot Cnlahsapay.
sifyeteri nary-Surgeon Thomas Jex, who
Royal Artillery—Brevet-Colonet, with temporary rank of
Brigadier-General, John Henry Lefroy to be uolonel,
vice John McCoy, removed as a General Officer ; Brevet
Major Charles Richard Ogden Evans to be Lieut.-Col.,
vice Brevet Colonel Lefroy ; Second Captain Charles
Booth Brackenbury to be Captain, vice Brevet Major
Evans ; Lieut. Charles David Chalmers to be Second
Captain, vice Brackenbury • Gentleman Cadet Henry
Stuart Ford, from the Royal Military Academy, to be
Lieutenant, vice Chalmers; Gentleman Cadet Frederic
Howard, from the Royal Military Academy, to be Lieut.,
vice Wm. Stewart Poole, seconded on account of ill health ;
Gentleman Cadet George Herbert Palmer, from the Royal
Military Academy, to be Lieutenant, vice F. H. Wheatley,
seconded on account of ill health.

Coast Brigade of Artillery—Master Gunner Joseph Win.
Hunter to be Lieutenant, vice M%own, placed upon
half-pay.
3d Foot—James Cart= Brown, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, oice FranEis William Kane, promoted.
4th Foot—Lieutenant-Beaufort Henry Vidal, from the 2d
West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Sayce,
who exchanges.
sth Foot—Lieutenant Charles Lewes Dashwood to he
Captain, by purchase, vice E. Montgomery Mason, who
retires; Ensign James Henry Clutterbuck to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Dashwood; Gentleman Cadet
Frederick William Saunders, from the Royal Military
College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Clutterbuck.
11th Foot—Lieutenant Frederic James S. Whiteside to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Robert Maule, who retires ;
Ensign Erasmus H. Vaughton to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Whiteside ; Oliver Bond, Gent., to be Ensign,
by porchase, Vaughton.
BREVET.

Paymaster Thomas Hunt, Royal Artillery, to have the
h onorary rank of Captain.
Deputy Commissary John Brooke, Public Works De-
partment, Bengal, to have the honorary rank of Lieute-
nant.

The undermentioned promotions to take place conse-
quent on the decease of Lieutenant-General Richard
Powney, Royal (late Bengal) Artillery on 23d of January,
1565:--

Major-General George Cornan, Royal (late Madras)
Artillery, to be Lieutenant-General.

Colonel Charles Samuel Reid, Royal (late Bengal) Artil-
lery, to be Major-General.
The undermentioned promotions to take place conse-
quent on the decease of General George Cobbe, Royal
Artillery, on Bth February, 1865 :
Lieuenant-General Alexander Cavallo Mercer, Royal
Artillery, to be General.
Major-General John Edward Dupuis, C. 8., Royal Artil-
lery, to be Lieutenant-General.
Colonel John McCoy, Royal Artillery, to be Major-
General.

Major William A. Armstrong, Depot Battalion, to be
Lieutenant-Colonel.

Captain Arthur Wellington Cameron, 92d Foot, to be
Major.
The undermentioned promotions to take place conse-
quent on the decease of Gen. William Fettle, C. 8., Colonel
19th Hussars, on 9th February, 1865 :
Lieut.-Gen. John Drummond to be General.
Major-General George Henry MacKinnon, C. 8., Colonel
of the 26th Foot, to be Lieutenant-General.
Brevet-Colonel Lord Henry Hugh Manvers Percy, from
Lieutenant-Colonel, half-pay, late Grenadier Guards, and
at present holding the temporary rank of Brigadier-Gene-
ral, to be Major-General.
. _ _

Major Saluel Hackett, half-pay, Unattached, to be
Lieutenant-Colonel.

Captain John Deane Reece, 2d West India Regiment, to
be Major.
MEmoßANDum.—Frederick Rice Stack, Esq., late Captain
65th Foot, has been re-instated in his former rank in her
Majesty's Service, by purchase, and placed upon the half-
pay list.
ADMIRALTY, FEB. 28.
Sub-Lieutenant Henry Chapman Walker to be Lieu-
tenant, with seniority 2f_9th November, 1864.