The Sun.
London, England, 1865-08-22 00:00:00

AUG. 18.

The Queen has boen pleased to approve of M. Thenon
as Consul at Bombay for his Majesty the Emperor of the
French.

WHITEHALL, AXG. 20.
The Queen has been pleased to constitute and appoint
Adam Gifford, Esq., Advocate, to be Sheriff and Steward
of the Sheriffdoins or Stewartries of Orkney and Zetland,
in the room of William Edmonstoune Aytoun, Esq., do-
ceitsed.

WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, AUGUST 22.
4th Regiment of Hussars.—Captain Frederick John Sandys
Lindesay to be Major, without purchase, vice Charles
Augustus Gunter Browne, deceased ; Lieutenant Henry
Jennings to be Captain, without purchase, vico Linde-

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say.
7th Hussars.—Lieutenant John Gaspard Watkins Le Mer-
chant to be Captain, by purchase, vice the Hon. Francis
Algernon James Chichester, who retires ; Cornet William
Steuart Lillingston to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Le Merchant ; James Moffatt, Gent., to be Cornet, by
purchase, vice Lillingston.
Bth Hussars.—Captain Henry Stratton Bates, from the
69th Foot, to be Captain, vice S. W. Rawlins, who ex-
changes.
11th Hussars—Capt. Thomas William Shore Miles, from
the 17th Lancers, to be Captain, vice Robinson, who
exchanges.
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Sergeant-Mejor George Sturrock to be
Quartermaster, vice Thos.
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tires upon half-pay.
Ist Regiment of Foot—Gentleman CadetWalterCEnsign,
Craufurd
Kennedy, from the Royal Military College, to be
vice Wynter, transferred to the 33d
Foot—Gentleman e purchase,tieman Cadet Hugh Henry Yarde, from the
Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Frederic Cooper Turner, transferred to the 4th Foot.
2d Foot—Gentleman Cadet Charles Augustus Mott, from
the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Young, transferred to the 79th Foot.
4th Foot—Ensign Frederic Cooper Turner, from the Ist
Foot, to be Ensign, vice Edward S. Bruce, who retires.
20th Foot—Ensign David O'Neill Power to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Zacliaray Macaulay, who retires ;
Gentleman Cadet Robert Andrew Woolley, from the
Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Power.
29th Foot--Ensign George William Frederick Claremont,
to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Douglas Drummond
Dick, who retires ; Gentlemen Cadet Allen Theophilus
Ross, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Claremont.
33d Foot—Ensign Charles Malan Tubbs to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Alfred Handcock, deceased ; En-
sign Walter Andrew Wynter, from the Ist Foot, to be
Ensign, vice Tubbs.
36th Foot—Staff Assistant-Surgeon David Arno Smet
Thorburn, M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice S. 31.
Webb, M.D., promoted on the Staff.
37th Foot—Ensign Edward Jodrell to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Thomas Noble Holton, who retires
Gentleman Cadet Richard Edward Frederick Howard-
Brooke, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Jodrell.
58th Foot—Captain Michael Murphy, from the 83d Foot,
to be Captain, vice Jones, who exchanges.
16th Foot—The promotion of Lieutenant J. H. Mardon to
a Company, without purchase, on the 2d April, 1865, has
been cancelled; Lieutenant Charles Augustus Shortt to
be Captain, without purchase, vice Charles J. T. Dues-
bury, deceased; Lieutenant James Howe Mardon to be
Captain, without purchase, vice Charles
_Augustus
Shortt, deceased • the promotion of C. L. IV hitt 1t8065a,
Lieutenancy, without purchase, on the 2d April,
Ensign George Dalton Michell tol
to be in succession to Lieutenant Shoeruttt,enpurnot,mwotietdb?•
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College, to
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Rawlins, from the
G9th Foot—Captain SebastianWhito s, Bth
be Ensign, without purchase, vice Michell.
Hussars, to be Captain, vice H. b. Bates, who ex-
changes.
78th Foot—Lieutenant Henry Frederick Rowley, from the
79th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice H. H. Stepney, who

exchanges.
79th Foot—Lieut. Herbert Herbert Stepney, from the 78th
Foot, to be Lieutenant,vice H. F.Rowle),who exchanges
Ensign Charles Robert Kennett Fergusson to be Lieute-
nant, by purchase, vice C. J. Whittaker, who retires ;
Ensign George Frederick Youug, from the 2d Foot, to

be Ensign, vice Fergusson ; Gentleman Cadet Henry
Mitchell Sholto Douglas, from the Royal Military Col-
lege, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice G. Lyddon Morley,
who retires, having been appointed Deputy-Assistant
. Commissary-General.
83d Foot—Captain Charles HenryS. Jones, from the 58th
Foot, to be Captain, vice Murphy, who exchanges.
93d Foot—Ensign John Campbell to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Charles Hastie, who retires ; Wilmer
John Middleton, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Campbell.
Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment—Staff Assistant-Surgeon
William Ramsay, M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice
R. W. Meadows, promoted on the Staff.
ROYAL MILITARY . ACADEMY.—Lieutenant Percy Reid
Lempriere, Royal Artillery, to be Lieutenant of a Com-
pany of Gentlemen Cadets; vice Lz:wes, who resigns
that appointment only.
COMMISSARIAT DEPARTMENT.—DepuIy. Assistant Com-
missary-General John Mainwarin,g Lindsay, to be Assis-
tant-Commissary-General, vice Arthur Kay, placed upon
half-pay. •
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.—Assistant- S urgeon Stephen M.
Webb, M.D., from the 36th Foot, to be Staff Surgeon
Staff Assistant-SurgeoL Allen Bryson, M.D., to be Staff
Surgeon; Assistant-Surgeon Robert Wyatt Meadows,
from the Canadian Rifles, to be Staff Surgeon; Assis-
tant-Surgeon James Bell Jardine, from the Royal Artil-
lery, to be Staff Assistant-Surgeon, vice A. Bryson,
M.D.

BREVET.
Major Charles Edward Mansfield, Unattached, to have
the local rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in Poland, while
holding the appointment of her Majesty's Consul-General
at Warsaw.
Paymaster, with the honorary rank of Captain, James
Murphy, 10th Foot, to have the honorary rank of Major.
Quartermaster Thomas William John Conolly, half-pay,
Royal Engineers, to have the honorary rank of Captain.
ADMIRALTY, AUG. 18.
Lieutenant George M. Comber has been promoted to the
rank of Retired Commander, under Orders in Council of 3d
August, 1860, and 9th July, 1864.

BANKRUPTS,
That portion of "Gazette" containing the Bank-
rupts had not arrived when we went to press.

The Cattle Plague.

The following circular haen issued :
" THE PAYMENT OP INSPECTORS.

" Whitehall, Aug., 1865.
sir,—l am directed by Secretary Sir George Grey to
acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the —, and to
inform you that the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's
Treasury will sanction the payment to inspectors, appointed
under the authority of the order of the Lords of the Privy
Council, dated 11th of August, 1865, in districts infected
with the Cattle Plague,' of the sum of £1 ls. for each day
that they are actually engaged in the performance of the
duties required of them by the said order, with travelling
expenses at a rate not exceeding 3d. a mile each way.
" I am, Sir, your obedient servant,